Hornets 98-97 Trail Blazers (26 Jan, 2010) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Hornets

24-20, 8-16 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	31	16	25	26	98
POR	23	26	24	24	97

Portland Trail Blazers

27-19, 16-8 home

LaMarcus Aldridge misses 10-foot two point shot
Jeff Pendergraph makes two point shot (Martell Webster assists)
Steve Blake makes 15-foot two point shot (Martell Webster assists)
Steve Blake makes 20-foot two point shot (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge makes dunk (Andre Miller assists)
Andre Miller misses 22-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 17-foot jumper
David West blocks Jeff Pendergraph's dunk
LaMarcus Aldridge misses driving layup
Martell Webster misses 22-foot jumper
Andre Miller misses 11-foot two point shot
Martell Webster misses 8-foot two point shot
Juwan Howard makes two point shot (Andre Miller assists)
Andre Miller misses layup
Juwan Howard misses 6-foot jumper
Juwan Howard makes two point shot (Andre Miller assists)
Rudy Fernandez misses 7-foot running jumper
Martell Webster makes 23-foot three point jumper (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)
Andre Miller makes 13-foot running jumper
Juwan Howard makes 13-foot jumper (Jerryd Bayless assists)
Jerryd Bayless makes driving layup
Rudy Fernandez misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nicolas Batum makes two point shot (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)
Dante Cunningham misses 18-foot jumper
Jerryd Bayless makes driving layup (Juwan Howard assists)
James Posey blocks Nicolas Batum's 6-foot running jumper
Jerryd Bayless misses 22-foot three point jumper
Juwan Howard makes layup (Nicolas Batum assists)
Juwan Howard misses layup
Nicolas Batum makes two point shot (Jerryd Bayless assists)
Jerryd Bayless makes 25-foot three pointer
Nicolas Batum makes driving layup
Rudy Fernandez makes 25-foot three point jumper (Andre Miller assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 14-foot two point shot
Emeka Okafor blocks Juwan Howard's 5-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 6-foot two point shot
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 22-foot jumper
Steve Blake misses three point jumper
Martell Webster misses 22-foot jumper
Martell Webster makes 25-foot three point jumper (Andre Miller assists)
Steve Blake misses 24-foot three point jumper
Juwan Howard misses jumper
Steve Blake makes 22-foot jumper (Rudy Fernandez assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 20-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 7-foot two point shot
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 9-foot two point shot
Steve Blake misses 25-foot three point jumper
Martell Webster misses three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses layup
Steve Blake misses 25-foot three point jumper
Steve Blake makes three point jumper (Andre Miller assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 20-foot jumper
Martell Webster makes 24-foot three point jumper (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge makes driving layup
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 17-foot two point shot (Steve Blake assists)
Jeff Pendergraph makes dunk (Steve Blake assists)
Martell Webster makes 22-foot three point jumper (Andre Miller assists)
Martell Webster misses 22-foot three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 19-foot jumper
Jerryd Bayless makes driving layup (Rudy Fernandez assists)
Rudy Fernandez misses 19-foot two point shot
Juwan Howard misses 8-foot two point shot
LaMarcus Aldridge makes tip shot
Jerryd Bayless misses 23-foot three point jumper
Andre Miller misses 10-foot jumper
Jerryd Bayless makes 21-foot jumper
Rudy Fernandez makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jerryd Bayless assists)
Rudy Fernandez makes 3-foot running jumper (Jerryd Bayless assists)
Dante Cunningham makes 20-foot jumper (Jerryd Bayless assists)
Nicolas Batum misses 15-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 9-foot two point shot
Juwan Howard makes driving layup
LaMarcus Aldridge makes two point shot (Andre Miller assists)
Juwan Howard makes layup (Andre Miller assists)
Rudy Fernandez makes layup (Andre Miller assists)
Marcus Thornton blocks Andre Miller's 5-foot running jumper
Juwan Howard makes 18-foot jumper (Rudy Fernandez assists)
Juwan Howard makes 5-foot two point shot
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 18-foot jumper
Juwan Howard misses jumper
Juwan Howard misses jumper
Andre Miller misses 8-foot two point shot
Andre Miller misses 16-foot two point shot
Jerryd Bayless misses 18-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton makes 4-foot two point shot
David West makes layup
Emeka Okafor makes slam dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Jeff Pendergraph blocks Emeka Okafor's layup
Emeka Okafor makes jumper
Marcus Thornton makes 22-foot two point shot
David West makes 20-foot jumper (Marcus Thornton assists)
David West misses 9-foot hook shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 18-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes two point shot
Marcus Thornton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 21-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor makes layup (Peja Stojakovic assists)
Chris Paul misses 23-foot two point shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 18-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 5-foot running jumper
David West misses 6-foot jumper
Martell Webster blocks David West's layup
David West misses jumper
Chris Paul makes 24-foot three pointer
Emeka Okafor makes layup
Darius Songaila makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 16-foot two point shot
Darren Collison makes 15-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Darren Collison misses driving layup
Julian Wright misses 8-foot jumper
James Posey misses layup
Darius Songaila makes 17-foot jumper (Darren Collison assists)
Julian Wright misses layup
Julian Wright makes 19-foot two point shot (James Posey assists)
Marcus Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
James Posey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 9-foot two point shot
Marcus Thornton misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Posey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses layup
James Posey misses 49-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 25-foot three point jumper (Emeka Okafor assists)
Chris Paul makes 25-foot three point jumper
Martell Webster blocks Marcus Thornton's driving layup
Marcus Thornton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 7-foot two point shot
Chris Paul makes 5-foot running jumper
Marcus Thornton misses jumper
Chris Paul misses 24-foot three point jumper
David West misses 14-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes 17-foot two point shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 21-foot two point shot
David West misses 12-foot jumper
Darren Collison makes 6-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton makes layup (Darren Collison assists)
Chris Paul misses 24-foot three point jumper
Marcus Thornton makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 15-foot two point shot
James Posey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 18-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Marcus Thornton makes 25-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Darren Collison makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Darren Collison makes 15-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 26-foot three pointer
Chris Paul misses jumper
Chris Paul makes 16-foot jumper (David West assists)

HORNETS

TRAIL BLAZERS

TIME		NO	POR
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Emeka Okafor vs. LaMarcus Aldridge (Marcus Thornton gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Marcus Thornton makes 4-foot two point shot	2	0
11:22	LaMarcus Aldridge misses 10-foot two point shot	2	0
11:21	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	2	0
11:07	David West makes layup	4	0
11:07	LaMarcus Aldridge shooting foul (David West draws the foul)	4	0
11:07	David West makes free throw 1 of 1	5	0
10:55	Jeff Pendergraph makes two point shot (Martell Webster assists)	5	2
10:34	Emeka Okafor makes slam dunk (Chris Paul assists)	7	2
10:18	Steve Blake makes 15-foot two point shot (Martell Webster assists)	7	4
10:03	Jeff Pendergraph blocks Emeka Okafor's layup	7	4
10:02	Emeka Okafor offensive rebound	7	4
10:00	Emeka Okafor makes jumper	9	4
9:41	Steve Blake makes 20-foot two point shot (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)	9	6
9:23	Marcus Thornton makes 22-foot two point shot	11	6
9:18	LaMarcus Aldridge makes dunk (Andre Miller assists)	11	8
9:04	David West makes 20-foot jumper (Marcus Thornton assists)	13	8
8:37	Andre Miller misses 22-foot jumper	13	8
8:37	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	13	8
8:22	Steve Blake personal foul (Peja Stojakovic draws the foul)	13	8
8:15	David West misses 9-foot hook shot	13	8
8:14	Jeff Pendergraph defensive rebound	13	8
8:02	LaMarcus Aldridge misses 17-foot jumper	13	8
8:02	Chris Paul defensive rebound	13	8
7:50	Peja Stojakovic misses 18-foot jumper	13	8
7:48	Jeff Pendergraph defensive rebound	13	8
7:35	David West blocks Jeff Pendergraph's dunk	13	8
7:33	Chris Paul defensive rebound	13	8
7:30	Marcus Thornton makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	15	8
7:24	Portland full timeout	15	8
7:15	LaMarcus Aldridge misses driving layup	15	8
7:13	Chris Paul defensive rebound	15	8
7:09	Steve Blake shooting foul (David West draws the foul)	15	8
7:09	David West makes free throw 1 of 2	16	8
7:09	Rudy Fernandez enters the game for Steve Blake	16	8
7:09	David West makes free throw 2 of 2	17	8
6:58	Martell Webster misses 22-foot jumper	17	8
6:56	David West defensive rebound	17	8
6:41	David West makes two point shot	19	8
6:20	Andre Miller misses 11-foot two point shot	19	8
6:20	Marcus Thornton defensive rebound	19	8
6:03	Marcus Thornton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	22	8
5:35	Martell Webster misses 8-foot two point shot	22	8
5:33	David West defensive rebound	22	8
5:24	David West misses 21-foot jumper	22	8
5:22	Jeff Pendergraph defensive rebound	22	8
5:16	Andre Miller turnover	22	8
5:16	Juwan Howard enters the game for Jeff Pendergraph	22	8
5:03	Emeka Okafor makes layup (Peja Stojakovic assists)	24	8
4:50	Peja Stojakovic personal foul (Martell Webster draws the foul)	24	8
4:45	Juwan Howard makes two point shot (Andre Miller assists)	24	10
4:31	Chris Paul misses 23-foot two point shot	24	10
4:31	LaMarcus Aldridge defensive rebound	24	10
4:24	Andre Miller misses layup	24	10
4:24	Juwan Howard offensive rebound	24	10
4:22	Juwan Howard misses 6-foot jumper	24	10
4:20	David West defensive rebound	24	10
4:15	Peja Stojakovic misses 18-foot jumper	24	10
4:13	LaMarcus Aldridge defensive rebound	24	10
4:09	David West shooting foul (Andre Miller draws the foul)	24	10
4:09	Andre Miller makes free throw 1 of 2	24	11
4:09	Andre Miller makes free throw 2 of 2	24	12
3:47	Chris Paul makes 5-foot running jumper	26	12
3:36	Juwan Howard makes two point shot (Andre Miller assists)	26	14
3:17	David West misses 6-foot jumper	26	14
3:17	David West offensive rebound	26	14
3:16	Martell Webster blocks David West's layup	26	14
3:15	Martell Webster defensive rebound	26	14
3:08	Rudy Fernandez misses 7-foot running jumper	26	14
3:06	LaMarcus Aldridge offensive rebound	26	14
3:02	Martell Webster makes 23-foot three point jumper (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)	26	17
2:56	New Orleans full timeout	26	17
2:39	David West misses jumper	26	17
2:39	Juwan Howard defensive rebound	26	17
2:25	Peja Stojakovic personal foul (Martell Webster draws the foul)	26	17
2:25	James Posey enters the game for Peja Stojakovic	26	17
2:10	Andre Miller makes 13-foot running jumper	26	19
1:51	Chris Paul makes 24-foot three pointer	29	19
1:39	Marcus Thornton personal foul (Rudy Fernandez draws the foul)	29	19
1:30	Andre Miller lost ball (Chris Paul steals)	29	19
1:21	Darren Collison enters the game for Marcus Thornton	29	19
1:21	Jerryd Bayless enters the game for Martell Webster	29	19
1:01	Juwan Howard makes 13-foot jumper (Jerryd Bayless assists)	29	21
40.9	Emeka Okafor makes layup	31	21
19.9	Jerryd Bayless makes driving layup	31	23
3.9	Jerryd Bayless personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	31	23
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	31	23

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Trail Blazers
86
Hornets
78

Game 1

14/11

Hornets
98
Trail Blazers
97

Game 2

26/1

Trail Blazers
112
Hornets
101

Game 3

28/3

Moda Center

3:00 AM, 26 January 2010

Portland, OR

Attendance: 20,249

Referees:
Ron Garretson
Marc Davis
Scott Twardoski

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Utah	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Minnesota	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Portland	0	0	.000	0.5	-
Oklahoma City	0	0	.000	0.5	-
Denver	0	1	.000	1	L1

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