Hornets 102-94 Rockets (22 Feb, 2010) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

28-27, 13-15 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	16	23	23	32	94
NO	24	26	24	28	102

New Orleans Hornets

30-26, 19-9 home

102

Emeka Okafor misses 16-foot jumper
David West makes driving layup
Aaron Brooks blocks Darren Collison's layup
Emeka Okafor misses layup
Darren Collison misses 18-foot jumper
David West misses 12-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 15-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses two point shot
Morris Peterson makes 25-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
Morris Peterson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Emeka Okafor makes hook shot (Darren Collison assists)
Darren Collison makes 18-foot jumper
Darren Collison makes 18-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
David West misses 19-foot jumper
Morris Peterson misses 9-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes layup (Darren Collison assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses layup
Darren Collison makes two point shot
Morris Peterson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Darren Collison assists)
David West misses 5-foot jumper
David West misses layup
Peja Stojakovic makes jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jared Jeffries blocks Emeka Okafor's layup
Marcus Thornton misses 20-foot jumper
Morris Peterson misses 30-foot three point jumper
Morris Peterson makes two point shot (Peja Stojakovic assists)
Morris Peterson makes 18-foot jumper (James Posey assists)
Darren Collison makes 20-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton makes 17-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton makes 26-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
David West misses layup
Marcus Thornton makes two point shot
Chase Budinger blocks Marcus Thornton's layup
Julian Wright misses 25-foot three point jumper
Darren Collison makes layup
Marcus Thornton misses 25-foot three point jumper
Julian Wright misses layup
Julian Wright makes tip shot
David West makes driving layup
Julian Wright makes two point shot (Marcus Thornton assists)
Marcus Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
Marcus Thornton makes 24-foot three point jumper
Marcus Thornton misses jumper
Darren Collison misses 17-foot two point shot
David West misses 8-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 19-foot jumper
David West makes 19-foot jumper (Darren Collison assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Darren Collison misses 18-foot jumper
David West makes 20-foot jumper (Darren Collison assists)
Morris Peterson makes 26-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
Trevor Ariza blocks Peja Stojakovic's 23-foot three point jumper
Darren Collison makes slam dunk (Emeka Okafor assists)
David West makes driving layup (Darren Collison assists)
Emeka Okafor makes 7-foot hook shot (Darren Collison assists)
David West makes two point shot (Peja Stojakovic assists)
Morris Peterson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Emeka Okafor misses layup
Peja Stojakovic makes 19-foot jumper (Darren Collison assists)
David West misses layup
Marcus Thornton misses 22-foot jumper
Chase Budinger blocks Peja Stojakovic's layup
Garrett Temple blocks Darren Collison's layup
James Posey misses 26-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes two point shot
Marcus Thornton misses 10-foot two point shot
David West makes 22-foot jumper (Darren Collison assists)
David West misses layup
Marcus Thornton misses layup
Darren Collison makes driving layup
Peja Stojakovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
David West misses layup
Marcus Thornton makes 7-foot two point shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 27-foot three point jumper
Darren Collison makes driving layup
Darren Collison misses 17-foot jumper
Darren Collison misses 25-foot three point jumper
Emeka Okafor misses layup
David West makes two point shot
David West misses 11-foot jumper
Darren Collison makes driving layup
Darren Collison makes layup
Luis Scola misses 15-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 16-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor blocks Trevor Ariza's layup
Luis Scola makes 21-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
Emeka Okafor blocks Chuck Hayes's layup
Aaron Brooks makes 15-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Luis Scola makes 10-foot two point shot
Chuck Hayes makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
Emeka Okafor blocks Chuck Hayes's layup
Luis Scola misses 12-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses layup
Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
Emeka Okafor blocks Kevin Martin's layup
Kevin Martin makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
Chuck Hayes makes driving dunk (Trevor Ariza assists)
Luis Scola makes 17-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Kevin Martin misses 22-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor blocks Chase Budinger's layup
Chase Budinger misses 23-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jared Jeffries misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses 10-foot jumper
David Andersen makes jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
David Andersen makes 6-foot hook shot
Kevin Martin misses 11-foot two point shot
Kevin Martin misses 10-foot jumper
Chase Budinger makes 18-foot jumper (Jared Jeffries assists)
Garrett Temple misses three point jumper
Chase Budinger makes dunk
Shane Battier misses 18-foot jumper
Chase Budinger makes two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
Chase Budinger makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Luis Scola misses 8-foot hook shot
Aaron Brooks misses jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses jumper
Julian Wright blocks Aaron Brooks's layup
Trevor Ariza makes driving layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
Shane Battier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Aaron Brooks makes layup
Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 22-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 15-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
Luis Scola makes 9-foot hook shot
Luis Scola makes 10-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Luis Scola makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
Shane Battier misses 28-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes two point shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
Emeka Okafor blocks Luis Scola's layup
Aaron Brooks misses 16-foot running jumper
Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jared Jeffries misses layup
Shane Battier makes 22-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Kevin Martin misses layup
Jared Jeffries misses tip shot
Jared Jeffries makes tip shot
Kevin Martin misses 22-foot jumper
David Andersen misses 20-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses layup
Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jared Jeffries misses layup
Jared Jeffries misses 23-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses layup
Aaron Brooks misses layup
Chase Budinger makes two point shot
Chase Budinger makes 25-foot three pointer
Garrett Temple misses 25-foot three point jumper
Garrett Temple misses 18-foot jumper
Chase Budinger misses 19-foot jumper
David Andersen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin makes layup (Jared Jeffries assists)
Kevin Martin makes 17-foot jumper
David Andersen makes 16-foot jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
Garrett Temple makes layup
Trevor Ariza misses layup
Jared Jeffries makes two point shot
Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
Jared Jeffries makes layup (Kevin Martin assists)
Chase Budinger makes three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Kevin Martin makes 17-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Jared Jeffries misses layup
Jared Jeffries makes tip shot
Jared Jeffries makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 24-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin makes layup

ROCKETS

HORNETS

TIME		HOU	NO
12:00	Jumpball: Luis Scola vs. Emeka Okafor (Darren Collison gains possession)	0	0
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
11:44	Emeka Okafor misses 16-foot jumper	0	0
11:42	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	0	0
11:25	Luis Scola misses 15-foot jumper	0	0
11:23	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	0	0
11:08	David West makes driving layup	0	2
10:52	Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	2
10:52	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	0	2
10:45	Aaron Brooks blocks Darren Collison's layup	0	2
10:45	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	0	2
10:33	Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	2
10:32	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	0	2
10:22	Emeka Okafor misses layup	0	2
10:21	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	0	2
10:15	Aaron Brooks misses 16-foot jumper	0	2
10:14	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	0	2
10:06	Darren Collison misses 18-foot jumper	0	2
10:03	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	0	2
10:02	Emeka Okafor blocks Trevor Ariza's layup	0	2
10:00	Houston offensive rebound	0	2
9:48	Luis Scola makes 21-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)	2	2
9:29	David West misses 12-foot jumper	2	2
9:27	Shane Battier defensive rebound	2	2
9:18	Aaron Brooks makes driving layup	4	2
9:02	Peja Stojakovic misses 15-foot jumper	4	2
9:00	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	4	2
8:48	David West personal foul (Aaron Brooks draws the foul)	4	2
8:40	Emeka Okafor blocks Chuck Hayes's layup	4	2
8:38	David West defensive rebound	4	2
8:27	Peja Stojakovic misses two point shot	4	2
8:26	Luis Scola defensive rebound	4	2
8:22	Trevor Ariza offensive foul (Morris Peterson draws the foul)	4	2
8:22	Trevor Ariza turnover	4	2
8:10	Luis Scola jump ball	4	2
8:03	Morris Peterson makes 25-foot three point jumper (David West assists)	4	5
7:50	Aaron Brooks makes 15-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)	6	5
7:31	Morris Peterson misses 25-foot three point jumper	6	5
7:31	Emeka Okafor offensive rebound	6	5
7:30	Emeka Okafor backcourt	6	5
7:18	Luis Scola makes 10-foot two point shot	8	5
6:52	Emeka Okafor makes hook shot (Darren Collison assists)	8	7
6:39	Morris Peterson personal foul (Trevor Ariza draws the foul)	8	7
6:33	Chuck Hayes makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)	10	7
6:20	Darren Collison makes 18-foot jumper	10	9
6:05	Emeka Okafor blocks Chuck Hayes's layup	10	9
6:05	Houston offensive rebound	10	9
5:52	Luis Scola misses 12-foot jumper	10	9
5:50	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	10	9
5:43	Darren Collison makes 18-foot jumper	10	11
5:39	New Orleans full timeout	10	11
5:39	Jumpball: Aaron Brooks vs. Darren Collison (David West gains possession)	10	11
5:39	Aaron Brooks lost ball (Darren Collison steals)	10	11
5:16	Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	11
5:15	Luis Scola defensive rebound	10	11
4:50	Shane Battier misses layup	10	11
4:50	Darren Collison defensive rebound	10	11
4:47	Trevor Ariza jump ball	10	11
4:47	Kevin Martin enters the game for Shane Battier	10	11
4:37	David West misses 19-foot jumper	10	11
4:35	Aaron Brooks defensive rebound	10	11
4:22	Luis Scola offensive foul (Emeka Okafor draws the foul)	10	11
4:22	Luis Scola turnover	10	11
4:11	Morris Peterson misses 9-foot jumper	10	11
4:09	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	10	11
3:57	Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper	10	11
3:56	Darren Collison defensive rebound	10	11
3:50	Peja Stojakovic makes layup (Darren Collison assists)	10	13
3:34	Emeka Okafor blocks Kevin Martin's layup	10	13
3:33	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	10	13
3:29	Peja Stojakovic misses layup	10	13
3:28	Darren Collison offensive rebound	10	15
3:28	Darren Collison makes two point shot	10	15
3:12	Kevin Martin makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)	12	15
2:58	Morris Peterson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Darren Collison assists)	12	18
2:43	Chuck Hayes makes driving dunk (Trevor Ariza assists)	14	18
2:23	Morris Peterson bad pass (Luis Scola steals)	14	18
2:21	Darren Collison jump ball	14	18
2:21	Houston full timeout	14	18
2:06	Luis Scola makes 17-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)	16	18
1:51	David West misses 5-foot jumper	16	18
1:50	Emeka Okafor offensive rebound	16	18
1:49	Luis Scola personal foul (David West draws the foul)	16	18
1:49	Chase Budinger enters the game for Trevor Ariza	16	18
1:49	Jared Jeffries enters the game for Luis Scola	16	18
1:42	David West misses layup	16	18
1:40	Chase Budinger defensive rebound	16	18
1:36	Kevin Martin misses 22-foot jumper	16	18
1:34	Jumpball: Jared Jeffries vs. Emeka Okafor (David West gains possession)	16	18
1:34	Houston defensive rebound	16	18
1:28	Kevin Martin shooting foul (Morris Peterson draws the foul)	16	18
1:28	Morris Peterson makes free throw 1 of 2	16	19
1:28	Morris Peterson makes free throw 2 of 2	16	20
1:09	Emeka Okafor blocks Chase Budinger's layup	16	20
1:07	Kevin Martin offensive rebound	16	20
1:06	Chase Budinger misses 23-foot three point jumper	16	20
1:02	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	16	20
56.2	Chuck Hayes shooting foul (David West draws the foul)	16	20
56.2	David West makes free throw 1 of 2	16	21
56.2	Garrett Temple enters the game for Aaron Brooks	16	21
56.2	Marcus Thornton enters the game for Darren Collison	16	21
56.2	David West makes free throw 2 of 2	16	22
40.9	Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	22
40.5	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	16	22
25.6	Peja Stojakovic makes jumper	16	24
0.4	Jared Jeffries misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	24
0.0	Houston offensive rebound	16	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	16	24

Regular Season Series

NO leads 3-2

Hornets
100
Rockets
108

Game 1

30/12

Hornets
100
Rockets
108

Game 2

30/12

Rockets
95
Hornets
99

Game 3

3/1

Rockets
95
Hornets
99

Game 4

3/1

Rockets
94
Hornets
102

Game 5

22/2

Rockets
94
Hornets
102

Game 6

22/2

Hornets
123
Rockets
115

Game 7

15/4

Hornets
123
Rockets
115

Game 8

15/4

Smoothie King Center

12:00 AM, 22 February 2010

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 14,504

Referees:
David Jones
Leon Wood
Brian Forte

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	22	10	.688	-	W2
Houston	21	10	.677	0.5	L1
Dallas	20	11	.645	1.5	W1
San Antonio	16	15	.516	5.5	W1
New Orleans	5	27	.156	17	L9

Orlando faces conference rival Brooklyn

Brooklyn Nets (12-19, 12th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Orlando Magic (19-14, fourth in the Eastern Conference)

Golden State takes on Phoenix, looks to halt 3-game skid

Phoenix Suns (15-15, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. Golden State Warriors (15-15, 11th in the Western Conference)

Wembanyama and the Spurs take on conference foe Minnesota

San Antonio Spurs (16-15, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (16-14, eighth in the Western Conference)

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