Hornets 123-115 Rockets (15 Apr, 2010) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Hornets

37-45, 13-28 away

123

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	34	23	38	28	123
HOU	34	26	30	25	115

Houston Rockets

42-40, 23-18 home

115

Kevin Martin misses 27-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 20-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
Kevin Martin makes 20-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Luis Scola makes 18-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Chuck Hayes makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
Luis Scola makes 10-foot two point shot
Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses layup
Trevor Ariza makes tip shot
Trevor Ariza misses 19-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 22-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes makes layup (Luis Scola assists)
Aaron Brooks misses driving layup
Kevin Martin makes 23-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Kevin Martin makes 21-foot jumper (Jared Jeffries assists)
Jared Jeffries makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
Chuck Hayes makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
Jordan Hill misses 16-foot jumper
Jordan Hill makes slam dunk (Chase Budinger assists)
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jared Jeffries misses layup
Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
Jared Jeffries makes layup (Jermaine Taylor assists)
Chase Budinger misses 22-foot jumper
Jermaine Taylor makes driving layup
Jermaine Taylor misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Chuck Hayes makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin makes 22-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Aaron Brooks makes 12-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks misses 28-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza makes two point shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
Trevor Ariza misses three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 3-foot two point shot
Luis Scola misses 9-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes tip shot
Aaron Brooks misses 13-foot running jumper
Kevin Martin misses three point jumper
Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
Kevin Martin makes 16-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Trevor Ariza misses two point shot
Trevor Ariza makes 8-foot running jumper
Luis Scola makes 6-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Kevin Martin makes 18-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Trevor Ariza makes 18-foot jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
Kevin Martin misses driving layup
Chuck Hayes makes layup (Kevin Martin assists)
Aaron Brooks misses driving layup
Luis Scola makes tip shot
Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 9-foot running jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Trevor Ariza makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
Kevin Martin misses 17-foot jumper
Jared Jeffries makes tip shot
Trevor Ariza makes driving layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
Jared Jeffries misses 16-foot jumper
Chase Budinger makes two point shot (Kyle Lowry assists)
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kyle Lowry misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jared Jeffries misses layup
Kyle Lowry misses driving layup
Chase Budinger makes two point shot (Kyle Lowry assists)
Chase Budinger makes 19-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Chase Budinger makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
Kyle Lowry misses driving layup
Chase Budinger misses 24-foot three point jumper
David West blocks Chase Budinger's layup
Chase Budinger misses layup
Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chase Budinger assists)
Kevin Martin misses 22-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
Chuck Hayes makes two point shot
Kyle Lowry misses jumper
Trevor Ariza makes layup (Luis Scola assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes 7-foot two point shot
Trevor Ariza makes driving dunk (Luis Scola assists)
Darius Songaila blocks Luis Scola's layup
Aaron Brooks makes 7-foot two point shot
Kevin Martin makes driving layup
David West makes 8-foot jumper
David West makes 17-foot jumper (Marcus Thornton assists)
Marcus Thornton makes driving layup (Darren Collison assists)
David West makes 16-foot jumper (Marcus Thornton assists)
David West makes 4-foot two point shot (Darren Collison assists)
Marcus Thornton makes 25-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
Morris Peterson makes three point jumper (David West assists)
David West makes 9-foot two point shot (Darren Collison assists)
Morris Peterson misses 18-foot jumper
David West makes 13-foot two point shot
Emeka Okafor makes 9-foot two point shot
Chuck Hayes blocks David West's layup
Emeka Okafor misses 16-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes blocks Darren Collison's driving layup
Emeka Okafor makes dunk (Darren Collison assists)
Emeka Okafor makes 6-foot two point shot (Darren Collison assists)
Julian Wright makes two point shot (David West assists)
Morris Peterson makes layup (Darren Collison assists)
Morris Peterson misses running jumper
Darren Collison misses 18-foot jumper
Darren Collison makes 27-foot three point jumper
David West makes hook shot (James Posey assists)
Aaron Gray makes layup
Jared Jeffries blocks Aaron Gray's layup
David West makes layup (Julian Wright assists)
Darren Collison makes 16-foot two point shot
David West misses 16-foot jumper
Aaron Gray makes two point shot
James Posey makes driving layup
Darius Songaila misses 21-foot jumper
Julian Wright makes tip shot
Darius Songaila misses jumper
Darius Songaila misses 20-foot jumper
James Posey misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks blocks James Posey's layup
Darren Collison misses 17-foot jumper
Darren Collison makes 8-foot two point shot
Darius Songaila misses layup
David West misses 13-foot two point shot
Darren Collison makes 25-foot three point jumper (Emeka Okafor assists)
Marcus Thornton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Morris Peterson assists)
David West makes two point shot (Darren Collison assists)
David West makes 16-foot jumper (Darren Collison assists)
Marcus Thornton misses 28-foot three point jumper
David West makes 15-foot two point shot
Morris Peterson makes 17-foot jumper
Darren Collison makes 21-foot jumper (Marcus Thornton assists)
Morris Peterson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Emeka Okafor assists)
Trevor Ariza blocks Darren Collison's three point jumper
Darren Collison makes layup (Marcus Thornton assists)
David West makes two point shot
David West makes 10-foot two point shot (Darren Collison assists)
Morris Peterson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Darren Collison assists)
Darren Collison makes 8-foot running jumper
Marcus Thornton misses 21-foot jumper
Darren Collison makes 12-foot jumper (David West assists)
Marcus Thornton misses 21-foot two point shot
Marcus Thornton makes 19-foot two point shot
Darren Collison makes driving layup
David West makes 6-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton makes two point shot (David West assists)
Darius Songaila misses driving layup
David West makes layup
James Posey misses three point jumper
David West makes 6-foot jumper (Marcus Thornton assists)
Marcus Thornton makes driving layup
James Posey makes three point jumper (Marcus Thornton assists)
Darius Songaila makes driving layup
Marcus Thornton makes layup (David West assists)
Darren Collison makes 19-foot two point shot
David West misses 14-foot two point shot
Darren Collison makes 21-foot jumper
James Posey makes three point jumper (Darren Collison assists)
Darius Songaila misses 16-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton misses two point shot
Trevor Ariza blocks Darren Collison's layup
James Posey misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marcus Thornton makes two point shot
Darius Songaila misses 20-foot jumper
Darren Collison misses 25-foot three point jumper

HORNETS

ROCKETS

TIME		NO	HOU
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Emeka Okafor vs. Luis Scola (Darren Collison gains possession)	0	0
11:45	David West makes 8-foot jumper	2	0
11:26	Trevor Ariza bad pass (Emeka Okafor steals)	2	0
11:18	David West makes 17-foot jumper (Marcus Thornton assists)	4	0
11:08	Kevin Martin misses 27-foot three point jumper	4	0
11:06	David West defensive rebound	4	0
11:03	Marcus Thornton makes driving layup (Darren Collison assists)	6	0
10:37	Trevor Ariza misses 20-foot jumper	6	0
10:37	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	6	0
10:25	Chuck Hayes shooting foul (Emeka Okafor draws the foul)	6	0
10:25	Emeka Okafor makes free throw 1 of 2	7	0
10:25	Emeka Okafor misses free throw 2 of 2	7	0
10:25	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	7	0
10:07	Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	0
10:07	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	7	0
9:56	Luis Scola personal foul (David West draws the foul)	7	0
9:52	David West makes 16-foot jumper (Marcus Thornton assists)	9	0
9:36	Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper	9	0
9:34	Houston offensive team rebound	9	0
9:34	Houston 20 Sec. timeout	9	0
9:30	Kevin Martin makes 20-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)	9	2
9:11	David West makes 4-foot two point shot (Darren Collison assists)	11	2
9:02	Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)	11	5
8:41	Marcus Thornton makes 25-foot three point jumper (David West assists)	14	5
8:26	Luis Scola makes 18-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)	14	7
8:11	Morris Peterson makes three point jumper (David West assists)	17	7
8:00	Marcus Thornton shooting foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul)	17	7
8:00	Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 2	17	8
8:00	Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2	17	9
7:46	David West makes 9-foot two point shot (Darren Collison assists)	19	9
7:26	Chuck Hayes makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)	19	11
7:05	Morris Peterson misses 18-foot jumper	19	11
7:03	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	19	11
6:54	Luis Scola makes 10-foot two point shot	19	13
6:33	Emeka Okafor traveling	19	13
6:18	Emeka Okafor shooting foul (Chuck Hayes draws the foul)	19	13
6:18	Chuck Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2	19	14
6:18	Chuck Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2	19	15
5:56	David West makes 13-foot two point shot	21	15
5:45	Marcus Thornton shooting foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul)	21	15
5:45	Houston full timeout	21	15
5:45	Julian Wright enters the game for Marcus Thornton	21	15
5:45	Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 2	21	16
5:45	Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2	21	17
5:28	Emeka Okafor makes 9-foot two point shot	23	17
5:03	Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper	23	20
4:48	Chuck Hayes blocks David West's layup	23	20
4:47	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	23	20
4:43	Kevin Martin misses layup	23	20
4:41	Trevor Ariza offensive rebound	23	22
4:41	Trevor Ariza makes tip shot	23	22
4:22	Emeka Okafor misses 16-foot jumper	23	22
4:22	Aaron Brooks defensive rebound	23	22
4:09	Trevor Ariza misses 19-foot jumper	23	22
4:07	Morris Peterson defensive rebound	23	22
4:00	Aaron Brooks personal foul (Darren Collison draws the foul)	23	22
3:47	Chuck Hayes blocks Darren Collison's driving layup	23	22
3:47	Aaron Brooks defensive rebound	23	22
3:43	Morris Peterson shooting foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul)	23	22
3:43	Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 2	23	23
3:43	Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2	23	24
3:27	Emeka Okafor makes dunk (Darren Collison assists)	25	24
3:09	Luis Scola misses 22-foot jumper	25	24
3:06	David West defensive rebound	25	24
2:59	Emeka Okafor makes 6-foot two point shot (Darren Collison assists)	27	24
2:43	Chuck Hayes makes layup (Luis Scola assists)	27	26
2:29	Julian Wright makes two point shot (David West assists)	29	26
2:18	Aaron Brooks misses driving layup	29	26
2:16	David West defensive rebound	29	26
2:13	Morris Peterson makes layup (Darren Collison assists)	31	26
1:55	Kevin Martin makes 23-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)	31	28
1:42	David West offensive foul (Trevor Ariza draws the foul)	31	28
1:42	David West turnover	31	28
1:42	New Orleans full timeout	31	28
1:42	Jared Jeffries enters the game for Luis Scola	31	28
1:42	Kyle Lowry enters the game for Aaron Brooks	31	28
1:31	Kevin Martin makes 21-foot jumper (Jared Jeffries assists)	31	30
1:13	Morris Peterson misses running jumper	31	30
1:10	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	31	30
59.5	Jared Jeffries makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)	31	32
41.9	Darren Collison misses 18-foot jumper	31	32
40.9	Kevin Martin defensive rebound	31	32
36.5	Emeka Okafor personal foul (Trevor Ariza draws the foul)	31	32
36.5	Trevor Ariza misses free throw 1 of 2	31	32
36.5	Houston offensive team rebound	31	32
36.5	Trevor Ariza misses free throw 2 of 2	31	32
36.5	Morris Peterson defensive rebound	31	32
26.4	Darren Collison makes 27-foot three point jumper	34	32
4.9	Chuck Hayes makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)	34	34
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	34	34

Regular Season Series

NO leads 5-2

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

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:00 AM, 15 April 2010

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,191

Referees:
Bennett Salvatore
Matt Boland
Eric Dalen

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	22	10	.688	-	W2
Houston	21	10	.677	0.5	L1
Dallas	20	12	.625	2	L1
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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