Rockets 91-89 Hornets (28 Feb, 2011) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

30-31, 14-18 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	21	19	22	29	91
NO	27	28	17	17	89

New Orleans Hornets

35-26, 21-9 home

Emeka Okafor makes dunk (David West assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
David West makes 6-foot two point shot
Willie Green makes 20-foot jumper (David West assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 7-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor misses tip shot
Chris Paul makes 20-foot jumper (Willie Green assists)
David West misses jumper
Trevor Ariza makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Willie Green misses jumper
Willie Green misses 22-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 20-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor makes layup (David West assists)
David West makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Jarrett Jack misses three point jumper
Carl Landry makes two point shot
Chris Paul misses jumper
Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
David West makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Carl Landry misses 14-foot jumper
David West makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Trevor Ariza makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Jarrett Jack misses 6-foot jumper
Marco Belinelli makes driving layup
Carl Landry misses 15-foot jumper
Marco Belinelli misses 16-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor misses 11-foot jumper
Carl Landry misses 7-foot jumper
Marco Belinelli makes 12-foot two point shot
Marco Belinelli makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jarrett Jack makes driving layup
Marco Belinelli makes 20-foot jumper (David West assists)
David West makes 2-foot two point shot (Marco Belinelli assists)
David West makes 8-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Marco Belinelli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Trevor Ariza makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Chuck Hayes blocks David West's layup
Trevor Ariza misses 17-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 16-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Trevor Ariza makes layup
Emeka Okafor misses layup
Willie Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
Kevin Martin blocks Chris Paul's layup
Chris Paul misses 22-foot jumper
David West misses 16-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 19-foot jumper (Emeka Okafor assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 8-foot two point shot
David West misses 16-foot two point shot
Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Willie Green assists)
Willie Green misses 8-foot hook shot
Chris Paul misses 4-foot running jumper
Carl Landry makes 14-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
David West makes driving layup (Jarrett Jack assists)
Carl Landry makes 5-foot two point shot
Chris Paul misses layup
Chris Paul misses 55-foot three point running jumper
Carl Landry misses 10-foot jumper
Carl Landry misses 2-foot two point shot
Carl Landry makes slam dunk (Jarrett Jack assists)
Jarrett Jack misses jumper
Marco Belinelli makes 19-foot jumper (Carl Landry assists)
Carl Landry makes 16-foot jumper
Marco Belinelli misses 14-foot two point shot
Willie Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
Emeka Okafor makes hook shot (Chris Paul assists)
Willie Green misses jumper
David West misses 10-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Willie Green makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 6-foot jumper
Willie Green makes 6-foot two point shot
David West makes driving layup (Chris Paul assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 8-foot two point shot
Willie Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
Willie Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
David West makes tip shot
Chase Budinger makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
Kevin Martin misses 4-foot two point shot
Kyle Lowry misses 19-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes misses 6-foot hook shot
Chase Budinger misses layup
Luis Scola makes tip shot
Kevin Martin makes two point shot (Chuck Hayes assists)
Kevin Martin misses three point jumper
Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
David West blocks Luis Scola's jumper
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses hook shot
Luis Scola misses 15-foot jumper
Kevin Martin makes layup (Luis Scola assists)
Kevin Martin makes driving layup
Carl Landry blocks Luis Scola's 4-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry makes 25-foot three point jumper
Kyle Lowry makes layup
Chase Budinger misses layup
Kyle Lowry misses tip shot
Courtney Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jason Smith blocks Kyle Lowry's 3-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson misses 9-foot jumper
Courtney Lee makes three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Terrence Williams misses 7-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson makes tip shot
Terrence Williams makes layup (Courtney Lee assists)
Patrick Patterson misses 5-foot jumper
Terrence Williams makes 10-foot two point shot
Brad Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Quincy Pondexter blocks Terrence Williams's 11-foot jumper
Terrence Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
Emeka Okafor blocks Brad Miller's layup
Luis Scola misses 14-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza blocks Chase Budinger's 22-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses driving layup
Kyle Lowry makes 28-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
Chase Budinger makes layup (Chuck Hayes assists)
Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 15-foot jumper
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger makes jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
Chuck Hayes makes 8-foot jumper (Chase Budinger assists)
Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Luis Scola makes 14-foot two point shot (Kevin Martin assists)
Willie Green blocks Kyle Lowry's 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses jumper
Kyle Lowry misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes 17-foot two point shot (Kevin Martin assists)
Kevin Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin makes 17-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson misses 14-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry makes 29-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee makes 5-foot two point shot
Chuck Hayes misses 7-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry makes 2-foot two point shot
Courtney Lee makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Kyle Lowry makes 27-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin makes 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brad Miller assists)
Brad Miller makes 19-foot jumper (Courtney Lee assists)
Brad Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brad Miller makes layup (Chuck Hayes assists)
Kyle Lowry makes 11-foot two point shot
Kevin Martin misses 12-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chuck Hayes makes layup (Brad Miller assists)
Emeka Okafor blocks Chuck Hayes's jumper
Brad Miller misses 8-foot jumper

ROCKETS

HORNETS

TIME		HOU	NO
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Luis Scola vs. Emeka Okafor (Chris Paul gains possession)	0	0
11:47	David West bad pass (Chase Budinger steals)	0	0
11:33	Chase Budinger makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)	3	0
11:14	Emeka Okafor makes dunk (David West assists)	3	2
11:04	Kevin Martin misses 4-foot two point shot	3	2
11:00	David West defensive rebound	3	2
10:56	Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper	3	2
10:56	David West offensive rebound	3	2
10:55	David West makes 6-foot two point shot	3	4
10:34	Kyle Lowry misses 19-foot jumper	3	4
10:33	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	3	4
10:18	Willie Green makes 20-foot jumper (David West assists)	3	6
9:53	Chuck Hayes misses 6-foot hook shot	3	6
9:51	David West defensive rebound	3	6
9:42	Trevor Ariza misses 7-foot jumper	3	6
9:41	Emeka Okafor offensive rebound	3	6
9:41	Emeka Okafor misses tip shot	3	6
9:41	Kyle Lowry defensive rebound	3	6
9:34	Chase Budinger misses layup	3	6
9:33	Luis Scola offensive rebound	5	6
9:33	Luis Scola makes tip shot	5	6
9:26	Kevin Martin personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	5	6
9:21	Chris Paul makes 20-foot jumper (Willie Green assists)	5	8
9:03	Kevin Martin makes two point shot (Chuck Hayes assists)	7	8
9:03	Willie Green shooting foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul)	7	8
9:03	Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 1	8	8
8:40	David West misses jumper	8	8
8:37	Chase Budinger defensive rebound	8	8
8:27	Kevin Martin bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	8	8
8:22	Trevor Ariza makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)	8	10
8:03	Kevin Martin misses three point jumper	8	10
8:00	Chris Paul defensive rebound	8	10
7:48	Willie Green misses jumper	8	10
7:48	Kevin Martin defensive rebound	8	10
7:33	Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)	11	10
7:18	Willie Green misses 22-foot jumper	11	10
7:18	Chase Budinger defensive rebound	11	10
7:00	Chuck Hayes bad pass	11	10
6:43	Chris Paul misses 20-foot jumper	11	10
6:41	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	11	10
6:28	David West blocks Luis Scola's jumper	11	10
6:24	Luis Scola offensive rebound	11	10
6:22	Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper	11	10
6:20	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	11	10
6:11	Emeka Okafor makes layup (David West assists)	11	12
5:48	Luis Scola misses hook shot	11	12
5:47	Chuck Hayes offensive rebound	11	12
5:47	Emeka Okafor shooting foul (Chuck Hayes draws the foul)	11	12
5:47	New Orleans full timeout	11	12
5:47	Chuck Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2	12	12
5:47	Chuck Hayes misses free throw 2 of 2	12	12
5:46	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	12	12
5:30	Luis Scola shooting foul (Emeka Okafor draws the foul)	12	12
5:30	Emeka Okafor misses free throw 1 of 2	12	12
5:30	New Orleans offensive team rebound	12	12
5:30	Emeka Okafor misses free throw 2 of 2	12	12
5:28	Kevin Martin defensive rebound	12	12
5:13	Luis Scola misses 15-foot jumper	12	12
5:13	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	12	12
4:48	David West makes layup (Chris Paul assists)	12	14
4:39	Chris Paul personal foul (Kyle Lowry draws the foul)	12	14
4:39	Jarrett Jack enters the game for Willie Green	12	14
4:39	Carl Landry enters the game for Emeka Okafor	12	14
4:33	Jarrett Jack personal foul (Kyle Lowry draws the foul)	12	14
4:28	Kevin Martin makes layup (Luis Scola assists)	14	14
4:07	Jarrett Jack misses three point jumper	14	14
4:05	Carl Landry offensive rebound	14	14
4:03	Carl Landry makes two point shot	14	16
3:51	Kevin Martin makes driving layup	16	16
3:32	Chris Paul misses jumper	16	16
3:31	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	16	16
3:13	Carl Landry blocks Luis Scola's 4-foot jumper	16	16
3:12	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	16	16
3:05	Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	16
3:03	David West offensive rebound	16	16
2:49	David West makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	16	18
2:30	Kyle Lowry makes 25-foot three point jumper	19	18
2:13	Carl Landry misses 14-foot jumper	19	18
2:12	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	19	18
2:05	Kyle Lowry makes layup	21	18
1:53	Houston full timeout	21	18
1:53	Courtney Lee enters the game for Kevin Martin	21	18
1:45	David West makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	21	20
1:29	Chase Budinger misses layup	21	20
1:28	Kyle Lowry offensive rebound	21	20
1:28	Kyle Lowry misses tip shot	21	20
1:27	David West defensive rebound	21	20
1:22	Trevor Ariza makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)	21	22
1:00	Courtney Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper	21	22
1:00	Houston defensive team rebound	21	22
39.2	Kyle Lowry shooting foul (Jarrett Jack draws the foul)	21	22
39.2	Jarrett Jack makes free throw 1 of 3	21	23
39.2	Jason Smith enters the game for David West	21	23
39.2	Jarrett Jack makes free throw 2 of 3	21	24
39.2	Jarrett Jack makes free throw 3 of 3	21	25
28.9	Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper	21	25
27.9	Carl Landry defensive rebound	21	25
7.0	Courtney Lee personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	21	25
7.0	Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2	21	26
7.0	Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2	21	27
0.9	Kyle Lowry misses 26-foot three point jumper	21	27
0.2	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	21	27
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	21	27

Regular Season Series

NO leads 2-1

Hornets
107
Rockets
99

Game 1

4/11

Hornets
110
Rockets
105

Game 2

15/1

Rockets
91
Hornets
89

Game 3

28/2

Rockets
93
Hornets
101

Game 4

7/4

Smoothie King Center

12:00 AM, 28 February 2011

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 17,466

Referees:
Derrick Collins
Dick Bavetta
Curtis Blair

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

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