Hornets 95-91 Trail Blazers (31 Mar, 2011) Play-by-Play

Portland Trail Blazers

43-32, 17-22 away

	1	2	3	4	T
POR	31	19	20	21	91
NO	25	23	20	27	95

New Orleans Hornets

43-32, 25-11 home

Trevor Ariza misses three point jumper
Emeka Okafor makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Trevor Ariza makes 2-foot two point shot
Emeka Okafor makes 8-foot two point shot
Marco Belinelli makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Emeka Okafor makes 10-foot two point shot
Emeka Okafor misses 8-foot jumper
Nicolas Batum blocks Carl Landry's layup
Trevor Ariza makes driving layup (Chris Paul assists)
Carl Landry misses 7-foot two point shot
Carl Landry makes 22-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Marco Belinelli makes 29-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Marco Belinelli makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Marco Belinelli makes three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Jarrett Jack misses 26-foot three point jumper
Willie Green misses 21-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 9-foot jumper
Aaron Gray makes tip shot
Carl Landry misses layup
Jarrett Jack misses 8-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Carl Landry makes 17-foot jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)
Rudy Fernandez blocks Willie Green's layup
Marco Belinelli misses 16-foot jumper
Carl Landry misses 5-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 17-foot two point shot
Chris Paul misses layup
Chris Paul misses 16-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes 4-foot two point shot
Marco Belinelli misses 28-foot three point jumper
Emeka Okafor makes 3-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Carl Landry makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 21-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 14-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes two point shot
Chris Paul misses 12-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes 15-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Carl Landry misses 10-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Carl Landry misses 5-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes 7-foot two point shot
Marco Belinelli makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses three point jumper
Carl Landry misses 14-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 15-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 15-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor misses 9-foot two point shot
Emeka Okafor misses 6-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jarrett Jack makes 16-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Jason Smith misses jumper
Willie Green misses three point jumper
Jason Smith makes 17-foot jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)
Willie Green makes layup (Jarrett Jack assists)
Chris Paul makes 15-foot jumper
Willie Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Willie Green makes two point shot
Jarrett Jack misses 25-foot three point jumper
Carl Landry misses 15-foot jumper
Jarrett Jack misses 18-foot jumper
Willie Green makes two point shot
Gerald Wallace blocks Chris Paul's layup
Chris Paul misses jumper
Jarrett Jack makes 21-foot jumper
Jarrett Jack makes driving layup
Jason Smith misses 18-foot jumper
Willie Green misses 6-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor makes tip shot
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Jarrett Jack misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andre Miller makes layup (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 19-foot jumper
Gerald Wallace misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andre Miller makes jumper
Gerald Wallace misses 21-foot jumper
Nicolas Batum misses 25-foot three point jumper
Wesley Matthews makes 19-foot jumper (Gerald Wallace assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 15-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 6-foot jumper (Andre Miller assists)
Wesley Matthews misses 13-foot jumper
Andre Miller makes 10-foot two point shot
Wesley Matthews misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andre Miller makes two point shot
Rudy Fernandez makes layup (Andre Miller assists)
Andre Miller misses 20-foot jumper
Rudy Fernandez misses layup
Gerald Wallace makes layup
Rudy Fernandez makes layup (Gerald Wallace assists)
Gerald Wallace makes layup
Brandon Roy makes 16-foot jumper
Patrick Mills makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rudy Fernandez assists)
Rudy Fernandez misses 24-foot three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 20-foot jumper (Patrick Mills assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 18-foot jumper (Rudy Fernandez assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 19-foot jumper
Patrick Mills makes three point jumper (Rudy Fernandez assists)
Patrick Mills makes 16-foot two point shot
Patrick Mills makes driving layup
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 21-foot jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Trevor Ariza blocks Brandon Roy's layup
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 13-foot two point shot
Carl Landry blocks Gerald Wallace's 6-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 15-foot jumper
Nicolas Batum misses layup
LaMarcus Aldridge misses dunk
Nicolas Batum misses three point jumper
Nicolas Batum misses 2-foot two point shot
Gerald Wallace makes 4-foot jumper
Wesley Matthews misses 7-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor blocks Andre Miller's 4-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 22-foot jumper
Wesley Matthews makes 7-foot two point shot
Nicolas Batum misses 18-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 13-foot two point shot
Gerald Wallace makes running jumper
Andre Miller makes layup (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 15-foot two point shot
Trevor Ariza blocks Nicolas Batum's layup
Wesley Matthews misses 14-foot two point shot
Gerald Wallace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Andre Miller assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 16-foot jumper (Wesley Matthews assists)
Emeka Okafor blocks Nicolas Batum's layup
Andre Miller makes 6-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor blocks Gerald Wallace's 5-foot jumper
Andre Miller misses 7-foot jumper
Gerald Wallace misses three point jumper
Patrick Mills makes three point jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Brandon Roy misses 16-foot jumper
Rudy Fernandez misses 26-foot three point jumper
Andre Miller makes 16-foot two point shot (Rudy Fernandez assists)
Brandon Roy misses 18-foot jumper
Rudy Fernandez misses jumper
Rudy Fernandez makes jumper (Andre Miller assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 16-foot two point shot
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 20-foot jumper
Andre Miller misses 17-foot jumper
Rudy Fernandez misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brandon Roy misses 4-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 4-foot two point shot
Brandon Roy makes 16-foot two point shot
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 1-foot two point shot (Andre Miller assists)
Andre Miller makes driving layup
Wesley Matthews makes 28-foot three point jumper (Gerald Wallace assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 25-foot three point jumper

TRAIL BLAZERS

HORNETS

TIME		POR	NO
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: LaMarcus Aldridge vs. Emeka Okafor (New Orleans gains possession)	0	0
11:34	Trevor Ariza misses three point jumper	0	0
11:33	Andre Miller defensive rebound	0	0
11:18	Andre Miller makes layup (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)	2	0
11:02	Emeka Okafor makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)	2	2
10:36	LaMarcus Aldridge misses 19-foot jumper	2	2
10:34	Carl Landry defensive rebound	2	2
10:21	Trevor Ariza makes 2-foot two point shot	2	4
9:53	Gerald Wallace misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	4
9:51	LaMarcus Aldridge offensive rebound	2	4
9:34	Andre Miller makes jumper	4	4
9:27	LaMarcus Aldridge personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	4	4
9:21	Chris Paul bad pass (LaMarcus Aldridge steals)	4	4
9:02	Gerald Wallace misses 21-foot jumper	4	4
9:00	LaMarcus Aldridge offensive rebound	4	4
8:45	Nicolas Batum misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	4
8:44	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	4	4
8:23	Emeka Okafor makes 8-foot two point shot	4	6
8:06	Wesley Matthews makes 19-foot jumper (Gerald Wallace assists)	6	6
7:48	Marco Belinelli makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	6	8
7:33	Marco Belinelli shooting foul (LaMarcus Aldridge draws the foul)	6	8
7:33	LaMarcus Aldridge makes free throw 1 of 2	7	8
7:33	LaMarcus Aldridge makes free throw 2 of 2	8	8
7:15	Emeka Okafor makes 10-foot two point shot	8	10
6:52	LaMarcus Aldridge makes 15-foot jumper	10	10
6:33	Emeka Okafor misses 8-foot jumper	10	10
6:31	Carl Landry offensive rebound	10	10
6:30	Nicolas Batum blocks Carl Landry's layup	10	10
6:28	LaMarcus Aldridge defensive rebound	10	10
6:09	LaMarcus Aldridge makes 6-foot jumper (Andre Miller assists)	12	10
5:46	Trevor Ariza makes driving layup (Chris Paul assists)	12	12
5:28	Wesley Matthews misses 13-foot jumper	12	12
5:28	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	12	12
5:18	Carl Landry misses 7-foot two point shot	12	12
5:16	LaMarcus Aldridge defensive rebound	12	12
5:05	Andre Miller makes 10-foot two point shot	14	12
4:48	Carl Landry makes 22-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	14	14
4:35	Nicolas Batum lost ball (Chris Paul steals)	14	14
4:35	Nicolas Batum personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	14	14
4:35	New Orleans full timeout	14	14
4:35	Marcus Camby enters the game for Nicolas Batum	14	14
4:35	Rudy Fernandez enters the game for LaMarcus Aldridge	14	14
4:22	Marco Belinelli makes 29-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	14	17
3:59	Wesley Matthews misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	17
3:58	Andre Miller offensive rebound	16	17
3:57	Andre Miller makes two point shot	16	17
3:42	Marco Belinelli makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	16	20
3:27	Rudy Fernandez makes layup (Andre Miller assists)	18	20
3:27	Marco Belinelli shooting foul (Rudy Fernandez draws the foul)	18	20
3:27	Brandon Roy enters the game for Wesley Matthews	18	20
3:27	Aaron Gray enters the game for Emeka Okafor	18	20
3:27	Rudy Fernandez makes free throw 1 of 1	19	20
3:05	Marco Belinelli makes three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)	19	23
2:43	Andre Miller misses 20-foot jumper	19	23
2:40	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	19	23
2:33	Aaron Gray offensive foul (Rudy Fernandez draws the foul)	19	23
2:33	Aaron Gray turnover	19	23
2:33	Portland full timeout	19	23
2:33	Patrick Mills enters the game for Andre Miller	19	23
2:33	Jarrett Jack enters the game for Marco Belinelli	19	23
2:19	Rudy Fernandez misses layup	19	23
2:18	Gerald Wallace offensive rebound	19	23
2:15	Gerald Wallace makes layup	21	23
2:15	Chris Paul shooting foul (Gerald Wallace draws the foul)	21	23
2:15	Willie Green enters the game for Carl Landry	21	23
2:15	Gerald Wallace makes free throw 1 of 1	22	23
1:59	Jarrett Jack misses 26-foot three point jumper	22	23
1:58	Rudy Fernandez defensive rebound	22	23
1:39	Rudy Fernandez makes layup (Gerald Wallace assists)	24	23
1:25	Willie Green misses 21-foot jumper	24	23
1:24	Gerald Wallace defensive rebound	24	23
1:17	Gerald Wallace makes layup	26	23
1:06	Trevor Ariza bad pass (Patrick Mills steals)	26	23
45.8	Brandon Roy makes 16-foot jumper	28	23
36.6	Aaron Gray traveling	28	23
36.6	Quincy Pondexter enters the game for Trevor Ariza	28	23
23.6	Patrick Mills makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rudy Fernandez assists)	31	23
6.4	Patrick Mills personal block (Chris Paul draws the foul)	31	23
6.4	Marco Belinelli enters the game for Quincy Pondexter	31	23
6.4	Nicolas Batum enters the game for Patrick Mills	31	23
0.3	Chris Paul misses 9-foot jumper	31	23
0.2	Aaron Gray offensive rebound	31	25
0.0	Aaron Gray makes tip shot	31	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	31	25

Regular Season Series

NO wins 3-1

Trail Blazers
87
Hornets
107

Game 1

14/11

Hornets
97
Trail Blazers
78

Game 2

27/11

Hornets
96
Trail Blazers
103

Game 3

17/2

Trail Blazers
91
Hornets
95

Game 4

31/3

Smoothie King Center

1:00 AM, 31 March 2011

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 12,575

Referees:
Violet Palmer
Tony Brothers
Dan Crawford

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

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