Hornets 105-99 Rockets (20 Apr, 2012) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

32-31, 12-20 away

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
HOU	29	22	13	23	12	99
NO	22	21	26	18	18	105

New Orleans Hornets

20-43, 11-22 home

105

Al-Farouq Aminu makes 5-foot jumper
Jason Smith misses 13-foot jumper
Greivis Vasquez makes 7-foot two point shot
Jason Smith misses 16-foot jumper
Eric Gordon makes driving layup
Jason Smith makes 21-foot two point shot (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Eric Gordon misses layup
Eric Gordon misses layup
Lance Thomas makes 1-foot two point shot
Al-Farouq Aminu makes 19-foot two point shot (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Al-Farouq Aminu misses 15-foot jumper
Eric Gordon makes dunk (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Eric Gordon makes 16-foot jumper (Gustavo Ayon assists)
Carl Landry makes 14-foot jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
Al-Farouq Aminu misses three point jumper
Greivis Vasquez misses 26-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses 28-foot three point jumper
Al-Farouq Aminu makes 1-foot two point shot (Eric Gordon assists)
Al-Farouq Aminu misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jerome Dyson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Carl Landry misses 14-foot jumper
Carl Landry misses 6-foot jumper
Jason Smith misses 16-foot jumper
Marco Belinelli makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jerome Dyson assists)
Marco Belinelli makes layup (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Marco Belinelli misses 27-foot three point jumper
Greivis Vasquez misses 24-foot three point jumper
Marco Belinelli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Marco Belinelli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
Darryl Watkins makes 17-foot jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Marco Belinelli misses 23-foot three point jumper
Greivis Vasquez makes 16-foot two point shot (Marco Belinelli assists)
Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon makes driving layup
Eric Gordon makes 16-foot two point shot
Al-Farouq Aminu misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jason Smith makes 16-foot jumper (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
Jason Smith makes 19-foot jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
Lance Thomas makes layup (Jason Smith assists)
Al-Farouq Aminu misses 6-foot jumper
Greivis Vasquez makes 15-foot jumper
Eric Gordon makes 25-foot three pointer
Greivis Vasquez misses 6-foot jumper
Eric Gordon makes 8-foot two point shot
Jason Smith misses jumper
Al-Farouq Aminu misses two point shot
Al-Farouq Aminu makes slam dunk
Carl Landry makes 16-foot jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Carl Landry makes two point shot
Al-Farouq Aminu makes 23-foot jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Xavier Henry misses 18-foot jumper
Greivis Vasquez misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al-Farouq Aminu misses 20-foot jumper
Carl Landry misses layup
Al-Farouq Aminu misses 17-foot jumper
Jerome Dyson misses layup
Carl Landry makes 4-foot two point shot
Marco Belinelli misses 25-foot three point jumper
Marco Belinelli misses 16-foot jumper
Jerome Dyson misses layup
Carl Landry makes two point shot
Patrick Patterson blocks Jerome Dyson's layup
Xavier Henry misses 15-foot jumper
Gustavo Ayon misses layup
Jerome Dyson misses layup
Gustavo Ayon makes 2-foot two point shot
Gustavo Ayon makes driving layup
Carl Landry misses 12-foot jumper
Gustavo Ayon makes layup
Jason Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
Marco Belinelli misses 27-foot three point jumper
Greivis Vasquez misses 6-foot jumper
Luis Scola blocks Eric Gordon's 4-foot jumper
Greivis Vasquez misses 6-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes 2-foot two point shot
Eric Gordon makes 4-foot two point shot
Gustavo Ayon makes 14-foot jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
Eric Gordon misses 19-foot jumper
Marco Belinelli misses layup
Eric Gordon misses 4-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes layup (Gustavo Ayon assists)
Carl Landry makes layup (Gustavo Ayon assists)
Al-Farouq Aminu makes 9-foot two point shot (Gustavo Ayon assists)
Eric Gordon makes dunk (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Carl Landry makes dunk (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
Goran Dragic misses layup
Chandler Parsons misses 22-foot jumper
Chandler Parsons makes 23-foot three point jumper (Courtney Lee assists)
Jason Smith blocks Courtney Lee's 5-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chandler Parsons misses layup
Luis Scola misses jumper
Luis Scola makes layup (Chandler Parsons assists)
Courtney Lee makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chandler Parsons assists)
Marcus Camby misses 17-foot jumper
Courtney Lee makes layup (Marcus Camby assists)
Luis Scola makes hook shot (Marcus Camby assists)
Goran Dragic makes 26-foot three point jumper
Marcus Camby makes jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Jason Smith blocks Goran Dragic's layup
Marcus Camby makes 17-foot jumper (Courtney Lee assists)
Chase Budinger makes 25-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Chase Budinger misses 24-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee misses 21-foot jumper
Chase Budinger makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Courtney Lee makes 27-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Kyle Lowry misses three point jumper
Luis Scola makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
Gustavo Ayon blocks Patrick Patterson's 6-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson makes 6-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 7-foot hook shot
Chandler Parsons misses 22-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger makes 17-foot jumper
Chase Budinger misses 20-foot jumper
Marcus Camby makes jumper
Patrick Patterson misses layup
Marcus Camby makes 15-foot jumper (Chase Budinger assists)
Chase Budinger makes 25-foot three point jumper (Patrick Patterson assists)
Marcus Camby makes 16-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Patrick Patterson makes dunk (Marcus Camby assists)
Courtney Lee misses 19-foot jumper
Courtney Lee misses three point jumper
Marcus Camby makes 15-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Goran Dragic misses 19-foot jumper
Marcus Camby makes 16-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Chandler Parsons misses 22-foot jumper
Courtney Lee misses 21-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 14-foot jumper
Marcus Camby misses 15-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes driving layup
Goran Dragic makes 11-foot two point shot
Goran Dragic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chandler Parsons misses 26-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee makes layup (Marcus Camby assists)
Luis Scola misses jumper
Goran Dragic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Courtney Lee assists)
Courtney Lee misses 19-foot jumper
Goran Dragic makes two point shot
Marcus Camby misses 17-foot jumper
Chase Budinger misses 26-foot three point jumper
Goran Dragic misses layup
Courtney Lee misses tip shot
Chase Budinger makes layup
Eric Gordon blocks Kyle Lowry's 26-foot three point jumper
Goran Dragic misses 28-foot three point jumper
Kyle Lowry misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger misses 26-foot three point jumper
Patrick Patterson misses layup
Patrick Patterson makes two point shot
Kyle Lowry misses 9-foot jumper
Chandler Parsons misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger misses 7-foot two point shot
Kyle Lowry misses 22-foot jumper
Courtney Lee misses jumper
Patrick Patterson misses 7-foot jumper
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger makes 25-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Chase Budinger makes 17-foot two point shot (Goran Dragic assists)
Luis Scola misses layup
Courtney Lee makes 23-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Patrick Patterson makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Chase Budinger misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger misses 23-foot three point jumper
Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes layup (Chase Budinger assists)
Patrick Patterson misses 19-foot jumper
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper
Goran Dragic makes layup
Chandler Parsons misses layup
Chandler Parsons misses 24-foot three point jumper
Goran Dragic makes 26-foot three point jumper
Goran Dragic makes driving layup
Chase Budinger makes dunk (Goran Dragic assists)

ROCKETS

HORNETS

TIME		HOU	NO
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Marcus Camby vs. Jason Smith (Goran Dragic gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Goran Dragic misses layup	0	0
11:41	Lance Thomas defensive rebound	0	0
11:17	Al-Farouq Aminu makes 5-foot jumper	0	2
11:02	Chandler Parsons misses 22-foot jumper	0	2
11:00	Lance Thomas defensive rebound	0	2
10:37	shot clock turnover	0	2
10:22	Chandler Parsons makes 23-foot three point jumper (Courtney Lee assists)	3	2
10:03	Jason Smith misses 13-foot jumper	3	2
10:02	Marcus Camby defensive rebound	3	2
10:00	Marcus Camby bad pass	3	2
9:52	Greivis Vasquez makes 7-foot two point shot	3	4
9:33	Al-Farouq Aminu shooting foul (Goran Dragic draws the foul)	3	4
9:33	Goran Dragic misses free throw 1 of 2	3	4
9:33	Houston offensive team rebound	3	4
9:33	Goran Dragic makes free throw 2 of 2	4	4
9:15	Jason Smith misses 16-foot jumper	4	4
9:14	Goran Dragic defensive rebound	4	4
9:07	Jason Smith blocks Courtney Lee's 5-foot jumper	4	4
9:07	Houston offensive team rebound	4	4
8:59	Goran Dragic misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	4
8:56	Greivis Vasquez defensive rebound	4	4
8:53	Greivis Vasquez lost ball (Luis Scola steals)	4	4
8:44	Chandler Parsons misses layup	4	4
8:42	Lance Thomas defensive rebound	4	4
8:38	Luis Scola shooting foul (Al-Farouq Aminu draws the foul)	4	4
8:38	Al-Farouq Aminu makes free throw 1 of 2	4	5
8:38	Al-Farouq Aminu makes free throw 2 of 2	4	6
8:14	Luis Scola misses jumper	4	6
8:11	Luis Scola offensive rebound	4	6
8:07	Luis Scola makes layup (Chandler Parsons assists)	6	6
7:45	Eric Gordon makes driving layup	6	8
7:18	Courtney Lee makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chandler Parsons assists)	9	8
6:54	Jason Smith makes 21-foot two point shot (Greivis Vasquez assists)	9	10
6:41	Marcus Camby misses 17-foot jumper	9	10
6:39	Al-Farouq Aminu defensive rebound	9	10
6:30	Eric Gordon misses layup	9	10
6:28	Marcus Camby defensive rebound	9	10
6:24	Courtney Lee makes layup (Marcus Camby assists)	11	10
6:05	Eric Gordon misses layup	11	10
6:03	Lance Thomas offensive rebound	11	12
6:03	Lance Thomas makes 1-foot two point shot	11	12
5:45	Luis Scola makes hook shot (Marcus Camby assists)	13	12
5:37	New Orleans full timeout	13	12
5:24	Jason Smith lost ball (Chandler Parsons steals)	13	12
5:13	Goran Dragic makes 26-foot three point jumper	16	12
5:03	Goran Dragic personal foul (Greivis Vasquez draws the foul)	16	12
5:03	Carl Landry enters the game for Lance Thomas	16	12
4:56	Courtney Lee personal foul (Eric Gordon draws the foul)	16	12
4:48	Al-Farouq Aminu makes 19-foot two point shot (Greivis Vasquez assists)	16	14
4:28	Marcus Camby makes jumper (Goran Dragic assists)	18	14
4:28	Jason Smith shooting foul (Marcus Camby draws the foul)	18	14
4:28	Marcus Camby misses free throw 1 of 1	18	14
4:26	Jason Smith defensive rebound	18	14
4:07	Al-Farouq Aminu misses 15-foot jumper	18	14
4:07	Marcus Camby defensive rebound	18	14
4:01	Jason Smith blocks Goran Dragic's layup	18	14
3:59	Greivis Vasquez defensive rebound	18	14
3:55	Eric Gordon makes dunk (Greivis Vasquez assists)	18	16
3:29	shot clock turnover	18	16
3:29	Gustavo Ayon enters the game for Jason Smith	18	16
3:16	Eric Gordon makes 16-foot jumper (Gustavo Ayon assists)	18	18
3:00	Gustavo Ayon personal foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)	18	18
3:00	Chase Budinger enters the game for Chandler Parsons	18	18
2:53	Marcus Camby makes 17-foot jumper (Courtney Lee assists)	20	18
2:33	Carl Landry makes 14-foot jumper (Eric Gordon assists)	20	20
2:18	Chase Budinger makes 25-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)	23	20
1:53	Al-Farouq Aminu misses three point jumper	23	20
1:52	Carl Landry offensive rebound	23	20
1:51	Carl Landry traveling	23	20
1:51	Houston full timeout	23	20
1:51	Kyle Lowry enters the game for Marcus Camby	23	20
1:51	Patrick Patterson enters the game for Goran Dragic	23	20
1:36	Chase Budinger misses 24-foot three point jumper	23	20
1:35	Al-Farouq Aminu defensive rebound	23	20
1:21	Greivis Vasquez misses 26-foot three point jumper	23	20
1:19	Gustavo Ayon offensive rebound	23	20
1:00	Eric Gordon misses 28-foot three point jumper	23	20
59.8	Patrick Patterson defensive rebound	23	20
49.9	Courtney Lee misses 21-foot jumper	23	20
47.9	Eric Gordon defensive rebound	23	20
44.3	Al-Farouq Aminu makes 1-foot two point shot (Eric Gordon assists)	23	22
27.3	Chase Budinger makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)	26	22
9.9	Al-Farouq Aminu misses 26-foot three point jumper	26	22
8.7	Courtney Lee defensive rebound	26	22
0.0	Courtney Lee makes 27-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)	29	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	29	22

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 2-1

Hornets
88
Rockets
90

Game 1

20/1

Hornets
88
Rockets
90

Game 2

20/1

Rockets
99
Hornets
105

Game 3

20/4

Rockets
99
Hornets
105

Game 4

20/4

Hornets
77
Rockets
84

Game 5

27/4

Hornets
77
Rockets
84

Game 6

27/4

Smoothie King Center

1:00 AM, 20 April 2012

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 18,315

Referees:
Matt Boland
Tom Washington
Tre Maddox

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

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Jalen Johnson scores 28 to lead the Hawks over the Heat 120-110

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