Rockets 84-77 Hornets (27 Apr, 2012) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Hornets

21-45, 10-23 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	20	22	29	6	77
HOU	12	21	30	21	84

Houston Rockets

34-32, 22-11 home

Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
Chase Budinger makes 20-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses 20-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee misses 21-foot two point shot
Samuel Dalembert misses 19-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 4-foot hook shot
Luis Scola misses 7-foot jumper
Chase Budinger makes three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
Courtney Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Lance Thomas blocks Samuel Dalembert's 3-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Goran Dragic makes dunk (Patrick Patterson assists)
Patrick Patterson misses 7-foot two point shot
Courtney Lee makes 24-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Patrick Patterson misses 16-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses tip shot
Marcus Morris misses 23-foot three point jumper
Patrick Patterson makes 8-foot two point shot (Courtney Fortson assists)
Marcus Morris misses 15-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson misses three point jumper
Marcus Morris misses 38-foot three pointer
Patrick Patterson misses 10-foot two point shot
Marcus Morris misses 25-foot three point jumper
Marcus Morris misses 21-foot two point shot
Courtney Lee misses 20-foot two point shot
Courtney Lee misses 13-foot running jumper
Goran Dragic makes layup
Courtney Lee misses 5-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses three point jumper
Courtney Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper
Samuel Dalembert misses layup
Chase Budinger misses 4-foot two point shot
Chase Budinger makes dunk (Goran Dragic assists)
Samuel Dalembert makes 10-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger makes 2-foot two point shot (Goran Dragic assists)
Courtney Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper
Patrick Patterson makes 7-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson misses 7-foot hook shot
Samuel Dalembert makes layup
Chase Budinger makes 26-foot three point jumper (Courtney Lee assists)
Samuel Dalembert makes dunk (Luis Scola assists)
Courtney Lee makes running jumper
Courtney Lee makes 26-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Courtney Lee makes 11-foot running jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Chase Budinger makes 24-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Patrick Patterson makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Goran Dragic misses 4-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses tip shot
Chase Budinger makes 23-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Chase Budinger misses 19-foot jumper
Chase Budinger makes 6-foot jumper
Chase Budinger makes 23-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Chase Budinger misses 1-foot two point shot
Patrick Patterson misses 7-foot hook shot
Lance Thomas blocks Courtney Lee's 9-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson makes layup
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
Greg Smith makes 8-foot two point shot
Marcus Morris makes layup
Patrick Patterson misses 16-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Patrick Patterson misses 7-foot hook shot
Marco Belinelli blocks Greg Smith's 5-foot jumper
Chase Budinger misses 9-foot running jumper
Patrick Patterson misses tip shot
Courtney Fortson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Patrick Patterson misses 15-foot jumper
Courtney Fortson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Greg Smith assists)
Courtney Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper
Marcus Morris makes 8-foot two point shot (Courtney Lee assists)
Greg Smith misses 5-foot jumper
Greg Smith makes layup
Courtney Fortson misses driving layup
Marcus Morris misses two point shot
Greg Smith makes two point shot (Marcus Morris assists)
Jerome Dyson blocks Courtney Lee's layup
Darryl Watkins blocks Courtney Fortson's 3-foot jumper
Marcus Morris misses three point jumper
Goran Dragic makes jumper
Patrick Patterson misses 21-foot jumper
Chase Budinger makes driving dunk (Goran Dragic assists)
Marcus Morris makes 23-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Patrick Patterson misses layup
Greg Smith makes 1-foot two point shot
Jerome Dyson makes driving layup
Luis Scola blocks Jason Smith's 15-foot jumper
Marco Belinelli misses 22-foot two point shot
Jerome Dyson makes jumper (Jason Smith assists)
Jason Smith makes 19-foot jumper (Marco Belinelli assists)
Goran Dragic blocks Jerome Dyson's driving layup
Marco Belinelli misses 25-foot three point jumper
Marco Belinelli makes layup (Jason Smith assists)
Jerome Dyson makes driving layup (Marco Belinelli assists)
Marco Belinelli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
Patrick Patterson blocks Lance Thomas's 2-foot two point shot
Al-Farouq Aminu misses 16-foot two point shot
Jerome Dyson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Darryl Watkins misses 16-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes 14-foot jumper
Marcus Morris blocks Al-Farouq Aminu's 6-foot jumper
Jerome Dyson makes layup
Al-Farouq Aminu misses 23-foot jumper
Darryl Watkins misses jumper
Carl Landry makes jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Carl Landry misses 18-foot jumper
Darryl Watkins makes layup
Carl Landry makes 6-foot two point shot
Al-Farouq Aminu misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al-Farouq Aminu misses slam dunk
Darryl Watkins makes 9-foot two point shot
Carl Landry makes 18-foot jumper
Lance Thomas misses 9-foot running jumper
Al-Farouq Aminu makes 26-foot three point jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Greivis Vasquez misses two point shot
Jerome Dyson misses 9-foot running jumper
Greivis Vasquez misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jerome Dyson misses 6-foot running jumper
Greivis Vasquez misses 12-foot running jumper
Darryl Watkins makes 14-foot jumper
Greivis Vasquez misses 26-foot three point jumper
Greivis Vasquez misses 18-foot jumper
Greivis Vasquez makes 7-foot two point shot
Al-Farouq Aminu makes driving layup (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Marco Belinelli makes driving layup
Courtney Lee blocks Marco Belinelli's 9-foot jumper
Greivis Vasquez makes 25-foot three point jumper (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
Al-Farouq Aminu makes dunk (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Marco Belinelli makes 21-foot jumper (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
Jerome Dyson makes 17-foot two point shot
Jerome Dyson misses 12-foot two point shot
Lance Thomas makes 14-foot jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Marco Belinelli misses layup
Lance Thomas makes 14-foot jumper (Jerome Dyson assists)
Jerome Dyson makes layup (Darryl Watkins assists)
Jerome Dyson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Greivis Vasquez makes 28-foot three point jumper
Al-Farouq Aminu misses driving layup
Greivis Vasquez misses 20-foot jumper
Darryl Watkins misses jumper
Al-Farouq Aminu misses 23-foot jumper
Lance Thomas misses 12-foot jumper
Jerome Dyson misses 10-foot jumper
Al-Farouq Aminu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Al-Farouq Aminu misses driving layup
Greivis Vasquez misses 19-foot two point shot
Lance Thomas misses 8-foot two point shot
Greivis Vasquez misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jerome Dyson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al-Farouq Aminu misses 19-foot two point shot
Greivis Vasquez misses 18-foot jumper
Greivis Vasquez misses 24-foot three point jumper
Greivis Vasquez misses 27-foot three point jumper

HORNETS

ROCKETS

TIME		NO	HOU
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Jason Smith vs. Samuel Dalembert (Luis Scola gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper	0	0
11:42	Lance Thomas defensive rebound	0	0
11:27	Jerome Dyson makes driving layup	2	0
11:11	Chase Budinger makes 20-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)	2	2
10:52	Luis Scola blocks Jason Smith's 15-foot jumper	2	2
10:49	Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound	2	2
10:41	Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	2
10:40	Marco Belinelli defensive rebound	2	2
10:30	Marco Belinelli misses 22-foot two point shot	2	2
10:29	Courtney Lee defensive rebound	2	2
10:15	Luis Scola misses 20-foot jumper	2	2
10:15	Jason Smith defensive rebound	2	2
9:52	Jerome Dyson makes jumper (Jason Smith assists)	4	2
9:40	Goran Dragic misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	2
9:37	Jason Smith defensive rebound	4	2
9:26	Jason Smith makes 19-foot jumper (Marco Belinelli assists)	6	2
9:07	Courtney Lee misses 21-foot two point shot	6	2
9:04	Marco Belinelli defensive rebound	6	2
9:00	Goran Dragic blocks Jerome Dyson's driving layup	6	2
8:59	Goran Dragic defensive rebound	6	2
8:55	Chase Budinger bad pass (Lance Thomas steals)	6	2
8:44	Marco Belinelli misses 25-foot three point jumper	6	2
8:42	Goran Dragic defensive rebound	6	2
8:33	Samuel Dalembert misses 19-foot jumper	6	2
8:32	Lance Thomas defensive rebound	6	2
8:14	Marco Belinelli makes layup (Jason Smith assists)	8	2
7:48	Luis Scola misses 4-foot hook shot	8	2
7:47	Jason Smith defensive rebound	8	2
7:33	Jerome Dyson makes driving layup (Marco Belinelli assists)	10	2
7:24	Houston full timeout	10	2
7:18	Luis Scola misses 7-foot jumper	10	2
7:16	Jason Smith defensive rebound	10	2
7:05	Goran Dragic shooting foul (Jerome Dyson draws the foul)	10	2
7:05	Jerome Dyson misses free throw 1 of 2	10	2
7:05	New Orleans offensive team rebound	10	2
7:05	Darryl Watkins enters the game for Jason Smith	10	2
7:05	Jerome Dyson makes free throw 2 of 2	11	2
6:47	Chase Budinger makes three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)	11	5
6:30	Lance Thomas out of bounds lost ball turnover	11	5
6:24	Jerome Dyson personal foul (Courtney Lee draws the foul)	11	5
6:18	Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper	11	5
6:16	Samuel Dalembert offensive rebound	11	5
5:52	Courtney Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper	11	5
5:52	Al-Farouq Aminu defensive rebound	11	5
5:39	Marco Belinelli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)	14	5
5:24	Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	5
5:22	Samuel Dalembert offensive rebound	14	5
5:20	Lance Thomas blocks Samuel Dalembert's 3-foot jumper	14	5
5:20	Marco Belinelli defensive rebound	14	5
5:15	Darryl Watkins offensive foul (Chase Budinger draws the foul)	14	5
5:15	Darryl Watkins turnover	14	5
5:15	Greivis Vasquez enters the game for Marco Belinelli	14	5
5:01	Goran Dragic misses 26-foot three point jumper	14	5
5:00	Greivis Vasquez defensive rebound	14	5
4:48	Patrick Patterson enters the game for Samuel Dalembert	14	5
4:43	Jerome Dyson lost ball (Patrick Patterson steals)	14	5
4:39	Goran Dragic makes dunk (Patrick Patterson assists)	14	7
4:16	Patrick Patterson blocks Lance Thomas's 2-foot two point shot	14	7
4:13	Chase Budinger defensive rebound	14	7
4:03	Patrick Patterson misses 7-foot two point shot	14	7
4:01	Al-Farouq Aminu defensive rebound	14	7
3:40	Al-Farouq Aminu misses 16-foot two point shot	14	7
3:38	Courtney Lee defensive rebound	14	7
3:31	Courtney Lee makes 24-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)	14	10
3:23	New Orleans full timeout	14	10
3:23	Marcus Morris enters the game for Courtney Lee	14	10
3:04	Jerome Dyson misses 26-foot three point jumper	14	10
3:02	Marcus Morris defensive rebound	14	10
2:44	Patrick Patterson misses 16-foot jumper	14	10
2:42	Goran Dragic offensive rebound	14	10
2:42	Goran Dragic misses tip shot	14	10
2:40	Lance Thomas defensive rebound	14	10
2:18	Darryl Watkins misses 16-foot jumper	14	10
2:15	New Orleans defensive team rebound	14	10
2:15	Carl Landry enters the game for Lance Thomas	14	10
1:58	Marcus Morris misses 23-foot three point jumper	14	10
1:57	Al-Farouq Aminu defensive rebound	14	10
1:39	Carl Landry makes 14-foot jumper	16	10
1:29	Goran Dragic lost ball (Jerome Dyson steals)	16	10
1:24	Goran Dragic shooting foul (Jerome Dyson draws the foul)	16	10
1:24	New Orleans full timeout	16	10
1:24	Greg Smith enters the game for Luis Scola	16	10
1:24	Courtney Fortson enters the game for Goran Dragic	16	10
1:24	Jerome Dyson makes free throw 1 of 2	17	10
1:24	Jerome Dyson makes free throw 2 of 2	18	10
1:09	Patrick Patterson makes 8-foot two point shot (Courtney Fortson assists)	18	12
46.9	Marcus Morris blocks Al-Farouq Aminu's 6-foot jumper	18	12
44.9	Jerome Dyson offensive rebound	18	12
43.9	Jerome Dyson makes layup	20	12
34.9	Marcus Morris misses 15-foot jumper	20	12
33.9	Patrick Patterson offensive rebound	20	12
30.8	Patrick Patterson misses three point jumper	20	12
29.8	Carl Landry defensive rebound	20	12
4.9	Al-Farouq Aminu misses 23-foot jumper	20	12
3.8	Patrick Patterson defensive rebound	20	12
0.0	Marcus Morris misses 38-foot three pointer	20	12
0.0	Houston offensive team rebound	20	12
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	20	12

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 3-2

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

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:00 AM, 27 April 2012

Houston, TX

Attendance: 16,602

Referees:
Tommy Nunez Jr.
Dan Crawford
Sean Wright

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	13	6	.684	-	W1
Memphis	11	7	.611	1.5	W3
Dallas	10	8	.556	2.5	W1
San Antonio	10	8	.556	2.5	W4
New Orleans	4	14	.222	8.5	L5

Washington faces Los Angeles on home slide

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Houston visits Philadelphia following overtime win

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Ball leads Charlotte against Miami after 44-point game

Miami Heat (7-8, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Charlotte Hornets (6-11, 12th in the Eastern Conference)

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