Houston 79, New Orleans 88

December 26, 2008

Regular Season

Smoothie King Center (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Attendance: 18,326

Officials: Tony Brown, Monty McCutchen, Olandis Poole

Team Rebounds: Houston (7) New Orleans (4)

Technicals: Houston (0) New Orleans (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (19-11) 18 26 20 15 79
NOP (17-9) 23 23 20 22 88

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 85 93.1 103.7
NOP 85 103.7 93.1

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .396 0.141 0.231 0.306
NOP .466 0.153 0.234 0.257

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
12 Rafer Alston Starter PG 31:14 1-10 1-5 0-0 -2.5 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 1 3
31 Shane Battier Starter SF 29:12 2-6 1-5 0-0 3.2 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 5
3 Tracy McGrady Starter SG 33:45 2-11 0-3 7-9 3.6 0 5 5 4 1 0 0 3 11
11 Yao Ming Starter C 34:01 6-13 0-0 7-8 12.5 3 9 12 1 5 0 0 2 19
4 Luis Scola Starter PF 34:31 3-9 0-0 4-4 6.5 1 7 8 0 5 2 0 1 10
17 Brent Barry Bench SG 20:50 2-4 2-4 2-2 7.0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 8
0 Aaron Brooks Bench PG 16:46 4-6 1-2 0-0 6.2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 9
44 Chuck Hayes Bench PF 06:51 0-2 0-0 0-0 1.5 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
2 Luther Head Bench SF 12:13 2-6 0-0 1-2 -1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 5
14 Carl Landry Bench PF 20:37 4-5 0-0 1-2 4.5 2 2 4 0 3 0 0 2 9
  Team                   7         2  
        240 26-72 5-19 22-27 65.4 9 30 46 13 22 5 0 14 79
          36.1% 26.3% 81.5%                    

New Orleans Pelicans

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
23 Devin Brown Starter SG 18:02 0-6 0-4 0-0 0.0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 0
45 Rasual Butler Starter SF 41:32 6-9 1-2 0-0 15.8 1 6 7 2 2 2 1 0 13
6 Tyson Chandler Starter C 30:50 7-11 0-0 0-1 14.6 5 7 12 0 4 0 1 0 14
3 Chris Paul Starter PG 37:28 8-18 2-3 8-8 18.8 1 3 4 10 4 2 0 4 26
30 David West Starter PF 43:02 8-19 0-0 7-9 10.6 1 5 6 2 3 1 0 1 23
50 Antonio Daniels Bench PG 10:32 1-2 0-1 0-0 -0.8 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 2
33 Melvin Ely Bench C 16:16 2-3 0-0 0-0 4.0 1 3 4 2 4 1 0 2 4
4 Sean Marks Bench C 05:52 0-2 0-1 0-0 -1.5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Morris Peterson Bench SG 06:28 0-1 0-1 0-0 -0.2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
41 James Posey Bench SF 29:58 1-3 0-2 4-6 1.8 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 2 6
  Team                   4            
        240 33-74 3-14 19-24 85.0 11 36 51 18 23 6 2 13 88
          44.6% 21.4% 79.2%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rafer Alston
11.7p, 3.2r, 5.1a		 Tracy McGrady
15.9p, 4.8r, 4.7a		 Shane Battier
7.6p, 3.9r, 2.1a		 Luis Scola
11.2p, 7.5r, 1.2a		 Yao Ming
20.1p, 9.7r, 1.6a
Rotation Aaron Brooks
11.2p, 2.1r, 2.6a		 Brent Barry
3.4p, 1.8r, 1.1a		 Luther Head
5.2p, 1.2r, 1.6a		 Carl Landry
8.8p, 5.1r, 0.8a		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		 Chuck Hayes
1.2p, 3.6r, 0.7a		  
 

New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Chris Paul
20.1p, 5.2r, 11.3a		 Devin Brown
5.7p, 2.6r, 1.1a		 Rasual Butler
8.2p, 2.8r, 0.8a		 David West
19.5p, 7.1r, 2a		 Tyson Chandler
8.8p, 8.2r, 0.5a
Rotation Antonio Daniels
4.6p, 1.4r, 3.2a		  
 		 James Posey
9.5p, 4.8r, 1a		  
 		 Melvin Ely
3.8p, 1.7r, 0.6a
Lim PT  
 		 Morris Peterson
7.2p, 2.7r, 0.5a		  
 		  
 		 Sean Marks
2.3p, 2.5r, 0.1a

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Memphis Grizzlies 108
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Miami Heat 90
Chicago Bulls 77
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New Jersey Nets 87
Charlotte Hornets 95
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New Orleans Pelicans 88
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