New Orleans 96, Houston 106

March 8, 2008

Regular Season

Toyota Center (Houston) (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 18,279

Officials: Gary Zielinski, Mark Wunderlich, James Capers

Team Rebounds: New Orleans (10) Houston (6)

Technicals: New Orleans (0) Houston (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
NOP (42-20) 23 23 26 24 96
HOU (42-20) 20 39 22 25 106

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NOP 88 109.4 120.8
HOU 88 120.8 109.4

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NOP .500 0.125 0.366 0.055
HOU .583 0.125 0.233 0.095

New Orleans Pelicans

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
40 Ryan Bowen Starter PF 20:41 0-1 0-0 0-0 3.0 2 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 0
6 Tyson Chandler Starter C 40:42 7-15 0-0 1-6 15.5 4 12 16 2 2 0 2 2 15
3 Chris Paul Starter PG 38:20 15-26 3-5 4-4 26.0 1 2 3 11 3 2 0 4 37
9 Morris Peterson Starter SG 31:07 5-10 2-3 0-0 6.2 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 12
16 Peja Stojakovic Starter SF 43:07 5-14 3-5 0-0 10.2 3 7 10 1 1 0 0 1 13
33 Melvin Ely Bench C 07:18 0-0 0-0 0-2 -1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Mike James Bench PG 04:53 1-4 1-2 0-0 -1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Jannero Pargo Bench PG 25:32 3-13 1-4 0-0 6.0 1 3 4 2 1 3 1 0 7
32 Julian Wright Bench SF 28:20 4-8 1-2 0-0 7.0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 9
  Team                   10            
        240 40-91 11-21 5-12 87.2 15 26 51 20 11 7 3 11 96
          44.0% 52.4% 41.7%                    

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 30:46 7-13 4-8 2-2 12.2 0 3 3 2 5 2 1 2 20
31 Shane Battier Starter SF 39:52 4-9 2-6 0-0 11.0 4 3 7 3 1 0 0 1 10
3 Tracy McGrady Starter SG 48:00 17-27 3-8 4-4 31.8 0 6 6 9 0 0 2 3 41
55 Dikembe Mutombo Starter C 18:29 2-4 0-0 0-0 5.8 3 3 6 0 1 0 1 1 4
4 Luis Scola Starter PF 24:51 2-7 0-0 2-2 7.8 3 5 8 1 0 1 0 1 6
44 Chuck Hayes Bench PF 29:31 3-3 0-0 0-0 14.5 0 9 9 3 4 3 0 0 6
2 Luther Head Bench SF 22:00 3-9 3-7 0-0 7.8 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 0 9
8 Bobby Jackson Bench SG 17:14 1-7 0-2 0-0 2.2 0 2 2 5 2 2 1 3 2
20 Steve Novak Bench PF 09:17 3-5 2-3 0-0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
  Team                   6         2  
        240 42-84 14-34 8-8 107.2 10 33 49 27 15 8 6 13 106
          50.0% 41.2% 100.0%                    

New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Chris Paul
21.3p, 4r, 11a
Morris Peterson
8.6p, 2.8r, 1a
Peja Stojakovic
16.1p, 4.2r, 1.3a
Ryan Bowen
2.4p, 2.1r, 0.6a
Tyson Chandler
12p, 12.3r, 1.1a
Rotation Jannero Pargo
8.4p, 1.4r, 2.4a
 
 
Julian Wright
3.1p, 1.9r, 0.5a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT Mike James
6.1p, 1.5r, 1.4a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Melvin Ely
4.1p, 3r, 0.4a

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rafer Alston
12.8p, 3.5r, 5.7a
Tracy McGrady
22p, 4.9r, 5.7a
Shane Battier
8.9p, 5.1r, 2a
Luis Scola
9.2p, 5.6r, 1.3a
Dikembe Mutombo
1.4p, 3.6r, 0.1a
Rotation  
 
Bobby Jackson
6.9p, 2.5r, 1.8a
Luther Head
7.9p, 1.7r, 1.9a
Chuck Hayes
3p, 5.6r, 1.1a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Steve Novak
3.6p, 0.9r, 0.3a
 
 

Today's Games

Atlanta Hawks 97
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Cleveland Cavaliers 103
Indiana Pacers 95

Dallas Mavericks 111
New Jersey Nets 91

Houston Rockets 106
New Orleans Pelicans 96

Los Angeles Clippers 96
Minnesota Timberwolves 99

Memphis Grizzlies 89
Boston Celtics 119

New York Knicks 114
Portland Trail Blazers 120

Orlando Magic 95
Golden State Warriors 104

Utah Jazz 132
Denver Nuggets 105

Washington Wizards 97
Charlotte Hornets 100