Houston 69, New Orleans 90

March 19, 2008

Regular Season

Smoothie King Center (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Attendance: 17,956

Officials: Leroy Richardson, Tom Washington, Sean Corbin

Team Rebounds: Houston (8) New Orleans (4)

Technicals: Houston (0) New Orleans (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (46-22) 24 20 15 10 69
NOP (46-21) 16 23 20 31 90

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 91 76.1 99.3
NOP 91 99.3 76.1

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .354 0.199 0.260 0.134
NOP .474 0.132 0.191 0.237

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 32:39 4-13 0-4 2-2 6.2 0.0 7 7 4 3 2 0 3 10
31 Shane Battier Starter SF 39:35 5-11 2-8 2-2 8.2 3.0 3 6 0 2 1 0 2 14
3 Tracy McGrady Starter SG 42:10 6-21 0-3 3-5 2.1 2.0 3 5 3 1 2 0 4 15
55 Dikembe Mutombo Starter C 34:05 4-6 0-0 2-4 15.2 2.0 11 13 0 2 0 2 0 10
4 Luis Scola Starter PF 35:38 7-18 0-0 0-0 5.0 3.0 6 9 1 6 0 0 1 14
0 Aaron Brooks Bench PG 02:09 0-1 0-1 2-2 -0.5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
19 Mike Harris Bench SF 12:06 1-3 0-0 0-0 1.0 1.0 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 2
44 Chuck Hayes Bench PF 23:17 0-2 0-0 0-2 -0.8 1.0 4 5 0 3 1 0 2 0
2 Luther Head Bench SF 02:09 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Bobby Jackson Bench SG 13:12 1-5 0-2 0-0 -0.2 0.0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2
20 Steve Novak Bench PF 03:00 0-2 0-1 0-0 -2.0 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
  Team                   8         1  
        240 28-82 2-19 11-17 65.4 13 37 58 11 19 6 2 19 69
          34.1% 10.5% 64.7%                    

New Orleans Pelicans

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
6 Tyson Chandler Starter C 38:58 1-3 0-0 0-0 13.2 1.0 14 15 0 4 1 4 1 2
3 Chris Paul Starter PG 34:10 9-13 2-4 1-3 21.9 1.0 3 4 10 1 4 0 5 21
9 Morris Peterson Starter SG 15:48 0-6 0-4 0-0 -2.8 3.0 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 0
16 Peja Stojakovic Starter SF 34:07 5-11 1-4 0-0 9.8 1.0 2 3 2 1 3 0 0 11
30 David West Starter PF 40:53 6-18 0-0 11-13 13.9 2.0 9 11 1 3 2 1 2 23
12 Hilton Armstrong Bench C 00:35 1-1 0-0 0-0 1.2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
40 Ryan Bowen Bench PF 01:13 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Melvin Ely Bench C 07:59 0-2 0-0 0-0 2.0 0.0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
5 Mike James Bench PG 02:09 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.5 0.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
2 Jannero Pargo Bench PG 13:50 0-4 0-0 0-0 -2.0 0.0 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 0
24 Bonzi Wells Bench SF 26:47 9-12 1-1 6-7 18.4 0.0 2 2 0 1 2 3 1 25
32 Julian Wright Bench SF 23:31 3-5 0-0 0-2 6.2 1.0 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 6
  Team                   4            
        240 34-76 4-13 18-25 87.6 9 38 51 18 17 14 9 12 90
          44.7% 30.8% 72.0%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rafer Alston
13p, 3.6r, 5.5a		 Tracy McGrady
21.6p, 5r, 5.6a		 Shane Battier
9.1p, 5.1r, 2a		 Luis Scola
9.5p, 5.9r, 1.3a		 Dikembe Mutombo
1.7p, 4.5r, 0a
Rotation  
 		 Bobby Jackson
6.8p, 2.4r, 1.8a		 Mike Harris
6.3p, 5.2r, 0.2a		 Chuck Hayes
2.9p, 5.7r, 1.1a		  
 
Lim PT Aaron Brooks
4.3p, 1r, 1.5a		  
 		 Luther Head
7.6p, 1.7r, 1.9a		 Steve Novak
3.4p, 1r, 0.2a		  
 

New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Chris Paul
21.6p, 3.9r, 11.3a		 Morris Peterson
8.2p, 2.8r, 1a		 Peja Stojakovic
16p, 4.3r, 1.3a		 David West
19.8p, 9.2r, 2.3a		 Tyson Chandler
11.6p, 12.3r, 1.1a
Rotation Jannero Pargo
8.1p, 1.4r, 2.4a		  
 		 Bonzi Wells
9.2p, 4.9r, 1.4a		  
 		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Julian Wright
3.8p, 2.1r, 0.6a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT Mike James
5.7p, 1.4r, 1.3a		  
 		  
 		 Ryan Bowen
2.2p, 2.1r, 0.5a		 Melvin Ely
4.3p, 3r, 0.4a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Hilton Armstrong
2.9p, 2.4r, 0.4a

Houston Rockets Leaders

MPG Yao Ming 37.2
FG% Gerald Green 1.000
3P% Steve Novak .442
FT% Yao Ming .850
ORPG Yao Ming 3.1
DRPG Yao Ming 7.7
RPG Yao Ming 10.8
SPG Rafer Alston 1.4
APG Tracy McGrady 5.6
BPG Yao Ming 2.0
PPG Yao Ming 22.0

New Orleans Pelicans Leaders

MPG Chris Paul 37.7
FG% Tyson Chandler .595
3P% Bonzi Wells 1.000
FT% Mike James 1.000
ORPG Tyson Chandler 4.3
DRPG Tyson Chandler 8.0
RPG Tyson Chandler 12.3
SPG Chris Paul 2.7
APG Chris Paul 11.3
BPG David West 1.3
PPG Chris Paul 21.6

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