December 26, 2008
| | Scoring |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|
| HOU | 18 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 79 |
| NOH | 23 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 88 |
| Pace | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | ORtg |
|---|
| HOU | 84.9 | .396 | 12.5 | 20.0 | .306 | 93.1 |
| NOH | 84.9 | .466 | 13.3 | 26.8 | .257 | 103.7 |
| Player | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Luis Scola | 10 | 8 | 0 | 34:31 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Yao Ming | 19 | 12 | 1 | 34:01 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 0 | 0 | | 7 | 8 | .875 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Tracy McGrady | 11 | 5 | 4 | 33:45 | 2 | 11 | .182 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rafer Alston | 3 | 2 | 3 | 31:14 | 1 | 10 | .100 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Shane Battier | 5 | 4 | 0 | 29:12 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reserves | PTS | TRB | AST | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF |
|---|
| Brent Barry | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20:50 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Landry | 9 | 4 | 0 | 20:37 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Aaron Brooks | 9 | 1 | 2 | 16:46 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luther Head | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12:13 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chuck Hayes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6:51 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 79 | 39 | 13 | 240 | 26 | 72 | .361 | 5 | 19 | .263 | 22 | 27 | .815 | 9 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 22 |
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Luis Scola | 34:31 | .465 | .333 | 3.1 | 23.7 | 12.9 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 17.1 | 94 | 96 |
| Yao Ming | 34:01 | .575 | .462 | 9.4 | 31.0 | 19.7 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 27.3 | 113 | 101 |
| Tracy McGrady | 33:45 | .368 | .182 | 0.0 | 17.3 | 8.3 | 24.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 26.6 | 74 | 105 |
| Rafer Alston | 31:14 | .150 | .150 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 18.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 17.6 | 42 | 108 |
| Shane Battier | 29:12 | .417 | .417 | 3.7 | 12.0 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 93 | 107 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| Brent Barry | 20:50 | .820 | .750 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 10.8 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 14.1 | 139 | 103 |
| Carl Landry | 20:37 | .765 | .800 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.4 | 19.1 | 111 | 107 |
| Aaron Brooks | 16:46 | .750 | .750 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 39.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 20.9 | 127 | 109 |
| Luther Head | 12:13 | .363 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 32.3 | 70 | 110 |
| Chuck Hayes | 6:51 | .000 | .000 | 15.6 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 27.0 | 16.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.6 | 50 | 76 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .471 | .396 | 20.0 | 73.2 | 45.3 | 50.0 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 100.0 | 93.1 | 103.7 |
New Orleans Hornets (17-9)
| Player | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| David West | 43:02 | .501 | .421 | 2.7 | 12.4 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 27.4 | 108 | 95 |
| Rasual Butler | 41:32 | .722 | .722 | 2.8 | 15.4 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 152 | 89 |
| Chris Paul | 37:28 | .604 | .500 | 3.1 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 56.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 15.7 | 33.5 | 119 | 93 |
| Tyson Chandler | 30:50 | .612 | .636 | 19.0 | 24.2 | 21.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 18.3 | 135 | 92 |
| Devin Brown | 18:02 | .000 | .000 | 6.5 | 23.7 | 15.5 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.4 | 23 | 94 |
| Reserves | MP | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|
| James Posey | 29:58 | .532 | .333 | 0.0 | 17.8 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.2 | 12.5 | 82 | 96 |
| Melvin Ely | 16:16 | .667 | .667 | 7.2 | 19.7 | 13.7 | 21.8 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 15.1 | 92 | 88 |
| Antonio Daniels | 10:32 | .500 | .500 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 5.3 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 18.7 | 55 | 99 |
| Morris Peterson | 6:28 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 33.0 | 17.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 15.2 | 0 | 91 |
| Sean Marks | 5:52 | .000 | .000 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 25.2 | 23 | 103 |
| Team Totals | 240 | .520 | .466 | 26.8 | 80.0 | 54.7 | 54.5 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 13.3 | 100.0 | 103.7 | 93.1 |
Officials: Monty McCutchen, Tony Brown, Olandis Poole
Attendance: 18,326