NBA 2008-09Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets79–88New Orleans Hornets

Houston Rockets at New Orleans Hornets

Date: Friday 26 December 2008
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 2008-09Regular season
Meeting: 22nd meetingof 90 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Luis Scola	34:31	3–9	0–0	4–4	1	7	8	0	2	0	1	5	10	-10
Yao Ming	34:01	6–13	0–0	7–8	3	9	12	1	0	0	2	5	19	-11
Tracy McGrady	33:45	2–11	0–3	7–9	0	5	5	4	0	0	3	1	11	-11
Rafer Alston	31:14	1–10	1–5	0–0	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	3	3	-11
Shane Battier	29:12	2–6	1–5	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	-14
Brent Barry	20:50	2–4	2–4	2–2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	8	+4
Carl Landry	20:37	4–5	0–0	1–2	2	2	4	0	0	0	2	3	9	-2
Aaron Brooks	16:46	4–6	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	9	+2
Luther Head	12:13	2–6	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	+3
Chuck Hayes	6:51	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	+5
Team totals	240:00	26–72	5–19	22–27	9	30	39	13	5	0	12	22	79	—

New Orleans Hornets

New Orleans Hornets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
David West	43:02	8–19	0–0	7–9	1	5	6	2	1	0	1	3	23	+13
Rasual Butler	41:32	6–9	1–2	0–0	1	6	7	2	2	1	0	2	13	+9
Chris Paul	37:28	8–18	2–3	8–8	1	3	4	10	2	0	4	4	26	+14
Tyson Chandler	30:50	7–11	0–0	0–1	5	7	12	0	0	1	0	4	14	+6
James Posey	29:58	1–3	0–2	4–6	0	5	5	0	0	0	2	3	6	+2
Devin Brown	18:02	0–6	0–4	0–0	1	4	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	+7
Melvin Ely	16:16	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	2	1	0	2	4	4	+2
Antonio Daniels	10:32	1–2	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	-5
Morris Peterson	6:28	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Sean Marks	5:52	0–2	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	-3
Team totals	240:00	33–74	3–14	19–24	11	36	47	18	6	2	13	23	88	—

This season

New Orleans Pelicans 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 2008-09.

15 Nov 2008New Orleans Hornets 82–91 Houston Rockets
26 Dec 200879–88 this game
16 Mar 2009Houston Rockets 95–84 New Orleans Hornets
13 Apr 2009New Orleans Hornets 66–86 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 19–10
New Orleans Hornets: 16–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New Orleans Pelicans 39, Houston Rockets 51.

15 Nov 2008New Orleans Hornets 82–91 Houston Rockets
16 Mar 2009Houston Rockets 95–84 New Orleans Hornets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.