NBA 2011-12Regular season

Final

New Orleans Hornets85–88Los Angeles Lakers

New Orleans Hornets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Saturday 31 March 2012
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 2011-12Regular season
Meeting: 37th meetingof 89 played

New Orleans Hornets

New Orleans Hornets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Jason Smith	36:52	8–17	0–1	1–2	2	8	10	0	0	2	0	5	17	+4
Marco Belinelli	35:24	3–12	1–4	1–2	0	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	8	-18
Jarrett Jack	32:58	7–20	1–3	3–3	0	3	3	10	0	0	0	1	18	-12
Lance Thomas	32:36	3–8	0–0	0–0	5	2	7	1	0	0	2	4	6	-8
Al-Farouq Aminu	31:44	5–11	0–1	0–0	2	5	7	1	4	0	2	1	10	+14
Chris Johnson	26:14	3–7	0–0	0–0	4	4	8	1	4	0	1	4	6	0
Greivis Vásquez	24:24	6–11	0–1	0–1	0	4	4	3	1	0	1	1	12	-2
Xavier Henry	19:48	4–6	0–0	0–2	1	4	5	2	0	0	1	1	8	+7
Team totals	240:00	39–92	2–10	5–10	14	33	47	21	10	2	8	17	85	—

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kobe Bryant	38:19	3–21	1–8	4–5	1	2	3	5	3	0	1	4	11	+4
Andrew Bynum	37:01	7–10	0–0	5–5	0	10	10	2	0	2	3	1	19	-1
Pau Gasol	36:15	8–14	0–0	5–7	2	9	11	3	0	2	3	1	21	+12
Ramon Sessions	32:16	4–8	1–1	1–3	1	1	2	10	1	0	1	0	10	+12
Matt Barnes	27:29	3–11	0–4	2–2	1	5	6	4	0	1	1	2	8	+4
Metta World Peace	24:39	3–5	2–4	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	8	-5
Josh McRoberts	22:26	1–3	0–0	0–0	5	3	8	3	0	0	1	1	2	-7
Steve Blake	21:35	3–5	3–5	0–0	1	2	3	1	1	0	3	1	9	-4
Team totals	240:00	32–77	7–22	17–22	12	35	47	28	5	5	14	11	88	—

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 3, New Orleans Pelicans 0 in NBA 2011-12.

14 Mar 2012Los Angeles Lakers 107–101 New Orleans Hornets
31 Mar 201285–88 this game
9 Apr 2012Los Angeles Lakers 93–91 New Orleans Hornets

Records going in

New Orleans Hornets: 13–38
Los Angeles Lakers: 31–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 59, New Orleans Pelicans 30.

14 Mar 2012Los Angeles Lakers 107–101 New Orleans Hornets
9 Apr 2012Los Angeles Lakers 93–91 New Orleans Hornets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.