Game Stats: Rockets vs. Hornets, 79-88 in the 2009 NBA Regular Season

Box score from the NBA basketball game played between the Houston Rockets and the New Orleans Hornets on December 26, 2008 with final result, scoring by period, game leaders and statistics by team and by player.

NBA Box Scores:

Game Score

79

Houston Rockets
- 88

New Orleans Hornets

Scoring by Period

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
HOU 18 26 20 15 79
NOH 23 23 20 22 88

Game Leaders

Rockets Hornets

Points

19 -
Y.
Yao
Ming
26 -
C.
Chris
Paul

Rebounds

12 -
Y.
Yao
Ming
12 -
T.
Tyson
Chandler

Assists

4 -
T.
Tracy
McGrady
10 -
C.
Chris
Paul

Steals

2 -
2 players
2 -
2 players

Blocks

0 -
10 players
1 -
2 players

Game Data

Date: December 26, 2008

Home Team: New Orleans Hornets

Game Box Score

Houston Rockets

79
  Rebounds Shooting

Players

  Min Pts Off Def Tot Ast Stl Blk TO PF
FG
3P
FT
Reserves
 
Yao Ming 34:01 19 3 9 12 1 0 0 2 56-13 0-0 7-8
Tracy McGrady 33:45 11 0 5 5 4 0 0 3 12-11 0-3 7-9
Luis Scola 34:31 10 1 7 8 0 2 0 1 53-9 0-0 4-4
Shane Battier 29:12 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 12-6 1-5 0-0
Rafer Alston 31:14 3 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 31-10 1-5 0-0
Reserves
 
Carl Landry 20:37 9 2 2 4 0 0 0 2 34-5 0-0 1-2
Aaron Brooks 16:46 9 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 04-6 1-2 0-0
Brent Barry 20:50 8 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 02-4 2-4 2-2
Luther Head 12:13 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22-6 0-0 1-2
Chuck Hayes 06:51 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 20-2 0-0 0-0
Steve Francis DNP - Coach's Decision
Von Wafer DNP - Coach's Decision

Totals:

  240 79 9 30 39 13 5 0 12 22 26-72 5-19 22-27
Percentages: .361 .263 .815

New Orleans Hornets

88
  Rebounds Shooting

Players

  Min Pts Off Def Tot Ast Stl Blk TO PF
FG
3P
FT
Reserves
 
Chris Paul 37:28 26 1 3 4 10 2 0 4 48-18 2-3 8-8
David West 43:02 23 1 5 6 2 1 0 1 38-19 0-0 7-9
Tyson Chandler 30:50 14 5 7 12 0 0 1 0 47-11 0-0 0-1
Rasual Butler 41:32 13 1 6 7 2 2 1 0 26-9 1-2 0-0
Devin Brown 18:02 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 10-6 0-4 0-0
Reserves
 
James Posey 29:58 6 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 31-3 0-2 4-6
Melvin Ely 16:16 4 1 3 4 2 1 0 2 42-3 0-0 0-0
Antonio Daniels 10:32 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 21-2 0-1 0-0
Morris Peterson 06:28 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 00-1 0-1 0-0
Sean Marks 05:52 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 00-2 0-1 0-0
Ryan Bowen DNP - Coach's Decision
Julian Wright DNP - Coach's Decision

Totals:

  240 88 11 36 47 18 6 2 13 23 33-74 3-14 19-24
Percentages: .446 .214 .792

Inactive Players:
- Rockets: Metta World Peace, Joey Dorsey
- Hornets: Hilton Armstrong, Peja Stojakovic

Abbreviations:
Min = Minutes played / Pts = Points / Off, Def, Tot = Offensive, Defensive and Total Rebounds / Ast = Assists / Stl = Steals / Blk = Blocks / TO = Turnovers / PF = Personal fouls / +/- = Plus-Minus / FG = Field Goals Made - Attempted / 3P = 3-Pointers Made - Attempted / FT = Free Throws Made - Attempted