Hornets 99, 
Nets 96
6:00 PM ET, March 1, 2009
IZOD Center
East Rutherford, NJ
| NEW ORLEANS HORNETS | ||||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Peja Stojakovic, SF | 33 | 3-11 | 3-11 | 2-2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +15 | 11 |
| David West, PF | 43 | 10-20 | 0-0 | 12-13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 32 |
| Tyson Chandler, C | 38 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +5 | 7 |
| Rasual Butler, SG | 34 | 6-11 | 3-6 | 7-8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +6 | 22 |
| Chris Paul, PG | 42 | 6-18 | 0-4 | 2-3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +2 | 14 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| James Posey, SF | 31 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 8 |
| Sean Marks, PF | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| Devin Brown, SG | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| Antonio Daniels, PG | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 |
| Ryan Bowen, SF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| Hilton Armstrong, C | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| Julian Wright, SF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | ||
| 32-80 | 8-28 | 27-32 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 99 | |||
| 40.0% | 28.6% | 84.4% | ||||||||||||
Fast break points: - Points in the paint: 28 Team TO ( points off ): 11 (6) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. | ||||||||||||||
| NEW JERSEY NETS | ||||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Trenton Hassell, SF | 18 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Yi Jianlian, PF | 18 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 6 |
| Brook Lopez, C | 31 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| Vince Carter, SG | 40 | 9-17 | 3-6 | 5-5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -9 | 26 |
| Devin Harris, PG | 45 | 9-20 | 1-7 | 7-7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 26 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Jarvis Hayes, SF | 37 | 5-10 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +7 | 13 |
| Bobby Simmons, SF | 24 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| Chris Douglas-Roberts, SG | 11 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| Sean Williams, PF | 17 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
| Maurice Ager, SF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| Josh Boone, C | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| Ryan Anderson, PF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | ||
| 37-83 | 7-24 | 15-16 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 96 | |||
| 44.6% | 29.2% | 93.8% | ||||||||||||
Fast break points: 16 Points in the paint: 40 Team TO ( points off ): 11 (13) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. | ||||||||||||||
Technical Fouls: PLAYERS: None - TEAMS (def3sec): NEWORLEANS (1) - COACHES: None
Officials: Michael Smith , Scott Foster , Eric Dalen
Attendance: 15,509
Time of Game: 02:17