Gustavo Ayon Fails to Make NBA Rising Stars Challenge
The NBA announced the eighteen invited players for the 2012 Rookie Challenge yesterday, and the Hornets' Gustavo Ayon was not among them.
| Final - 2.8.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bulls | 23 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 90 |
| New Orleans Hornets | 14 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 67 |
The NBA announced the eighteen invited players for the 2012 Rookie Challenge yesterday, and the Hornets' Gustavo Ayon was not among them.
The Hornets announced yesterday that they have signed Donald Sloan, previously of Texas A&M
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The Bulls head to New Orleans, potentially without Derrick Rose.
Derrick Rose says his back is feeling better and will try and play Wednesday night against the Hornets.
Hornets news for February 8th, 2012
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 23 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 90 |
| New Orleans/Okla City | 14 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 67 |
| Chicago | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng | 34 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 9 |
| Carlos Boozer | 28 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 18 |
| Joakim Noah | 28 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 10-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 13 |
| Ronnie Brewer | 25 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 2-0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Derrick Rose | 22 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Kyle Korver | 26 | 4-9 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 12 |
| C.J. Watson | 22 | 1-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Omer Asik | 17 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 8-3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Taj Gibson | 19 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 14 |
| Jimmy Butler | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| John Lucas III | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Brian Scalabrine | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Richard Hamilton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 39-85 | 4-16 | 8-12 | 49-12 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 13-1 | 90 | |
| .459 | .250 | .667 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 0 (29 pts) | |||||||
| New Orleans/Okla City | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Ariza | 38 | 3-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 6 |
| Gustavo Ayon | 18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Emeka Okafor | 34 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Marco Belinelli | 30 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 4-8 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 13 |
| Jarrett Jack | 27 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Chris Kaman | 30 | 6-17 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 9-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0-0 | 17 |
| Xavier Henry | 18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Greivis Vasquez | 20 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Lance Thomas | 12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Eric Gordon | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Carl Landry | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jason Smith | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Donald Sloan | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| DaJuan Summers | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28-75 | 1-3 | 10-17 | 39-10 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 12-0 | 67 | |
| .373 | .333 | .588 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 1 (7 pts) | |||||||