Hornets Vs. Blazers: Luke Babbitt Scores Career-High As Portland Wins 99-93
The Portland Trail Blazers knocked off the short-handed New Orleans Hornets on Thursday night, thanks to a 25-point, 12-rebound double-double from LaMarcus Aldridge.
| Final - 3.29.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Hornets | 27 | 27 | 16 | 23 | 93 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 28 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 99 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans/Okla City | 27 | 27 | 16 | 23 | 93 |
| Portland | 28 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 99 |
| New Orleans/Okla City | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Farouq Aminu | 30 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5-0 | 7 |
| Carl Landry | 36 | 9-13 | 0-0 | 6-7 | 7-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 24 |
| Jason Smith | 31 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 9-5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5-0 | 13 |
| Marco Belinelli | 44 | 9-18 | 7-11 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2-0 | 27 |
| Greivis Vasquez | 43 | 7-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 14 |
| Lance Thomas | 17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Xavier Henry | 26 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Chris Johnson | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Trevor Ariza | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Chris Kaman | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Emeka Okafor | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jarrett Jack | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Eric Gordon | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Gustavo Ayon | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 33-71 | 7-13 | 20-21 | 34-10 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 22-0 | 93 | |
| .465 | .538 | .952 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 1 (10 pts) | |||||||
| Portland | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Batum | 30 | 5-11 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2-0 | 14 |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 35 | 11-18 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 12-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 25 |
| Joel Przybilla | 16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Wesley Matthews | 41 | 7-15 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-0 | 18 |
| Raymond Felton | 33 | 5-10 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 4-0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 12 |
| J.J. Hickson | 28 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 12 |
| Luke Babbitt | 16 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 16 |
| Jamal Crawford | 22 | 0-6 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Jonny Flynn | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Kurt Thomas | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Craig Smith | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Shawne Williams | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Elliot Williams | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Hasheem Thabeet | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Nolan Smith | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 39-80 | 12-28 | 9-13 | 33-10 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 19-0 | 99 | |
| .487 | .429 | .692 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 1 (13 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Monty McCutchen, Brian Forte, Violet Palmer
Duration:2:07
Officials: - Monty McCutchen, Brian Forte, Violet Palmer
Duration:2:07
