Los Angeles Lakers @ New Orleans Hornets

18-20, 5-14 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Lakers LAL	23	32	19	16	90
Hornets NO	29	19	21	13	82

New Orleans HornetsHornetsNO

20-20, 12-6 Home

Matchups

LAL

Season tied

1-1

Game 1@ LAL

Final

Game 2@ NO

Final

Game Information

New Orleans, LA

Referee:Bob Delaney

Referee:Sean Corbin

Referee:Rodney Mott

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	53	29	.646	-	W3
Phoenix	45	37	.549	8	W1
LA Clippers	42	40	.512	11	W1
Golden State	37	45	.451	16	L3
Sacramento	22	60	.268	31	L1

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