2011 NBA Playoffs: Los Angeles Lakers vs. New Orleans Hornets, Western Conference First Round, Game 4

Information about game 4 of the L.A. Lakers vs. New Orleans Hornets series in the 2011 NBA Playoffs, with score, recap, pictures, stats, highlights, quotes and Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol performance.

2011 NBA Playoffs Western Conference First Round
Los Angeles Lakers vs. New Orleans Hornets

G.1: Hornets 109, Lakers 100 - at Los Angeles G.2: Lakers 87, Hornets 78 - at Los Angeles G.3: Lakers 100, Hornets 86 - at New Orleans G.4: Hornets 93, Lakers 88 - at New Orleans G.5: Lakers 106, Hornets 90 - at Los Angeles G.6: Lakers 98, Hornets 80 - at New Orleans		Game recap & pictures Game recap & pictures Game recap & pictures Game recap & pictures Game recap & pictures Game recap & pictures

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GAME 4: L.A. Lakers 88 - New Orleans Hornets 93

Leaders	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Lakers	Bryant: 17	Bynum: 9	Bryant: 8
Hornets	Paul: 27	Paul: 13	Paul: 15

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Tot
LAL	25	20	22	21	88
NOH	22	27	20	24	93

Picture Gallery (LAT)

April 24. New Orleans Arena, New Orleans. Once again the Lakers couldn't handle Chris Paul who had a triple double in the Hornets victory 93-88 over the lakers.

New Orleans' point guard was fantastic, leading his team with 27 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds while the Lakers stayed close but missed too much going .431 from the floor, .222 from behind the 3-point line. Particularly Kobe Bryant had a bad shooting night going 5-for-18 and though he was in the facilitator role and had 7 assists in the first half he also went 0-for-7 for 0 points and he even missed a technical foul.

The Hornets never trailed after halftime and led by as many as 9 points at 57-48 early in the third at the end of a 20-3 run that had started in the second quarter.

Kobe had some good minutes in the third period scoring 14 of his 17 points to help the Lakers tie it a couple of times but that was all, he missed a completely open three-pointer that would have tied the score at 83 with 2 minutes go to in the fourth, and after twisting his left ankle, kept playing and missed another 3-pointer with 4 seconds left that ended the already slim chances the Lakers still had. Of course it wasn't all his fault, Gasol had 16 points but is still far from being his old self, the man who shows up when the team needs him. Lamar Odom was a non-factor coming from the bench and missed 6 of 7 attempts.

The Quotes

Phil Jackson (LAL Coach): "He pressed the game in the second half and delivered for them"

Monty Williams (Hornets Coach): “Chris Paul, that was one of the better performances I've seen in the playoffs. A lot of guys score. He scored. He assisted. He rebounded.”

Chris Paul (Hornets): "Regardless of what happens in this series, it was good to see the city with a smile on their face. It was fun, man. I'm just so thankful to get to say this is my way of life.”

Highlights

Los Angeles Lakers

New Orleans Hornets

Leaders:	Pts	Reb	Ast	St	Bl	More
Kobe Bryant	17	6	8	1	-
Pau Gasol	16	4	4	1	3
Ron Artest	16	4	-	2	-
Andrew Bynum	11	9	-	1	3
Derek Fisher	10	1	2	1	-

Leaders:	Pts	Reb	Ast	St	Bl	More
Chris Paul	27	13	15	2	-	5 TO
Trevor Ariza	19	6	3	-	-
Carl Landry	16	7	3	1	-
Marco Belinelli	7	1	1	1	-
Aaron Gray	7	3	-	-	-

Complete Boxscore

LOS ANGELES LAKERS
Starters	Min	FG	3P	FT	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	+/-	Pts
Ron Artest, SF	35	7-10	2-4	0-2	1	3	4	0	2	0	1	2	-1	16
Pau Gasol, PF	36	6-11	0-0	4-7	2	2	4	4	1	3	0	5	-5	16
Andrew Bynum, C	35	3-8	0-0	5-6	4	5	9	0	1	3	2	4	+3	11
Kobe Bryant, SG	36	5-18	0-3	7-9	1	5	6	8	1	0	2	4	-1	17
Derek Fisher, PG	34	4-7	0-2	2-2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	3	-3	10
Bench	Min	FG	3P	FT	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	+/-	Pts
Lamar Odom, PF	25	1-7	0-3	4-4	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	-8	6
Matt Barnes, SF	12	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	-2	0
Steve Blake, PG	14	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	-2	6
Shannon Brown, PG	13	3-6	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	-6	6
Theo Ratliff, C	DNP COACH'S DECISION
Joe Smith, PF	DNP COACH'S DECISION
Luke Walton, SF	DNP COACH'S DECISION
Totals		31-72	4-18	22-30	9	23	32	17	6	6	9	22		88
Percentages:		43.1%	22.2%	73.3%
	Fast break points: 10 Points in the paint: 40 Team TO ( points off ): 9 (11) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court.

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS
Starters	Min	FG	3P	FT	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	+/-	Pts
Trevor Ariza, SF	42	8-17	0-3	3-4	0	6	6	3	0	0	2	3	+1	19
Carl Landry, PF	39	6-11	0-0	4-4	4	3	7	3	1	0	1	6	+1	16
Emeka Okafor, C	32	3-7	0-0	0-0	5	1	6	0	1	2	2	5	+1	6
Chris Paul, PG	44	7-14	2-4	11-11	2	11	13	15	2	0	5	2	+9	27
Marco Belinelli, SG	32	3-11	1-4	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	-2	7
Bench	Min	FG	3P	FT	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	+/-	Pts
Willie Green, SG	13	1-3	1-1	1-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-3	4
Jarrett Jack, PG	13	1-6	0-2	3-4	0	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	+10	5
Aaron Gray, C	16	3-3	0-0	1-2	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	-2	7
D.J. Mbenga, C	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	+4	2
Jason Smith, PF	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	+6	0
Patrick Ewing Jr., SF	DNP COACH'S DECISION
Quincy Pondexter, SF	DNP COACH'S DECISION
Totals		33-74	4-14	23-27	12	27	39	25	6	3	10	25		93
Percentages:		44.6%	28.6%	85.2%
	Fast break points: 7 Points in the paint: 38 Team TO ( points off ): 10 (11) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court.

Flagrant Fouls: None
Technical Fouls: PLAYERS: 1 NEWORLEANS ( C Paul 1 ) - TEAMS (def3sec): None - COACHES: None
Officials: Zach Zarba , Bob Delaney , Marc Davis
Attendance: 18,083
Time of Game: 02:42

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