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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24

| Friday, December 26, 2008 | |||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score |
| Houston | 18 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 79 |
| New Orleans | 23 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 88 |
| Wrap | |||||
| Houston | ||||||||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | OR | DR | TOT | A | PF | ST | TO | BL | PTS |
| S.Battier | 29:12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| L.Scola | 34:31 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Y.Ming | 34:1 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| T.McGrady | 33:45 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| R.Alston | 31:14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| B.Barry | 20:50 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| C.Landry | 20:37 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| A.Brooks | 16:46 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| C.Hayes | 6:51 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L.Head | 12:13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| R.Artest | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V.Wafer | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 127:127 | 26 | 72 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 79 |
| New Orleans | ||||||||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | OR | DR | TOT | A | PF | ST | TO | BL | PTS |
| R.Butler | 41:32 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| D.West | 43:2 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| T.Chandler | 30:50 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| D.Brown | 18:2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.Paul | 37:28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| M.Ely | 16:16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| M.Peterson | 6:28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J.Posey | 29:58 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| S.Marks | 5:52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A.Daniels | 10:32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| R.Bowen | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P.Stojakovic | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H.Armstrong | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.Wright | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 127:127 | 33 | 74 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 88 |
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