Portland Trail Blazers @ New Orleans Hornets

26-15, 14-9 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Trail Blazers POR	23	26	22	17	9	97
Hornets NO	18	26	24	20	8	96

New Orleans HornetsHornetsNO

23-21, 15-7 Home

Matchups

POR

POR wins season

2-0

102

Game 1@ POR

Final

Game 2@ NO

Final/OT

Game Information

New Orleans, LA

Referee:Eddie F. Rush

Referee:Bill Spooner

Referee:Jason Phillips

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

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