Dunbar had 40 points today, helping New Orleans avoid disaster and beat Houston 116-107 in overtime. After the game, Dunbar was thrilled to get the win but upset with his teammates' effort. "I don't know what they were thinking at the start. I guess they thought our reputation would get us the win, but it looked to me like the score was 0-0 at the beginning and we needed to put some points on the board to win. Whatever it was, I had to yell and scream for half the game before we got any sort of team effort going. I guess it was barely enough - any less and we wouldn't have gotten into overtime to begin with."

Houston coach Bob was impressed with Dunbar, but disappointed that his chance slipped through his fingers. "We had our chances and didn't make the best of them," he said. "It's partly because of Dunbar's play, and partly because of our own mistakes."

New Orleans was led by Dunbar (40 points, 5 boards, 0 assists, a block), Forde (23 points, 13 boards, 1 assists, 2 steals, a block), Ortega (11 points, 10 boards, 1 assists, 2 steals). Houston was led by Howard (35 points, 11 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks), Phillips (7 points, 12 assists, 4 steals, a block), Taylor (8 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, 9 blocks).

After this victory, New Orleans are now 5-4 and 4-1 at home. They hold at #4 in the Southwest and improve to #9 overall in the Western Conference. Houston are now 7-4 with the loss. They remain at #2 in the Southwest and remain at #4 overall in the Western Conference.

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