NBA Game Summary - New Orleans/Oklahoma City at Toronto

Toronto, ON (Basketball News) - Chris Paul posted his first career triple- double with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists to lead the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets past the Toronto Raptors in double-overtime, 120-113, at the Air Canada Centre.

David West had 23 points and six rebounds and Speedy Claxton added 10 points and a career-high 12 assists for the Hornets, who have won three straight and now trail Sacramento by 1 1/2 games for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Morris Peterson had 27 points, nine rebounds and six assists and Charlie Villanueva added 25 points and a career-high 18 rebounds for the Raptors, who have dropped their past four games.

In the second overtime, Rasual Butler hit a three-pointer and Claxton completed a three-point play to give the Hornets a 106-100 lead less than a minute in.

Mike James nailed a trey to cut the deficit to 106-103, but Claxton hit two free throws and set up Paul’s jumper to make it 111-103 with three minutes to play.

Villanueva’s slam with 1:29 to play got Toronto back to within five, 112-107. However, Linton Johnson and Paul made back-to-back baskets to seal the win for the Hornets.

James connected on a three-pointer and Matt Bonner hit a jump shot with 2:48 left in the first overtime to make it a 100-95 Toronto lead. However, a Butler three-pointer and two free throws by Paul with 17.7 seconds left tied the game back up.

Peterson had a chance to win it with time ticking down, but his jumper missed and the game went to double overtime.

New Orleans/Oklahoma City led 80-72 to start the fourth quarter and increased its lead when Aaron Williams slammed the ball home to make it 85-76 with 9:22 to play. But, Toronto scored the next seven points and trailed 85-83 on Joey Graham’s slam off an alley-oop pass from Andre Barrett with 8:08 left.

The Hornets, though, scored the next eight points and after Paul connected on two from the charity stripe they had a 93-83 lead with 4:53 remaining.

However, Toronto came charging back and scored the next 12 points. James and Peterson both connected on three-pointers and Graham’s two free throws with 2:01 left gave the club its first lead since the first quarter, 95-93.

After both sides missed baskets the Hornets Marc Jackson drained a jumper with 25.9 seconds left to tie the game up.

Following a timeout, James had the ball but he missed a running jumper as time expired and the teams went into the extra session.

The Raptors had an early 11-4 lead after Villanueva hit a jumper with 8:05 left in the first quarter. The Hornets, though, used a 12-2 run to help them take a 25-19 lead into the second quarter.

Toronto scored the first six points of the second to tie the game up at 25-25. But, New Orleans/Oklahoma City went on a 11-1 run and eventually took a 53-42 lead into the locker room.

The Hornets grabbed their largest lead of the game when West connected on a jumper to make it 74-56 with 5:18 left in the third quarter. But, the Raptors were able to chip away at the deficit and thanks to back-to-back three- pointers by Bonner, with the last coming with 0.4 seconds left, trailed by eight points, 80-72, going into the final 12 minutes.