New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets

27-21, 13-11 Away

110

27-21, 13-11 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Pelicans NO	33	28	23	26	110
Rockets HOU	25	29	25	20	99

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

22-25, 17-9 Home

New Orleans Pelicans

starters
Brandon IngramB. Ingram#14
Trey Murphy IIIT. Murphy III#25
Jonas ValanciunasJ. Valanciunas#17
CJ McCollumC. McCollum#3
Dyson DanielsD. Daniels#11
bench
Larry Nance Jr.L. Nance Jr.#22
Naji MarshallN. Marshall#8
Jose AlvaradoJ. Alvarado#15
Jordan HawkinsJ. Hawkins#24
Matt RyanM. Ryan#37
Jeremiah Robinson-EarlJ. Robinson-Earl#50
E.J. LiddellE.J. Liddell#32
Cody ZellerC. Zeller#40
Malcolm HillM. Hill#33
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
36	24	9-19	0-3	6-7	10	4	6	0	2	4	6	4	+4
27	13	5-12	3-10	0-0	6	1	1	0	0	1	5	1	+4
33	25	10-15	0-1	5-9	14	2	3	0	1	4	10	5	+13
36	19	7-15	3-7	2-2	5	3	3	1	2	0	5	1	+3
24	9	4-6	1-3	0-0	2	3	2	1	0	0	2	2	+1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	5	3	0	1	0	1	4	3	-2
31	10	3-4	1-1	3-4	7	2	0	0	1	0	7	2	+8
14	7	2-3	2-3	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	+7
23	3	1-5	1-4	0-0	6	2	1	0	0	2	4	1	+17
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	110	41-82	11-34	17-24	56	20	16	3	6	12	44	22
		50%	32%	71%

Houston Rockets

starters
Dillon BrooksD. Brooks#9
Jabari Smith Jr.J. Smith Jr.#10
Alperen SengunA. Sengun#28
Fred VanVleetF. VanVleet#5
Jalen GreenJa. Green#4
bench
Jeff GreenJe. Green#32
Jae'Sean TateJ. Tate#8
Jermaine Samuels Jr.J. Samuels Jr.#00
Cam WhitmoreC. Whitmore#7
Aaron HolidayA. Holiday#0
Nate HintonN. Hinton#14
Amen ThompsonA. Thompson#1
Reggie Bullock Jr.R. Bullock Jr.#25
Boban MarjanovicB. Marjanovic#51
Jock LandaleJ. Landale#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	13	4-11	3-7	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	-6
22	0	0-6	0-4	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	-19
34	10	4-11	0-1	2-2	10	5	2	2	0	2	8	3	-5
37	16	6-12	2-6	2-2	3	5	0	2	0	0	3	1	-5
38	31	11-20	5-12	4-4	4	4	3	3	2	0	4	3	-7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	+2
7	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	-10
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
20	17	6-12	3-7	2-3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-13
17	0	0-4	0-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	+9
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
17	10	3-6	0-1	4-4	6	0	0	1	0	2	4	3	-5
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	99	35-87	13-44	16-17	29	19	5	11	2	5	24	21
		40%	30%	94%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

HOU leads season

2-1

HOU

101

Game 1@ HOU

Final

104

Game 2@ NO

Final

106

110

Game 3@ HOU

Final

127

Game 4@ NO

Final

105

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Mark Lindsay

Referee:Sean Corbin

Referee:Mousa Dagher

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

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LeBron scores 28, leads short-handed Lakers past Durant's Rockets again 101-94 for 2-0 series lead

— LeBron James had 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers outlasted the Houston Rockets for a 101-94 victory Tuesday night and a stunning 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.

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