Rockets 120-87 Pelicans (13 Oct, 2023) Box Score

Houston Rockets

2-0

120

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	33	23	29	35	120
NO	26	14	21	26	87

New Orleans Pelicans

0-2

Houston Rockets

starters
Jabari Smith Jr.J. Smith Jr.#1
Dillon BrooksD. Brooks#24
Alperen SengunA. Sengun#28
Fred VanVleetF. VanVleet#23
Jalen GreenJa. Green#4
bench
Jeff GreenJe. Green#32
Jermaine Samuels Jr.Samuels#0
Darius DaysD. Days#15
Tari EasonT. Eason#17
Amen ThompsonA. Thompson#1
Cam WhitmoreC. Whitmore#7
Reggie Bullock Jr.Bullock#25
Jae'Sean TateJ. Tate#8
Boban MarjanovicB. Marjanovic#51
Aaron HolidayA. Holiday#0
Nate HintonN. Hinton#14
Nate WilliamsN. Williams#19
Trevor HudginsT. Hudgins#12
Matthew MayerM. Mayer#60
Jock LandaleJ. Landale#11
Kevin Porter Jr.K. Porter Jr.#3
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	9-13	4-5	0-0	1	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	+14	22
22	2-5	1-4	2-2	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	3	+14	7
22	5-12	0-4	2-2	2	4	6	4	4	1	4	1	+14	12
16	2-7	0-5	2-2	0	1	1	4	3	1	1	2	+7	6
25	4-7	0-2	4-4	0	2	2	2	1	0	2	0	+16	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	+7	2
7	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	+10	4
5	1-1	1-1	1-2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	+9	4
9	3-5	1-2	1-3	2	2	4	1	3	0	4	4	+9	8
21	4-7	1-3	3-4	0	2	2	4	0	0	2	0	+13	12
9	3-8	1-4	1-2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	+3	8
11	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	+8	3
15	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	3	5	2	3	0	0	1	+5	0
6	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	5	5	1	0	0	1	1	+5	4
10	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	+3	3
5	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	+9	3
7	3-5	1-1	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	2	+10	7
7	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	+9	3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
	45-86	14-40	16-21	9	39	48	34	18	3	20	19		120
	52.3%	35.0%	76.2%

New Orleans Pelicans

starters
Zion WilliamsonZ. Williamson#1
Brandon IngramB. Ingram#14
Herbert JonesH. Jones#5
Jonas ValanciunasJ. Valanciunas#17
CJ McCollumC. McCollum#3
bench
Kaiser GatesK. Gates#12
E.J. LiddellE.J. Liddell#32
Naji MarshallN. Marshall#8
Trey Jemison IIIJemison#56
Liam RobbinsL. Robbins#4
Dereon SeabronD. Seabron#0
Malcolm HillM. Hill#33
Jalen CrutcherJ. Crutcher#9
Landers Nolley IIL. Nolley II#2
Kira Lewis Jr.K. Lewis Jr.#13
Jordan HawkinsJ. Hawkins#24
Dyson DanielsD. Daniels#11
Larry Nance Jr.L. Nance Jr.#22
Cody ZellerC. Zeller#40
Jose AlvaradoJ. Alvarado#15
Trey Murphy IIIT. Murphy III#25
Tevian JonesT. Jones#55
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	2	0	0	1	2	-12	4
22	5-13	0-4	0-0	1	4	5	3	4	0	4	3	-18	10
23	1-5	1-3	1-2	2	2	4	1	2	2	2	1	-11	4
24	0-4	0-2	0-0	2	2	4	3	0	0	1	2	-11	0
23	6-13	4-8	1-1	0	2	2	0	0	2	5	1	-14	17
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
5	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-9	3
10	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	+3	0
25	3-6	1-3	2-2	1	2	3	1	4	0	4	0	-20	9
10	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	1	-15	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0-2	0-2	2-4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	-9	2
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-9	0
5	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-9	2
16	2-5	0-1	4-4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	-12	8
17	5-12	3-6	0-0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	-8	13
22	5-10	3-4	0-2	2	3	5	2	0	0	3	2	-11	13
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	32-83	13-37	10-15	12	24	36	21	12	6	25	18		87
	38.6%	35.1%	66.7%

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Pelicans
101
Rockets
104

Game 1

11/11

Rockets
106
Pelicans
104

Game 2

24/12

Pelicans
110
Rockets
99

Game 3

1/2

Rockets
105
Pelicans
127

Game 4

23/2

Legacy Arena at BJCC

1:00 AM, 13 October 2023

Birmingham, AL

Attendance: 11,589

Referees:
Ed Malloy
Leon Wood
Lauren Holtkamp

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	12	6	.667	-	L1
Memphis	10	7	.588	1.5	W2
Dallas	9	8	.529	2.5	L1
San Antonio	9	8	.529	2.5	W3
New Orleans	4	13	.235	7.5	L4

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New Orleans Pelicans

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Game Information

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