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
J. Smith Jr.
D. Brooks
A. Sengun
F. VanVleet
Ja. Green
bench
Je. Green
Samuels
D. Days
T. Eason
A. Thompson
C. Whitmore
Bullock
J. Tate
B. Marjanovic
A. Holiday
N. Hinton
N. Williams
T. Hudgins
M. Mayer
J. Landale
K. Porter Jr.
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
Z. Williamson
B. Ingram
H. Jones
J. Valanciunas
C. McCollum
bench
K. Gates
E.J. Liddell
N. Marshall
T. Jemison
L. Robbins
D. Seabron
M. Hill
J. Crutcher
L. Nolley II
K. Lewis Jr.
J. Hawkins
D. Daniels
L. Nance Jr.
C. Zeller
J. Alvarado
T. Murphy III
T. Jones
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
Dallas	4	2	.667	-	W1
Memphis	4	3	.571	0.5	W2
San Antonio	3	3	.500	1	W2
Houston	3	3	.500	1	L1
New Orleans	3	4	.429	1.5	L1

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Houston Rockets

New Orleans Pelicans

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Game Information

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