New Orleans Pelicans vs Houston Rockets

Preseason

2-0

120

2-0

Final

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

New Orleans PelicansPelicansNO

0-2

Houston Rockets

starters
Dillon BrooksD. Brooks#24
Jabari Smith Jr.J. Smith Jr.#1
Alperen SengunA. Sengun#28
Fred VanVleetF. VanVleet#23
Jalen GreenJa. Green#4
bench
Jeff GreenJe. Green#32
Jae'Sean TateJ. Tate#8
Jermaine Samuels Jr.Samuels#00
Darius DaysD. Days#15
Tari EasonT. Eason#17
Cam WhitmoreC. Whitmore#7
Reggie Bullock Jr.Bullock#25
Boban MarjanovicB. Marjanovic#51
Aaron HolidayA. Holiday#0
Nate HintonN. Hinton#14
Nate WilliamsN. Williams#19
Amen ThompsonA. Thompson#1
Trevor HudginsT. Hudgins#12
Matthew MayerM. Mayer#60
Jock LandaleJ. Landale#11
Kevin Porter Jr.K. Porter Jr.#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
22	7	2-5	1-4	2-2	2	3	2	0	0	1	1	3	+14
24	22	9-13	4-5	0-0	9	2	0	1	0	1	8	0	+14
22	12	5-12	0-4	2-2	6	4	4	4	1	2	4	1	+14
16	6	2-7	0-5	2-2	1	4	1	3	1	0	1	2	+7
25	12	4-7	0-2	4-4	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	+16
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
10	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	+7
15	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	5	2	0	3	0	2	3	1	+5
7	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	+10
5	4	1-1	1-1	1-2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	+9
9	8	3-5	1-2	1-3	4	1	4	3	0	2	2	4	+9
9	8	3-8	1-4	1-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	+3
11	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	+8
6	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	5	1	1	0	0	0	5	1	+5
10	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	+3
5	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	+9
7	7	3-5	1-1	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	+10
21	12	4-7	1-3	3-4	2	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	+13
7	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	+9
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
	120	45-86	14-40	16-21	48	34	20	18	3	9	39	19
		52%	35%	76%

New Orleans Pelicans

starters
Brandon IngramB. Ingram#14
Herbert JonesH. Jones#5
Zion WilliamsonZ. Williamson#1
Jonas ValanciunasJ. Valanciunas#17
CJ McCollumC. McCollum#3
bench
Kaiser GatesK. Gates#12
Naji MarshallN. Marshall#8
Trey Jemison IIIJemison#56
E.J. LiddellE.J. Liddell#32
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
Tevian JonesT. Jones#55
Trey Murphy IIIT. Murphy III#25
Cody ZellerC. Zeller#40
Jose AlvaradoJ. Alvarado#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
22	10	5-13	0-4	0-0	5	3	4	4	0	1	4	3	-18
23	4	1-5	1-3	1-2	4	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	-11
22	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	-12
24	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	4	3	1	0	0	2	2	2	-11
23	17	6-13	4-8	1-1	2	0	5	0	2	0	2	1	-14
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
5	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	-9
25	9	3-6	1-3	2-2	3	1	4	4	0	1	2	0	-20
10	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	-15
10	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	+3
--	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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	2	0-2	0-2	2-4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	-9
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-9
5	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-9
16	8	2-5	0-1	4-4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	-12
17	13	5-12	3-6	0-0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	-8
22	13	5-10	3-4	0-2	5	2	3	0	0	2	3	2	-11
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	87	32-83	13-37	10-15	36	21	25	12	6	12	24	18
		39%	35%	67%

+/- 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
San Antonio	23	7	.767	-	W8
Houston	18	10	.643	4	W1
Memphis	14	16	.467	9	W1
Dallas	12	20	.375	12	L1
New Orleans	8	23	.258	15.5	L1

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New Orleans Pelicans vs Houston Rockets

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Game Information

2025-26 Southwest Standings

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