New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets

Preseason

1-2, 0-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Pelicans NO	23	27	33	15	98
Rockets HOU	30	34	26	28	118

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

2-1, 1-0 Home

118

2-1, 1-0 Home

New Orleans Pelicans

starters
Brandon IngramB. Ingram#14
Herbert JonesH. Jones#2
Daniel TheisD. Theis#10
CJ McCollumC. McCollum#3
Dejounte MurrayD. Murray#5
bench
Jamal CainJ. Cain#8
Trey Jemison IIIJemison#55
Josh OduroJ. Oduro#13
Jeremiah Robinson-EarlJ. Robinson-Earl#50
Keion Brooks Jr.K. Brooks Jr.#0
Yves MissiY. Missi#21
Elfrid PaytonE. Payton#22
Javonte GreenJ. Green#4
Malcolm HillM. Hill#33
Trhae MitchellT. Mitchell#66
Jose AlvaradoJ. Alvarado#15
Antonio ReevesA. Reeves#12
Jordan HawkinsJ. Hawkins#24
Zion WilliamsonZ. Williamson#1
Trey Murphy IIIT. Murphy III#25
Karlo MatkovicK. Matkovic#17
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
21	18	7-13	2-3	2-2	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
23	5	2-6	1-4	0-0	4	2	0	1	0	1	3	1	-14
13	4	1-4	0-1	2-2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	-16
20	8	3-11	2-8	0-0	5	3	1	1	1	2	3	1	-7
24	12	3-9	1-3	5-6	6	7	1	1	0	1	5	2	-13
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
7	5	2-5	0-1	1-2	5	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	-3
10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	-2
5	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-10
13	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	+2
5	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-10
19	9	4-5	0-0	1-1	3	2	1	0	1	0	3	5	+7
9	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	4	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	-13
18	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	5	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	+5
7	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-3
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-10
17	4	2-9	0-6	0-0	2	3	3	2	0	1	1	0	-5
5	4	2-6	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-10
18	20	6-13	3-6	5-5	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	+2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	98	36-96	9-37	17-20	47	25	11	6	5	11	36	17
		38%	24%	85%

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
Cam WhitmoreC. Whitmore#7
Steven AdamsS. Adams#12
N'Faly DanteN. Dante#3
Aaron HolidayA. Holiday#0
Nate WilliamsN. Williams#19
Amen ThompsonA. Thompson#1
Reed SheppardR. Sheppard#15
Jermaine Samuels Jr.J. Samuels Jr.#00
Tari EasonT. Eason#17
Jock LandaleJ. Landale#2
Jack McVeighJ. McVeigh#58
Nate HintonN. Hinton#41
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
24	13	5-7	3-4	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	+11
25	8	4-13	0-5	0-0	10	5	1	0	0	3	7	3	+9
28	12	4-6	1-1	3-4	6	3	3	0	0	0	6	3	+4
24	5	1-7	1-5	2-4	3	9	1	1	1	0	3	1	+11
23	19	7-15	2-6	3-5	6	0	2	1	0	1	5	0	+6
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
11	6	2-4	2-4	0-0	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	+1
8	3	1-4	1-1	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	+16
22	12	5-14	0-4	2-6	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	+3
15	6	3-3	0-0	0-0	11	2	1	0	0	3	8	1	+6
5	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	+10
5	6	1-1	0-0	4-4	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	+10
5	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+10
23	11	5-8	1-2	0-4	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	0	+2
22	9	4-9	1-5	0-0	2	3	1	2	1	0	2	2	+1
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	118	46-97	12-37	14-27	62	30	12	8	5	16	46	13
		47%	32%	52%

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

Matchups

HOU wins season

4-0

HOU

113

Game 1•@ HOU

Final

133

111

Game 2•@ NO

Final

128

Game 3•@ NO

Final

109

117

Game 4•@ HOU

Final

146

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Kevin Scott

Referee:Jenna Schroeder

Referee:Robert Hussey

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	33	16	.673	-	W1
Houston	31	17	.646	1.5	W3
Memphis	19	29	.396	13.5	W1
Dallas	19	30	.388	14	L4
New Orleans	13	39	.250	21.5	L2

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