New Orleans Hornets @ Houston Rockets
Game Leaders
Team Stats
46% (36-79)
Field Goal %
42% (39-93)
38% (5-13)
Three Point %
33% (8-24)
71% (30-42)
Free Throw %
72% (13-18)
16
Turnovers
24
54
Rebounds
60
11
Largest Lead
9
Game Information
Houston, TX

Referee:David Jones
Referee:Ken Mauer
Referee:Gary Zielinski

Shot Chart
- Trevor Ariza misses 17-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes two point shot (Kevin Martin assists)
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 1
- Marco Belinelli makes 17-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 12-foot jumper
- David West misses 18-foot jumper
- Chris Paul makes free throw
- Chris Paul misses free throw
- David West makes free throw 1 of 2
- David West makes free throw 2 of 2
- Marco Belinelli makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- David West misses free throw 1 of 2
- David West makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Martin makes technical free throw
- Kevin Martin makes 2-foot two point shot (Yao Ming assists)
- Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 1
- Marco Belinelli misses 21-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 12-foot jumper
- David West makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes 20-foot two point shot
- Kevin Martin makes three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Marco Belinelli misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Martin misses running jumper
- Emeka Okafor misses free throw 1 of 2
- Emeka Okafor makes free throw 2 of 2
- Shane Battier misses three point jumper
- Emeka Okafor makes hook shot (Chris Paul assists)
- Yao Ming makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Chris Paul makes 2-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming makes 8-foot hook shot (Shane Battier assists)
- Kevin Martin misses layup
- Marco Belinelli misses 25-foot three point jumper
- David West makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Chuck Hayes makes 7-foot two point shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 7-foot jumper
- David West makes 21-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 22-foot jumper
- Emeka Okafor makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
- Chris Paul makes layup
- Kevin Martin makes 16-foot two point shot
- Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jason Smith makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Jordan Hill makes 2-foot two point shot (Chase Budinger assists)
- Jordan Hill misses jumper
- Marcus Thornton misses three point jumper
- Chase Budinger makes 5-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Marcus Thornton misses 22-foot jumper
- Jason Smith makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Kyle Lowry misses 25-foot three pointer
- Chase Budinger misses 13-foot running jumper
- Jerryd Bayless misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Courtney Lee misses 22-foot jumper
- Marcus Thornton misses 7-foot running jumper
- Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
- Chase Budinger makes 2-foot two point shot (Courtney Lee assists)
- Willie Green misses 20-foot jumper
- Jerryd Bayless misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses 10-foot two point shot
- Marcus Thornton makes layup (Jerryd Bayless assists)
- Luis Scola misses 10-foot two point shot
- Jordan Hill makes 3-foot jumper
- Willie Green makes 15-foot two point shot
- Kyle Lowry misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Chase Budinger misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Willie Green makes two point shot
- Courtney Lee makes 21-foot jumper
- Chase Budinger makes 6-foot two point shot
- Jerryd Bayless misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
- David West misses 8-foot two point shot
- Kyle Lowry misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Lowry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Emeka Okafor makes free throw 1 of 2
- Emeka Okafor misses free throw 2 of 2
- Yao Ming misses two point shot
- Chase Budinger misses three point jumper
- David West misses 19-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 11-foot two point shot
- Chris Paul misses 17-foot jumper
- Willie Green makes free throw 1 of 2
- Willie Green makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luis Scola misses 7-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Willie Green misses 13-foot two point shot
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- Emeka Okafor makes 4-foot two point shot
- Marco Belinelli misses technical free throw
- David West misses 16-foot jumper
- Kevin Martin misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Martin misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Paul misses 13-foot running jumper
- Jason Smith misses tip shot
- Kyle Lowry misses 4-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Martin makes 22-foot two point shot
- Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chuck Hayes makes 2-foot two point shot (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Chris Paul misses 11-foot two point shot
- Kevin Martin misses 9-foot running jumper
- Yao Ming makes 11-foot two point shot
- David West makes two point shot
- Aaron Brooks makes 28-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Marco Belinelli misses 11-foot running jumper
- Emeka Okafor makes free throw 1 of 2
- Emeka Okafor makes free throw 2 of 2
- Yao Ming makes 8-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
- Emeka Okafor makes layup (David West assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul makes 21-foot jumper
- Shane Battier misses 22-foot three point jumper
- David West misses 10-foot jumper
- Marco Belinelli makes three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Marco Belinelli misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Marco Belinelli makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes driving layup
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 1
- Luis Scola misses two point shot
- Chris Paul misses 20-foot jumper
- Kevin Martin misses 4-foot two point shot
- Kevin Martin misses 13-foot two point shot
- Chris Paul makes 1-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola makes driving layup (Shane Battier assists)
- Emeka Okafor misses free throw 1 of 2
- Emeka Okafor misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Lowry makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Willie Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hill misses 6-foot two point shot
- Emeka Okafor makes free throw 1 of 2
- Emeka Okafor makes free throw 2 of 2
- Marco Belinelli makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jason Smith assists)
- Jason Smith misses 20-foot jumper
- Chase Budinger makes slam dunk (Luis Scola assists)
- Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Paul misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Lowry makes 26-foot three point jumper
- David West misses 11-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luis Scola misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Hill misses 14-foot jumper
- Marco Belinelli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Luis Scola misses two point shot
- Willie Green misses 5-foot two point shot
- Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jason Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jason Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
- Courtney Lee makes 18-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Willie Green misses 17-foot two point shot
- Jordan Hill misses 8-foot hook shot
- D.J. Mbenga makes free throw 1 of 2
- D.J. Mbenga misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Lowry misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jerryd Bayless makes 20-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes 6-foot two point shot
- Jerryd Bayless makes 24-foot jumper (Marcus Thornton assists)
- Chase Budinger misses 20-foot jumper
- Marcus Thornton misses 18-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
- Chase Budinger makes 3-foot jumper (Jordan Hill assists)
- Courtney Lee misses three point jumper
- Chase Budinger makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Jason Smith misses 17-foot jumper
- Jason Smith makes 15-foot jumper
- Jason Smith makes 19-foot jumper (Jerryd Bayless assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes 14-foot two point shot
- Jason Smith makes 20-foot jumper (Jerryd Bayless assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Willie Green misses 16-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- Marcus Thornton makes driving layup (Jerryd Bayless assists)
- Yao Ming misses 15-foot two point shot
- Emeka Okafor misses free throw 1 of 2
- Emeka Okafor makes free throw 2 of 2
- Courtney Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- Willie Green misses 16-foot jumper
- Emeka Okafor misses 7-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses tip shot
- Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Willie Green makes 16-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Chase Budinger makes hook shot
- Chris Paul misses 19-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chase Budinger assists)
- David West misses 23-foot jumper
- Chris Paul makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes 6-foot hook shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Chris Paul makes 7-foot two point shot
- Marco Belinelli makes 11-foot running jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul makes 13-foot two point shot (Marco Belinelli assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 30-foot three point jumper
- David West makes 12-foot two point shot
- Kevin Martin misses technical free throw
- Chris Paul makes technical free throw
- Chris Paul makes technical free throw
- Jason Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jason Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chase Budinger misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2
- Shane Battier makes three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luis Scola makes layup (Chase Budinger assists)
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 36 | 16 | .692 | - | W4 |
| Houston | 32 | 19 | .627 | 3.5 | W1 |
| Memphis | 20 | 31 | .392 | 15.5 | L2 |
| Dallas | 19 | 33 | .365 | 17 | L7 |
| New Orleans | 14 | 40 | .259 | 23 | W1 |
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