Rockets take over after halftime in a 109-97 road victory over Pelicans

— Amen Thompson had 21 points and 11 rebounds and the Houston Rockets had a dominating second half to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 109-97 on Thursday night to open a home-and-home set.
Mar 7, 2025, 04:34 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--HOU
0%
--NO

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • CJ McCollum misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Yves Missi makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Kelly Olynyk assists)
  • Alperen Sengun makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Trey Murphy III makes technical free throw
  • Trey Murphy III makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Dillon Brooks misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Murphy III makes two point shot (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Tari Eason makes 25-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Trey Murphy III misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Amen Thompson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Amen Thompson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Tari Eason misses layup
  • Amen Thompson makes two point shot (Jalen Green assists)
  • Zion Williamson makes 2-foot layup (Kelly Olynyk assists)
  • Alperen Sengun makes 14-foot jumper (Jalen Green assists)
  • Yves Missi makes 2-foot two point shot (Zion Williamson assists)
  • Tari Eason makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tari Eason makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Zion Williamson misses layup
  • Zion Williamson misses two point shot
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jalen Green misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Trey Murphy III makes driving dunk
  • Alperen Sengun makes dunk (Tari Eason assists)
  • Trey Murphy III makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
  • Alperen Sengun misses 3-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses driving layup
  • Yves Missi makes two point shot
  • Amen Thompson makes dunk (Tari Eason assists)
  • Trey Murphy III makes layup (Yves Missi assists)
  • Jalen Green makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
  • Yves Missi makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Yves Missi makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Bruce Brown misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Amen Thompson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jordan Hawkins misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Dillon Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper (Steven Adams assists)
  • Trey Murphy III makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Karlo Matkovic assists)
  • Dillon Brooks makes 12-foot two point shot (Steven Adams assists)
  • CJ McCollum makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Karlo Matkovic assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 11-foot step back jumpshot (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Karlo Matkovic misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Jordan Hawkins misses driving layup
  • Tari Eason makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Karlo Matkovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Hawkins makes layup
  • Tari Eason misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes two point shot (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Amen Thompson misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Karlo Matkovic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Karlo Matkovic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Karlo Matkovic misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Karlo Matkovic misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Reed Sheppard makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Steven Adams assists)
  • Jose Alvarado misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Reed Sheppard misses running pullup jump shot
  • Jordan Hawkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Karlo Matkovic misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jose Alvarado makes 2-foot two point shot (Karlo Matkovic assists)
  • Jeff Green makes 17-foot jumper
  • Zion Williamson misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jose Alvarado misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kelly Olynyk makes two point shot
  • CJ McCollum makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jose Alvarado assists)
  • Dillon Brooks makes 13-foot jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes 14-foot two point shot (Jalen Green assists)
  • Jose Alvarado makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Tari Eason makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Jose Alvarado makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Trey Murphy III makes dunk (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jalen Green assists)
  • Trey Murphy III makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Trey Murphy III makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tari Eason misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Amen Thompson misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dillon Brooks misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Dillon Brooks makes layup (Steven Adams assists)
  • CJ McCollum makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Tari Eason makes 22-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Amen Thompson makes dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
  • Alperen Sengun misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Murphy III makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Trey Murphy III makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes 7-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum misses driving layup
  • Amen Thompson makes dunk (Tari Eason assists)
  • Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes layup (Tari Eason assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Green makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Tari Eason makes two point shot
  • Zion Williamson misses two point shot
  • Zion Williamson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Amen Thompson makes dunk (Jalen Green assists)
  • Zion Williamson makes driving layup
  • Dillon Brooks makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Zion Williamson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Trey Murphy III makes driving layup (Zion Williamson assists)
  • Amen Thompson makes alley oop dunk shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Jalen Green misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jordan Hawkins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
  • Tari Eason misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Tari Eason makes layup (Dillon Brooks assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Hawkins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jordan Hawkins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 13-foot jumper (Jalen Green assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • CJ McCollum misses driving layup
  • Bruce Brown misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • CJ McCollum makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Jalen Green makes driving layup
  • Jalen Green makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Murphy III misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot hook shot (Steven Adams assists)
  • Alperen Sengun misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Karlo Matkovic misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Steven Adams makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Steven Adams misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jose Alvarado misses driving floating jump shot
  • Amen Thompson makes driving dunk (Steven Adams assists)
  • Jordan Hawkins misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jordan Hawkins misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes driving layup (Jalen Green assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jalen Green misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Karlo Matkovic misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Kelly Olynyk makes 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes driving layup
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Zion Williamson misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes 2-foot layup (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Kelly Olynyk misses two point shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
  • Kelly Olynyk misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kelly Olynyk makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Zion Williamson makes 6-foot two point shot (Jose Alvarado assists)
  • Reed Sheppard misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Zion Williamson misses two point shot
  • Karlo Matkovic misses two point shot
  • Karlo Matkovic makes tip shot
  • Kelly Olynyk misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Zion Williamson misses driving layup
  • Dillon Brooks makes 8-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jose Alvarado misses two point shot
  • Karlo Matkovic makes tip shot
  • Amen Thompson misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Jose Alvarado misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Amen Thompson makes alley oop dunk shot (Jalen Green assists)
  • Trey Murphy III makes 27-foot three pointer (Jose Alvarado assists)
  • Kelly Olynyk makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kelly Olynyk makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Yves Missi misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Zion Williamson makes two point shot
  • Jalen Green misses two point shot
  • Steven Adams makes dunk
  • Jose Alvarado misses two point shot
  • Jalen Green misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Jalen Green misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Tari Eason misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
  • Amen Thompson makes layup (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Zion Williamson makes alley oop layup (Jose Alvarado assists)
  • Dillon Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dillon Brooks misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Yves Missi makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Yves Missi misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Amen Thompson makes dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Yves Missi misses 3-foot tip shot
  • Yves Missi misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Yves Missi makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dillon Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tari Eason makes two point shot
  • Trey Murphy III misses 31-foot three point jumper
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