New Orleans Pelicans vs Houston Rockets
Preseason
130
3-0
128
2-1
Game Leaders
Team Stats
47% (46-97)
Field Goal %
47% (47-101)
31% (11-36)
Three Point %
24% (9-38)
90% (27-30)
Free Throw %
93% (25-27)
17
Turnovers
16
50
Rebounds
46
17
Largest Lead
2
Game Information
Birmingham, AL
Referee:Sean Wright
Referee:Jacyn Goble
Referee:Robert Hussey
Game Highlights
Video Highlights
Shot Chart
- Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot two point shot (Kevin Durant assists)
- Herbert Jones misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes layup (Amen Thompson assists)
- Herbert Jones misses 11-foot two point shot
- Yves Missi misses tip shot
- Alperen Sengun misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Amen Thompson makes 28-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Poole makes 28-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes layup (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Zion Williamson misses layup
- Yves Missi misses dunk
- Alperen Sengun misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
- Yves Missi makes 4-foot two point shot (Trey Murphy III assists)
- Steven Adams misses dunk
- Kevin Durant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Trey Murphy III makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jordan Poole assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 12-foot jumper
- Trey Murphy III misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Poole misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Poole makes 13-foot two point shot
- Kevin Durant misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Trey Murphy III makes two point shot
- Kevin Durant misses 14-foot two point shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 8-foot pullup jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Herbert Jones makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Herbert Jones misses dunk
- Herbert Jones misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 14-foot two point shot
- Trey Murphy III misses layup
- Tari Eason makes layup (Amen Thompson assists)
- Herbert Jones misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jeremiah Fears makes 2-foot two point shot
- Tari Eason misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Saddiq Bey makes free throw 1 of 2
- Saddiq Bey makes free throw 2 of 2
- Amen Thompson misses 10-foot two point shot
- Tari Eason makes alley oop layup (Josh Okogie assists)
- Zion Williamson makes 1-foot dunk (Jeremiah Fears assists)
- Kevin Durant misses 20-foot jumper
- Amen Thompson misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Josh Okogie misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Tari Eason makes dunk (Josh Okogie assists)
- Saddiq Bey misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Zion Williamson makes layup (Saddiq Bey assists)
- Alperen Sengun misses 11-foot two point shot
- Zion Williamson makes driving layup
- Saddiq Bey makes 1-foot dunk (Zion Williamson assists)
- Jordan Hawkins makes dunk (Karlo Matkovic assists)
- Reed Sheppard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Tari Eason makes dunk (Steven Adams assists)
- Trey Murphy III misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jeremiah Fears makes 18-foot jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Jose Alvarado misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Reed Sheppard misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jeremiah Fears misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tari Eason makes 2-foot two point shot (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
- Jose Alvarado misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Jordan Poole makes 27-foot three point jumper (Saddiq Bey assists)
- Tari Eason misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Tari Eason misses free throw 1 of 2
- Tari Eason makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Yves Missi makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Jose Alvarado assists)
- Reed Sheppard misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Saddiq Bey misses layup
- Yves Missi misses dunk
- Kevin Durant makes 13-foot jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Jordan Poole misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jose Alvarado makes 12-foot two point shot
- Amen Thompson makes driving layup
- Jose Alvarado makes layup
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Poole makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Poole makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Durant misses technical free throw
- Jose Alvarado makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2
- Jose Alvarado makes free throw flagrant 2 of 2
- Jose Alvarado misses two point shot
- Alperen Sengun misses 2-foot hook shot
- Amen Thompson misses tip shot
- Kevin Durant makes driving layup
- Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 1
- Amen Thompson makes 1-foot layup (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 1
- Yves Missi makes alley oop layup (Herbert Jones assists)
- Herbert Jones makes driving layup
- Trey Murphy III makes 2-foot dunk
- Kevin Durant makes technical free throw
- Jordan Poole misses 4-foot two point shot
- Kevin Durant makes 13-foot two point shot
- Trey Murphy III makes 11-foot two point shot
- Jordan Poole misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes driving layup (Kevin Durant assists)
- Herbert Jones makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jordan Poole assists)
- Trey Murphy III makes two point shot
- Tari Eason misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses tip shot
- Zion Williamson misses two point shot
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Poole misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Trey Murphy III misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Karlo Matkovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan Poole assists)
- Kevin Durant makes 12-foot two point shot
- Jordan Poole misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Kevin Durant misses layup
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Zion Williamson makes 11-foot step back jumpshot
- Amen Thompson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Herbert Jones misses driving dunk
- Herbert Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Amen Thompson makes 1-foot two point shot
- Zion Williamson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Zion Williamson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Steven Adams misses tip shot
- Steven Adams makes tip shot
- Herbert Jones misses driving layup
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 28-foot three pointer
- Zion Williamson misses layup
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Yves Missi makes 1-foot dunk (Zion Williamson assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Zion Williamson makes dunk
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
- Zion Williamson misses layup
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Herbert Jones makes driving layup
- Herbert Jones makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kevin Durant misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Herbert Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeremiah Fears makes 11-foot step back jumpshot
- Yves Missi makes 1-foot dunk (Jeremiah Fears assists)
- Reed Sheppard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Reed Sheppard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Saddiq Bey makes layup
- Saddiq Bey makes free throw 1 of 1
- Tari Eason misses 12-foot jumper
- Tari Eason makes alley oop layup (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Kevin Durant makes 12-foot two point shot
- Tari Eason makes two point shot
- Jeremiah Fears misses 11-foot jumper
- Saddiq Bey misses tip shot
- Saddiq Bey makes free throw 1 of 2
- Saddiq Bey makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Durant makes 19-foot two point shot
- Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 1
- Reed Sheppard misses 20-foot jumper
- Hunter Dickinson makes layup
- Reed Sheppard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Clint Capela assists)
- Jordan Hawkins makes free throw 1 of 3
- Jordan Hawkins makes free throw 2 of 3
- Jordan Hawkins makes free throw 3 of 3
- Reed Sheppard makes 5-foot two point shot
- Saddiq Bey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
- Tari Eason makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Tari Eason makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jeremiah Fears misses driving layup
- Tari Eason makes finger roll layup
- Zion Williamson makes driving layup
- Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 1
- Tari Eason misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Clint Capela makes two point shot
- Aaron Holiday misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Hunter Dickinson misses layup
- Saddiq Bey makes layup
- Aaron Holiday makes 27-foot three point jumper (JD Davison assists)
- Jose Alvarado misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Holiday misses 19-foot jumper
- Jose Alvarado makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jose Alvarado makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Okogie misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Saddiq Bey misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hawkins makes 28-foot three point jumper (Hunter Dickinson assists)
- Reed Sheppard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aaron Holiday assists)
- Micah Peavy makes two point shot
- Josh Okogie makes layup (Aaron Holiday assists)
- Micah Peavy makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Saddiq Bey assists)
- Saddiq Bey misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hawkins misses dunk
- JD Davison misses driving layup
- Josh Okogie misses tip shot
- Saddiq Bey misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Hunter Dickinson makes tip shot
- Reed Sheppard misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hawkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Saddiq Bey makes free throw 1 of 2
- Saddiq Bey makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Holiday makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Josh Okogie makes 1-foot dunk (JD Davison assists)
- Jose Alvarado misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Bryce McGowens makes dunk (Jeremiah Fears assists)
- JD Davison makes 2-foot two point shot
- Jeremiah Fears misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Clint Capela makes 1-foot dunk (Aaron Holiday assists)
- Jeff Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jeremiah Fears makes layup (Jose Alvarado assists)
- Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jeff Green misses 10-foot two point shot
- Micah Peavy misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hawkins makes free throw 1 of 3
- Jordan Hawkins makes free throw 2 of 3
- Jordan Hawkins makes free throw 3 of 3
- JD Davison misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jeremiah Fears makes 5-foot two point shot
- Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 1 of 1
- Clint Capela makes 1-foot dunk (Josh Okogie assists)
- Jeremiah Fears makes 29-foot three point step back jumpshot
- JD Davison misses 5-foot two point shot
- Jeff Green misses dunk
- Bryce McGowens makes 1-foot layup (Micah Peavy assists)
- Josh Okogie makes 27-foot three point jumper (Aaron Holiday assists)
- Jordan Hawkins makes driving layup (Jeremiah Fears assists)
- Aaron Holiday misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Josh Okogie makes driving layup
- Jeremiah Fears makes 6-foot two point shot
- JD Davison misses free throw 1 of 2
- JD Davison makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeremiah Fears makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Bryce McGowens makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bryce McGowens makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Holiday makes 2-foot driving floating jump shot
- Jeremiah Fears misses 29-foot three point jumper
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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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