New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
Preseason
1-0, 1-0 Away
116
1-0, 1-0 Away
0-1, 0-1 Home
115
0-1, 0-1 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis misses free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes 27-foot three point jumper (Donatas Motiejunas assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 19-foot jumper
- Dwight Howard blocks Jrue Holiday's shot
- Anthony Davis misses 15-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis blocks Dwight Howard 's 5-foot jumper
- Greg Stiemsma blocks Dwight Howard 's 3-foot layup
- James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chandler Parsons assists)
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Davis misses free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Morrow makes 28-foot three point jumper (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
- Jeremy Lin misses driving layup
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jason Smith misses 18-foot jumper
- Chandler Parsons makes dunk (Dwight Howard assists)
- Anthony Morrow misses 15-foot jumper
- Jeremy Lin makes driving layup
- Anthony Morrow misses 13-foot jumper
- Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes dunk (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Jrue Holiday makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jrue Holiday makes free throw 2 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes 5-foot two point shot (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Anthony Davis makes dunk (Jason Smith assists)
- Dwight Howard makes dunk (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Jason Smith makes 19-foot jumper (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
- Jeremy Lin makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Tyreke Evans makes 14-foot jumper
- Tyreke Evans makes free throw 1 of 1
- James Harden makes 10-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses 7-foot jumper
- Chandler Parsons makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chandler Parsons makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jason Smith makes 20-foot jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper
- Austin Rivers misses 8-foot jumper
- Terrence Jones misses 15-foot jumper
- Jrue Holiday misses 4-foot jumper
- Terrence Jones makes 4-foot jumper (James Harden assists)
- James Harden misses driving layup
- Austin Rivers makes driving layup
- Tyreke Evans misses
- Austin Rivers makes two point shot
- Terrence Jones makes 26-foot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Tyreke Evans misses free throw 1 of 2
- Tyreke Evans misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jason Smith makes 18-foot jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)
- Omri Casspi makes 5-foot two point shot
- Omri Casspi misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jason Smith misses 21-foot jumper
- Tyreke Evans misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tyreke Evans makes driving layup
- Patrick Beverley makes driving layup
- Anthony Morrow makes 15-foot jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
- Terrence Jones makes 8-foot two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Anthony Morrow misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Morrow makes driving layup (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
- Patrick Beverley makes 9-foot two point shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Anthony Morrow makes driving layup
- Ronnie Brewer misses three point jumper
- Tyreke Evans makes 5-foot two point shot
- Terrence Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
- Terrence Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Davis misses 12-foot
- Terrence Jones makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Austin Rivers assists)
- Jrue Holiday makes layup
- Patrick Beverley makes free throw 1 of 2
- Patrick Beverley makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jrue Holiday makes 15-foot jumper
- Jrue Holiday misses free throw 1 of 1
- Al-Farouq Aminu makes layup
- Aaron Brooks misses 18-foot jumper
- Dwight Howard misses 5-foot jumper
- Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Al-Farouq Aminu makes 22-foot jumper (Greg Stiemsma assists)
- James Harden misses 16-foot two point shot
- Jrue Holiday misses 17-foot jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden misses free throw 2 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Arinze Onuaku makes dunk (Austin Rivers assists)
- Jrue Holiday misses two point jumper
- Chandler Parsons misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jason Smith misses 20-foot jumper
- Arinze Onuaku blocks Jeremy Lin 's 3-foot layup
- Jeremy Lin makes driving layup (Chandler Parsons assists)
- Jrue Holiday misses driving layup
- Austin Rivers makes 3-foot two point shot
- Jeremy Lin misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jrue Holiday makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Jeremy Lin makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremy Lin makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeff Withey misses two point shot
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Morrow makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Morrow makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers misses 12-foot jumper
- Arinze Onuaku makes two point shot
- Dwight Howard makes 6-foot jumper (James Harden assists)
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 1
- Austin Rivers misses 32-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Donatas Motiejunas assists)
- Al-Farouq Aminu misses 15-foot jumper
- Jeremy Lin makes two point shot
- Anthony Morrow makes technical free throw
- Anthony Morrow misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 9-foot two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Donatas Motiejunas misses three point jumper
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot
- Greg Stiemsma misses jumper
- James Harden makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dwight Howard assists)
- Chandler Parsons makes dunk (Donatas Motiejunas assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 17-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chandler Parsons makes layup
- Anthony Morrow makes technical free throw
- Anthony Davis makes driving layup
- Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 1
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot
- James Harden makes 22-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses 23-foot jumper
- Anthony Morrow makes layup
- Anthony Morrow makes 21-foot jumper (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
- Terrence Jones makes two point shot (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Jrue Holiday makes 3-foot jumper
- Jrue Holiday misses free throw 1 of 1
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden blocks Anthony Morrow 's 23-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis blocks Dwight Howard 's 3-foot layup
- Jason Smith makes layup (Anthony Morrow assists)
- Terrence Jones misses jumper
- Jason Smith misses 17-foot jumper
- Dwight Howard misses layup
- Jason Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jason Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Rivers misses layup
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes technical free throw
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lazar Hayward makes 17-foot jumper
- Chandler Parsons makes 24-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Lance Thomas misses 17-foot jumper
- Patrick Beverley makes layup (Dwight Howard assists)
- Austin Rivers misses 7-foot jumper
- Austin Rivers makes 17-foot two point shot
- Terrence Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
- Terrence Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 2 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jason Smith makes technical free throw
- Jason Smith makes technical free throw
- Austin Rivers misses jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Rivers misses 6-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis misses tip shot
- Omri Casspi makes driving layup
- Anthony Morrow makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Omri Casspi makes two point shot
- Anthony Morrow makes technical free throw
- Patrick Beverley makes driving dunk
- Jrue Holiday makes two point shot
- Anthony Davis makes layup (Jason Smith assists)
- Robert Covington misses 10-foot two point shot
- Al-Farouq Aminu misses layup
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot
- Ronnie Brewer misses free throw 1 of 2
- Patrick Beverley makes free throw 1 of 2
- Patrick Beverley makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Austin Rivers assists)
- Omri Casspi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Ronnie Brewer blocks Anthony Morrow 's 2-foot layup
- Omri Casspi makes dunk (Ronnie Brewer assists)
- Austin Rivers misses free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Rivers misses free throw 2 of 2
- Robert Covington misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes driving layup
- Austin Rivers misses free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 2 of 2
- Donatas Motiejunas misses 6-foot two point shot
- Anthony Morrow makes 24-foot three point jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
- Omri Casspi makes 16-foot two point shot
- Omri Casspi blocks Arinze Onuaku's layup
- Anthony Morrow misses jumper
- Lazar Hayward misses 6-foot jumper
- Arinze Onuaku makes two point shot
- Donatas Motiejunas misses 6-foot hook shot
- Omri Casspi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Canaan assists)
- Austin Rivers makes 21-foot two point shot
- Robert Covington misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Isaiah Canaan misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers misses 8-foot jumper
- Arinze Onuaku misses hook shot
- Lance Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lance Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Rivers makes driving layup
- Robert Covington makes free throw 1 of 2
- Robert Covington makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Morrow makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Morrow makes free throw 2 of 2
- Robert Covington misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers misses driving layup
- Arinze Onuaku makes free throw 1 of 2
- Arinze Onuaku makes free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Rivers misses
- Austin Rivers makes two point shot
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 1 of 1
- Omri Casspi makes two point shot (Isaiah Canaan assists)
- Austin Rivers misses free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 2 of 2
- Omri Casspi makes 22-foot two point shot
- Austin Rivers misses free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Rivers misses free throw 2 of 2
- Omri Casspi misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Robert Covington makes two point shot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | NO | HOU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | | Anthony Davis vs. Dwight Howard (Jrue Holiday gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:41 | | Donatas Motiejunas shooting foul (Anthony Davis draws the foul) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:41 | | Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11:41 | | Anthony Davis misses free throw 2 of 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11:41 | | Dwight Howard defensive rebound | 1 | 0 |
| 11:22 | | James Harden makes 27-foot three point jumper (Donatas Motiejunas assists) | 1 | 3 |
| 11:00 | | Pelicans offensive team rebound | 1 | 3 |
| 11:00 | | Anthony Davis misses 19-foot jumper | 1 | 3 |
| 10:52 | | Dwight Howard blocks Jrue Holiday's shot | 1 | 3 |
| 10:48 | | Chandler Parsons defensive rebound | 1 | 3 |
| 10:29 | | Chandler Parsons bad pass | 1 | 3 |
| 10:18 | | Anthony Davis misses 15-foot jumper | 1 | 3 |
| 10:18 | | Dwight Howard defensive rebound | 1 | 3 |
| 10:04 | | Anthony Davis blocks Dwight Howard 's 5-foot jumper | 1 | 3 |
| 10:02 | | Greg Stiemsma blocks Dwight Howard 's 3-foot layup | 1 | 3 |
| 10:02 | | Dwight Howard offensive rebound | 1 | 3 |
| 10:02 | | Rockets offensive team rebound | 1 | 3 |
| 9:51 | | James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chandler Parsons assists) | 1 | 6 |
| 9:26 | | Dwight Howard shooting foul (Anthony Davis draws the foul) | 1 | 6 |
| 9:26 | | Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 9:26 | | Anthony Davis misses free throw 2 of 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 9:25 | | Donatas Motiejunas defensive rebound | 2 | 6 |
| 9:18 | | Anthony Morrow personal foul (James Harden draws the foul) | 2 | 6 |
| 9:07 | | James Harden bad pass (Al-Farouq Aminu steals) | 2 | 6 |
| 9:03 | | Anthony Morrow makes 28-foot three point jumper (Al-Farouq Aminu assists) | 5 | 6 |
| 8:59 | | Greg Stiemsma personal foul (Dwight Howard draws the foul) | 5 | 6 |
| 8:49 | | Jeremy Lin misses driving layup | 5 | 6 |
| 8:48 | | Jrue Holiday defensive rebound | 5 | 6 |
| 8:48 | | Jrue Holiday traveling | 5 | 6 |
| 8:37 | | Greg Stiemsma shooting foul (Dwight Howard draws the foul) | 5 | 6 |
| 8:37 | | Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 8:37 | | Rockets offensive team rebound | 5 | 6 |
| 8:37 | | Jason Smith enters the game for Greg Stiemsma | 5 | 6 |
| 8:37 | | Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8:18 | | Jason Smith misses 18-foot jumper | 5 | 7 |
| 8:12 | | Donatas Motiejunas defensive rebound | 5 | 7 |
| 8:11 | | Jason Smith personal foul (Dwight Howard draws the foul) | 5 | 7 |
| 8:00 | | Chandler Parsons makes dunk (Dwight Howard assists) | 5 | 9 |
| 7:48 | | Anthony Morrow misses 15-foot jumper | 5 | 9 |
| 7:47 | | Jeremy Lin defensive rebound | 5 | 9 |
| 7:43 | | Jeremy Lin makes driving layup | 5 | 11 |
| 7:41 | | Pelicans Full timeout | 5 | 11 |
| 7:22 | | Anthony Morrow misses 13-foot jumper | 5 | 11 |
| 7:22 | | Chandler Parsons defensive rebound | 5 | 11 |
| 7:09 | | Tyreke Evans enters the game for Anthony Morrow | 5 | 11 |
| 7:09 | | Anthony Davis personal foul (Donatas Motiejunas draws the foul) | 5 | 11 |
| 7:09 | | Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 1 of 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 7:09 | | Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 2 of 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 6:58 | | Tyreke Evans bad pass (Jeremy Lin steals) | 5 | 13 |
| 6:52 | | James Harden makes dunk (Jeremy Lin assists) | 5 | 15 |
| 6:31 | | Jeremy Lin kicked ball violation | 5 | 15 |
| 6:26 | | Jeremy Lin shooting foul (Jrue Holiday draws the foul) | 5 | 15 |
| 6:26 | | Jrue Holiday makes free throw 1 of 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 6:26 | | Jrue Holiday makes free throw 2 of 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 6:13 | | Dwight Howard makes 5-foot two point shot (Jeremy Lin assists) | 7 | 17 |
| 5:58 | | Anthony Davis makes dunk (Jason Smith assists) | 9 | 17 |
| 5:50 | | Dwight Howard makes dunk (Jeremy Lin assists) | 9 | 19 |
| 5:31 | | Jason Smith makes 19-foot jumper (Al-Farouq Aminu assists) | 11 | 19 |
| 5:18 | | Jeremy Lin makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists) | 11 | 22 |
| 5:01 | | Tyreke Evans makes 14-foot jumper | 13 | 22 |
| 5:01 | | Donatas Motiejunas shooting foul (Tyreke Evans draws the foul) | 13 | 22 |
| 5:01 | | Dwight Howard defensive goaltending violation | 13 | 22 |
| 5:01 | | Tyreke Evans makes free throw 1 of 1 | 14 | 22 |
| 4:48 | | James Harden makes 10-foot two point shot | 14 | 24 |
| 4:31 | | Anthony Davis misses 7-foot jumper | 14 | 24 |
| 4:30 | | Chandler Parsons defensive rebound | 14 | 24 |
| 4:30 | | Anthony Davis personal foul (Chandler Parsons draws the foul) | 14 | 24 |
| 4:30 | | Chandler Parsons makes free throw 1 of 2 | 14 | 25 |
| 4:30 | | Terrence Jones enters the game for Donatas Motiejunas | 14 | 25 |
| 4:30 | | Patrick Beverley enters the game for Jeremy Lin | 14 | 25 |
| 4:30 | | Arinze Onuaku enters the game for Anthony Davis | 14 | 25 |
| 4:30 | | Chandler Parsons makes free throw 2 of 2 | 14 | 26 |
| 4:16 | | Jason Smith makes 20-foot jumper (Jrue Holiday assists) | 16 | 26 |
| 4:03 | | Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper | 16 | 26 |
| 4:03 | | Jason Smith defensive rebound | 16 | 26 |
| 3:57 | | Austin Rivers enters the game for Al-Farouq Aminu | 16 | 26 |
| 3:40 | | Austin Rivers misses 8-foot jumper | 16 | 26 |
| 3:38 | | Chandler Parsons defensive rebound | 16 | 26 |
| 3:27 | | Terrence Jones misses 15-foot jumper | 16 | 26 |
| 3:24 | | Arinze Onuaku defensive rebound | 16 | 26 |
| 3:18 | | Jrue Holiday misses 4-foot jumper | 16 | 26 |
| 3:16 | | Terrence Jones defensive rebound | 16 | 26 |
| 3:02 | | Terrence Jones makes 4-foot jumper (James Harden assists) | 16 | 28 |
| 2:39 | | Jrue Holiday lost ball turnover (Terrence Jones steals) | 16 | 28 |
| 2:33 | | James Harden misses driving layup | 16 | 28 |
| 2:32 | | Jason Smith defensive rebound | 16 | 28 |
| 2:31 | | Jason Smith bad pass (James Harden steals) | 16 | 28 |
| 2:12 | | Chandler Parsons bad pass (Austin Rivers steals) | 16 | 28 |
| 2:06 | | Austin Rivers makes driving layup | 18 | 28 |
| 2:05 | | Rockets Full timeout | 18 | 28 |
| 2:05 | | Ronnie Brewer enters the game for Chandler Parsons | 18 | 28 |
| 2:05 | | Aaron Brooks enters the game for Dwight Howard | 18 | 28 |
| 2:05 | | Omri Casspi enters the game for James Harden | 18 | 28 |
| 2:05 | | Anthony Morrow enters the game for Jrue Holiday | 18 | 28 |
| 1:54 | | Aaron Brooks bad pass (Jason Smith steals) | 18 | 28 |
| 1:47 | | Tyreke Evans misses | 18 | 28 |
| 1:46 | | Terrence Jones defensive rebound | 18 | 28 |
| 1:43 | | Aaron Brooks out of bounds lost ball turnover | 18 | 28 |
| 1:23 | | Austin Rivers makes two point shot | 20 | 28 |
| 1:15 | | Terrence Jones makes 26-foot (Patrick Beverley assists) | 20 | 31 |
| 59.0 | | Patrick Beverley shooting foul (Tyreke Evans draws the foul) | 20 | 31 |
| 59.0 | | Tyreke Evans misses free throw 1 of 2 | 20 | 31 |
| 59.0 | | Pelicans offensive team rebound | 20 | 31 |
| 59.0 | | Lance Thomas enters the game for Arinze Onuaku | 20 | 31 |
| 59.0 | | Tyreke Evans misses free throw 2 of 2 | 20 | 31 |
| 58.0 | | Jason Smith offensive rebound | 20 | 31 |
| 49.0 | | Jason Smith makes 18-foot jumper (Tyreke Evans assists) | 22 | 31 |
| 32.0 | | Omri Casspi makes 5-foot two point shot | 22 | 33 |
| 32.0 | | Jason Smith shooting foul (Omri Casspi draws the foul) | 22 | 33 |
| 32.0 | | Omri Casspi misses free throw 1 of 1 | 22 | 33 |
| 30.0 | | Tyreke Evans defensive rebound | 22 | 33 |
| 21.0 | | Jason Smith misses 21-foot jumper | 22 | 33 |
| 20.0 | | Terrence Jones defensive rebound | 22 | 33 |
| 3.0 | | Aaron Brooks out of bounds lost ball turnover | 22 | 33 |
| 0.0 | | Tyreke Evans misses 25-foot three point jumper | 22 | 33 |
| 0.0 | | Pelicans offensive team rebound | 22 | 33 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 22 | 33 | |
Matchups
Game Information
Houston, TX
Referee:Derrick Collins
Referee:Sean Corbin
Referee:Steven Anderson
2025-26 Standings
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 | 31 | .380 | 14.5 | L5 |
| New Orleans | 13 | 39 | .250 | 21.5 | L2 |
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