Rockets 112-111 Pelicans (26 Jan, 2016) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

25-22, 10-11 away

112

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	32	26	35	19	112
NO	29	31	32	19	111

New Orleans Pelicans

16-28, 11-10 home

111

Tyreke Evans misses 25-foot three point jumper
Norris Cole misses 9-foot jumper
Norris Cole misses 27-foot three point jumper
Alonzo Gee misses jumper
Omer Asik makes two point shot
Anthony Davis makes 18-foot jumper (Norris Cole assists)
Alonzo Gee makes dunk (Tyreke Evans assists)
Corey Brewer blocks Alonzo Gee's three point jumper
Terrence Jones blocks Anthony Davis's layup
Tyreke Evans makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alonzo Gee assists)
Trevor Ariza blocks Ryan Anderson 's 7-foot jumper
Norris Cole makes driving layup
Jrue Holiday misses 15-foot jumper
Norris Cole makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Norris Cole misses layup
Jrue Holiday misses
Jrue Holiday makes two point shot
Toney Douglas makes layup
Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Toney Douglas makes three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Ryan Anderson makes 17-foot jumper (Toney Douglas assists)
Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis misses 3-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson makes 1-foot two point shot
Jrue Holiday makes 7-foot two point shot (Toney Douglas assists)
Jrue Holiday makes layup (Toney Douglas assists)
Jrue Holiday makes two point shot
Ryan Anderson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Toney Douglas assists)
Dante Cunningham makes layup (Jrue Holiday assists)
Jrue Holiday makes driving layup
Alexis Ajinca misses layup
Ryan Anderson makes 16-foot two point shot (Toney Douglas assists)
Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Toney Douglas misses three point jumper
Anthony Davis misses hook shot
Ryan Anderson misses
Ryan Anderson makes two point shot
Jrue Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis misses jumper
Norris Cole misses 21-foot jumper
Anthony Davis misses
Ryan Anderson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)
Jrue Holiday makes layup (Anthony Davis assists)
Tyreke Evans misses 22-foot jumper
Tyreke Evans misses layup
Anthony Davis makes 5-foot jumper (Norris Cole assists)
Tyreke Evans makes driving layup
Tyreke Evans misses 25-foot three point jumper
Norris Cole misses 19-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson misses jumper
Norris Cole misses layup
James Harden blocks Alonzo Gee's layup
Ryan Anderson misses layup
Ryan Anderson misses
Ryan Anderson makes three point jumper (Toney Douglas assists)
Ryan Anderson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Toney Douglas makes layup (Norris Cole assists)
Terrence Jones blocks Ryan Anderson 's 2-foot layup
Norris Cole makes 16-foot jumper
Alonzo Gee makes three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Toney Douglas makes 25-foot three point jumper
Alonzo Gee misses three point jumper
Toney Douglas makes three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Jrue Holiday makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes layup
Jrue Holiday makes 25-foot three point jumper (Norris Cole assists)
Norris Cole misses 25-foot three point jumper
Norris Cole makes three point jumper
Toney Douglas misses layup
Dante Cunningham misses
Jrue Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alonzo Gee misses layup
Jrue Holiday misses 13-foot jumper
Dante Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Toney Douglas makes driving layup
Bryce Dejean-Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dante Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes two point shot
Jrue Holiday misses 14-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson misses layup
Dante Cunningham makes three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Ryan Anderson misses layup
Ryan Anderson misses 1-foot
Jrue Holiday makes two point shot
Dante Cunningham makes layup (Jrue Holiday assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 16-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday makes driving layup
Ryan Anderson misses jumper
Jrue Holiday makes driving layup
Jrue Holiday misses 33-foot three point jumper
Corey Brewer misses 23-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Corey Brewer assists)
Clint Capela misses 9-foot hook shot
Patrick Beverley makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses jumper
Patrick Beverley makes 16-foot jumper
Corey Brewer makes dunk (James Harden assists)
Terrence Jones misses layup
Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
James Harden makes layup
Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Josh Smith assists)
Josh Smith misses layup
Trevor Ariza makes layup (Ty Lawson assists)
Trevor Ariza makes two point shot (Marcus Thornton assists)
Marcus Thornton makes 24-foot three point jumper
Ty Lawson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Josh Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 19-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton makes three point jumper (Josh Smith assists)
Corey Brewer misses 21-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Corey Brewer misses 24-foot three point jumper
Josh Smith misses 4-foot hook shot
Clint Capela makes layup
Marcus Thornton makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Clint Capela makes dunk (Marcus Thornton assists)
Marcus Thornton makes three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
James Harden makes layup
Trevor Ariza misses 22-foot jumper
Josh Smith misses three point jumper
James Harden makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josh Smith assists)
Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Smith misses 15-foot jumper
Josh Smith makes layup (James Harden assists)
James Harden misses 24-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper
James Harden makes 10-foot jumper
Clint Capela makes layup (James Harden assists)
James Harden makes layup
Patrick Beverley makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper
Clint Capela makes layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
James Harden makes driving layup
Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 17-foot jumper
James Harden makes 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson blocks James Harden 's 2-foot layup
Trevor Ariza makes dunk
Marcus Thornton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ty Lawson misses layup
Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Ty Lawson assists)
James Harden misses 10-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton misses 8-foot jumper
Corey Brewer makes three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Dante Cunningham blocks Ty Lawson's layup
Marcus Thornton misses 4-foot jumper
Toney Douglas blocks Marcus Thornton 's 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Smith misses jumper
Dante Cunningham blocks Marcus Thornton 's 3-foot layup
James Harden misses 13-foot jumper
Josh Smith misses layup
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper
Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper
Josh Smith makes layup
James Harden misses layup
Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
James Harden makes layup
Josh Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes two point shot
James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Patrick Beverley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley makes 27-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
James Harden makes 13-foot two point shot
James Harden misses 22-foot jumper

ROCKETS

PELICANS

TIME		HOU	NO
12:00	Clint Capela vs. Anthony Davis (Norris Cole gains possession)	0	0
11:26	Tyreke Evans misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:26	Patrick Beverley defensive rebound	0	0
11:21	Corey Brewer misses 23-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:21	Patrick Beverley offensive rebound	0	0
11:15	Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Corey Brewer assists)	3	0
11:03	Anthony Davis	3	0
10:42	Clint Capela misses 9-foot hook shot	3	0
10:41	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	3	0
10:33	Norris Cole misses 9-foot jumper	3	0
10:33	Clint Capela defensive rebound	3	0
10:25	Patrick Beverley makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)	6	0
10:06	Norris Cole misses 27-foot three point jumper	6	0
10:04	Rockets defensive team rebound	6	0
9:48	James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	0
9:47	Omer Asik defensive rebound	6	0
9:32	Alonzo Gee misses jumper	6	0
9:30	Omer Asik makes two point shot	6	2
9:30	Omer Asik offensive rebound	6	0
9:15	Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper	9	2
8:49	Anthony Davis makes 18-foot jumper (Norris Cole assists)	9	4
8:37	Tyreke Evans shooting foul (James Harden draws the foul)	9	4
8:37	James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2	10	4
8:37	James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2	11	4
8:23	Alonzo Gee makes dunk (Tyreke Evans assists)	11	6
8:15	James Harden misses jumper	11	6
8:12	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	11	6
7:56	Corey Brewer blocks Alonzo Gee's three point jumper	11	6
7:56	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	11	6
7:52	Norris Cole shooting foul (Clint Capela draws the foul)	11	6
7:52	Clint Capela makes free throw 1 of 2	12	6
7:52	Clint Capela misses free throw 2 of 2	12	6
7:48	Alonzo Gee defensive rebound	12	6
7:46	Pelicans Full timeout	12	6
7:37	Clint Capela shooting block foul (Omer Asik draws the foul)	12	6
7:37	Omer Asik misses free throw 1 of 2	12	6
7:37	Pelicans offensive team rebound	12	6
7:37	Omer Asik makes free throw 2 of 2	12	7
7:22	Patrick Beverley makes 16-foot jumper	14	7
7:03	Anthony Davis bad pass (James Harden steals)	14	7
6:58	Corey Brewer makes dunk (James Harden assists)	16	7
6:37	Norris Cole	16	7
6:37	Terrence Jones enters the game for Clint Capela	16	7
6:26	Alonzo Gee personal foul (Terrence Jones draws the foul)	16	7
6:18	Terrence Jones misses layup	16	7
6:16	Tyreke Evans defensive rebound	16	7
6:16	Patrick Beverley personal foul (Tyreke Evans draws the foul)	16	7
5:56	Terrence Jones blocks Anthony Davis's layup	16	7
5:56	Alonzo Gee offensive rebound	16	7
5:50	Tyreke Evans makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alonzo Gee assists)	16	10
5:45	Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)	19	10
5:43	Pelicans 20 Sec. timeout	19	10
5:43	Josh Smith enters the game for Corey Brewer	19	10
5:43	Ryan Anderson enters the game for Omer Asik	19	10
5:43	Jrue Holiday enters the game for Tyreke Evans	19	10
5:26	Trevor Ariza blocks Ryan Anderson 's 7-foot jumper	19	10
5:24	James Harden defensive rebound	19	10
5:18	James Harden makes layup	21	10
5:03	Norris Cole makes driving layup	21	12
4:48	Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Josh Smith assists)	24	12
4:39	Trevor Ariza personal foul (Jrue Holiday draws the foul)	24	12
4:39	Ty Lawson enters the game for Patrick Beverley	24	12
4:33	Jrue Holiday misses 15-foot jumper	24	12
4:31	Josh Smith defensive rebound	24	12
4:15	Josh Smith traveling	24	12
3:56	Norris Cole makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)	24	15
3:41	Josh Smith misses layup	24	15
3:40	Alonzo Gee defensive rebound	24	15
3:32	Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper	24	15
3:31	James Harden defensive rebound	24	15
3:27	James Harden lost ball turnover (Alonzo Gee steals)	24	15
3:19	Norris Cole misses layup	24	15
3:16	Jrue Holiday misses	24	15
3:16	Jrue Holiday offensive rebound	24	15
3:15	Alonzo Gee offensive rebound	24	15
3:10	Jrue Holiday lost ball turnover (Terrence Jones steals)	24	15
3:02	Trevor Ariza makes layup (Ty Lawson assists)	26	15
2:51	Jrue Holiday makes two point shot	26	17
2:51	Rockets Full timeout	26	17
2:51	Toney Douglas enters the game for Norris Cole	26	17
2:51	Marcus Thornton enters the game for James Harden	26	17
2:46	Toney Douglas shooting foul (Ty Lawson draws the foul)	26	17
2:46	Ty Lawson makes free throw 1 of 2	27	17
2:46	Ty Lawson misses free throw 2 of 2	27	17
2:44	Alonzo Gee defensive rebound	27	17
2:31	Ty Lawson shooting foul (Toney Douglas draws the foul)	27	17
2:31	Toney Douglas misses free throw 1 of 2	27	17
2:31	Pelicans offensive team rebound	27	17
2:31	Toney Douglas makes free throw 2 of 2	27	18
2:17	Ty Lawson bad pass (Toney Douglas steals)	27	18
2:13	Toney Douglas makes layup	27	20
2:02	Trevor Ariza makes two point shot (Marcus Thornton assists)	29	20
1:47	Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)	29	22
1:29	Marcus Thornton makes 24-foot three point jumper	32	22
1:16	Toney Douglas makes three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)	32	25
1:02	Ty Lawson misses 24-foot three point jumper	32	25
1:01	Toney Douglas defensive rebound	32	25
54.0	Ryan Anderson makes 17-foot jumper (Toney Douglas assists)	32	27
43.0	Ty Lawson bad pass (Anthony Davis steals)	32	27
35.0	Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper	32	27
34.0	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	32	27
26.0	Josh Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper	32	27
26.0	Alonzo Gee defensive rebound	32	27
10.0	Anthony Davis misses 3-foot jumper	32	27
10.0	Ryan Anderson makes 1-foot two point shot	32	29
10.0	Ryan Anderson offensive rebound	32	27
0.0	Trevor Ariza misses 19-foot jumper	32	29
0.0	Jrue Holiday defensive rebound	32	29
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	32	29

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 2-1

Pelicans
101
Rockets
108

Game 1

3/12

Rockets
108
Pelicans
110

Game 2

27/12

Rockets
112
Pelicans
111

Game 3

26/1

Pelicans
95
Rockets
100

Game 4

3/3

Smoothie King Center

1:00 AM, 26 January 2016

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 15,688

Referees:
Dan Crawford
Kevin Scott
Gediminas Petraitis

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	12	6	.667	-	L1
Memphis	11	7	.611	1	W3
Dallas	10	8	.556	2	W1
San Antonio	9	8	.529	2.5	W3
New Orleans	4	14	.222	8	L5

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