Pelicans 128-112 Rockets (18 Mar, 2017) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

47-22, 22-13 away

112

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	23	27	31	31	112
NO	36	32	31	29	128

New Orleans Pelicans

28-41, 17-18 home

128

Solomon Hill makes 6-foot two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 27-foot Regular Jump Shot
Anthony Davis misses 10-foot two point shot
Solomon Hill makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Solomon Hill misses 27-foot three point jumper
Wayne Selden Jr. makes dunk (Anthony Davis assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dante Cunningham makes layup (Solomon Hill assists)
Tim Frazier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Solomon Hill assists)
Anthony Davis misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
Wayne Selden Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Wayne Selden Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dante Cunningham assists)
Dante Cunningham makes driving dunk (Solomon Hill assists)
Dante Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper
Solomon Hill makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tim Frazier assists)
Tim Frazier misses 25-foot Regular Jump Shot
E'Twaun Moore misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes two point shot
Solomon Hill makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tim Frazier assists)
Solomon Hill makes 27-foot three point jumper (E'Twaun Moore assists)
Jordan Crawford misses 9-foot jumper
Jordan Crawford misses 7-foot jumper
Anthony Davis misses 8-foot two point shot
Tim Frazier makes layup
Tim Frazier misses 27-foot three point jumper
E'Twaun Moore makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tim Frazier assists)
Tim Frazier makes jumper (Jordan Crawford assists)
E'Twaun Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper
Alexis Ajinca makes 17-foot jumper (Tim Frazier assists)
Alexis Ajinca makes 13-foot jumper
E'Twaun Moore misses 21-foot jumper
Jordan Crawford misses 5-foot jumper
Clint Capela blocks Alexis Ajinca 's 3-foot layup
Alexis Ajinca makes layup (Jordan Crawford assists)
Jordan Crawford makes 5-foot two point shot
Jordan Crawford misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tim Frazier makes 14-foot jumper
Jordan Crawford makes two point shot
Jrue Holiday makes 3-foot two point shot (Anthony Davis assists)
Jrue Holiday makes 16-foot two point shot
Anthony Davis makes 7-foot two point shot
Jrue Holiday misses 28-foot three point jumper
Jordan Crawford misses 3-foot jumper
Dante Cunningham makes dunk
Jordan Crawford misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes layup
Anthony Davis misses 17-foot two point shot
Solomon Hill misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday misses 4-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday makes layup
Jrue Holiday makes two point shot
Clint Capela blocks Jrue Holiday 's 4-foot jumper
Dante Cunningham misses three point jumper
Anthony Davis misses 7-foot jumper
Solomon Hill makes layup
Anthony Davis misses 8-foot two point shot
Wayne Selden Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Anthony Davis misses layup
Jrue Holiday makes layup
Solomon Hill misses layup
Wayne Selden Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Solomon Hill assists)
Jrue Holiday makes 4-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday makes 23-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday makes 8-foot two point shot (Anthony Davis assists)
Anthony Davis makes 19-foot jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes layup (Solomon Hill assists)
E'Twaun Moore makes 17-foot jumper (Tim Frazier assists)
Solomon Hill makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tim Frazier assists)
Montrezl Harrell blocks Solomon Hill 's 3-foot jumper
Tim Frazier misses layup
Tim Frazier makes two point shot
Jordan Crawford makes 26-foot three point jumper (Solomon Hill assists)
E'Twaun Moore misses 18-foot jumper
Tim Frazier makes layup
E'Twaun Moore misses 15-foot jumper
Solomon Hill misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jordan Crawford misses 27-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes 7-foot two point shot (E'Twaun Moore assists)
E'Twaun Moore makes layup (Solomon Hill assists)
Solomon Hill makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan Crawford assists)
Anthony Davis makes dunk (E'Twaun Moore assists)
Anthony Davis makes 14-foot two point shot
E'Twaun Moore misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday misses 16-foot jumper
Anthony Davis makes 4-foot two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Tim Frazier misses 24-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes 17-foot two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Tim Frazier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes two point shot
Patrick Beverley misses 5-foot two point shot
Ryan Anderson makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Patrick Beverley misses layup
Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper
James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 3-foot two point shot (James Harden assists)
James Harden makes layup
Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes two point shot
Patrick Beverley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson makes 26-foot (James Harden assists)
Clint Capela misses
Anthony Davis blocks Eric Gordon 's 2-foot shot
Eric Gordon misses
Lou Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
James Harden misses 3-foot jumper
Montrezl Harrell makes layup (James Harden assists)
Lou Williams misses layup
James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon makes driving layup
Eric Gordon makes 26-foot (Patrick Beverley assists)
Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Lou Williams misses jumper
Lou Williams makes layup
Patrick Beverley misses jumper
Lou Williams misses 5-foot two point shot
Clint Capela makes two point shot (Lou Williams assists)
Clint Capela misses 5-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson misses 29-foot three point jumper
Lou Williams makes 6-foot two point shot
Ryan Anderson misses 28-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis blocks Lou Williams 's 2-foot shot
Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday blocks Patrick Beverley 's 24-foot three point jumper
Dante Cunningham blocks Clint Capela 's 4-foot jumper
Clint Capela makes 2-foot two point shot (James Harden assists)
Jrue Holiday blocks Clint Capela's jumper
James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Patrick Beverley makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Clint Capela makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
James Harden misses 4-foot two point shot
Trevor Ariza misses three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
Clint Capela misses layup
Clint Capela misses jumper
James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses layup
James Harden makes two point shot
Montrezl Harrell makes layup (Eric Gordon assists)
James Harden makes two point shot
James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Montrezl Harrell makes dunk (James Harden assists)
Lou Williams makes 15-foot two point shot
Lou Williams misses three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses layup
James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes layup
James Harden makes 13-foot two point shot
Montrezl Harrell makes two point shot (Lou Williams assists)
Eric Gordon misses jumper
Eric Gordon misses layup
Montrezl Harrell makes layup
Ryan Anderson makes 11-foot two point shot
James Harden makes two point shot
Ryan Anderson misses 28-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes layup
Lou Williams makes 2-foot two point shot
Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Patrick Beverley makes layup (James Harden assists)
Ryan Anderson misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
Patrick Beverley misses layup
Eric Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
Lou Williams misses 27-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kyle Wiltjer assists)
Kyle Wiltjer makes 27-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
Bobby Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
Lou Williams misses 10-foot two point shot
Kyle Wiltjer misses 17-foot two point shot

ROCKETS

PELICANS

TIME		HOU	NO
12:00	Clint Capela vs. Anthony Davis (Jrue Holiday gains possession)	0	0
11:40	Solomon Hill makes 6-foot two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)	0	2
11:21	Patrick Beverley misses 5-foot two point shot	0	2
11:18	Clint Capela offensive rebound	0	2
11:15	shot clock turnover	0	2
11:15	Jrue Holiday misses 27-foot Regular Jump Shot	0	2
11:03	James Harden defensive rebound	0	2
10:48	Ryan Anderson makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)	3	2
10:34	Anthony Davis misses 10-foot two point shot	3	2
10:29	Patrick Beverley defensive rebound	3	2
10:22	Patrick Beverley misses layup	3	2
10:21	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	3	2
10:11	Solomon Hill makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)	3	5
10:00	Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper	3	5
10:00	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	3	5
9:52	Solomon Hill misses 27-foot three point jumper	3	5
9:52	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	3	5
9:38	James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper	3	5
9:37	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	3	5
9:30	Wayne Selden Jr. makes dunk (Anthony Davis assists)	3	7
9:18	Anthony Davis shooting foul (Clint Capela draws the foul)	3	7
9:18	Clint Capela misses free throw 1 of 2	3	7
9:18	Rockets offensive team rebound	3	7
9:18	Clint Capela misses free throw 2 of 2	3	7
9:17	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	3	7
9:03	Ryan Anderson shooting foul (Jrue Holiday draws the foul)	3	7
9:03	Jrue Holiday makes free throw 1 of 2	3	8
9:03	Jrue Holiday misses free throw 2 of 2	3	8
9:02	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	3	8
8:51	Trevor Ariza makes 3-foot two point shot (James Harden assists)	5	8
8:40	Wayne Selden Jr. steps out of bounds turnover	5	8
8:26	James Harden makes layup	7	8
8:17	Jrue Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	8
8:15	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	7	8
7:50	James Harden bad pass (Anthony Davis steals)	7	8
7:46	Dante Cunningham makes layup (Solomon Hill assists)	7	10
7:39	Jrue Holiday personal foul (James Harden draws the foul)	7	10
7:35	Jrue Holiday shooting foul (James Harden draws the foul)	7	10
7:35	James Harden makes free throw 1 of 3	8	10
7:35	James Harden makes free throw 2 of 3	9	10
7:35	Tim Frazier enters the game for Jrue Holiday	9	10
7:35	James Harden misses free throw 3 of 3	9	10
7:35	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	9	10
7:20	Tim Frazier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Solomon Hill assists)	9	13
7:09	Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper	9	13
7:07	Dante Cunningham defensive rebound	9	13
6:54	Anthony Davis misses 14-foot step back jumpshot	9	13
6:54	James Harden defensive rebound	9	13
6:50	James Harden Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover	9	13
6:41	Trevor Ariza personal foul (Anthony Davis draws the foul)	9	13
6:35	Wayne Selden Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper	9	13
6:33	Anthony Davis offensive rebound	9	13
6:33	Wayne Selden Jr. offensive Charge (Patrick Beverley draws the foul)	9	13
6:33	Wayne Selden Jr. turnover	9	13
6:22	James Harden makes two point shot	11	13
6:01	Wayne Selden Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dante Cunningham assists)	11	16
5:48	Patrick Beverley misses 23-foot three point jumper	11	16
5:47	Solomon Hill defensive rebound	11	16
5:41	Dante Cunningham makes driving dunk (Solomon Hill assists)	11	18
5:31	Tim Frazier shooting foul (Patrick Beverley draws the foul)	11	18
5:31	Pelicans Full timeout	11	18
5:31	Patrick Beverley makes free throw 1 of 2	12	18
5:31	Patrick Beverley makes free throw 2 of 2	13	18
5:15	Dante Cunningham misses 24-foot three point jumper	13	18
5:15	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	13	18
5:05	Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	18
5:05	Tim Frazier defensive rebound	13	18
4:56	Solomon Hill makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tim Frazier assists)	13	21
4:43	Ryan Anderson makes 26-foot (James Harden assists)	16	21
4:26	Tim Frazier misses 25-foot Regular Jump Shot	16	21
4:24	James Harden defensive rebound	16	21
4:18	Clint Capela misses	16	21
4:18	Dante Cunningham defensive rebound	16	21
4:13	Eric Gordon enters the game for Ryan Anderson	16	21
4:13	Lou Williams enters the game for Patrick Beverley	16	21
4:13	E'Twaun Moore enters the game for Wayne Selden Jr.	16	21
4:13	Solomon Hill offensive Charge (Trevor Ariza draws the foul)	16	21
4:05	Anthony Davis blocks Eric Gordon 's 2-foot shot	16	21
4:03	Eric Gordon offensive rebound	16	21
4:03	Eric Gordon misses	16	21
4:03	E'Twaun Moore defensive rebound	16	21
3:54	Clint Capela defensive 3-seconds (Technical Foul)	16	22
3:54	Anthony Davis makes technical free throw	15	22
3:40	Anthony Davis lost ball turnover (Trevor Ariza steals)	15	22
3:35	James Harden bad pass (Dante Cunningham steals)	15	22
3:31	E'Twaun Moore misses 26-foot three point jumper	16	22
3:27	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	15	22
3:25	Trevor Ariza bad pass (Solomon Hill steals)	15	22
3:11	Clint Capela shooting foul (Dante Cunningham draws the foul)	16	23
3:11	Dante Cunningham makes free throw 1 of 2	15	23
3:11	Montrezl Harrell enters the game for Clint Capela	15	23
3:11	Dante Cunningham misses free throw 2 of 2	15	23
3:10	James Harden defensive rebound	15	23
3:00	Lou Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	23
3:00	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	15	23
2:47	Anthony Davis makes two point shot	16	25
2:26	Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)	18	25
2:08	Solomon Hill makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tim Frazier assists)	19	28
2:02	James Harden misses 3-foot jumper	19	28
2:00	Dante Cunningham defensive rebound	19	28
1:52	Solomon Hill makes 27-foot three point jumper (E'Twaun Moore assists)	19	31
1:43	Tim Frazier shooting foul (Lou Williams draws the foul)	19	31
1:43	Rockets Full timeout	19	31
1:43	Jordan Crawford enters the game for Dante Cunningham	22	31
1:43	Lou Williams makes free throw 1 of 3	20	31
1:43	Lou Williams misses free throw 2 of 3	20	31
1:43	Rockets offensive team rebound	20	31
1:43	Lou Williams makes free throw 3 of 3	21	31
1:19	Jordan Crawford misses 9-foot jumper	21	31
1:17	Jordan Crawford offensive rebound	21	31
1:15	Jordan Crawford misses 7-foot jumper	21	31
1:15	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	21	31
1:15	Montrezl Harrell loose ball foul (Anthony Davis draws the foul)	21	31
1:15	Montrezl Harrell turnover	21	31
1:04	Anthony Davis misses 8-foot two point shot	21	31
1:00	Montrezl Harrell defensive rebound	21	31
57.0	Montrezl Harrell makes layup (James Harden assists)	23	31
43.0	Tim Frazier makes layup	23	33
35.0	Lou Williams misses layup	23	33
32.0	E'Twaun Moore defensive rebound	23	33
26.0	Tim Frazier misses 27-foot three point jumper	23	33
25.0	James Harden defensive rebound	23	33
6.0	James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper	23	33
5.0	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	23	33
0.0	E'Twaun Moore makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tim Frazier assists)	23	36
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	23	36

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 2-1

Pelicans
100
Rockets
122

Game 1

17/12

Rockets
129
Pelicans
99

Game 2

24/2

Rockets
112
Pelicans
128

Game 3

18/3

Pelicans
107
Rockets
117

Game 4

25/3

Smoothie King Center

12:00 AM, 18 March 2017

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 17,972

Referees:
Derrick Collins
Ken Mauer
Justin Van Duyne

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

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