New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
0-3, 0-2 Away
123
0-3, 0-2 Away
1-1, 1-1 Home
126
1-1, 1-1 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- James Harden makes driving layup (Clint Capela assists)
- JJ Redick misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Josh Hart misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Danuel House Jr. makes 22-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Brandon Ingram makes two point shot
- Lonzo Ball makes 26-foot three pointer
- Clint Capela makes alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
- PJ Tucker misses driving layup
- Clint Capela makes 6-foot two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Derrick Favors makes 2-foot two point shot (Lonzo Ball assists)
- PJ Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram makes pullup jump shot
- Russell Westbrook misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Brandon Ingram makes 26-foot three point jumper (JJ Redick assists)
- James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Clint Capela makes 2-foot dunk (James Harden assists)
- Danuel House Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Josh Hart makes driving layup
- PJ Tucker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Clint Capela assists)
- James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Lonzo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lonzo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2
- Clint Capela misses alley oop layup
- Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Kenrich Williams misses hook shot
- James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- PJ Tucker makes two point shot
- Frank Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nicolo Melli makes 13-foot two point shot
- Nicolo Melli makes free throw 1 of 1
- James Harden makes two point shot
- James Harden misses driving layup
- Eric Gordon makes driving layup
- Nicolo Melli misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- James Harden misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
- James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper (Thabo Sefolosha assists)
- Nicolo Melli makes 14-foot two point shot
- Clint Capela misses layup
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Thabo Sefolosha misses layup
- Brandon Ingram makes 18-foot jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses 11-foot two point shot
- Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nicolo Melli makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nicolo Melli misses free throw 2 of 2
- Brandon Ingram makes driving dunk (Kenrich Williams assists)
- Clint Capela makes 3-foot hook shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Clint Capela makes free throw 1 of 1
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot (Thabo Sefolosha assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes layup
- Clint Capela makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Brandon Ingram makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jahlil Okafor assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 4-foot jumper
- Frank Jackson misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Eric Gordon misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Frank Jackson misses driving floating jump shot
- Frank Jackson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Russell Westbrook misses 17-foot jumper
- Jahlil Okafor makes 1-foot dunk (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
- JJ Redick makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
- Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
- JJ Redick misses 12-foot jumper
- Ben McLemore misses three point jumper
- Jahlil Okafor misses two point shot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- JJ Redick makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
- Tyson Chandler makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
- Josh Hart misses layup
- Ben McLemore misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kenrich Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Lonzo Ball misses driving floating jump shot
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Lonzo Ball misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Lonzo Ball makes 2-foot layup (Kenrich Williams assists)
- Frank Jackson misses three point pullup jump shot
- James Harden misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Brandon Ingram makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
- Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lonzo Ball makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Hart assists)
- Lonzo Ball misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 2
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Hart makes free throw 1 of 2
- Josh Hart makes free throw 2 of 2
- Danuel House Jr. makes free throw 1 of 3
- Danuel House Jr. makes free throw 2 of 3
- Danuel House Jr. makes free throw 3 of 3
- Josh Hart misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- PJ Tucker makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses free throw 1 of 2
- Brandon Ingram makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Hart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
- Nicolo Melli makes 12-foot jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
- PJ Tucker makes 3-foot two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Lonzo Ball makes 28-foot three point jumper (Nicolo Melli assists)
- Russell Westbrook misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Nicolo Melli misses 11-foot two point shot
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 1
- Brandon Ingram misses two point shot
- Brandon Ingram misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes 13-foot two point shot
- Lonzo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Danuel House Jr. makes 22-foot three point jumper (PJ Tucker assists)
- Brandon Ingram makes 23-foot three point jumper (Derrick Favors assists)
- PJ Tucker misses layup
- JJ Redick misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Derrick Favors makes 3-foot hook shot (Brandon Ingram assists)
- James Harden misses 6-foot jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes layup (PJ Tucker assists)
- Josh Hart makes two point shot
- Clint Capela makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Josh Hart misses 25-foot three point jumper
- JJ Redick misses layup
- Brandon Ingram makes two point shot
- JJ Redick misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Lonzo Ball makes 26-foot three point jumper (Derrick Favors assists)
- James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- JJ Redick makes 27-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon makes 23-foot three point jumper
- Josh Hart misses driving floating jump shot
- Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Derrick Favors misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes driving dunk
- JJ Redick makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jahlil Okafor assists)
- Danuel House Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
- Josh Hart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
- James Harden makes technical free throw
- Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- JJ Redick misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Jahlil Okafor makes 2-foot layup (Kenrich Williams assists)
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Thabo Sefolosha misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Lonzo Ball misses 15-foot two point shot
- James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Josh Hart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
- Lonzo Ball makes two point shot
- Eric Gordon misses 15-foot jump bank shot
- Austin Rivers misses two point shot
- Brandon Ingram makes 11-foot two point shot
- Brandon Ingram makes free throw 1 of 1
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
- Frank Jackson misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Frank Jackson makes 15-foot jumper
- Austin Rivers makes 9-foot two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Austin Rivers misses free throw 1 of 1
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 2
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brandon Ingram makes 13-foot two point shot (Frank Jackson assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Jahlil Okafor makes two point shot
- Clint Capela makes 5-foot hook shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses 45-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 1
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- PJ Tucker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes 2-foot dunk
- Frank Jackson makes driving layup
- Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram makes 12-foot two point shot
- Russell Westbrook makes 25-foot three pointer
- Frank Jackson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Frank Jackson makes free throw 2 of 2
- JJ Redick misses layup
- PJ Tucker makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
- JJ Redick misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nicolo Melli makes dunk (Frank Jackson assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Frank Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes driving layup (PJ Tucker assists)
- Lonzo Ball misses 27-foot three point jumper
- JJ Redick misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon makes 2-foot layup (Thabo Sefolosha assists)
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 1 of 1
- JJ Redick makes free throw 1 of 2
- JJ Redick makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brandon Ingram misses driving layup
- James Harden misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Lonzo Ball misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Danuel House Jr. misses three point jumper
- Kenrich Williams makes driving floating jump shot (Lonzo Ball assists)
- Russell Westbrook misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- JJ Redick misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Hart makes 27-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
- PJ Tucker makes free throw 1 of 2
- PJ Tucker makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brandon Ingram misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Danuel House Jr. misses layup
- Brandon Ingram makes free throw 1 of 2
- Brandon Ingram misses free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses driving floating jump shot
- Brandon Ingram makes dunk (Lonzo Ball assists)
- Russell Westbrook misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- James Harden makes driving layup
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- Brandon Ingram misses pullup jump shot
- James Harden misses 7-foot two point shot
- Josh Hart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
- James Harden misses 15-foot two point shot
- Kenrich Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook misses driving floating jump shot
- JJ Redick misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Josh Hart makes driving layup
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 2
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Hart misses 29-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | NO | HOU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | | Derrick Favors vs. Clint Capela (PJ Tucker gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:38 | | James Harden makes driving layup (Clint Capela assists) | 0 | 2 |
| 11:22 | | JJ Redick misses 27-foot three point jumper | 0 | 2 |
| 11:19 | | Clint Capela defensive rebound | 0 | 2 |
| 11:11 | | PJ Tucker out of bounds bad pass turnover | 0 | 2 |
| 11:00 | | Josh Hart misses 25-foot three point jumper | 0 | 2 |
| 10:57 | | Russell Westbrook defensive rebound | 0 | 2 |
| 10:52 | | Danuel House Jr. makes 22-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists) | 0 | 5 |
| 10:36 | | Brandon Ingram makes two point shot | 2 | 5 |
| 10:24 | | Brandon Ingram personal foul | 2 | 5 |
| 10:18 | | Clint Capela out of bounds lost ball turnover | 2 | 5 |
| 10:11 | | Lonzo Ball makes 26-foot three pointer | 5 | 5 |
| 9:50 | | Clint Capela makes alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists) | 5 | 7 |
| 9:40 | | JJ Redick out of bounds bad pass turnover | 5 | 7 |
| 9:27 | | PJ Tucker misses driving layup | 5 | 7 |
| 9:26 | | Brandon Ingram defensive rebound | 5 | 7 |
| 9:17 | | Danuel House Jr. blocks JJ Redick 's 14-foot two point shot | 5 | 7 |
| 9:12 | | Russell Westbrook defensive rebound | 5 | 7 |
| 9:04 | | Clint Capela makes 6-foot two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists) | 5 | 9 |
| 8:53 | | Derrick Favors makes 2-foot two point shot (Lonzo Ball assists) | 7 | 9 |
| 8:43 | | JJ Redick personal foul | 7 | 9 |
| 8:35 | | PJ Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper | 7 | 9 |
| 8:32 | | Lonzo Ball defensive rebound | 7 | 9 |
| 8:31 | | Danuel House Jr. personal foul | 7 | 9 |
| 8:18 | | Brandon Ingram makes pullup jump shot | 9 | 9 |
| 8:11 | | Russell Westbrook misses 21-foot pullup jump shot | 9 | 9 |
| 8:11 | | Brandon Ingram defensive rebound | 9 | 9 |
| 7:56 | | Brandon Ingram makes 26-foot three point jumper (JJ Redick assists) | 12 | 9 |
| 7:44 | | James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot | 12 | 9 |
| 7:42 | | Brandon Ingram defensive rebound | 12 | 9 |
| 7:39 | | Brandon Ingram bad pass (James Harden steals) | 12 | 9 |
| 7:35 | | Clint Capela makes 2-foot dunk (James Harden assists) | 12 | 11 |
| 7:21 | | JJ Redick bad pass (Clint Capela steals) | 12 | 11 |
| 7:15 | | Danuel House Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists) | 12 | 14 |
| 6:57 | | Josh Hart makes driving layup | 14 | 14 |
| 6:39 | | PJ Tucker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Clint Capela assists) | 14 | 17 |
| 6:30 | | Derrick Favors traveling | 14 | 17 |
| 6:30 | | Rockets Full timeout | 14 | 17 |
| 6:30 | | Eric Gordon enters the game for Russell Westbrook | 14 | 17 |
| 6:30 | | Kenrich Williams enters the game for Brandon Ingram | 14 | 17 |
| 6:13 | | James Harden bad pass (Kenrich Williams steals) | 14 | 17 |
| 5:56 | | Derrick Favors lost ball turnover (PJ Tucker steals) | 14 | 17 |
| 5:51 | | James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot | 14 | 17 |
| 5:47 | | Clint Capela offensive rebound | 14 | 17 |
| 5:45 | | James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper | 14 | 17 |
| 5:42 | | Derrick Favors defensive rebound | 14 | 17 |
| 5:35 | | Clint Capela shooting foul | 14 | 17 |
| 5:35 | | Lonzo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 5:35 | | Austin Rivers enters the game for Danuel House Jr. | 15 | 17 |
| 5:35 | | Lonzo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2 | 16 | 17 |
| 5:26 | | Clint Capela misses alley oop layup | 16 | 17 |
| 5:23 | | Kenrich Williams defensive rebound | 16 | 17 |
| 5:11 | | Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot | 16 | 17 |
| 5:06 | | Kenrich Williams offensive rebound | 16 | 17 |
| 5:05 | | JJ Redick out of bounds bad pass turnover | 16 | 17 |
| 4:54 | | Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists) | 16 | 20 |
| 4:46 | | Thabo Sefolosha enters the game for Clint Capela | 16 | 20 |
| 4:46 | | Frank Jackson enters the game for JJ Redick | 16 | 20 |
| 4:46 | | Nicolo Melli enters the game for Derrick Favors | 16 | 20 |
| 4:34 | | Kenrich Williams misses hook shot | 16 | 20 |
| 4:31 | | Thabo Sefolosha defensive rebound | 16 | 20 |
| 4:26 | | Nicolo Melli personal foul | 16 | 20 |
| 4:14 | | James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot | 16 | 20 |
| 4:11 | | PJ Tucker offensive rebound | 16 | 20 |
| 4:09 | | PJ Tucker makes two point shot | 16 | 22 |
| 3:50 | | Frank Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper | 16 | 22 |
| 3:49 | | Pelicans offensive team rebound | 16 | 22 |
| 3:49 | | Nickeil Alexander-Walker enters the game for Lonzo Ball | 16 | 22 |
| 3:49 | | Brandon Ingram enters the game for Josh Hart | 16 | 22 |
| 3:41 | | Nicolo Melli makes 13-foot two point shot | 18 | 22 |
| 3:41 | | Eric Gordon shooting foul | 18 | 22 |
| 3:41 | | Nicolo Melli makes free throw 1 of 1 | 19 | 22 |
| 3:31 | | James Harden makes two point shot | 19 | 24 |
| 3:23 | | Frank Jackson out of bounds lost ball turnover | 19 | 24 |
| 3:12 | | James Harden misses driving layup | 19 | 24 |
| 3:11 | | Nicolo Melli defensive rebound | 19 | 24 |
| 3:06 | | Frank Jackson offensive charge | 19 | 24 |
| 3:06 | | Frank Jackson turnover | 19 | 24 |
| 2:52 | | Eric Gordon makes driving layup | 19 | 26 |
| 2:40 | | Nicolo Melli misses 25-foot three point jumper | 19 | 26 |
| 2:40 | | Austin Rivers defensive rebound | 19 | 26 |
| 2:29 | | James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot | 19 | 26 |
| 2:28 | | Austin Rivers offensive rebound | 19 | 26 |
| 2:19 | | James Harden misses 27-foot step back jumpshot | 19 | 26 |
| 2:18 | | Thabo Sefolosha offensive rebound | 19 | 26 |
| 2:15 | | James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper (Thabo Sefolosha assists) | 19 | 29 |
| 2:06 | | Pelicans Full timeout | 19 | 29 |
| 2:06 | | Clint Capela enters the game for James Harden | 19 | 29 |
| 2:06 | | Russell Westbrook enters the game for PJ Tucker | 19 | 29 |
| 1:51 | | Nicolo Melli makes 14-foot two point shot | 21 | 29 |
| 1:36 | | Clint Capela misses layup | 21 | 29 |
| 1:35 | | Nicolo Melli defensive rebound | 21 | 29 |
| 1:15 | | Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot step back jumpshot | 21 | 29 |
| 1:14 | | Russell Westbrook defensive rebound | 21 | 29 |
| 1:08 | | Thabo Sefolosha misses layup | 21 | 29 |
| 1:08 | | Kenrich Williams defensive rebound | 21 | 29 |
| 52.8 | | Brandon Ingram makes 18-foot jumper | 23 | 29 |
| 45.4 | | Eric Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper | 23 | 29 |
| 41.2 | | Frank Jackson defensive rebound | 23 | 29 |
| 32.5 | | Brandon Ingram misses 11-foot two point shot | 23 | 29 |
| 31.0 | | Rockets defensive team rebound | 23 | 29 |
| 24.0 | | Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper | 23 | 29 |
| 22.8 | | Brandon Ingram defensive rebound | 23 | 29 |
| 0.1 | | Russell Westbrook shooting foul | 23 | 29 |
| 0.1 | | Nicolo Melli makes free throw 1 of 2 | 24 | 29 |
| 0.1 | | Nicolo Melli misses free throw 2 of 2 | 24 | 29 |
| 0.1 | | Thabo Sefolosha defensive rebound | 24 | 29 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 24 | 29 | |
Matchups
Game Information
Houston, TX
Referee:John Goble
Referee:Dedric Taylor
Referee:Ben Taylor
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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