Rockets 126-123 Pelicans (27 Oct, 2019) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Pelicans

0-3, 0-2 away

123

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	24	37	39	23	123
HOU	29	32	36	29	126

Houston Rockets

1-1, 1-1 home

126

James Harden makes driving layup (Clint Capela assists)
Danuel House Jr. makes 22-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
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)
PJ Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
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)
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
Clint Capela misses alley oop layup
Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
PJ Tucker makes two point shot
James Harden makes two point shot
James Harden misses driving layup
Eric Gordon makes driving layup
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)
Clint Capela misses layup
Thabo Sefolosha misses layup
Eric Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
Clint Capela makes 3-foot hook shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
Russell Westbrook makes two point shot (Thabo Sefolosha assists)
Clint Capela makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
Eric Gordon makes 4-foot jumper
Eric Gordon misses 28-foot three point jumper
Jahlil Okafor blocks Russell Westbrook 's 3-foot driving dunk
Russell Westbrook misses 17-foot jumper
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
Ben McLemore misses three point jumper
Tyson Chandler makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
Ben McLemore misses 23-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes driving layup
James Harden misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
PJ Tucker makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
PJ Tucker makes 3-foot two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
Russell Westbrook misses 24-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
Josh Hart blocks James Harden 's 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook makes 13-foot two point shot
Danuel House Jr. makes 22-foot three point jumper (PJ Tucker assists)
PJ Tucker misses layup
James Harden makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
James Harden misses 6-foot jumper
Russell Westbrook makes layup (PJ Tucker assists)
Clint Capela makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Eric Gordon makes 23-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes driving dunk
Danuel House Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Thabo Sefolosha misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses 15-foot jump bank shot
Austin Rivers misses two point shot
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Austin Rivers makes 9-foot two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Clint Capela makes 5-foot hook shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
Austin Rivers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
PJ Tucker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Russell Westbrook makes 2-foot dunk
Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook makes 25-foot three pointer
PJ Tucker makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes driving layup (PJ Tucker assists)
Eric Gordon makes 2-foot layup (Thabo Sefolosha assists)
James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
James Harden misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Danuel House Jr. misses three point jumper
Russell Westbrook misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Danuel House Jr. misses layup
James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses driving floating jump shot
Russell Westbrook misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
James Harden makes driving layup
James Harden misses 7-foot two point shot
James Harden misses 15-foot two point shot
Russell Westbrook misses driving floating jump shot
JJ Redick misses 27-foot three point jumper
Josh Hart misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brandon Ingram makes two point shot
Lonzo Ball makes 26-foot three pointer
Danuel House Jr. blocks JJ Redick 's 14-foot two point shot
Derrick Favors makes 2-foot two point shot (Lonzo Ball assists)
Brandon Ingram makes pullup jump shot
Brandon Ingram makes 26-foot three point jumper (JJ Redick assists)
Josh Hart makes driving layup
Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kenrich Williams misses hook shot
Frank Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Nicolo Melli makes 13-foot two point shot
Nicolo Melli misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nicolo Melli makes 14-foot two point shot
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Brandon Ingram makes 18-foot jumper
Brandon Ingram misses 11-foot two point shot
Brandon Ingram makes driving dunk (Kenrich Williams assists)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes layup
Brandon Ingram makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jahlil Okafor assists)
Frank Jackson misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Frank Jackson misses driving floating jump shot
Frank Jackson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
Jahlil Okafor makes 1-foot dunk (Brandon Ingram assists)
JJ Redick makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
JJ Redick misses 12-foot jumper
Jahlil Okafor misses two point shot
JJ Redick makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
Josh Hart misses layup
Kenrich Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
Lonzo Ball misses driving floating jump shot
PJ Tucker blocks Derrick Favors 's 5-foot 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
Brandon Ingram makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
Lonzo Ball makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Hart assists)
Lonzo Ball misses 28-foot three point jumper
Josh Hart misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Josh Hart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
Nicolo Melli makes 12-foot jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
Lonzo Ball makes 28-foot three point jumper (Nicolo Melli assists)
Nicolo Melli misses 11-foot two point shot
Brandon Ingram misses two point shot
Brandon Ingram misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Lonzo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
Clint Capela blocks Derrick Favors 's 8-foot hook shot
Brandon Ingram makes 23-foot three point jumper (Derrick Favors assists)
JJ Redick misses 23-foot three point jumper
Derrick Favors makes 3-foot hook shot (Brandon Ingram assists)
Josh Hart makes two point shot
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)
JJ Redick makes 27-foot three point jumper
Josh Hart misses driving floating jump shot
Derrick Favors misses 23-foot three point jumper
JJ Redick makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jahlil Okafor assists)
Josh Hart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
JJ Redick misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Jahlil Okafor makes 2-foot layup (Kenrich Williams assists)
Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point jumper
Lonzo Ball misses 15-foot two point shot
Josh Hart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
Lonzo Ball makes two point shot
Brandon Ingram makes 11-foot two point shot
Frank Jackson misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Frank Jackson makes 15-foot jumper
Brandon Ingram makes 13-foot two point shot (Frank Jackson assists)
Brandon Ingram makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
Clint Capela blocks Nickeil Alexander-Walker 's 3-foot layup
Jahlil Okafor makes two point shot
Brandon Ingram misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brandon Ingram misses 45-foot three point pullup jump shot
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 23-foot three point jumper
Frank Jackson makes driving layup
Brandon Ingram makes 12-foot two point shot
JJ Redick misses layup
JJ Redick misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nicolo Melli makes dunk (Frank Jackson assists)
Frank Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Lonzo Ball misses 27-foot three point jumper
JJ Redick misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brandon Ingram misses driving layup
Lonzo Ball misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Kenrich Williams makes driving floating jump shot (Lonzo Ball assists)
JJ Redick misses 23-foot three point jumper
Josh Hart makes 27-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
Brandon Ingram misses 26-foot three point jumper
Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brandon Ingram makes dunk (Lonzo Ball assists)
Brandon Ingram misses pullup jump shot
Josh Hart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
Kenrich Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
JJ Redick misses 26-foot three point jumper
Josh Hart makes driving layup
Josh Hart misses 29-foot three point jumper

PELICANS

ROCKETS

TIME		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

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

Pelicans
123
Rockets
126

Game 1

27/10

Rockets
122
Pelicans
116

Game 2

12/11

Rockets
112
Pelicans
127

Game 3

30/12

Pelicans
109
Rockets
117

Game 4

2/2

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:00 AM, 27 October 2019

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,055

Referees:
John Goble
Dedric Taylor
Ben Taylor

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	11	5	.688	-	W1
Memphis	9	7	.563	2	W1
Dallas	8	7	.533	2.5	W3
San Antonio	8	8	.500	3	W2
New Orleans	4	12	.250	7	L3

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