Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans

38-25, 18-15 Away

109

38-25, 18-15 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	31	25	33	20	109
Pelicans NO	34	25	15	23	97

New Orleans PelicansPelicansNO

17-46, 11-20 Home

Houston Rockets

starters
Dillon BrooksD. Brooks#9
Tari EasonT. Eason#17
Alperen SengunA. Sengun#28
Jalen GreenJa. Green#4
Amen ThompsonA. Thompson#1
bench
Jeff GreenJe. Green#32
Jabari Smith Jr.J. Smith Jr.#10
Steven AdamsS. Adams#12
Reed SheppardR. Sheppard#15
Jae'Sean TateJ. Tate#8
Cam WhitmoreC. Whitmore#7
Jock LandaleJ. Landale#2
Fred VanVleetF. VanVleet#5
Aaron HolidayA. Holiday#0
Nate WilliamsN. Williams#19
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
36	14	6-9	1-4	1-2	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	5	-1
31	20	7-14	4-8	2-2	2	4	5	5	1	1	1	4	+9
36	22	11-14	0-0	0-3	6	8	4	3	1	1	5	5	+15
34	9	3-10	2-7	1-1	2	8	2	0	1	0	2	0	+8
39	21	10-13	0-1	1-4	11	2	3	0	1	3	8	2	+10
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
5	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	-2
28	16	6-13	2-8	2-4	5	1	0	0	1	0	5	2	+4
19	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	8	6	2	1	0	3	5	3	+17
12	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	2	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	109	46-81	9-29	8-18	41	33	19	10	6	9	32	24
		57%	31%	44%

New Orleans Pelicans

starters
Kelly OlynykK. Olynyk#13
Zion WilliamsonZ. Williamson#1
Trey Murphy IIIT. Murphy III#25
Yves MissiY. Missi#21
CJ McCollumC. McCollum#3
bench
Karlo MatkovicK. Matkovic#17
Bruce BrownB. Brown#00
Jose AlvaradoJ. Alvarado#15
Jordan HawkinsJ. Hawkins#24
Jamal CainJ. Cain#8
Jeremiah Robinson-EarlJ. Robinson-Earl#50
Brandon BostonB. Boston#11
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
23	8	2-5	1-1	3-4	5	2	2	0	1	2	3	4	+9
32	20	5-15	0-0	10-12	10	3	4	1	2	4	6	3	-18
39	26	9-15	3-8	5-5	5	0	2	0	2	1	4	1	-9
28	10	3-5	0-0	4-6	4	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	-7
34	13	5-15	3-6	0-0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	-8
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
21	6	2-9	0-3	2-4	6	3	1	1	2	3	3	4	-8
19	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	-13
23	7	3-9	1-4	0-0	2	4	0	4	0	0	2	2	+2
21	7	2-8	1-4	2-2	5	0	3	1	0	2	3	2	-8
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN
	97	31-83	9-27	26-33	41	17	15	9	7	15	26	19
		37%	33%	79%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

HOU

HOU leads season

3-0

133

Game 1@ HOU

Final

113

128

Game 2@ NO

Final

111

109

Game 3@ NO

Final

146

Game 4@ HOU

Final

117

Game Information

New Orleans, LA

Referee:Jason Goldenberg

Referee:David Guthrie

Referee:John Conley

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

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