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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 37 | 27 | 29 | 19 | 112 |
 Pelicans | 36 | 28 | 22 | 41 | 127 |
HOUTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 42-8151.9% | 15-3938.5% | 13-2065.0% | 41 | 29 | 17 |
| NOP | 50-10249.0% | 18-4440.9% | 9-1369.2% | 46 | 32 | 9 |
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New Orleans Pelicans127| 40 | 27, Season high (his best before, 20) | 10-20 | 7-12, Career high (his best before, 6) | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +12 | +12.0 | ||||||
| 36 | 27 | 10-17 | 2-4 | 0 | 5-5 | −3 | +7.8 | |||||||
| 35 | 25 | 10-18 | 4-9 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +19 | +7.4 | ||||||
| 35 | 12 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | +4.0 | |||||||
| 19 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −5.6 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 0 | 0-8 | 0-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −9.6 | ||||||
| 25 | 25, Season high (his best before, 19) | 10-20 | 5-9, Season high (his best before, 3) | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | +29 | +6.8 | ||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −2.1 | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +2.7 | |||
| 5 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.6 | |
| 3 | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | +6 | +4.0 | |||||
| Team | 127 | 50-10249.0% | 18-4440.9% | 46 | 32 | 9 | 17 | 9-1369.2% | 14 | 9 | 4 | |||
Bench 36 points on 14 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Nicolo Melli and Nickeil Alexander-Walker (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets112| 34 | 19 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | −6 | +4.8 | |||||||
| 33 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −28 | −1.8 | |||||
| 32 | 22 | 10-18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 29 | 9 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −5.8 | ||||||
| 22 | 20 | 6-12 | 4-7 | 0 | 4-8 | 0 | −18 | +2.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 16 | 6-15 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | +1.3 | ||||||
| 30 | 12 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 0 | +1 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 25 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | +0.5 | |||||||
| Team | 112 | 42-8151.9% | 15-3938.5% | 41 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 13-2065.0% | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||
Bench 34 points on 11 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Thabo Sefolosha and Tyson Chandler (coach’s decision); James Harden (injury/illness).
Pelicans127Rockets112ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Lonzo Ball had a season-high 27 points (21 on 7 3-pointers), 10 rebounds and 10 assists, his fourth career triple-double, and the New Orleans Pelicans went on a 28-9 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Houston Rockets 127-112 for their fourth straight win.
The Rockets led 95-86 with 11:47 left in the fourth quarter. E'Twaun Moore’s corner 3-pointer put the Pelicans ahead for good with 9:06 left. He scored 14 points and Jrue Holiday added 10 during the run. The Pelicans led 114-104 with 4:01 left and by as many as 19.
Brandon Ingram scored 27 points. Holiday added 25 points, and Moore scored a season-high 25 points with 5 3-pointers off the bench. The Pelicans had 4 20-point scorers. Ball assisted on 5 of Moore’s 10 baskets, 4 of them during the 28-9 run.
For the Rockets, Danuel House Jr. scored 22 points (16 in the paint), and Eric Gordon added 20 points.
The Rockets forced 9 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Pelicans outscored the Rockets 28-4 on the fast break. The Pelicans outscored the Rockets 14-4 in 4 minutes with Holiday, Favors, Moore, Ball and Hart on the floor together.
New Orleans PelicansHouston RocketsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Pelicans’ chance bottomed out at 14% (4th quarter, 11:18 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
118 points from the field on 101 shots: 9.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-32 | 59.4% | 64% |
| In the paint | 8-14 | 57.1% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-12 | 41.7% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 7-16 | 43.8% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-28 | 39.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.J. Tucker | 22 | 4 | 2-3 | −4 |
| Gary Clark | 13 | 11 | 5-9 | +6 |
| Danuel House Jr. | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Ben McLemore | 7 | 2 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 8 | 2-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben McLemore | 21 | 14 | 5-7 | +10 |
| Danuel House Jr. | 12 | 5 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Austin Rivers | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Eric Gordon | 10 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 28 | 7 | 3-9 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Rivers | 22 | 8 | 3-5 | +2 |
| Danuel House Jr. | 14 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Eric Gordon | 11 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Chris Clemons | 8 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 12 | 5-9 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
NOP win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Moore 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Ball 7 AST)
Q4 9:06
17.3%
45→62
Moore 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Ball 5 AST)
Q4 11:18
15.0%
14→29
Holiday 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (20 PTS)
Q4 6:15
12.7%
82→95
Moore 25' 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Hart 3 AST)
Q4 9:28
12.2%
34→46
Moore 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Ball 6 AST)
Q4 10:25
10.6%
24→35
