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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 31 | 17 | 31 | 22 | 101 |
 Rockets | 26 | 28 | 16 | 34 | 104 |
NOPTeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 34-7545.3% | 8-2532.0% | 25-3473.5% | 49 | 12 | 18 |
| HOU | 36-8840.9% | 10-3528.6% | 22-2878.6% | 42 | 20 | 9 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Houston Rockets104| 40 | 20 | 7-15 | 4-9 | 2-2 | −8 | +3.9 | ||||||||
| 35 | 25 | 7-18 | 2-8 | 9-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.7 | |||||
| 34 | 24 | 11-15 | 0-2 | 2-5 | −2 | +5.5 | ||||||||
| 23 | 6 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −6.1 | ||||||
| 21 | 10 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | +12 | +0.3 | ||||||
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| 24 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.5 | |||||
| 23 | 5 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −3.9 | |||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-8 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −6.2 | |||||
| 14 | 5 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −0.8 | |||
| 7 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.9 | |||
| Team | 104 | 36-8840.9% | 10-3528.6% | 42 | 20 | 9 | 22 | 22-2878.6% | 9 | 9 | 5 | |||
Bench 19 points on 6 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Reggie Bullock Jr., Nate Williams and Boban Marjanovic (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans101| 41 | 14 | 4-11 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −7.3 | ||||||
| 41 | 10 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 6-6 | 0 | +9 | −3.5 | |||||||
| 39 | 31 | 11-24 | 3-11 | 6-9 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.9 | ||||||
| 34 | 24 | 8-16 | 0-0 | 8-11 | 0 | +2 | −4.2 | |||||||
| 29 | 15 | 7-12 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0 | +1 | +1.4 | |||||||
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| 16 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −5.0 | |||||
| 15 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.1 | ||||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.0 | |||
| 9 | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +0.8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +0.7 | ||||
| Team | 101 | 34-7545.3% | 8-2532.0% | 49 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 25-3473.5% | 8 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bench 7 points on 2 for 6 shooting
Did not play: Naji Marshall (injury/illness); Kira Lewis Jr. (coach’s decision).
Rockets104Pelicans101ClickTap 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.
Alperen Sengun scored 24 points (18 in the paint), and the Houston Rockets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 104-101 for their fifth straight win.
Fred VanVleet’s 28-foot pull-up 3-pointer put the Rockets ahead for good with 47 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Brandon Ingram missed a pull-up 3-pointer with 3.1 seconds left, Larry Nance Jr. went 1 for 2 at the line to make it 103-101 with 3.1 seconds left, and Jalen Green went 1 for 2 at the line with the Rockets up 2 and 2.5 seconds to go.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Pelicans 13-8. VanVleet scored 8 of the Rockets’ 13 on 2 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Dillon Brooks had 2 steals, one of them leading to VanVleet’s 28-foot pull-up 3-pointer that put the Rockets ahead 101-100, and the Rockets scored 4 points off them.
Jalen Green scored 25 points (10 in the first quarter), and VanVleet added 20 points and 8 assists. The Rockets had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Pelicans, Ingram scored 31 points, and Zion Williamson added 24 points and 8 rebounds.
The Pelicans committed 18 turnovers to the Rockets’ 9. The Pelicans’ starters outscored the Rockets 46-34 in 16 minutes together. Jonas Valančiūnas and Jordan Hawkins fouled out.
Houston RocketsNew Orleans PelicansPS, 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 Rockets’ chance bottomed out at 8.4% (4th quarter, 1:14 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
82 points from the field on 88 shots: 15.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-27 | 51.9% | 66% |
| In the paint | 8-19 | 42.1% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-7 | 57.1% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-9 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-26 | 26.9% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Hawkins | 42 | 12 | 4-8 | −1 |
| Dyson Daniels | 9 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Brandon Ingram | 3 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 14 | 5-12 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Valančiūnas | 43 | 22 | 10-14 | +10 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Dyson Daniels | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Cody Zeller | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyson Daniels | 41 | 3 | 1-5 | −7 |
| Jordan Hawkins | 6 | 2 | 0-1 | +1 |
| Zion Williamson | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Dereon Seabron | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 9 | 4-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 17 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.
HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
VanVleet 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (18 PTS)
Q4 0:47
36.6%
27→64
VanVleet 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Brooks 2 AST)
Q4 1:14
20.9%
9→29
Ingram 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (28 PTS)
Q4 5:22
19.3%
34→14
Ingram 3PT Jump Shot (31 PTS) (Williamson 1 AST)
Q4 2:55
13.7%
34→20
Ja. Green 2' Driving Layup (18 PTS)
Q4 10:57
12.8%
15→27
