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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 33 | 34 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 128 |
 Pelicans | 24 | 21 | 38 | 36 | 14 | 133 |
HOUTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 50-10746.7% | 10-3231.3% | 18-2766.7% | 58 | 30 | 18 |
| NOP | 49-9750.5% | 11-2740.7% | 24-2885.7% | 41 | 27 | 12 |
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New Orleans Pelicans133| 38 | 27 | 9-13 | 2-2 | 0 | 7-7 | 0 | +9.1 | |||||||
| 38 | 18 | 7-14 | 2-6 | 2-2 | +19 | +6.6 | ||||||||
| 35 | 16 | 7-16 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0 | +18 | −2.2 | |||||||
| 34 | 29, Season high (his best before, 25) | 11-18 | 3-5 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | +21 | +9.8 | ||||||
| 20 | 9 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 0.0 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 7 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | +3 | +0.1 | ||||||
| 25 | 15 | 5-13 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.5 | ||||||
| 21 | 9 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | −17 | −2.3 | |||||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | +0.1 | |||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.0 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.5 | ||
| Team | 133 | 49-9750.5% | 11-2740.7% | 41 | 27 | 12 | 24 | 24-2885.7% | 13 | 15 | 7 | |||
Bench 34 points on 11 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Jordan Hawkins, DeAndre Jordan, Kevon Looney and Micah Peavy (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets128| 44 | 12 | 5-18 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −14.0 | ||||||
| 43 | 32 | 12-15 | 4-6 | 4-4 | 0 | −7 | +6.9 | |||||||
| 41 | 23 | 11-14 | 0-1 | 1-1 | −9 | +3.4 | ||||||||
| 36 | 28 | 11-26 | 0-4 | 6-10 | −5 | +4.9 | ||||||||
| 30 | 10 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +0.1 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 6 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 2-5 | +3 | −3.3 | ||||||||
| 27 | 11 | 4-12 | 3-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +1.0 | |||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.9 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.1 | |||||
| Team | 128 | 50-10746.7% | 10-3231.3% | 58 | 30 | 18 | 21 | 18-2766.7% | 25 | 6 | 8 | |||
Bench 23 points on 8 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Jae'Sean Tate, Jeff Green and JD Davison (coach’s decision); Tari Eason (injury/illness).
Pelicans133Rockets128ClickTap 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.
Saddiq Bey scored 29 points, and the New Orleans Pelicans rallied from 25 points down in the third quarter to beat the Houston Rockets 133-128 in overtime.
The Pelicans trailed 67-45 at halftime and 72-47 with 11:02 left in the third quarter. Their chance to win fell to under 1% with 10:49 left in the third quarter, and they outscored the Rockets 86-56 the rest of the way, tying the biggest comeback of the season.
Bey’s 2 free throws with 2.1 seconds left in overtime made it 133-128 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Pelicans outscored the Rockets 23-16. Bey scored 11 of the Pelicans’ 23 on 4 for 6 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Herbert Jones had 4 of his 8 steals, 2 of them during an 11-0 Pelicans run, and the Pelicans scored 8 points off them.
Trey Murphy III scored 27 points (11 in the first quarter) on 9 for 13 shooting, and Jones added 18 points and a career-high 8 steals.
For the Rockets, Kevin Durant had 32 points (13 in the first quarter) and 4 blocks on 12 for 15 shooting, and Alperen Sengun added 28 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists. Amen Thompson scored 23 points on 11 for 14 shooting. The Rockets had 3 20-point scorers.
The Pelicans shot 50.5% from the field and 40.7% from 3 to the Rockets’ 46.7% and 31.3%. The Pelicans outscored the Rockets 15-5 in 4 minutes with Poole, Bey, Jones, Alvarado and Queen on the floor together. Jones fouled out.
New Orleans PelicansHouston RocketsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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 <1% (3rd quarter, 10:49 left).
109 points from the field on 97 shots: 2.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 25-44 | 56.8% | 67% |
| In the paint | 7-14 | 50.0% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 6-12 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-11 | 45.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-16 | 37.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Durant | 20 | 11 | 4-6 | +6 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 14 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Josh Okogie | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Amen Thompson | 7 | 3 | 1-4 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 11 | 4-5 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 26 | 7 | 3-4 | 0 |
| Amen Thompson | 15 | 2 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Kevin Durant | 9 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Josh Okogie | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 14 | 4-4 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Durant | 23 | 2 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Alperen Sengun | 15 | 7 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 13 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Amen Thompson | 5 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 12 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.
Score margin over time — positive = NOP leads, negative = HOU leads
NOP Largest Lead
6
Q1 8:15
HOU Largest Lead
25
Q3 11:02
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
HOU 13-0 run
Q1 7:49 – Q1 5:15
+6 → -7
NOP 11-0 run
Q4 11:04 – Q4 9:22
-16 → -5
