Game completed

Houston Rockets45-29134atNew Orleans Pelicans25-51102

Sun, Mar 29, 7:00 PM EDTSmoothie King Center, New Orleans, LAGCSEN · Pelicans+ · Space City Home Network

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
HOU	29	39	33	33	134
NOP	29	18	33	22	102

Houston Rockets

134

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin DurantSF	29	20	4	6	1	0	2	7-16	1-7	5-5	+1
Jabari Smith Jr.PF	33	20	4	3	0	2	0	7-15	4-9	2-2	+16
Alperen SengunC	32	36	13	7	3	3	0	12-23	5-7	7-8	+26
Amen ThompsonSG	35	14	8	5	3	0	0	5-10	0-1	4-6	+32
Reed SheppardPG	21	6	2	2	0	1	1	2-6	2-5	0-0	-10
Tari Eason	22	15	8	1	1	0	0	6-12	3-5	0-0	+15
Clint Capela	16	6	14	3	0	2	1	3-6	0-0	0-0	+6
Aaron Holiday	25	9	3	2	0	0	1	3-8	3-7	0-0	+41
Jae'Sean Tate	13	4	2	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	+27
Josh Okogie	5	2	1	3	1	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	+4
Isaiah Crawford	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	+1
Jeff Green	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Team		134	66	33	9	8	6	49-105	18-44	18-21

DNP: Dorian Finney-Smith, Steven Adams (injury), JD Davison (gleague twoway), Tristen Newton (gleague twoway), Fred VanVleet (injury)

New Orleans Pelicans

102

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq BeySF	31	18	7	1	0	1	1	7-13	4-6	0-0	-7
Zion WilliamsonPF	25	18	4	3	0	0	1	6-8	0-0	6-8	-11
Yves MissiC	31	8	5	1	0	4	0	2-4	0-0	4-8	-5
Herbert JonesSG	30	10	3	2	0	0	2	3-10	2-6	2-2	-5
Dejounte MurrayPG	28	19	4	6	1	1	1	8-14	1-3	2-2	-3
Jeremiah Fears	22	12	2	5	2	1	2	4-14	1-4	3-4	-26
Karlo Matković	17	2	3	0	0	1	1	1-4	0-3	0-0	-25
Derik Queen	24	13	3	1	0	1	2	5-12	1-3	2-4	-35
Jordan Poole	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-16
Micah Peavy	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-18
Kevon Looney	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-5
Jordan Hawkins	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Team		102	51	19	4	9	10	37-86	9-29	19-28

DNP: DeAndre Jordan, Trey Alexander (gleague twoway), Hunter Dickinson (gleague twoway), Bryce McGowens (injury), Trey Murphy III (injury), Josh Oduro (gleague twoway)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · NOP: 6
Biggest lead · HOU: 33
Times tied: 5
Lead changes: 5
Longest run · HOU: 15

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Travel tax: NOP4 in 6: NOP

NOP is carrying the heavier travel load at 1,114 mi from its previous stop.
NOP is playing into a 4 in 6 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
HOU is in game 4 of 4 on the road with 1,995 mi already logged before tip.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	HOU	NOP
Record	45-29	25-51
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	47h	46.5h
Rest swing	+0.5h	-0.5h
Travel in	359 mi	1,114 mi
Zone change	0h	-1h
Body clock	0h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 4 of 4	Homestand · 1 of 1
Miles before tip	1,995 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	4 in 6

How each side got here

Travel and map

HOU

359 mi

Memphis, TNNew Orleans, LA

HOU came from Memphis, TN with 359 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Memphis, TN to New Orleans, LA

NOP

1,114 mi

Toronto, ONNew Orleans, LA

NOP came from Toronto, ON with 1,114 mi of travel and -1h of time-zone change.

Toronto, ON to New Orleans, LA

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

HOU

Road trip

HOU is on game 4 of 4 on the road, with 1,995 mi already behind it.

Game in segment4 of 4

Miles before tip1,995 mi

Segment miles2,354 mi

NOP

Homestand

NOP is in game 1 of 1 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

TV · streaming · radio

Local TV: NOPGCSENHOUSpace City Home Networkin-market
Team streams: NOPPelicans+in-market
League Pass: Full replay + condensed game
Radio: HOU790 AM / S: KLTN TUDNSiriusXMNOPWWL 870 AM

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