Dec 2, 2015 - New Orleans Pelicans at Houston Rockets

12/2/2015 Houston v. New Orleans Game Preview

	New Orleans Pelicans	(4-15, 1-10 away)
	Houston Rockets	(8-11, 5-7 home)

December 2, 2015 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Toyota Center (Houston)
Houston, Texas

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Season Series - Houston won 3-1

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Dec 2, 2015	New Orleans	Houston	101 - 108	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Dec 26, 2015	Houston	New Orleans	108 - 110	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 25, 2016	Houston	New Orleans	112 - 111	Houston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 2, 2016	New Orleans	Houston	95 - 100	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)

2015-2016 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
New Orleans	82	48.2	102.7	38.5	85.9	.448	8.6	23.8	.360	17.3	22.2	.776	9.5	33.1	42.6	22.2	7.7	4.2	13.4	20.9
Houston	82	48.4	106.5	37.7	83.5	.452	10.7	30.9	.347	20.4	29.4	.694	11.3	31.7	43.1	22.2	10.0	5.2	15.9	21.8
NOP Opponents	82	48.2	106.5	39.2	83.9	.468	9.2	24.9	.369	18.8	24.0	.783	8.9	35.5	44.4	23.2	7.3	5.2	13.7	19.9
HOU Opponents	82	48.4	106.4	39.0	85.1	.459	9.7	26.9	.361	18.6	24.6	.756	11.8	32.8	44.6	24.6	9.0	4.9	16.6	22.5

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Apr 12, 2015	New Orleans	Houston	114 - 121	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Mar 25, 2015	Houston	New Orleans	95 - 93	Houston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 2, 2015	Houston	New Orleans	83 - 111	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 18, 2014	New Orleans	Houston	99 - 90	New Orleans	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Apr 16, 2014	Houston	New Orleans	100 - 105	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 12, 2014	New Orleans	Houston	104 - 111	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Jan 15, 2014	Houston	New Orleans	103 - 100	Houston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 28, 2013	New Orleans	Houston	98 - 107	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Jan 25, 2013	Houston	New Orleans	100 - 82	Houston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 9, 2013	Houston	New Orleans	79 - 88	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 2, 2013	New Orleans	Houston	92 - 104	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Nov 14, 2012	New Orleans	Houston	96 - 100	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Apr 26, 2012	New Orleans	Houston	77 - 84	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Apr 19, 2012	Houston	New Orleans	99 - 105	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 19, 2012	New Orleans	Houston	88 - 90	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Apr 6, 2011	Houston	New Orleans	93 - 101	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 27, 2011	Houston	New Orleans	91 - 89	Houston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 14, 2011	New Orleans	Houston	110 - 105	New Orleans	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Nov 3, 2010	New Orleans	Houston	107 - 99	New Orleans	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Apr 14, 2010	New Orleans	Houston	123 - 115	New Orleans	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Feb 21, 2010	Houston	New Orleans	94 - 102	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 2, 2010	Houston	New Orleans	95 - 99	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 29, 2009	New Orleans	Houston	100 - 108	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Apr 13, 2009	New Orleans	Houston	66 - 86	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Mar 16, 2009	Houston	New Orleans	95 - 84	Houston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 26, 2008	Houston	New Orleans	79 - 88	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 15, 2008	New Orleans	Houston	82 - 91	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Mar 19, 2008	Houston	New Orleans	69 - 90	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 8, 2008	New Orleans	Houston	96 - 106	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Feb 22, 2008	Houston	New Orleans	100 - 80	Houston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 13, 2008	New Orleans	Houston	87 - 82	New Orleans	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Apr 14, 2007	New Orleans	Houston	112 - 123	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Mar 25, 2007	Houston	New Orleans	94 - 106	New Orleans	Regular Season	Paycom Center
Feb 3, 2007	New Orleans	Houston	87 - 74	New Orleans	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Nov 5, 2006	Houston	New Orleans	90 - 96	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 23, 2006	Houston	New Orleans	93 - 92	Houston	Regular Season	Paycom Center
Jan 14, 2006	New Orleans	Houston	86 - 80	New Orleans	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Dec 28, 2005	Houston	New Orleans	90 - 92	New Orleans	Regular Season	Paycom Center
Nov 5, 2005	New Orleans	Houston	91 - 84	New Orleans	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Apr 1, 2005	New Orleans	Houston	76 - 73	New Orleans	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Mar 25, 2005	Houston	New Orleans	81 - 68	Houston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 26, 2005	Houston	New Orleans	82 - 77	Houston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 7, 2004	New Orleans	Houston	81 - 89	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Mar 11, 2004	New Orleans	Houston	86 - 97	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Dec 5, 2003	Houston	New Orleans	83 - 74	Houston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 29, 2002	New Orleans	Houston	85 - 97	Houston	Regular Season	Compaq Center
Dec 6, 2002	Houston	New Orleans	96 - 98	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center

2015-2016 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	E. Gordon	A. Gee	D. Cunningham	A. Davis	O. Asik
Rotation	T. Evans	T. Douglas	J. Hamilton	R. Anderson	K. Perkins
Rotation	J. Holiday	B. Dejean-Jones	L. Babbitt		A. Ajinca
Rotation	N. Cole
Lim PT	T. Frazier		Q. Pondexter
Lim PT			J. Ennis

2015-2016 Houston Rockets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	P. Beverley	J. Harden	T. Ariza	D. Motiejunas	D. Howard
Rotation	J. Terry	A. Goudelock	C. Brewer	M. Beasley	C. Capela
Rotation			K. McDaniels	J. Smith
Rotation				M. Harrell
Lim PT			S. Dekker	T. Jones

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
42	Alexis Ajinca	C	59	14.6	6.0	2.5	5.3	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.1	.839	1.3	3.3	4.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.3
33	Ryan Anderson	PF	66	30.4	17.0	6.0	14.1	.427	2.0	5.4	.366	3.0	3.5	.873	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.4	1.7
3	Omer Asik	C	68	17.3	4.0	1.5	2.9	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.6	.545	1.8	4.3	6.1	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.8
8	Luke Babbitt	SF	47	18.0	7.0	2.6	6.1	.422	0.9	2.3	.404	0.8	1.1	.780	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.9
30	Norris Cole	G	45	26.6	10.6	4.4	10.8	.405	0.7	2.3	.324	1.2	1.4	.800	0.2	3.1	3.4	3.7	0.8	0.1	1.7	2.3
33	Dante Cunningham	F	80	24.6	6.0	2.3	5.2	.451	0.7	2.2	.316	0.7	1.0	.695	0.7	2.2	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.5	2.2
23	Anthony Davis	PF	61	35.5	24.3	9.2	18.6	.493	0.6	1.8	.324	5.3	7.0	.758	2.1	8.1	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.4
16	Toney Douglas	G	61	20.7	8.7	3.0	7.3	.411	1.3	3.3	.399	1.4	1.6	.848	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.6	1.1	0.1	1.0	2.1
1	Tyreke Evans	G	25	30.6	15.2	5.4	12.6	.433	1.3	3.4	.388	3.0	3.7	.796	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.6	1.3	0.3	2.9	2.6
15	Alonzo Gee	SF	73	22.4	4.5	1.8	3.5	.518	0.2	0.8	.283	0.6	0.9	.667	0.8	2.5	3.4	1.0	0.9	0.2	0.8	2.3
10	Eric Gordon	G	45	32.9	15.2	5.1	12.3	.418	2.5	6.5	.384	2.5	2.8	.888	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.7	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.2
11	Jrue Holiday	G	65	28.2	16.8	6.3	14.4	.439	1.3	4.0	.336	2.8	3.3	.843	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.0	1.4	0.3	2.6	2.3
5	Kendrick Perkins	C	37	14.6	2.5	1.1	2.0	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.7	.440	0.7	2.8	3.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.1	1.7
20	Quincy Pondexter	F	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Ish Smith	PG	27	22.9	8.9	3.6	8.4	.430	0.4	1.2	.303	1.2	1.6	.767	0.5	2.9	3.4	5.7	0.9	0.2	1.7	1.4

Houston Rockets Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
1	Trevor Ariza	SF	81	35.3	12.7	4.4	10.6	.416	2.3	6.2	.371	1.6	2.0	.783	0.8	3.7	4.5	2.3	2.0	0.3	1.4	2.2
2	Patrick Beverley	PG	71	28.7	9.9	3.6	8.4	.434	1.7	4.4	.400	0.8	1.2	.682	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.4	1.3	0.4	1.3	3.3
33	Corey Brewer	GF	82	20.4	7.2	2.6	6.7	.384	0.7	2.7	.272	1.3	1.7	.750	0.5	1.9	2.4	1.3	1.0	0.2	1.0	2.0
15	Clint Capela	PF	77	19.1	7.0	3.0	5.2	.582	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.7	.379	2.5	3.9	6.4	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.8	2.5
7	Sam Dekker	SF	3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
13	James Harden	SG	82	38.1	29.0	8.7	19.7	.439	2.9	8.0	.359	8.8	10.2	.860	0.8	5.3	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	4.6	2.8
5	Montrezl Harrell	F	39	9.7	3.6	1.5	2.3	.644	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.2	.522	0.6	1.0	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.2
12	Dwight Howard	C	71	32.1	13.7	5.2	8.5	.620	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	6.7	.489	3.4	8.4	11.8	1.4	1.0	1.6	2.3	3.1
9	Terrence Jones	PF	50	20.9	8.7	3.3	7.3	.452	0.5	1.6	.316	1.5	2.3	.664	1.2	3.0	4.2	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.0	1.7
3	Ty Lawson	PG	53	22.2	5.8	2.1	5.4	.387	0.6	1.8	.330	1.1	1.5	.700	0.4	1.3	1.7	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.3
32	K.J. McDaniels	GF	37	6.4	2.4	0.8	1.9	.403	0.2	0.7	.280	0.6	0.8	.800	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.8
20	Donatas Motiejunas	C	37	14.8	6.2	2.4	5.5	.439	0.4	1.5	.281	0.9	1.4	.642	1.0	1.9	2.9	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9
31	Jason Terry	G	72	17.5	5.9	2.1	5.2	.402	1.3	3.6	.356	0.4	0.5	.818	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.3
10	Marcus Thornton	SG	47	18.8	10.0	3.7	9.3	.400	1.6	4.6	.338	1.1	1.2	.879	0.7	1.8	2.4	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.6

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12/2/2015 Houston v. New Orleans Game Preview

Season Series - Houston won 3-1

2015-2016 Team Stats

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

2015-2016 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

2015-2016 Houston Rockets Depth Chart

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

Houston Rockets Player Stats

New Orleans Pelicans Last 10 Games

Houston Rockets Last 10 Games