3/24/2018 Houston v. New Orleans Game Preview

New Orleans Pelicans (43-31, 21-16 away)
Houston Rockets (59-14, 29-6 home)
March 24, 2018 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 11, 2017 New Orleans Houston 123 - 130 Houston Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)
Jan 26, 2018 Houston New Orleans 113 - 115 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 17, 2018 Houston New Orleans 107 - 101 Houston Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 24, 2018 New Orleans Houston 91 - 114 Houston Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)

2017-2018 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
New Orleans8248.7111.742.788.3.48310.228.2.36216.120.9.7728.735.744.426.88.05.915.219.1
Houston8248.2112.438.784.2.46015.342.3.36219.625.1.7819.034.543.521.58.54.814.119.5
NOP Opponents8248.7110.441.791.9.45410.930.6.35516.120.5.78410.834.745.523.78.24.214.620.4
HOU Opponents8248.2103.939.685.6.46210.128.8.35114.619.6.7468.733.442.022.47.44.414.820.4


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Mar 17, 2018 Houston New Orleans 107 - 101 Houston Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 26, 2018 Houston New Orleans 113 - 115 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 11, 2017 New Orleans Houston 123 - 130 Houston Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)
Mar 24, 2017 New Orleans Houston 107 - 117 Houston Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)
Mar 17, 2017 Houston New Orleans 112 - 128 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 23, 2017 Houston New Orleans 129 - 99 Houston Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 16, 2016 New Orleans Houston 100 - 122 Houston Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)
Mar 2, 2016 New Orleans Houston 95 - 100 Houston Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)
Jan 25, 2016 Houston New Orleans 112 - 111 Houston Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 26, 2015 Houston New Orleans 108 - 110 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 2, 2015 New Orleans Houston 101 - 108 Houston Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)
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

2017-2018 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Holiday E. Moore D. Miller A. Davis E. Okafor
Rotation     S. Hill C. Diallo  
Lim PT   F. Jackson   N. Mirotic A. Ajinca
Lim PT   D. Liggins      

2017-2018 Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters E. Gordon J. Harden P. Tucker R. Anderson M. Nene
Rotation A. Jackson       C. Onuaku
Lim PT   R. Hunter     Z. Qi

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
42 Alexis Ajinca C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2 Ian Clark G 74 19.7 7.4 3.0 6.7 .448 0.8 2.6 .318 0.6 0.8 .763 0.1 1.6 1.7 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.6
4 Charles Cooke G 13 2.9 0.5 0.2 1.1 .143 0.1 0.6 .125 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
0 DeMarcus Cousins C 48 36.2 25.2 8.5 18.0 .470 2.2 6.1 .354 6.1 8.2 .746 2.2 10.7 12.9 5.4 1.7 1.6 5.0 3.8
23 Anthony Davis PF 75 36.4 28.1 10.4 19.5 .534 0.7 2.2 .340 6.6 8.0 .828 2.5 8.6 11.1 2.3 1.5 2.6 2.2 2.1
13 Cheick Diallo PF 52 11.2 4.9 2.0 3.4 .580 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.3 .758 0.9 3.2 4.1 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.6
1 Larry Drew G 7 7.9 2.1 0.9 2.4 .353 0.4 0.9 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6
44 Solomon Hill SF 12 15.6 2.4 0.9 3.4 .268 0.3 1.8 .190 0.2 0.5 .500 0.8 2.2 3.0 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.8
11 Jrue Holiday G 81 36.1 19.0 7.6 15.4 .494 1.5 4.4 .337 2.3 2.9 .786 0.8 3.7 4.5 6.0 1.5 0.8 2.6 2.5
15 Frank Jackson SG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
34 DeAndre Liggins G 27 9.0 1.6 0.7 1.5 .439 0.3 0.6 .471 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.7
21 Darius Miller GF 82 23.7 7.8 2.6 5.9 .444 1.8 4.4 .411 0.7 0.8 .866 0.2 1.8 2.0 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.7 2.0
41 Nikola Mirotic F 30 29.1 14.6 5.4 12.7 .427 2.2 6.6 .335 1.6 1.9 .810 1.4 6.8 8.2 1.4 1.0 0.9 1.0 2.1
55 E'Twaun Moore SG 82 31.5 12.5 5.2 10.1 .508 1.6 3.7 .425 0.6 0.8 .706 0.7 2.2 2.9 2.3 1.0 0.1 1.2 2.2
50 Emeka Okafor FC 26 13.6 4.4 1.8 3.7 .505 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.8 .818 1.8 2.8 4.6 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.5 1.2
9 Rajon Rondo PG 65 26.2 8.3 3.6 7.6 .468 0.8 2.3 .333 0.4 0.7 .543 0.5 3.6 4.0 8.2 1.1 0.2 2.3 1.8

Houston Rockets Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
33 Ryan Anderson PF 66 26.1 9.3 3.1 7.3 .431 2.0 5.1 .386 1.1 1.4 .774 1.4 3.6 5.0 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.6 1.9
1 Trevor Ariza SF 67 33.9 11.7 4.0 9.7 .412 2.5 6.9 .368 1.1 1.3 .854 0.5 3.9 4.4 1.6 1.5 0.2 0.8 2.0
28 Tarik Black PF 51 10.5 3.5 1.5 2.5 .591 0.0 0.2 .091 0.6 1.2 .460 1.2 2.0 3.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 2.1
26 Markel Brown SG 4 7.9 1.2 0.5 1.8 .286 0.2 1.2 .200 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5
15 Clint Capela PF 74 27.5 13.9 6.0 9.1 .652 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 3.5 .560 3.3 7.6 10.8 0.9 0.8 1.9 1.4 2.5
10 Eric Gordon G 69 31.2 18.0 6.0 14.1 .428 3.2 8.8 .359 2.8 3.5 .809 0.4 2.1 2.5 2.2 0.6 0.4 1.9 1.7
14 Gerald Green GF 41 22.7 12.1 4.1 10.1 .407 2.7 7.3 .369 1.2 1.5 .850 0.3 2.9 3.2 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.8 2.1
13 James Harden SG 72 35.4 30.4 9.0 20.1 .449 3.7 10.0 .367 8.7 10.1 .858 0.6 4.8 5.4 8.8 1.8 0.7 4.4 2.3
6 R.J. Hunter G 5 9.0 3.8 1.4 4.0 .350 0.6 2.8 .214 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.4 1.4
7 Joe Johnson SG 23 21.9 6.0 2.2 5.8 .381 0.7 2.7 .279 0.9 0.9 .952 0.1 2.7 2.8 1.7 0.3 0.0 0.8 1.5
12 Luc Mbah a Moute F 61 25.6 7.5 2.7 5.7 .481 1.0 2.8 .364 1.1 1.6 .684 0.4 2.7 3.0 0.9 1.2 0.4 1.1 1.6
8 Le'Bryan Nash SF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
42 Maybyner Nene C 52 14.6 6.5 2.6 4.6 .569 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.1 .636 1.1 2.3 3.4 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.7 2.4
21 Chinanu Onuaku C 1 21.6 4.0 2.0 5.0 .400 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 3.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.0
3 Chris Paul PG 58 31.8 18.6 6.3 13.8 .460 2.5 6.5 .380 3.5 3.8 .919 0.6 4.8 5.4 7.9 1.7 0.2 2.2 2.4
9 Zhou Qi C 18 6.9 1.2 0.3 1.8 .188 0.1 1.1 .105 0.4 0.7 .667 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.6 0.8
17 P.J. Tucker SF 82 27.8 6.1 2.1 5.4 .390 1.4 3.8 .371 0.5 0.7 .717 1.1 4.4 5.6 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.9 2.5

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