Dec 29, 2019 - Houston Rockets at New Orleans Pelicans

12/29/2019 New Orleans v. Houston Game Preview

	Houston Rockets	(22-11, 11-7 away)
	New Orleans Pelicans	(11-23, 6-11 home)

December 29, 2019 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

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Season Series - Houston won 3-1

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Oct 26, 2019	New Orleans	Houston	123 - 126	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Nov 11, 2019	Houston	New Orleans	122 - 116	Houston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 29, 2019	Houston	New Orleans	112 - 127	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 2, 2020	New Orleans	Houston	109 - 117	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)

2019-2020 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Houston	72	48.3	117.8	40.8	90.4	.451	15.6	45.3	.345	20.6	26.1	.791	9.8	34.5	44.3	21.6	8.7	5.2	14.7	21.8
New Orleans	72	48.4	115.8	42.6	91.7	.464	13.6	36.9	.370	17.1	23.4	.729	11.1	35.4	46.5	26.8	7.5	5.0	16.4	21.2
HOU Opponents	72	48.3	114.8	42.3	91.5	.462	12.2	35.0	.349	18.0	23.7	.761	11.2	36.7	47.9	25.3	8.0	4.9	15.9	21.0
NOP Opponents	72	48.4	117.1	42.7	91.8	.465	12.2	33.9	.361	19.4	24.7	.789	10.1	34.7	44.8	24.5	8.5	4.8	14.3	21.1

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Nov 11, 2019	Houston	New Orleans	122 - 116	Houston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Oct 26, 2019	New Orleans	Houston	123 - 126	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Mar 24, 2019	Houston	New Orleans	113 - 90	Houston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 29, 2019	New Orleans	Houston	121 - 116	New Orleans	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Dec 29, 2018	Houston	New Orleans	108 - 104	Houston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Oct 17, 2018	New Orleans	Houston	131 - 112	New Orleans	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
Mar 24, 2018	New Orleans	Houston	91 - 114	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center (Houston)
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

2019-2020 Houston Rockets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	R. Westbrook	J. Harden	D. House	P. Tucker	R. Covington
Rotation		A. Rivers	E. Gordon	J. Green
Rotation		M. Frazier	B. McLemore	D. Carroll
Rotation			T. Sefolosha
Lim PT	C. Clemons		D. Nwaba	W. Howard	T. Chandler
Lim PT					B. Caboclo

2019-2020 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	L. Ball	J. Redick	J. Holiday	B. Ingram	D. Favors
Rotation	N. Alexander-Walker	E. Moore	J. Hart	Z. Williamson	J. Hayes
Rotation	J. Gray	F. Jackson		K. Williams	J. Okafor
Rotation				N. Melli
Rotation				Z. Cheatham
Lim PT			D. Miller

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
15	Clint Capela	PF	39	32.8	13.9	6.3	9.9	.629	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.7	.529	4.3	9.5	13.8	1.2	0.8	1.8	1.6	2.6
19	Tyson Chandler	C	26	8.4	1.3	0.5	0.7	.778	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.5	.462	1.0	1.6	2.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.2
6	Gary Clark	SF	18	11.8	3.9	1.3	3.3	.390	1.0	2.8	.353	0.3	0.4	.857	0.6	1.6	2.2	0.7	0.1	0.4	0.1	1.2
39	Chris Clemons	PG	33	8.8	4.9	1.7	4.3	.401	1.1	3.2	.346	0.3	0.3	.909	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.8
21	Michael Frazier	G	13	11.1	2.1	0.5	2.2	.241	0.3	1.8	.174	0.7	1.1	.643	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.7
10	Eric Gordon	G	36	28.2	14.4	4.8	12.9	.369	2.7	8.4	.317	2.3	3.0	.766	0.2	1.7	2.0	1.5	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.9
14	Gerald Green	GF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	James Harden	SG	68	36.5	34.3	9.9	22.3	.444	4.4	12.4	.355	10.2	11.8	.865	1.0	5.5	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	4.5	3.3
55	Isaiah Hartenstein	PF	23	11.6	4.7	1.9	2.9	.657	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.2	.679	1.3	2.7	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.8
4	Danuel House	F	63	30.4	10.5	3.7	8.6	.427	2.0	5.6	.363	1.2	1.4	.811	0.9	3.3	4.2	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.9	2.1
42	William Howard	F	2	6.6	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5
16	Ben McLemore	SG	71	22.8	10.1	3.4	7.7	.444	2.5	6.4	.400	0.7	0.9	.746	0.3	1.9	2.2	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.7	2.2
42	Maybyner Nene	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
25	Austin Rivers	SG	68	23.4	8.8	3.1	7.4	.421	1.4	4.0	.356	1.1	1.6	.703	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.9
18	Thabo Sefolosha	GF	41	10.6	2.2	0.9	2.2	.407	0.4	1.3	.278	0.1	0.2	.375	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.0
17	P.J. Tucker	SF	72	34.3	6.9	2.5	5.9	.415	1.5	4.2	.358	0.5	0.7	.812	1.6	5.1	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.5	1.0	3.2
0	Russell Westbrook	G	57	36.0	27.2	10.6	22.5	.472	1.0	3.7	.258	5.1	6.7	.763	1.8	6.2	7.9	7.0	1.6	0.4	4.5	3.5

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
6	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	SG	47	12.6	5.7	2.1	5.7	.368	1.0	2.8	.346	0.5	0.8	.676	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.9	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.2
2	Lonzo Ball	PG	63	32.1	11.8	4.4	10.9	.403	2.3	6.3	.375	0.7	1.2	.566	1.1	5.0	6.1	7.0	1.4	0.6	3.1	2.0
45	Zylan Cheatham	SF	4	12.8	3.0	1.5	2.2	.667	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.5	2.2	0.8	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.5
22	Derrick Favors	FC	51	24.4	9.0	4.1	6.6	.617	0.0	0.1	.143	0.8	1.4	.563	3.2	6.6	9.8	1.6	0.6	0.9	1.1	2.1
5	Josh Gray	G	2	11.4	1.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.5
3	Josh Hart	SG	65	27.0	10.1	3.5	8.2	.423	1.9	5.4	.342	1.3	1.8	.739	0.9	5.6	6.5	1.7	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.5
10	Jaxson Hayes	PF	64	16.9	7.4	2.7	4.1	.669	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	3.0	.647	1.5	2.5	4.1	0.9	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.5
11	Jrue Holiday	G	61	34.7	19.1	7.5	16.5	.455	2.0	5.7	.353	2.1	3.0	.709	1.3	3.5	4.8	6.7	1.6	0.8	3.0	2.4
14	Brandon Ingram	SF	62	33.9	23.8	8.2	17.7	.463	2.4	6.2	.391	5.0	5.9	.851	0.8	5.3	6.1	4.2	1.0	0.6	3.0	2.9
15	Frank Jackson	SG	59	13.5	6.3	2.3	5.6	.405	0.8	2.4	.326	0.9	1.3	.747	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.3
20	Nicolo Melli	PF	60	17.4	6.6	2.3	5.4	.421	1.1	3.4	.335	0.9	1.2	.740	0.6	2.4	3.0	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.8	2.1
21	Darius Miller	GF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
55	E'Twaun Moore	SG	56	18.2	8.3	3.3	7.8	.426	1.1	3.0	.377	0.6	0.8	.689	0.6	1.8	2.3	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.4
9	Jahlil Okafor	C	30	15.6	8.1	3.4	5.4	.623	0.0	0.1	.333	1.3	2.1	.645	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.2	0.2	0.7	1.3	2.2
4	J.J. Redick	G	60	26.3	15.3	4.8	10.5	.453	3.0	6.6	.453	2.8	3.1	.892	0.2	2.4	2.5	2.0	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.6
34	Kenrich Williams	SF	39	21.3	3.5	1.3	3.8	.347	0.6	2.5	.258	0.2	0.7	.346	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.5	0.7	0.5	0.6	2.3
1	Zion Williamson	PF	24	27.8	22.5	8.8	15.0	.583	0.2	0.6	.429	4.8	7.4	.640	2.7	3.6	6.2	2.1	0.7	0.4	2.5	1.8

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2019-2020 Team Stats

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

2019-2020 Houston Rockets Depth Chart

2019-2020 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

Houston Rockets Player Stats

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

Houston Rockets Last 10 Games

New Orleans Pelicans Last 10 Games