10/12/2023 New Orleans v. Houston Game Preview

October 12, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET
Preseason

Legacy Arena
Birmingham, Alabama

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Season Series - Tied 2-2

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Nov 10, 2023 New Orleans Houston 101 - 104 Houston Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)
Dec 23, 2023 Houston New Orleans 106 - 104 Houston Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 31, 2024 New Orleans Houston 110 - 99 New Orleans Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)
Feb 22, 2024 Houston New Orleans 105 - 127 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center

2023-2024 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Houston547.4110.838.889.2.43510.033.6.29823.230.4.76311.838.850.624.613.24.816.423.4
New Orleans448.0100.338.086.5.43910.834.5.31213.520.0.67512.031.543.524.811.05.321.519.3
HOU Opponents548.0100.035.484.6.41811.035.4.31118.226.2.6959.835.044.824.68.86.422.024.8
NOP Opponents447.3111.041.589.8.46212.843.5.29315.320.5.74410.536.046.529.513.06.518.519.3


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Mar 19, 2023 New Orleans Houston 117 - 107 New Orleans Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)
Mar 17, 2023 New Orleans Houston 112 - 114 Houston Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)
Jan 4, 2023 Houston New Orleans 108 - 119 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 12, 2022 Houston New Orleans 106 - 119 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 13, 2022 Houston New Orleans 105 - 130 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 8, 2022 Houston New Orleans 97 - 110 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 6, 2022 New Orleans Houston 120 - 107 New Orleans Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)
Dec 5, 2021 New Orleans Houston 108 - 118 Houston Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)
Apr 4, 2021 New Orleans Houston 122 - 115 New Orleans Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)
Feb 9, 2021 Houston New Orleans 101 - 130 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 30, 2021 Houston New Orleans 126 - 112 Houston Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 2, 2020 New Orleans Houston 109 - 117 Houston Regular Season Toyota Center (Houston)
Dec 29, 2019 Houston New Orleans 112 - 127 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
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

2023-2024 Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters F. VanVleet J. Green D. Brooks A. Thompson J. Smith, Jr.
Rotation A. Holiday   R. Bullock J. Green J. Landale
Rotation       J. Tate  
Lim PT   N. Williams, Jr. N. Hinton J. Samuels B. Marjanovic
Lim PT     C. Whitmore T. Eason S. Adams
Lim PT         A. Sengun

2023-2024 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters C. McCollum H. Jones T. Murphy III Z. Williamson J. Valanciunas
Rotation J. Alvarado   B. Ingram   L. Nance, Jr.
Rotation     N. Marshall    
Lim PT D. Daniels J. Hawkins M. Ryan J. Robinson-Earl C. Zeller
Lim PT   D. Seabron M. Hill E. Liddell  

Houston Rockets Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
9 Dillon Brooks F 63 31.0 13.0 4.7 10.7 .436 1.9 5.1 .361 1.8 2.1 .841 0.7 2.7 3.4 1.7 0.9 0.1 1.3 3.2
25 Reggie Bullock SG 34 9.7 2.4 0.9 2.1 .414 0.7 1.7 .404 0.0 0.0 1.000 0.2 1.7 1.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.6
15 Darius Days PF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 Tari Eason F 22 21.8 9.8 4.0 8.6 .466 0.8 2.3 .360 1.0 1.5 .636 2.1 4.9 7.0 1.2 1.4 0.9 0.9 2.3
4 Jalen Green SG 72 31.6 19.8 6.9 16.2 .427 2.5 7.2 .340 3.5 4.3 .808 0.5 4.6 5.1 3.4 0.8 0.4 2.2 1.3
32 Jeff Green F 68 16.7 6.4 2.1 4.5 .466 0.6 1.8 .339 1.6 1.9 .811 0.5 1.7 2.2 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.4
14 Nathaniel Hinton SF 11 5.2 2.8 0.9 1.8 .500 0.6 1.0 .636 0.4 0.5 .800 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.9
0 Aaron Holiday PG 69 16.5 6.6 2.4 5.3 .444 1.1 2.8 .396 0.8 0.8 .912 0.3 1.3 1.6 1.9 0.5 0.1 0.7 1.6
12 Trevor Hudgins G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2 Jock Landale C 46 11.7 4.0 1.5 3.1 .496 0.2 0.6 .250 0.8 1.0 .804 1.6 1.4 3.0 1.0 0.3 0.6 0.5 1.2
51 Boban Marjanovic C 12 4.6 2.3 0.9 2.0 .458 0.0 0.2 .000 0.5 0.8 .667 0.5 1.4 1.9 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4
60 Matthew Mayer SF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3 Kevin Porter, Jr. SF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
00 Jermaine Samuels SF 11 4.8 1.6 0.7 1.0 .727 0.0 0.2 .000 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4
28 Alperen Sengun C 63 32.5 21.1 8.4 15.6 .537 0.5 1.8 .297 3.9 5.6 .693 2.9 6.4 9.3 5.0 1.2 0.7 2.6 3.3
10 Jabari Smith, Jr. F 66 31.6 13.3 4.8 10.7 .451 1.7 4.7 .358 2.0 2.4 .818 1.9 6.4 8.4 1.4 0.7 0.7 1.2 2.7
8 Jae'sean Tate F 62 16.4 4.2 1.7 3.7 .471 0.4 1.2 .299 0.4 0.6 .676 1.0 2.1 3.1 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.6 2.2
1 Amen Thompson G 53 21.1 9.1 3.7 7.0 .531 0.2 1.0 .145 1.5 2.3 .669 2.1 4.1 6.2 2.4 1.2 0.6 1.4 2.3
5 Fred VanVleet G 65 36.6 16.8 5.6 13.5 .413 3.0 7.9 .384 2.6 3.0 .867 0.4 3.3 3.7 8.1 1.3 0.8 1.8 2.4
7 Cam Whitmore F 38 17.8 12.1 4.5 9.6 .464 1.6 4.4 .361 1.6 2.3 .670 0.9 3.0 3.9 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.9 1.3
19 Nate Williams, Jr. SG 17 5.5 2.5 1.0 2.1 .486 0.1 0.2 .250 0.4 0.6 .700 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.6

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
15 Jose Alvarado G 51 17.8 6.9 2.5 6.1 .408 1.3 3.5 .371 0.7 1.0 .680 0.4 1.8 2.3 2.1 1.1 0.3 0.7 1.5
10 Jalen Crutcher G 1 2.6 0.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Dyson Daniels GF 52 21.9 5.5 2.2 4.9 .438 0.6 2.1 .291 0.6 1.0 .640 1.0 2.7 3.7 2.6 1.4 0.4 1.0 1.6
12 Kaiser Gates SF 1 7.4 0.0 0.0 4.0 .000 0.0 2.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
24 Jordan Hawkins G 61 18.1 8.4 2.8 7.2 .388 1.7 4.7 .368 1.1 1.3 .844 0.5 1.9 2.3 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.1
33 Malcolm Hill G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 Brandon Ingram SF 63 33.0 20.9 7.8 16.0 .490 1.3 3.8 .356 3.9 4.9 .801 0.7 4.4 5.1 5.8 0.8 0.6 2.6 2.3
56 Trey Jemison PF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 Herb Jones SF 66 29.7 11.1 3.9 7.7 .511 1.5 3.5 .425 1.8 2.1 .853 1.0 2.5 3.5 2.6 1.3 0.9 1.2 2.9
55 Tevian Jones PF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 Kira Lewis, Jr. PG 15 9.6 2.9 1.1 3.5 .308 0.1 1.3 .100 0.7 0.7 .909 0.3 0.7 0.9 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.5
32 E.J. Liddell PF 8 2.9 0.5 0.1 0.8 .167 0.0 0.6 .000 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
8 Naji Marshall SF 60 19.2 7.4 2.7 5.8 .466 0.9 2.4 .386 1.1 1.4 .793 0.8 2.9 3.7 2.0 0.8 0.2 1.0 1.4
3 C.J. McCollum G 56 31.7 18.7 6.9 15.0 .458 3.4 8.1 .417 1.6 2.0 .798 0.5 3.7 4.2 4.4 0.9 0.6 1.6 1.9
25 Trey Murphy III G 47 27.9 14.0 4.7 10.6 .438 2.9 7.6 .373 1.9 2.4 .777 0.6 3.9 4.5 2.0 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.2
22 Larry Nance, Jr. SF 53 19.6 5.6 2.2 3.7 .597 0.4 1.0 .423 0.7 1.0 .736 1.5 3.6 5.1 1.6 1.0 0.3 0.8 1.5
2 Landers Nolley II SF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
0 Dereon Seabron SG 6 9.2 2.3 0.7 2.2 .308 0.2 0.3 .500 0.8 1.0 .833 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.7
17 Jonas Valanciunas C 72 24.1 12.5 5.0 8.9 .563 0.5 1.5 .336 2.0 2.5 .794 2.4 6.7 9.1 2.1 0.4 0.9 1.3 2.8
1 Zion Williamson PF 61 31.0 22.7 8.9 15.2 .586 0.1 0.2 .357 4.8 6.8 .705 1.8 4.1 5.8 5.1 1.0 0.6 2.7 2.3
40 Cody Zeller F 40 7.6 1.9 0.6 1.5 .417 0.0 0.1 .333 0.6 0.9 .605 1.2 1.6 2.7 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.1