National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 106,
New Orleans 104
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 23, 2023
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #18 Matt Boland, #12 CJ Washington, #55 Bill Kennedy
Attendance: 17399
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #18 Matt Boland, #12 CJ Washington, #55 Bill Kennedy
Attendance: 17399
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 26 | 21 | 32 | 27 | 106 |
| New Orleans | 24 | 27 | 33 | 20 | 104 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Fred VanVleet - G | 35:45 | 3-11 | 2-7 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Jalen Green - G | 22:29 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 5-6 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. - F | 37:16 | 10-14 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| Dillon Brooks - F | 27:44 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Alperen Sengun - C | 38:25 | 11-21 | 1-1 | 14-17 | -2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 37 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jeff Green | 21:26 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tari Eason | 20:25 | 4-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Aaron Holiday | 15:17 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 10:44 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Amen Thompson | 10:29 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nate Hinton | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jock Landale | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Boban Marjanovic | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jermaine Samuels Jr. | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Cam Whitmore | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-82 | 9-29 | 27-35 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 106 | |
| 42.7% | 31.0% | 77.1% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| CJ McCollum - G | 33:43 | 4-10 | 2-7 | 3-4 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| Herbert Jones - G | 18:14 | 2-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Brandon Ingram - F | 36:11 | 6-12 | 0-2 | 7-9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| Zion Williamson - F | 34:17 | 11-16 | 1-2 | 5-10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
| Jonas Valanciunas - C | 25:42 | 5-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Trey Murphy III | 34:26 | 4-11 | 3-7 | 3-3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | 21:47 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Dyson Daniels | 13:30 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Naji Marshall | 12:17 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jose Alvarado | 9:53 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Jordan Hawkins | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Kira Lewis Jr. | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-82 | 8-31 | 20-29 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 104 | |
| 46.3% | 25.8% | 69.0% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | Jabari Smith Jr. |
| NO | Naji Marshall , Jose Alvarado |
Team Statistics
| Houston | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 11 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| Points in the Paint | 46 | Points in the Paint | 58 |
| Biggest Lead | 7 | Biggest Lead | 7 |