National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 127,
Houston 105
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 22, 2024
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #43 Matt Myers, #70 Phenizee Ransom, #55 Bill Kennedy
Attendance: 17421
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #43 Matt Myers, #70 Phenizee Ransom, #55 Bill Kennedy
Attendance: 17421
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 27 | 23 | 29 | 26 | 105 |
| New Orleans | 31 | 32 | 38 | 26 | 127 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Fred VanVleet - G | 30:26 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 1-2 | -21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Jalen Green - G | 23:38 | 3-14 | 2-8 | 2-2 | -17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Dillon Brooks - F | 27:18 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 1-2 | -8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. - F | 26:38 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-2 | -20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Alperen Sengun - C | 27:08 | 6-9 | 1-1 | 7-10 | -15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Amen Thompson | 27:35 | 9-13 | 1-3 | 3-5 | -5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| Cam Whitmore | 24:27 | 5-11 | 2-8 | 1-3 | -10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Jock Landale | 12:00 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 12:00 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Reggie Bullock Jr. | 9:53 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jeff Green | 9:07 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 2-2 | -7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Aaron Holiday | 7:44 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Williams | 2:06 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Boban Marjanovic | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-82 | 15-41 | 18-28 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 105 | |
| 43.9% | 36.6% | 64.3% | Team Rebs: 14 | Total TO: 24 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Herbert Jones - G | 36:48 | 6-9 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| CJ McCollum - G | 31:18 | 11-22 | 4-10 | 2-3 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| Zion Williamson - F | 34:57 | 12-21 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| Trey Murphy III - F | 34:22 | 4-12 | 2-10 | 3-6 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Jonas Valanciunas - C | 27:28 | 9-12 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jose Alvarado | 20:11 | 4-8 | 2-5 | 1-2 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Naji Marshall | 19:53 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jordan Hawkins | 17:05 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 11:40 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Zeller | 2:06 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Ryan | 2:06 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | 2:06 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 50-96 | 16-41 | 11-18 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 35 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 127 | |
| 52.1% | 39.0% | 61.1% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | Reggie Bullock Jr. |
| NO | Jonas Valanciunas |
Team Statistics
| Houston | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 22 | Fast Break Points | 29 |
| Points in the Paint | 40 | Points in the Paint | 62 |
| Biggest Lead | 4 | Biggest Lead | 29 |