National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 108,
New Orleans 104
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 29, 2018
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #31 Scott Wall, #15 Zach Zarba, #29 Mark Lindsay
Attendance: 17555
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #31 Scott Wall, #15 Zach Zarba, #29 Mark Lindsay
Attendance: 17555
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 30 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 108 |
| New Orleans | 20 | 30 | 26 | 28 | 104 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Harden - G | 37:01 | 10-25 | 7-17 | 14-14 | -6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 41 |
| Eric Gordon - G | 27:01 | 9-14 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| PJ Tucker - F | 35:22 | 1-9 | 1-7 | 2-2 | -2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Danuel House Jr. - F | 32:19 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Clint Capela - C | 33:00 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Austin Rivers | 37:24 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Gerald Green | 22:53 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Nene | 15:00 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Michael Carter-Williams | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Marquese Chriss | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Gary Clark | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-81 | 16-46 | 22-28 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 108 | |
| 43.2% | 34.8% | 78.6% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jrue Holiday - G | 41:44 | 9-20 | 1-7 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| E'Twaun Moore - G | 36:45 | 9-19 | 3-6 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Anthony Davis - F | 38:57 | 6-13 | 2-3 | 8-10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Solomon Hill - F | 18:54 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Julius Randle - C | 39:51 | 10-19 | 1-2 | 2-4 | -2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Tim Frazier | 21:28 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Ian Clark | 19:36 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Frank Jackson | 9:55 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jahlil Okafor | 9:03 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wesley Johnson | 2:44 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenrich Williams | 1:03 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevon Bluiett | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Andrew Harrison | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-92 | 9-28 | 13-17 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 104 | |
| 44.6% | 32.1% | 76.5% | Team Rebs: 12 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Houston | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 4 | Fast Break Points | 22 |
| Points in the Paint | 32 | Points in the Paint | 56 |
| Biggest Lead | 15 | Biggest Lead | 3 |