National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 119,
Houston 108
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #54 Ray Acosta, #35 Jason Goldenberg, #26 Pat Fraher
Attendance: 17295
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #54 Ray Acosta, #35 Jason Goldenberg, #26 Pat Fraher
Attendance: 17295
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 22 | 30 | 21 | 35 | 108 |
| New Orleans | 45 | 30 | 23 | 21 | 119 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jalen Green - G | 32:16 | 5-15 | 2-8 | 4-4 | -8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Kevin Porter Jr. - G | 30:38 | 4-11 | 2-7 | 1-2 | -23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. - F | 30:59 | 3-10 | 2-8 | 6-8 | -1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Eric Gordon - F | 28:55 | 5-12 | 2-6 | 1-1 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Alperen Sengun - C | 21:54 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 3-3 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kenyon Martin Jr. | 24:34 | 7-7 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Tari Eason | 15:17 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| TyTy Washington Jr. | 12:51 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Usman Garuba | 10:25 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Garrison Mathews | 10:24 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Bruno Fernando | 8:00 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Josh Christopher | 5:08 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Daishen Nix | 4:59 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Boban Marjanovic | 3:40 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-88 | 12-38 | 18-27 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 108 | |
| 44.3% | 31.6% | 66.7% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| CJ McCollum - G | 35:08 | 10-21 | 5-11 | 3-4 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| Herbert Jones - G | 30:34 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 6-6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Naji Marshall - F | 32:38 | 5-12 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Trey Murphy III - F | 28:35 | 5-13 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Jonas Valanciunas - C | 31:44 | 6-15 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jose Alvarado | 21:13 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 16:17 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Willy Hernangomez | 16:16 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Dyson Daniels | 14:52 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Devonte' Graham | 12:43 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kira Lewis Jr. | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Dereon Seabron | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Garrett Temple | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-89 | 14-38 | 23-26 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 119 | |
| 46.1% | 36.8% | 88.5% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| NO | Herbert Jones |
Team Statistics
| Houston | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 17 | Fast Break Points | 15 |
| Points in the Paint | 50 | Points in the Paint | 50 |
| Biggest Lead | 0 | Biggest Lead | 31 |