National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 117,
Houston 107
When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, March 19, 2023
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #3 Nick Buchert, #63 Derek Richardson
Attendance: 14209
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #3 Nick Buchert, #63 Derek Richardson
Attendance: 14209
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 38 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 117 |
| Houston | 28 | 16 | 34 | 29 | 107 |
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| CJ McCollum - G | 39:02 | 9-18 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| Herbert Jones - G | 33:03 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Brandon Ingram - F | 38:59 | 12-24 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
| Trey Murphy III - F | 37:55 | 5-13 | 3-10 | 1-1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Jonas Valanciunas - C | 33:17 | 6-12 | 1-1 | 8-9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Naji Marshall | 17:08 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Josh Richardson | 16:55 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 12:14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dyson Daniels | 8:58 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 2:29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willy Hernangomez | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Kira Lewis Jr. | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Garrett Temple | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-85 | 13-31 | 20-24 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 117 | |
| 49.4% | 41.9% | 83.3% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kevin Porter Jr. - G | 40:14 | 7-15 | 3-9 | 8-8 | -9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| Jalen Green - G | 39:19 | 11-22 | 4-9 | 14-14 | -6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. - F | 38:08 | 2-10 | 0-4 | 4-4 | -6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Kenyon Martin Jr. - F | 27:59 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Alperen Sengun - C | 31:08 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 3-4 | -2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Tari Eason | 22:17 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 6-6 | -4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 22:03 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Usman Garuba | 10:45 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Christopher | 8:07 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Frank Kaminsky | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Boban Marjanovic | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Daishen Nix | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 31-76 | 9-33 | 36-38 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 107 | |
| 40.8% | 27.3% | 94.7% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| HOU | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 17 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| Points in the Paint | 52 | Points in the Paint | 34 |
| Biggest Lead | 20 | Biggest Lead | 3 |