National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 127,
Houston 112
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 29, 2019
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #3 Nick Buchert, #61 Courtney Kirkland, #67 Brandon Adair
Attendance: 17712
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #3 Nick Buchert, #61 Courtney Kirkland, #67 Brandon Adair
Attendance: 17712
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 37 | 27 | 29 | 19 | 112 |
| New Orleans | 36 | 28 | 22 | 41 | 127 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Austin Rivers - G | 29:11 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Eric Gordon - G | 22:26 | 6-12 | 4-7 | 4-8 | -18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| P.J. Tucker - F | 33:06 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -28 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Danuel House Jr. - F | 32:05 | 10-18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | -4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| Isaiah Hartenstein - C | 34:12 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Clemons | 33:39 | 6-15 | 4-11 | 0-0 | -16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Ben McLemore | 30:24 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Gary Clark | 24:57 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Tyson Chandler | DNP | |||||||||||||
| James Harden | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Thabo Sefolosha | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-81 | 15-39 | 13-20 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 112 | |
| 51.9% | 38.5% | 65.0% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Lonzo Ball - G | 40:21 | 10-20 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| JJ Redick - G | 18:48 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Ingram - F | 36:29 | 10-17 | 2-4 | 5-5 | -3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| Jrue Holiday - F | 35:28 | 10-18 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| Derrick Favors - C | 34:56 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Josh Hart | 25:49 | 0-8 | 0-7 | 0-2 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 25:10 | 10-20 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Kenrich Williams | 9:45 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jahlil Okafor | 5:20 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Frank Jackson | 4:35 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 3:19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Nicolo Melli | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 50-102 | 18-44 | 9-13 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 127 | |
| 49.0% | 40.9% | 69.2% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 9 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Houston | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 4 | Fast Break Points | 28 |
| Points in the Paint | 52 | Points in the Paint | 52 |
| Biggest Lead | 9 | Biggest Lead | 19 |