National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 118,
New Orleans 108
When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 5, 2021
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #42 Eric Lewis, #11 Derrick Collins, #93 Jenna Reneau
Attendance: 14771
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #42 Eric Lewis, #11 Derrick Collins, #93 Jenna Reneau
Attendance: 14771
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 26 | 23 | 36 | 23 | 108 |
| Houston | 28 | 29 | 37 | 24 | 118 |
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Devonte' Graham - G | 33:39 | 3-13 | 3-11 | 0-0 | -9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Garrett Temple - G | 31:57 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Brandon Ingram - F | 37:40 | 15-28 | 3-10 | 7-8 | -3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| Herbert Jones - F | 22:27 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Jonas Valanciunas - C | 31:45 | 7-11 | 0-1 | 3-6 | -12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 27:37 | 3-13 | 3-8 | 1-2 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Willy Hernangomez | 15:38 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Trey Murphy III | 15:29 | 0-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Satoransky | 12:29 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Kira Lewis Jr. | 11:19 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jose Alvarado | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Gary Clark | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jaxson Hayes | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Naji Marshall | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 40-94 | 10-38 | 18-25 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 108 | |
| 42.6% | 26.3% | 72.0% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 8 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Eric Gordon - G | 33:01 | 7-14 | 3-7 | 6-6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Garrison Mathews - G | 31:15 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Jae'Sean Tate - F | 32:05 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| Christian Wood - F | 31:53 | 7-13 | 5-6 | 4-8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| Daniel Theis - C | 16:51 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Armoni Brooks | 21:44 | 1-7 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Danuel House Jr. | 20:04 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Alperen Sengun | 16:59 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| D.J. Augustin | 16:27 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Kenyon Martin Jr. | 15:39 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Josh Christopher | 4:02 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daishen Nix | DNP | |||||||||||||
| David Nwaba | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-79 | 17-40 | 23-29 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 118 | |
| 49.4% | 42.5% | 79.3% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | Jonas Valanciunas |
| HOU | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 9 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| Points in the Paint | 50 | Points in the Paint | 42 |
| Biggest Lead | 7 | Biggest Lead | 15 |