National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 107,
New Orleans 101
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 17, 2018
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #63 Derek Richardson, #3 Nick Buchert, #16 David Guthrie
Attendance: 18495
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #63 Derek Richardson, #3 Nick Buchert, #16 David Guthrie
Attendance: 18495
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 32 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 107 |
| New Orleans | 29 | 25 | 18 | 29 | 101 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Harden - G | 37:41 | 11-28 | 4-13 | 6-8 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 |
| Chris Paul - G | 33:15 | 8-19 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Trevor Ariza - F | 31:49 | 6-9 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| PJ Tucker - F | 31:12 | 3-8 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Clint Capela - C | 30:06 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Luc Mbah a Moute | 26:07 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 3-4 | -12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Eric Gordon | 24:20 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 1-2 | -8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Joe Johnson | 14:10 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Ryan Anderson | 11:20 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tarik Black | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Gerald Green | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Nene | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-93 | 15-41 | 14-18 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 107 | |
| 41.9% | 36.6% | 77.8% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 8 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jrue Holiday - G | 37:59 | 8-17 | 1-4 | 2-3 | -2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| DeAndre Liggins - G | 20:00 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Anthony Davis - F | 36:03 | 11-18 | 0-2 | 4-4 | -12 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 |
| E'Twaun Moore - F | 33:38 | 5-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Emeka Okafor - C | 10:44 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Ian Clark | 31:19 | 8-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Darius Miller | 30:18 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 1-1 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Nikola Mirotic | 23:33 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Cheick Diallo | 11:57 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Larry Drew II | 4:29 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Cooke | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Rajon Rondo | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-83 | 8-24 | 11-12 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 101 | |
| 49.4% | 33.3% | 91.7% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | PJ Tucker |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Houston | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 22 | Fast Break Points | 18 |
| Points in the Paint | 38 | Points in the Paint | 50 |
| Biggest Lead | 20 | Biggest Lead | 2 |