National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 107,
New Orleans 98
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 28, 2013
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #46 Ben Taylor, #79 Kevin Scott, #8 Marc Davis
Attendance: 18233
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #46 Ben Taylor, #79 Kevin Scott, #8 Marc Davis
Attendance: 18233
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 22 | 30 | 21 | 25 | 98 |
| Houston | 31 | 21 | 22 | 33 | 107 |
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jrue Holiday - G | 31:45 | 1-9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Brian Roberts - G | 19:33 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Ryan Anderson - F | 38:20 | 8-15 | 3-8 | 3-4 | -3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu - F | 29:57 | 5-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Anthony Davis - C | 37:47 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -12 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Tyreke Evans | 32:21 | 7-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | -17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Jason Smith | 14:48 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Austin Rivers | 12:25 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Darius Miller | 11:40 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Anthony Morrow | 6:23 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexis Ajinca | 5:01 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lou Amundson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Withey | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-93 | 10-22 | 6-8 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 98 | |
| 44.1% | 45.5% | 75.0% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Harden - G | 40:20 | 7-17 | 1-7 | 6-7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Jeremy Lin - G | 34:07 | 3-12 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Chandler Parsons - F | 40:07 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 6-6 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Terrence Jones - F | 34:17 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Dwight Howard - C | 42:14 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 24 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Aaron Brooks | 20:09 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 2-2 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Omri Casspi | 12:39 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Francisco Garcia | 12:17 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donatas Motiejunas | 3:50 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Canaan | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie Brewer | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Omer Asik | DND | |||||||||||||
| Greg Smith | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-77 | 6-26 | 25-32 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 107 | |
| 49.4% | 23.1% | 78.1% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| HOU | Dwight Howard , Aaron Brooks |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 4 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
| Points in the Paint | 40 | Points in the Paint | 58 |
| Biggest Lead | 5 | Biggest Lead | 11 |