National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 100,
New Orleans 95
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #70 Brent Barnaky, #5 Kane Fitzgerald, #71 Rodney Mott
Attendance: 18226
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #70 Brent Barnaky, #5 Kane Fitzgerald, #71 Rodney Mott
Attendance: 18226
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 28 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 95 |
| Houston | 25 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 100 |
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Norris Cole - G | 35:59 | 9-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Eric Gordon - G | 32:01 | 5-11 | 4-9 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| Anthony Davis - F | 39:10 | 5-13 | 1-2 | 1-2 | -15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Dante Cunningham - F | 28:56 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 2-4 | -9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Kendrick Perkins - C | 22:12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jrue Holiday | 29:44 | 5-13 | 1-7 | 2-2 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| Ryan Anderson | 25:19 | 5-20 | 2-7 | 2-2 | -1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| Alonzo Gee | 12:15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Toney Douglas | 7:50 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexis Ajinca | 6:34 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Omer Asik | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Luke Babbitt | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-90 | 14-37 | 9-13 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 95 | |
| 40.0% | 37.8% | 69.2% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 23 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Harden - G | 39:43 | 11-24 | 1-9 | 16-18 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 39 |
| Patrick Beverley - G | 34:34 | 6-13 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Trevor Ariza - F | 38:20 | 3-10 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Donatas Motiejunas - F | 22:04 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 1-4 | -16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Dwight Howard - C | 31:45 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 6-10 | -7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Corey Brewer | 19:48 | 4-9 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Josh Smith | 19:24 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Jason Terry | 18:07 | 0-5 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clint Capela | 16:15 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Montrezl Harrell | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Terrence Jones | DNP | |||||||||||||
| K.J. McDaniels | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-81 | 3-35 | 25-38 | 8 | 43 | 51 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 100 | |
| 44.4% | 8.6% | 65.8% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 21 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | Ryan Anderson |
| HOU | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 16 | Fast Break Points | 27 |
| Points in the Paint | 30 | Points in the Paint | 58 |
| Biggest Lead | 9 | Biggest Lead | 5 |