National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 115,
Houston 113
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, January 26, 2018
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #28 Kevin Scott, #26 Pat Fraher, #30 John Goble
Attendance: 17186
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #28 Kevin Scott, #26 Pat Fraher, #30 John Goble
Attendance: 17186
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 30 | 23 | 27 | 33 | 113 |
| New Orleans | 29 | 37 | 24 | 25 | 115 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Harden - G | 33:56 | 5-16 | 1-9 | 12-14 | -12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| Chris Paul - G | 33:55 | 11-19 | 4-5 | 12-12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Trevor Ariza - F | 28:54 | 3-9 | 3-8 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Ryan Anderson - F | 13:49 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clint Capela - C | 30:05 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Eric Gordon | 34:00 | 10-15 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| PJ Tucker | 30:31 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luc Mbah a Moute | 24:27 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Nene | 10:23 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Tarik Black | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Gerald Green | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-78 | 12-36 | 29-35 | 2 | 33 | 35 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 113 | |
| 46.2% | 33.3% | 82.9% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jrue Holiday - G | 37:03 | 8-12 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Rajon Rondo - G | 17:15 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Davis - F | 37:02 | 10-22 | 0-1 | 7-8 | -4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 27 |
| E'Twaun Moore - F | 31:14 | 6-12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| DeMarcus Cousins - C | 29:58 | 6-12 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Darius Miller | 28:59 | 6-11 | 6-10 | 2-2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| DeAndre Liggins | 18:58 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ian Clark | 14:18 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dante Cunningham | 14:16 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jameer Nelson | 10:57 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Omer Asik | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Cheick Diallo | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Mike James | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 44-82 | 11-27 | 16-21 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 36 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 115 | |
| 53.7% | 40.7% | 76.2% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Houston | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 28 | Fast Break Points | 10 |
| Points in the Paint | 38 | Points in the Paint | 56 |
| Biggest Lead | 2 | Biggest Lead | 21 |