National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 106, New Orleans 104
Saturday, December 23, 2023 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 23, 2023
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #18 Matt Boland, #12 CJ Washington, #55 Bill Kennedy
Attendance: 17399
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 26213227106
New Orleans 24273320104
Houston Rockets
Starters MIN FG 3P FT +/- Rb A PTS
Fred VanVleet - G 35:45 3-11 2-7 2-3 1 0 3 10
Jalen Green - G 22:29 2-8 0-4 5-6 -2 4 2 9
Jabari Smith Jr. - F 37:16 10-14 4-5 2-3 1 11 2 26
Dillon Brooks - F 27:44 2-7 1-4 0-0 6 5 5 5
Alperen Sengun - C 38:25 11-21 1-1 14-17 -2 11 6 37
Bench MIN FG 3P FT +/- Rb A PTS
Jeff Green 21:26 1-3 0-1 0-0 6 3 2 2
Tari Eason 20:25 4-11 0-2 0-0 -6 4 0 8
Aaron Holiday 15:17 1-2 1-2 2-2 2 1 1 5
Jae'Sean Tate 10:44 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 5 0 2
Amen Thompson 10:29 0-1 0-1 2-4 3 0 0 2
Nate Hinton DNP
Jock Landale DNP
Boban Marjanovic DNP
Jermaine Samuels Jr. DNP
Cam Whitmore DNP
TOTAL 240 35-82 9-29 27-35   44 21 106
    43% 31% 77%  
New Orleans Pelicans
Starters MIN FG 3P FT +/- Rb A PTS
CJ McCollum - G 33:43 4-10 2-7 3-4 -2 5 2 13
Herbert Jones - G 18:14 2-8 2-4 0-0 -13 3 1 6
Brandon Ingram - F 36:11 6-12 0-2 7-9 2 3 5 19
Zion Williamson - F 34:17 11-16 1-2 5-10 2 8 4 28
Jonas Valanciunas - C 25:42 5-11 0-2 0-0 5 11 5 10
Bench MIN FG 3P FT +/- Rb A PTS
Trey Murphy III 34:26 4-11 3-7 3-3 4 6 0 14
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl 21:47 2-5 0-3 0-0 -8 3 2 4
Dyson Daniels 13:30 0-3 0-2 0-0 -6 3 0 0
Naji Marshall 12:17 2-2 0-0 2-3 4 2 2 6
Jose Alvarado 9:53 2-4 0-2 0-0 2 2 0 4
Jordan Hawkins DNP
Kira Lewis Jr. DNP
TOTAL 240 38-82 8-31 20-29   46 21 104
    46% 26% 69%  
Technical Fouls
Team Players
HOU Jabari Smith Jr.
NO Naji Marshall , Jose Alvarado
Team Statistics
Houston New Orleans
Fast Break Points 11 Fast Break Points 0
Points in the Paint 46 Points in the Paint 58
Biggest Lead 7 Biggest Lead 7