New Orleans Pelicans vs Houston Rockets
Preseason
120
2-0
87
0-2
Game Leaders
Team Stats
52% (45-86)
Field Goal %
39% (32-83)
35% (14-40)
Three Point %
35% (13-37)
76% (16-21)
Free Throw %
67% (10-15)
22
Turnovers
27
48
Rebounds
36
36
Largest Lead
2
Game Information
Birmingham, AL
Pelicans.comRockets.com
Referee:Ed Malloy
Referee:Leon Wood
Referee:Lauren Holtkamp
Shot Chart
- Brandon Ingram makes 13-foot two point shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
- CJ McCollum misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
- CJ McCollum makes three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Fred VanVleet misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses 28-foot three point shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Zion Williamson makes 4-foot layup (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes 4-foot two point shot (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
- Alperen Sengun misses 7-foot two point shot
- Herbert Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
- CJ McCollum misses 17-foot jumper
- Fred VanVleet makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 3-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Jalen Green makes two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Brandon Ingram makes 4-foot two point shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 11-foot two point shot
- Kira Lewis Jr. makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 11-foot two point shot
- Tari Eason misses 14-foot two point shot
- Naji Marshall makes 19-foot jumper (Dyson Daniels assists)
- Jalen Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green makes dunk (Jae'Sean Tate assists)
- Dyson Daniels makes 2-foot driving floating jump shot
- Amen Thompson makes layup (Jalen Green assists)
- Naji Marshall makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
- CJ McCollum makes 28-foot step back jumpshot (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
- Fred VanVleet makes two point shot
- CJ McCollum misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Amen Thompson misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Amen Thompson makes 5-foot layup (Tari Eason assists)
- CJ McCollum misses driving layup
- Fred VanVleet misses 58-foot three point shot
- Herbert Jones blocks Jae'Sean Tate 's 6-foot driving layup
- CJ McCollum blocks Alperen Sengun 's 6-foot two point shot
- Alperen Sengun misses 25-foot three point shot
- Fred VanVleet misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes two point shot
- CJ McCollum makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
- CJ McCollum makes 28-foot step back jumpshot (Zion Williamson assists)
- Herbert Jones blocks Fred VanVleet 's 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Reggie Bullock misses 26-foot three point jumper
- CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
- Jordan Hawkins misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
- Jordan Hawkins blocks Amen Thompson 's 3-foot two point shot
- Naji Marshall misses two point shot
- Alperen Sengun makes 3-foot dunk (Amen Thompson assists)
- Jordan Hawkins misses two point shot
- Brandon Ingram misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes 2-foot dunk (Reggie Bullock assists)
- Kira Lewis Jr. makes layup (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Dillon Brooks makes 12-foot two point shot
- Brandon Ingram misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Alperen Sengun misses 29-foot three point shot
- Tari Eason makes two point shot (Dillon Brooks assists)
- Jonas Valanciunas misses 7-foot two point shot
- Tari Eason misses 27-foot three point shot
- Alperen Sengun misses dunk
- Jonas Valanciunas misses 3-foot two point shot
- Dyson Daniels misses 1-foot tip shot
- Naji Marshall misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Fred VanVleet blocks Brandon Ingram 's 7-foot jumper
- Brandon Ingram makes 15-foot two point shot
- Brandon Ingram makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Herbert Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram makes 14-foot two point shot
- Jalen Green makes 21-foot two point shot (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
- Jeff Green misses three point jumper
- Jeff Green makes dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Herbert Jones misses driving layup
- Herbert Jones misses tip shot
- CJ McCollum blocks Jalen Green 's 2-foot two point shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes two point shot
- CJ McCollum misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Fred VanVleet misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Dillon Brooks misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jonas Valanciunas misses three point jumper
- Dillon Brooks misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Zion Williamson makes 10-foot two point shot
- Amen Thompson makes 27-foot step back jumpshot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- CJ McCollum makes 23-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
- Amen Thompson makes dunk (Dillon Brooks assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Zion Williamson misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 10-foot two point shot
- Jonas Valanciunas misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Dillon Brooks makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses two point shot
- Dillon Brooks misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
- CJ McCollum misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses 25-foot three point jumper
- CJ McCollum makes driving layup (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Herbert Jones misses three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes 11-foot two point shot (Jalen Green assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes three point jumper (Dillon Brooks assists)
- Naji Marshall misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun blocks Kira Lewis Jr. 's 3-foot driving layup
- Dyson Daniels makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 5-foot pullup jump shot
- Kira Lewis Jr. misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jalen Green makes 3-foot two point shot
- Jalen Green misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
- Dyson Daniels makes 28-foot three point jumper (Herbert Jones assists)
- Jordan Hawkins misses driving layup
- Dyson Daniels misses 26-foot three point shot
- Reggie Bullock misses three point jumper
- Jordan Hawkins makes 27-foot three point jumper (E.J. Liddell assists)
- Reggie Bullock makes 24-foot three point jumper (Aaron Holiday assists)
- Dyson Daniels misses driving layup
- Reggie Bullock misses 23-foot three point shot
- Aaron Holiday makes 28-foot three point shot (Jae'Sean Tate assists)
- Kira Lewis Jr. misses driving layup
- Cam Whitmore makes two point shot (Aaron Holiday assists)
- Jordan Hawkins misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Dyson Daniels makes 2-foot dunk (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
- Jordan Hawkins misses two point shot
- Cam Whitmore misses two point shot
- Tari Eason makes tip shot
- Cam Whitmore misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hawkins makes three point jumper (Naji Marshall assists)
- Naji Marshall makes driving layup
- Amen Thompson misses three point jumper
- E.J. Liddell misses jump bank shot
- E.J. Liddell misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Dyson Daniels misses driving layup
- Cam Whitmore makes 1-foot dunk (Aaron Holiday assists)
- Jordan Hawkins makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Trey Jemison assists)
- Boban Marjanovic makes dunk (Amen Thompson assists)
- Jordan Hawkins makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Cam Whitmore makes 28-foot three point jumper (Boban Marjanovic assists)
- Jordan Hawkins misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Tari Eason makes 24-foot three point jumper (Aaron Holiday assists)
- Cam Whitmore misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hawkins makes 28-foot three point jumper (Dyson Daniels assists)
- Boban Marjanovic makes 2-foot dunk (Amen Thompson assists)
- Jordan Hawkins misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jeenathan Williams misses driving layup
- Dyson Daniels misses driving floating jump shot
- E.J. Liddell misses two point shot
- Cam Whitmore misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jeenathan Williams blocks Trey Jemison 's 2-foot two point shot
- Trevor Hudgins makes 28-foot three point shot (Jermaine Samuels assists)
- Dyson Daniels makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jordan Hawkins assists)
- Cam Whitmore misses 4-foot two point shot
- Malcolm Hill misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Kaiser Gates misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jeenathan Williams makes 2-foot dunk (Jermaine Samuels assists)
- Landers Nolley II makes 6-foot pullup jump shot (Kaiser Gates assists)
- Nate Hinton makes 29-foot three point jumper (Jeenathan Williams assists)
- Landers Nolley II misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
- Jeenathan Williams makes driving layup
- Malcolm Hill blocks Jeenathan Williams's finger roll layup
- Malcolm Hill misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Darius Days makes 30-foot three point jumper (Trevor Hudgins assists)
- Trey Jemison makes 1-foot two point shot (Jalen Crutcher assists)
- Trevor Hudgins misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jeenathan Williams makes 28-foot three point jumper (Trevor Hudgins assists)
- Landers Nolley II misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nate Hinton misses two point shot
- Jermaine Samuels makes dunk
- Jermaine Samuels makes dunk (Jeenathan Williams assists)
- Kaiser Gates makes three point jumper (Malcolm Hill assists)
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 23 | 8 | .742 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 19 | 10 | .655 | 3 | W2 |
| Memphis | 15 | 17 | .469 | 8.5 | L1 |
| Dallas | 12 | 21 | .364 | 12 | L2 |
| New Orleans | 8 | 25 | .242 | 16 | L3 |
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