Houston Rockets 97, New Orleans Pelicans 110 — Recap

February 8, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 97, New Orleans Pelicans 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 30-35 NOP; Q2 HOU 23-29 NOP; Q3 HOU 23-22 NOP; Q4 HOU 21-24 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Porter Jr. (HOU) 27 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-17 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 19 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-15 shooting; Jaxson Hayes (NOP) 14 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists on 4-of-8 shooting; Naji Marshall (NOP) 14 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Kevin Porter Jr.

27 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 7 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

26 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 11-17 FG

Scoring · HOU

Christian Wood

19 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 5-15 FG

Season highs

Kevin Porter Jr. · Season-high 27 pointsHerbert Jones · Season-high 11 reboundsKevin Porter Jr. · Season-high 7 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
HOU	30	23	23	21		97
NOP	35	29	22	24		110

🧮 How They Scored

HOUNOP

38Points in the paint52

15Fast-break points8

21Second-chance points7

16Points off turnovers25

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

44.8%Effective FG%57.5%

17.4%Turnover %17.6%

34.0%Offensive rebound %21.6%

0.360Free-throw rate0.250

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Porter Jr. G	36	27	3	5	1	0	7	9-16	7-12	2-3	-3
Jalen Green G	33	12	3	4	1	0	1	5-12	2-7	0-1	-9
Christian Wood F	32	19	9	1	1	1	2	5-15	3-8	6-10	+2
Jae'Sean Tate F	32	9	9	3	3	0	3	3-8	0-2	3-4	+2
Garrison Mathews G	29	11	6	3	0	0	0	1-6	1-4	8-9	-15
Alperen Sengun F-C	28	11	9	2	0	2	4	5-10	0-2	1-2	-9
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	25	4	7	0	0	0	0	2-9	0-2	0-2	-14
Josh Christopher G	17	4	1	1	2	0	3	2-8	0-3	0-0	-9
Armoni Brooks G	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	-10

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaxson Hayes C	36	14	7	3	1	1	2	4-8	0-2	6-6	+7
Brandon Ingram F	34	26	2	2	0	3	5	11-17	1-3	3-4	-1
Herbert Jones F	31	10	11	3	3	0	3	5-11	0-3	0-0	-5
Devonte' Graham G	29	9	2	8	1	0	0	3-9	3-9	0-0	+2
Jonas Valanciunas C	24	13	8	3	0	1	5	5-7	0-1	3-3	+1
Naji Marshall F	20	14	3	2	2	1	1	6-11	2-4	0-0	+16
Jose Alvarado G	19	12	2	3	2	0	3	5-6	0-1	2-2	+11
Trey Murphy III F	19	9	2	0	0	1	0	2-6	1-4	4-5	+15
Gary Clark F	18	3	6	2	1	2	0	1-5	1-5	0-0	+15
Garrett Temple G-F	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	36	27	77.9	27.6	-4.1	12.7
Christian Wood	Bench	32	19	49.0	28.9	+4.7	8.7
Jalen Green	Bench	33	12	48.2	16.0	-14.9	9.1
Alperen Sengun	Bench	28	11	50.6	19.5	-13.0	8.6
Garrison Mathews	Bench	29	11	55.2	12.5	-28.1	8.8
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	32	9	46.1	16.3	+2.9	10.4
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	25	4	20.2	14.7	-29.3	-1.2
Josh Christopher	Bench	17	4	25.0	22.4	-30.3	-10.0
Armoni Brooks	Bench	8	0	0.0	14.3	-66.2	-16.2

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Ingram	Bench	34	26	69.3	31.2	+1.6	14.1
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	36	14	65.8	16.7	+9.6	11.5
Naji Marshall	Bench	20	14	63.6	26.1	+40.0	17.6
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	24	13	78.1	22.8	+3.7	16.3
Jose Alvarado	Bench	19	12	87.2	23.3	+26.8	22.8
Herbert Jones	Bench	31	10	45.5	19.4	-4.7	12.0
Trey Murphy III	Bench	19	9	54.9	19.5	+42.8	9.3
Devonte' Graham	Bench	29	9	50.0	13.6	+5.1	11.9
Gary Clark	Bench	18	3	30.0	11.4	+37.5	9.4
Garrett Temple	Bench	9	0	0.0	0.0	+15.3	1.6