Houston Rockets 105, New Orleans Pelicans 130 — Recap

March 13, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 105, New Orleans Pelicans 130. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 32-29 NOP; Q2 HOU 23-39 NOP; Q3 HOU 17-30 NOP; Q4 HOU 33-32 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Jonas Valanciunas (NOP) 32 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Jaxson Hayes (NOP) 21 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-8 shooting; Naji Marshall (NOP) 17 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Jose Alvarado (NOP) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Jonas Valanciunas

32 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 12-18 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jaxson Hayes

21 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 2 3PM · 6-8 FG

Scoring · NOP

Naji Marshall

17 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 6-12 FG

Season highs

Naji Marshall · Season-high 10 reboundsJose Alvarado · Season-high 10 assists

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	32	23	17	33		105
NOP	29	39	30	32		130

🧮 How They Scored

HOUNOP

52Points in the paint64

8Fast-break points17

10Second-chance points21

9Points off turnovers30

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.4%Effective FG%57.0%

21.4%Turnover %8.5%

22.5%Offensive rebound %31.8%

0.325Free-throw rate0.366

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Garrison Mathews G	29	7	0	0	0	0	1	2-3	1-2	2-4	-21
Jalen Green G	27	17	2	4	1	0	4	6-13	2-5	3-3	-18
Josh Christopher G	26	13	5	2	0	0	4	5-9	1-4	2-4	-8
Christian Wood F	26	8	12	4	0	1	2	3-9	0-2	2-2	-23
Kevin Porter Jr. G	26	6	6	5	0	1	5	2-9	1-5	1-3	-20
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	26	5	1	2	0	0	1	2-6	0-2	1-1	-14
Daishen Nix F	22	8	2	5	0	0	2	3-5	1-2	1-2	-5
Jae'Sean Tate F	20	14	2	0	0	0	3	6-10	2-5	0-0	-11
Alperen Sengun F-C	15	9	4	1	0	0	1	4-6	1-1	0-0	-4
David Nwaba G	14	15	1	1	1	1	0	5-6	2-2	3-6	-3
Usman Garuba F	7	3	3	0	1	1	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	+3
Bruno Fernando F	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Naji Marshall F	37	17	10	2	2	0	2	6-12	1-5	4-6	+18
Jose Alvarado G	30	16	2	10	6	0	0	7-14	2-6	0-0	+24
Herbert Jones F	30	7	3	2	1	0	4	3-11	0-4	1-2	+19
Devonte' Graham G	28	10	1	7	2	0	1	3-9	2-6	2-2	+12
Jonas Valanciunas C	27	32	10	3	1	1	1	12-18	1-3	7-7	+14
Jaxson Hayes C	27	21	6	0	2	1	1	6-8	2-3	7-9	+17
Trey Murphy III F	21	8	4	2	1	0	0	4-7	0-2	0-1	+8
Tyrone Wallace G	20	7	2	0	0	0	0	3-6	1-2	0-3	+2
Willy Hernangomez C	17	12	6	4	1	1	1	4-6	1-1	3-4	+10
Alize Johnson F	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	27	17	59.4	27.3	-32.0	12.2
David Nwaba	Bench	14	15	86.8	29.0	-6.0	18.7
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	20	14	70.0	28.3	-21.0	6.1
Josh Christopher	Bench	26	13	60.4	25.4	-14.5	7.3
Alperen Sengun	Bench	15	9	75.0	20.6	-9.2	7.0
Christian Wood	Bench	26	8	40.5	19.4	-41.1	12.2
Daishen Nix	Bench	22	8	68.0	15.7	-13.4	9.0
Garrison Mathews	Bench	29	7	73.5	6.9	-32.8	1.7
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	26	6	29.1	23.8	-35.1	0.0
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	26	5	38.8	11.1	-22.0	0.0
Usman Garuba	Bench	7	3	150.0	12.5	+26.1	12.8
Bruno Fernando	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-20.0	-20.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	27	32	75.9	33.3	+22.7	32.4
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	27	21	87.8	18.1	+24.5	16.9
Naji Marshall	Bench	37	17	58.1	17.2	+23.8	10.8
Jose Alvarado	Bench	30	16	57.1	17.9	+36.9	19.5
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	17	12	77.3	20.9	+34.3	25.7
Devonte' Graham	Bench	28	10	50.6	15.7	+15.7	9.8
Trey Murphy III	Bench	21	8	53.8	13.7	+17.8	11.4
Herbert Jones	Bench	30	7	29.5	22.2	+32.1	-5.1
Tyrone Wallace	Bench	20	7	47.8	14.6	+7.9	2.3
Alize Johnson	Bench	4	0	0.0	16.7	-2.2	-2.1