New Orleans Pelicans 122, Houston Rockets 115 — Recap

April 4, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 122, Houston Rockets 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 38-27 HOU; Q2 NOP 32-32 HOU; Q3 NOP 19-33 HOU; Q4 NOP 33-23 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Lonzo Ball (NOP) 27 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 8 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Kelly Olynyk (HOU) 26 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Jae'Sean Tate (HOU) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Eric Bledsoe (NOP) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 4-of-15 shooting; James Johnson (NOP) 18 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Lonzo Ball

27 PTS, 4 REB, 9 AST, 8 3PM · 8-18 FG

Scoring · HOU

Kelly Olynyk

26 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jae'Sean Tate

19 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 7-11 FG

Season highs

Kelly Olynyk · Season-high 26 pointsLonzo Ball · Season-high 8 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
NOP	38	32	19	33		122
HOU	27	32	33	23		115

🧮 How They Scored

NOPHOU

52Points in the paint44

19Fast-break points7

16Second-chance points13

28Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.9%Effective FG%55.1%

12.4%Turnover %14.6%

29.1%Offensive rebound %18.8%

0.385Free-throw rate0.270

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lonzo Ball G	37	27	4	9	3	0	6	8-18	8-15	3-3	+4
Eric Bledsoe G	34	19	4	2	1	1	2	4-15	4-12	7-8	+5
James Johnson F	33	18	7	3	2	4	1	8-16	1-5	1-5	+17
Jaxson Hayes C	29	11	7	2	1	1	0	4-12	1-2	2-2	-11
Willy Hernangomez C	26	15	12	1	1	0	3	7-7	0-0	1-2	+4
Naji Marshall F	24	12	4	5	0	1	2	3-6	1-1	5-7	+2
Steven Adams C	22	12	11	3	2	1	1	5-9	0-0	2-6	+3
Wes Iwundu F	20	3	5	1	0	0	0	1-3	1-1	0-0	+9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	14	5	1	0	2	1	0	2-5	0-1	1-2	+2

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kelly Olynyk F	33	26	8	3	0	1	0	9-17	5-13	3-3	-7
Christian Wood F	33	15	12	3	1	0	2	3-11	1-6	8-13	-15
Kevin Porter Jr. G	32	12	5	5	0	1	8	5-15	2-3	0-0	-13
Sterling Brown G	28	12	4	2	0	0	0	4-8	2-4	2-2	-6
Jae'Sean Tate F	26	19	5	3	1	0	2	7-11	3-6	2-2	+7
Avery Bradley G	26	5	0	3	0	0	2	2-9	1-3	0-0	-4
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	21	9	5	0	1	1	0	4-5	0-0	1-2	-3
D.J. Augustin G	20	9	6	5	0	0	3	4-8	1-3	0-0	+6
Danuel House Jr. F	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	1-2	-6
D.J. Wilson F	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	3-3	1-1	0-0	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Lonzo Ball	Bench	37	27	69.9	27.2	+8.0	13.7
Eric Bledsoe	Bench	34	19	51.3	23.6	+5.1	7.6
James Johnson	Bench	33	18	49.5	22.1	+26.6	8.4
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	26	15	95.2	16.4	+9.4	21.3
Steven Adams	Bench	22	12	51.5	21.7	+8.2	12.9
Naji Marshall	Bench	24	12	66.1	19.0	+5.9	12.8
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	29	11	42.7	18.1	-15.5	8.9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	14	5	42.5	15.8	+6.3	6.8
Wes Iwundu	Bench	20	3	50.0	5.7	+22.2	2.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	33	26	71.0	20.9	-11.1	19.2
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	26	19	80.0	22.6	+10.3	14.6
Christian Wood	Bench	33	15	44.9	22.6	-21.1	9.2
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	32	12	40.0	27.7	-20.8	0.0
Sterling Brown	Bench	28	12	67.6	12.9	-7.9	8.5
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	21	9	76.5	12.0	-7.3	11.7
D.J. Augustin	Bench	20	9	56.3	23.4	+17.4	14.9
D.J. Wilson	Bench	9	7	116.7	15.0	+40.5	25.7
Avery Bradley	Bench	26	5	27.8	17.2	-3.2	-2.8
Danuel House Jr.	Bench	12	1	17.4	9.7	-17.7	-4.1