New Orleans Pelicans 108, Houston Rockets 118 — Recap

December 5, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 108, Houston Rockets 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 26-28 HOU; Q2 NOP 23-29 HOU; Q3 NOP 36-37 HOU; Q4 NOP 23-24 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Ingram (NOP) 40 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 15-of-28 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Eric Gordon (HOU) 23 points, 0 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (NOP) 17 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists on 7-of-11 shooting; Garrison Mathews (HOU) 13 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 4-of-6 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Brandon Ingram

40 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 15-28 FG

Scoring · HOU

Christian Wood

23 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 7-13 FG

Scoring · HOU

Eric Gordon

23 PTS, 0 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 7-14 FG

Season highs

Brandon Ingram · Season-high 40 pointsChristian Wood · Season-high 5 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	26	23	36	23		108
HOU	28	29	37	24		118

🧮 How They Scored

NOPHOU

50Points in the paint42

9Fast-break points4

19Second-chance points19

21Points off turnovers11

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.9%Effective FG%60.1%

6.3%Turnover %13.2%

43.1%Offensive rebound %28.2%

0.266Free-throw rate0.367

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Ingram F	38	40	5	4	1	1	0	15-28	3-10	7-8	-3
Devonte' Graham G	34	9	3	4	1	0	0	3-13	3-11	0-0	-9
Jonas Valanciunas C	32	17	10	3	1	3	1	7-11	0-1	3-6	-12
Garrett Temple G-F	32	5	6	0	2	1	1	2-6	1-3	0-0	+1
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	28	10	1	5	0	1	2	3-13	3-8	1-2	-8
Herbert Jones F	22	5	1	0	1	3	2	2-4	0-0	1-1	-3
Willy Hernangomez C	16	10	13	1	2	0	0	4-7	0-0	2-4	+2
Trey Murphy III F	15	0	6	0	1	0	0	0-6	0-4	0-0	-11
Tomas Satoransky G-F	12	4	3	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	2-2	-9
Kira Lewis Jr. G	11	8	2	2	0	0	0	3-5	0-1	2-2	+2

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Eric Gordon G	33	23	0	5	0	0	2	7-14	3-7	6-6	+4
Christian Wood F	32	23	8	2	0	2	2	7-13	5-6	4-8	+4
Jae'Sean Tate F	32	11	5	7	0	0	5	5-8	1-2	0-0	+4
Garrison Mathews G	31	13	7	0	0	0	0	4-6	4-6	1-1	+3
Armoni Brooks G	22	2	2	1	2	0	0	1-7	0-5	0-0	+13
Danuel House Jr. F	20	6	2	3	0	0	3	1-3	0-2	4-4	+13
Daniel Theis F	17	12	3	1	0	0	1	4-6	2-4	2-2	0
Alperen Sengun F-C	17	10	4	1	1	1	1	3-7	0-2	4-4	+2
D.J. Augustin G	16	9	3	4	0	0	0	3-8	2-5	1-2	+5
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	16	9	6	0	0	0	0	4-6	0-0	1-2	+6
Josh Christopher G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Ingram	Bench	38	40	63.5	36.4	-0.5	18.9
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	32	17	62.3	21.1	-20.3	15.9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	28	10	36.0	21.6	-12.3	1.5
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	16	10	57.1	19.6	-1.5	20.6
Devonte' Graham	Bench	34	9	34.6	16.5	-14.1	4.8
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	11	8	68.0	17.1	+3.1	20.2
Garrett Temple	Bench	32	5	41.7	9.1	+1.5	2.8
Herbert Jones	Bench	22	5	56.3	13.0	-4.1	-2.2
Tomas Satoransky	Bench	12	4	106.4	12.5	-30.0	15.1
Trey Murphy III	Bench	15	0	0.0	13.6	-33.4	-6.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Eric Gordon	Bench	33	23	69.1	25.0	+8.0	12.5
Christian Wood	Bench	32	23	69.6	27.1	+4.3	11.8
Garrison Mathews	Bench	31	13	100.9	8.7	-1.1	13.6
Daniel Theis	Bench	17	12	87.2	22.2	+3.8	13.8
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	32	11	68.8	18.6	+4.5	7.5
Alperen Sengun	Bench	17	10	57.1	24.4	+6.5	12.8
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	16	9	65.4	17.1	+24.6	12.9
D.J. Augustin	Bench	16	9	50.7	22.5	+9.2	23.5
Danuel House Jr.	Bench	20	6	63.0	17.4	+27.1	5.2
Armoni Brooks	Bench	22	2	14.3	13.7	+27.9	1.4
Josh Christopher	Bench	4	0	0.0	14.3	-37.5	-6.1