New Orleans Pelicans 112, Houston Rockets 114 — Recap

March 17, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 112, Houston Rockets 114. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 26-31 HOU; Q2 NOP 28-18 HOU; Q3 NOP 36-31 HOU; Q4 NOP 22-34 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Ingram (NOP) 31 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 25 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (NOP) 22 points, 17 rebounds, 0 assists on 10-of-16 shooting; Kevin Porter Jr. (HOU) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 17 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Brandon Ingram

31 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 9-20 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jalen Green

25 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jonas Valanciunas

22 PTS, 17 REB, 0 AST · 10-16 FG

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	28	36	22		112
HOU	31	18	31	34		114

🧮 How They Scored

NOPHOU

46Points in the paint60

26Fast-break points19

8Second-chance points18

22Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.9%Effective FG%55.1%

8.8%Turnover %10.9%

17.8%Offensive rebound %35.7%

0.305Free-throw rate0.273

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum G	39	14	5	6	1	0	1	5-12	3-6	1-2	+18
Brandon Ingram F	38	31	4	6	0	1	4	9-20	3-5	10-11	+1
Trey Murphy III F	37	13	4	2	1	0	0	4-11	4-10	1-1	+19
Jonas Valanciunas C	34	22	17	0	0	4	0	10-16	0-2	2-2	+15
Herbert Jones F	28	9	1	1	4	0	0	3-4	0-0	3-4	+8
Josh Richardson G-F	26	8	2	4	0	0	1	3-9	2-4	0-0	-23
Naji Marshall F	19	13	1	1	1	0	0	4-8	0-1	5-5	-14
Larry Nance Jr. F	14	2	1	2	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-17
Dyson Daniels G	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	-17

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Green G	40	25	7	6	1	0	1	10-20	1-7	4-6	+3
Kevin Porter Jr. G	39	20	4	6	2	0	3	6-14	5-12	3-5	+3
Alperen Sengun F-C	36	17	11	1	2	0	2	8-17	1-1	0-0	+2
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	30	14	6	0	0	0	0	4-7	1-2	5-6	-27
Jabari Smith Jr. F	29	11	8	1	1	1	2	5-8	1-3	0-0	-18
Tari Eason F	22	9	5	0	2	1	1	4-8	1-2	0-0	+29
Jae'Sean Tate F	21	12	6	5	0	1	0	4-6	1-2	3-5	+17
Josh Christopher G	12	6	0	1	0	0	1	2-6	0-2	2-2	+3
Usman Garuba F	7	0	4	0	1	0	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	+1
Boban Marjanovic C	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

🔬 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	31	62.4	34.9	+1.4	13.9
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	34	22	65.2	23.3	+20.7	20.9
CJ McCollum	Bench	39	14	54.3	15.9	+20.1	8.6
Naji Marshall	Bench	19	13	63.7	24.4	-31.2	14.5
Trey Murphy III	Bench	37	13	56.8	13.9	+28.2	7.4
Herbert Jones	Bench	28	9	78.1	9.7	+14.3	5.4
Josh Richardson	Bench	26	8	44.4	17.2	-42.6	3.1
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	14	2	50.0	6.1	-56.7	7.8
Garrett Temple	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dyson Daniels	Bench	4	0	0.0	33.3	-188.9	-27.6
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	40	25	55.2	24.5	+2.3	11.8
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	39	20	61.7	21.1	+3.9	10.4
Alperen Sengun	Bench	36	17	50.0	22.6	+1.1	8.6
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	30	14	72.6	14.5	-41.7	10.8
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	21	12	73.2	15.4	+39.8	21.3
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	29	11	68.8	14.9	-33.5	8.2
Tari Eason	Bench	22	9	56.3	16.7	+63.0	10.6
Josh Christopher	Bench	12	6	43.6	28.6	+16.8	2.3
Boban Marjanovic	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-36.7	10.0
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Usman Garuba	Bench	7	0	0.0	21.1	+12.1	-9.3
Daishen Nix	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0