New Orleans Pelicans 105, Houston Rockets 107 — Recap

March 13, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 105, Houston Rockets 107. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 24-28 HOU; Q2 NOP 25-29 HOU; Q3 NOP 23-23 HOU; Q4 NOP 33-27 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Dejounte Murray (NOP) 35 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 14-of-18 shooting; Kevin Durant (HOU) 32 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 23 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-10 shooting; Reed Sheppard (HOU) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Dejounte Murray

35 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 14-18 FG

Scoring · HOU

Kevin Durant

32 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 13-24 FG

Scoring · HOU

Amen Thompson

23 PTS, 12 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 7-15 FG

Season highs

Dejounte Murray · Season-high 35 pointsDejounte Murray · Season-high 4 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

NOP 4 largest lead Q4 0:31 (NOP 104, HOU 100) · 8-0 run, Q3 0:57–Q4 10:03

HOU 11 largest lead Q2 0:11 (NOP 46, HOU 57) · 9-0 run, Q1 1:59–Q2 11:29

Swings 9 lead changes Tied 8 times

Ahead for good: Kevin Durant makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Jabari Smith Jr. assists) (Q4 0:07, NOP 104, HOU 105).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NOP	24	25	23	33		105
HOU	28	29	23	27		107

🧮 How They Scored

NOPHOU

48Points in the paint44

14Fast-break points15

18Second-chance points16

17Points off turnovers10

22Bench points32

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.8%Effective FG%50.0%

12.0%Turnover %10.6%

30.6%Offensive rebound %35.3%

0.310Free-throw rate0.181

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	37	14	6	7	0	0	4	5-15	3-8	1-2	+7
Herbert Jones F	35	8	9	3	3	0	2	2-12	1-7	3-5	+3
Zion Williamson F	34	21	5	1	0	2	2	7-10	0-0	7-9	-3
Dejounte Murray G	31	35	7	4	1	0	2	14-18	4-5	3-5	+19
Saddiq Bey F	30	5	5	1	2	0	1	2-11	0-4	1-1	-15
Yves Missi C	26	5	7	0	1	1	0	1-3	0-0	3-4	+1
Karlo Matkovic F-C	22	8	4	2	0	2	0	3-3	2-2	0-0	0
Jeremiah Fears G	13	9	1	0	0	0	1	3-9	3-5	0-0	-11
Derik Queen C	12	0	4	1	0	1	1	0-3	0-1	0-0	-11

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant F	40	32	6	5	1	1	1	13-24	3-7	3-4	-1
Amen Thompson G-F	40	23	12	8	1	0	4	7-15	2-3	7-8	+11
Jabari Smith Jr. F	38	16	5	3	1	1	1	6-16	3-10	1-1	+4
Reed Sheppard G	32	18	5	3	1	1	2	6-14	5-11	1-2	-1
Dorian Finney-Smith F	27	0	4	2	2	1	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	+5
Clint Capela C	22	9	5	2	1	4	1	4-6	0-0	1-2	-5
Tari Eason F	19	4	8	0	1	0	3	2-11	0-3	0-0	0
Josh Okogie G	13	3	4	2	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+4
Jeff Green F	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Dejounte Murray	Starter	31	35	86.6	31.4	+26.2	29.3
Zion Williamson	Starter	34	21	75.2	19.8	-2.8	16.0
Trey Murphy III	Starter	37	14	44.1	24.4	+9.7	5.4
Herbert Jones	Starter	35	8	28.2	20.5	+6.0	1.1
Saddiq Bey	Starter	30	5	21.9	17.1	-21.6	0.0
Jeremiah Fears	Bench	13	9	50.0	28.6	-37.9	3.3
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	22	8	133.3	5.9	0.0	14.5
Yves Missi	Bench	26	5	52.5	8.1	-1.7	9.3
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kevon Looney	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Poole	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Derik Queen	Bench	12	0	0.0	13.3	-42.3	1.9
Micah Peavy	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
Kevin Durant	Starter	40	32	62.1	28.7	-2.8	20.3
Amen Thompson	Starter	40	23	62.1	23.5	+13.6	15.2
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	38	16	48.7	17.9	+5.1	7.2
Tari Eason	Starter	19	4	18.2	31.1	0.0	-5.9
Dorian Finney-Smith	Starter	27	0	0.0	4.5	+3.0	2.4
Reed Sheppard	Bench	32	18	60.5	21.1	-5.1	11.2
Clint Capela	Bench	22	9	65.4	15.1	-11.1	10.9
Josh Okogie	Bench	13	3	75.0	6.1	+22.0	15.4
Jeff Green	Bench	09	2	33.3	14.3	-41.2	0.0
Aaron Holiday	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Alperen Sengun	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tristen Newton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0