Rockets 107-101 Pelicans (17 Mar, 2018) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

55-14, 28-8 away

107

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	32	28	24	23	107
NO	29	25	18	29	101

New Orleans Pelicans

39-30, 18-15 home

101

Anthony Davis misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
E'Twaun Moore misses 2-foot two point shot
Jrue Holiday makes driving layup
E'Twaun Moore misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeAndre Liggins makes three point jumper (E'Twaun Moore assists)
Emeka Okafor misses layup
Anthony Davis makes 12-foot two point shot
DeAndre Liggins misses 16-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Anthony Davis makes two point shot
Anthony Davis makes two point shot
Clint Capela blocks Emeka Okafor's layup
Jrue Holiday makes layup
Anthony Davis misses 4-foot two point shot
Ryan Anderson blocks Ian Clark 's 4-foot layup
Jrue Holiday makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
Darius Miller makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ian Clark assists)
Cheick Diallo makes layup (Jrue Holiday assists)
Nikola Mirotic makes 26-foot three pointer
Nikola Mirotic misses layup
Ian Clark makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
Nikola Mirotic misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ian Clark makes driving layup
Ian Clark makes 27-foot three pointer
Ian Clark makes 23-foot pullup jump shot
Nikola Mirotic makes 21-foot jumper (Ian Clark assists)
Larry Drew II misses 26-foot three point jumper
E'Twaun Moore makes driving floating jump shot
PJ Tucker blocks Cheick Diallo's layup
Nikola Mirotic misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Jrue Holiday misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Clint Capela blocks Jrue Holiday 's 3-foot layup
Jrue Holiday makes two point shot (E'Twaun Moore assists)
Anthony Davis makes two point shot
Anthony Davis misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
E'Twaun Moore misses 22-foot three point jumper
Ian Clark makes driving layup (E'Twaun Moore assists)
E'Twaun Moore makes 2-foot layup (Ian Clark assists)
E'Twaun Moore misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
E'Twaun Moore makes 5-foot two point shot
Clint Capela blocks E'Twaun Moore 's 7-foot driving layup
Emeka Okafor misses jumper
Jrue Holiday misses step back jumpshot
Emeka Okafor misses layup
Jrue Holiday makes driving layup
Anthony Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeAndre Liggins misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
DeAndre Liggins misses 23-foot three point jumper
Nikola Mirotic misses three point jumper
Darius Miller misses 24-foot three point jumper
Darius Miller misses 17-foot two point shot
Anthony Davis makes layup (Jrue Holiday assists)
Jrue Holiday makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Anthony Davis makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Anthony Davis misses step back jumpshot
Jrue Holiday makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Darius Miller makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Jrue Holiday misses driving layup
Nikola Mirotic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Darius Miller makes 26-foot three point jumper (E'Twaun Moore assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
E'Twaun Moore misses driving layup
Darius Miller makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Cheick Diallo makes layup (Darius Miller assists)
Cheick Diallo misses layup
Anthony Davis makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
Darius Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
Anthony Davis misses driving layup
Anthony Davis makes tip shot
Anthony Davis makes alley oop layup (Jrue Holiday assists)
Jrue Holiday misses driving layup
Ian Clark makes layup (Jrue Holiday assists)
E'Twaun Moore makes 13-foot two point shot
Ian Clark makes 11-foot two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
E'Twaun Moore makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Ian Clark makes driving layup (Nikola Mirotic assists)
Jrue Holiday makes driving layup
Anthony Davis misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Trevor Ariza makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (James Harden assists)
Jrue Holiday blocks Chris Paul's driving layup
DeAndre Liggins blocks James Harden 's 2-foot driving layup
James Harden makes 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
PJ Tucker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Clint Capela makes alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
PJ Tucker misses three point jumper
Clint Capela makes dunk (PJ Tucker assists)
Trevor Ariza misses two point shot
Clint Capela misses 3-foot two point shot
James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses driving layup
Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three pointer (Eric Gordon assists)
Emeka Okafor blocks James Harden 's 2-foot driving layup
Eric Gordon makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
James Harden makes two point shot
Luc Mbah a Moute makes dunk (James Harden assists)
James Harden makes driving layup
Joe Johnson makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Eric Gordon makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 4-foot two point shot
Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses three point pullup jump shot
Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Joe Johnson misses driving layup
Chris Paul makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Chris Paul makes 15-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 3-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes 11-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 28-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses driving layup
James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
James Harden makes 26-foot three pointer
PJ Tucker misses three point jumper
James Harden misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
James Harden makes 1-foot two point shot
Clint Capela makes alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
James Harden misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Chris Paul makes two point shot
Chris Paul makes 26-foot three pointer
Luc Mbah a Moute misses two point shot
James Harden makes driving layup
Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
PJ Tucker misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses driving layup
PJ Tucker misses three point jumper
Clint Capela misses alley oop layup
Clint Capela misses 5-foot hook shot
PJ Tucker makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Clint Capela makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
James Harden misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Chris Paul makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
James Harden makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Trevor Ariza makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luc Mbah a Moute assists)
Luc Mbah a Moute misses 26-foot three point jumper
Joe Johnson makes 11-foot two point shot (James Harden assists)
Jrue Holiday blocks Luc Mbah a Moute's layup
James Harden misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
James Harden makes two point shot
Joe Johnson misses 10-foot step back jumpshot
Chris Paul makes three point jumper
Joe Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Cheick Diallo blocks Chris Paul's driving layup
Luc Mbah a Moute misses three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Cheick Diallo blocks James Harden 's 3-foot driving layup
PJ Tucker makes 22-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 7-foot two point shot
Clint Capela makes alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
Chris Paul misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
James Harden makes 2-foot two point shot
PJ Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 27-foot three point jumper
Luc Mbah a Moute misses driving layup
Clint Capela misses dunk
James Harden misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
James Harden makes driving layup
Anthony Davis blocks Clint Capela 's 2-foot two point shot
Clint Capela makes tip shot
Chris Paul misses 10-foot two point shot
James Harden misses 29-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes 27-foot three pointer
James Harden misses step back jumpshot
Chris Paul misses 11-foot two point shot

ROCKETS

PELICANS

TIME		HOU	NO
12:00	Clint Capela vs. Anthony Davis (E'Twaun Moore gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Anthony Davis misses 19-foot step back jumpshot	0	0
11:35	James Harden defensive rebound	0	0
11:33	Trevor Ariza makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (James Harden assists)	3	0
11:23	E'Twaun Moore misses 2-foot two point shot	3	0
11:23	Emeka Okafor offensive rebound	3	0
11:14	Trevor Ariza shooting foul	3	0
11:14	Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2	3	1
11:14	Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2	3	2
11:01	Jrue Holiday blocks Chris Paul's driving layup	3	2
11:01	Rockets offensive team rebound	3	2
10:54	DeAndre Liggins blocks James Harden 's 2-foot driving layup	3	2
10:51	James Harden offensive rebound	3	2
10:47	James Harden makes 24-foot three point jumper	6	2
10:37	Jrue Holiday makes driving layup	6	4
10:24	Chris Paul misses 15-foot step back jumpshot	6	4
10:22	Clint Capela offensive rebound	6	4
10:18	Clint Capela vs. Anthony Davis (PJ Tucker gains possession)	6	4
10:06	James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper	6	4
10:02	Jrue Holiday defensive rebound	6	4
9:52	E'Twaun Moore misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	4
9:49	Clint Capela defensive rebound	6	4
9:46	Trevor Ariza makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)	8	4
9:40	Jrue Holiday bad pass (PJ Tucker steals)	8	4
9:30	PJ Tucker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	11	4
9:23	Pelicans Full timeout	11	4
9:13	DeAndre Liggins makes three point jumper (E'Twaun Moore assists)	11	7
8:57	Clint Capela makes alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)	13	7
8:34	Emeka Okafor misses layup	13	7
8:32	Clint Capela defensive rebound	13	7
8:26	PJ Tucker misses three point jumper	13	7
8:22	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	13	7
8:06	PJ Tucker shooting foul	13	7
8:06	Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2	13	8
8:06	Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2	13	9
7:50	Clint Capela makes dunk (PJ Tucker assists)	15	9
7:29	Anthony Davis makes 12-foot two point shot	15	11
7:26	PJ Tucker out of bounds bad pass turnover	15	11
7:08	Anthony Davis lost ball turnover (PJ Tucker steals)	15	11
7:00	Clint Capela bad pass (Jrue Holiday steals)	15	11
6:58	Jrue Holiday out of bounds bad pass turnover	15	11
6:53	Trevor Ariza misses two point shot	15	11
6:52	Trevor Ariza offensive rebound	15	11
6:49	Clint Capela misses 3-foot two point shot	15	11
6:49	Pelicans defensive team rebound	15	11
6:49	Clint Capela loose ball foul	15	11
6:49	Eric Gordon enters the game for Chris Paul	15	11
6:35	DeAndre Liggins misses 16-foot jumper	15	11
6:34	Pelicans offensive team rebound	15	11
6:34	Luc Mbah a Moute enters the game for PJ Tucker	15	11
6:26	Jrue Holiday misses 13-foot step back jumpshot	15	11
6:23	James Harden defensive rebound	15	11
6:19	James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	11
6:15	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	15	11
6:04	Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)	15	13
5:49	James Harden misses driving layup	15	13
5:47	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	15	13
5:44	Anthony Davis makes two point shot	15	15
5:29	Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three pointer (Eric Gordon assists)	18	15
5:12	Anthony Davis makes two point shot	18	17
4:54	Emeka Okafor blocks James Harden 's 2-foot driving layup	18	17
4:51	DeAndre Liggins defensive rebound	18	17
4:44	Clint Capela blocks Emeka Okafor's layup	18	17
4:41	Clint Capela defensive rebound	18	17
4:32	Eric Gordon makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)	20	17
4:22	Jrue Holiday makes layup	20	19
4:18	Rockets Full timeout	20	19
4:18	Ian Clark enters the game for Emeka Okafor	20	19
4:18	Nikola Mirotic enters the game for E'Twaun Moore	20	19
4:18	Joe Johnson enters the game for Trevor Ariza	20	19
4:18	Ryan Anderson enters the game for Clint Capela	20	19
4:01	Anthony Davis personal foul	20	19
4:01	Darius Miller enters the game for DeAndre Liggins	20	19
3:53	James Harden makes two point shot	22	19
3:38	Anthony Davis misses 4-foot two point shot	22	19
3:35	Luc Mbah a Moute defensive rebound	22	19
3:31	Luc Mbah a Moute makes dunk (James Harden assists)	24	19
3:23	Ryan Anderson blocks Ian Clark 's 4-foot layup	24	19
3:20	Ryan Anderson defensive rebound	24	19
3:07	Joe Johnson lost ball turnover (Jrue Holiday steals)	24	19
2:43	Jrue Holiday makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot	24	21
2:26	James Harden makes driving layup	26	21
2:09	Darius Miller makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ian Clark assists)	26	24
1:45	Joe Johnson makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)	29	24
1:32	Luc Mbah a Moute personal foul	29	24
1:32	Cheick Diallo enters the game for Anthony Davis	29	24
1:32	Chris Paul enters the game for James Harden	29	24
1:27	Cheick Diallo makes layup (Jrue Holiday assists)	29	26
1:07	Ian Clark personal foul	29	26
59.8	Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper	29	26
55.8	Nikola Mirotic defensive rebound	29	26
48.6	Nikola Mirotic makes 26-foot three pointer	29	29
35.1	Chris Paul makes 26-foot step back jumpshot	32	29
12.3	Nikola Mirotic lost ball turnover (Eric Gordon steals)	32	29
0.4	Chris Paul out of bounds bad pass turnover	32	29
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	32	29

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 2-1

Pelicans
123
Rockets
130

Game 1

12/12

Rockets
113
Pelicans
115

Game 2

27/1

Rockets
107
Pelicans
101

Game 3

17/3

Pelicans
91
Rockets
114

Game 4

25/3

Smoothie King Center

11:00 PM, 17 March 2018

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 18,495

Referees:
Derek Richardson
David Guthrie
Nick Buchert

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

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