The Houston Rockets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 118-108 on Dec 5, 2021 at Toyota Center (Houston).
Final · Toyota Center (Houston)
Top performers
- Brandon Ingram led the Pelicans with 40 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
- Christian Wood led the Rockets with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.
New Orleans Pelicans box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Ingram | 38 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15-28 | 3-10 | 7-8 | 4 |
| Jonas Valanciunas | 32 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7-11 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 4 |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 28 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-13 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 2 |
| Devonte' Graham | 34 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-13 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Herbert Jones | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 6 |
| Garrett Temple | 32 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Tomas Satoransky | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Trey Murphy III | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Team | 213 | 90 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 33-82 | 10-37 | 14-19 | 23 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Houston Rockets box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Wood | 32 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7-13 | 5-6 | 4-8 | 3 |
| Eric Gordon | 33 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7-14 | 3-7 | 6-6 | 1 |
| Garrison Mathews | 31 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 1 |
| Daniel Theis | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 2 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 32 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Alperen Sengun | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 5 |
| KJ Martin | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 |
| D.J. Augustin | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Team | 194 | 110 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 37-68 | 17-32 | 19-25 | 21 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Pelicans · 2021-22 season · Previous Dec 3, 2021: NO 107, DAL 91 · Next Dec 8, 2021: DEN 120, NO 114
- Rockets · 2021-22 season · Previous Dec 3, 2021: ORL 116, HOU 118 · Next Dec 8, 2021: BKN 104, HOU 114