Rockets at Pelicans · Thu, Dec 18 · Regular season

New Orleans beat Houston, 133⁠-⁠128. Here is how the win chance moved.

Houston128New Orleans133

Final/OT · DEC 18

Win chance

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Above the middle line the home team is favored, below it the road team. How this works

Updated 1:12 PM ET

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG	3P	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr. F	44	12	12	2	0	0	4	5-18	1-6	1-2	-5
Kevin Durant F	43	32	7	2	1	4	6	12-15	4-6	4-4	-7
Amen Thompson G-F	41	23	6	4	1	1	4	11-14	0-1	1-1	-9
Alperen Sengun F-C	36	28	11	8	2	2	2	11-26	0-4	6-10	-5
Josh Okogie G	30	10	4	3	0	0	0	3-7	1-2	3-3	+2
Steven Adams C	28	6	10	3	1	1	1	2-10	0-0	2-5	+3
Reed Sheppard G	27	11	4	7	1	0	0	4-12	3-10	0-0	+3
Aaron Holiday G	10	3	1	1	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	-9
Clint Capela C	7	3	3	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	1-2	+2
Team		128	58	30	6	8	18	50-107	10-32	18-27

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG	3P	FT	+/-
Herbert Jones F	38	18	3	3	8	1	1	7-14	2-6	2-2	+19
Trey Murphy III F	38	27	3	2	1	1	0	9-13	2-2	7-7	0
Derik Queen C	35	16	12	3	0	3	3	7-16	0-2	2-3	+18
Saddiq Bey F	34	29	9	1	2	0	1	11-18	3-5	4-4	+21
Jose Alvarado G	30	7	3	6	1	0	0	2-5	1-3	2-3	+3
Jordan Poole G	25	15	1	2	3	0	2	5-13	2-7	3-3	-7
Zion Williamson F	21	9	3	5	0	1	2	3-9	0-0	3-4	-17
Jeremiah Fears G	20	9	3	4	0	0	1	4-8	0-1	1-2	+5
Karlo Matkovic F-C	11	3	2	1	0	1	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-5
Yves Missi C	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8
Bryce McGowens G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Team		133	41	27	15	7	12	49-97	11-27	24-28

Pre-game matchup: edges and tale of the tape

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On offenseHouston's offense crashes the offensive glass (1st) against a New Orleans defense that gives up second chances (28th).

No clear mismatch in New Orleans' favor.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

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