Rockets
Houston
Western Conference
Southwest
19
6
25
709
916
25
6
24
86
33
38
23
18
78
31
12
43
4
19
8
11
18
90
4
83
30
36
2217
88
4
41
31
76
86
10
96
11
45
22
14
2217
6060
113
21
19
2819
89
3
117
113
97
98
83
181
11
64
40
15
2922
6060
8
3
38
22
8
36
4
3
75
8
1
9
1
4
2
1
22
60
3
0
0
17
8
47
1
1
100
6
0
6
1
5
2
4
17
60
11
2
18
28
8
29
11
11
100
9
8
17
1
6
4
1
29
60
3
1
33
19
9
47
7
3
43
8
3
11
1
4
0
5
22
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Trevor
Ariza
Trevor Ariza
True
39
4
12
33
0
4
0
2
2
100
2
6
8
1
4
0
0
2
10
-3
none
Patrick
Beverley
Patrick Beverley
True
37
2
8
25
1
7
14
4
4
100
1
2
3
4
3
1
2
4
9
0
none
Dwight
Howard
Dwight Howard
True
35
7
15
47
0
0
0
3
5
60
2
11
13
2
0
3
3
4
17
-2
double
James
Harden
James Harden
True
34
8
23
35
2
7
29
3
5
60
2
5
7
5
0
0
4
4
21
-10
none
Donatas
Motiejūnas
Donatas Motiejūnas
True
23
4
13
31
0
2
0
1
1
100
3
1
4
2
0
0
1
2
9
-13
none
Kostas
Papanikolaou
Kostas Papanikolaou
False
22
1
4
25
0
0
0
2
2
100
0
2
2
4
0
0
0
0
4
4
none
Troy
Daniels
Troy Daniels
False
16
3
4
75
3
4
75
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
9
-3
none
Joey
Dorsey
Joey Dorsey
False
12
1
3
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
-6
none
Isaiah
Canaan
Isaiah Canaan
False
10
2
3
67
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
4
-9
none
Tarik
Black
Tarik Black
False
8
1
1
100
0
0
0
3
4
75
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
1
5
-3
none
Francisco
García
Francisco García
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Nick
Johnson
Nick Johnson
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Jason
Terry
Jason Terry
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
20
December
2014
Saturday
Toyota Center
Houston
Hawks
Atlanta
True
Pelicans
New Orleans
Western Conference
Southwest
13
12
25
790
791
18
5
28
82
38
46
22
18
82
33
12
45
8
21
4
12
17
99
4
45
01
2
2021
99
5
47
36
77
87
27
114
21
63
01
24
2125
6060
36
22
61
1823
713
39
47
36
77
99
03
102
32
48
12
60
1934
6060
4
0
0
20
9
45
4
3
75
8
2
10
2
6
0
2
21
60
5
1
20
21
9
43
7
6
86
7
7
14
1
3
1
4
25
60
3
2
67
18
7
39
4
3
75
9
0
9
3
4
1
6
19
60
6
2
33
23
13
57
7
6
86
9
3
12
2
8
2
0
34
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Anthony
Davis
Anthony Davis
True
40
10
17
59
0
0
0
10
12
83
1
13
14
3
2
5
1
0
30
12
double
Jrue
Holiday
Jrue Holiday
True
38
8
19
42
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
2
3
10
2
2
4
3
16
1
double
Austin
Rivers
Austin Rivers
True
35
4
10
40
0
2
0
2
2
100
1
0
1
6
0
0
2
5
10
21
none
Ömer
Aşık
Ömer Aşık
True
28
1
3
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
8
11
1
0
0
3
3
2
-3
none
Luke
Babbitt
Luke Babbitt
True
14
3
4
75
3
4
75
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
9
2
none
Dante
Cunningham
Dante Cunningham
False
33
6
10
60
1
1
100
2
2
100
2
3
5
0
0
1
0
1
15
1
none
Ryan
Anderson
Ryan Anderson
False
29
6
11
55
1
3
33
3
3
100
3
3
6
1
0
0
1
3
16
11
none
John
Salmons
John Salmons
False
14
0
7
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
-9
none
Jimmer
Fredette
Jimmer Fredette
False
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
none
Jeff
Withey
Jeff Withey
False
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
50
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
none
Alexis
Ajinça
Alexis Ajinça
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Tyreke
Evans
Tyreke Evans
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Gal
Mekel
Gal Mekel
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
20
December
2014
Saturday
Smoothie King Center
New Orleans
Trail Blazers
Portland
True
The Pelicans ( 13 - 12 ) got 30 points and 14 rebounds from Anthony Davis and knocked off the Rockets ( 19 - 6 ) 99 - 90 in Houston on Thursday . Davis shot 10 - of - 17 from the field and 10 - of - 12 from the line and added blocks to go with only one turnover in 41 minutes . Jrue Holiday added 16 points for New Orleans , while Austin Rivers , starting in place of Tyreke Evans , finished with 10 points and six assists . Ryan Anderson added 15 points off the bench , and Dante Cunningham contributed 11 ( 6 - 10 FG ) . The Pelicans trailed entering the fourth quarter but outscored Houston 34 - 22 in the final period . The Rockets were led by 17 points and 13 rebounds from Dwight Howard in his second game back from a knee injury . James Harden added 21 points but shot a miserable 8 - of - 23 from the field . He did add five assists and seven rebounds , however . Trevor Ariza finished with 10 points ( 4 - 12 FG ) and Patrick Beverley and Donatas Motiejunas each contributed nine . The Rockets shot a paltry 38 percent from the floor and just 6 - of - 25 from beyond the arc . They outscored New Orleans 48 - 38 in the paint but were out - rebounded by a two - board margin , an unusual statistic from one of the league 's better rebounding teams . Up next , the Rockets host the Hawks on Saturday . New Orleans returns home to play host to Portland , also on Saturday .
The Pelicans (13 - 12) got 30 points and 14 rebounds from Anthony Davis and knocked off the Rockets (19 - 6) 99 - 90 in Houston on Thursday. Davis shot 10 - of - 17 from the field and 10 - of - 12 from the line and added blocks to go with only one turnover in 41 minutes. Jrue Holiday added 16 points for New Orleans, while Austin Rivers, starting in place of Tyreke Evans, finished with 10 points and six assists. Ryan Anderson added 15 points off the bench, and Dante Cunningham contributed 11 (6 - 10 FG). The Pelicans trailed entering the fourth quarter but outscored Houston 34 - 22 in the final period. The Rockets were led by 17 points and 13 rebounds from Dwight Howard in his second game back from a knee injury. James Harden added 21 points but shot a miserable 8 - of - 23 from the field. He did add five assists and seven rebounds, however. Trevor Ariza finished with 10 points (4 - 12 FG) and Patrick Beverley and Donatas Motiejunas each contributed nine. The Rockets shot a paltry 38 percent from the floor and just 6 - of - 25 from beyond the arc. They outscored New Orleans 48 - 38 in the paint but were out - rebounded by a two - board margin, an unusual statistic from one of the league's better rebounding teams. Up next, the Rockets host the Hawks on Saturday. New Orleans returns home to play host to Portland, also on Saturday.
The Pelicans (13 - 12) got 30 points and 14 rebounds from Anthony Davis and knocked off the Rockets (19 - 6) 99 - 90 in Houston on Thursday. Davis shot 10 - of - 17 from the field and 10 - of - 12 from the line and added blocks to go with only one turnover in 41 minutes. Jrue Holiday added 16 points for New Orleans, while Austin Rivers, starting in place of Tyreke Evans, finished with 10 points and six assists. Ryan Anderson added 15 points off the bench, and Dante Cunningham contributed 11 (6 - 10 FG). The Pelicans trailed entering the fourth quarter but outscored Houston 34 - 22 in the final period. The Rockets were led by 17 points and 13 rebounds from Dwight Howard in his second game back from a knee injury. James Harden added 21 points but shot a miserable 8 - of - 23 from the field. He did add five assists and seven rebounds, however. Trevor Ariza finished with 10 points (4 - 12 FG) and Patrick Beverley and Donatas Motiejunas each contributed nine. The Rockets shot a paltry 38 percent from the floor and just 6 - of - 25 from beyond the arc. They outscored New Orleans 48 - 38 in the paint but were out - rebounded by a two - board margin, an unusual statistic from one of the league's better rebounding teams. Up next, the Rockets host the Hawks on Saturday. New Orleans returns home to play host to Portland, also on Saturday.
<GAME> <DATE> 18 December 2014 <DAY> Thursday <STADIUM> Toyota Center <CITY> Houston <HOME> <TEAM> Rockets <CITY> Houston <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 90 <WINS-LOSSES> 19 6 <QTRS> 22 17 29 22 <TEAM-AST> 19 <3PT> 6 <TEAM-FG> 33 <TEAM-FT> 18 <TEAM-REB> 43 <TEAM-TO> 11 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 20 December 2014 <NEXT-DAY> Saturday <NEXT-STADIUM> Toyota Center <NEXT-CITY> Houston <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Atlanta <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Hawks <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <VIS> <TEAM> Pelicans <CITY> New Orleans <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 99 <WINS-LOSSES> 13 12 <QTRS> 21 25 19 34 <TEAM-AST> 21 <3PT> 5 <TEAM-FG> 38 <TEAM-FT> 18 <TEAM-REB> 45 <TEAM-TO> 12 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 20 December 2014 <NEXT-DAY> Saturday <NEXT-STADIUM> Smoothie King Center <NEXT-CITY> New Orleans <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Portland <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Trail Blazers <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> James Harden <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 21 <FG> 8 23 35 <FG3> 2 7 29 <FT> 3 5 60 <REB> 7 <AST> 5 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 2 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Dwight Howard <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 17 <FG> 7 15 47 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 3 5 60 <REB> 13 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 11 <OREB> 2 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Trevor Ariza <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 39 <PTS> 10 <FG> 4 12 33 <FG3> 0 4 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 8 <AST> 1 <STL> 4 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Troy Daniels <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 9 <FG> 3 4 75 <FG3> 3 4 75 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Donatas Motiejūnas <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 13 31 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 3 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Patrick Beverley <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 37 <PTS> 9 <FG> 2 8 25 <FG3> 1 7 14 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 4 <STL> 3 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tarik Black <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 8 <PTS> 5 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 3 4 75 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Isaiah Canaan <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 10 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 3 67 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kostas Papanikolaou <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 4 25 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 2 <AST> 4 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Joey Dorsey <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jason Terry <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nick Johnson <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Francisco García <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Anthony Davis <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 40 <PTS> 30 <FG> 10 17 59 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 10 12 83 <REB> 14 <AST> 3 <STL> 2 <BLK> 5 <DREB> 13 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Ryan Anderson <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 16 <FG> 6 11 55 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 6 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 3 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jrue Holiday <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 38 <PTS> 16 <FG> 8 19 42 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 1 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 10 <STL> 2 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Dante Cunningham <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 15 <FG> 6 10 60 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Austin Rivers <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 10 <FG> 4 10 40 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 6 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Luke Babbitt <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 14 <PTS> 9 <FG> 3 4 75 <FG3> 3 4 75 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ömer Aşık <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 28 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 11 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 3 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jeff Withey <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 2 <PTS> 1 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Gal Mekel <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyreke Evans <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Alexis Ajinça <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jimmer Fredette <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> John Salmons <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 14 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 7 0 <FG3> 0 5 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none