Dec 18, 2025
8:00 PM (Eastern Time)
NBA Basketball
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans LA
Final

Box Score

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets
33 34 32 20 9 128
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans
24 21 38 36 14 133

Game Leaders

Points

HOU Kevin Durant
32
HOU
NOP Saddiq Bey
29
NOP

Rebounds

HOU Jabari Smith Jr.
12
HOU
NOP Derik Queen
12
NOP

Assists

HOU Alperen Sengun
8
HOU
NOP Jose Alvarado
6
NOP

Team Statistics

Stat Houston Rockets New Orleans Pelicans
Points 128 133
Field Goals 50-107 (47%) 49-97 (51%)
3-Point 10-32 (31%) 11-27 (41%)
Free Throws 18-27 (67%) 24-28 (86%)
Rebounds 58 (25 Off, 33 Def) 41 (13 Off, 28 Def)
Assists 30 27
Steals 6 15
Blocks 8 7
Turnovers 20 12
Personal Fouls 21 24

Field Goal %

47%
51%
HOU HOU
NOP NOP

3-Point %

31%
41%
HOU HOU
NOP NOP

Rebounds

58
41
HOU HOU
NOP NOP

Assists

30
27
HOU HOU
NOP NOP

Steals

6
15
HOU HOU
NOP NOP

Blocks

8
7
HOU HOU
NOP NOP

Player Statistics

Houston Rockets Houston Rockets
New Orleans Pelicans New Orleans Pelicans
Player MIN PTS REB AST FG 3PT FT STL BLK TO PF +/-
Kevin Durant 43 32 7 2 12-15 4-6 4-4 1 4 6 2 -7
Alperen Sengun 36 28 11 8 11-26 0-4 6-10 2 2 2 5 -5
Amen Thompson 41 23 6 4 11-14 0-1 1-1 1 1 4 2 -9
Jabari Smith Jr. 44 12 12 2 5-18 1-6 1-2 0 0 4 4 -5
Reed Sheppard 27 11 4 7 4-12 3-10 0-0 1 0 0 1 +3
Josh Okogie 30 10 4 3 3-7 1-2 3-3 0 0 0 1 +2
Steven Adams 28 6 10 3 2-10 0-0 2-5 1 1 1 3 +3
Clint Capela 7 3 3 0 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 1 1 +2
Aaron Holiday 10 3 1 1 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 -9
Player MIN PTS REB AST FG 3PT FT STL BLK TO PF +/-
Saddiq Bey 34 29 9 1 11-18 3-5 4-4 2 0 1 0 +21
Trey Murphy III 38 27 3 2 9-13 2-2 7-7 1 1 0 2 0
Herbert Jones 38 18 3 3 7-14 2-6 2-2 8 1 1 6 +19
Derik Queen 35 16 12 3 7-16 0-2 2-3 0 3 3 4 +18
Jordan Poole 25 15 1 2 5-13 2-7 3-3 3 0 2 2 -7
Zion Williamson 21 9 3 5 3-9 0-0 3-4 0 1 2 3 -17
J. Fears 20 9 3 4 4-8 0-1 1-2 0 0 1 0 +5
Jose Alvarado 30 7 3 6 2-5 1-3 2-3 1 0 0 3 +3
Karlo Matkovic 11 3 2 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 -5
Bryce McGowens 5 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 -4
Yves Missi 6 0 2 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 -8