7-25, 4-12 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Hornets NO	23	21	22	26	92
Rockets HOU	21	28	25	30	104

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

18-14, 13-6 Home

104

18-14, 13-6 Home

New Orleans Hornets @ Houston Rockets

Matchups

HOU leads season

2-0

HOU

Game 1@ HOU

Final

100

Game 2@ HOU

Final

104

Game 3@ NO

Final

Game 4@ NO

Final

100

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	2	1	.667	-	W1
Houston	1	1	.500	0.5	L1
Dallas	1	1	.500	0.5	W1
New Orleans	1	1	.500	0.5	L1
San Antonio	0	3	.000	2	L3

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