Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans

48-23, 22-13 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	19	30	29	17	95
Pelicans NO	34	18	18	23	93

New Orleans PelicansPelicansNO

37-34, 23-13 Home

Matchups

HOU

NO leads season

2-1

Game 1@ HOU

Final

Game 2@ NO

Final

111

Game 3@ NO

Final

121

Game 4@ HOU

Final

114

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

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