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

Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans

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
Memphis	3	0	1.000	-	W3
Houston	3	0	1.000	-	W3
San Antonio	1	2	.333	2	W1
Dallas	1	2	.333	2	L1
New Orleans	0	3	.000	3	L3

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