On the morning of February 9, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ushered in an almost rookie-level showdown in the west. The Pelicans play the Rockets at home. As a result, the Pelicans beat the Rockets 35-30, 29-23, 22-23, 24-21, 110-97 on aggregate, ushering in a four-game winning streak. Ingram scored a game-high 26 points. The Rockets shot 37 percent from the field in this game, their lowest since 2022.
Currently, the Pelicans are 10th in the West with 21 wins and 32 losses, and the Rockets are 15th in the West with 15 wins and 36 losses. The Pelicans were slightly disadvantaged by the 4-5 in their previous nine meetings, but in their most recent meeting, the Rockets lost 107-120 at home to the Pelicans.
Judging by their recent form, the Pelicans have recently won three straight, and even beat the Rockets on Feb. 7. The Rockets have been in a very bad situation lately, winning just one of their last seven games and recently losing two straight.
Let's take a look at the starting lineups of the two teams, the Rockets starters: Porter, Green, Tate, Wood, Shenkin, and the Pelicans starters: Graham, Jones, Ingram, Hayes, Valanciunas.
In the first quarter, the Rockets were more aggressive, and under the excellent performance of Kevin Porter, they played a small climax of 9-3 at the beginning. But by the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans stepped up their defense on the inside, and Jones' eye-catching rebounding performance immediately turned the score back, ending the first quarter with the Pelicans taking the first quarter 35-30.
In the second quarter, the Pelicans Brandon's form gradually improved, scoring 16 points, in addition to Varan also had 7 points and 6 rebounds. The Rockets could only narrowly close the score gap ahead of Kevin Porter's play. Finally, at the end of the second quarter, the Pelicans led the Rockets by 11 points at 29-23, 64-53 on aggregate.
Rockets: Tate 4 points, Wood 10 points, Shinkin 7 points, Porter 17 points, Green 5 points, Matthews 8 points, Christopher 2 points.
Pelicans: Ingram 16 points, Jones 4 points, Varan 7 points and 6 rebounds, Hayes 10 points, Graham 6 points, Clark 3 points, Marshall 5 points, Alvarado 10 points, Murphy 3 points.
In the third quarter, the Rockets launched a Jedi counterattack, and as Jay Sain played well in rebounding, he pulled back a point 23-22 in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, the Pelicans continued to soar, shooting 53.15 percent from the field, while the Rockets shot just 37.21 percent. Finally, in the fourth quarter, the Pelicans beat the Rockets 24-21, 110-97 on aggregate.
Final Scoring:
Rockets: Tate 9 points and 9 rebounds, Wood 19 points and 9 rebounds, Shinkin 11 points and 9 rebounds, Porter 27 points and 5 assists, Green 12 points, Martin 4 points and 7 rebounds, Matthews 11 points and 6 rebounds, Christopher 4 points.
Pelicans: Ingram 26 points, Jones 10 points and 10 rebounds, Varan 13 points and 8 rebounds, Hayes 14 points and 7 rebounds, Guerra Hao 9 points and 8 assists, Clark 3 points, Marshall 14 points, Alvarado 12 points, Murphy 9 points
This game also set 3 new records. First, the Pelicans held two straight wins against the Rockets for the first time at home; second, the Pelicans won four straight games for the first time this season and their first four-game winning streak in 2022; and third, 8-1 wins, which was the rockets' worst start in the new year and the worst start in team history.