Houston Rockets @ Charlotte Hornets

10-24, 3-17 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	29	21	20	29	99
Hornets CHA	33	31	32	27	123

Charlotte HornetsHornetsCHA

18-17, 9-4 Home

123

18-17, 9-4 Home

Houston Rockets

starters
Christian WoodC. Wood#35
David NwabaD. Nwaba#2
Josh ChristopherJ. Christopher#9
Eric GordonE. Gordon#10
Armoni BrooksA. Brooks#7
bench
Usman GarubaU. Garuba#16
Daniel TheisD. Theis#27
Alperen SengunA. Sengun#28
Trevelin QueenT. Queen#21
Daishen NixD. Nix#15
Kevin Porter Jr.K. Porter Jr.#3
Jalen GreenJ. Green#0
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	16	5-9	2-4	4-6	9	3	3	0	0	3	6	0	-18
24	9	4-9	1-1	0-0	8	1	2	2	0	2	6	2	-14
21	6	2-7	1-4	1-2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	-10
24	16	4-9	3-6	5-5	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	-12
35	11	4-15	3-14	0-0	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	2	-9
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
13	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	-6
22	6	3-8	0-2	0-2	4	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	-11
21	5	2-5	0-0	1-2	6	3	4	0	2	3	3	5	-12
29	17	6-13	4-10	1-1	6	0	3	4	0	1	5	3	-13
26	11	5-8	1-3	0-0	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	0	-15
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	99	36-87	15-46	12-18	44	20	21	9	3	13	31	15
		41%	33%	67%

Charlotte Hornets

starters
Jalen McDanielsJ. McDaniels#6
Gordon HaywardG. Hayward#20
Mason PlumleeM. Plumlee#24
Terry RozierT. Rozier#3
LaMelo BallL. Ball#2
bench
Kai JonesK. Jones#23
JT ThorJ. Thor#21
Cody MartinC. Martin#11
Nick RichardsN. Richards#14
Ish SmithI. Smith#10
James BouknightJ. Bouknight#5
Kelly Oubre Jr.K. Oubre Jr.#12
Arnoldas KulbokaA. Kulboka#98
Vernon Carey Jr.V. Carey Jr.#22
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
27	16	6-12	2-4	2-2	3	3	3	0	0	1	2	2	+6
29	10	4-7	2-4	0-0	3	4	3	3	0	0	3	3	+5
29	15	7-7	0-0	1-2	9	3	2	2	3	1	8	2	+14
27	27	10-17	7-12	0-0	4	5	1	1	0	1	3	1	+23
25	16	6-12	4-7	0-0	5	7	1	2	0	1	4	2	+17
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
3	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	-3
4	2	0-1	0-1	2-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	+1
22	1	0-5	0-1	1-2	4	3	0	2	0	1	3	0	+19
16	8	4-5	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	+13
23	3	1-5	1-2	0-0	3	6	1	1	0	0	3	2	+7
5	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	+2
30	18	6-12	1-7	5-6	3	0	2	2	0	1	2	2	+16
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	123	47-88	18-41	11-14	39	33	16	13	4	7	32	18
		53%	44%	79%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

HOU

Season tied

1-1

CHA

146

Game 1@ HOU

Final/OT

143

Game 2@ CHA

Final

123

Game Information

Charlotte, NC

Referee:Josh Tiven

Referee:Suyash Mehta

Referee:Natalie Sago

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

Eastern Conference

Southeast	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	46	36	.561	-	L1
Orlando	45	37	.549	1	L1
Charlotte	44	38	.537	2	W1
Miami	43	39	.524	3	W2
Washington	17	65	.207	29	L10

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