{"id":353631,"date":"2025-12-17T07:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T07:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/353631\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T07:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T07:21:07","slug":"houston-visits-new-orleans-aims-to-stop-road-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/353631\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston visits New Orleans, aims to stop road slide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Rockets<\/a> (16-7, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> (5-22, 15th in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

New Orleans; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

Rockets -9.5; over\/under is 234.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Houston hits the road against New Orleans looking to stop its three-game road losing streak.<\/p>\n

The Pelicans are 1-6 against the rest of their division. New Orleans averages 13.4 turnovers per game and is 4-12 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents.<\/p>\n

The Rockets are 2-2 against Southwest Division teams. Houston ranks third in the league giving up just 111.2 points while holding opponents to 46.0% shooting.<\/p>\n

The Pelicans are shooting 46.1% from the field this season, 0.1 percentage points higher than the 46.0% the Rockets allow to opponents. The Rockets average 120.8 points per game, 2.0 fewer than the 122.8 the Pelicans allow.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Trey Murphy III<\/a> is averaging 21.1 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.7 steals for the Pelicans. Jeremiah Fears<\/a> is averaging 20 points and two steals over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Alperen Sengun<\/a> is scoring 23.5 points per game with 9.4 rebounds and 7.1 assists for the Rockets. Kevin Durant<\/a> is averaging 25.0 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 57.1% over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Pelicans: 3-7, averaging 123.6 points, 44.9 rebounds, 27.8 assists, 8.6 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 49.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 125.2 points per game.<\/p>\n

Rockets: 6-4, averaging 116.8 points, 46.7 rebounds, 25.4 assists, 9.1 steals and 5.5 blocks per game while shooting 48.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.4 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Pelicans: Dejounte Murray<\/a>: out (leg).<\/p>\n

Rockets: Fred VanVleet<\/a>: out for season (acl), Dorian Finney-Smith<\/a>: out (ankle), Tari Eason<\/a>: day to day (oblique).<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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