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Houston Rockets vs New Orleans Pelicans

Head-to-Head History (2014–2027)

59

Total Games

37

Rockets Wins

22

Pelicans Wins

0

Draws

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All Matchups (63)

Fri, Mar 19, 2027
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
Scheduled
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Wed, Mar 3, 2027
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
Scheduled
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX
Fri, Feb 12, 2027
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
Scheduled
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Wed, Jan 27, 2027
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
Scheduled
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
134 - 102
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | Space City Home Network
Fri, Mar 13, 2026
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
105 - 107
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | Space City Home Network
Sun, Jan 18, 2026
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
110 - 119
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | Space City Home Network
Thu, Dec 18, 2025
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
128 - 133
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | Space City Home Network
Tue, Oct 14, 2025
Preseason
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
130 - 128
Legacy Arena at BJCC, Birmingham, AL | Space City Home Network
Sat, Mar 8, 2025
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
117 - 146
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | Space City Home Network
Thu, Mar 6, 2025
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
109 - 97
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Thu, Dec 26, 2024
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
128 - 111
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Thu, Dec 19, 2024
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
113 - 133
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | Space City Home Network
Tue, Oct 15, 2024
Preseason
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
98 - 118
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | Space City Home Network
Thu, Feb 22, 2024
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
105 - 127
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Wed, Jan 31, 2024
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
110 - 99
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | Space City Home Network, FanDuel SN NOLA
Sat, Dec 23, 2023
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
106 - 104
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Fri, Nov 10, 2023
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
101 - 104
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | Space City Home Network, FanDuel SN NOLA
Thu, Oct 12, 2023
Preseason
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
120 - 87
Legacy Arena at BJCC, Birmingham, AL
Sun, Mar 19, 2023
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
117 - 107
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX
Fri, Mar 17, 2023
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
112 - 114
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX
Wed, Jan 4, 2023
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
108 - 119
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Sat, Nov 12, 2022
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
106 - 119
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | NBA TV
Sun, Mar 13, 2022
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
105 - 130
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Tue, Feb 8, 2022
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
97 - 110
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Sun, Feb 6, 2022
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
120 - 107
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX
Sun, Dec 5, 2021
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
108 - 118
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX
Sun, Apr 4, 2021
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
122 - 115
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX
Tue, Feb 9, 2021
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
101 - 130
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | TNT
Sat, Jan 30, 2021
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
126 - 112
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Sun, Feb 2, 2020
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
109 - 117
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | ABC
Sun, Dec 29, 2019
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
112 - 127
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | NBA TV
Mon, Nov 11, 2019
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
122 - 116
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Sat, Oct 26, 2019
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
123 - 126
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX
Sun, Mar 24, 2019
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
113 - 90
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Tue, Jan 29, 2019
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
121 - 116
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | TNT
Sat, Dec 29, 2018
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
108 - 104
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | NBA TV
Wed, Oct 17, 2018
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
131 - 112
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | ESPN
Sat, Mar 24, 2018
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
91 - 114
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | NBA TV
Sat, Mar 17, 2018
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
107 - 101
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Fri, Jan 26, 2018
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
113 - 115
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | ESPN
Mon, Dec 11, 2017
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
123 - 130
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | NBA TV
Fri, Mar 24, 2017
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
107 - 117
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX
Fri, Mar 17, 2017
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
112 - 128
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Thu, Feb 23, 2017
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
129 - 99
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Fri, Dec 16, 2016
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
100 - 122
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX
Wed, Oct 12, 2016
Preseason
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
116 - 104
Cadillac Arena, Beijing
Sun, Oct 9, 2016
Preseason
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
117 - 123
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai
Wed, Mar 2, 2016
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
95 - 100
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX
Mon, Jan 25, 2016
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
112 - 111
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Sat, Dec 26, 2015
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
108 - 110
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | NBA TV
Wed, Dec 2, 2015
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
101 - 108
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | NBA TV
Mon, Oct 19, 2015
Preseason
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
100 - 120
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX
Sun, Apr 12, 2015
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
114 - 121
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | ROOT
Wed, Mar 25, 2015
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
95 - 93
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | ROOT
Fri, Jan 2, 2015
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
83 - 111
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | CSN Houston
Thu, Dec 18, 2014
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
99 - 90
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | CSN Houston
Tue, Oct 14, 2014
Preseason
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
98 - 117
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | CSN Houston
Wed, Apr 16, 2014
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
100 - 105
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
Sat, Apr 12, 2014
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
104 - 111
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | CSN Houston
Wed, Jan 15, 2014
Regular Season
Houston Rockets @ New Orleans Pelicans
103 - 100
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | CSN Houston
Sat, Dec 28, 2013
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
98 - 107
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX | CSN Houston
Sat, Oct 5, 2013
Preseason
New Orleans Pelicans @ Houston Rockets
116 - 115
Toyota Center (Houston), Houston, TX

The Houston Rockets and New Orleans Pelicans have faced each other 63 times in the NBA. The all-time series record is 37-22. View the complete head-to-head matchup history between these two NBA teams.

Series records

Decided meetings only, 2013–2026. Every number is from the games listed above.

Longest Houston Rockets run
6 straight · Jan 25, 2016 – Feb 23, 2017
Longest New Orleans Pelicans run
5 straight · Feb 6, 2022 – Jan 4, 2023
Biggest Houston Rockets win
120-87 · Oct 12, 2023
Biggest New Orleans Pelicans win
130-101 · Feb 9, 2021
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