The Rockets finished off a brutal stretch of 10 road games in their first 13 contests of the 2022-23 NBA season with Saturday’s 119-106 loss at New Orleans (box score). The Pelicans improved to 7-6 with the win, while Houston fell to a league-worst 2-11 on the year.
Jalen Green led the Rockets with 33 points and 6 assists on 11-of-20 shooting (55.0%) and 5-of-10 from 3-point range (50.0%), and it helped Houston turn an 18-point deficit in the third quarter into an 8-point advantage early in the fourth. But after that 26-point swing, the Pelicans had a 19-point turnaround of their own to finish the game.
