Houston Rockets vs New Orleans Pelicans Full Game Highlights Oct 14, 2025 Preseason Today
Ward pass right corner Shenon for three. No good. Weeks skkins in. Zion Williamson his first touch. Cut off at the nail. Get it to Jordan Pool. Deep left wing three. Rattles in. And the pool party is officially in New Orleans. Our first splash of the year. Pul averaged 20 points with Washington a year ago. Now Durant hounded. Got it long to Thompson. Scoop pass in the left corner to Jabari Smith and he knocks down a left corner three. So, the Rockets out to a 10-3 lead as they are four of five from the floor to start this ball game. Now, Trey Murphy got caught on the right baseline and threw it away. So, Pel’s got to hit the reset button here. 10:03 left first quarter. Rockets out 10-3. And the Rocket size is just so impressive. And Thompson 67 and he’s running the point. But this offense is going to go through Shenon most of the year. On Q floats it down low to Jabari Smith Jr. and lays it in over Jordan Pool. It is very easy right now for the Houston Rockets. Now Zion bullies his way in. Misses one off the rim. Tried to be slammed in on the follow by EI. He missed that and the long rebound comes out to Houston. Shenon taking on Z left of the lane. 15-footer rim glass no good and we get a rebound with Trey Murphy. 920 to go first quarter. Rockets out 12 to three. Bells are one of five from the floor. Murphy left block to Mei running right hand. Hook is good. Just above the restricted arc. I’d like to see that in the Arsenal this year. First two for Eve. Second year out of Baylor. Durant down low. Kevin Adams right block. Spins away from the name. Reverse dunk. He missed it but he got his own rebound. No look pass to Shangon behind the back foot to Durant for three. Brick off the glass. Long rebound Jordan Pool. Pool into the front court. Bells want to play fast. Get it to Murphy. Pop a left wing three. Good. So you’re playing with some pace here. And just like that. The lead has been cut to four. First of what we hope are many, many, many threes for Trey. 30 quarter. Durant gets it in the paint to Smith. misses the mid-range from the left elbow. Long rebound Zion. Twoon two break. Z hook pass right side. Trey for another three. In and out and the rebound Jabari Smith Jr. But that’s what you want to see. Trey gets an open look. You pop it. Now Thompson right elbow drives to the dotted line. Fouled by Williamson. Floats it up. Rim glass. No good. But it’ll be first free throw is good. Second free throw is down. No subs as of yet. Willie Green mentioned after practice yesterday. You see more minutes for the regulars tonight than we did in Australia as P got free left at the top. Pop a three off to the left. No good. And the rebound. Jabari Smith Jr.’s second board. Now Durant right hash float it right of the lane. Smith driving on P bullies him in. Mei didn’t get a piece of it. But as that goes off the glass, no good. But Jordan P just can’t hang sizewise with Jabari Smith. And immediately Sadique Bay, one of the newcomers for the Pelicans, is off the bench. He 21-point effort, a second game in Melbourne. Smith’s free throw is good. This was the worst free throw shooting team in the league a year ago in Houston as Bay is coming in for Zion. So, Williamson plays the first four minutes and 11 seconds. Grabbed a rebound. Second free throw. Good. The Rockets with a 16-8 lead as we are here early in Birmingham. P drives the lane. Little floater. Good right hand. Gordon P. He can score. Fill it up as Durant got free in the right corner. That three is no good. Fight for it. Steven Adams. Another offensive rebound. That is going to be a big time problem when you’re going up against the Rockets as Shenon gets his way in. Now Murphy tried to tie him up. He’s in the lane. Where’s the 3 seconds? My goodness. Instead, Murphy steals it from Shenon. Now Trey, head fake, drives, hangs, lays it in off the window with a right hand. Took it right at Kevin Durant. Did Trey and it’s 16 to 12. So Murphy now with five points. Adams top of the key. Get it out long and Durant picked up by P. Get a pick from Steven Adams. Mei on the switch. Durant the floater. No. Deflected out long to Shenoon. Another offensive board. Smith right block. Floats it up and in. Second chance points already piling up along with the offensive rebounds for the Houston Rockets who lead it 1812. Herb Jones top of the key now right elbow pop it drop it the lefty from Greensboro Alabama. Herb Jones boy it’s good to see him back on the court just 20 games played a year ago. You missed him. We got a deflection by P on an inbound pass, but Steven Adams picked up the trash and Amen. Thompson misses the reverse dunk. EPC forced the 2025 draft. Jeremiah Beers, he is in the ball game for New Orleans. Tari E, the former LSU Tiger along with Clint Capella who was also involved in that 17 trade that brought Durant over here. Both free throws good. 20 to 14 Houston. Herb Jones right corner drives right by Thompson goes up for the dump that got deflected by Clint Capella. Bad intentions for Herb, but he got stuffed at the rim. By the way, Capella is at 610 as Fears gets a deflection on an entry feed and a steal. He’s going to try to go coast to coast and Ahmed Thompson says, “Uh, no you won’t, Rook. I don’t care if it is your birthday.” As Thompson knocks it out of bounds as he had all ball on the attempted layup. So baseline right for Fears. He’ll float it out long to Trey Murphy. Murphy between circles picked up by Durant. Crosscourt over to Herd. Left at the top three in and out. It’s just not falling for Jones early on. He’s one for five from the floor. Rockets up by six. 525 left first quarter. Smith to Durant left wing now. Low post left. Jabari Smith picked up by Beers. Good matchup here for the rookie. pulls up baseline. Smith, no. Weak side rebound and a one-handed rebound for Herb Jones. Now Trey Murphy avoids Een. Get it to Fears right back to Trey who drove the lane and he missed the floater. Tremendous play but didn’t finish. Now running the floor. Een bully ball pushes Herb out of the way and lays it in. We’re getting the shots. They’re just not going here early on as we got a whistle and a foul on the Rockets in the front court. Another new addition for the Rockets. Josh Ai about to get out to Makovich. Now handing back off to Fears in the center circle. Here’s picked up by Isa. Here’s right hand yo-yo dribble. Floats it to Makovich. Makovich all alone. Doubles it back to Herb Jones. Shot clock at seven. A kogi on Herb Jones. Shot clock at four. Herb another three. That one’s in and out. He’s on target. It’s just not dropping. 425 to go first quarter. Pel’s down eight. Thompson spins out of trouble. Drives in. Floating the left corner. Deflected and stolen by Jones. Good job on the deflection by Trey Murphy. They turn it over for the third time. Just Houston. And now I’m in. Thompson will foul Herb Jones about 10 ft past the timeline right side. and Jordan Hawkins will check in for Trey Murphy New Orleans. So Hawk his first action here in Birmingham as Fears drives down the paint, floats it up and in with a right hand. Beautifully done by the rookie. 2216 under four minutes left first quarter. That is Fier’s first points. East and left wing wide open three. Back iron no good. Long rebound strong side goes to Herb Jones. Bells despite the cool shooting of hung in there. Fierce one-on-one now with E. Chest it over to Sadique Bay. Drives down the lane. Reverse layup is blocked by Capella. We’re going to have a foul on Clint and Sadique Bay will go to the line. mentioning Hawkins came in. Hawk Bay now in his fifth year out of Villanovavva, knocks the first free throw down. Zon Williamson in for Herb Jones again. Bay two years ago late in the season tore his ACL as a member of the Atlanta Hawks. It was on a Sunday afternoon. I remember it well. remember it well because it was against the New Orleans Pelicans. That was the last action that Bay had on an NBA court. He was with the Wizards a year ago, but did not play as he was still recovering from that injury. Bay is a career 14 point per game score. Got them both 2218 Rockets. 325 left first quarter here in a very energetic crowd in Birmingham. Thompson drives in that shot might have been deflected. We’re going to go back the other way and Fears got ahead of himself. Did not get a layup up, but Bay trailing the play. Gets it to Hawkins who loses it and we turn it over down the lane of Kogi. Floated up to East and lays it in. That’s what we have avoided actually here in the first quarter. Those giveaway turnovers that have led to easy buckets. Boy, Zion, how do you leave that guy free? Jeremiah Fears was in the back court and said, “Wait a second. I must be hallucinating. So, Zion makes the catch and the polite layin. 24-20. You’ll never have an easier bucket the entire year. Durant got deflected, but they get the offensive rebound. Ai in the paint. Kick it to Thompson. Thompson right wing. Shot clock at five. Leave him alone. He’ll take a three. Front iron no good. Rebound Sadique Bay. 24-20 Houston 225 left. Third quarter. Hawkins just got stuck on a corner three by Kevin Durant. Durant running the break. Euros in. Dish it off to East. An extra pass of Kogi. He will fake a pass. Pop a three. No good. Rebound. Tip. Tip taken by Makovich. Outlet to Hawkins. Hawkins floated up to nobody. Bad pass. Sadique Bay can’t hang or can’t handle the high pass. And then another unforced error. Fourth turnover for the Pelicans. Alpron Shangun and Clint Capella in for the Rockets. Sadique Bayounding E. They’re going to call Bay on a hand check. Shawn Wright made that call. So that is the first foul in the last two minutes here. The first quarter for New Orleans Bay. Jeremiah Fears, Carlo Makovich, Zan Williamson, and Jordan Hawkins on the floor for New Orleans. Rockets moving left to right. Een looks right by Hoff and slams it in and Een ended up on his rump and uh let’s just say that Willie Green was not very happy with the defense. Nine left here in the first and it is good position there by Carlo Makovich. That’s the first in the last two minutes for the Rockets. First on Capella. 94 left of Eay Adobe. Bounce it in to Fears. Fears gets a pick from Makovich. Fears left free throw line extended. Back out long to Carlo. Carlos sees an open. He gets in the middle of the lane. Floed to Bay in the corner. Post left block down. Zion. Spins right. Spins left and lays it in with a left hand. Much more of that, sir. Zion played 30 games a year ago and averages 28.6 6 minutes per game and averaged 25 points a game. 24 and a half basically. Shenun left foot on the arc now top of the key drives on Makovich. Spins right. Pops one up in and out. No good. Long rebound run down by Z. Z front court right. Z had a steam down the lane through three defenders and another scooping lefty layup. Four straight points for Williamson and it’s 26-24. Reed Shepard out of Kentucky, his second year. It’s a pick from Capella and now a deflection by Z and a steal. Williamson threeon two. Dish it to Bay. Drives, dumps. Williamson doing it all here in the last two minutes of the first quarter offensively and defensively. Think about it. four straight points, then a steal and an assist. They try to inbound. Lazy pass to East and Sadique Bay would have none of that and he knocked it away in the back court. So, a sluggish ending to the first quarter for the Rockets of the Pelicans have tied it up at 26 apiece. 25 seconds left in the quarter. Shot clock, game clock 8 seconds apart. Shepard got a pick from Capella. Stops on the elbow. Tried to float her and hit the rim. Picked up by Makovic down the lane. Hawkins moved on. Great job by Makovic to run the floor and Hawkins a beautiful 3540 foot chest pass. Pells have their first lead. 28-26. 4 seconds left in the quarter. East starts, stops, drives, deflected, stolen. What an ending.
Houston Rockets vs New Orleans Pelicans Full Game Highlights Oct 13, 2025 Preseason Today
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