New Orleans Pelicans face Houston Rockets in the NBA on Thursday 28 January 2027 at Toyota Center (Houston), Houston. Start time is 8:30pm EST / 1:30am GMT.
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BASKETBALL · MATCH
New Orleans Pelicans at Houston Rockets
Date
27 January 2027Wednesday
Venue
Houston, United States
Status
Scheduled
Format
Match · Basketball
Schedule contextNBA · rest, travel and time zones from the published schedule
New Orleans Pelicans Away
- Rest
- 1 day
- Last game
- Mon v Cavaliers
- Travel
- 510 km (317 mi)
- Schedule
- 3 in last 7 days
- Body clock
- Tip 7:30pm
Plays tomorrow
Houston Rockets Home
- Rest
- 0 days
- Last game
- Tue at Spurs
- Travel
- 300 km (186 mi)
- Schedule
- 3rd game in 4 nights · 4 in last 7 days
- Body clock
- Tip 7:30pm
Back-to-back3 in 4 nights
IndoorDivisional
The Pelicans have had 1 day off since Monday's game against the Cavaliers, with 510 km (317 miles) of travel.
The Rockets play the second night of a back-to-back after Tuesday's game in San Antonio, their third game in four nights, with 300 km (186 miles) of travel.
Divisional game indoors.
NBA teams on the second night of a back-to-back have won 44% of regular-season games since 2015 (4,450 team-games).
From the published schedule, computed 6 Sep 2026. No odds or predictions. All NBA games this week
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