Scouting report: At New Orleans

When/where: 7 p.m. today; Smoothie King Center, New Orleans. TV/radio: ATTSW, ESPN; 790 AM, 850 AM (Spanish). Rockets (34-12) update: The Rockets have won seven of eight games, including four straight. … They have won nine of 11 games against the Pelicans, including a 130-123 victory Dec. 11. They have lost four of their past seven games in New Orleans. … Forward Ryan Anderson is averaging 12.5 points on 39.9 percent 3-point shooting on the road. … Center Clint Capela played one second more than James Harden in Wednesday’s 104-97 victory at Dallas, leading the Rockets in playing time for the first time in his career (with 32 minutes, 33 seconds). He has scored in double figures in a career-high 11 consecutive games. … Chris Paul is one of three players (along with LeBron James and Russell Westbrook) averaging at least 18 points, eight assists and five rebounds this season. Pelicans (26-21) update: The Pelicans have won six of seven games, including three straight. … Jrue Holliday had a season-high 37 points in the first meeting with the Rockets. E’Twaun Moore added a career-high 36. … Anthony Davis is fourth in the NBA in scoring, ninth in rebounding and third in blocked shots. … DeMarcus Cousins is sixth in scoring, third in rebounding. He has averaged 26.7 points and 11 rebounds in three games as a Pelican against the Rockets. With 44 points, 24 rebounds, 10 assists and four steals in Monday’s double-overtime win over Chicago, Cousins became the first player since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with 40 points, 20 rebound and 10 assists in a game in 1972, and the fifth ever. … Center Alexis Ajinca (right knee), forwards Tony Allen (left fibula fracture) and Solomon Hill (left hamstring tear) and guard Frank Jackson (right foot fracture) are out. Statistically speaking: 162. 3-pointers for James Harden this season to lead the NBA despite missing seven games with a strained hamstring. His 39.6 percent 3-point shooting is the best of his career.