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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Houston Rockets

October 28, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Rockets beat the Bucks 132-100 on 2026-10-28 on the road against the Bucks. The Bucks started Myles Turner, Kyle Kuzma, Tyler Herro, Ryan Rollins, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Fred VanVleet, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 5 points (2/9) in his matchups, with Kyle Kuzma as his primary defender. Tyler Herro (Bucks) scored 4 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks 100

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaime Jaquez Jr. GS 27:16 19 4 2 1 0 1 1 7-13 3-6 2-2 -14
Tyler Herro GS 27:00 23 3 0 1 0 2 0 9-13 4-6 1-1 -12
Myles Turner GS 22:29 4 2 2 1 2 2 4 2-7 0-5 0-0 -2
Kyle Kuzma GS 17:58 4 6 1 1 0 1 1 2-6 0-2 0-0 -3
Ryan Rollins GS 17:23 4 4 5 1 0 1 1 2-14 0-3 0-0 -8
AJ Green 24:00 9 1 2 0 0 1 1 3-5 3-5 0-0 -18
Nate Ament 19:46 8 4 0 1 1 2 4 2-8 1-4 3-4 -11
Kasparas Jakučionis 18:37 4 2 6 0 0 3 3 1-3 0-2 2-4 -18
Brayden Burries 17:17 10 6 1 1 0 2 1 3-6 0-2 4-5 -18
Kel'el Ware 16:31 6 8 0 0 0 1 0 2-9 0-3 2-2 -31
Ousmane Dieng 13:02 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 2-5 0-1 0-0 -8
Gary Trent Jr. 6:55 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-3 1-2 0-0 -11
Jericho Sims 6:30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Bogoljub Marković 5:16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -9
Totals 100 41 19 8 3 16 20 37-93 12-41 14-18

Did not play: Caris LeVert (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 132

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Amen Thompson GS 33:19 23 4 3 1 0 1 3 10-16 0-2 3-4 +13
Tari Eason GS 30:48 5 9 1 1 3 3 4 2-6 1-3 0-0 +12
Kevin Durant GS 30:42 18 5 4 0 3 3 1 5-9 2-3 6-7 +6
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 29:36 14 2 2 1 1 0 1 4-12 3-6 3-3 +23
Fred VanVleet GS 29:22 24 6 5 2 0 3 0 7-14 4-9 6-6 +19
Reed Sheppard 23:02 7 3 4 1 0 0 1 2-9 1-8 2-2 +13
Clint Capela 21:55 10 8 2 3 2 2 5 5-6 0-0 0-0 +23
Bogdan Bogdanović 15:21 16 2 4 2 0 1 0 5-6 4-5 2-2 +23
Oscar Tshiebwe 13:44 7 5 2 1 1 1 0 3-3 0-0 1-2 +10
Isaiah Crawford 4:39 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 +8
Jae'Sean Tate 4:28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +5
Bruce Thornton 3:04 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 1-1 0-0 +5
Totals 132 44 27 12 10 14 16 46-84 17-38 23-26

Did not play: Alperen Sengun (DND - Injury/Illness), Marcus Smart (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Bucks defense

Defender Guarded most
Tyler Herro Amen Thompson: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Fred VanVleet: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Tari Eason: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
AJ Green Amen Thompson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Fred VanVleet: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nate Ament Reed Sheppard: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Myles Turner Clint Capela: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kasparas Jakučionis Reed Sheppard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Fred VanVleet: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kel'el Ware Clint Capela: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/5) · Tari Eason: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brayden Burries Bogdan Bogdanović: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 6 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Ryan Rollins Fred VanVleet: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Amen Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kyle Kuzma Kevin Durant: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tari Eason: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ousmane Dieng Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tari Eason: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Trent Jr. Bogdan Bogdanović: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Thornton: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bogoljub Marković Jae'Sean Tate: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Crawford: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jericho Sims Oscar Tshiebwe: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Clint Capela: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Amen Thompson AJ Green: 16 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 16 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Kevin Durant Kyle Kuzma: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jabari Smith Jr. Tyler Herro: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Fred VanVleet Ryan Rollins: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Kasparas Jakučionis: 8 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Tari Eason Myles Turner: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard Brayden Burries: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kasparas Jakučionis: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Clint Capela Kel'el Ware: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Myles Turner: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Bogdan Bogdanović Brayden Burries: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kasparas Jakučionis: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Oscar Tshiebwe Jericho Sims: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Myles Turner: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Crawford Gary Trent Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ousmane Dieng: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate Bogoljub Marković: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kel'el Ware: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Thornton Gary Trent Jr.: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brayden Burries: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)