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Boston Celtics vs. Houston Rockets

November 1, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Celtics 128-101 on 2025-11-01 on the road against the Celtics. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Josh Minott. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 5 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Derrick White as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 12 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Kevin Durant as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 101

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Payton Pritchard GS 26:19 14 1 4 1 0 1 1 5-10 1-4 3-3 -19
Jaylen Brown GS 21:43 12 2 5 1 0 5 3 6-14 0-2 0-0 -20
Josh Minott GS 19:19 10 6 3 2 0 1 0 3-11 2-6 2-2 -20
Derrick White GS 19:09 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 2-11 1-5 0-0 -20
Neemias Queta GS 15:26 9 4 1 0 0 0 1 4-6 0-1 1-1 -7
Baylor Scheierman 22:32 17 5 1 2 0 0 1 6-7 4-5 1-1 -2
Jordan Walsh 18:42 10 4 1 0 0 0 3 4-10 2-5 0-0 -7
Hugo González 16:57 7 1 1 0 0 2 3 3-8 1-3 0-0 -7
Sam Hauser 16:53 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 2-4 2-3 0-0 -10
Anfernee Simons 16:50 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1-6 1-3 0-0 -10
Luka Garza 15:29 0 4 0 0 1 0 4 0-3 0-1 0-0 -12
Chris Boucher 12:45 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 2-6 0-2 0-0 -7
Ron Harper Jr. 9:49 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 1-5 0-4 0-0 +1
Amari Williams 6:12 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 +9
Xavier Tillman 1:54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 101 36 24 9 2 10 25 40-103 14-44 7-7

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 128

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Amen Thompson GS 32:10 17 9 8 0 0 3 0 6-12 1-1 4-6 +27
Alperen Sengun GS 30:36 16 10 9 1 2 4 3 5-13 1-3 5-7 +24
Kevin Durant GS 29:33 26 4 1 2 1 2 2 8-11 2-3 8-9 +21
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 26:21 12 6 0 1 4 1 0 5-10 1-3 1-1 +19
Josh Okogie GS 21:02 12 0 2 1 0 0 1 3-5 3-5 3-4 +7
Tari Eason 20:03 12 6 0 0 1 3 2 4-7 4-6 0-0 +15
Clint Capela 18:04 4 10 1 1 1 1 2 1-3 0-0 2-4 +8
Reed Sheppard 16:46 12 0 3 0 0 0 2 4-6 4-5 0-0 +19
Steven Adams 14:27 4 5 3 0 0 1 1 2-3 0-0 0-0 +13
Jae'Sean Tate 8:25 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 -6
Aaron Holiday 7:31 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0-1 0-0 2-2 -4
Jeff Green 7:31 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2-2 2-2 0-0 -4
JD Davison 7:31 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 2-2 1-1 0-2 -4
Totals 128 53 30 6 11 18 14 42-77 19-29 25-35

Lineups

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

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.

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Payton Pritchard Josh Okogie: 25 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Amen Thompson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Brown Amen Thompson: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Derrick White Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Baylor Scheierman Alperen Sengun: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Reed Sheppard: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jordan Walsh Jeff Green: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Alperen Sengun: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Reed Sheppard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza Steven Adams: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta Jabari Smith Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Clint Capela: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Anfernee Simons Tari Eason: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Minott Alperen Sengun: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Kevin Durant: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González JD Davison: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Aaron Holiday: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Chris Boucher Kevin Durant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ron Harper Jr. JD Davison: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Clint Capela: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amari Williams Clint Capela: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Holiday: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Xavier Tillman Steven Adams: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Amen Thompson Payton Pritchard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Minott: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kevin Durant Jaylen Brown: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Derrick White: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alperen Sengun Neemias Queta: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Chris Boucher: 8 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Jabari Smith Jr. Sam Hauser: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Payton Pritchard: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie Payton Pritchard: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason Anfernee Simons: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Sam Hauser: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Clint Capela Amari Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Baylor Scheierman: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Steven Adams Luka Garza: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaylen Brown: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard Baylor Scheierman: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sam Hauser: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate Baylor Scheierman: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jordan Walsh: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
JD Davison Hugo González: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amari Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday Ron Harper Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green Ron Harper Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Walsh: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)