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Memphis Grizzlies vs. Houston Rockets

November 5, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Grizzlies 124-109 on 2025-11-05 on the road against the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies started Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Jaren Jackson Jr., Jock Landale, Ja Morant, and Jaylen Wells. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 14 points (5/13) in his matchups, with Jaylen Wells as his primary defender. Ja Morant (Grizzlies) scored 15 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Tari Eason as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies 109

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ja Morant GS 33:41 17 5 8 1 1 6 3 6-19 1-7 4-4 -15
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS 29:20 9 6 1 1 5 0 4 2-6 0-1 5-6 -20
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope GS 23:56 4 3 2 2 1 3 3 1-8 0-1 2-4 -19
Jock Landale GS 20:32 11 3 1 1 1 2 3 4-7 3-4 0-0 -9
Jaylen Wells GS 19:36 8 3 1 0 0 1 0 3-3 1-1 1-2 -8
Cedric Coward 28:42 7 9 4 2 0 1 0 2-10 0-5 3-4 -4
Santi Aldama 26:17 16 4 1 2 1 0 0 5-12 1-5 5-6 -7
Cam Spencer 19:29 19 2 2 0 0 0 1 5-10 5-9 4-4 -6
Charles Bassey 15:20 4 5 1 0 0 0 2 2-5 0-0 0-1 0
Vince Williams Jr. 15:11 10 4 3 1 0 2 3 3-5 2-4 2-2 +1
Javon Small 1:59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 +3
PJ Hall 1:59 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 2-2 +3
Olivier-Maxence Prosper 1:59 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
GG Jackson 1:59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +3
Totals 109 47 25 10 9 15 19 34-89 13-39 28-35

Did not play: John Konchar (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 124

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Amen Thompson GS 38:50 28 10 7 2 0 2 3 13-26 1-3 1-1 +22
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 35:31 16 4 2 0 0 3 5 6-8 2-3 2-2 +22
Alperen Sengun GS 34:44 20 16 7 1 1 6 1 6-14 0-2 8-10 +10
Kevin Durant GS 34:27 11 4 5 1 1 2 1 5-18 1-2 0-0 +20
Josh Okogie GS 23:32 13 3 3 2 0 0 3 5-9 3-5 0-0 +13
Tari Eason 31:43 16 5 1 1 1 0 3 5-13 4-8 2-2 +5
Reed Sheppard 16:49 12 1 1 2 0 0 1 5-7 2-4 0-1 -3
Clint Capela 16:01 6 10 2 0 0 0 2 2-2 0-0 2-2 -2
Jae'Sean Tate 2:26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 -3
Aaron Holiday 1:59 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Jeff Green 1:59 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -3
JD Davison 1:59 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -3
Totals 124 54 29 9 3 13 21 48-101 13-30 15-18

Lineups

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies

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.

Grizzlies defense

Defender Guarded most
Ja Morant Amen Thompson: 29 poss., 7 pts (2/6) · Tari Eason: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cedric Coward Kevin Durant: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaren Jackson Jr. Alperen Sengun: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Okogie: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Santi Aldama Tari Eason: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Okogie: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Jabari Smith Jr.: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jock Landale Alperen Sengun: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Amen Thompson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Spencer Tari Eason: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jaylen Wells Kevin Durant: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Charles Bassey Alperen Sengun: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Clint Capela: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Vince Williams Jr. Kevin Durant: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tari Eason: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
GG Jackson Reed Sheppard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · JD Davison: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
PJ Hall Jeff Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jae'Sean Tate: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Olivier-Maxence Prosper Aaron Holiday: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jae'Sean Tate: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Javon Small Jeff Green: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Amen Thompson Jaren Jackson Jr.: 30 poss., 6 pts (3/9) · Santi Aldama: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Alperen Sengun Jock Landale: 21 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Charles Bassey: 16 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Kevin Durant Jaylen Wells: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Vince Williams Jr.: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/6)
Jabari Smith Jr. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 29 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Cedric Coward: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tari Eason Ja Morant: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Cam Spencer: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Josh Okogie Ja Morant: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cedric Coward: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Reed Sheppard Cam Spencer: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Ja Morant: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Clint Capela Charles Bassey: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green PJ Hall: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Javon Small: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
JD Davison GG Jackson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Wells: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Javon Small: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Holiday Jaylen Wells: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)