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Memphis Grizzlies vs. Houston Rockets

March 27, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Grizzlies 119-109 on 2026-03-27 on the road against the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies started Taylor Hendricks, GG Jackson, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Cedric Coward, and Javon Small. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 17 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Cedric Coward as his primary defender. GG Jackson (Grizzlies) scored 20 points (9/19) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
GG Jackson GS	30:12	14	4	0	0	1	3	1	5-14	2-7	2-2	0
Taylor Hendricks GS	29:54	5	7	1	2	0	2	1	2-11	0-5	1-2	-1
Olivier-Maxence Prosper GS	28:43	31	7	2	2	0	0	2	12-15	4-5	3-3	-4
Cedric Coward GS	25:20	10	4	2	1	0	0	1	4-7	1-2	1-1	+7
Javon Small GS	25:12	14	3	5	1	0	2	3	6-9	2-3	0-0	+1
Cam Spencer	28:52	11	3	10	3	1	1	0	4-7	3-4	0-0	-16
Tyler Burton	25:09	5	2	1	1	0	0	3	2-10	1-7	0-0	-14
Walter Clayton Jr.	22:48	7	2	1	0	1	1	2	1-8	0-2	5-6	-11
DeJon Jarreau	15:08	4	6	3	0	0	1	4	2-8	0-2	0-0	-13
Taj Gibson	8:42	8	1	3	1	0	1	3	2-2	0-0	4-4	+1
Totals		109	39	28	11	3	11	20	40-91	13-37	16-18

Did not play: Ty Jerome (DND - Injury/Illness), Jaylen Wells (DND - Injury/Illness)

HOU

Houston Rockets 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	39:30	18	8	3	2	1	2	2	7-15	1-2	3-3	+3
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	37:11	21	16	4	0	1	5	2	7-16	2-7	5-8	+8
Kevin Durant GS	34:37	25	6	10	1	0	3	0	8-14	3-7	6-7	+8
Alperen Sengun GS	32:51	14	8	7	1	2	1	4	6-13	0-0	2-4	-1
Reed Sheppard GS	28:02	15	5	5	4	1	1	1	6-15	3-7	0-0	+5
Tari Eason	29:02	16	7	1	1	0	0	3	6-14	1-6	3-4	+11
Clint Capela	14:48	2	5	0	0	2	1	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+9
Aaron Holiday	14:45	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	2-3	2-3	0-0	+4
Jae'Sean Tate	9:14	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+3
Totals		119	57	30	9	7	14	14	44-93	12-33	19-26

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dorian Finney-Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Josh Okogie (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Taylor Hendricks · GG Jackson · Olivier-Maxence Prosper · Cedric Coward · Javon Small Starter 8.2 min
Tyler Burton · Taylor Hendricks · GG Jackson · Cam Spencer · Javon Small 4.5 min
Taylor Hendricks · GG Jackson · Cam Spencer · Cedric Coward · Javon Small 4.2 min
Taj Gibson · GG Jackson · Cam Spencer · Cedric Coward · Javon Small 3.7 min
DeJon Jarreau · Tyler Burton · Taylor Hendricks · Olivier-Maxence Prosper · Walter Clayton Jr. 3.5 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard Starter 9.8 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 9.5 min
Aaron Holiday · Jae'Sean Tate · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 4.9 min
Clint Capela · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.2 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Aaron Holiday · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Grizzlies defense

Kevin Durant 17 pts (7/12) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Cedric Coward (19 %, 0 pts) · Taylor Hendricks (17 %, 2 pts) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper (16 %, 4 pts)
Alperen Sengun 31 pts (10/26) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Taylor Hendricks (19 %, 1 pts) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper (19 %, 17 pts) · Taj Gibson (17 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	Alperen Sengun: 12 poss., 17 pts (6/8) · Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Taylor Hendricks	Alperen Sengun: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Kevin Durant: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
GG Jackson	Amen Thompson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Cam Spencer	Amen Thompson: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Cedric Coward	Kevin Durant: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Javon Small	Reed Sheppard: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Burton	Tari Eason: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kevin Durant: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Walter Clayton Jr.	Aaron Holiday: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
DeJon Jarreau	Clint Capela: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Alperen Sengun: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Taj Gibson	Alperen Sengun: 10 poss., 6 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

GG Jackson 20 pts (9/19) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (53 %, 7 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (10 %, 3 pts) · Tari Eason (10 %, 0 pts)
DeJon Jarreau 6 pts (1/4) in 30 possessions

Guarded by: Kevin Durant (36 %, 6 pts) · Tari Eason (20 %, 0 pts) · Reed Sheppard (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	GG Jackson: 31 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Cam Spencer: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Cedric Coward: 18 poss., 10 pts (3/3) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kevin Durant	Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 16 poss., 10 pts (4/4) · Cedric Coward: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Alperen Sengun	Taylor Hendricks: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tari Eason	Walter Clayton Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cam Spencer: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Reed Sheppard	Javon Small: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Cam Spencer: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Clint Capela	Taylor Hendricks: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday	Walter Clayton Jr.: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Javon Small: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Cam Spencer: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · GG Jackson: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)