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Charlotte Hornets vs. Houston Rockets

February 19, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Hornets 105-101 on 2026-02-19 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Grant Williams, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Ryan Kalkbrenner, and Kon Knueppel. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 22 points (7/13) in his matchups, with Grant Williams as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 7 points (2/4) in his matchups, with Tari Eason as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 101

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller GS	33:45	17	4	7	1	0	3	1	5-22	1-12	6-7	+2
LaMelo Ball GS	31:17	11	7	7	1	0	1	1	5-14	1-6	0-0	+11
Kon Knueppel GS	30:42	15	5	4	1	0	5	1	5-11	3-6	2-2	+9
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	29:56	12	4	4	0	1	2	1	5-6	0-0	2-3	-4
Grant Williams GS	29:17	20	9	1	0	0	2	2	7-10	4-5	2-2	+5
Tidjane Salaün	19:44	9	4	0	2	0	1	2	3-5	2-3	1-2	-9
Sion James	18:53	8	4	1	0	0	0	3	3-7	2-5	0-0	-8
Tre Mann	18:09	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	2-6	1-4	0-0	-6
PJ Hall	14:16	2	4	1	0	1	1	1	0-1	0-0	2-2	-7
Josh Green	13:52	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-13
Xavier Tillman	0:10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		101	46	25	7	2	16	12	36-84	14-42	15-18

Did not play: Miles Bridges (DND_LEAGUE_SUSPENSION), Pat Connaughton (DNP - Coach's Decision), Moussa Diabaté (DND_LEAGUE_SUSPENSION), Antonio Reeves (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU

Houston Rockets 105

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	36:40	9	7	2	4	1	3	4	3-8	0-3	3-3	+5
Kevin Durant GS	35:56	35	8	4	1	3	1	3	14-20	2-4	5-5	-4
Tari Eason GS	33:27	5	3	0	3	0	1	1	2-9	1-6	0-0	-6
Alperen Sengun GS	31:34	13	2	7	3	1	2	2	6-16	0-3	1-2	+4
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	31:07	15	7	1	1	1	0	1	6-8	2-3	1-1	-5
Reed Sheppard	23:40	13	4	3	1	2	2	1	5-12	1-5	2-2	+11
Dorian Finney-Smith	23:08	8	4	1	1	0	2	1	3-7	2-6	0-0	+6
Jae'Sean Tate	15:17	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	3-4	1-2	0-0	+7
Clint Capela	9:12	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		105	39	19	15	8	11	15	42-85	9-32	12-13

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Aaron Holiday (DNP - Coach's Decision), Josh Okogie (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel Starter 11.2 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Tre Mann · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 6.2 min
Josh Green · Brandon Miller · PJ Hall · Tidjane Salaün · Sion James 4.4 min
Josh Green · Tre Mann · Brandon Miller · PJ Hall · Tidjane Salaün 3.5 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.0 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 15.1 min
Dorian Finney-Smith · Jae'Sean Tate · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 7.5 min
Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 7.2 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Dorian Finney-Smith · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.4 min
Kevin Durant · Jae'Sean Tate · Alperen Sengun · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Kevin Durant 22 pts (7/13) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Grant Williams (25 %, 5 pts) · Brandon Miller (22 %, 7 pts) · Sion James (12 %, 3 pts)
Alperen Sengun 15 pts (7/10) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Ryan Kalkbrenner (57 %, 4 pts) · Grant Williams (9 %, 3 pts) · LaMelo Ball (8 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Tari Eason: 17 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Kevin Durant: 16 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Alperen Sengun: 36 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Kevin Durant: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
LaMelo Ball	Amen Thompson: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tari Eason: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kon Knueppel	Jabari Smith Jr.: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Grant Williams	Kevin Durant: 18 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Jae'Sean Tate: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tidjane Salaün	Jabari Smith Jr.: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tari Eason: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Reed Sheppard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sion James	Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
PJ Hall	Clint Capela: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Xavier Tillman

Rockets defense

LaMelo Ball 7 pts (2/4) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Tari Eason (43 %, 0 pts) · Jae'Sean Tate (16 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (15 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 17 pts (8/9) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Kevin Durant (38 %, 9 pts) · Tari Eason (14 %, 2 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (12 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Brandon Miller: 25 poss., 9 pts (4/4) · Sion James: 18 poss., 11 pts (4/6)
Amen Thompson	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Tidjane Salaün: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Alperen Sengun	Grant Williams: 31 poss., 2 pts (1/8) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 21 poss., 10 pts (5/6)
Tari Eason	LaMelo Ball: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandon Miller: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Kon Knueppel: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Tidjane Salaün: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard	Kon Knueppel: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/7) · Josh Green: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Tre Mann: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	LaMelo Ball: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Clint Capela	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · PJ Hall: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)