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Utah Jazz vs. Houston Rockets

December 1, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Jazz beat the Rockets 133-125 on 2025-12-01 at home. The Jazz started Jusuf Nurkić, Lauri Markkanen, Svi Mykhailiuk, Keyonte George, and Ace Bailey. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 16 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Ace Bailey as his primary defender. Keyonte George (Jazz) scored 26 points (8/15) in his matchups, with Reed Sheppard as his primary defender.

Box score

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

UTA

Utah Jazz 133

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lauri Markkanen GS	37:18	29	8	0	1	0	0	1	9-17	2-3	9-11	+5
Keyonte George GS	37:04	28	4	8	1	0	6	5	8-14	2-6	10-12	+3
Ace Bailey GS	28:22	13	3	3	2	3	1	4	5-11	3-8	0-0	+7
Svi Mykhailiuk GS	26:09	10	6	5	0	0	0	3	3-6	2-4	2-2	+6
Jusuf Nurkić GS	24:13	18	9	2	0	0	1	6	8-15	0-1	2-6	-1
Kyle Filipowski	29:06	12	7	3	0	1	3	5	4-8	2-5	2-2	+7
Walter Clayton Jr.	20:47	8	5	6	1	0	1	4	3-8	1-3	1-1	+10
Kevin Love	15:27	11	5	1	1	0	0	2	4-7	1-4	2-2	+4
Isaiah Collier	11:41	3	0	4	1	0	1	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	-2
Brice Sensabaugh	9:53	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	1-2	+1
Totals		133	50	33	8	4	13	31	45-90	14-35	29-38

Did not play: Kyle Anderson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Taylor Hendricks (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cody Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU

Houston Rockets 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant GS	40:20	32	9	5	0	0	5	3	10-25	2-7	10-12	-8
Alperen Sengun GS	38:09	31	8	14	2	5	3	4	12-19	1-3	6-8	+3
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	37:24	12	7	1	1	1	3	5	3-9	1-6	5-6	-10
Amen Thompson GS	37:13	23	8	3	0	2	2	4	8-16	0-3	7-9	-8
Reed Sheppard GS	23:24	9	2	2	1	0	0	3	3-8	3-7	0-0	+2
Aaron Holiday	32:35	10	2	2	0	0	0	3	3-10	3-7	1-2	+1
Jae'Sean Tate	12:55	6	6	0	2	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	2-2	+5
Clint Capela	9:02	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-0	2-2	-10
Josh Okogie	8:58	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-15
Totals		125	46	27	6	8	13	26	41-93	10-34	33-41

Did not play: Steven Adams (DND - Rest), JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

UTA

Utah Jazz

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Svi Mykhailiuk · Keyonte George · Ace Bailey Starter 11.0 min
Lauri Markkanen · Keyonte George · Kyle Filipowski · Walter Clayton Jr. · Ace Bailey 5.7 min
Kevin Love · Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh · Isaiah Collier · Kyle Filipowski 5.3 min
Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Svi Mykhailiuk · Walter Clayton Jr. · Ace Bailey 3.4 min
Kevin Love · Lauri Markkanen · Svi Mykhailiuk · Walter Clayton Jr. · Ace Bailey 3.2 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard Starter 15.4 min
Kevin Durant · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 7.7 min
Kevin Durant · Aaron Holiday · Jae'Sean Tate · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. 4.0 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Aaron Holiday · Jae'Sean Tate · Jabari Smith Jr. 2.6 min
Kevin Durant · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Reed Sheppard 2.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Jazz defense

Kevin Durant 16 pts (5/11) in 84 possessions

Guarded by: Ace Bailey (27 %, 6 pts) · Svi Mykhailiuk (19 %, 0 pts) · Kyle Filipowski (17 %, 2 pts)
Alperen Sengun 26 pts (10/25) in 83 possessions

Guarded by: Jusuf Nurkić (33 %, 9 pts) · Kyle Filipowski (23 %, 0 pts) · Lauri Markkanen (12 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Lauri Markkanen	Jabari Smith Jr.: 24 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Amen Thompson: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Keyonte George	Amen Thompson: 24 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Aaron Holiday: 18 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Ace Bailey	Kevin Durant: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kyle Filipowski	Alperen Sengun: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Svi Mykhailiuk	Kevin Durant: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jusuf Nurkić	Alperen Sengun: 27 poss., 9 pts (4/8) · Amen Thompson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Walter Clayton Jr.	Amen Thompson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Holiday: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kevin Love	Alperen Sengun: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Clint Capela: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Collier	Aaron Holiday: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brice Sensabaugh	Kevin Durant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Holiday: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Keyonte George 26 pts (8/15) in 87 possessions

Guarded by: Reed Sheppard (32 %, 6 pts) · Aaron Holiday (29 %, 10 pts) · Amen Thompson (12 %, 0 pts)
Lauri Markkanen 16 pts (7/12) in 82 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (32 %, 4 pts) · Kevin Durant (20 %, 2 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (18 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Svi Mykhailiuk: 25 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Kyle Filipowski: 23 poss., 7 pts (2/5)
Alperen Sengun	Jusuf Nurkić: 33 poss., 12 pts (4/9) · Kyle Filipowski: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Amen Thompson	Lauri Markkanen: 26 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Ace Bailey: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Ace Bailey: 25 poss., 3 pts (0/2) · Lauri Markkanen: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Aaron Holiday	Keyonte George: 25 poss., 10 pts (3/7) · Isaiah Collier: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard	Keyonte George: 28 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Ace Bailey: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jae'Sean Tate	Kyle Filipowski: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Walter Clayton Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Kevin Love: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Jusuf Nurkić: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie	Walter Clayton Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Lauri Markkanen: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)