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Sacramento Kings vs. Houston Rockets

December 21, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Kings beat the Rockets 125-124 on 2025-12-21 at home. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Keegan Murray, and Maxime Raynaud. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 10 points (4/10) in his matchups, with DeMar DeRozan as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 7 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAC

Sacramento Kings 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keegan Murray GS	46:57	26	4	0	1	0	1	1	9-14	3-4	5-5	+6
DeMar DeRozan GS	40:08	27	4	9	2	1	1	3	9-17	1-2	8-9	+8
Maxime Raynaud GS	37:06	12	14	0	1	0	2	6	6-12	0-1	0-0	+3
Russell Westbrook GS	29:20	21	13	4	2	0	4	3	8-24	5-12	0-2	+1
Precious Achiuwa GS	18:14	5	1	2	1	0	1	1	1-2	0-0	3-8	-3
Dennis Schröder	31:52	24	7	10	0	0	1	0	7-13	3-8	7-8	+4
Nique Clifford	26:54	6	6	4	1	1	1	2	2-8	0-4	2-2	+4
Dylan Cardwell	20:36	2	4	0	0	2	0	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Keon Ellis	9:02	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0-3	0-1	0-0	-12
Malik Monk	4:50	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-2	-3
Totals		125	55	29	8	5	11	21	44-95	12-32	25-36

Did not play: Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU

Houston Rockets 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant GS	47:30	24	10	8	0	0	2	3	8-21	3-9	5-6	+2
Amen Thompson GS	45:09	18	9	8	3	0	2	2	7-10	1-1	3-4	0
Alperen Sengun GS	40:55	28	6	3	2	2	4	4	12-17	0-1	4-6	+3
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	36:26	18	5	2	2	0	0	3	6-16	4-11	2-3	-20
Josh Okogie GS	33:42	3	6	2	1	0	2	2	1-5	1-4	0-0	-3
Reed Sheppard	33:49	15	2	4	0	0	3	5	4-13	4-9	3-3	+17
Tari Eason	15:32	16	3	3	1	0	0	0	6-8	3-3	1-2	-3
Clint Capela	11:56	2	6	1	0	0	1	1	1-4	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		124	47	31	9	2	14	20	45-94	16-38	18-24

Did not play: Steven Adams (DNP - Coach's Decision), JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Aaron Holiday (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Precious Achiuwa · Keegan Murray · Maxime Raynaud Starter 10.3 min
DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Keegan Murray · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 8.7 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Keegan Murray · Maxime Raynaud · Dylan Cardwell 4.3 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Keegan Murray · Maxime Raynaud 4.1 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Keegan Murray · Dylan Cardwell 4.0 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 14.8 min
Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 7.4 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 6.1 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 5.9 min
Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 5.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Kings defense

Kevin Durant 10 pts (4/10) in 92 possessions

Guarded by: DeMar DeRozan (25 %, 6 pts) · Keegan Murray (22 %, 3 pts) · Precious Achiuwa (16 %, 1 pts)
Alperen Sengun 15 pts (5/18) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Maxime Raynaud (37 %, 0 pts) · Dylan Cardwell (20 %, 0 pts) · Russell Westbrook (9 %, 8 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Keegan Murray	Josh Okogie: 25 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Kevin Durant: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
DeMar DeRozan	Kevin Durant: 23 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 18 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Maxime Raynaud	Alperen Sengun: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Clint Capela: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Dennis Schröder	Amen Thompson: 20 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Reed Sheppard: 11 poss., 7 pts (1/4)
Russell Westbrook	Amen Thompson: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Josh Okogie: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nique Clifford	Reed Sheppard: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Kevin Durant: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Precious Achiuwa	Kevin Durant: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dylan Cardwell	Alperen Sengun: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Clint Capela: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keon Ellis	Reed Sheppard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Amen Thompson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Malik Monk	Tari Eason: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Rockets defense

Russell Westbrook 7 pts (2/5) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (30 %, 5 pts) · Josh Okogie (29 %, 0 pts) · Kevin Durant (14 %, 0 pts)
DeMar DeRozan 25 pts (9/15) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (43 %, 5 pts) · Josh Okogie (19 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Keegan Murray: 35 poss., 5 pts (1/5) · Precious Achiuwa: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Amen Thompson	Keegan Murray: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Russell Westbrook: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Alperen Sengun	Maxime Raynaud: 31 poss., 13 pts (5/6) · Dylan Cardwell: 12 poss., 8 pts (4/6)
Jabari Smith Jr.	DeMar DeRozan: 32 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Dennis Schröder: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Reed Sheppard	Dennis Schröder: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Nique Clifford: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Josh Okogie	Russell Westbrook: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DeMar DeRozan: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason	Keegan Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nique Clifford: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Clint Capela	Maxime Raynaud: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dylan Cardwell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/3)