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Sacramento Kings vs. Houston Rockets

January 11, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Kings beat the Rockets 111-98 on 2026-01-11 at home. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Precious Achiuwa, and Maxime Raynaud. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Aaron Holiday, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 16 points (5/6) in his matchups, with DeMar DeRozan as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 9 points (4/5) 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 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Precious Achiuwa GS	38:52	10	7	3	3	0	1	3	4-7	0-3	2-2	+8
DeMar DeRozan GS	36:57	22	2	6	0	0	0	1	8-13	0-0	6-6	+13
Russell Westbrook GS	33:49	15	6	10	1	0	3	1	6-12	3-6	0-0	+7
Zach LaVine GS	27:49	18	2	1	0	0	3	3	5-11	3-6	5-6	-1
Maxime Raynaud GS	20:13	12	9	1	0	0	1	4	6-10	0-0	0-0	+8
Malik Monk	26:07	15	4	3	0	1	0	2	6-12	2-4	1-1	+22
Nique Clifford	21:59	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	4-9	0-3	0-1	+6
Dylan Cardwell	18:49	9	11	1	0	0	1	5	4-11	0-0	1-4	+3
Drew Eubanks	8:48	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-6	0-1	0-0	+2
Keon Ellis	6:37	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		111	45	25	4	1	9	22	44-91	8-23	15-20

Did not play: Devin Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dennis Schröder (DNP - League Suspension)

HOU

Houston Rockets 98

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	41:13	31	13	6	0	0	5	2	11-17	0-1	9-12	-13
Kevin Durant GS	38:10	23	4	6	0	0	1	3	9-18	4-9	1-1	-9
Alperen Sengun GS	35:26	19	9	4	2	1	1	2	8-20	1-5	2-6	-11
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	33:14	9	7	0	1	1	2	1	4-13	0-3	1-3	-10
Aaron Holiday GS	28:19	3	1	4	1	0	0	2	1-7	1-7	0-0	-19
Steven Adams	23:46	3	6	1	0	1	2	2	0-0	0-0	3-4	0
Dorian Finney-Smith	15:58	4	3	0	0	1	0	2	1-3	0-2	2-2	+2
Reed Sheppard	14:31	6	0	2	0	1	0	2	2-4	1-2	1-1	-4
Josh Okogie	9:23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-1
Totals		98	44	23	4	5	11	16	36-84	7-30	19-29

Did not play: Clint Capela (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (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 · Zach LaVine · Precious Achiuwa · Maxime Raynaud Starter 10.5 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Zach LaVine · Precious Achiuwa · Dylan Cardwell 8.6 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Malik Monk · Precious Achiuwa · Maxime Raynaud 4.8 min
Russell Westbrook · Zach LaVine · Malik Monk · Nique Clifford · Dylan Cardwell 4.8 min
DeMar DeRozan · Malik Monk · Precious Achiuwa · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 4.3 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 22.1 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Dorian Finney-Smith · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 5.5 min
Steven Adams · Dorian Finney-Smith · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.6 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Dorian Finney-Smith · Josh Okogie · Reed Sheppard 3.0 min
Steven Adams · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 2.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Kings defense

Kevin Durant 16 pts (5/6) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: DeMar DeRozan (32 %, 6 pts) · Precious Achiuwa (20 %, 4 pts) · Zach LaVine (13 %, 0 pts)
Alperen Sengun 21 pts (9/17) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Maxime Raynaud (33 %, 8 pts) · Precious Achiuwa (21 %, 2 pts) · Dylan Cardwell (15 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
DeMar DeRozan	Kevin Durant: 22 poss., 6 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 8 pts (4/6)
Precious Achiuwa	Jabari Smith Jr.: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Russell Westbrook	Amen Thompson: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Zach LaVine	Aaron Holiday: 23 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Malik Monk	Amen Thompson: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Aaron Holiday: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Maxime Raynaud	Alperen Sengun: 22 poss., 8 pts (4/8) · Steven Adams: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nique Clifford	Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Aaron Holiday: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dylan Cardwell	Steven Adams: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Alperen Sengun: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Drew Eubanks	Steven Adams: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Josh Okogie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keon Ellis	Reed Sheppard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Russell Westbrook 9 pts (4/5) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (40 %, 6 pts) · Kevin Durant (24 %, 0 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (12 %, 0 pts)
Zach LaVine 10 pts (3/9) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Holiday (34 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (19 %, 6 pts) · Dorian Finney-Smith (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	Russell Westbrook: 26 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Zach LaVine: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Kevin Durant	Precious Achiuwa: 30 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Russell Westbrook: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alperen Sengun	Maxime Raynaud: 24 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Precious Achiuwa: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/6)
Jabari Smith Jr.	DeMar DeRozan: 31 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Precious Achiuwa: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Aaron Holiday	Zach LaVine: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Malik Monk: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Steven Adams	Dylan Cardwell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Drew Eubanks: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dorian Finney-Smith	DeMar DeRozan: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Malik Monk: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard	Nique Clifford: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Keon Ellis: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Josh Okogie	Zach LaVine: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Russell Westbrook: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)