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New York Knicks vs. Houston Rockets

February 21, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Rockets 108-106 on 2026-02-21 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 14 points (6/9) in his matchups, with OG Anunoby as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 19 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Tari Eason as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK

New York Knicks 108

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG Anunoby GS	40:18	20	2	1	4	1	2	8-16	2-7	2-2	+6
Jalen Brunson GS	35:36	20	3	6	0	3	4	6-12	0-1	8-9	-10
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	34:05	25	7	1	1	2	4	10-15	3-3	2-2	+23
Mikal Bridges GS	31:27	11	6	5	0	0	1	5-11	1-2	0-0	+3
Josh Hart GS	27:04	2	6	6	1	4	1	1-7	0-3	0-0	-14
Landry Shamet	25:58	14	0	2	0	0	1	5-7	2-4	2-3	+8
Jose Alvarado	19:51	8	1	4	5	0	1	3-9	2-5	0-0	+19
Mitchell Robinson	17:30	6	4	0	0	1	3	3-5	0-0	0-0	-21
Jeremy Sochan	4:09	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Mohamed Diawara	4:01	2	0	1	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		108	29	26	11	11	19	42-85	10-26	14-16

Did not play: Jordan Clarkson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyler Kolek (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevin McCullar Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU

Houston Rockets 106

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	41:18	12	10	7	3	1	3	1	5-9	0-2	2-4	+5
Kevin Durant GS	38:20	30	6	3	0	0	4	3	10-26	4-10	6-7	+15
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	35:36	21	4	1	1	1	1	1	8-13	4-8	1-2	-9
Tari Eason GS	34:43	11	12	4	0	0	2	3	4-8	1-4	2-2	-7
Alperen Sengun GS	31:25	16	6	6	0	3	6	2	6-12	1-1	3-4	-6
Reed Sheppard	21:28	10	2	3	0	0	1	4	3-5	2-4	2-2	0
Dorian Finney-Smith	21:07	2	3	0	0	0	2	6	1-4	0-2	0-0	-13
Clint Capela	11:20	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	2-2	+12
Jae'Sean Tate	4:45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Totals		106	44	24	5	6	19	20	38-80	12-31	18-23

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

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 15.4 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Landry Shamet · Jose Alvarado 5.6 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet · Jose Alvarado 5.0 min
OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet 4.9 min
Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet · Jeremy Sochan · Mohamed Diawara 4.0 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 21.7 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Dorian Finney-Smith · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 7.9 min
Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 3.8 min
Dorian Finney-Smith · Jae'Sean Tate · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.1 min
Dorian Finney-Smith · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 3.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

Kevin Durant 14 pts (6/9) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (52 %, 2 pts) · Landry Shamet (12 %, 3 pts) · Mikal Bridges (6 %, 3 pts)
Alperen Sengun 28 pts (11/20) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Hart (25 %, 0 pts) · Karl-Anthony Towns (17 %, 11 pts) · Mitchell Robinson (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
OG Anunoby	Kevin Durant: 36 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Alperen Sengun: 8 poss., 10 pts (4/6)
Jalen Brunson	Amen Thompson: 33 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Tari Eason: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Tari Eason: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Alperen Sengun: 9 poss., 11 pts (4/4)
Mikal Bridges	Jabari Smith Jr.: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tari Eason: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Josh Hart	Alperen Sengun: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Landry Shamet	Reed Sheppard: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mitchell Robinson	Clint Capela: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Alperen Sengun: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jose Alvarado	Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremy Sochan	Kevin Durant: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara	Jabari Smith Jr.: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Jalen Brunson 19 pts (7/12) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Tari Eason (34 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (22 %, 5 pts) · Dorian Finney-Smith (18 %, 0 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 19 pts (6/15) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Alperen Sengun (43 %, 8 pts) · Tari Eason (20 %, 7 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	Josh Hart: 28 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Jalen Brunson: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Kevin Durant	OG Anunoby: 36 poss., 14 pts (5/12) · Mikal Bridges: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tari Eason	Jalen Brunson: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 12 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Mikal Bridges: 27 poss., 11 pts (4/7) · Jalen Brunson: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Alperen Sengun	Karl-Anthony Towns: 26 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Mitchell Robinson: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Reed Sheppard	Jose Alvarado: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Landry Shamet: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Jalen Brunson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Landry Shamet: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Mitchell Robinson: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Karl-Anthony Towns: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jose Alvarado: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)