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Brooklyn Nets vs. Houston Rockets

January 1, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Nets 120-96 on 2026-01-01 on the road against the Nets. The Nets started Nic Claxton, Ziaire Williams, Noah Clowney, Danny Wolf, and Drake Powell. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 6 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Ziaire Williams as his primary defender. Cam Thomas (Nets) scored 7 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BKN

Brooklyn Nets 96

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Danny Wolf GS	29:17	9	4	5	2	0	1	3	4-10	1-4	0-0	-24
Ziaire Williams GS	26:53	14	2	0	5	0	0	1	3-6	2-4	6-7	-17
Noah Clowney GS	25:48	11	1	0	0	2	3	2	4-9	0-2	3-7	-19
Drake Powell GS	25:19	8	0	1	1	0	2	2	3-9	1-4	1-3	-25
Nic Claxton GS	23:58	11	8	2	0	0	0	1	5-10	0-0	1-3	-19
Nolan Traore	26:16	3	0	2	1	0	2	2	1-8	1-5	0-0	0
Cam Thomas	22:41	21	1	1	0	0	4	2	8-13	3-7	2-4	+2
Jalen Wilson	22:36	8	3	0	0	0	0	2	1-2	1-1	5-6	-7
Day'Ron Sharpe	19:11	8	8	7	2	0	0	1	4-6	0-1	0-0	-2
Tyrese Martin	18:01	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	-9
Totals		96	27	18	12	2	13	17	34-76	10-30	18-30

Did not play: Egor Dëmin (DND - Injury/Illness), Terance Mann (DND - Injury/Illness)

HOU

Houston Rockets 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant GS	36:33	22	5	11	0	0	6	2	8-15	2-7	4-4	+11
Alperen Sengun GS	33:40	20	6	6	2	1	1	4	8-12	0-0	4-6	+30
Amen Thompson GS	32:27	23	4	3	2	1	1	3	10-12	2-3	1-1	+19
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	32:24	14	6	1	1	1	1	4	5-12	2-6	2-2	+23
Tari Eason GS	22:02	15	9	0	1	1	1	3	6-7	2-2	1-2	+15
Reed Sheppard	31:21	14	2	1	1	3	1	2	5-11	2-6	2-3	0
Josh Okogie	20:40	5	5	2	0	0	2	2	2-5	1-2	0-0	+4
Dorian Finney-Smith	15:17	0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	+5
Jae'Sean Tate	10:50	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	2-4	0-0	0-0	+3
Aaron Holiday	3:19	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+5
JD Davison	1:28	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Totals		120	45	28	8	7	14	22	47-82	12-29	14-18

Did not play: Steven Adams (DND - Injury/Illness), Clint Capela (DND - Injury/Illness), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BKN

Brooklyn Nets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nic Claxton · Ziaire Williams · Noah Clowney · Danny Wolf · Drake Powell Starter 16.2 min
Day'Ron Sharpe · Cam Thomas · Jalen Wilson · Tyrese Martin · Nolan Traore 9.1 min
Jalen Wilson · Tyrese Martin · Nolan Traore · Danny Wolf · Drake Powell 4.9 min
Day'Ron Sharpe · Cam Thomas · Jalen Wilson · Noah Clowney · Nolan Traore 4.1 min
Nic Claxton · Ziaire Williams · Cam Thomas · Nolan Traore · Danny Wolf 3.7 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 11.8 min
Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Reed Sheppard 3.7 min
Dorian Finney-Smith · Jae'Sean Tate · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.7 min
Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 3.5 min
Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nets defense

Kevin Durant 6 pts (3/6) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Ziaire Williams (21 %, 0 pts) · Danny Wolf (17 %, 2 pts) · Noah Clowney (17 %, 0 pts)
Alperen Sengun 22 pts (8/16) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Nic Claxton (32 %, 2 pts) · Day'Ron Sharpe (24 %, 6 pts) · Danny Wolf (11 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Danny Wolf	Jabari Smith Jr.: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kevin Durant: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ziaire Williams	Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Noah Clowney	Jabari Smith Jr.: 14 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nolan Traore	Reed Sheppard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nic Claxton	Alperen Sengun: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Drake Powell	Tari Eason: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Amen Thompson: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Cam Thomas	Amen Thompson: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Josh Okogie: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Wilson	Kevin Durant: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Day'Ron Sharpe	Alperen Sengun: 15 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Tari Eason: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Martin	Dorian Finney-Smith: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Okogie: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Rockets defense

Cam Thomas 7 pts (2/6) in 38 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (23 %, 0 pts) · Dorian Finney-Smith (18 %, 0 pts) · Reed Sheppard (17 %, 5 pts)
Nolan Traore 17 pts (7/12) in 47 possessions

Guarded by: Reed Sheppard (37 %, 7 pts) · Amen Thompson (19 %, 2 pts) · Tari Eason (9 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Noah Clowney: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Ziaire Williams: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Danny Wolf: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Noah Clowney: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Alperen Sengun	Nic Claxton: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Day'Ron Sharpe: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Amen Thompson	Drake Powell: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nolan Traore: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Reed Sheppard	Nolan Traore: 17 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Ziaire Williams: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tari Eason	Danny Wolf: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ziaire Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie	Tyrese Martin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Danny Wolf: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Cam Thomas: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyrese Martin: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Nic Claxton: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Thomas: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday	Nolan Traore: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Martin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
JD Davison	Nolan Traore: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Wilson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)