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Houston Rockets vs. Milwaukee Bucks

April 1, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Bucks 119-113 on 2026-04-01 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. The Bucks started Gary Trent Jr., Jericho Sims, Ousmane Dieng, Pete Nance, and AJ Green. Cormac Ryan (Bucks) scored 22 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Reed Sheppard as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 23 points (7/13) in his matchups, with Pete Nance as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Amen Thompson GS 39:54 18 8 6 2 0 0 1 5-10 0-0 8-8 +12
Kevin Durant GS 39:18 19 5 9 0 1 2 2 7-16 2-6 3-4 +6
Reed Sheppard GS 37:09 27 4 6 2 0 0 0 9-15 9-14 0-0 +17
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 33:04 12 7 4 0 2 2 2 5-15 2-8 0-0 +11
Alperen Sengun GS 29:29 25 9 4 2 1 0 5 9-13 2-2 5-6 +6
Tari Eason 23:56 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 1-8 1-7 2-2 -9
Aaron Holiday 13:26 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 1-3 0-0 -11
Josh Okogie 12:57 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 3-4 1-2 1-2 +4
Clint Capela 7:33 2 5 0 1 0 2 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 -2
Jae'Sean Tate 3:14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 119 42 30 7 4 7 13 41-87 18-42 19-22

Did not play: JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dorian Finney-Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
AJ Green GS 46:29 15 8 2 0 0 2 3 5-15 5-13 0-0 -2
Ousmane Dieng GS 44:41 36 7 10 1 0 5 1 15-31 1-7 5-5 -11
Pete Nance GS 39:52 23 3 0 0 1 2 1 9-13 5-9 0-0 -4
Jericho Sims GS 35:43 6 20 2 0 0 1 4 1-5 0-0 4-6 -7
Gary Trent Jr. GS 7:28 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0-3 0-1 0-0 -9
Cormac Ryan 38:15 25 2 4 1 0 2 4 9-14 4-7 3-3 0
Andre Jackson Jr. 23:25 8 5 3 0 0 2 2 3-8 2-3 0-2 +2
Alex Antetokounmpo 4:07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Totals 113 45 21 3 1 15 16 42-89 17-40 12-16

Did not play: Kyle Kuzma (DND - Injury/Illness), Bobby Portis (DND - Injury/Illness), Myles Turner (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Kevin Durant Ousmane Dieng: 32 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Cormac Ryan: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Amen Thompson AJ Green: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jericho Sims: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Reed Sheppard AJ Green: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Cormac Ryan: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jabari Smith Jr. Pete Nance: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jericho Sims: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Alperen Sengun Jericho Sims: 19 poss., 11 pts (4/4) · Pete Nance: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Tari Eason Pete Nance: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · AJ Green: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Okogie Pete Nance: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cormac Ryan: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Aaron Holiday Cormac Ryan: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Andre Jackson Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela Jericho Sims: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pete Nance: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate Andre Jackson Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · AJ Green: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Bucks defense

Defender Guarded most
AJ Green Reed Sheppard: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Amen Thompson: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ousmane Dieng Amen Thompson: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Pete Nance Kevin Durant: 18 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jericho Sims Alperen Sengun: 24 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Cormac Ryan Reed Sheppard: 23 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Aaron Holiday: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andre Jackson Jr. Kevin Durant: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Gary Trent Jr. Amen Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alex Antetokounmpo Kevin Durant: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alperen Sengun: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)