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Houston Rockets vs. Chicago Bulls

January 13, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Bulls 119-113 on 2026-01-13 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Isaac Okoro, Jalen Smith, Tre Jones, and Matas Buzelis. Matas Buzelis (Bulls) scored 23 points (8/15) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 9 points (3/11) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	42:26	23	5	2	2	0	3	3	6-10	1-2	10-10	-2
Kevin Durant GS	39:40	28	10	4	0	0	3	2	12-23	1-5	3-4	+4
Alperen Sengun GS	36:09	23	7	11	0	1	3	4	10-18	0-1	3-4	+19
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	34:25	18	7	0	0	0	0	1	6-13	2-7	4-6	+2
Josh Okogie GS	12:50	4	3	0	1	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+2
JD Davison	24:42	9	7	4	0	1	0	2	3-6	1-2	2-3	+14
Reed Sheppard	22:14	8	1	1	0	0	0	3	3-8	2-5	0-0	-1
Steven Adams	18:12	4	7	1	2	0	0	2	2-5	0-0	0-2	+9
Clint Capela	4:47	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Jae'Sean Tate	4:35	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-10
Totals		119	50	24	5	2	9	18	45-88	7-24	22-29

Did not play: Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Aaron Holiday (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHI

Chicago Bulls 113

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Vučević GS	37:04	14	7	5	1	2	0	3	7-19	0-3	0-0	-10
Matas Buzelis GS	36:39	19	6	2	0	0	2	3	7-14	2-7	3-4	-13
Jalen Smith GS	36:18	14	9	1	0	0	1	5	5-13	0-5	4-5	0
Tre Jones GS	27:09	34	2	7	1	0	2	0	11-12	5-6	7-8	+2
Isaac Okoro GS	24:46	9	4	1	0	0	0	4	3-9	2-4	1-2	-4
Kevin Huerter	29:14	11	4	2	2	1	0	2	4-10	1-3	2-2	+1
Ayo Dosunmu	22:41	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	3-8	1-2	0-0	-6
Patrick Williams	17:39	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0-6	0-5	0-0	-3
Dalen Terry	8:30	5	3	1	1	0	1	2	1-3	1-2	2-2	+3
Totals		113	40	24	5	3	7	19	41-94	12-37	19-23

Did not play: Jevon Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Phillips (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 10.2 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · JD Davison · Amen Thompson 7.6 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.5 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Jae'Sean Tate · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.4 min
Steven Adams · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.1 min

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Matas Buzelis Starter 11.7 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Ayo Dosunmu · Matas Buzelis 6.3 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones 5.2 min
Kevin Huerter · Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Matas Buzelis 3.8 min
Nikola Vučević · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Dalen Terry · Matas Buzelis 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Matas Buzelis 23 pts (8/15) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (47 %, 5 pts) · Kevin Durant (14 %, 2 pts) · Josh Okogie (8 %, 2 pts)
Nikola Vučević 22 pts (8/13) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Alperen Sengun (45 %, 8 pts) · Steven Adams (16 %, 0 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (10 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	Matas Buzelis: 32 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Kevin Huerter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Durant	Isaac Okoro: 25 poss., 10 pts (5/9) · Patrick Williams: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Alperen Sengun	Nikola Vučević: 29 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Jalen Smith: 17 poss., 9 pts (4/5)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Jalen Smith: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kevin Huerter: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
JD Davison	Ayo Dosunmu: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Huerter: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Reed Sheppard	Tre Jones: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ayo Dosunmu: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Steven Adams	Jalen Smith: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Nikola Vučević: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie	Tre Jones: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Matas Buzelis: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Clint Capela	Nikola Vučević: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Smith: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Dalen Terry: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Kevin Durant 9 pts (3/11) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (22 %, 0 pts) · Matas Buzelis (19 %, 5 pts) · Jalen Smith (15 %, 2 pts)
Alperen Sengun 18 pts (7/21) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Vučević (26 %, 4 pts) · Jalen Smith (24 %, 4 pts) · Isaac Okoro (23 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Vučević	Jabari Smith Jr.: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Alperen Sengun: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/6)
Matas Buzelis	Amen Thompson: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Jalen Smith	Alperen Sengun: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Kevin Durant: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kevin Huerter	Amen Thompson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tre Jones	Amen Thompson: 15 poss., 11 pts (3/4) · JD Davison: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Isaac Okoro	Kevin Durant: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alperen Sengun: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/4)
Ayo Dosunmu	JD Davison: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams	Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalen Terry	Reed Sheppard: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)