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Houston Rockets vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

December 27, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Cavaliers 117-100 on 2025-12-27 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Steven Adams, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Dean Wade, and Sam Merrill. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 15 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 12 points (5/11) in his matchups, with De'Andre Hunter as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	33:22	13	9	4	0	1	3	0	6-14	1-5	0-0	+12
Kevin Durant GS	28:40	30	4	7	0	0	3	1	11-17	2-4	6-7	+24
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	26:04	15	7	2	1	1	0	1	6-9	3-5	0-0	+17
Steven Adams GS	22:10	9	8	1	2	0	3	0	3-6	0-0	3-6	+26
Tari Eason GS	21:08	9	6	0	2	1	2	5	3-6	2-3	1-2	+6
Reed Sheppard	32:04	18	3	8	5	1	1	1	5-12	4-10	4-4	+25
Clint Capela	18:03	4	8	0	1	2	1	1	2-6	0-0	0-0	+3
Dorian Finney-Smith	16:01	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	+20
Aaron Holiday	13:16	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-12
Josh Okogie	13:14	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	3-4	2-2	0-0	-8
Jae'Sean Tate	6:28	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	-10
Jeff Green	4:45	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-4	1-2	0-0	-9
JD Davison	4:45	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1-2	0-0	1-2	-9
Totals		117	51	27	12	9	15	14	43-88	16-35	15-21

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 100

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	30:27	16	3	6	2	1	1	1	7-17	2-5	0-1	-3
Sam Merrill GS	25:22	13	3	3	1	0	1	4	5-8	3-6	0-1	-24
Darius Garland GS	24:25	12	0	1	0	0	3	1	5-9	2-4	0-0	-32
Jarrett Allen GS	17:37	6	4	2	2	1	2	2	3-3	0-0	0-0	-5
Dean Wade GS	17:30	6	3	1	1	0	0	1	2-6	2-5	0-0	-13
Jaylon Tyson	29:39	23	15	0	1	1	3	1	10-20	1-5	2-3	-6
De'Andre Hunter	20:18	2	1	2	0	1	1	2	0-7	0-3	2-2	-28
Evan Mobley	20:04	4	4	2	1	1	3	1	2-9	0-2	0-0	-12
Lonzo Ball	18:18	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	2-2	+4
Craig Porter Jr.	17:10	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-1	0-0	+11
Thomas Bryant	12:00	7	7	2	0	1	0	1	3-7	0-2	1-2	+10
Tyrese Proctor	7:10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	3-3	1-1	0-0	+13
Totals		100	42	23	10	6	14	15	41-96	11-36	7-11

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 9.9 min
Clint Capela · Josh Okogie · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.8 min
Jeff Green · Aaron Holiday · Josh Okogie · Jae'Sean Tate · JD Davison 4.8 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Dorian Finney-Smith · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.7 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Dorian Finney-Smith · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.2 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill Starter 6.7 min
Lonzo Ball · Thomas Bryant · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson · Tyrese Proctor 7.2 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson 6.8 min
Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Dean Wade · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 4.3 min
Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 3.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Donovan Mitchell 15 pts (6/10) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (21 %, 2 pts) · Amen Thompson (21 %, 2 pts) · Tari Eason (15 %, 5 pts)
Darius Garland 8 pts (3/8) in 47 possessions

Guarded by: Tari Eason (21 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (19 %, 0 pts) · Reed Sheppard (17 %, 8 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	Donovan Mitchell: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Darius Garland: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard	Craig Porter Jr.: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jaylon Tyson: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Kevin Durant	Dean Wade: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · De'Andre Hunter: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Donovan Mitchell: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Sam Merrill: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Steven Adams	Jarrett Allen: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Evan Mobley: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason	Darius Garland: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Clint Capela	Thomas Bryant: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Evan Mobley: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Jaylon Tyson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Mitchell: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Josh Okogie	Lonzo Ball: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Holiday	Tyrese Proctor: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylon Tyson: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jae'Sean Tate	Jaylon Tyson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Craig Porter Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green	Thomas Bryant: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Lonzo Ball: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
JD Davison	Craig Porter Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylon Tyson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Cavaliers defense

Kevin Durant 12 pts (5/11) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: De'Andre Hunter (27 %, 0 pts) · Dean Wade (18 %, 3 pts) · Evan Mobley (16 %, 0 pts)
Reed Sheppard 9 pts (3/11) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylon Tyson (23 %, 4 pts) · Craig Porter Jr. (19 %, 0 pts) · Lonzo Ball (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Tari Eason: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Amen Thompson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylon Tyson	Reed Sheppard: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Kevin Durant: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sam Merrill	Jabari Smith Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tari Eason: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Darius Garland	Amen Thompson: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kevin Durant: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarrett Allen	Steven Adams: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Clint Capela: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Evan Mobley	Clint Capela: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Craig Porter Jr.	Reed Sheppard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Josh Okogie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
De'Andre Hunter	Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dean Wade	Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Lonzo Ball	Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Okogie: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Clint Capela: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jeff Green: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tyrese Proctor	Aaron Holiday: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Okogie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)