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Houston Rockets vs. Boston Celtics

February 4, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Rockets 114-93 on 2026-02-04 on the road against the Rockets. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. The Celtics started Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Luka Garza, Ron Harper Jr., and Baylor Scheierman. Derrick White (Celtics) scored 19 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 8 points (3/12) in his matchups, with Ron Harper Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 93

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 33:20 13 4 3 0 1 1 2 5-12 3-7 0-0 -29
Kevin Durant GS 32:39 15 5 1 2 1 2 1 4-11 0-4 7-7 -22
Alperen Sengun GS 31:02 13 9 3 2 1 3 1 5-12 0-0 3-3 -22
Amen Thompson GS 28:38 11 4 4 1 0 3 4 3-8 1-2 4-8 -21
Tari Eason GS 27:39 10 4 1 0 0 0 3 4-6 2-2 0-0 -9
Reed Sheppard 18:52 9 2 0 1 0 0 2 3-12 3-8 0-0 -12
Josh Okogie 16:38 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-2 -9
Clint Capela 14:53 4 5 0 1 0 0 1 2-4 0-0 0-0 +4
Aaron Holiday 10:53 9 2 2 1 0 0 2 4-6 1-2 0-0 +5
Jae'Sean Tate 7:13 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0-2 0-1 0-2 -10
JD Davison 6:57 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1-3 0-1 0-0 +6
Jeff Green 5:39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-2 0-0 +7
Isaiah Crawford 5:39 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 +7
Totals 93 38 16 10 5 9 17 34-82 11-30 14-22

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Neemias Queta GS 38:55 10 19 2 2 5 2 2 3-4 0-0 4-4 +22
Derrick White GS 37:07 28 1 8 0 0 2 3 10-25 6-14 2-2 +15
Luka Garza GS 33:47 19 6 2 2 0 4 2 7-13 2-7 3-5 +16
Ron Harper Jr. GS 33:18 11 9 3 0 0 0 4 4-8 3-7 0-0 +16
Baylor Scheierman GS 23:00 15 10 4 1 0 2 3 5-10 3-8 2-2 +7
Payton Pritchard 33:29 27 3 7 0 0 1 0 9-20 5-10 4-5 +17
Hugo González 15:19 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1-4 0-1 0-0 +3
Jordan Walsh 14:39 2 4 0 1 0 1 2 0-3 0-2 2-2 +7
Josh Minott 7:04 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 +4
Max Shulga 1:41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1
Xavier Tillman 1:41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1
Totals 114 57 26 6 6 13 18 39-90 19-51 17-20

Did not play: Jaylen Brown (DND - Injury/Illness), Sam Hauser (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

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
Alperen Sengun Luka Garza: 39 poss., 8 pts (4/7) · Neemias Queta: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Durant Ron Harper Jr.: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Baylor Scheierman: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jabari Smith Jr. Derrick White: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jordan Walsh: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason Payton Pritchard: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Baylor Scheierman: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Amen Thompson Neemias Queta: 23 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Reed Sheppard Payton Pritchard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Walsh: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Josh Okogie Payton Pritchard: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Neemias Queta: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela Neemias Queta: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Garza: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday Payton Pritchard: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Derrick White: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jae'Sean Tate Neemias Queta: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Minott: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
JD Davison Ron Harper Jr.: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Derrick White: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Crawford Neemias Queta: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Hugo González: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green Derrick White: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Garza: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Derrick White Amen Thompson: 21 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/6)
Neemias Queta Jabari Smith Jr.: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Clint Capela: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Luka Garza Alperen Sengun: 30 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Ron Harper Jr. Kevin Durant: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Payton Pritchard Josh Okogie: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Tari Eason: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Baylor Scheierman Tari Eason: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jordan Walsh Jabari Smith Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tari Eason: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González Reed Sheppard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Josh Minott Jae'Sean Tate: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · JD Davison: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Xavier Tillman Jeff Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Holiday: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Shulga Josh Okogie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeff Green: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)