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Houston Rockets vs. Boston Celtics

November 2, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Rockets beat the Celtics 109-93 on 2026-11-02 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Fred VanVleet, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Celtics started Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Baylor Scheierman, and Hugo González. Jayson Tatum (Celtics) scored 14 points (4/6) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender. Alperen Sengun (Rockets) scored 16 points (6/17) in his matchups, with Neemias Queta as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Alperen Sengun GS	37:44	26	7	10	2	2	1	4	12-15	1-2	1-2	+21
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	36:08	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	5-10	4-5	0-0	+20
Kevin Durant GS	32:43	12	3	3	2	1	4	2	5-6	0-0	2-3	+10
Fred VanVleet GS	26:52	8	2	9	1	0	1	3	3-9	2-8	0-0	+13
Amen Thompson GS	25:10	14	3	3	1	0	2	4	5-9	0-0	4-5	+2
Tari Eason	26:57	13	4	3	0	2	2	3	5-8	3-6	0-0	+16
Marcus Smart	19:44	8	4	4	2	0	2	4	2-10	2-8	2-2	+5
Reed Sheppard	16:31	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	3-7	2-4	0-0	-1
Oscar Tshiebwe	7:27	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-1	-2
Bogdan Bogdanović	5:17	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+4
Isaiah Crawford	2:03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Jae'Sean Tate	1:42	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2
Bruce Thornton	1:42	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		109	36	34	8	5	13	22	43-79	14-35	9-13

Did not play: Steven Adams (DNP - Coach's Decision), Clint Capela (DNP - Coach's Decision)

BOS

Boston Celtics 93

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum GS	32:17	19	6	9	1	0	5	4	5-16	1-7	8-8	+1
Derrick White GS	29:45	7	2	3	1	0	3	0	3-12	1-5	0-0	-4
Baylor Scheierman GS	26:57	11	5	2	1	0	2	2	4-9	3-6	0-0	-10
Neemias Queta GS	25:46	16	6	1	0	0	1	2	6-7	1-1	3-4	+7
Hugo González GS	15:56	6	3	0	1	0	0	1	3-6	0-1	0-0	-16
Payton Pritchard	30:20	4	3	3	1	0	1	1	0-7	0-5	4-6	-17
Sam Hauser	18:56	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-6	0-5	0-0	-5
Luka Garza	17:31	14	3	0	0	1	0	1	4-9	4-7	2-2	+2
Mitchell Robinson	15:13	4	4	0	0	0	2	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	-16
Jordan Walsh	12:14	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	2-4	1-2	0-0	-8
Ron Harper Jr.	6:33	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-6
Mike Conley	3:35	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-6
Chris Cenac Jr.	2:29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Dillon Mitchell	2:29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		93	38	20	6	2	15	19	32-83	12-42	17-20

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Fred VanVleet · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 11.9 min
Kevin Durant · Fred VanVleet · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason 7.5 min
Marcus Smart · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 6.7 min
Kevin Durant · Fred VanVleet · Tari Eason · Oscar Tshiebwe · Amen Thompson 4.2 min
Marcus Smart · Bogdan Bogdanović · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Reed Sheppard 3.6 min

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González Starter 7.8 min
Jayson Tatum · Mitchell Robinson · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Hugo González 4.9 min
Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman 4.7 min
Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Mitchell Robinson · Neemias Queta · Baylor Scheierman 4.7 min
Jayson Tatum · Mitchell Robinson · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman · Jordan Walsh 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Jayson Tatum 14 pts (4/6) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (27 %, 6 pts) · Tari Eason (21 %, 3 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (18 %, 3 pts)
Payton Pritchard 14 pts (5/11) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Tari Eason (23 %, 5 pts) · Reed Sheppard (18 %, 6 pts) · Marcus Smart (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Alperen Sengun	Neemias Queta: 22 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Luka Garza: 16 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Derrick White: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Sam Hauser: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kevin Durant	Baylor Scheierman: 29 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Jayson Tatum: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason	Payton Pritchard: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jayson Tatum: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Fred VanVleet	Hugo González: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Payton Pritchard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Amen Thompson	Jayson Tatum: 15 poss., 6 pts (1/1) · Mitchell Robinson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marcus Smart	Derrick White: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Payton Pritchard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Reed Sheppard	Payton Pritchard: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Derrick White: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Oscar Tshiebwe	Mitchell Robinson: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luka Garza: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bogdan Bogdanović	Mike Conley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derrick White: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Thornton	Dillon Mitchell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ron Harper Jr.: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Crawford	Ron Harper Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dillon Mitchell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Luka Garza: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Walsh: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Alperen Sengun 16 pts (6/17) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Neemias Queta (35 %, 3 pts) · Mitchell Robinson (18 %, 0 pts) · Luka Garza (14 %, 6 pts)
Kevin Durant 6 pts (3/11) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Baylor Scheierman (34 %, 2 pts) · Sam Hauser (17 %, 0 pts) · Jayson Tatum (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jayson Tatum	Tari Eason: 21 poss., 11 pts (3/8) · Amen Thompson: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Payton Pritchard	Marcus Smart: 13 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Fred VanVleet: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Derrick White	Fred VanVleet: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
Neemias Queta	Alperen Sengun: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 5 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Baylor Scheierman	Kevin Durant: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Fred VanVleet: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Sam Hauser	Kevin Durant: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Hugo González	Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mitchell Robinson	Alperen Sengun: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Oscar Tshiebwe: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Luka Garza	Alperen Sengun: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jordan Walsh	Reed Sheppard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Fred VanVleet: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ron Harper Jr.	Jabari Smith Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mike Conley	Bogdan Bogdanović: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Reed Sheppard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chris Cenac Jr.	Bogdan Bogdanović: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dillon Mitchell	Jae'Sean Tate: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Oscar Tshiebwe: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)