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Houston Rockets vs. LA Clippers

December 11, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Clippers 115-113 on 2025-12-11 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and John Collins. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 20 points (8/16) in his matchups, with Kevin Durant as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 5 points (2/8) in his matchups, with John Collins as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	41:28	20	9	8	1	0	1	2	8-12	0-3	4-4	+8
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	36:55	18	10	4	1	0	4	6	6-14	2-8	4-4	-3
Kevin Durant GS	36:43	16	1	3	0	0	5	1	5-14	3-5	3-3	-6
Alperen Sengun GS	36:01	22	15	5	4	0	5	5	9-22	0-3	4-6	-2
Josh Okogie GS	21:03	8	3	2	1	0	0	3	3-6	1-3	1-2	-4
Reed Sheppard	26:00	10	4	2	0	1	1	3	4-9	2-5	0-0	+6
Steven Adams	17:55	4	6	2	2	0	1	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	+10
Aaron Holiday	17:25	13	1	0	0	0	1	2	4-9	4-7	1-2	0
Clint Capela	6:30	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		115	51	26	9	1	18	22	43-93	12-34	17-21

Did not play: JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAC

LA Clippers 113

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard GS	40:48	24	9	4	5	1	1	3	9-22	3-10	3-3	-1
James Harden GS	40:22	22	3	7	3	0	4	3	7-18	4-10	4-5	+4
Ivica Zubac GS	34:32	33	7	1	1	2	1	2	13-14	0-0	7-11	+9
Kris Dunn GS	25:50	9	1	6	2	0	3	3	3-7	3-7	0-0	+7
John Collins GS	23:31	9	0	2	2	0	2	3	3-7	0-3	3-3	+4
Nicolas Batum	27:50	6	3	2	0	1	2	3	2-5	2-5	0-0	-8
Bogdan Bogdanović	24:23	10	5	2	1	0	0	2	2-4	2-3	4-4	-2
Brook Lopez	13:28	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-11
Kobe Sanders	9:16	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-12
Totals		113	28	25	15	5	15	20	39-78	14-38	21-26

Did not play: Kobe Brown (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision), Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 14.5 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 5.3 min
Steven Adams · Aaron Holiday · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.3 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 4.0 min
Clint Capela · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.6 min

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins Starter 18.4 min
Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Bogdan Bogdanović · Ivica Zubac 7.5 min
Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Bogdan Bogdanović · Ivica Zubac · Kobe Sanders 3.4 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · Kawhi Leonard · Bogdan Bogdanović · Kobe Sanders 3.2 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Bogdan Bogdanović 3.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Kawhi Leonard 20 pts (8/16) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Kevin Durant (35 %, 0 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (26 %, 7 pts) · Amen Thompson (11 %, 2 pts)
James Harden 6 pts (2/6) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Okogie (21 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (21 %, 2 pts) · Kevin Durant (20 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	Kris Dunn: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · James Harden: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Alperen Sengun	Ivica Zubac: 30 poss., 10 pts (5/11) · Nicolas Batum: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kevin Durant	Kawhi Leonard: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · James Harden: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Kawhi Leonard: 19 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · John Collins: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Reed Sheppard	Nicolas Batum: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bogdan Bogdanović: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Okogie	James Harden: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · John Collins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Steven Adams	Ivica Zubac: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brook Lopez: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Aaron Holiday	Bogdan Bogdanović: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · James Harden: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Clint Capela	Brook Lopez: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Kevin Durant 5 pts (2/8) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: John Collins (35 %, 0 pts) · Kawhi Leonard (18 %, 3 pts) · Nicolas Batum (10 %, 0 pts)
Alperen Sengun 33 pts (11/17) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Ivica Zubac (30 %, 11 pts) · Kris Dunn (23 %, 3 pts) · Kawhi Leonard (11 %, 9 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard	Amen Thompson: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
James Harden	Josh Okogie: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Ivica Zubac	Alperen Sengun: 21 poss., 11 pts (4/4) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Nicolas Batum	Reed Sheppard: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bogdan Bogdanović	Aaron Holiday: 18 poss., 8 pts (2/2) · Reed Sheppard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
John Collins	Kevin Durant: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kris Dunn	Alperen Sengun: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Amen Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brook Lopez	Steven Adams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Clint Capela: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders	Alperen Sengun: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)