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Houston Rockets vs. LA Clippers

February 10, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Clippers 102-95 on 2026-02-10 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and John Collins. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 13 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Tari Eason as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 6 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Derrick Jones Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 102

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kevin Durant GS 37:44 26 6 3 2 0 5 1 8-22 3-7 7-7 +3
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 37:30 13 10 3 1 1 1 2 4-11 2-3 3-3 +13
Amen Thompson GS 37:24 16 6 1 1 1 0 0 6-10 1-2 3-4 +9
Alperen Sengun GS 34:33 22 7 5 0 0 3 4 9-14 1-2 3-4 +9
Tari Eason GS 29:43 6 5 1 1 0 2 2 2-10 2-6 0-0 0
Reed Sheppard 29:33 16 6 4 2 1 4 2 6-10 4-6 0-0 -5
Dorian Finney-Smith 20:13 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 1-2 1-2 0-0 +11
Clint Capela 13:21 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 -5
Totals 102 44 19 7 5 16 15 36-79 14-28 16-18

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Aaron Holiday (DNP - Coach's Decision), Josh Okogie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 95

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kawhi Leonard GS 31:29 24 8 3 1 0 1 1 7-19 2-7 8-9 -16
John Collins GS 30:59 17 8 1 0 0 1 1 8-14 0-2 1-2 -11
Brook Lopez GS 29:05 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 3-6 1-2 0-0 -8
Kris Dunn GS 27:48 6 2 7 4 0 1 5 3-5 0-1 0-0 -9
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 26:43 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 2-7 2-6 0-0 -7
Bennedict Mathurin 25:54 9 7 4 3 0 0 4 4-13 0-2 1-1 +4
Jordan Miller 16:54 9 4 2 0 0 3 0 2-5 2-4 3-6 -5
Kobe Sanders 15:49 2 4 4 0 0 1 1 1-9 0-5 0-0 -8
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 13:27 3 4 0 0 2 1 1 1-3 0-0 1-2 -7
TyTy Washington Jr. 5:28 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 1-2 1-1 0-0 +8
Dalano Banton 5:28 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 2-2 0-0 0-0 +8
Cam Christie 5:28 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 +8
Isaiah Jackson 5:28 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 0-0 1-3 +8
Totals 95 45 24 11 5 11 18 36-88 8-30 15-23

Did not play: Nicolas Batum (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

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
Jabari Smith Jr. John Collins: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Kawhi Leonard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kevin Durant Kris Dunn: 20 poss., 7 pts (2/6) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Amen Thompson Derrick Jones Jr.: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bennedict Mathurin: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Alperen Sengun Brook Lopez: 22 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 8 poss., 8 pts (4/6)
Tari Eason Kawhi Leonard: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · John Collins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Reed Sheppard Bennedict Mathurin: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dorian Finney-Smith Jordan Miller: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · John Collins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brook Lopez: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard Tari Eason: 26 poss., 11 pts (4/7) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 6 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
John Collins Jabari Smith Jr.: 22 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Brook Lopez Alperen Sengun: 22 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Clint Capela: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bennedict Mathurin Amen Thompson: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Reed Sheppard: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kris Dunn Amen Thompson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Derrick Jones Jr. Kevin Durant: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Jordan Miller Reed Sheppard: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Kobe Sanders Kevin Durant: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Clint Capela: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cam Christie Amen Thompson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson Alperen Sengun: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
TyTy Washington Jr. Reed Sheppard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalano Banton Jabari Smith Jr.: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Alperen Sengun: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)