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Houston Rockets vs. Memphis Grizzlies

January 26, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Grizzlies 108-99 on 2026-01-26 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. The Grizzlies started Jaren Jackson Jr., Santi Aldama, Cam Spencer, Jaylen Wells, and Cedric Coward. Jaren Jackson Jr. (Grizzlies) scored 20 points (7/15) in his matchups, with Alperen Sengun as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 12 points (5/15) in his matchups, with Jaylen Wells as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 108

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	41:36	8	8	14	1	0	4	1	3-10	0-1	2-2	+11
Kevin Durant GS	37:02	33	8	2	0	1	2	1	11-24	4-9	7-9	+1
Alperen Sengun GS	33:42	33	9	6	1	0	5	5	15-17	0-1	3-4	+12
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	33:35	8	8	2	2	0	0	2	2-6	2-6	2-2	+6
Tari Eason GS	26:38	17	7	0	2	1	3	1	6-17	4-8	1-2	+10
Josh Okogie	25:07	2	7	2	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-1	+7
Dorian Finney-Smith	16:00	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	+9
Reed Sheppard	15:17	4	4	0	0	1	2	1	2-11	0-7	0-0	-2
Clint Capela	6:37	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7
Jae'Sean Tate	4:25	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		108	57	29	9	3	16	13	41-92	11-37	15-20

Did not play: Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Aaron Holiday (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies 99

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS	32:14	17	7	1	1	2	1	3	8-17	1-5	0-0	-10
Cedric Coward GS	29:40	8	7	2	1	1	2	3	3-13	0-2	2-3	-14
Santi Aldama GS	27:25	17	7	2	0	0	1	1	7-12	1-2	2-3	-5
Cam Spencer GS	27:23	5	5	13	1	1	3	1	1-5	0-3	3-3	-5
Jaylen Wells GS	26:10	12	6	0	1	0	2	4	4-13	1-6	3-3	-9
GG Jackson	27:20	14	3	1	1	0	0	2	6-16	0-6	2-3	-4
Vince Williams Jr.	20:35	7	8	5	2	0	2	4	3-15	1-6	0-0	-4
John Konchar	20:20	0	3	1	2	0	0	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	18:20	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	5-9	1-4	0-0	+5
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	10:33	8	3	0	0	1	2	0	2-4	2-2	2-2	+1
Totals		99	52	26	9	5	13	21	39-105	7-37	14-17

Did not play: Scotty Pippen Jr. (DND - Injury/Illness), Javon Small (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 5.8 min
Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 5.8 min
Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 5.0 min
Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 4.6 min
Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.4 min

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaren Jackson Jr. · Santi Aldama · Cam Spencer · Jaylen Wells · Cedric Coward Starter 13.8 min
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Santi Aldama · GG Jackson · Cam Spencer · Jaylen Wells 9.6 min
Jaren Jackson Jr. · John Konchar · Vince Williams Jr. · GG Jackson · Cedric Coward 7.0 min
Jaren Jackson Jr. · John Konchar · Vince Williams Jr. · Olivier-Maxence Prosper · Cedric Coward 5.6 min
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · John Konchar · Vince Williams Jr. · GG Jackson · Olivier-Maxence Prosper 4.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Jaren Jackson Jr. 20 pts (7/15) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Alperen Sengun (23 %, 4 pts) · Amen Thompson (23 %, 0 pts) · Clint Capela (15 %, 0 pts)
GG Jackson 18 pts (8/11) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (28 %, 2 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (23 %, 0 pts) · Alperen Sengun (16 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	Jaren Jackson Jr.: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · GG Jackson: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kevin Durant	Jaylen Wells: 25 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Vince Williams Jr.: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · GG Jackson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alperen Sengun	Santi Aldama: 22 poss., 14 pts (7/8) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Tari Eason	Cam Spencer: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Cedric Coward: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Josh Okogie	Cam Spencer: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · GG Jackson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Reed Sheppard	John Konchar: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Cedric Coward: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Cedric Coward: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Clint Capela	Jaren Jackson Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Vince Williams Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Cam Spencer: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Grizzlies defense

Kevin Durant 12 pts (5/15) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylen Wells (32 %, 2 pts) · Cedric Coward (10 %, 0 pts) · Vince Williams Jr. (10 %, 4 pts)
Alperen Sengun 35 pts (14/31) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Jaren Jackson Jr. (24 %, 8 pts) · GG Jackson (23 %, 7 pts) · Santi Aldama (12 %, 11 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Alperen Sengun: 16 poss., 8 pts (4/8) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cedric Coward	Tari Eason: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Amen Thompson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Cam Spencer	Amen Thompson: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Okogie: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Santi Aldama	Amen Thompson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
GG Jackson	Alperen Sengun: 15 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylen Wells	Kevin Durant: 23 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Alperen Sengun: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Vince Williams Jr.	Josh Okogie: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
John Konchar	Reed Sheppard: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Jabari Smith Jr.: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Alperen Sengun: 5 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	Kevin Durant: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alperen Sengun: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)