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Houston Rockets vs. Atlanta Hawks

March 20, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Hawks 117-95 on 2026-03-20 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. The Hawks started CJ McCollum, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, and Dyson Daniels. Jalen Johnson (Hawks) scored 15 points (6/8) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 5 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Jalen Johnson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	35:06	23	9	2	2	0	2	1	7-14	3-8	6-8	+30
Amen Thompson GS	33:57	14	7	4	1	0	1	2	5-10	0-0	4-4	+13
Alperen Sengun GS	31:45	15	9	10	2	0	6	2	7-11	0-1	1-4	+10
Kevin Durant GS	30:26	25	3	6	2	2	0	0	9-15	3-5	4-5	+25
Reed Sheppard GS	24:56	14	4	4	1	2	3	4	5-10	4-7	0-0	+23
Tari Eason	24:30	10	10	2	1	1	2	2	3-9	1-3	3-3	+15
Josh Okogie	19:10	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-1
Aaron Holiday	16:10	9	1	2	0	0	3	1	3-6	3-4	0-0	-3
Clint Capela	13:48	3	5	2	1	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	1-4	+8
Isaiah Crawford	5:54	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7
Jeff Green	4:19	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Totals		117	51	33	11	5	19	13	42-83	14-30	19-28

Did not play: Dorian Finney-Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ATL

Atlanta Hawks 95

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson GS	31:54	14	5	3	1	0	4	1	6-12	2-6	0-0	-27
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS	27:17	21	4	4	1	0	3	2	6-12	1-3	8-9	-14
CJ McCollum GS	25:19	17	2	2	1	3	3	1	7-11	2-5	1-1	-15
Dyson Daniels GS	25:10	3	3	1	2	0	2	1	1-5	0-0	1-2	-14
Onyeka Okongwu GS	23:35	6	8	3	1	2	0	2	2-9	1-4	1-2	-7
Jock Landale	20:06	6	1	3	2	2	0	3	3-9	0-2	0-0	-18
Zaccharie Risacher	19:00	16	6	2	2	1	1	6	6-8	3-3	1-1	0
Corey Kispert	18:15	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	1-6	0-5	0-0	+2
Mouhamed Gueye	18:05	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	0-2	0-1	0-0	-17
Gabe Vincent	16:48	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	2-7	0-4	2-2	-7
Buddy Hield	8:12	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+9
Caleb Houstan	3:18	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Keaton Wallace	3:01	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Totals		95	37	22	13	9	16	21	36-85	9-35	14-17

Did not play: Christian Koloko (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard Starter 8.9 min
Aaron Holiday · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 10.3 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 6.1 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 6.0 min
Jeff Green · Clint Capela · Aaron Holiday · Josh Okogie · Isaiah Crawford 4.3 min

ATL

Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CJ McCollum · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels Starter 17.8 min
Jock Landale · Gabe Vincent · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Mouhamed Gueye · Zaccharie Risacher 4.6 min
Buddy Hield · Jock Landale · Gabe Vincent · Corey Kispert · Zaccharie Risacher 3.9 min
CJ McCollum · Jock Landale · Jalen Johnson · Corey Kispert · Zaccharie Risacher 3.9 min
Buddy Hield · Corey Kispert · Keaton Wallace · Caleb Houstan · Mouhamed Gueye 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Jalen Johnson 15 pts (6/8) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (41 %, 6 pts) · Kevin Durant (19 %, 9 pts) · Tari Eason (19 %, 0 pts)
CJ McCollum 8 pts (3/9) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (42 %, 2 pts) · Reed Sheppard (23 %, 0 pts) · Kevin Durant (8 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jabari Smith Jr.	Jalen Johnson: 26 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Onyeka Okongwu: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Durant	Dyson Daniels: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Jalen Johnson: 12 poss., 9 pts (4/4)
Amen Thompson	CJ McCollum: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Alperen Sengun	Onyeka Okongwu: 23 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Jock Landale: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Reed Sheppard	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · CJ McCollum: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tari Eason	Jalen Johnson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Gabe Vincent: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Josh Okogie	Corey Kispert: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Johnson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Jock Landale: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Mouhamed Gueye: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Aaron Holiday	Gabe Vincent: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Corey Kispert: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Crawford	Corey Kispert: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keaton Wallace: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jeff Green	Zaccharie Risacher: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Caleb Houstan: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hawks defense

Kevin Durant 5 pts (2/6) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Johnson (26 %, 3 pts) · Dyson Daniels (18 %, 0 pts) · Onyeka Okongwu (14 %, 0 pts)
Alperen Sengun 22 pts (10/21) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Dyson Daniels (27 %, 1 pts) · Onyeka Okongwu (17 %, 2 pts) · Jock Landale (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Johnson	Kevin Durant: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Tari Eason: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Reed Sheppard: 21 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Tari Eason: 10 poss., 3 pts (0/3)
CJ McCollum	Amen Thompson: 30 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dyson Daniels	Alperen Sengun: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Kevin Durant: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Onyeka Okongwu	Jabari Smith Jr.: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jock Landale	Alperen Sengun: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Clint Capela: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zaccharie Risacher	Jabari Smith Jr.: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mouhamed Gueye	Clint Capela: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Durant: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gabe Vincent	Reed Sheppard: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Aaron Holiday: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Corey Kispert	Aaron Holiday: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Josh Okogie: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Buddy Hield	Isaiah Crawford: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Okogie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Houstan	Jeff Green: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Isaiah Crawford: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keaton Wallace	Aaron Holiday: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Crawford: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)