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Houston Rockets vs. Atlanta Hawks

October 26, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Rockets beat the Hawks 120-110 on 2026-10-26 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Fred VanVleet, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Hawks started CJ McCollum, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, and Dyson Daniels. Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Hawks) scored 16 points (5/8) in his matchups, with Tari Eason as his primary defender. Alperen Sengun (Rockets) scored 13 points (5/22) in his matchups, with Onyeka Okongwu as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Houston Rockets 120

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 38:32 16 12 5 1 1 1 2 6-13 2-6 2-3 +12
Alperen Sengun GS 37:11 29 9 9 6 1 6 4 11-15 1-1 6-8 +29
Kevin Durant GS 29:51 22 9 3 1 4 4 4 6-13 1-4 9-10 +9
Fred VanVleet GS 28:48 5 4 5 0 0 2 2 2-7 0-3 1-1 +15
Amen Thompson GS 27:32 15 5 2 0 0 5 1 6-8 0-0 3-4 -3
Tari Eason 32:45 13 8 2 0 3 1 2 4-8 1-3 4-5 +11
Reed Sheppard 24:17 13 0 4 2 0 1 2 5-12 2-7 1-1 +2
Bogdan Bogdanović 12:48 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 2-3 1-2 0-0 +1
Clint Capela 4:05 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 -5
Jae'Sean Tate 1:27 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -7
Bruce Thornton 1:22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -7
Isaiah Crawford 1:22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -7
Totals 120 52 31 11 9 21 22 43-81 8-27 26-32

Did not play: Steven Adams (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Quadir Copeland (Inactive - G League - Two-Way), Julian Phillips (Inactive - G League - Two-Way), Marcus Smart (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Oscar Tshiebwe (Inactive - Coach's Decision)

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Atlanta Hawks 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jalen Johnson GS 35:32 21 9 3 1 2 4 5 5-14 1-5 10-12 -9
CJ McCollum GS 29:31 20 1 3 4 0 1 2 8-16 4-7 0-0 -5
Onyeka Okongwu GS 28:50 11 9 1 2 1 1 2 5-10 1-4 0-0 0
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS 28:50 12 2 3 1 0 3 4 5-13 2-7 0-2 -12
Dyson Daniels GS 28:14 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 2-8 0-1 0-0 -1
Aaron Wiggins 26:39 12 4 3 1 0 0 3 5-12 2-6 0-0 -12
Luguentz Dort 20:39 11 2 1 0 0 0 3 4-11 0-5 3-3 -17
Kingston Flemings 18:29 6 1 4 0 0 4 2 3-4 0-1 0-1 -5
Jock Landale 17:48 8 6 4 0 1 0 3 3-8 0-2 2-3 -17
Dorian Finney-Smith 1:22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +7
Asa Newell 1:22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +7
Zuby Ejiofor 1:22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +7
Corey Kispert 1:22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 1-1 0-0 +7
Totals 110 35 26 10 4 13 25 42-98 11-39 15-21

Did not play: RayJ Dennis (Inactive - G League - Two-Way), Keshon Gilbert (Inactive - G League - Two-Way), Mouhamed Gueye (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Henri Veesaar (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Jalen Wilson (Inactive - G League - Two-Way)

Lineups

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Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

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Starting lineup

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Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Alperen Sengun Onyeka Okongwu: 33 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Jock Landale: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jabari Smith Jr. Jalen Johnson: 29 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Aaron Wiggins: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Tari Eason Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Wiggins: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kevin Durant Dyson Daniels: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Luguentz Dort: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Fred VanVleet CJ McCollum: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dyson Daniels: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Amen Thompson Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Jalen Johnson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Reed Sheppard Kingston Flemings: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bogdan Bogdanović Aaron Wiggins: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela Jock Landale: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luguentz Dort: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate Dorian Finney-Smith: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zuby Ejiofor: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Thornton Kingston Flemings: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Corey Kispert: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Crawford Zuby Ejiofor: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Asa Newell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hawks defense

Defender Guarded most
Jalen Johnson Tari Eason: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Kevin Durant: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Aaron Wiggins Jabari Smith Jr.: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tari Eason: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
CJ McCollum Amen Thompson: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Fred VanVleet: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Onyeka Okongwu Alperen Sengun: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Dyson Daniels Alperen Sengun: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Fred VanVleet: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker Tari Eason: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Amen Thompson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Luguentz Dort Kevin Durant: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Jock Landale Alperen Sengun: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Clint Capela: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Kingston Flemings Reed Sheppard: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Corey Kispert Bruce Thornton: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Asa Newell Bogdan Bogdanović: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dorian Finney-Smith Reed Sheppard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Crawford: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zuby Ejiofor Jae'Sean Tate: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)