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Houston Rockets vs. Miami Heat

March 21, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Heat 123-122 on 2026-03-21 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. The Heat started Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Davion Mitchell, Simone Fontecchio, and Pelle Larsson. Bam Adebayo (Heat) scored 32 points (13/25) in his matchups, with Alperen Sengun as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 12 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Simone Fontecchio as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	39:54	13	4	4	0	2	1	2	4-13	2-8	3-4	-4
Amen Thompson GS	37:56	24	18	4	0	1	3	1	10-17	1-1	3-3	+2
Kevin Durant GS	36:56	27	3	3	0	0	3	0	9-17	5-9	4-4	-11
Reed Sheppard GS	36:38	23	2	14	4	0	0	3	8-12	5-8	2-2	+17
Alperen Sengun GS	32:31	19	12	3	0	0	3	4	9-13	0-0	1-2	-4
Tari Eason	19:44	7	3	0	0	0	3	1	2-7	1-3	2-2	-9
Dorian Finney-Smith	13:57	1	1	3	0	0	0	2	0-2	0-2	1-2	+9
Aaron Holiday	13:18	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	3-4	2-3	0-0	+12
Jae'Sean Tate	6:28	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Josh Okogie	2:38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-3
Totals		123	44	33	5	3	13	16	45-86	16-35	17-21

Did not play: Clint Capela (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIA

Miami Heat 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bam Adebayo GS	45:01	32	21	4	2	0	1	4	12-21	2-4	6-8	+5
Tyler Herro GS	38:32	25	6	4	1	0	0	0	10-22	2-9	3-3	+12
Simone Fontecchio GS	37:49	21	3	3	1	0	0	1	8-12	5-9	0-0	+17
Davion Mitchell GS	37:02	15	1	9	2	0	2	2	6-15	3-10	0-0	+8
Pelle Larsson GS	31:29	19	5	3	0	0	2	5	7-12	2-3	3-5	+2
Myron Gardner	20:10	8	2	3	0	0	2	5	3-4	2-3	0-0	-15
Kasparas Jakučionis	14:31	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Dru Smith	7:06	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-13
Kel'el Ware	4:38	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-15
Nikola Jović	3:42	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-3	0-1	0-0	-1
Totals		122	41	31	6	1	9	19	47-92	16-41	12-16

Did not play: Jaime Jaquez Jr. (NWT - Injury/Illness), Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Norman Powell (DND - Injury/Illness), Andrew Wiggins (NWT - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard Starter 14.6 min
Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.2 min
Kevin Durant · Jae'Sean Tate · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 4.2 min
Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.3 min
Dorian Finney-Smith · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 2.8 min

MIA

Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Bam Adebayo · Tyler Herro · Davion Mitchell · Simone Fontecchio · Pelle Larsson Starter 19.8 min
Bam Adebayo · Tyler Herro · Davion Mitchell · Simone Fontecchio · Myron Gardner 7.9 min
Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson · Myron Gardner · Kasparas Jakučionis 3.0 min
Bam Adebayo · Tyler Herro · Simone Fontecchio · Myron Gardner · Kasparas Jakučionis 3.0 min
Bam Adebayo · Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Pelle Larsson · Kasparas Jakučionis 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Bam Adebayo 32 pts (13/25) in 93 possessions

Guarded by: Alperen Sengun (26 %, 10 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (19 %, 7 pts) · Amen Thompson (18 %, 6 pts)
Tyler Herro 11 pts (5/8) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (26 %, 4 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (22 %, 0 pts) · Kevin Durant (18 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	Tyler Herro: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Bam Adebayo: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Tyler Herro: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bam Adebayo: 17 poss., 7 pts (2/6)
Kevin Durant	Simone Fontecchio: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tyler Herro: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Reed Sheppard	Davion Mitchell: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Simone Fontecchio: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alperen Sengun	Bam Adebayo: 24 poss., 10 pts (5/6) · Pelle Larsson: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Tari Eason	Simone Fontecchio: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tyler Herro: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Kel'el Ware: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kasparas Jakučionis: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday	Davion Mitchell: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bam Adebayo: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jae'Sean Tate	Tyler Herro: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Myron Gardner: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie	Kasparas Jakučionis: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bam Adebayo: 1 poss., 1 pts (0/0)

Heat defense

Kevin Durant 12 pts (5/10) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Simone Fontecchio (40 %, 10 pts) · Pelle Larsson (14 %, 0 pts) · Bam Adebayo (13 %, 2 pts)
Alperen Sengun 34 pts (11/18) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Pelle Larsson (30 %, 9 pts) · Bam Adebayo (18 %, 7 pts) · Davion Mitchell (17 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bam Adebayo	Jabari Smith Jr.: 34 poss., 12 pts (5/9) · Amen Thompson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Herro	Amen Thompson: 29 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Tari Eason: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Simone Fontecchio	Kevin Durant: 29 poss., 10 pts (4/5) · Reed Sheppard: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Davion Mitchell	Reed Sheppard: 27 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Alperen Sengun: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Pelle Larsson	Alperen Sengun: 19 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Kevin Durant: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Myron Gardner	Kevin Durant: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alperen Sengun: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kasparas Jakučionis	Amen Thompson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dru Smith	Reed Sheppard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kel'el Ware	Dorian Finney-Smith: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Jović	Alperen Sengun: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)