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Houston Rockets vs. Charlotte Hornets

February 5, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Rockets 109-99 on 2026-02-05 on the road against the Rockets. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 6 points (2/4) in his matchups, with Josh Okogie as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 8 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Josh Green as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 99

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	33:13	17	7	2	1	2	1	2	7-10	1-3	2-3	-18
Amen Thompson GS	32:48	8	5	7	1	1	5	1	3-7	0-0	2-2	-11
Kevin Durant GS	31:20	31	3	1	5	0	6	0	11-21	3-4	6-8	-11
Alperen Sengun GS	27:49	7	9	5	0	1	1	4	3-11	0-1	1-2	-6
Josh Okogie GS	20:30	6	1	0	1	0	1	1	2-2	1-1	1-2	-22
Reed Sheppard	22:03	7	2	0	2	1	2	2	2-10	1-6	2-2	-12
Clint Capela	17:16	6	5	0	2	0	0	1	3-5	0-0	0-0	+5
Dorian Finney-Smith	16:15	2	3	2	1	0	1	3	1-4	0-2	0-0	-20
Isaiah Crawford	15:34	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+9
Aaron Holiday	7:44	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	+12
Jeff Green	7:44	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	2-4	1-3	1-1	+12
JD Davison	7:44	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	2-4	0-1	0-0	+12
Totals		99	40	24	17	5	18	16	38-83	8-23	15-20

Did not play: Tari Eason (DND - Injury/Illness)

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	32:21	24	4	2	0	0	6	3	8-13	2-5	6-6	+3
Miles Bridges GS	32:05	18	6	4	1	0	0	0	7-17	3-8	1-1	+14
Moussa Diabaté GS	29:21	7	12	4	0	1	1	1	3-5	0-0	1-2	+14
LaMelo Ball GS	28:34	20	6	4	0	0	3	1	7-19	5-12	1-2	+8
Brandon Miller GS	21:28	11	3	1	3	1	6	4	4-9	1-4	2-2	-9
Josh Green	22:53	14	1	2	4	1	1	1	4-4	3-3	3-3	+18
Sion James	21:53	6	2	0	2	0	0	1	2-5	2-3	0-0	+2
Ryan Kalkbrenner	18:41	2	4	1	4	2	0	2	0-2	0-0	2-2	-4
Tre Mann	16:48	5	5	3	0	0	2	1	1-10	1-5	2-2	+8
Grant Williams	15:56	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0-3	0-3	2-2	-4
Totals		109	46	21	14	5	20	15	36-87	17-43	20-22

Did not play: Tidjane Salaün (DND - Injury/Illness), Coby White (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 11.1 min
Jeff Green · Clint Capela · Aaron Holiday · JD Davison · Isaiah Crawford 7.7 min
Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard · Isaiah Crawford 6.0 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Dorian Finney-Smith · Josh Okogie · Reed Sheppard 5.4 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 5.1 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 8.1 min
Miles Bridges · Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Sion James 5.4 min
Miles Bridges · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.8 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel 3.8 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 3.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

LaMelo Ball 6 pts (2/4) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Okogie (32 %, 0 pts) · Dorian Finney-Smith (15 %, 0 pts) · Isaiah Crawford (11 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 12 pts (4/8) in 38 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (26 %, 4 pts) · Isaiah Crawford (20 %, 2 pts) · Kevin Durant (18 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Kon Knueppel: 18 poss., 6 pts (1/4) · Sion James: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/6)
Amen Thompson	Miles Bridges: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Moussa Diabaté: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Josh Green: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Alperen Sengun	Moussa Diabaté: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Miles Bridges: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Reed Sheppard	Sion James: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Josh Green: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie	LaMelo Ball: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tre Mann: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dorian Finney-Smith	LaMelo Ball: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Grant Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Moussa Diabaté: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Crawford	Brandon Miller: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tre Mann: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeff Green	Miles Bridges: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Grant Williams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
JD Davison	LaMelo Ball: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kon Knueppel: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Aaron Holiday	Kon Knueppel: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Hornets defense

Kevin Durant 8 pts (3/7) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Green (27 %, 5 pts) · Kon Knueppel (16 %, 0 pts) · Miles Bridges (14 %, 0 pts)
Alperen Sengun 21 pts (8/14) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Moussa Diabaté (50 %, 3 pts) · Ryan Kalkbrenner (15 %, 0 pts) · LaMelo Ball (7 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Josh Okogie: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles Bridges	Jabari Smith Jr.: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Amen Thompson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Amen Thompson: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Josh Okogie: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté	Alperen Sengun: 29 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Kevin Durant: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Brandon Miller	Isaiah Crawford: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Sion James	Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Durant: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Clint Capela: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alperen Sengun: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Amen Thompson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Grant Williams	Kevin Durant: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)