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Houston Rockets vs. Utah Jazz

February 23, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Jazz 125-105 on 2026-02-23 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. The Jazz started Lauri Markkanen, Cody Williams, Isaiah Collier, Kyle Filipowski, and Ace Bailey. Lauri Markkanen (Jazz) scored 15 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Kevin Durant as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 12 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Cody Williams as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Alperen Sengun GS	35:35	16	9	9	1	2	3	3	7-12	0-1	2-2	+3
Kevin Durant GS	34:07	18	5	12	1	1	4	0	7-13	4-6	0-0	+28
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	32:59	31	9	0	3	3	4	3	12-17	6-11	1-2	+28
Tari Eason GS	31:35	11	10	4	1	1	3	1	5-12	1-5	0-0	+7
Amen Thompson GS	29:05	20	7	3	2	1	6	2	8-9	0-0	4-5	+17
Reed Sheppard	23:32	15	3	4	1	0	3	4	5-9	5-9	0-0	+3
Dorian Finney-Smith	20:15	3	4	0	0	0	1	4	1-4	1-4	0-0	-5
Josh Okogie	12:51	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	+4
Clint Capela	10:12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	+8
Aaron Holiday	5:55	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	2-2	1-1	2-2	+1
Jeff Green	1:57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+3
Isaiah Crawford	1:57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		125	53	34	10	8	26	20	49-86	18-40	9-11

UTA

Utah Jazz 105

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lauri Markkanen GS	32:10	29	3	2	2	0	2	0	10-23	1-10	8-8	-14
Isaiah Collier GS	29:51	17	1	3	2	0	0	3	4-16	0-5	9-10	-30
Ace Bailey GS	27:02	4	8	0	2	0	0	0	2-9	0-2	0-0	-26
Kyle Filipowski GS	23:38	13	5	4	5	1	6	4	4-10	1-2	4-6	-24
Cody Williams GS	14:11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-16
Brice Sensabaugh	31:42	26	3	1	0	1	1	1	10-15	4-8	2-3	-2
Kevin Love	24:22	5	9	5	0	1	0	0	2-8	1-6	0-0	+4
John Konchar	24:22	5	4	2	3	0	1	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	+4
Elijah Harkless	14:24	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	+9
Svi Mykhailiuk	10:30	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	1-1	-4
Vince Williams Jr.	7:48	1	3	1	1	0	1	1	0-4	0-4	1-2	-1
Totals		105	36	23	17	3	11	10	36-98	8-44	25-30

Did not play: Blake Hinson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Oscar Tshiebwe (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 14.7 min
Clint Capela · Dorian Finney-Smith · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.8 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 4.4 min
Dorian Finney-Smith · Aaron Holiday · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. 4.0 min
Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Alperen Sengun · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 3.9 min

UTA

Utah Jazz

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Lauri Markkanen · Cody Williams · Isaiah Collier · Kyle Filipowski · Ace Bailey Starter 10.5 min
Kevin Love · Lauri Markkanen · John Konchar · Brice Sensabaugh · Elijah Harkless 6.4 min
Lauri Markkanen · Brice Sensabaugh · Isaiah Collier · Kyle Filipowski · Ace Bailey 5.4 min
Brice Sensabaugh · Elijah Harkless · Isaiah Collier · Kyle Filipowski · Ace Bailey 4.1 min
Kevin Love · Lauri Markkanen · John Konchar · Vince Williams Jr. · Brice Sensabaugh 3.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Lauri Markkanen 15 pts (6/9) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Kevin Durant (23 %, 3 pts) · Alperen Sengun (18 %, 2 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (17 %, 6 pts)
Brice Sensabaugh 17 pts (6/11) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (18 %, 6 pts) · Dorian Finney-Smith (17 %, 3 pts) · Kevin Durant (13 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Alperen Sengun	Kyle Filipowski: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Lauri Markkanen: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kevin Durant	Lauri Markkanen: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Cody Williams: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Amen Thompson	Isaiah Collier: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Ace Bailey: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Lauri Markkanen: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Brice Sensabaugh: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Tari Eason	Lauri Markkanen: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ace Bailey: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard	John Konchar: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Elijah Harkless: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Brice Sensabaugh: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ace Bailey: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Okogie	Ace Bailey: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brice Sensabaugh: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Kevin Love: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Konchar: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday	Elijah Harkless: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kyle Filipowski: 1 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Jeff Green	Isaiah Collier: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ace Bailey: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Crawford	Brice Sensabaugh: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyle Filipowski: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Jazz defense

Kevin Durant 12 pts (5/11) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Cody Williams (19 %, 0 pts) · Lauri Markkanen (18 %, 4 pts) · Brice Sensabaugh (14 %, 6 pts)
Alperen Sengun 22 pts (8/17) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Kyle Filipowski (41 %, 7 pts) · Lauri Markkanen (15 %, 8 pts) · John Konchar (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Lauri Markkanen	Tari Eason: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Brice Sensabaugh	Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Tari Eason: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Isaiah Collier	Amen Thompson: 22 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ace Bailey	Jabari Smith Jr.: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Tari Eason: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kyle Filipowski	Alperen Sengun: 32 poss., 7 pts (2/6) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kevin Love	Clint Capela: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Alperen Sengun: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
John Konchar	Reed Sheppard: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Alperen Sengun: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Cody Williams	Kevin Durant: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tari Eason: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Elijah Harkless	Dorian Finney-Smith: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Svi Mykhailiuk	Kevin Durant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Vince Williams Jr.	Reed Sheppard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tari Eason: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)