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Houston Rockets vs. Utah Jazz

April 3, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Jazz 140-106 on 2026-04-03 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. The Jazz started John Konchar, Brice Sensabaugh, Cody Williams, Kyle Filipowski, and Ace Bailey. Brice Sensabaugh (Jazz) scored 23 points (10/16) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 12 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Kyle Filipowski as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 140

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Amen Thompson GS 31:55 21 8 4 2 0 1 1 7-11 0-0 7-9 +14
Kevin Durant GS 30:25 25 5 6 0 2 3 2 8-12 2-4 7-8 +24
Reed Sheppard GS 28:35 12 2 7 1 1 0 1 4-10 4-8 0-0 +26
Alperen Sengun GS 27:37 19 4 5 0 0 3 3 8-12 0-2 3-6 +16
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 23:58 18 5 0 1 0 1 1 6-16 4-8 2-2 +12
Tari Eason 21:51 16 7 0 0 0 1 2 7-10 2-3 0-0 +17
Aaron Holiday 17:32 6 2 3 1 0 1 4 2-5 2-4 0-0 +8
Clint Capela 13:05 2 4 1 1 2 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 +15
Jae'Sean Tate 12:00 7 6 2 0 0 0 1 3-5 0-0 1-1 +5
Josh Okogie 9:55 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +20
Dorian Finney-Smith 9:11 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 3-4 1-2 0-0 +9
Jeff Green 7:17 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0-3 0-1 0-0 +3
JD Davison 6:39 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 0-0 3-4 +1
Totals 140 46 30 8 5 10 18 51-92 15-32 23-30

UTA
Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz 106

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cody Williams GS 38:17 27 11 4 0 0 2 2 10-16 0-2 7-10 -29
Brice Sensabaugh GS 33:21 20 3 5 0 1 6 0 7-16 2-6 4-5 -22
Ace Bailey GS 32:36 22 6 1 0 1 2 4 9-17 2-8 2-3 -17
John Konchar GS 30:25 3 5 3 2 1 0 2 1-7 1-4 0-0 -24
Kyle Filipowski GS 30:17 17 7 2 1 0 0 6 8-16 0-4 1-1 -22
Bez Mbeng 28:50 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 0-4 0-2 0-0 -21
Kennedy Chandler 24:50 2 1 4 0 0 1 3 1-9 0-1 0-0 -20
Oscar Tshiebwe 21:24 15 10 1 2 0 2 3 7-11 0-0 1-3 -15
Totals 106 45 22 7 4 13 21 43-96 5-27 15-22

Did not play: Isaiah Collier (DND - Injury/Illness), Elijah Harkless (DND - Injury/Illness), Kevin Love (DNP - Coach's Decision), Svi Mykhailiuk (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

UTA
Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Amen Thompson Brice Sensabaugh: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bez Mbeng: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kevin Durant Cody Williams: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kyle Filipowski: 12 poss., 10 pts (2/2)
Alperen Sengun Kyle Filipowski: 18 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Oscar Tshiebwe: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Reed Sheppard John Konchar: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cody Williams: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jabari Smith Jr. Brice Sensabaugh: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · John Konchar: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Tari Eason Brice Sensabaugh: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · John Konchar: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday Kennedy Chandler: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bez Mbeng: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate Ace Bailey: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kennedy Chandler: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela Kyle Filipowski: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Oscar Tshiebwe: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dorian Finney-Smith Cody Williams: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ace Bailey: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Josh Okogie Brice Sensabaugh: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · John Konchar: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green Ace Bailey: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Oscar Tshiebwe: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
JD Davison Bez Mbeng: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kennedy Chandler: 3 poss., 2 pts (0/0)

Jazz defense

Defender Guarded most
Cody Williams Alperen Sengun: 13 poss., 8 pts (4/4) · Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Brice Sensabaugh Amen Thompson: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Ace Bailey Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kyle Filipowski Kevin Durant: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jae'Sean Tate: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
John Konchar Reed Sheppard: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bez Mbeng Tari Eason: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kevin Durant: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kennedy Chandler Aaron Holiday: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jae'Sean Tate: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Oscar Tshiebwe Alperen Sengun: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Clint Capela: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)