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Houston Rockets vs. Sacramento Kings

December 3, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Kings 121-95 on 2025-12-03 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Drew Eubanks, and Keegan Murray. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 14 points (5/14) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 10 points (3/9) in his matchups, with DeMar DeRozan as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	36:34	20	12	7	2	1	5	2	8-16	0-1	4-4	+10
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	34:40	14	8	1	0	2	1	0	5-12	0-3	4-6	+24
Kevin Durant GS	31:49	24	3	8	0	1	0	1	9-16	1-4	5-5	+12
Alperen Sengun GS	29:47	28	10	3	4	0	3	3	11-20	0-1	6-7	-1
Josh Okogie GS	26:36	3	6	1	2	0	2	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	+23
Reed Sheppard	27:46	5	6	1	1	2	1	1	2-7	1-2	0-0	+22
Steven Adams	17:50	11	8	0	0	2	3	0	5-6	0-0	1-2	+7
Aaron Holiday	17:00	7	2	1	0	0	1	1	3-5	1-2	0-0	+4
Clint Capela	9:28	4	6	1	1	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	+13
Jae'Sean Tate	4:02	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+6
Jeff Green	2:14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+5
JD Davison	2:14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+5
Totals		121	62	24	10	8	16	10	48-91	5-16	20-24

SAC

Sacramento Kings 95

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keegan Murray GS	37:24	5	11	1	1	2	3	3	2-11	1-5	0-0	-15
Russell Westbrook GS	28:01	12	4	9	1	0	4	3	5-13	2-7	0-2	-9
DeMar DeRozan GS	22:33	12	2	0	1	0	2	1	6-12	0-1	0-0	-6
Zach LaVine GS	18:41	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1-5	0-3	0-0	+6
Drew Eubanks GS	9:59	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-1	-4
Maxime Raynaud	32:18	25	6	3	1	1	1	0	10-15	2-2	3-3	-18
Malik Monk	29:43	25	3	5	2	0	0	1	10-19	5-8	0-0	-30
Nique Clifford	22:47	2	0	2	1	1	0	3	1-7	0-3	0-0	-16
Keon Ellis	19:59	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-4	0-4	0-0	-17
Precious Achiuwa	18:35	10	4	0	2	0	1	2	4-8	0-1	2-4	-21
Totals		95	32	21	10	7	12	17	40-97	10-34	5-10

Did not play: Devin Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 12.7 min
Steven Adams · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 5.7 min
Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.4 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Josh Okogie · Jabari Smith Jr. · Reed Sheppard 4.0 min
Kevin Durant · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.6 min

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

Russell Westbrook
Zach LaVine
DeMar DeRozan
Keegan Murray
Drew Eubanks

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Zach LaVine · Drew Eubanks · Keegan Murray Starter 5.2 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Zach LaVine · Keegan Murray · Maxime Raynaud 10.3 min
Malik Monk · Keegan Murray · Keon Ellis · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 9.6 min
Malik Monk · Precious Achiuwa · Keon Ellis · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 4.4 min
Russell Westbrook · Malik Monk · Precious Achiuwa · Keegan Murray · Nique Clifford 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Russell Westbrook 14 pts (5/14) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (40 %, 6 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (16 %, 1 pts) · Josh Okogie (13 %, 0 pts)
Zach LaVine 5 pts (2/5) in 39 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Okogie (56 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (13 %, 2 pts) · Kevin Durant (12 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	Russell Westbrook: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Keegan Murray: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jabari Smith Jr.	DeMar DeRozan: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Keegan Murray: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kevin Durant	Keegan Murray: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · DeMar DeRozan: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Alperen Sengun	Maxime Raynaud: 20 poss., 8 pts (4/8) · Drew Eubanks: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Reed Sheppard	Keon Ellis: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Malik Monk: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Okogie	Zach LaVine: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Malik Monk: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Steven Adams	Maxime Raynaud: 17 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Precious Achiuwa: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Aaron Holiday	Malik Monk: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Clint Capela	Maxime Raynaud: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Drew Eubanks: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Nique Clifford: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Keegan Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
JD Davison	Keon Ellis: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nique Clifford: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green	Keegan Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 1 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Kings defense

Kevin Durant 10 pts (3/9) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: DeMar DeRozan (34 %, 2 pts) · Keegan Murray (25 %, 3 pts) · Maxime Raynaud (9 %, 2 pts)
Alperen Sengun 19 pts (8/16) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Maxime Raynaud (31 %, 7 pts) · Precious Achiuwa (16 %, 3 pts) · Drew Eubanks (15 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Keegan Murray	Jabari Smith Jr.: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Durant: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Maxime Raynaud	Alperen Sengun: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Steven Adams: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Malik Monk	Amen Thompson: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Aaron Holiday: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Russell Westbrook	Amen Thompson: 24 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Josh Okogie: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DeMar DeRozan	Kevin Durant: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Nique Clifford	Reed Sheppard: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Holiday: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keon Ellis	Aaron Holiday: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zach LaVine	Josh Okogie: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Amen Thompson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Precious Achiuwa	Alperen Sengun: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Steven Adams: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Drew Eubanks	Alperen Sengun: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Steven Adams: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)