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Houston Rockets vs. New York Knicks

March 31, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Knicks 111-94 on 2026-03-31 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 10 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Tari Eason as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 0 points (0/7) in his matchups, with OG Anunoby as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	39:04	15	6	2	1	0	1	2	5-10	3-6	2-2	+14
Amen Thompson GS	38:51	17	4	8	0	2	1	0	8-14	0-2	1-2	+19
Kevin Durant GS	34:31	27	6	8	0	2	2	1	10-18	4-7	3-4	+28
Tari Eason GS	30:22	17	8	3	2	1	0	4	6-10	3-6	2-2	+21
Alperen Sengun GS	29:55	13	5	10	1	0	2	5	4-5	1-2	4-6	+8
Reed Sheppard	27:32	20	5	2	2	1	2	3	8-12	4-7	0-0	+10
Clint Capela	12:07	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+11
Jae'Sean Tate	10:34	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	-11
Josh Okogie	7:07	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Aaron Holiday	6:23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-11
Jeff Green	1:47	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-2
JD Davison	1:47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		111	38	35	6	6	8	17	42-78	15-35	12-16

Did not play: Dorian Finney-Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NYK

New York Knicks 94

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG Anunoby GS	38:13	8	6	0	2	1	0	1	3-9	2-8	0-0	-14
Jalen Brunson GS	37:02	12	6	8	1	0	3	2	5-14	1-5	1-2	-26
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	34:11	22	8	3	0	0	1	0	7-17	2-4	6-8	-11
Mikal Bridges GS	33:43	7	3	4	1	0	1	1	3-4	1-2	0-0	-11
Josh Hart GS	28:32	13	5	2	0	0	3	3	5-12	1-6	2-2	-22
Jordan Clarkson	19:10	10	2	0	0	0	0	2	4-6	0-0	2-2	+2
Mitchell Robinson	15:52	5	5	0	1	0	0	3	2-4	0-0	1-2	-14
Miles McBride	12:37	3	1	2	0	1	3	2	1-9	1-5	0-0	-8
Jose Alvarado	11:40	12	1	2	0	0	0	2	5-6	2-2	0-0	+9
Mohamed Diawara	1:52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Jeremy Sochan	1:47	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+2
Pacôme Dadiet	1:47	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Ariel Hukporti	1:47	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Tyler Kolek	1:47	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		94	41	22	5	2	11	16	36-85	10-34	12-16

Did not play: Dillon Jones (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 14.1 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 7.6 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 5.0 min
Aaron Holiday · Jae'Sean Tate · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 4.6 min
Jae'Sean Tate · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.2 min

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 18.1 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jose Alvarado 9.1 min
Jordan Clarkson · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Miles McBride 4.2 min
Jordan Clarkson · OG Anunoby · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Miles McBride 3.9 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Miles McBride 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Jalen Brunson 10 pts (4/9) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Tari Eason (35 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (21 %, 4 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (18 %, 3 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 15 pts (6/14) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Alperen Sengun (38 %, 5 pts) · Amen Thompson (25 %, 2 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (19 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	OG Anunoby: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Mikal Bridges: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Brunson: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kevin Durant	OG Anunoby: 25 poss., 12 pts (5/5) · Josh Hart: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Alperen Sengun	Karl-Anthony Towns: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · OG Anunoby: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason	Jalen Brunson: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Josh Hart: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Reed Sheppard	Miles McBride: 12 poss., 10 pts (4/5) · Mikal Bridges: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Clint Capela	Mitchell Robinson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles McBride: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Mikal Bridges: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jose Alvarado: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie	Jalen Brunson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pacôme Dadiet: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday	Jose Alvarado: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mohamed Diawara: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green	Ariel Hukporti: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
JD Davison	Tyler Kolek: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremy Sochan: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

Kevin Durant 0 pts (0/7) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (48 %, 0 pts) · Josh Hart (19 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Brunson (10 %, 0 pts)
Alperen Sengun 22 pts (8/13) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Hart (35 %, 5 pts) · Karl-Anthony Towns (23 %, 4 pts) · Mitchell Robinson (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
OG Anunoby	Kevin Durant: 30 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jalen Brunson	Amen Thompson: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Tari Eason: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Tari Eason: 16 poss., 6 pts (1/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Mikal Bridges	Jabari Smith Jr.: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Josh Hart	Alperen Sengun: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Kevin Durant: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jordan Clarkson	Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Reed Sheppard: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Mitchell Robinson	Clint Capela: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles McBride	Reed Sheppard: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/6) · Amen Thompson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jose Alvarado	Alperen Sengun: 4 poss., 10 pts (4/4) · Reed Sheppard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek	JD Davison: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeff Green: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremy Sochan	Aaron Holiday: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jae'Sean Tate: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pacôme Dadiet	Josh Okogie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Holiday: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ariel Hukporti	Jeff Green: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · JD Davison: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mohamed Diawara	Jae'Sean Tate: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Okogie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)