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Houston Rockets vs. Orlando Magic

November 16, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Magic 117-113 on 2025-11-16 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Franz Wagner, Anthony Black, and Tristan da Silva. Franz Wagner (Magic) scored 22 points (9/19) in his matchups, with Kevin Durant as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 24 points (9/15) in his matchups, with Tristan da Silva as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant GS	45:05	35	5	6	0	1	5	2	13-24	2-8	7-7	+4
Alperen Sengun GS	44:36	30	12	8	0	2	5	5	11-31	0-1	8-10	+5
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	43:09	10	10	0	1	1	1	6	4-9	2-4	0-0	-4
Amen Thompson GS	38:48	12	10	2	0	0	1	2	4-13	0-1	4-4	+7
Josh Okogie GS	21:47	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	-18
Reed Sheppard	28:46	16	7	2	1	0	0	4	6-11	2-4	2-2	+19
Steven Adams	27:15	3	13	0	0	0	2	3	1-8	0-0	1-2	-2
Aaron Holiday	15:35	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	3-4	2-2	2-2	+9
Totals		117	60	19	4	4	14	23	42-100	8-20	25-29

Did not play: Clint Capela (DNP - Coach's Decision), JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ORL

Orlando Magic 113

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Desmond Bane GS	44:15	26	4	4	1	1	3	3	9-20	2-7	6-6	-9
Franz Wagner GS	42:50	29	5	4	2	0	2	2	8-21	3-8	10-13	+2
Tristan da Silva GS	40:22	13	6	2	3	1	0	1	5-10	2-6	1-2	+5
Wendell Carter Jr. GS	37:25	15	6	2	1	4	1	6	5-11	2-4	3-4	+3
Anthony Black GS	35:46	18	3	4	1	1	2	5	7-14	1-5	3-5	+2
Jett Howard	19:39	5	2	2	1	1	0	1	2-6	1-3	0-0	-4
Goga Bitadze	15:33	4	4	1	1	1	0	3	1-2	0-0	2-4	-7
Tyus Jones	15:20	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	-8
Jonathan Isaac	13:50	3	6	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	-4
Totals		113	38	21	11	9	8	22	38-91	12-37	25-34

Did not play: Jamal Cain (DNP - Coach's Decision), Noah Penda (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jase Richardson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Orlando Robinson (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 16.3 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 9.0 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 5.8 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Aaron Holiday · Jabari Smith Jr. · Reed Sheppard 5.3 min
Steven Adams · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.7 min

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Franz Wagner · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva Starter 25.1 min
Tyus Jones · Jonathan Isaac · Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Jett Howard 8.6 min
Goga Bitadze · Franz Wagner · Anthony Black · Jett Howard · Tristan da Silva 5.3 min
Tyus Jones · Goga Bitadze · Desmond Bane · Franz Wagner · Tristan da Silva 3.0 min
Jonathan Isaac · Wendell Carter Jr. · Franz Wagner · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva 2.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Franz Wagner 22 pts (9/19) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Kevin Durant (46 %, 7 pts) · Alperen Sengun (24 %, 9 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (11 %, 3 pts)
Desmond Bane 17 pts (7/15) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Okogie (25 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (18 %, 2 pts) · Reed Sheppard (17 %, 8 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Franz Wagner: 37 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Desmond Bane: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Alperen Sengun	Wendell Carter Jr.: 25 poss., 6 pts (3/9) · Franz Wagner: 19 poss., 9 pts (4/10)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Tristan da Silva: 43 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Franz Wagner: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Amen Thompson	Anthony Black: 33 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Desmond Bane: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Steven Adams	Wendell Carter Jr.: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Goga Bitadze: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Reed Sheppard	Desmond Bane: 14 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Jett Howard: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Josh Okogie	Desmond Bane: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Franz Wagner: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday	Tyus Jones: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jett Howard: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1)

Magic defense

Kevin Durant 24 pts (9/15) in 83 possessions

Guarded by: Tristan da Silva (23 %, 3 pts) · Franz Wagner (19 %, 12 pts) · Wendell Carter Jr. (16 %, 4 pts)
Alperen Sengun 23 pts (8/17) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Wendell Carter Jr. (28 %, 5 pts) · Anthony Black (17 %, 10 pts) · Franz Wagner (12 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Desmond Bane	Josh Okogie: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Franz Wagner	Amen Thompson: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 16 poss., 6 pts (1/5)
Tristan da Silva	Jabari Smith Jr.: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Kevin Durant: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Anthony Black	Alperen Sengun: 13 poss., 10 pts (4/4) · Amen Thompson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Wendell Carter Jr.	Alperen Sengun: 22 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jett Howard	Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Holiday: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Goga Bitadze	Steven Adams: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonathan Isaac	Alperen Sengun: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Steven Adams: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tyus Jones	Reed Sheppard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Aaron Holiday: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)