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Houston Rockets vs. Brooklyn Nets

October 27, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Nets 137-109 on 2025-10-27 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Nets started Michael Porter Jr., Terance Mann, Nic Claxton, Cam Thomas, and Ben Saraf. Cam Thomas (Nets) scored 5 points (1/3) in his matchups, with Josh Okogie as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 12 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Ben Saraf as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 137

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Josh Okogie GS 30:41 10 0 1 2 0 0 4 3-5 2-2 2-2 +11
Alperen Sengun GS 30:01 21 6 6 1 0 3 0 7-11 2-2 5-5 +25
Amen Thompson GS 25:15 12 4 8 1 0 0 3 5-10 0-1 2-3 +33
Kevin Durant GS 24:48 19 6 3 1 0 3 4 6-14 0-4 7-7 +10
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 24:02 11 4 0 2 0 0 0 4-7 1-3 2-2 +19
Tari Eason 25:38 22 5 5 0 1 0 2 8-12 5-7 1-3 +21
Reed Sheppard 23:59 15 4 8 1 0 2 1 6-11 3-7 0-0 +9
Steven Adams 16:04 4 8 1 0 1 1 1 0-1 0-0 4-4 +20
Clint Capela 13:54 8 1 0 0 2 0 3 4-4 0-0 0-0 0
JD Davison 7:14 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1-3 1-3 0-0 -1
Aaron Holiday 7:14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-3 1-2 0-0 -1
Jae'Sean Tate 7:14 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 2-3 0-0 0-0 -1
Jeff Green 3:58 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 -5
Totals 137 39 33 10 4 9 22 49-85 16-32 23-26

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets 109

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Michael Porter Jr. GS 27:41 18 4 2 0 0 3 3 8-13 2-4 0-0 -13
Cam Thomas GS 25:17 9 1 2 1 0 2 1 3-9 1-2 2-5 -18
Ben Saraf GS 25:16 6 1 5 1 0 2 2 2-8 2-5 0-0 -9
Nic Claxton GS 23:09 6 3 3 0 0 1 5 3-5 0-0 0-0 -11
Terance Mann GS 22:49 21 6 0 0 0 0 2 8-11 3-5 2-3 -24
Tyrese Martin 23:14 11 4 2 0 0 0 2 4-10 3-8 0-0 -10
Jalen Wilson 23:00 9 1 2 1 0 2 1 3-8 1-4 2-2 -14
Day'Ron Sharpe 22:16 17 12 2 0 0 0 4 6-7 1-2 4-5 -10
Nolan Traore 20:39 4 1 3 0 0 2 4 1-5 1-3 1-2 -14
Noah Clowney 15:49 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1-6 0-4 0-0 -21
Tyson Etienne 5:25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +2
E.J. Liddell 5:25 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2-3 1-2 1-1 +2
Totals 109 37 22 3 0 12 24 41-86 15-40 12-18

Lineups

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets

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
Josh Okogie Cam Thomas: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tyrese Martin: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alperen Sengun Nic Claxton: 15 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Terance Mann: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Durant Terance Mann: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ben Saraf: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Amen Thompson Jalen Wilson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ben Saraf: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Tari Eason Terance Mann: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Nolan Traore: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jabari Smith Jr. Michael Porter Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Thomas: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard Nolan Traore: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Martin: 7 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Steven Adams Day'Ron Sharpe: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Nic Claxton: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela Nic Claxton: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Michael Porter Jr.: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jae'Sean Tate E.J. Liddell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ben Saraf: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
JD Davison Ben Saraf: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Wilson: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Aaron Holiday Nolan Traore: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · E.J. Liddell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeff Green Day'Ron Sharpe: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyson Etienne: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nets defense

Defender Guarded most
Michael Porter Jr. Jabari Smith Jr.: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Josh Okogie: 11 poss., 12 pts (5/6)
Cam Thomas Josh Okogie: 18 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Terance Mann Alperen Sengun: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Amen Thompson: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Ben Saraf Kevin Durant: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Reed Sheppard: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Nic Claxton Clint Capela: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Martin Josh Okogie: 11 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Reed Sheppard: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Day'Ron Sharpe Steven Adams: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Clint Capela: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jalen Wilson Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Alperen Sengun: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nolan Traore Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tari Eason: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Noah Clowney Tari Eason: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
E.J. Liddell Reed Sheppard: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jae'Sean Tate: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tyson Etienne Aaron Holiday: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)