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Houston Rockets vs. Indiana Pacers

December 29, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Pacers 126-119 on 2025-12-29 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Steven Adams, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Jay Huff, Bennedict Mathurin, and Johnny Furphy. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 11 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Kevin Durant as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 21 points (8/12) in his matchups, with Jarace Walker as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	37:23	20	8	7	0	1	3	0	6-9	0-1	8-8	+10
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	33:52	21	10	2	0	3	3	3	8-16	3-7	2-2	+10
Kevin Durant GS	33:41	30	6	5	0	1	3	0	13-20	2-6	2-3	+14
Tari Eason GS	28:39	13	8	1	1	1	2	3	5-8	1-3	2-2	+9
Steven Adams GS	22:17	8	5	0	0	0	0	2	3-4	0-0	2-6	+17
Reed Sheppard	24:15	13	1	3	2	0	2	3	6-12	1-5	0-0	+12
Dorian Finney-Smith	16:17	6	2	0	0	0	1	3	2-3	2-3	0-0	+8
Clint Capela	13:20	6	7	1	0	0	0	1	3-4	0-0	0-1	+2
Josh Okogie	12:51	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	-4
Jae'Sean Tate	8:53	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-13
Aaron Holiday	3:42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-14
Jeff Green	2:26	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-8
JD Davison	2:26	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	-8
Totals		126	50	21	4	6	16	17	49-83	10-27	18-24

IND

Indiana Pacers 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam GS	31:13	23	4	4	1	0	2	0	8-16	1-3	6-10	-15
Andrew Nembhard GS	29:18	11	1	2	3	0	1	2	4-13	2-5	1-2	-13
Bennedict Mathurin GS	25:39	14	3	4	0	0	0	3	5-11	3-6	1-1	-13
Johnny Furphy GS	20:27	9	4	1	1	0	0	3	4-5	1-2	0-1	-12
Jay Huff GS	18:35	8	3	1	1	1	1	4	3-8	2-4	0-0	-29
Aaron Nesmith	23:40	14	3	3	0	1	1	1	5-8	4-6	0-0	-10
Jarace Walker	23:35	12	2	3	1	0	1	0	5-7	2-3	0-0	-3
Kam Jones	17:30	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	2-4	0-1	0-0	+11
T.J. McConnell	16:03	6	1	4	1	0	1	1	2-7	0-0	2-2	-13
Micah Potter	12:11	3	3	6	0	1	1	4	1-3	0-1	1-1	+16
Tony Bradley	10:43	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Quenton Jackson	3:42	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	2-2	1-1	2-2	+14
Taelon Peter	3:42	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	2-2	2-2	0-1	+14
Ethan Thompson	3:42	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+14
Totals		119	29	30	12	3	9	22	44-88	18-34	13-20

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 13.2 min
Clint Capela · Dorian Finney-Smith · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 5.0 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Josh Okogie · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 3.9 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Dorian Finney-Smith · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.3 min
Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Josh Okogie · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 3.2 min

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin · Johnny Furphy Starter 1.3 min
Pascal Siakam · Tony Bradley · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Bennedict Mathurin 4.7 min
T.J. McConnell · Micah Potter · Jarace Walker · Johnny Furphy · Kam Jones 4.6 min
Pascal Siakam · Tony Bradley · Andrew Nembhard · Bennedict Mathurin · Johnny Furphy 4.0 min
Ethan Thompson · Micah Potter · Quenton Jackson · Kam Jones · Taelon Peter 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Pascal Siakam 11 pts (5/9) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Kevin Durant (38 %, 8 pts) · Dorian Finney-Smith (15 %, 0 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (15 %, 0 pts)
Bennedict Mathurin 5 pts (2/5) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Tari Eason (38 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (26 %, 0 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	Andrew Nembhard: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bennedict Mathurin: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kevin Durant	Pascal Siakam: 23 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Jarace Walker: 17 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Johnny Furphy: 18 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Aaron Nesmith: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tari Eason	Bennedict Mathurin: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andrew Nembhard: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Reed Sheppard	T.J. McConnell: 19 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Kam Jones: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Steven Adams	Jay Huff: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Tony Bradley: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Pascal Siakam: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Johnny Furphy: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Jay Huff: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Micah Potter: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Josh Okogie	Kam Jones: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Quenton Jackson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Ethan Thompson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Andrew Nembhard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday	Ethan Thompson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Taelon Peter: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
JD Davison	Kam Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Taelon Peter: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green	Micah Potter: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kam Jones: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pacers defense

Kevin Durant 21 pts (8/12) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Jarace Walker (23 %, 6 pts) · Pascal Siakam (20 %, 7 pts) · Bennedict Mathurin (20 %, 5 pts)
Reed Sheppard 19 pts (7/14) in 47 possessions

Guarded by: T.J. McConnell (22 %, 6 pts) · Kam Jones (19 %, 2 pts) · Jarace Walker (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Pascal Siakam	Kevin Durant: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Tari Eason: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Andrew Nembhard	Amen Thompson: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Tari Eason: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Bennedict Mathurin	Kevin Durant: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Amen Thompson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarace Walker	Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Nesmith	Tari Eason: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Johnny Furphy	Jabari Smith Jr.: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kam Jones	Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jay Huff	Steven Adams: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Clint Capela: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
T.J. McConnell	Reed Sheppard: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Amen Thompson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Potter	Clint Capela: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jae'Sean Tate: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tony Bradley	Steven Adams: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Clint Capela: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Quenton Jackson	Josh Okogie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Holiday: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ethan Thompson	Jae'Sean Tate: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Holiday: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Taelon Peter	Josh Okogie: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)