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Houston Rockets vs. New Orleans Pelicans

March 13, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Pelicans 107-105 on 2026-03-13 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Dorian Finney-Smith, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. The Pelicans started Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, and Trey Murphy III. Dejounte Murray (Pelicans) scored 7 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 19 points (8/16) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 107

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	40:16	23	12	8	1	0	4	4	7-15	2-3	7-8	+11
Kevin Durant GS	39:44	32	6	5	1	1	1	0	13-24	3-7	3-4	-1
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	38:24	16	5	3	1	1	1	4	6-16	3-10	1-1	+4
Dorian Finney-Smith GS	26:48	0	4	2	2	1	0	2	0-3	0-3	0-0	+5
Tari Eason GS	19:04	4	8	0	1	0	3	3	2-11	0-3	0-0	0
Reed Sheppard	32:04	18	5	3	1	1	2	2	6-14	5-11	1-2	-1
Clint Capela	21:38	9	5	2	1	4	1	4	4-6	0-0	1-2	-5
Josh Okogie	13:09	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+4
Jeff Green	8:54	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	-7
Totals		107	52	25	8	8	12	21	40-94	14-41	13-17

Did not play: Aaron Holiday (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tristen Newton (DNP - Coach's Decision), Alperen Sengun (DNP - Injury/Illness)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 105

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	36:53	14	6	7	0	0	4	3	5-15	3-8	1-2	+7
Herbert Jones GS	35:09	8	9	3	3	0	2	5	2-12	1-7	3-5	+3
Zion Williamson GS	34:09	21	5	1	0	2	2	1	7-10	0-0	7-9	-3
Dejounte Murray GS	30:58	35	7	4	1	0	2	3	14-18	4-5	3-5	+19
Saddiq Bey GS	30:14	5	5	1	2	0	1	2	2-11	0-4	1-1	-15
Yves Missi	25:23	5	7	0	1	1	0	2	1-3	0-0	3-4	+1
Karlo Matković	21:55	8	4	2	0	2	0	2	3-3	2-2	0-0	0
Jeremiah Fears	13:14	9	1	0	0	0	1	1	3-9	3-5	0-0	-11
Derik Queen	12:05	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	-11
Totals		105	48	19	7	6	13	19	37-84	13-32	18-26

Did not play: Jordan Hawkins (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision), Micah Peavy (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Poole (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 15.8 min
Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 6.6 min
Jeff Green · Clint Capela · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 5.0 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.4 min
Clint Capela · Josh Okogie · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.3 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III Starter 11.5 min
Dejounte Murray · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Yves Missi 5.7 min
Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković 3.9 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 3.1 min
Dejounte Murray · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Derik Queen 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Dejounte Murray 7 pts (2/8) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (41 %, 2 pts) · Reed Sheppard (18 %, 0 pts) · Kevin Durant (11 %, 2 pts)
Zion Williamson 19 pts (7/15) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (26 %, 3 pts) · Tari Eason (15 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (13 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Herbert Jones: 34 poss., 11 pts (5/6) · Zion Williamson: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Amen Thompson	Dejounte Murray: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Trey Murphy III: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Zion Williamson: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Reed Sheppard	Trey Murphy III: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Trey Murphy III: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Saddiq Bey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Yves Missi: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Derik Queen: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tari Eason	Zion Williamson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Dejounte Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Josh Okogie	Yves Missi: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green	Saddiq Bey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karlo Matković: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Pelicans defense

Kevin Durant 19 pts (8/16) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (24 %, 5 pts) · Karlo Matković (18 %, 3 pts) · Trey Murphy III (17 %, 3 pts)
Reed Sheppard 20 pts (6/11) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (22 %, 0 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (20 %, 6 pts) · Dejounte Murray (18 %, 7 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Jabari Smith Jr.: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Kevin Durant: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Herbert Jones	Kevin Durant: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Reed Sheppard: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zion Williamson	Jabari Smith Jr.: 18 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 15 poss., 10 pts (5/5)
Dejounte Murray	Amen Thompson: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Saddiq Bey	Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yves Missi	Clint Capela: 18 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Reed Sheppard: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Kevin Durant: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Derik Queen	Clint Capela: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Amen Thompson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)