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Houston Rockets vs. San Antonio Spurs

January 20, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Spurs 111-106 on 2026-01-20 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Spurs started Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox, Julian Champagnie, Victor Wembanyama, and Stephon Castle. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 23 points (9/12) in his matchups, with Alperen Sengun as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 14 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Harrison Barnes as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kevin Durant GS 39:21 18 4 7 1 1 4 2 7-12 2-4 2-2 +1
Amen Thompson GS 39:14 16 10 6 1 2 3 0 6-14 0-2 4-5 +7
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 35:10 17 4 1 0 1 0 2 7-13 2-5 1-3 +1
Alperen Sengun GS 33:34 20 13 9 0 2 4 0 7-13 1-3 5-5 -2
Josh Okogie GS 16:37 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 2-2 1-1 0-3 -9
Reed Sheppard 29:10 21 2 4 1 1 0 0 8-17 4-10 1-2 +15
Tari Eason 19:49 6 6 1 1 1 3 2 3-6 0-0 0-0 -3
Dorian Finney-Smith 14:53 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1-3 0-2 0-0 +9
Clint Capela 12:13 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 2-3 0-0 2-2 +6
Totals 111 43 29 5 9 14 11 43-83 10-27 15-22

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

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 106

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Stephon Castle GS 34:53 13 7 8 1 1 3 2 5-19 2-8 1-1 -12
Julian Champagnie GS 34:10 27 8 2 2 0 0 3 8-17 8-16 3-3 +5
De'Aaron Fox GS 32:12 14 3 5 1 0 3 2 6-15 2-6 0-0 -7
Victor Wembanyama GS 29:42 14 10 2 0 0 1 4 5-21 0-7 4-4 -14
Harrison Barnes GS 24:37 6 2 1 1 1 1 0 2-6 2-5 0-0 -2
Keldon Johnson 27:12 12 6 0 2 0 0 1 5-9 0-3 2-2 -2
Luke Kornet 23:53 8 6 1 0 2 0 3 4-5 0-0 0-0 +3
Dylan Harper 22:37 8 3 5 0 1 1 0 4-9 0-3 0-0 +2
Carter Bryant 10:44 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-4 0-2 0-0 +2
Totals 106 45 24 7 5 9 16 41-105 14-50 10-10

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan McLaughlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kelly Olynyk (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeremy Sochan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lindy Waters III (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs

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
Kevin Durant Keldon Johnson: 29 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Harrison Barnes: 21 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Amen Thompson Stephon Castle: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · De'Aaron Fox: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jabari Smith Jr. Julian Champagnie: 34 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Stephon Castle: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Alperen Sengun Luke Kornet: 28 poss., 6 pts (2/8) · Victor Wembanyama: 17 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Reed Sheppard Dylan Harper: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · De'Aaron Fox: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Josh Okogie Julian Champagnie: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Aaron Fox: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tari Eason Stephon Castle: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dylan Harper: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dorian Finney-Smith Keldon Johnson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Victor Wembanyama: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela Victor Wembanyama: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Luke Kornet: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
Julian Champagnie Jabari Smith Jr.: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Kevin Durant: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Stephon Castle Jabari Smith Jr.: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
De'Aaron Fox Amen Thompson: 34 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Kevin Durant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Victor Wembanyama Dorian Finney-Smith: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Josh Okogie: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Keldon Johnson Kevin Durant: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Reed Sheppard: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Harrison Barnes Kevin Durant: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alperen Sengun: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Luke Kornet Alperen Sengun: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Clint Capela: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dylan Harper Reed Sheppard: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Tari Eason: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Carter Bryant Reed Sheppard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Clint Capela: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)