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Houston Rockets vs. San Antonio Spurs

January 28, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Spurs beat the Rockets 111-99 on 2026-01-28 on the road against the Rockets. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. The Spurs started Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox, Julian Champagnie, Victor Wembanyama, and Stephon Castle. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 14 points (6/17) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 15 points (7/9) in his matchups, with Julian Champagnie as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 99

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 37:01 8 7 2 1 0 2 3 3-8 2-5 0-0 -12
Kevin Durant GS 36:11 24 2 6 0 1 3 2 8-17 2-4 6-6 -9
Amen Thompson GS 35:53 25 7 4 4 1 2 0 11-23 0-0 3-3 -15
Alperen Sengun GS 35:47 18 10 7 2 0 1 5 7-20 1-2 3-7 -14
Tari Eason GS 24:46 10 6 0 3 1 0 4 4-10 2-3 0-0 -7
Reed Sheppard 25:59 9 5 0 1 2 1 1 4-12 1-4 0-0 -16
Dorian Finney-Smith 19:26 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0-2 0-2 0-0 -6
Josh Okogie 14:44 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 0-3 0-3 0-0 +10
Clint Capela 8:31 5 4 0 0 2 0 0 2-4 0-0 1-2 +3
Aaron Holiday 0:51 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Jae'Sean Tate 0:51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Totals 99 46 23 12 8 11 18 39-99 8-23 13-18

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision)

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
De'Aaron Fox GS 33:33 18 5 8 0 1 5 0 6-11 2-5 4-4 +5
Stephon Castle GS 32:45 16 5 6 2 0 2 3 7-12 1-2 1-3 +3
Harrison Barnes GS 28:46 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 4-6 1-2 0-0 +1
Victor Wembanyama GS 28:36 28 16 3 2 5 4 4 8-15 0-3 12-15 +6
Julian Champagnie GS 20:51 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 1-4 0-3 0-0 +3
Keldon Johnson 26:41 17 7 5 0 0 1 4 8-15 1-4 0-0 +18
Devin Vassell 22:42 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 2-7 1-5 0-0 +9
Dylan Harper 22:03 16 4 3 0 1 2 1 8-11 0-2 0-0 +18
Luke Kornet 18:44 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-2 +8
Carter Bryant 3:19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -5
Bismack Biyombo 0:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Jordan McLaughlin 0:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2
Lindy Waters III 0:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 111 46 28 5 8 15 15 44-82 6-26 17-24

Did not play: Kelly Olynyk (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 Harrison Barnes: 22 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Stephon Castle: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Alperen Sengun Keldon Johnson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Victor Wembanyama: 15 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Jabari Smith Jr. Devin Vassell: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · De'Aaron Fox: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Amen Thompson Victor Wembanyama: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/9) · Stephon Castle: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Reed Sheppard Dylan Harper: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · De'Aaron Fox: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tari Eason De'Aaron Fox: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Julian Champagnie: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Dorian Finney-Smith Harrison Barnes: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keldon Johnson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Okogie De'Aaron Fox: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Harrison Barnes: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Clint Capela Victor Wembanyama: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Carter Bryant: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate Dylan Harper: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Victor Wembanyama: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday De'Aaron Fox: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Carter Bryant: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
De'Aaron Fox Amen Thompson: 26 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Stephon Castle Jabari Smith Jr.: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Kevin Durant: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Victor Wembanyama Alperen Sengun: 14 poss., 11 pts (2/2) · Tari Eason: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Harrison Barnes Alperen Sengun: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kevin Durant: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Keldon Johnson Kevin Durant: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tari Eason: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Devin Vassell Jabari Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kevin Durant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Champagnie Kevin Durant: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dylan Harper Reed Sheppard: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luke Kornet Alperen Sengun: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Carter Bryant Amen Thompson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Clint Capela: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan McLaughlin Josh Okogie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Clint Capela: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bismack Biyombo Clint Capela: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Holiday: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lindy Waters III Jae'Sean Tate: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)