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Houston Rockets vs. Phoenix Suns

December 5, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Suns 117-98 on 2025-12-05 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Steven Adams, Josh Okogie, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Suns started Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Grayson Allen, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. Dillon Brooks (Suns) scored 19 points (9/11) in his matchups, with Kevin Durant as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 7 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Ryan Dunn as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant GS	32:22	28	4	8	2	1	5	2	11-17	2-2	4-4	+29
Amen Thompson GS	31:50	31	4	1	0	0	3	0	12-17	1-1	6-6	+33
Steven Adams GS	29:52	4	8	3	2	1	1	5	2-4	0-0	0-0	+18
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	27:33	16	2	2	0	0	2	3	5-8	1-2	5-5	+29
Josh Okogie GS	16:24	6	4	1	1	1	2	1	3-3	0-0	0-0	+3
Aaron Holiday	29:04	10	1	2	2	1	2	1	3-3	2-2	2-2	+7
Reed Sheppard	20:54	10	5	6	2	0	2	1	4-11	2-7	0-0	+2
Jae'Sean Tate	19:09	8	2	1	0	0	2	3	3-6	2-2	0-0	-10
Clint Capela	18:08	4	7	1	0	4	2	2	2-3	0-0	0-2	+1
Jeff Green	8:12	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-11
JD Davison	6:32	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	-6
Totals		117	40	25	9	8	21	20	45-76	10-18	17-19

Did not play: Tari Eason (DNP - Injury/Illness)

PHX

Phoenix Suns 98

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dillon Brooks GS	31:06	23	4	4	0	0	2	4	10-24	0-4	3-4	-24
Collin Gillespie GS	28:58	13	2	3	0	0	1	1	5-13	1-7	2-2	-12
Grayson Allen GS	26:09	9	2	0	1	0	3	3	3-12	1-7	2-2	-29
Royce O'Neale GS	19:20	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	0-4	0-4	0-0	-21
Mark Williams GS	17:02	10	3	0	2	0	2	1	4-6	0-0	2-2	-21
Oso Ighodaro	22:46	3	3	1	1	1	3	5	1-1	0-0	1-3	-9
Jordan Goodwin	21:57	9	5	2	0	0	1	3	4-13	1-6	0-0	0
Ryan Dunn	18:17	4	4	0	3	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	2-3	-7
Jamaree Bouyea	18:13	18	2	1	1	0	0	1	7-11	2-3	2-2	-3
Nigel Hayes-Davis	14:38	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	+4
Nick Richards	8:12	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+11
Rasheer Fleming	8:12	3	2	0	2	1	0	1	1-5	0-3	1-1	+11
Khaman Maluach	5:10	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	+5
Totals		98	34	14	12	2	13	22	39-100	5-36	15-19

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Josh Okogie · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 13.4 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Aaron Holiday · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 5.2 min
Jeff Green · Clint Capela · Aaron Holiday · Jae'Sean Tate · JD Davison 3.7 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Jae'Sean Tate · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.7 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Aaron Holiday · Jae'Sean Tate · Reed Sheppard 3.0 min

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Grayson Allen · Mark Williams · Collin Gillespie Starter 11.5 min
Nigel Hayes-Davis · Jordan Goodwin · Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro 6.0 min
Dillon Brooks · Grayson Allen · Jordan Goodwin · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn 5.3 min
Dillon Brooks · Grayson Allen · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn 3.8 min
Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Grayson Allen · Mark Williams · Ryan Dunn 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Dillon Brooks 19 pts (9/11) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Kevin Durant (35 %, 9 pts) · Amen Thompson (19 %, 2 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (18 %, 6 pts)
Grayson Allen 9 pts (3/7) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (22 %, 2 pts) · Kevin Durant (19 %, 4 pts) · Josh Okogie (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Dillon Brooks: 23 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Ryan Dunn: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Amen Thompson	Dillon Brooks: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Grayson Allen: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Steven Adams	Mark Williams: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Oso Ighodaro: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Aaron Holiday	Jamaree Bouyea: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Gillespie: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Royce O'Neale: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Dillon Brooks: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Reed Sheppard	Jordan Goodwin: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Collin Gillespie: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Clint Capela	Oso Ighodaro: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Khaman Maluach: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Jordan Goodwin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Rasheer Fleming: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Josh Okogie	Grayson Allen: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Gillespie: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green	Nick Richards: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Goodwin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
JD Davison	Jamaree Bouyea: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Goodwin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Kevin Durant 7 pts (3/10) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Ryan Dunn (28 %, 0 pts) · Royce O'Neale (24 %, 0 pts) · Dillon Brooks (16 %, 4 pts)
Reed Sheppard 14 pts (5/8) in 41 possessions

Guarded by: Collin Gillespie (23 %, 7 pts) · Jamaree Bouyea (20 %, 5 pts) · Jordan Goodwin (19 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Dillon Brooks	Josh Okogie: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Collin Gillespie	Amen Thompson: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Aaron Holiday: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Grayson Allen	Amen Thompson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Oso Ighodaro	Clint Capela: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Steven Adams: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin	Aaron Holiday: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Reed Sheppard: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ryan Dunn	Kevin Durant: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Royce O'Neale	Kevin Durant: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mark Williams	Steven Adams: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 3 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jamaree Bouyea	Aaron Holiday: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Reed Sheppard: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Nigel Hayes-Davis	Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jae'Sean Tate: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rasheer Fleming	Jae'Sean Tate: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Holiday: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nick Richards	Jeff Green: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Clint Capela: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khaman Maluach	Clint Capela: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jeff Green: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)