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Houston Rockets vs. Phoenix Suns

January 5, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Suns 100-97 on 2026-01-05 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Steven Adams, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 9 points (4/11) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 11 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Royce O'Neale as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 100

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant GS	38:30	26	10	4	0	1	1	2	9-21	2-12	6-6	+4
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	38:23	17	7	3	1	0	1	2	6-11	3-8	2-4	+5
Amen Thompson GS	37:10	17	7	6	0	0	3	4	5-13	0-0	7-7	-7
Steven Adams GS	31:19	8	11	2	1	0	2	1	4-7	0-0	0-4	+7
Tari Eason GS	30:10	12	8	2	1	0	1	0	5-15	2-6	0-0	+4
Reed Sheppard	22:32	11	3	2	2	0	4	0	5-9	1-4	0-0	+8
Dorian Finney-Smith	13:46	3	4	1	0	0	2	2	1-4	1-4	0-0	-2
Aaron Holiday	10:18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	-6
Clint Capela	9:18	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-2
Josh Okogie	8:34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+4
Totals		100	51	20	5	1	14	11	38-87	9-37	15-21

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

PHX

Phoenix Suns 97

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dillon Brooks GS	34:15	15	4	2	0	1	4	7-15	1-6	0-0	-5
Devin Booker GS	32:50	27	0	3	0	4	0	9-20	2-5	7-8	0
Royce O'Neale GS	30:36	15	6	3	2	0	0	5-12	5-12	0-0	+2
Collin Gillespie GS	25:25	11	6	4	1	0	1	4-11	3-9	0-0	-1
Mark Williams GS	20:58	4	8	1	0	0	3	2-6	0-0	0-0	0
Oso Ighodaro	27:01	9	8	2	2	1	3	4-5	0-0	1-2	-3
Jordan Goodwin	25:29	11	1	2	2	1	1	4-7	3-4	0-0	+3
Grayson Allen	22:09	0	3	6	4	3	0	0-6	0-4	0-0	-8
Ryan Dunn	16:30	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	1-2	-3
Rasheer Fleming	4:47	0	3	0	0	0	2	0-3	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		97	40	23	11	10	14	37-88	14-41	9-12

Did not play: Nigel Hayes-Davis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Livers (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khaman Maluach (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nick Richards (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 10.3 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 7.5 min
Steven Adams · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 5.6 min
Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Aaron Holiday · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 4.9 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Dorian Finney-Smith · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 2.9 min

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Mark Williams · Collin Gillespie Starter 10.2 min
Grayson Allen · Jordan Goodwin · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn 7.0 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Jordan Goodwin · Oso Ighodaro 6.1 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Grayson Allen · Mark Williams 4.8 min
Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Grayson Allen · Jordan Goodwin · Oso Ighodaro 4.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Devin Booker 9 pts (4/11) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (34 %, 0 pts) · Tari Eason (20 %, 7 pts) · Kevin Durant (11 %, 2 pts)
Dillon Brooks 22 pts (9/16) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (24 %, 8 pts) · Amen Thompson (23 %, 2 pts) · Tari Eason (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Royce O'Neale: 31 poss., 7 pts (3/8) · Dillon Brooks: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Devin Booker: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dillon Brooks: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Amen Thompson	Dillon Brooks: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jordan Goodwin: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Steven Adams	Mark Williams: 25 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Oso Ighodaro: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tari Eason	Devin Booker: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Dillon Brooks: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Reed Sheppard	Collin Gillespie: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jordan Goodwin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Grayson Allen: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Oso Ighodaro: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Clint Capela	Oso Ighodaro: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Mark Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday	Grayson Allen: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dillon Brooks: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie	Devin Booker: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Grayson Allen: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Kevin Durant 11 pts (3/10) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Royce O'Neale (35 %, 0 pts) · Devin Booker (14 %, 10 pts) · Grayson Allen (14 %, 0 pts)
Reed Sheppard 22 pts (9/14) in 30 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Goodwin (23 %, 11 pts) · Collin Gillespie (16 %, 3 pts) · Ryan Dunn (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Dillon Brooks	Jabari Smith Jr.: 29 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Amen Thompson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Devin Booker	Tari Eason: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 10 pts (3/3)
Royce O'Neale	Kevin Durant: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Tari Eason: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Mark Williams	Steven Adams: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kevin Durant: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin	Amen Thompson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 7 poss., 11 pts (4/4)
Oso Ighodaro	Steven Adams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Clint Capela: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Gillespie	Amen Thompson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Grayson Allen	Aaron Holiday: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Dunn	Jabari Smith Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming	Kevin Durant: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)