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Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

January 15, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Rockets 111-91 on 2026-01-15 on the road against the Rockets. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Aaron Wiggins, Chet Holmgren, and Jalen Williams. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 2 points (1/7) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 11 points (4/11) in his matchups, with Luguentz Dort as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 91

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Amen Thompson GS 39:36 13 9 3 2 0 0 3 4-16 0-0 5-8 -15
Kevin Durant GS 36:46 19 7 3 3 1 2 0 7-23 0-5 5-5 -20
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 33:35 17 10 1 2 1 5 3 5-15 3-6 4-4 -15
Alperen Sengun GS 32:32 14 13 5 0 1 5 2 7-15 0-1 0-0 -15
Josh Okogie GS 22:00 5 5 1 2 1 2 1 2-6 1-3 0-0 -10
Steven Adams 25:01 6 11 0 0 2 0 0 3-6 0-0 0-0 -7
JD Davison 20:31 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 2-9 1-5 0-0 -2
Reed Sheppard 19:23 7 2 3 1 0 0 0 3-10 1-3 0-0 -10
Jae'Sean Tate 3:32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 -2
Aaron Holiday 3:32 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Jeff Green 3:32 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-1 0-0 -2
Totals 91 60 17 10 7 14 12 35-104 7-24 14-17

Did not play: Clint Capela (DNP - Coach's Decision)

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 32:39 20 2 4 0 2 5 1 6-11 1-3 7-8 +15
Jalen Williams GS 31:18 6 5 10 0 1 0 0 2-11 0-1 2-2 +11
Chet Holmgren GS 28:49 18 9 1 2 4 0 4 7-9 2-3 2-3 +12
Luguentz Dort GS 20:50 13 3 1 0 1 2 3 5-8 3-5 0-0 +15
Aaron Wiggins GS 19:07 5 5 0 1 0 1 1 2-8 1-4 0-0 +4
Ajay Mitchell 22:56 17 5 3 1 1 1 0 7-10 3-4 0-0 +9
Cason Wallace 22:20 8 3 2 3 0 1 1 3-7 2-4 0-0 +4
Alex Caruso 18:22 5 4 2 2 1 1 0 2-7 1-5 0-0 +12
Jaylin Williams 16:00 6 2 0 0 0 0 4 2-4 0-2 2-2 +10
Kenrich Williams 14:27 7 2 0 0 1 0 1 3-7 1-5 0-0 +9
Isaiah Joe 7:36 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 2-5 2-4 0-0 -1
Ousmane Dieng 2:48 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0
Chris Youngblood 2:48 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 111 44 25 9 12 11 16 41-89 16-41 13-15

Lineups

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

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 Luguentz Dort: 29 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Alex Caruso: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Amen Thompson Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Cason Wallace: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Alperen Sengun Chet Holmgren: 25 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Alex Caruso: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jabari Smith Jr. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Aaron Wiggins: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Steven Adams Jaylin Williams: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Chet Holmgren: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Josh Okogie Aaron Wiggins: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
JD Davison Ajay Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cason Wallace: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard Ajay Mitchell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kenrich Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate Chris Youngblood: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Isaiah Joe: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeff Green Ousmane Dieng: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ousmane Dieng: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Josh Okogie: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Amen Thompson: 21 poss., 9 pts (4/5)
Jalen Williams Amen Thompson: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Durant: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Chet Holmgren Kevin Durant: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 13 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Ajay Mitchell JD Davison: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 8 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Luguentz Dort Kevin Durant: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Cason Wallace Amen Thompson: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kevin Durant: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Wiggins Jabari Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Alperen Sengun: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Alex Caruso Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Alperen Sengun: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylin Williams Steven Adams: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Kevin Durant: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kenrich Williams Reed Sheppard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alperen Sengun: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Isaiah Joe Jabari Smith Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jae'Sean Tate: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ousmane Dieng Jeff Green: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Holiday: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Chris Youngblood Jeff Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · JD Davison: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)