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Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

October 31, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Rockets beat the Thunder 119-98 on 2026-10-31 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Marcus Smart, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kenrich Williams, Jared McCain, and Ajay Mitchell. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 18 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender. Alperen Sengun (Rockets) scored 18 points (7/14) in his matchups, with Aday Mara as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Marcus Smart GS	35:42	24	5	3	1	0	1	0	7-10	7-10	3-3	+20
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	33:14	30	9	5	0	1	1	0	10-18	6-12	4-5	+33
Alperen Sengun GS	32:34	16	9	9	0	1	2	4	6-17	0-2	4-6	+19
Amen Thompson GS	28:09	8	3	1	1	0	0	1	3-8	0-0	2-2	+4
Kevin Durant GS	27:23	14	3	4	1	3	1	1	4-9	0-1	6-6	+6
Bogdan Bogdanović	19:15	4	2	1	0	0	2	2	2-7	0-4	0-0	+4
Tari Eason	19:09	8	3	2	1	2	2	2	3-7	2-6	0-0	+10
Isaiah Crawford	18:41	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	3-6	2-5	0-0	+13
Clint Capela	10:18	0	4	2	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Bruce Thornton	5:35	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	1-1	0-0	-3
Jae'Sean Tate	5:35	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	-3
Oscar Tshiebwe	4:25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-1	-1
Totals		119	44	29	5	7	10	13	41-90	18-41	19-23

Did not play: Steven Adams (DNP - Coach's Decision), Reed Sheppard (DNP - Coach's Decision), Fred VanVleet (DNP - Coach's Decision)

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 98

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	30:34	26	4	3	1	0	2	1	10-20	3-6	3-4	-7
Jared McCain GS	27:51	10	4	2	1	0	2	3	5-14	0-5	0-0	-9
Ajay Mitchell GS	26:22	6	3	5	1	0	1	4	3-9	0-3	0-0	-27
Isaiah Hartenstein GS	24:46	10	7	0	3	0	2	3	3-8	0-2	4-4	-10
Kenrich Williams GS	21:29	11	7	3	0	0	2	2	3-7	3-6	2-2	-12
Aday Mara	27:43	7	9	3	0	4	2	1	3-7	0-0	1-1	-8
Bennett Stirtz	26:26	11	1	3	0	0	1	2	4-8	3-6	0-0	-12
Jaylin Williams	26:19	3	4	1	1	0	1	1	1-6	0-3	1-1	-21
Micah Peavy	13:41	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-3
Josh Dix	8:39	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3-3	1-1	0-0	+1
Brooks Barnhizer	6:10	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	3-3	+3
Totals		98	42	20	8	4	13	20	37-85	10-32	14-15

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Marcus Smart · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 10.9 min
Marcus Smart · Bogdan Bogdanović · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Isaiah Crawford 6.7 min
Marcus Smart · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Isaiah Crawford 4.5 min
Bogdan Bogdanović · Jae'Sean Tate · Oscar Tshiebwe · Isaiah Crawford · Bruce Thornton 4.4 min
Kevin Durant · Marcus Smart · Clint Capela · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason 3.6 min

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Isaiah Hartenstein · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Kenrich Williams · Jared McCain · Ajay Mitchell Starter 4.4 min
Micah Peavy · Bennett Stirtz · Brooks Barnhizer · Aday Mara · Josh Dix 6.2 min
Isaiah Hartenstein · Jaylin Williams · Jared McCain · Ajay Mitchell · Bennett Stirtz 5.7 min
Isaiah Hartenstein · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Kenrich Williams · Jaylin Williams · Ajay Mitchell 5.6 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Kenrich Williams · Jaylin Williams · Jared McCain · Aday Mara 4.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 18 pts (6/13) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (27 %, 6 pts) · Amen Thompson (24 %, 0 pts) · Marcus Smart (16 %, 3 pts)
Ajay Mitchell 25 pts (8/11) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (55 %, 15 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (8 %, 2 pts) · Isaiah Crawford (8 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Marcus Smart	Ajay Mitchell: 27 poss., 15 pts (5/5) · Jared McCain: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Jared McCain: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Alperen Sengun	Jaylin Williams: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Kevin Durant	Kenrich Williams: 32 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Micah Peavy: 5 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Amen Thompson	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylin Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Bogdan Bogdanović	Bennett Stirtz: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jared McCain: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jaylin Williams: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Isaiah Crawford	Bennett Stirtz: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaylin Williams: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Aday Mara: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Brooks Barnhizer: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Micah Peavy: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Oscar Tshiebwe	Aday Mara: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brooks Barnhizer: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Thornton	Bennett Stirtz: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Micah Peavy: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Thunder defense

Alperen Sengun 18 pts (7/14) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Aday Mara (27 %, 2 pts) · Isaiah Hartenstein (24 %, 4 pts) · Jaylin Williams (13 %, 1 pts)
Kevin Durant 4 pts (1/5) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Kenrich Williams (46 %, 0 pts) · Micah Peavy (13 %, 0 pts) · Ajay Mitchell (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Amen Thompson: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tari Eason: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Jared McCain	Marcus Smart: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bogdan Bogdanović: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Aday Mara	Alperen Sengun: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Clint Capela: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ajay Mitchell	Marcus Smart: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Durant: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylin Williams	Jabari Smith Jr.: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Alperen Sengun: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Bennett Stirtz	Bogdan Bogdanović: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Crawford: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kenrich Williams	Kevin Durant: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 5 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Hartenstein	Alperen Sengun: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Micah Peavy	Kevin Durant: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bogdan Bogdanović: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brooks Barnhizer	Isaiah Crawford: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bogdan Bogdanović: 4 poss., 5 pts (1/1)