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Houston Rockets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

January 16, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Timberwolves 110-105 on 2026-01-16 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Timberwolves started Mike Conley, Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, and Jaden McDaniels. Julius Randle (Timberwolves) scored 15 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 24 points (9/16) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant GS	40:01	39	4	7	2	1	5	3	11-18	6-8	11-14	+15
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	37:36	9	5	2	0	3	0	2	3-12	1-4	2-5	-5
Amen Thompson GS	35:38	14	7	4	1	0	3	2	5-12	1-3	3-4	+7
Josh Okogie GS	33:01	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0-4	0-3	1-2	+2
Alperen Sengun GS	32:12	25	14	3	1	1	4	6	11-22	0-1	3-9	-7
Reed Sheppard	18:41	14	0	2	2	0	0	2	5-9	4-6	0-0	+11
Dorian Finney-Smith	16:04	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Clint Capela	12:27	4	3	1	1	0	0	2	2-2	0-0	0-0	+8
Jae'Sean Tate	10:41	4	3	0	1	0	0	2	2-2	0-0	0-0	+2
JD Davison	3:38	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-5
Totals		110	42	19	10	5	12	23	39-84	12-28	20-34

Did not play: Steven Adams (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Aaron Holiday (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves 105

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle GS	40:13	39	4	2	0	1	5	4	14-25	2-5	9-11	-12
Donte DiVincenzo GS	39:53	8	8	4	1	1	2	4	3-10	2-7	0-0	+5
Jaden McDaniels GS	35:04	15	7	4	2	2	1	6	5-14	1-4	4-5	-5
Rudy Gobert GS	32:27	10	13	1	2	2	2	5	4-7	0-0	2-10	-3
Mike Conley GS	26:10	6	1	1	1	0	1	0	2-8	1-5	1-2	+8
Naz Reid	32:03	25	9	4	1	1	2	4	8-11	5-7	4-5	0
Bones Hyland	16:54	2	0	5	0	0	1	1	1-4	0-2	0-2	-11
Jaylen Clark	10:43	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7
Joan Beringer	6:33	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		105	45	21	7	7	14	27	37-80	11-30	20-35

Did not play: Rob Dillingham (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Johnny Juzang (DNP - Coach's Decision), Leonard Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 13.8 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Dorian Finney-Smith · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.4 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.4 min
Dorian Finney-Smith · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 2.6 min
Josh Okogie · Jae'Sean Tate · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Reed Sheppard 2.6 min

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Mike Conley · Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Jaden McDaniels Starter 12.3 min
Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Naz Reid · Jaden McDaniels · Bones Hyland 9.0 min
Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Naz Reid · Jaden McDaniels 4.8 min
Julius Randle · Naz Reid · Bones Hyland · Jaylen Clark · Joan Beringer 3.3 min
Mike Conley · Rudy Gobert · Donte DiVincenzo · Naz Reid · Jaylen Clark 2.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Julius Randle 15 pts (5/11) in 82 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (33 %, 0 pts) · Kevin Durant (24 %, 8 pts) · Alperen Sengun (15 %, 3 pts)
Naz Reid 15 pts (6/11) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (22 %, 0 pts) · Josh Okogie (19 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Jaden McDaniels: 44 poss., 6 pts (1/5) · Julius Randle: 20 poss., 8 pts (2/3)
Amen Thompson	Donte DiVincenzo: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Clark: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Julius Randle: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Naz Reid: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Alperen Sengun	Rudy Gobert: 36 poss., 10 pts (5/13) · Julius Randle: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Josh Okogie	Mike Conley: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Reed Sheppard	Mike Conley: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bones Hyland: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Naz Reid: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julius Randle: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Rudy Gobert: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naz Reid: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Donte DiVincenzo: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naz Reid: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
JD Davison	Mike Conley: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Timberwolves defense

Kevin Durant 24 pts (9/16) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Jaden McDaniels (50 %, 9 pts) · Naz Reid (16 %, 6 pts) · Rudy Gobert (10 %, 2 pts)
Alperen Sengun 16 pts (7/14) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Rudy Gobert (48 %, 2 pts) · Julius Randle (19 %, 10 pts) · Mike Conley (8 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Julius Randle	Jabari Smith Jr.: 31 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Alperen Sengun: 12 poss., 10 pts (4/5)
Donte DiVincenzo	Josh Okogie: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaden McDaniels	Kevin Durant: 39 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rudy Gobert	Alperen Sengun: 31 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Clint Capela: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Naz Reid	Jabari Smith Jr.: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Mike Conley	Amen Thompson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Okogie: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland	Amen Thompson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Okogie: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark	Reed Sheppard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joan Beringer	Clint Capela: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alperen Sengun: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)