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Houston Rockets vs. Portland Trail Blazers

March 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Trail Blazers 106-99 on 2026-03-06 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Tari Eason, Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. The Trail Blazers started Jrue Holiday, Jerami Grant, Scoot Henderson, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. Scoot Henderson (Trail Blazers) scored 4 points (2/4) in his matchups, with Reed Sheppard as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 9 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Toumani Camara as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 106

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kevin Durant GS 39:27 20 8 5 0 1 8 3 8-18 0-1 4-4 +2
Amen Thompson GS 39:22 26 7 7 2 1 1 1 11-12 0-0 4-6 +12
Reed Sheppard GS 35:41 17 3 6 1 3 4 4 5-14 3-8 4-4 +7
Alperen Sengun GS 25:56 28 6 2 0 1 6 5 11-15 1-1 5-8 +5
Tari Eason GS 25:14 5 5 0 2 2 0 5 2-6 0-4 1-1 0
Dorian Finney-Smith 25:08 5 5 2 1 0 0 2 2-4 1-3 0-0 -3
Clint Capela 22:04 2 6 0 1 1 3 3 1-2 0-0 0-2 +2
Josh Okogie 15:05 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +8
Aaron Holiday 12:04 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 1-5 0-2 1-1 +2
Totals 106 44 23 9 9 22 25 41-76 5-19 19-26

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jabari Smith Jr. (DND - Injury/Illness)

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers 99

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Toumani Camara GS 39:28 16 6 2 6 0 0 2 5-13 4-9 2-4 +4
Jerami Grant GS 38:09 21 2 2 2 0 1 1 6-14 2-5 7-9 -1
Jrue Holiday GS 36:59 20 4 10 1 0 4 2 8-18 2-7 2-4 +13
Donovan Clingan GS 25:05 18 13 0 0 1 2 4 5-10 1-4 7-11 -14
Scoot Henderson GS 19:41 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 1-9 1-4 1-2 -11
Robert Williams III 22:55 8 8 0 3 1 2 2 4-5 0-1 0-4 +7
Vít Krejčí 20:25 0 6 2 0 0 0 2 0-5 0-5 0-0 +2
Blake Wesley 13:03 7 0 1 0 0 2 4 2-3 1-1 2-3 -12
Matisse Thybulle 12:13 5 1 1 4 0 0 0 2-4 1-2 0-0 -7
Sidy Cissoko 12:04 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0-2 0-1 0-0 -16
Totals 99 43 20 17 2 14 20 33-83 12-39 21-37

Did not play: Deni Avdija (DND - Injury/Illness), Damian Lillard (DND - Injury/Illness), Kris Murray (DND - Injury/Illness), Shaedon Sharpe (DND - Injury/Illness), Chris Youngblood (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers

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
Amen Thompson Jerami Grant: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jrue Holiday: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kevin Durant Toumani Camara: 47 poss., 8 pts (3/11) · Jrue Holiday: 9 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Reed Sheppard Jrue Holiday: 24 poss., 11 pts (4/7) · Scoot Henderson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Alperen Sengun Donovan Clingan: 16 poss., 12 pts (5/7) · Robert Williams III: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Tari Eason Jerami Grant: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Matisse Thybulle: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dorian Finney-Smith Vít Krejčí: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jerami Grant: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Clint Capela Robert Williams III: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Clingan: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie Jerami Grant: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sidy Cissoko: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday Blake Wesley: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jrue Holiday: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Trail Blazers defense

Defender Guarded most
Toumani Camara Kevin Durant: 39 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Amen Thompson: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jerami Grant Dorian Finney-Smith: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Tari Eason: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jrue Holiday Amen Thompson: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Reed Sheppard: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Donovan Clingan Alperen Sengun: 18 poss., 9 pts (4/5) · Clint Capela: 17 poss., 1 pts (0/3)
Robert Williams III Clint Capela: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Alperen Sengun: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Scoot Henderson Reed Sheppard: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Amen Thompson: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/3)
Vít Krejčí Dorian Finney-Smith: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Durant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Blake Wesley Aaron Holiday: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Matisse Thybulle Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tari Eason: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sidy Cissoko Tari Eason: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Okogie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)