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Houston Rockets vs. Golden State Warriors

March 5, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Warriors beat the Rockets 115-113 on 2026-03-05 on the road against the Rockets. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. The Warriors started Al Horford, Draymond Green, De'Anthony Melton, Gui Santos, and Brandin Podziemski. De'Anthony Melton (Warriors) scored 17 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Tari Eason as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 8 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Gui Santos as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 113

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	43:31	18	10	5	4	0	1	1	8-15	1-2	1-2	+6
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	42:16	3	11	2	1	1	5	3	0-8	0-3	3-4	-14
Kevin Durant GS	41:21	23	6	3	4	1	3	0	8-16	3-5	4-6	-5
Alperen Sengun GS	37:08	17	7	7	1	0	5	3	8-20	0-3	1-1	-15
Tari Eason GS	33:59	9	5	2	1	0	0	6	4-10	1-5	0-0	-2
Reed Sheppard	37:09	30	3	6	0	0	3	4	12-19	6-12	0-0	+11
Josh Okogie	17:41	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	3-6	3-4	0-0	-2
Clint Capela	11:55	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	2-2	+11
Totals		113	49	26	11	2	17	17	44-96	14-34	11-15

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dorian Finney-Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Aaron Holiday (DNP - Coach's Decision)

GSW

Golden State Warriors 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Gui Santos GS	41:37	14	6	6	1	1	7	1	6-12	0-4	2-4	+20
Brandin Podziemski GS	39:34	26	9	1	0	0	1	4	10-18	4-8	2-2	+5
Draymond Green GS	34:46	10	5	8	1	0	2	3	4-6	1-3	1-1	+12
Al Horford GS	32:43	17	6	5	1	2	1	0	7-15	3-6	0-0	+7
De'Anthony Melton GS	29:57	23	6	2	3	2	2	2	10-22	2-6	1-2	+8
LJ Cryer	20:15	12	3	1	0	0	1	5	4-9	4-8	0-0	+6
Quinten Post	20:03	3	6	3	0	0	4	3	0-2	0-1	3-4	-8
Nate Williams	17:57	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	-13
Pat Spencer	16:05	8	2	3	2	0	1	0	3-6	0-2	2-2	-17
Malevy Leons	12:03	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	-10
Totals		115	47	29	10	5	19	23	45-94	14-38	11-15

Did not play: Moses Moody (DND - Injury/Illness), Gary Payton II (DND - Injury/Illness), Kristaps Porziņģis (DND - Injury/Illness), Will Richard (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 15.1 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 6.1 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Josh Okogie · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 6.0 min
Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 4.2 min
Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.7 min

GSW

Golden State Warriors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Al Horford · Draymond Green · De'Anthony Melton · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski Starter 16.6 min
Draymond Green · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski · Quinten Post · LJ Cryer 5.9 min
Al Horford · De'Anthony Melton · Gui Santos · Nate Williams · Brandin Podziemski 3.2 min
Draymond Green · De'Anthony Melton · Gui Santos · Malevy Leons · LJ Cryer 3.0 min
Al Horford · Pat Spencer · Nate Williams · Brandin Podziemski · Quinten Post 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

De'Anthony Melton 17 pts (6/9) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Tari Eason (34 %, 2 pts) · Reed Sheppard (19 %, 5 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (18 %, 0 pts)
LJ Cryer 10 pts (4/9) in 30 possessions

Guarded by: Reed Sheppard (59 %, 7 pts) · Josh Okogie (14 %, 3 pts) · Amen Thompson (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Draymond Green: 41 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Gui Santos: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Brandin Podziemski: 25 poss., 3 pts (0/2) · Gui Santos: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Amen Thompson	Gui Santos: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Nate Williams: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Alperen Sengun	Al Horford: 32 poss., 12 pts (6/14) · Quinten Post: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Reed Sheppard	LJ Cryer: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · De'Anthony Melton: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Tari Eason	De'Anthony Melton: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brandin Podziemski: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie	Pat Spencer: 5 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Brandin Podziemski: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Quinten Post: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Gui Santos: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Warriors defense

Kevin Durant 8 pts (4/10) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Gui Santos (21 %, 4 pts) · Al Horford (19 %, 0 pts) · Draymond Green (19 %, 0 pts)
Alperen Sengun 30 pts (11/21) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Draymond Green (34 %, 8 pts) · Al Horford (19 %, 6 pts) · Quinten Post (15 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Gui Santos	Jabari Smith Jr.: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Brandin Podziemski	Amen Thompson: 30 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Tari Eason: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Draymond Green	Alperen Sengun: 21 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Al Horford	Kevin Durant: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
De'Anthony Melton	Tari Eason: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Quinten Post	Kevin Durant: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Nate Williams	Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pat Spencer	Josh Okogie: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LJ Cryer	Reed Sheppard: 12 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Amen Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Malevy Leons	Reed Sheppard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)