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Houston Rockets vs. Golden State Warriors

November 11, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Rockets beat the Warriors 115-108 on 2026-11-11 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Fred VanVleet, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Warriors started Al Horford, Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Brandin Podziemski, and Yaxel Lendeborg. Yaxel Lendeborg (Warriors) scored 9 points (4/15) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender. Alperen Sengun (Rockets) scored 24 points (8/21) in his matchups, with Al Horford as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 115

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Alperen Sengun GS 37:08 19 13 9 1 1 2 4 8-14 1-2 2-4 +14
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 35:23 14 8 0 1 3 2 3 5-14 2-9 2-2 +20
Kevin Durant GS 33:57 20 4 5 0 0 2 2 8-17 1-4 3-4 +17
Fred VanVleet GS 29:33 18 2 6 3 0 0 2 6-9 4-7 2-2 +25
Amen Thompson GS 28:54 19 7 4 1 2 2 3 8-11 0-1 3-5 +12
Tari Eason 22:21 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 2-11 0-5 2-2 -8
Reed Sheppard 20:17 13 1 1 1 0 1 1 5-9 3-6 0-0 +2
Marcus Smart 16:42 6 2 1 0 0 1 4 2-2 2-2 0-0 +1
Bogdan Bogdanović 9:42 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 -6
Bruce Thornton 2:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -9
Oscar Tshiebwe 1:08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -6
Isaiah Crawford 1:08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -6
Jae'Sean Tate 1:08 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -6
Totals 115 40 26 7 7 11 23 44-87 13-36 14-19

Did not play: Steven Adams (DND - Injury/Illness), Clint Capela (DND - Injury/Illness)

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors 108

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Brandin Podziemski GS 37:04 19 6 4 2 0 1 3 6-14 3-10 4-5 -20
Yaxel Lendeborg GS 36:05 25 10 0 2 0 2 2 9-19 2-7 5-8 -15
Draymond Green GS 26:50 7 5 7 0 1 1 2 3-5 1-1 0-0 -20
Al Horford GS 20:57 2 1 4 0 0 0 3 1-7 0-5 0-0 -10
Stephen Curry GS 5:35 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1-3 1-2 0-0 -9
De'Anthony Melton 24:56 11 4 3 0 1 2 3 3-7 3-7 2-2 -8
Georges Niang 19:19 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1-7 1-3 2-3 -12
Will Richard 18:51 9 4 0 1 0 2 2 3-6 2-3 1-2 -2
LJ Cryer 17:47 13 1 1 0 0 0 2 4-9 3-8 2-2 +15
Charles Bassey 13:29 7 6 0 0 1 0 1 3-4 0-0 1-2 +2
Gui Santos 12:05 0 3 1 0 1 4 0 0-3 0-2 0-0 +7
Graham Ike 3:31 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1-2 0-1 2-2 +11
Malevy Leons 3:31 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 +11
Totals 105 48 21 5 6 13 20 35-87 16-50 19-26

Lineups

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors

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 Draymond Green: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Yaxel Lendeborg: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Jabari Smith Jr. Yaxel Lendeborg: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Gui Santos: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alperen Sengun Al Horford: 21 poss., 11 pts (4/6) · Charles Bassey: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Fred VanVleet Brandin Podziemski: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Will Richard: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Amen Thompson Brandin Podziemski: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Yaxel Lendeborg: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Tari Eason Georges Niang: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Yaxel Lendeborg: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard Will Richard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · De'Anthony Melton: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Smart Brandin Podziemski: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Anthony Melton: 4 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Bogdan Bogdanović LJ Cryer: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Georges Niang: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Thornton LJ Cryer: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Charles Bassey: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Oscar Tshiebwe Charles Bassey: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Graham Ike: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate Malevy Leons: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Graham Ike: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Crawford Will Richard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Warriors defense

Defender Guarded most
Yaxel Lendeborg Jabari Smith Jr.: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Brandin Podziemski Amen Thompson: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Marcus Smart: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Draymond Green Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Fred VanVleet: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
De'Anthony Melton Fred VanVleet: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Will Richard Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Fred VanVleet: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Al Horford Alperen Sengun: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Georges Niang Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LJ Cryer Reed Sheppard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tari Eason: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Charles Bassey Alperen Sengun: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gui Santos Kevin Durant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Stephen Curry Amen Thompson: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Fred VanVleet: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Graham Ike Kevin Durant: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tari Eason: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Malevy Leons Tari Eason: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Thornton: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)