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San Antonio Spurs vs. Houston Rockets

March 8, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Spurs beat the Rockets 145-120 on 2026-03-08 at home. The Spurs started De'Aaron Fox, Devin Vassell, Julian Champagnie, Victor Wembanyama, and Stephon Castle. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 6 points (2/7) in his matchups, with Dylan Harper as his primary defender. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 14 points (7/17) in his matchups, with Alperen Sengun as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 145

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
De'Aaron Fox GS 32:02 20 2 10 0 0 2 4 9-15 1-4 1-2 +17
Victor Wembanyama GS 30:20 29 8 1 2 4 0 1 9-13 2-5 9-10 +27
Devin Vassell GS 29:52 5 5 3 0 1 1 1 0-6 0-3 5-6 +24
Julian Champagnie GS 28:39 11 5 4 2 1 0 0 4-7 3-6 0-0 +29
Stephon Castle GS 25:54 23 3 5 0 0 2 5 7-13 3-4 6-7 +19
Dylan Harper 25:56 19 2 6 0 0 1 4 8-12 3-4 0-0 -1
Keldon Johnson 25:44 20 1 2 0 0 0 4 8-13 4-7 0-0 +2
Luke Kornet 14:03 2 1 3 0 0 0 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 -7
Carter Bryant 13:02 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 2-5 2-4 1-2 -5
Jordan McLaughlin 3:37 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 +5
Lindy Waters III 3:37 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 +5
Kelly Olynyk 3:37 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 +5
Bismack Biyombo 3:37 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +5
Totals 145 32 38 4 6 7 26 51-88 21-40 22-27

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 120

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Amen Thompson GS 35:52 23 7 6 1 0 0 4 8-15 0-1 7-8 -12
Kevin Durant GS 33:27 23 5 4 0 2 1 1 7-12 1-3 8-9 -12
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 30:40 17 5 3 0 0 0 3 5-8 1-2 6-7 -24
Alperen Sengun GS 27:19 16 6 3 0 0 5 4 7-12 0-1 2-3 -28
Tari Eason GS 20:04 2 6 2 1 0 1 4 1-6 0-2 0-0 -20
Reed Sheppard 35:09 17 3 3 1 1 4 4 6-15 3-10 2-2 -9
Dorian Finney-Smith 20:50 8 2 3 0 0 0 2 3-4 2-3 0-0 -9
Clint Capela 14:26 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1-3 0-0 0-0 +10
Aaron Holiday 7:30 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-7 0-3 1-1 -5
Josh Okogie 6:17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 -6
Isaiah Crawford 4:13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -5
Jeff Green 4:13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-3 1-2 2-2 -5
Totals 120 37 25 5 5 12 23 42-87 8-28 28-32

Lineups

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

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.

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
Victor Wembanyama Tari Eason: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Alperen Sengun: 10 poss., 9 pts (4/6)
De'Aaron Fox Amen Thompson: 31 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 8 pts (4/4)
Devin Vassell Tari Eason: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Julian Champagnie Reed Sheppard: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dylan Harper Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Stephon Castle Alperen Sengun: 14 poss., 11 pts (4/6) · Amen Thompson: 11 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Keldon Johnson Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Carter Bryant Clint Capela: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Reed Sheppard: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Luke Kornet Alperen Sengun: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Clint Capela: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lindy Waters III Jeff Green: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Okogie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kelly Olynyk Isaiah Crawford: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Okogie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bismack Biyombo Dorian Finney-Smith: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Okogie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan McLaughlin Aaron Holiday: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jeff Green: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Amen Thompson Julian Champagnie: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · De'Aaron Fox: 11 poss., 4 pts (0/0)
Kevin Durant Stephon Castle: 27 poss., 11 pts (3/6) · Keldon Johnson: 17 poss., 10 pts (4/5)
Reed Sheppard De'Aaron Fox: 22 poss., 10 pts (3/6) · Dylan Harper: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jabari Smith Jr. Devin Vassell: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Champagnie: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Alperen Sengun Victor Wembanyama: 22 poss., 10 pts (5/6) · Luke Kornet: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Dorian Finney-Smith Keldon Johnson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Devin Vassell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tari Eason De'Aaron Fox: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Devin Vassell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Clint Capela Victor Wembanyama: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Luke Kornet: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday Jordan McLaughlin: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Dylan Harper: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie Keldon Johnson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bismack Biyombo: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Crawford Lindy Waters III: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Carter Bryant: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green Lindy Waters III: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kelly Olynyk: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)