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San Antonio Spurs vs. Houston Rockets

October 23, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Rockets beat the Spurs 114-110 on 2026-10-23 on the road against the Spurs. The Spurs started De'Aaron Fox, Devin Vassell, Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle, and Dylan Harper. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Fred VanVleet, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. Alperen Sengun (Rockets) scored 14 points (6/18) in his matchups, with Stephon Castle as his primary defender. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 22 points (8/18) 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 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Dylan Harper GS 33:54 20 3 2 0 0 0 2 8-15 1-4 3-4 +8
Devin Vassell GS 33:33 10 4 2 3 0 5 4 3-8 2-5 2-2 +5
Stephon Castle GS 33:05 15 7 5 1 0 1 5 6-15 3-9 0-1 -3
De'Aaron Fox GS 32:24 19 4 9 2 0 5 1 6-11 2-5 5-5 -13
Victor Wembanyama GS 32:07 25 13 2 0 2 2 4 9-21 2-6 5-8 +3
Julian Champagnie 28:29 6 0 0 3 0 1 1 2-5 2-5 0-0 +2
Keldon Johnson 19:21 8 6 1 1 0 1 4 4-7 0-1 0-0 -6
Luke Kornet 15:53 7 3 0 0 1 0 3 2-3 0-0 3-5 -7
Carter Bryant 6:08 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -9
Harrison Barnes 5:06 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-2 0-2 0-0 0
Totals 110 40 21 10 3 15 26 40-87 12-37 18-25

Did not play: Jordan McLaughlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tarris Reed Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kevin Durant GS 36:51 20 7 5 0 0 3 2 5-10 2-2 8-8 +6
Amen Thompson GS 36:15 20 10 4 2 2 2 3 9-15 1-2 1-1 -12
Alperen Sengun GS 36:07 29 7 7 0 1 3 2 10-20 2-4 7-8 +6
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 34:00 7 5 1 2 2 2 4 2-5 1-2 2-2 +12
Fred VanVleet GS 31:31 14 3 5 3 0 0 2 4-10 3-8 3-4 +5
Tari Eason 26:33 12 6 0 3 0 1 3 4-8 0-2 4-4 -7
Marcus Smart 21:24 5 3 1 1 0 3 2 1-6 0-4 3-4 +6
Bogdan Bogdanović 8:53 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1-2 1-1 0-0 +1
Steven Adams 8:26 4 2 1 0 0 0 4 2-2 0-0 0-0 +3
Totals 114 44 24 11 5 15 22 38-78 10-25 28-31

Did not play: Clint Capela (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bruce Thornton (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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
Dylan Harper Fred VanVleet: 16 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Kevin Durant: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Victor Wembanyama Jabari Smith Jr.: 17 poss., 8 pts (4/7) · Alperen Sengun: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Devin Vassell Fred VanVleet: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Stephon Castle Alperen Sengun: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/8) · Amen Thompson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Aaron Fox Amen Thompson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marcus Smart: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Julian Champagnie Kevin Durant: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tari Eason: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keldon Johnson Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tari Eason: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Luke Kornet Alperen Sengun: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Steven Adams: 3 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Carter Bryant Kevin Durant: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marcus Smart: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Harrison Barnes Bogdan Bogdanović: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alperen Sengun: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Alperen Sengun Victor Wembanyama: 26 poss., 9 pts (4/9) · Luke Kornet: 15 poss., 12 pts (4/8)
Amen Thompson Dylan Harper: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Victor Wembanyama: 12 poss., 9 pts (4/5)
Kevin Durant Stephon Castle: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Dylan Harper: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Fred VanVleet De'Aaron Fox: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Dylan Harper: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Jabari Smith Jr. Devin Vassell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keldon Johnson: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tari Eason Devin Vassell: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Keldon Johnson: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Marcus Smart De'Aaron Fox: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Champagnie: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Bogdan Bogdanović Devin Vassell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Stephon Castle: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Steven Adams Victor Wembanyama: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julian Champagnie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)