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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Houston Rockets

October 21, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Rockets 125-124 on 2025-10-21 at home. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, and Cason Wallace. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Steven Adams, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 8 points (1/12) in his matchups, with Luguentz Dort as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 14 points (5/15) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	47:13	35	5	5	2	2	3	2	12-26	1-9	10-14	+3
Luguentz Dort GS	45:15	6	6	5	1	0	1	4	2-12	0-8	2-2	+2
Cason Wallace GS	41:39	14	7	5	4	0	2	3	5-10	3-8	1-2	+8
Chet Holmgren GS	38:30	28	7	2	0	0	3	6	11-17	2-5	4-4	-1
Isaiah Hartenstein GS	36:51	6	8	5	2	0	1	6	2-5	0-1	2-2	+9
Alex Caruso	30:11	8	2	3	2	1	0	2	3-9	2-6	0-0	-15
Aaron Wiggins	20:32	10	1	1	0	0	1	1	4-8	2-5	0-0	+2
Ajay Mitchell	14:36	16	2	2	0	1	0	2	6-12	3-6	1-1	+2
Jaylin Williams	12:53	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1-5	0-4	0-0	-3
Brooks Barnhizer	2:15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Chris Youngblood	0:06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		125	38	29	12	4	11	27	46-104	13-52	20-25

Did not play: Ousmane Dieng (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU

Houston Rockets 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Alperen Sengun GS	48:53	39	11	7	2	1	4	5	12-24	5-8	10-11	+9
Kevin Durant GS	47:03	23	9	3	0	0	4	6	9-16	0-4	5-6	0
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	41:45	16	5	0	1	0	0	4	7-15	2-6	0-0	+2
Amen Thompson GS	38:36	18	4	5	1	1	4	3	8-17	0-7	2-2	-11
Steven Adams GS	36:30	4	13	3	0	0	3	4	1-4	0-0	2-2	+2
Reed Sheppard	27:47	9	2	4	1	1	2	1	3-11	2-7	1-2	0
Tari Eason	21:36	3	6	0	0	1	4	1	1-6	1-4	0-0	-4
Josh Okogie	19:58	8	2	1	0	1	0	2	1-3	1-3	5-6	-8
Clint Capela	7:52	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	+5
Totals		124	52	23	6	5	22	26	43-97	11-39	27-31

Did not play: JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dorian Finney-Smith (DND - Injury/Illness), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Harris (DNP - Coach's Decision), Aaron Holiday (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Isaiah Hartenstein · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Cason Wallace Starter 12.6 min
Alex Caruso · Isaiah Hartenstein · Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren · Ajay Mitchell 7.3 min
Alex Caruso · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Cason Wallace 7.0 min
Isaiah Hartenstein · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Cason Wallace 6.6 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Jaylin Williams · Cason Wallace 4.9 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 17.0 min
Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 6.4 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Alperen Sengun · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 5.1 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Reed Sheppard 4.6 min
Steven Adams · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Reed Sheppard 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Thunder defense

Kevin Durant 8 pts (1/12) in 82 possessions

Guarded by: Luguentz Dort (32 %, 2 pts) · Cason Wallace (28 %, 1 pts) · Alex Caruso (11 %, 0 pts)
Alperen Sengun 11 pts (3/11) in 82 possessions

Guarded by: Luguentz Dort (23 %, 0 pts) · Chet Holmgren (19 %, 3 pts) · Isaiah Hartenstein (18 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Amen Thompson: 31 poss., 11 pts (4/10) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Luguentz Dort	Kevin Durant: 27 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Alperen Sengun: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cason Wallace	Kevin Durant: 23 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Chet Holmgren	Alperen Sengun: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 13 poss., 12 pts (4/5)
Isaiah Hartenstein	Steven Adams: 22 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Alperen Sengun: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alex Caruso	Alperen Sengun: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Wiggins	Amen Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ajay Mitchell	Reed Sheppard: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Josh Okogie: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jaylin Williams	Steven Adams: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Clint Capela: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brooks Barnhizer	Alperen Sengun: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chris Youngblood	Alperen Sengun: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 14 pts (5/15) in 88 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (33 %, 7 pts) · Tari Eason (23 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (20 %, 0 pts)
Chet Holmgren 22 pts (7/16) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Alperen Sengun (30 %, 12 pts) · Josh Okogie (19 %, 2 pts) · Steven Adams (18 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Alperen Sengun	Alex Caruso: 31 poss., 15 pts (5/6) · Chet Holmgren: 23 poss., 12 pts (3/7)
Kevin Durant	Luguentz Dort: 54 poss., 12 pts (4/5) · Cason Wallace: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 29 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Aaron Wiggins: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amen Thompson	Cason Wallace: 29 poss., 7 pts (3/8) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Steven Adams	Isaiah Hartenstein: 29 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Chet Holmgren: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Reed Sheppard	Cason Wallace: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Aaron Wiggins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Chet Holmgren: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Okogie	Chet Holmgren: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Clint Capela	Jaylin Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Wiggins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)