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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Houston Rockets

January 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Trail Blazers beat the Rockets 103-102 on 2026-01-07 at home. The Trail Blazers started Deni Avdija, Shaedon Sharpe, Sidy Cissoko, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Steven Adams, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 7 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Toumani Camara as his primary defender. Shaedon Sharpe (Trail Blazers) scored 8 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

POR

Portland Trail Blazers 103

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Deni Avdija GS	39:08	41	6	2	1	0	5	1	13-24	2-9	13-15	0
Toumani Camara GS	38:45	14	6	3	2	2	1	6	5-10	2-7	2-2	+10
Shaedon Sharpe GS	34:28	20	0	3	1	0	3	2	7-17	3-6	3-6	-3
Donovan Clingan GS	31:18	12	7	3	0	1	0	0	5-9	2-6	0-0	-1
Sidy Cissoko GS	16:19	0	2	1	1	0	0	6	0-3	0-2	0-0	-12
Caleb Love	28:31	10	7	4	0	0	2	1	4-12	2-6	0-0	+5
Rayan Rupert	17:30	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+5
Robert Williams III	17:30	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	1-2	-1
Hansen Yang	16:31	3	3	2	0	0	2	5	1-4	1-3	0-0	+2
Totals		103	38	21	7	3	13	21	36-83	12-40	19-25

Did not play: Javonte Cooke (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jerami Grant (DND - Injury/Illness), Jrue Holiday (DND - Injury/Illness), Kris Murray (DND - Injury/Illness), Duop Reath (DNP - Coach's Decision), Matisse Thybulle (DND - Injury/Illness)

HOU

Houston Rockets 102

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	39:01	24	12	6	1	2	2	4	8-16	1-4	7-11	+6
Kevin Durant GS	37:24	37	4	0	0	1	3	2	14-26	2-6	7-9	-3
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	36:43	6	4	2	1	0	1	1	2-13	1-7	1-1	+1
Tari Eason GS	30:59	15	13	3	1	1	3	4	5-18	2-8	3-4	+3
Steven Adams GS	30:08	7	11	4	2	2	2	3	3-6	0-0	1-2	+3
Reed Sheppard	21:33	8	2	1	1	0	1	4	3-10	1-7	1-2	-5
Dorian Finney-Smith	14:22	3	3	0	0	0	1	4	1-4	1-2	0-0	-4
Josh Okogie	12:52	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-3
Clint Capela	12:19	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-4
Aaron Holiday	4:39	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		102	57	20	8	7	14	26	37-99	8-36	20-29

Did not play: JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

POR

Portland Trail Blazers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Deni Avdija · Shaedon Sharpe · Sidy Cissoko · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan Starter 7.3 min
Deni Avdija · Caleb Love · Rayan Rupert · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan 7.9 min
Deni Avdija · Shaedon Sharpe · Caleb Love · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan 7.6 min
Deni Avdija · Shaedon Sharpe · Rayan Rupert · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan 5.4 min
Robert Williams III · Shaedon Sharpe · Caleb Love · Sidy Cissoko · Yang Hansen 3.9 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 14.0 min
Steven Adams · Dorian Finney-Smith · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.4 min
Kevin Durant · Aaron Holiday · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 3.4 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Josh Okogie · Jabari Smith Jr. · Reed Sheppard 2.9 min
Steven Adams · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Trail Blazers defense

Kevin Durant 7 pts (3/10) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Toumani Camara (51 %, 5 pts) · Caleb Love (12 %, 0 pts) · Rayan Rupert (8 %, 0 pts)
Reed Sheppard 8 pts (2/5) in 39 possessions

Guarded by: Rayan Rupert (22 %, 0 pts) · Sidy Cissoko (20 %, 0 pts) · Caleb Love (19 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Deni Avdija	Amen Thompson: 23 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Tari Eason: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Toumani Camara	Kevin Durant: 39 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Shaedon Sharpe	Amen Thompson: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Tari Eason: 21 poss., 8 pts (3/6)
Donovan Clingan	Steven Adams: 31 poss., 12 pts (5/8) · Clint Capela: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Caleb Love	Dorian Finney-Smith: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Sidy Cissoko	Jabari Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Reed Sheppard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rayan Rupert	Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Robert Williams III	Steven Adams: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Clint Capela: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Hansen Yang	Jabari Smith Jr.: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Steven Adams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)

Rockets defense

Shaedon Sharpe 8 pts (2/8) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (33 %, 0 pts) · Tari Eason (18 %, 3 pts) · Amen Thompson (15 %, 4 pts)
Deni Avdija 7 pts (3/13) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Tari Eason (28 %, 4 pts) · Amen Thompson (18 %, 1 pts) · Josh Okogie (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Toumani Camara: 43 poss., 19 pts (8/14) · Deni Avdija: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Amen Thompson	Sidy Cissoko: 14 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Deni Avdija: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Shaedon Sharpe: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Deni Avdija: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tari Eason	Deni Avdija: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Shaedon Sharpe: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Steven Adams	Donovan Clingan: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Hansen Yang: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Reed Sheppard	Rayan Rupert: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Caleb Love: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Caleb Love: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Robert Williams III: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Okogie	Deni Avdija: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Robert Williams III: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Donovan Clingan: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Robert Williams III: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday	Caleb Love: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rayan Rupert: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)