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Golden State Warriors vs. Houston Rockets

April 5, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Warriors 117-116 on 2026-04-05 on the road against the Warriors. The Warriors started Draymond Green, Kristaps Porziņģis, De'Anthony Melton, Gui Santos, and Brandin Podziemski. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 21 points (7/13) in his matchups, with Draymond Green as his primary defender. Stephen Curry (Warriors) scored 8 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

GSW

Golden State Warriors 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandin Podziemski GS	36:50	18	2	3	1	0	2	0	7-11	2-6	2-2	-2
Draymond Green GS	34:03	7	6	12	1	0	1	5	3-4	1-1	0-0	+6
Gui Santos GS	32:04	15	4	1	2	0	3	3	5-15	2-8	3-4	-3
De'Anthony Melton GS	22:50	6	1	4	0	1	1	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	-7
Kristaps Porziņģis GS	22:36	9	8	3	0	0	0	6	3-9	0-3	3-3	-10
Stephen Curry	26:08	29	2	4	1	0	1	1	11-21	5-10	2-3	+12
Gary Payton II	25:20	14	3	2	0	0	0	3	6-11	0-3	2-2	-3
Seth Curry	12:39	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	1-3	1-3	3-3	+6
Pat Spencer	12:09	7	1	3	1	0	0	0	2-4	1-2	2-2	+10
Charles Bassey	9:44	5	4	1	0	2	1	1	2-2	0-0	1-1	-2
Will Richard	5:36	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-12
Totals		116	31	34	7	3	10	19	42-84	14-40	18-20

Did not play: Malevy Leons (DNP - Coach's Decision), Quinten Post (DND - Injury/Illness)

HOU

Houston Rockets 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	39:29	18	3	7	1	0	2	2	8-11	0-0	2-4	+2
Kevin Durant GS	37:15	31	8	8	0	3	3	3	10-17	3-6	8-9	-4
Alperen Sengun GS	36:54	24	6	7	0	2	2	3	10-19	1-5	3-3	-1
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	31:37	23	9	1	0	0	2	4	9-12	5-7	0-0	+15
Reed Sheppard GS	26:04	11	0	2	2	1	1	0	4-8	2-4	1-1	+10
Aaron Holiday	22:07	6	2	4	0	1	1	1	2-3	2-3	0-0	-4
Tari Eason	19:19	2	4	0	1	0	1	2	1-9	0-4	0-0	-4
Josh Okogie	12:23	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	-7
Jae'Sean Tate	10:57	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Clint Capela	3:55	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		117	38	30	4	7	13	16	44-80	13-29	16-19

Did not play: JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dorian Finney-Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

GSW

Golden State Warriors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Draymond Green · Kristaps Porziņģis · De'Anthony Melton · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski Starter 5.5 min
Stephen Curry · Draymond Green · Gary Payton II · De'Anthony Melton · Brandin Podziemski 4.6 min
Stephen Curry · Draymond Green · Charles Bassey · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski 3.5 min
Draymond Green · Seth Curry · Gary Payton II · Gui Santos · Will Richard 2.6 min
Seth Curry · Charles Bassey · Pat Spencer · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski 2.5 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard Starter 11.5 min
Kevin Durant · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 4.3 min
Aaron Holiday · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Reed Sheppard 3.3 min
Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 3.2 min
Kevin Durant · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Warriors defense

Kevin Durant 21 pts (7/13) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Draymond Green (23 %, 3 pts) · Kristaps Porziņģis (15 %, 3 pts) · Gui Santos (14 %, 6 pts)
Alperen Sengun 23 pts (9/14) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Gui Santos (36 %, 7 pts) · Gary Payton II (17 %, 4 pts) · Kristaps Porziņģis (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandin Podziemski	Reed Sheppard: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Aaron Holiday: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Draymond Green	Kevin Durant: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gui Santos	Alperen Sengun: 23 poss., 7 pts (2/5) · Kevin Durant: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Stephen Curry	Amen Thompson: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Gary Payton II	Alperen Sengun: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Kevin Durant: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kristaps Porziņģis	Kevin Durant: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Alperen Sengun: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Anthony Melton	Amen Thompson: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Seth Curry	Josh Okogie: 5 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Pat Spencer	Reed Sheppard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Holiday: 4 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Charles Bassey	Clint Capela: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Will Richard	Reed Sheppard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Holiday: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Stephen Curry 8 pts (3/5) in 46 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (19 %, 0 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (17 %, 3 pts) · Tari Eason (17 %, 0 pts)
Kristaps Porziņģis 22 pts (7/9) in 44 possessions

Guarded by: Alperen Sengun (57 %, 11 pts) · Kevin Durant (15 %, 7 pts) · Amen Thompson (9 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	Gui Santos: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Gary Payton II: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kevin Durant	Draymond Green: 29 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Gary Payton II: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Alperen Sengun	Kristaps Porziņģis: 25 poss., 11 pts (4/6) · Draymond Green: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Brandin Podziemski: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Pat Spencer: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard	De'Anthony Melton: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Brandin Podziemski: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Aaron Holiday	Brandin Podziemski: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gui Santos: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tari Eason	Stephen Curry: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandin Podziemski: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Okogie	Seth Curry: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandin Podziemski: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Stephen Curry: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Draymond Green: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Charles Bassey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gui Santos: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)