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Washington Wizards vs. Houston Rockets

March 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Wizards 123-118 on 2026-03-02 on the road against the Wizards. The Wizards started Bilal Coulibaly, Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George, Tre Johnson, and Julian Reese. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Tari Eason, Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 13 points (6/17) in his matchups, with Bilal Coulibaly as his primary defender. Jaden Hardy (Wizards) scored 1 points (0/0) in his matchups, with Aaron Holiday as his primary defender.

Box score

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

WAS

Washington Wizards 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bub Carrington GS	28:25	11	5	4	2	0	0	1	4-10	2-3	1-1	+1
Julian Reese GS	27:40	2	4	0	3	0	4	6	1-3	0-0	0-0	-12
Bilal Coulibaly GS	26:30	23	1	0	1	2	1	2	9-16	5-7	0-0	+4
Kyshawn George GS	21:36	16	1	2	1	0	0	2	5-13	3-6	3-4	-5
Tre Johnson GS	21:31	5	4	3	1	1	1	2	2-10	1-3	0-0	-5
Will Riley	32:59	7	1	1	3	0	2	3	1-9	1-5	4-4	-13
Justin Champagnie	26:55	12	2	2	3	1	2	3	5-7	2-3	0-0	+3
Jamir Watkins	18:28	7	3	4	1	0	0	3	3-4	1-2	0-0	+4
Jaden Hardy	18:27	14	4	1	0	0	2	1	6-9	1-2	1-3	-9
Sharife Cooper	17:29	21	2	3	0	0	0	1	8-10	3-4	2-2	+7
Totals		118	27	20	15	4	12	24	44-91	19-35	11-14

Did not play: Anthony Gill (DND - Injury/Illness), Tristan Vukcevic (DND - Injury/Illness)

HOU

Houston Rockets 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Reed Sheppard GS	42:05	19	7	10	6	2	3	2	7-18	4-11	1-2	+10
Alperen Sengun GS	38:04	32	13	2	1	1	8	2	12-20	0-1	8-11	-4
Kevin Durant GS	37:01	30	7	1	0	1	6	1	8-15	3-6	11-11	-1
Amen Thompson GS	30:55	22	12	4	2	0	2	2	10-15	1-1	1-1	+6
Tari Eason GS	24:34	9	6	2	0	1	0	1	4-11	0-2	1-1	+13
Dorian Finney-Smith	26:58	5	6	1	1	0	0	2	2-6	1-1	0-0	+1
Aaron Holiday	20:07	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-8
Clint Capela	11:16	4	8	1	0	0	1	2	1-3	0-0	2-2	+6
Josh Okogie	8:59	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Totals		123	59	21	10	5	20	17	45-92	9-25	24-28

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

WAS

Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Bilal Coulibaly · Bub Carrington · Kyshawn George · Tre Johnson · Julian Reese Starter 13.9 min
Justin Champagnie · Jaden Hardy · Jamir Watkins · Will Riley · Julian Reese 8.9 min
Sharife Cooper · Justin Champagnie · Jaden Hardy · Jamir Watkins · Will Riley 6.8 min
Sharife Cooper · Justin Champagnie · Bilal Coulibaly · Bub Carrington · Will Riley 4.3 min
Bilal Coulibaly · Bub Carrington · Kyshawn George · Tre Johnson · Will Riley 3.9 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard Starter 11.7 min
Kevin Durant · Dorian Finney-Smith · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Reed Sheppard 5.0 min
Dorian Finney-Smith · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.5 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Dorian Finney-Smith · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.1 min
Dorian Finney-Smith · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Wizards defense

Kevin Durant 13 pts (6/17) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Bilal Coulibaly (20 %, 2 pts) · Kyshawn George (19 %, 3 pts) · Will Riley (17 %, 0 pts)
Alperen Sengun 15 pts (6/18) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Julian Reese (42 %, 0 pts) · Will Riley (13 %, 0 pts) · Bilal Coulibaly (12 %, 8 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Will Riley	Dorian Finney-Smith: 19 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bub Carrington	Amen Thompson: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Reed Sheppard: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Julian Reese	Alperen Sengun: 32 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bilal Coulibaly	Kevin Durant: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Justin Champagnie	Reed Sheppard: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Kevin Durant: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kyshawn George	Kevin Durant: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Tari Eason: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tre Johnson	Reed Sheppard: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tari Eason: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jamir Watkins	Clint Capela: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Alperen Sengun: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaden Hardy	Aaron Holiday: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Josh Okogie: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Sharife Cooper	Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Aaron Holiday: 9 poss., 7 pts (2/2)

Rockets defense

Jaden Hardy 1 pts (0/0) in 32 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Holiday (45 %, 0 pts) · Josh Okogie (14 %, 0 pts) · Reed Sheppard (12 %, 1 pts)
Kyshawn George 13 pts (5/10) in 47 possessions

Guarded by: Kevin Durant (49 %, 7 pts) · Tari Eason (14 %, 2 pts) · Amen Thompson (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Reed Sheppard	Bub Carrington: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Sharife Cooper: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Durant	Kyshawn George: 23 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Justin Champagnie: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Alperen Sengun	Julian Reese: 34 poss., 12 pts (4/7) · Bilal Coulibaly: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Amen Thompson	Tre Johnson: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Bub Carrington: 13 poss., 9 pts (4/4)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Will Riley: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bilal Coulibaly: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason	Bilal Coulibaly: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Will Riley: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Aaron Holiday	Jaden Hardy: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sharife Cooper: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Clint Capela	Jamir Watkins: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Bilal Coulibaly: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie	Jaden Hardy: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyshawn George: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)