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Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets

Western Conference · Southwest

9-3 · #3 in the West · Streak: 2 wins

Offense
118.5 #3 in the NBA
Defense
109.3 #7 in the NBA
Net rating
+9.2 #4 in the NBA
Pace
97.4 #27 in the NBA

Points scored and allowed per 100 possessions, and possessions per game. On defense, lower is better.

The Houston Rockets starting lineup on the depth chart is Fred VanVleet (point guard), Amen Thompson (shooting guard), Kevin Durant (small forward), Jabari Smith Jr. (power forward), and Alperen Sengun (center). Their top options, in order, are Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, and Amen Thompson. Steven Adams (expected back 2026-11-15) and Clint Capela (expected back 2026-11-15) are out. The roster has 17 players.

Next game

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Probable starters

Starters in the last game: Kevin Durant, Fred VanVleet, Amen Thompson, Jabari Smith Jr., and Alperen Sengun.

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Depth chart

  Starter 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Point Guard
Fred VanVleet

#5 Fred VanVleet
Marcus Smart

#36 Marcus Smart
Amen Thompson

#1 Amen Thompson

★ 3rd option
Bruce Thornton

#2 Bruce Thornton
Reed Sheppard

#15 Reed Sheppard
Shooting Guard
Amen Thompson

#1 Amen Thompson

★ 3rd option
Reed Sheppard

#15 Reed Sheppard
Marcus Smart

#36 Marcus Smart
Bogdan Bogdanović

#31 Bogdan Bogdanović
Tari Eason

#17 Tari Eason
Small Forward
Kevin Durant

#7 Kevin Durant

★ 1st option
Tari Eason

#17 Tari Eason
Bogdan Bogdanović

#31 Bogdan Bogdanović
Jae'Sean Tate

#8 Jae'Sean Tate
Jabari Smith Jr.

#10 Jabari Smith Jr.
Power Forward
Jabari Smith Jr.

#10 Jabari Smith Jr.
Tari Eason

#17 Tari Eason
Jae'Sean Tate

#8 Jae'Sean Tate
Alperen Sengun

#28 Alperen Sengun

★ 2nd option
Isaiah Crawford

#27 Isaiah Crawford
Center
Alperen Sengun

#28 Alperen Sengun

★ 2nd option
Steven Adams

#12 Steven Adams

Out · Returns: 2026-11-15
Jabari Smith Jr.

#10 Jabari Smith Jr.
Clint Capela

#30 Clint Capela

Out · Returns: 2026-11-15
Oscar Tshiebwe

#9 Oscar Tshiebwe

Roster

Stats: per-game averages in the 2026-27 season. Click a column to sort by it. If a player has changed teams, they include his games with his previous team (except starts, which only count this team).

■ In orange, the high in each column. For percentages, among players attempting at least 5 field goals, 3 two-pointers or 2 three-pointers or free throws per game.
10
Jabari Smith Jr.
23 PF/C 12 12 35.3 5.9 12.1 49.0 2.7 6.3 42.1 3.3 5.8 56.5 60.0 2.3 2.6 87.1 1.5 5.1 6.6 2.2 0.9 1.1 1.0 2.2 16.8
28
Alperen Sengun
★ 2nd option
 24 PF/C 10 10 35.0 8.1 15.6 51.9 1.0 2.1 47.6 7.1 13.5 52.6 55.1 3.9 5.4 72.2 3.1 6.3 9.4 7.9 1.1 1.1 3.0 3.3 21.1
7
Kevin Durant
★ 1st option
 38 SF/PF 12 12 34.2 6.5 13.2 49.4 1.3 3.8 34.8 5.2 9.3 55.4 54.4 6.6 7.7 85.9 0.3 5.8 6.1 3.6 0.6 1.3 3.3 2.2 20.9
1
Amen Thompson
★ 3rd option
 23 PG/SG/SF 12 12 33.1 5.9 11.5 51.4 0.2 0.8 20.0 5.8 10.7 53.9 52.2 3.3 4.3 76.5 3.1 3.7 6.8 3.1 1.2 0.7 1.7 2.2 15.3
5
Fred VanVleet
32 PG 10 10 30.0 4.6 10.7 43.0 2.9 7.5 38.7 1.7 3.2 53.1 56.5 1.6 1.9 84.2 0.3 2.7 3.0 5.6 1.3 0.2 1.1 2.7 13.7
17
Tari Eason
25 SG/SF 12 1 23.6 3.6 8.8 40.6 0.8 3.6 23.3 2.8 5.3 52.4 45.3 1.3 1.4 94.1 2.0 3.8 5.8 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.2 9.3
36
Marcus Smart
32 PG/SG 9 1 21.4 2.8 6.3 43.9 1.8 4.4 40.0 1.0 1.9 52.9 57.9 1.0 1.2 81.8 0.6 2.0 2.6 2.0 1.0 0.1 1.6 2.7 8.3
15
Reed Sheppard
22 PG 9 1 20.1 3.7 9.3 39.3 2.3 7.0 33.3 1.3 2.3 57.1 51.8 0.4 0.4 100.0 0.3 1.3 1.7 2.6 1.3 0.0 1.1 1.3 10.1
30
Clint Capela
Out · Returns: 2026-11-15
 32 PF/C 6 1 14.2 1.5 2.3 64.3 0.0 0.0 – 1.5 2.3 64.3 64.3 0.2 0.3 50.0 2.3 2.8 5.2 1.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.7 3.2
31
Bogdan Bogdanović
34 PG/SG 12 0 11.2 1.7 3.3 50.0 1.0 2.1 48.0 0.7 1.3 53.3 65.0 0.5 0.5 100.0 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.8 4.8
12
Steven Adams
Out · Returns: 2026-11-15
 33 PF/C 1 0 8.4 2.0 2.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 – 2.0 2.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 – 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.0
9
Oscar Tshiebwe
26 PF/C 7 0 6.2 1.1 1.3 88.9 0.0 0.0 – 1.1 1.3 88.9 88.9 0.1 0.6 25.0 0.9 0.9 1.7 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 2.4
27
Isaiah Crawford
25 SF 8 0 4.0 0.6 1.1 55.6 0.5 1.0 50.0 0.1 0.1 100.0 77.8 0.0 0.0 – 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6 1.8
2
Bruce Thornton
23 PG 8 0 2.7 0.6 1.1 55.6 0.3 0.5 50.0 0.4 0.6 60.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 – 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.5
8
Jae'Sean Tate
31 SG/SF/PF 7 0 2.4 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 – 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0
3
Julian Phillips
– SF/PF – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
25
Quadir Copeland
– PG/SG – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Team total 12 240.0 41.4 86.6 47.8 12.8 34.3 37.4 28.6 52.3 54.7 55.2 19.8 24.3 81.4 12.8 31.4 44.2 26.9 8.4 5.9 15.0 19.8 115.4

Lineup performance

2026-27 season. Net rating = points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions with that lineup on the floor. Best and worst among lineups with at least 100 possessions.

Most used

Lineup GP MIN +/- Off / Def Net rating
Durant · VanVleet · Sengun · Smith Jr. · Thompson 8 107 +21 114.5 / 102.3 +12.2
Durant · VanVleet · Smith Jr. · Eason · Thompson 5 26 +7 107.1 / 94.6 +12.5
Bogdanović · Sengun · Smith Jr. · Thompson · Sheppard 5 19 -9 113.9 / 138.9 -25.0
Durant · Capela · VanVleet · Smith Jr. · Thompson 3 17 +10 144.1 / 118.2 +25.9
Durant · Smart · Sengun · Smith Jr. · Thompson 3 14 -2 100.0 / 106.9 -6.9

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