Houston Rockets 128, Boston Celtics 101 — Recap

November 1, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 128, Boston Celtics 101. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 37-24 BOS; Q2 HOU 29-24 BOS; Q3 HOU 31-24 BOS; Q4 HOU 31-29 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (HOU) 26 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 17 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Baylor Scheierman (BOS) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-7 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 16 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-13 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 14 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Kevin Durant

26 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 8-11 FG

Scoring · HOU

Amen Thompson

17 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 6-12 FG

Scoring · BOS

Baylor Scheierman

17 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 6-7 FG

Season highs

Clint Capela · Season-high 10 reboundsBaylor Scheierman · Season-high 4 threesReed Sheppard · Season-high 4 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
HOU	37	29	31	31		128
BOS	24	24	24	29		101

🧮 How They Scored

HOUBOS

34Points in the paint44

16Fast-break points13

15Second-chance points21

9Points off turnovers23

45Bench points51

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

66.9%Effective FG%45.6%

16.3%Turnover %8.6%

35.3%Offensive rebound %25.5%

0.455Free-throw rate0.068

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson G-F	32	17	9	8	0	0	3	6-12	1-1	4-6	+27
Alperen Sengun F-C	31	16	10	9	1	2	4	5-13	1-3	5-7	+24
Kevin Durant F	30	26	4	1	2	1	2	8-11	2-3	8-9	+21
Jabari Smith Jr. F	26	12	6	0	1	4	1	5-10	1-3	1-1	+19
Josh Okogie G	21	12	0	2	1	0	0	3-5	3-5	3-4	+7
Tari Eason F	20	12	6	0	0	1	3	4-7	4-6	0-0	+15
Clint Capela C	18	4	10	1	1	1	1	1-3	0-0	2-4	+8
Reed Sheppard G	17	12	0	3	0	0	0	4-6	4-5	0-0	+19
Steven Adams C	14	4	5	3	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	+13
Jeff Green F	8	6	0	0	0	1	0	2-2	2-2	0-0	-4
JD Davison G	8	5	0	1	0	1	0	2-2	1-1	0-2	-4
Aaron Holiday G	8	2	2	2	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	-4
Jae'Sean Tate F	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-0	0-0	-6

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Payton Pritchard G	26	14	1	4	1	0	1	5-10	1-4	3-3	-19
Baylor Scheierman G	23	17	5	1	2	0	0	6-7	4-5	1-1	-2
Jaylen Brown G	22	12	2	5	1	0	5	6-14	0-2	0-0	-20
Josh Minott F	19	10	6	3	2	0	1	3-11	2-6	2-2	-20
Jordan Walsh G	19	10	4	1	0	0	0	4-10	2-5	0-0	-7
Derrick White G	19	5	2	2	1	1	0	2-11	1-5	0-0	-20
Hugo González G	17	7	1	1	0	0	2	3-8	1-3	0-0	-7
Sam Hauser F	17	6	2	2	0	0	1	2-4	2-3	0-0	-10
Anfernee Simons G	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-6	1-3	0-0	-10
Neemias Queta C	15	9	4	1	0	0	0	4-6	0-1	1-1	-7
Luka Garza C	15	0	4	0	0	1	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	-12
Chris Boucher F	13	4	0	0	1	0	0	2-6	0-2	0-0	-7
Ron Harper Jr. F	10	2	3	3	0	0	0	1-5	0-4	0-0	+1
Amari Williams F-C	6	2	1	1	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+9
Xavier Tillman F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Starter	30	26	86.9	23.5	+36.0	21.0
Amen Thompson	Starter	32	17	58.1	22.4	+43.7	15.8
Alperen Sengun	Starter	31	16	49.8	28.2	+42.5	15.7
Josh Okogie	Starter	21	12	88.8	15.2	+24.7	12.6
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	26	12	57.5	17.7	+34.5	12.9
Tari Eason	Bench	20	12	85.7	21.7	+42.1	12.3
Reed Sheppard	Bench	17	12	100.0	15.8	+59.4	15.4
Jeff Green	Bench	8	6	150.0	11.1	-17.3	19.1
JD Davison	Bench	8	5	86.8	16.7	-17.3	13.2
Steven Adams	Bench	14	4	66.7	11.4	+46.5	11.7
Clint Capela	Bench	18	4	42.0	14.3	+22.2	9.3
Aaron Holiday	Bench	8	2	53.2	22.2	-17.3	8.8
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	8	0	0.0	15.8	-27.8	-9.1

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Payton Pritchard	Starter	26	14	61.8	17.6	-36.3	11.1
Jaylen Brown	Starter	22	12	42.9	35.2	-41.4	4.0
Josh Minott	Starter	19	10	42.1	28.3	-48.5	12.4
Neemias Queta	Starter	15	9	69.9	16.7	-22.6	14.7
Derrick White	Starter	19	5	22.7	22.9	-53.1	1.5
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	23	17	114.2	12.5	-1.9	23.7
Jordan Walsh	Bench	19	10	50.0	21.3	-18.9	6.0
Hugo González	Bench	17	7	43.8	23.8	-20.6	-1.3
Sam Hauser	Bench	17	6	75.0	11.9	-33.2	8.9
Chris Boucher	Bench	13	4	33.3	20.0	-23.5	-5.8
Anfernee Simons	Bench	17	3	25.0	15.0	-28.6	-5.7
Ron Harper Jr.	Bench	10	2	20.0	18.5	-1.2	5.6
Amari Williams	Bench	6	2	50.0	12.5	+58.8	11.8
Xavier Tillman	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-133.3	0.0
Luka Garza	Bench	15	0	0.0	8.1	-31.5	-5.1