Houston Rockets 105, Charlotte Hornets 101 — Recap

February 19, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 105, Charlotte Hornets 101. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 24-33 CHA; Q2 HOU 29-19 CHA; Q3 HOU 27-26 CHA; Q4 HOU 25-23 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (HOU) 35 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 14-of-20 shooting; Grant Williams (CHA) 20 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-22 shooting; Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-8 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 15 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Kevin Durant

35 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 14-20 FG

Scoring · CHA

Grant Williams

20 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 7-10 FG

Scoring · CHA

Brandon Miller

17 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 1 3PM · 5-22 FG

Season highs

Grant Williams · Season-high 20 pointsGrant Williams · Season-high 4 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

HOU 11 largest lead Q4 5:23 (HOU 95, CHA 84) · 16-0 run, Q2 5:45–Q2 1:18

CHA 11 largest lead Q1 2:59 (HOU 18, CHA 29) · 11-0 run, Q4 4:37–Q4 2:10

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 8 times

Ahead for good: Jae'Sean Tate makes 1-foot layup (Alperen Sengun assists) (Q4 8:56, HOU 86, CHA 84).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
HOU	24	29	27	25		105
CHA	33	19	26	23		101

🧮 How They Scored

HOUCHA

48Points in the paint32

16Fast-break points8

12Second-chance points17

21Points off turnovers15

28Bench points26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.7%Effective FG%51.2%

10.8%Turnover %14.8%

19.0%Offensive rebound %27.9%

0.153Free-throw rate0.214

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson G-F	37	9	7	2	4	1	3	3-8	0-3	3-3	+5
Kevin Durant F	36	35	8	4	1	3	1	14-20	2-4	5-5	-4
Tari Eason F	33	5	3	0	3	0	1	2-9	1-6	0-0	-6
Alperen Sengun F-C	32	13	2	7	3	1	2	6-16	0-3	1-2	+4
Jabari Smith Jr. F	31	15	7	1	1	1	0	6-8	2-3	1-1	-5
Reed Sheppard G	24	13	4	3	1	2	2	5-12	1-5	2-2	+11
Dorian Finney-Smith F	23	8	4	1	1	0	2	3-7	2-6	0-0	+6
Jae'Sean Tate F	15	7	0	1	1	0	0	3-4	1-2	0-0	+7
Clint Capela C	9	0	4	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller F	34	17	4	7	1	0	3	5-22	1-12	6-7	+2
LaMelo Ball G	31	11	7	7	1	0	1	5-14	1-6	0-0	+11
Kon Knueppel G-F	30	15	5	4	1	0	5	5-11	3-6	2-2	+9
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	30	12	4	4	0	1	2	5-6	0-0	2-3	-4
Grant Williams F	29	20	9	1	0	0	2	7-10	4-5	2-2	+5
Tidjane Salaun F	20	9	4	0	2	0	1	3-5	2-3	1-2	-9
Sion James G	19	8	4	1	0	0	0	3-7	2-5	0-0	-8
Tre Mann G	18	5	3	0	1	0	0	2-6	1-4	0-0	-6
Josh Green G	14	2	2	0	1	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-13
PJ Hall C	14	2	4	1	0	1	1	0-1	0-0	2-2	-7
Xavier Tillman F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 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	36	35	78.8	29.5	-5.6	23.7
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	31	15	79.4	12.9	-9.3	13.4
Alperen Sengun	Starter	32	13	38.5	27.1	+4.6	7.6
Amen Thompson	Starter	37	9	48.3	14.8	+8.2	5.9
Tari Eason	Starter	33	5	27.8	13.7	-8.7	1.0
Reed Sheppard	Bench	24	13	50.5	29.4	+20.0	13.6
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	23	8	57.1	18.4	+20.0	8.3
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	15	7	87.5	12.5	+24.1	12.7
Clint Capela	Bench	09	0	0.0	5.0	+4.8	4.1
Jeff Green	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aaron Holiday	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Okogie	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Crawford	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Grant Williams	Starter	29	20	91.9	17.8	+4.7	14.8
Brandon Miller	Starter	34	17	33.9	35.0	-0.5	4.0
Kon Knueppel	Starter	30	15	63.1	23.0	+12.9	9.7
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Starter	30	12	82.0	12.9	-6.6	9.6
LaMelo Ball	Starter	31	11	39.3	19.0	+13.9	10.8
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	20	9	76.5	17.5	-18.5	12.9
Sion James	Bench	19	8	57.1	16.3	-19.8	8.2
Tre Mann	Bench	18	5	41.7	15.4	-19.4	9.4
Josh Green	Bench	14	2	50.0	9.7	-41.7	5.0
PJ Hall	Bench	14	2	53.2	10.3	-29.8	9.5
Miles Bridges	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pat Connaughton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Moussa Diabate	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0