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HOU 7-1
124 – 132
FINAL
CHI 1-6

Houston Rockets 124, Chicago Bulls 132 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 124, Chicago Bulls 132. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 21-41 CHI; Q2 HOU 27-24 CHI; Q3 HOU 39-30 CHI; Q4 HOU 37-37 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (HOU) 40 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 15-of-23 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 33 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 threes on 16-of-19 shooting; Collin Sexton (CHI) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Matas Buzelis (CHI) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists on 8-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU
Kevin Durant
40 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 15-23 FG
Scoring · HOU
Alperen Sengun
33 PTS, 13 REB, 10 AST, 1 3PM · 16-19 FG
Scoring · CHI
Collin Sexton
25 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 6-14 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

HOU 4 largest lead Q4 4:54 (HOU 112, CHI 108) · 10-0 run, Q1 8:18–Q1 6:01
CHI 22 largest lead Q2 11:45 (HOU 21, CHI 43) · 11-0 run, Q1 1:50–Q2 11:45
Swings 3 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Josh Giddey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tre Jones assists) (Q4 1:21, HOU 118, CHI 121).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 2:18 Kevin Durant makes 19-foot step back jumpshotHOU · HOU 116, CHI 116
  • Q4 2:00 Tre Jones makes free throw 1 of 2CHI · HOU 116, CHI 117
  • Q4 2:00 Tre Jones makes free throw 2 of 2CHI · HOU 116, CHI 118
  • Q4 1:40 Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2HOU · HOU 117, CHI 118
  • Q4 1:40 Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2HOU · HOU 118, CHI 118
  • Q4 1:21 Josh Giddey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tre Jones assists)CHI · HOU 118, CHI 121
  • Q4 1:00 Matas Buzelis makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jalen Smith assists)CHI · HOU 118, CHI 124
  • Q4 0:57 Kevin Durant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)HOU · HOU 121, CHI 124
  • Q4 0:37 Jalen Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Giddey assists)CHI · HOU 121, CHI 127
  • Q4 0:30 Kevin Durant makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Aaron Holiday assists)HOU · HOU 124, CHI 127
  • Q4 0:10 Matas Buzelis makes driving layupCHI · HOU 124, CHI 129
  • Q4 0:09 Josh Giddey makes technical free throwCHI · HOU 124, CHI 130

Linescore

1234 T
HOU 21273937 124
CHI 41243037 132

🧮 How They Scored

HOUCHI
62Points in the paint48
18Fast-break points8
11Second-chance points12
17Points off turnovers18
9Bench points53
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
59.2%Effective FG%60.6%
14.2%Turnover %12.0%
17.4%Offensive rebound %17.5%
0.261Free-throw rate0.311

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Kevin Durant F 40407500415-235-105-8-18
Amen Thompson G-F 3923312228-120-17-9-12
Alperen Sengun F-C 3833131022216-191-20-3-6
Reed Sheppard G 3613562245-173-140-0-17
Jabari Smith Jr. F 346510022-101-71-10
Aaron Holiday G 213132021-31-30-0+22
Tari Eason F 144310101-50-22-3+1
Dorian Finney-Smith F 80200000-10-10-0-1
Clint Capela C 42100001-10-00-0-8
Jae'Sean Tate F 30000010-00-00-00
Josh Okogie G 30100000-10-10-0-1

Chicago Bulls

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Josh Giddey G 39157132124-143-84-4+7
Matas Buzelis F 3523410038-165-92-2+7
Tre Jones G 2815562016-110-13-4+13
Collin Sexton G 2625423026-144-79-10+2
Jalen Smith F-C 2615620236-83-50-0+17
Nick Richards C 2611800103-71-24-6+2
Leonard Miller F 2317930017-112-31-2+4
Patrick Williams F 192100011-20-10-0-4
Rob Dillingham G 189131014-71-20-0-8

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Kevin Durant Starter 404075.430.3-19.817.0
Alperen Sengun Starter 383381.222.8-6.923.1
Amen Thompson Starter 392372.117.7-12.08.2
Reed Sheppard Starter 361338.224.4-22.74.1
Jabari Smith Jr. Starter 34628.714.10.0-0.7
Tari Eason Bench 14431.615.0-4.81.9
Aaron Holiday Bench 21350.09.3+43.25.5
Clint Capela Bench 042100.08.3-88.26.8
Dorian Finney-Smith Bench 0800.05.6-19.24.1
Jeff Green Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Josh Okogie Bench 0300.020.0-20.00.0
Jae'Sean Tate Bench 0300.011.10.0-7.7
Isaiah Crawford Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Matas Buzelis Starter 352368.122.7+11.56.8
Jalen Smith Starter 261593.816.9+27.412.2
Tre Jones Starter 281558.820.3+19.713.2
Josh Giddey Starter 391547.618.1+9.511.5
Nick Richards Starter 261157.115.9+7.76.3
Collin Sexton Bench 262567.927.5+3.318.3
Leonard Miller Bench 231771.521.3+7.418.4
Rob Dillingham Bench 18964.318.6-23.810.8
Patrick Williams Bench 19250.06.3-8.9-1.1
Guerschon Yabusele Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Isaac Okoro Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Lachlan Olbrich Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series HOU 1 – 1 CHI
Last 12 meetings · since 2020-21 HOU 6 – 6 CHI
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Houston Rockets 43-28 L1 L10 5-5 Next game recap: @ MIN · Wed, Mar 25
Chicago Bulls 29-42 W1 L10 4-6 Next game recap: @ PHI · Wed, Mar 25

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