Houston Rockets 117, Golden State Warriors 116 — Recap

April 5, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 117, Golden State Warriors 116. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 26-31 GSW; Q2 HOU 29-22 GSW; Q3 HOU 37-29 GSW; Q4 HOU 25-34 GSW.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (HOU) 31 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Stephen Curry (GSW) 29 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-21 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 23 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-12 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists on 8-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Kevin Durant

31 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · GSW

Stephen Curry

29 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 11-21 FG

Scoring · HOU

Alperen Sengun

24 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST, 1 3PM · 10-19 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

HOU 15 largest lead Q3 5:18 (HOU 82, GSW 67) · 13-0 run, Q1 0:26–Q2 9:46

GSW 7 largest lead Q1 10:27 (HOU 0, GSW 7) · 11-0 run, Q3 4:33–Q3 1:43

Swings 5 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Alperen Sengun makes 4-foot layup (Kevin Durant assists) (Q4 0:11, HOU 117, GSW 116).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
HOU	26	29	37	25		117
GSW	31	22	29	34		116

🧮 How They Scored

HOUGSW

54Points in the paint52

8Fast-break points8

9Second-chance points14

14Points off turnovers23

10Bench points61

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

63.1%Effective FG%58.3%

12.8%Turnover %9.7%

24.2%Offensive rebound %16.7%

0.237Free-throw rate0.238

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson G-F	40	18	3	7	1	0	2	8-11	0-0	2-4	+2
Kevin Durant F	37	31	8	8	0	3	3	10-17	3-6	8-9	-4
Alperen Sengun F-C	37	24	6	7	0	2	2	10-19	1-5	3-3	-1
Jabari Smith Jr. F	32	23	9	1	0	0	2	9-12	5-7	0-0	+15
Reed Sheppard G	26	11	0	2	2	1	1	4-8	2-4	1-1	+10
Aaron Holiday G	22	6	2	4	0	1	1	2-3	2-3	0-0	-4
Tari Eason F	19	2	4	0	1	0	1	1-9	0-4	0-0	-4
Josh Okogie G	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	-7
Jae'Sean Tate F	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Clint Capela C	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Golden State Warriors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandin Podziemski G	37	18	2	3	1	0	2	7-11	2-6	2-2	-2
Draymond Green F	34	7	6	12	1	0	1	3-4	1-1	0-0	+6
Gui Santos F	32	15	4	1	2	0	3	5-15	2-8	3-4	-3
Stephen Curry G	26	29	2	4	1	0	1	11-21	5-10	2-3	+12
Gary Payton II G	25	14	3	2	0	0	0	6-11	0-3	2-2	-3
De'Anthony Melton G	23	6	1	4	0	1	1	2-4	2-4	0-0	-7
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	22	9	8	3	0	0	0	3-9	0-3	3-3	-10
Seth Curry G	13	6	0	0	1	0	1	1-3	1-3	3-3	+6
Pat Spencer G	12	7	1	3	1	0	0	2-4	1-2	2-2	+10
Charles Bassey G	10	5	4	1	0	2	1	2-2	0-0	1-1	-2
Will Richard G	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-12

🔬 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	37	31	74.0	29.6	-7.0	18.6
Alperen Sengun	Starter	37	24	59.1	27.5	-6.7	11.3
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	32	23	95.8	21.5	+26.9	14.2
Amen Thompson	Starter	40	18	70.5	16.5	+1.0	10.0
Reed Sheppard	Starter	26	11	65.2	15.5	+19.2	8.4
Aaron Holiday	Bench	22	6	100.0	8.5	-3.2	7.9
Josh Okogie	Bench	12	2	113.6	6.9	-24.0	4.3
Tari Eason	Bench	19	2	11.1	21.7	-1.5	-5.6
Clint Capela	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.5
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jeff Green	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	11	0	0.0	3.8	-8.7	3.0
JD Davison	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Golden State WarriorsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandin Podziemski	Starter	37	18	75.8	16.1	-7.7	9.8
Gui Santos	Starter	32	15	44.7	28.6	-4.6	3.1
Kristaps Porzingis	Starter	22	9	43.6	18.5	-22.2	6.4
Draymond Green	Starter	34	7	87.5	6.7	+6.9	10.7
De'Anthony Melton	Starter	23	6	75.0	10.0	-12.7	6.4
Stephen Curry	Bench	26	29	65.0	40.4	+20.7	20.1
Gary Payton II	Bench	25	14	58.9	21.8	+3.7	8.4
Pat Spencer	Bench	12	7	71.7	19.2	+54.2	18.9
Seth Curry	Bench	13	6	69.4	17.9	+15.1	7.9
Charles Bassey	Bench	10	5	102.5	13.6	-16.3	18.9
Quinten Post	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Malevy Leons	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Will Richard	Bench	06	0	0.0	0.0	-103.6	4.2