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HOU 7-1
106 – 108
FINAL
NYK 3-4

Houston Rockets 106, New York Knicks 108 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 106, New York Knicks 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 21-27 NYK; Q2 HOU 33-26 NYK; Q3 HOU 37-22 NYK; Q4 HOU 15-33 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (HOU) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-26 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 25 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists on 6-of-12 shooting; OG Anunoby (NYK) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU
Kevin Durant
30 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 10-26 FG
Scoring · NYK
Karl-Anthony Towns
25 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 10-15 FG
Scoring · HOU
Jabari Smith Jr.
21 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 8-13 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

HOU 18 largest lead Q4 10:53 (HOU 93, NYK 75) · 8-0 run, Q3 10:05–Q3 8:14
NYK 13 largest lead Q2 10:37 (HOU 21, NYK 34) · 9-0 run, Q1 0:04–Q2 10:37
Swings 2 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Jalen Brunson makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Q4 0:29, HOU 103, NYK 105).

Linescore

1234 T
HOU 21333715 106
NYK 27262233 108

🧮 How They Scored

HOUNYK
50Points in the paint48
14Fast-break points23
10Second-chance points15
15Points off turnovers30
16Bench points30
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
55.0%Effective FG%55.3%
17.4%Turnover %10.7%
38.2%Offensive rebound %20.5%
0.287Free-throw rate0.188

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Amen Thompson G-F 41121073135-90-22-4+5
Kevin Durant F 38306300410-264-106-7+15
Jabari Smith Jr. F 3621411118-134-81-2-9
Tari Eason F 35111240024-81-42-2-7
Alperen Sengun F-C 3116660366-121-13-4-6
Reed Sheppard G 2210230013-52-42-20
Dorian Finney-Smith F 212300021-40-20-0-13
Clint Capela C 114101101-20-02-2+12
Jae'Sean Tate F 50000000-10-00-0-7

New York Knicks

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
OG Anunoby F 4020214018-162-72-2+6
Jalen Brunson G 3620360036-120-18-9-10
Karl-Anthony Towns C 34257110210-153-32-2+23
Mikal Bridges F 3111650005-111-20-0+3
Josh Hart G 272661041-70-30-0-14
Landry Shamet G 2614020005-72-42-3+8
Jose Alvarado G 208145003-92-50-0+19
Mitchell Robinson C 186400013-50-00-0-21
Mohamed Diawara F 42010001-10-00-0-2
Jeremy Sochan F 40000000-20-10-0-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Kevin Durant Starter 383051.634.7+17.710.6
Jabari Smith Jr. Starter 362175.617.2-14.115.2
Alperen Sengun Starter 311658.126.7-13.010.6
Amen Thompson Starter 411255.813.7+4.613.4
Tari Eason Starter 351161.913.3-10.313.4
Reed Sheppard Bench 221085.013.7-2.78.9
Clint Capela Bench 11469.411.1+51.89.3
Dorian Finney-Smith Bench 21225.013.0-20.2-7.9
Jeff Green Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Aaron Holiday Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Josh Okogie Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jae'Sean Tate Bench 0500.012.5-52.5-4.4
Isaiah Crawford Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Karl-Anthony Towns Starter 342578.725.7+35.418.2
OG Anunoby Starter 402059.219.8+9.711.2
Jalen Brunson Starter 362062.723.2-15.012.3
Mikal Bridges Starter 311150.016.7+10.211.6
Josh Hart Starter 27214.316.9-21.83.4
Landry Shamet Bench 261484.114.5+22.511.9
Jose Alvarado Bench 20844.420.5+50.013.4
Mitchell Robinson Bench 18660.014.3-49.92.9
Mohamed Diawara Bench 042100.011.1-5.410.8
Jordan Clarkson Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jeremy Sochan Bench 0400.022.2+39.0-19.4
Pacome Dadiet Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Tyler Kolek Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Ariel Hukporti Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Kevin McCullar Jr. Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series HOU 0 – 1 NYK
Last 11 meetings · since 2020-21 HOU 2 – 9 NYK
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Houston Rockets 34-21 L1 L10 6-4 Next game recap: vs UTA · Mon, Feb 23
New York Knicks 37-21 W1 L10 7-3 Next game recap: @ CHI · Sun, Feb 22

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