Houston Rockets 124, Oklahoma City Thunder 125 — Recap

October 21, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 124, Oklahoma City Thunder 125 (2 overtimes). Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 30-27 OKC; Q2 HOU 27-24 OKC; Q3 HOU 22-24 OKC; Q4 HOU 25-29 OKC; OT1 HOU 11-11 OKC; OT2 HOU 9-10 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Alperen Sengun (HOU) 39 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 35 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 12-of-26 shooting; Chet Holmgren (OKC) 28 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-17 shooting; Kevin Durant (HOU) 23 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-16 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists on 8-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Alperen Sengun

39 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 12-24 FG

Scoring · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

35 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 12-26 FG

Scoring · OKC

Chet Holmgren

28 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 11-17 FG

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	OT	2OT		T
HOU	30	27	22	25	11	9		124
OKC	27	24	24	29	11	10		125

🧮 How They Scored

HOUOKC

44Points in the paint50

2Fast-break points16

24Second-chance points12

12Points off turnovers28

24Bench points36

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%50.5%

16.6%Turnover %8.7%

37.2%Offensive rebound %23.4%

0.320Free-throw rate0.240

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Alperen Sengun F-C	49	39	11	7	2	1	4	12-24	5-8	10-11	+9
Kevin Durant F	47	23	9	3	0	0	4	9-16	0-4	5-6	0
Jabari Smith Jr. F	42	16	5	0	1	0	0	7-15	2-6	0-0	+2
Amen Thompson G-F	39	18	4	5	1	1	4	8-17	0-7	2-2	-11
Steven Adams C	37	4	13	3	0	0	3	1-4	0-0	2-2	+2
Reed Sheppard G	28	9	2	4	1	1	2	3-11	2-7	1-2	0
Tari Eason F	22	3	6	0	0	1	4	1-6	1-4	0-0	-4
Josh Okogie G	20	8	2	1	0	1	0	1-3	1-3	5-6	-8
Clint Capela C	8	4	0	0	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	2-2	+5

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	47	35	5	5	2	2	3	12-26	1-9	10-14	+3
Luguentz Dort G	45	6	6	5	1	0	1	2-12	0-8	2-2	+2
Cason Wallace G	42	14	7	5	4	0	2	5-10	3-8	1-2	+8
Chet Holmgren C-F	38	28	7	2	0	0	3	11-17	2-5	4-4	-1
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	37	6	8	5	2	0	1	2-5	0-1	2-2	+9
Alex Caruso G	30	8	2	3	2	1	0	3-9	2-6	0-0	-15
Aaron Wiggins G	21	10	1	1	0	0	1	4-8	2-5	0-0	+2
Ajay Mitchell G	15	16	2	2	0	1	0	6-12	3-6	1-1	+2
Jaylin Williams F	13	2	0	1	1	0	0	1-5	0-4	0-0	-3
Brooks Barnhizer F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Alperen Sengun	Starter	49	39	67.6	27.7	+3.5	20.6
Kevin Durant	Starter	47	23	61.7	19.0	-2.4	12.1
Amen Thompson	Starter	39	18	50.3	22.8	-14.7	9.3
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	42	16	53.3	15.0	-1.7	6.3
Steven Adams	Starter	37	4	41.0	8.8	-3.3	7.3
Reed Sheppard	Bench	28	9	37.9	19.4	-8.9	5.4
Josh Okogie	Bench	20	8	70.9	12.8	-16.2	7.2
Clint Capela	Bench	8	4	106.4	13.6	+12.2	13.8
Tari Eason	Bench	22	3	25.0	16.9	-15.6	-0.6
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
Aaron Holiday	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
JD Davison	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Starter	47	35	54.4	34.0	+6.8	18.2
Chet Holmgren	Starter	38	28	74.6	24.4	+3.4	13.9
Cason Wallace	Starter	42	14	64.3	14.0	+14.3	15.6
Isaiah Hartenstein	Starter	37	6	51.0	8.3	+19.0	7.1
Luguentz Dort	Starter	45	6	23.3	14.0	+7.4	1.5
Ajay Mitchell	Bench	15	16	64.3	38.7	+10.8	24.5
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	21	10	62.5	20.9	+9.9	6.6
Alex Caruso	Bench	30	8	44.4	14.1	-14.3	7.6
Jaylin Williams	Bench	13	2	20.0	17.9	-3.8	-2.4
Ousmane Dieng	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Brooks Barnhizer	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-40.0	0.0
Chris Youngblood	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0