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HOU 7-1
113 – 108
FINAL
ORL 2-5

Houston Rockets 113, Orlando Magic 108 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 113, Orlando Magic 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 22-29 ORL; Q2 HOU 21-24 ORL; Q3 HOU 38-27 ORL; Q4 HOU 32-28 ORL.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (HOU) 40 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 14-of-28 shooting; Desmond Bane (ORL) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-19 shooting; Reed Sheppard (HOU) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Paolo Banchero (ORL) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists on 6-of-16 shooting; Wendell Carter Jr. (ORL) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU
Kevin Durant
40 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 14-28 FG
Scoring · ORL
Desmond Bane
30 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 12-19 FG
Scoring · HOU
Reed Sheppard
20 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 7-11 FG
Season highs
Kevin Durant · Season-high 40 points

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

📊 Game Flow

HOU 7 largest lead Q4 0:22 (HOU 109, ORL 102) · 21-0 run, Q3 4:56–Q3 1:33
ORL 19 largest lead Q3 4:56 (HOU 57, ORL 76) · 8-0 run, Q2 7:00–Q2 5:45
Swings 12 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Alperen Sengun makes 2-foot layup (Kevin Durant assists) (Q4 3:07, HOU 101, ORL 100).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 4:50 Kevin Durant makes 11-foot fade away jump shotHOU · HOU 99, ORL 99
  • Q4 3:23 Wendell Carter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2ORL · HOU 99, ORL 100
  • Q4 3:07 Alperen Sengun makes 2-foot layup (Kevin Durant assists)HOU · HOU 101, ORL 100
  • Q4 2:20 Alperen Sengun makes driving layupHOU · HOU 103, ORL 100
  • Q4 1:53 Reed Sheppard makes 29-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)HOU · HOU 106, ORL 100
  • Q4 1:42 Paolo Banchero makes free throw 1 of 2ORL · HOU 106, ORL 101
  • Q4 1:42 Paolo Banchero makes free throw 2 of 2ORL · HOU 106, ORL 102
  • Q4 0:22 Reed Sheppard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)HOU · HOU 109, ORL 102
  • Q4 0:11 Wendell Carter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Paolo Banchero assists)ORL · HOU 109, ORL 105
  • Q4 0:10 Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2HOU · HOU 110, ORL 105
  • Q4 0:10 Kevin Durant makes free throw 2 of 2HOU · HOU 111, ORL 105
  • Q4 0:05 Anthony Black makes 26-foot three pointer (Paolo Banchero assists)ORL · HOU 111, ORL 108

Linescore

1234 T
HOU 22213832 113
ORL 29242728 108

🧮 How They Scored

HOUORL
50Points in the paint44
13Fast-break points11
7Second-chance points30
20Points off turnovers20
33Bench points27
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
59.1%Effective FG%54.0%
12.5%Turnover %10.2%
28.6%Offensive rebound %32.6%
0.244Free-throw rate0.239

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Kevin Durant F 40408320214-282-1010-10+10
Tari Eason F 332832131-50-30-0+15
Reed Sheppard G 3120342217-115-71-2+10
Alperen Sengun F-C 3116650138-150-10-2+6
Jabari Smith Jr. F 2913110006-71-10-0-3
Amen Thompson G-F 289531133-50-03-4-15
Josh Okogie G 206310002-72-40-0+15
Clint Capela C 164630411-10-02-20
Dorian Finney-Smith F 123110001-31-30-0-13

Orlando Magic

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Desmond Bane G 38306420112-196-100-0+9
Paolo Banchero F 3719891106-160-27-10-7
Tristan Da Silva F 358530012-82-52-2+4
Wendell Carter Jr. F 2716610016-81-13-6-4
Anthony Black G 238121023-122-60-1-7
Jevon Carter G 2214231125-104-90-0+3
Jonathan Isaac F 160202100-20-10-0-7
Moritz Wagner C 156322003-40-10-0+4
Jett Howard G 144610002-30-10-0-9
Jalen Suggs G 133102141-60-11-2-11

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Kevin Durant Starter 404061.738.6+14.822.1
Alperen Sengun Starter 311650.429.2+10.38.5
Jabari Smith Jr. Starter 291392.911.9-3.48.5
Amen Thompson Starter 28966.616.7-26.37.7
Tari Eason Starter 33220.010.7+24.24.7
Reed Sheppard Bench 312084.219.1+18.516.5
Josh Okogie Bench 20642.915.9+46.83.7
Clint Capela Bench 164106.47.7+6.714.4
Dorian Finney-Smith Bench 12350.011.5-56.52.0
Jeff Green Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Aaron Holiday Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Isaiah Crawford Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Orlando MagicTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Desmond Bane Starter 383078.923.0+7.418.2
Paolo Banchero Starter 371946.622.7-9.615.7
Wendell Carter Jr. Starter 271675.218.8-7.812.2
Anthony Black Starter 23832.224.6-18.2-3.2
Tristan Da Silva Starter 35845.012.5+6.34.0
Jevon Carter Bench 221470.026.1+1.213.6
Moritz Wagner Bench 15675.012.9+10.012.2
Jett Howard Bench 14466.78.8-34.513.2
Jalen Suggs Bench 13321.832.4-36.7-9.4
Jonathan Isaac Bench 1600.05.3-25.20.6
Goga Bitadze Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jamal Cain Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jase Richardson Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Noah Penda Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series HOU 2 – 0 ORL
Last 12 meetings · since 2020-21 HOU 9 – 3 ORL
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Houston Rockets 37-21 W3 L10 6-4 Next game recap: @ MIA · Sat, Feb 28
Orlando Magic 31-27 L1 L10 6-4 Next game recap: vs DET · Sun, Mar 1

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