Houston Rockets 124, Sacramento Kings 125 — Recap

December 21, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 124, Sacramento Kings 125 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 31-30 SAC; Q2 HOU 37-27 SAC; Q3 HOU 23-25 SAC; Q4 HOU 21-30 SAC; OT1 HOU 12-13 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Alperen Sengun (HOU) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists on 12-of-17 shooting; DeMar DeRozan (SAC) 27 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Keegan Murray (SAC) 26 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Kevin Durant (HOU) 24 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Dennis Schroder (SAC) 24 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Alperen Sengun

28 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST · 12-17 FG

Scoring · SAC

DeMar DeRozan

27 PTS, 4 REB, 9 AST, 1 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · SAC

Keegan Murray

26 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 3 3PM · 9-14 FG

Season highs

Maxime Raynaud · Season-high 14 reboundsKevin Durant · Season-high 10 rebounds

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		T
HOU	31	37	23	21	12		124
SAC	30	27	25	30	13		125

🧮 How They Scored

HOUSAC

50Points in the paint42

9Fast-break points12

18Second-chance points12

18Points off turnovers18

33Bench points34

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.4%Effective FG%52.6%

11.8%Turnover %9.0%

26.5%Offensive rebound %35.8%

0.255Free-throw rate0.379

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant F	48	24	10	8	0	0	2	8-21	3-9	5-6	+2
Amen Thompson G-F	45	18	9	8	3	0	2	7-10	1-1	3-4	0
Alperen Sengun F-C	41	28	6	3	2	2	4	12-17	0-1	4-6	+3
Jabari Smith Jr. F	36	18	5	2	2	0	0	6-16	4-11	2-3	-20
Reed Sheppard G	34	15	2	4	0	0	3	4-13	4-9	3-3	+17
Josh Okogie G	34	3	6	2	1	0	2	1-5	1-4	0-0	-3
Tari Eason F	16	16	3	3	1	0	0	6-8	3-3	1-2	-3
Clint Capela C	12	2	6	1	0	0	1	1-4	0-0	0-0	-1

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keegan Murray F	47	26	4	0	1	0	1	9-14	3-4	5-5	+6
DeMar DeRozan G	40	27	4	9	2	1	1	9-17	1-2	8-9	+8
Maxime Raynaud C	37	12	14	0	1	0	2	6-12	0-1	0-0	+3
Dennis Schroder G	32	24	7	10	0	0	1	7-13	3-8	7-8	+4
Russell Westbrook G	29	21	13	4	2	0	4	8-24	5-12	0-2	+1
Nique Clifford G	27	6	6	4	1	1	1	2-8	0-4	2-2	+4
Dylan Cardwell C	21	2	4	0	0	2	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Precious Achiuwa F	18	5	1	2	1	0	1	1-2	0-0	3-8	-3
Keon Ellis G	9	0	2	0	0	1	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	-12
Malik Monk G	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-2	-3

🔬 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	41	28	71.3	25.6	+3.8	14.4
Kevin Durant	Starter	48	24	50.8	24.5	+2.1	10.6
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	36	18	52.0	20.2	-28.2	8.9
Amen Thompson	Starter	45	18	76.5	13.6	+1.3	14.8
Josh Okogie	Starter	34	3	30.0	9.3	-6.2	1.6
Tari Eason	Bench	16	16	90.1	21.4	-16.5	25.3
Reed Sheppard	Bench	34	15	52.4	21.0	+19.7	2.5
Clint Capela	Bench	12	2	25.0	16.1	+0.6	4.3
Steven Adams	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

Sacramento KingsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
DeMar DeRozan	Starter	40	27	64.4	22.2	+7.1	16.5
Keegan Murray	Starter	47	26	80.2	14.9	+7.6	11.5
Russell Westbrook	Starter	29	21	42.2	38.7	-0.4	9.3
Maxime Raynaud	Starter	37	12	50.0	16.1	+7.4	6.5
Precious Achiuwa	Starter	18	5	45.3	14.0	+0.6	0.6
Dennis Schroder	Bench	32	24	72.6	24.7	+6.3	24.9
Nique Clifford	Bench	27	6	33.8	16.4	+7.5	6.8
Malik Monk	Bench	5	2	53.2	18.2	-39.1	0.0
Dylan Cardwell	Bench	21	2	100.0	2.1	-4.2	2.6
Doug McDermott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dario Saric	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keon Ellis	Bench	9	0	0.0	12.5	-66.7	-4.9