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HOU 7-1
98 – 111
FINAL
SAC 1-6

Houston Rockets 98, Sacramento Kings 111 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 98, Sacramento Kings 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 23-22 SAC; Q2 HOU 25-29 SAC; Q3 HOU 28-27 SAC; Q4 HOU 22-33 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Amen Thompson (HOU) 31 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists on 11-of-17 shooting; Kevin Durant (HOU) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; DeMar DeRozan (SAC) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists on 8-of-13 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 19 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Zach LaVine (SAC) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU
Amen Thompson
31 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST · 11-17 FG
Scoring · HOU
Kevin Durant
23 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 9-18 FG
Scoring · SAC
DeMar DeRozan
22 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST · 8-13 FG
Season highs
Dylan Cardwell · Season-high 11 rebounds

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

📊 Game Flow

HOU 5 largest lead Q2 6:53 (HOU 33, SAC 28) · 7-0 run, Q1 10:23–Q1 9:11
SAC 16 largest lead Q4 0:43 (HOU 95, SAC 111) · 10-0 run, Q4 4:20–Q4 2:30
Swings 24 lead changes Tied 9 times

Ahead for good: DeMar DeRozan makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Malik Monk assists) (Q3 0:38, HOU 76, SAC 77).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 4:20 Malik Monk makes 23-foot three point jumper (DeMar DeRozan assists)SAC · HOU 92, SAC 97
  • Q4 3:49 Malik Monk makes 23-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)SAC · HOU 92, SAC 100
  • Q4 3:17 Precious Achiuwa makes 3-foot layup (DeMar DeRozan assists)SAC · HOU 92, SAC 102
  • Q4 2:30 Maxime Raynaud makes layupSAC · HOU 92, SAC 104
  • Q4 2:22 Kevin Durant makes 12-foot pullup jump shotHOU · HOU 94, SAC 104
  • Q4 2:01 Russell Westbrook makes 22-foot three point jumper (DeMar DeRozan assists)SAC · HOU 94, SAC 107
  • Q4 1:42 Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2HOU · HOU 95, SAC 107
  • Q4 1:18 Maxime Raynaud makes layupSAC · HOU 95, SAC 109
  • Q4 0:43 Maxime Raynaud makes 5-foot hook shot (Russell Westbrook assists)SAC · HOU 95, SAC 111
  • Q4 0:36 Kevin Durant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)HOU · HOU 98, SAC 111

Linescore

1234 T
HOU 23252822 98
SAC 22292733 111

🧮 How They Scored

HOUSAC
0Points in the paint0
0Fast-break points0
0Second-chance points0
0Points off turnovers0
13Bench points34
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
47.0%Effective FG%52.7%
10.2%Turnover %8.3%
41.3%Offensive rebound %41.9%
0.345Free-throw rate0.220

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Amen Thompson G-F 413113600511-170-19-12-13
Kevin Durant F 3823460019-184-91-1-9
Alperen Sengun F-C 3519942118-201-52-6-11
Jabari Smith Jr. F 339701124-130-31-3-10
Aaron Holiday G 283141001-71-70-0-19
Steven Adams C 243610120-00-03-40
Dorian Finney-Smith F 164300101-30-22-2+2
Reed Sheppard G 156020102-41-21-1-4
Josh Okogie G 90100000-20-10-0-1

Sacramento Kings

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Precious Achiuwa F 3910733014-70-32-2+8
DeMar DeRozan G 3722260008-130-06-6+13
Russell Westbrook G 34156101036-123-60-0+7
Zach LaVine G 2818210035-113-65-6-1
Malik Monk G 2615430106-122-41-1+22
Nique Clifford G 228200004-90-30-1+6
Maxime Raynaud C 2012910016-100-00-0+8
Dylan Cardwell C 1991110014-110-01-4+3
Drew Eubanks F 92100001-60-10-0+2
Keon Ellis G 60100000-00-00-0-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Amen Thompson Starter 413169.627.8-17.121.0
Kevin Durant Starter 382362.421.3-14.512.7
Alperen Sengun Starter 351942.026.1-16.411.4
Jabari Smith Jr. Starter 33931.420.3-20.51.1
Aaron Holiday Starter 28321.49.6-37.10.9
Reed Sheppard Bench 15667.612.1-21.013.8
Dorian Finney-Smith Bench 16451.510.50.09.0
Steven Adams Bench 24385.27.5-7.85.0
Clint Capela Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jeff Green Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Josh Okogie Bench 0900.010.5-6.3-2.6
Jae'Sean Tate Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
JD Davison Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Isaiah Crawford Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Sacramento KingsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
DeMar DeRozan Starter 372270.318.3+17.017.1
Zach LaVine Starter 281866.026.2-2.07.7
Russell Westbrook Starter 341562.519.0+13.215.8
Maxime Raynaud Starter 201260.024.4+20.013.9
Precious Achiuwa Starter 391063.510.6+11.310.3
Malik Monk Bench 261560.318.8+46.818.2
Dylan Cardwell Bench 19935.329.5+17.30.8
Nique Clifford Bench 22842.417.0+13.15.1
Drew Eubanks Bench 09216.731.6+19.6-15.6
Doug McDermott Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Dario Saric Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Dennis Schroder Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Keon Ellis Bench 0600.00.0-18.20.0
Devin Carter Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series HOU 1 – 2 SAC
Last 20 meetings · since 2020-21 HOU 7 – 13 SAC
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Houston Rockets 22-14 L3 L10 5-5 Next game recap: vs CHI · Tue, Jan 13
Sacramento Kings 9-30 W1 L10 2-8 Next game recap: vs LAL · Mon, Jan 12

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