Houston Rockets 135, Washington Wizards 112 — Recap

January 7, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 135, Washington Wizards 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 20-30 WAS; Q2 HOU 37-25 WAS; Q3 HOU 40-24 WAS; Q4 HOU 38-33 WAS.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Green (HOU) 29 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 7 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 26 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists on 12-of-23 shooting; Corey Kispert (WAS) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 20 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists on 7-of-8 shooting; Fred VanVleet (HOU) 19 points, 1 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Jalen Green

29 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 7 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · HOU

Alperen Sengun

26 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST · 12-23 FG

Scoring · WAS

Corey Kispert

23 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 7-10 FG

Season highs

Corey Kispert · Season-high 23 pointsFred VanVleet · Season-high 12 assists

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		T
HOU	20	37	40	38		135
WAS	30	25	24	33		112

🧮 How They Scored

HOUWAS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.9%Effective FG%55.2%

7.8%Turnover %15.0%

41.3%Offensive rebound %33.3%

0.240Free-throw rate0.234

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson G-F	41	20	15	4	3	—	—	7-8	—	6-6	+19
Fred VanVleet G	38	19	1	12	4	1	2	7-15	2-9	3-3	+17
Jalen Green G	30	29	8	2	2	—	1	10-22	7-15	2-2	+21
Alperen Sengun F-C	30	26	10	6	2	—	4	12-23	0-2	2-2	+29
Aaron Holiday G	23	4	2	4	2	—	1	1-3	0-1	2-2	+31
Cam Whitmore F	18	17	1	—	1	—	—	6-8	3-3	2-2	+2
Dillon Brooks G-F	18	11	1	2	—	—	—	4-8	3-4	—	-7
Jae'Sean Tate F	14	2	1	—	1	—	—	1-4	0-1	—	+10
Steven Adams C	11	—	6	—	—	—	1	0-1	—	0-2	-7
Jeff Green F	10	7	1	—	—	—	—	2-4	0-2	3-4	-6
Jock Landale C	3	—	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	+3

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Carlton Carrington G	34	12	4	5	—	—	—	4-8	4-6	0-1	-15
Corey Kispert F	33	23	4	3	—	—	1	7-10	5-7	4-5	-19
Bilal Coulibaly G	30	12	5	1	—	—	4	5-10	0-3	2-2	-14
KyShawn George F	27	9	4	3	2	1	2	4-10	1-7	—	-19
Alexandre Sarr C	23	2	9	1	1	1	3	1-12	0-5	—	-14
Jonas Valanciunas C	22	18	4	1	—	—	2	7-11	—	4-4	-6
Justin Champagnie F	21	7	5	—	1	1	—	2-4	1-2	2-2	-12
Kyle Kuzma F	17	10	6	2	1	—	2	4-9	1-4	1-4	+2
Patrick Baldwin Jr. F	4	5	1	—	—	—	1	2-2	1-1	—	-2
Anthony Gill F	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	30	29	63.4	29.6	+30.8	20.5
Alperen Sengun	Bench	30	26	54.4	35.0	+46.7	19.3
Amen Thompson	Bench	41	20	94.0	10.5	+21.8	19.5
Fred VanVleet	Bench	38	19	58.2	19.6	+23.3	13.0
Cam Whitmore	Bench	18	17	95.7	21.4	+1.7	16.8
Dillon Brooks	Bench	18	11	68.8	19.0	-15.4	6.5
Jeff Green	Bench	10	7	60.8	28.6	-23.9	8.6
Aaron Holiday	Bench	23	4	51.5	7.8	+62.0	3.3
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	14	2	25.0	9.5	+21.2	-0.7
Steven Adams	Bench	11	—	0.0	10.3	-40.2	0.0
Jock Landale	Bench	3	—	0.0	0.0	+50.0	19.4
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tari Eason	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Corey Kispert	Bench	33	23	94.3	17.6	-26.2	14.1
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	22	18	70.5	30.0	-12.8	14.6
Bilal Coulibaly	Bench	30	12	55.1	19.2	-27.2	3.7
Carlton Carrington	Bench	34	12	71.1	9.5	-23.9	7.7
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	17	10	46.5	31.0	+2.2	11.0
KyShawn George	Bench	27	9	45.0	17.4	-30.7	5.2
Justin Champagnie	Bench	21	7	71.7	9.4	-26.1	7.0
Patrick Baldwin Jr.	Bench	4	5	125.0	25.0	-22.2	20.0
Alexandre Sarr	Bench	23	2	8.3	23.8	-33.6	-4.0
Anthony Gill	Bench	4	—	0.0	8.3	-22.2	-4.4