Houston Rockets 123, Washington Wizards 118 — Recap

March 2, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 123, Washington Wizards 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 26-30 WAS; Q2 HOU 34-21 WAS; Q3 HOU 34-29 WAS; Q4 HOU 29-38 WAS.

Top performers (box score): Alperen Sengun (HOU) 32 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists on 12-of-20 shooting; Kevin Durant (HOU) 30 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Bilal Coulibaly (WAS) 23 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 22 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Sharife Cooper (WAS) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Alperen Sengun

32 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST · 12-20 FG

Scoring · HOU

Kevin Durant

30 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · WAS

Bilal Coulibaly

23 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 5 3PM · 9-16 FG

Season highs

Bilal Coulibaly · Season-high 23 pointsSharife Cooper · Season-high 21 pointsReed Sheppard · Season-high 10 assistsBilal Coulibaly · Season-high 5 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

HOU 19 largest lead Q4 10:16 (HOU 99, WAS 80) · 13-0 run, Q3 2:58–Q3 0:49

WAS 5 largest lead Q1 8:04 (HOU 6, WAS 11) · 10-0 run, Q3 8:11–Q3 7:00

Swings 8 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Alperen Sengun makes 5-foot two point shot (Q2 7:32, HOU 39, WAS 37).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
HOU	26	34	34	29		123
WAS	30	21	29	38		118

🧮 How They Scored

HOUWAS

62Points in the paint38

8Fast-break points24

28Second-chance points18

18Points off turnovers37

11Bench points63

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.8%Effective FG%58.8%

16.1%Turnover %11.0%

51.2%Offensive rebound %15.6%

0.304Free-throw rate0.154

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Reed Sheppard G	42	19	7	10	6	2	3	7-18	4-11	1-2	+10
Alperen Sengun F-C	38	32	13	2	1	1	8	12-20	0-1	8-11	-4
Kevin Durant F	37	30	7	1	0	1	6	8-15	3-6	11-11	-1
Amen Thompson G-F	31	22	12	4	2	0	2	10-15	1-1	1-1	+6
Dorian Finney-Smith F	27	5	6	1	1	0	0	2-6	1-1	0-0	+1
Tari Eason F	25	9	6	2	0	1	0	4-11	0-2	1-1	+13
Aaron Holiday G	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-8
Clint Capela C	11	4	8	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	2-2	+6
Josh Okogie G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Will Riley F	33	7	1	1	3	0	2	1-9	1-5	4-4	-13
Carlton Carrington G	28	11	5	4	2	0	0	4-10	2-3	1-1	+1
Julian Reese F	28	2	4	0	3	0	4	1-3	0-0	0-0	-12
Bilal Coulibaly G	27	23	1	0	1	2	1	9-16	5-7	0-0	+4
Justin Champagnie F	27	12	2	2	3	1	2	5-7	2-3	0-0	+3
KyShawn George F	22	16	1	2	1	0	0	5-13	3-6	3-4	-5
Tre Johnson G	22	5	4	3	1	1	1	2-10	1-3	0-0	-5
Jaden Hardy G	18	14	4	1	0	0	2	6-9	1-2	1-3	-9
Jamir Watkins F	18	7	3	4	1	0	0	3-4	1-2	0-0	+4
Sharife Cooper G	17	21	2	3	0	0	0	8-10	3-4	2-2	+7

🔬 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	38	32	64.4	33.3	-4.9	15.4
Kevin Durant	Starter	37	30	75.6	26.5	-2.7	13.3
Amen Thompson	Starter	31	22	71.2	21.3	+4.0	23.4
Reed Sheppard	Starter	42	19	50.3	20.2	+11.0	14.6
Tari Eason	Starter	25	9	39.3	15.7	+25.5	7.4
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	27	5	41.7	7.9	+1.6	4.9
Clint Capela	Bench	11	4	51.5	14.7	+25.0	9.3
Aaron Holiday	Bench	20	2	33.3	5.0	-15.1	-1.2
Jeff Green	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Okogie	Bench	09	0	0.0	4.0	+5.0	-17.9
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Crawford	Bench	00	0	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
Bilal Coulibaly	Starter	27	23	71.9	26.6	+6.8	12.5
KyShawn George	Starter	22	16	54.2	30.0	-8.2	9.4
Carlton Carrington	Starter	28	11	52.7	14.7	+3.4	10.1
Tre Johnson	Starter	22	5	25.0	22.4	-8.4	2.1
Sharife Cooper	Bench	17	21	96.5	24.4	+11.9	28.3
Jaden Hardy	Bench	18	14	67.8	27.3	-26.2	16.9
Justin Champagnie	Bench	27	12	85.7	13.6	+3.1	10.1
Will Riley	Bench	33	7	32.5	16.3	-19.8	-0.7
Jamir Watkins	Bench	18	7	87.5	8.9	+7.4	15.9
Anthony Gill	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tristan Vukcevic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0