Utah Jazz 105, Houston Rockets 125 — Recap

February 23, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Utah Jazz 105, Houston Rockets 125. Scoring by quarter: Q1 UTA 22-38 HOU; Q2 UTA 25-30 HOU; Q3 UTA 28-32 HOU; Q4 UTA 30-25 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 31 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-17 shooting; Lauri Markkanen (UTA) 29 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-23 shooting; Brice Sensabaugh (UTA) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists on 8-of-9 shooting; Kevin Durant (HOU) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Jabari Smith Jr.

31 PTS, 9 REB, 0 AST, 6 3PM · 12-17 FG

Scoring · UTA

Lauri Markkanen

29 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 10-23 FG

Scoring · UTA

Brice Sensabaugh

26 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 10-15 FG

Season highs

Kevin Durant · Season-high 12 assists

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

📊 Game Flow

UTA 3 largest lead Q1 8:36 (UTA 9, HOU 6) · 10-0 run, Q2 11:07–Q2 9:42

HOU 33 largest lead Q3 5:00 (UTA 56, HOU 89) · 12-0 run, Q2 7:02–Q2 3:58

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Amen Thompson makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Q1 6:57, UTA 11, HOU 13).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
UTA	22	25	28	30		105
HOU	38	30	32	25		125

🧮 How They Scored

UTAHOU

52Points in the paint54

30Fast-break points29

15Second-chance points14

34Points off turnovers8

40Bench points29

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

40.8%Effective FG%67.4%

9.0%Turnover %22.3%

23.2%Offensive rebound %30.3%

0.306Free-throw rate0.128

Box Score

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lauri Markkanen F	32	29	3	2	2	0	2	10-23	1-10	8-8	-14
Brice Sensabaugh F	32	26	3	1	0	1	1	10-15	4-8	2-3	-2
Isaiah Collier G	30	17	1	3	2	0	0	4-16	0-5	9-10	-30
Airious Bailey F	27	4	8	0	2	0	0	2-9	0-2	0-0	-26
Kyle Filipowski C	24	13	5	4	5	1	6	4-10	1-2	4-6	-24
John Konchar G-F	24	5	4	2	3	0	1	2-4	1-3	0-0	+4
Kevin Love F-C	24	5	9	5	0	1	0	2-8	1-6	0-0	+4
Cody Williams F	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-16
Elijah Harkless G	14	0	0	4	2	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+9
Svi Mykhailiuk G	11	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	1-1	-4
Vince Williams Jr. G	8	1	3	1	1	0	1	0-4	0-4	1-2	-1

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Alperen Sengun F-C	36	16	9	9	1	2	3	7-12	0-1	2-2	+3
Kevin Durant F	34	18	5	12	1	1	4	7-13	4-6	0-0	+28
Jabari Smith Jr. F	33	31	9	0	3	3	4	12-17	6-11	1-2	+28
Tari Eason F	32	11	10	4	1	1	3	5-12	1-5	0-0	+7
Amen Thompson G-F	29	20	7	3	2	1	6	8-9	0-0	4-5	+17
Reed Sheppard G	24	15	3	4	1	0	3	5-9	5-9	0-0	+3
Dorian Finney-Smith F	20	3	4	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	-5
Josh Okogie G	13	2	1	1	1	0	1	1-4	0-2	0-0	+4
Clint Capela C	10	2	3	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	+8
Aaron Holiday G	6	7	2	0	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	2-2	+1
Isaiah Crawford F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Jeff Green F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Utah JazzTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Lauri Markkanen	Starter	32	29	54.7	33.3	-20.5	12.2
Isaiah Collier	Starter	30	17	41.7	27.6	-45.2	5.4
Kyle Filipowski	Starter	24	13	51.4	31.1	-43.6	8.1
Airious Bailey	Starter	27	4	22.2	12.3	-43.9	5.0
Cody Williams	Starter	14	2	33.3	7.9	-45.7	0.0
Brice Sensabaugh	Bench	32	26	79.7	20.0	-4.4	14.9
Kevin Love	Bench	24	5	31.3	12.3	+7.4	10.7
John Konchar	Bench	24	5	62.5	7.7	+7.4	8.5
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	11	3	43.6	10.7	-19.8	4.1
Vince Williams Jr.	Bench	08	1	10.2	25.0	-18.9	-3.6
Oscar Tshiebwe	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Elijah Harkless	Bench	14	0	0.0	8.1	+28.1	3.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	33	31	86.7	27.5	+39.4	23.0
Amen Thompson	Starter	29	20	89.3	22.1	+24.6	16.2
Kevin Durant	Starter	34	18	69.2	19.8	+36.9	15.7
Alperen Sengun	Starter	36	16	62.1	17.8	+3.7	14.3
Tari Eason	Starter	32	11	45.8	20.3	+17.4	9.4
Reed Sheppard	Bench	24	15	83.3	19.7	+7.4	9.1
Aaron Holiday	Bench	06	7	121.5	27.3	+18.2	64.0
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	20	3	37.5	9.4	-10.6	-1.1
Clint Capela	Bench	10	2	33.3	13.3	+35.7	3.9
Josh Okogie	Bench	13	2	25.0	18.5	+14.8	-1.8
Jeff Green	Bench	02	0	0.0	20.0	+60.0	-12.5
Isaiah Crawford	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+60.0	0.0