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Utah Jazz 118, Houston Rockets 125 — Recap

November 13, 2026 · Recap published November 13, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Recap

The Houston Rockets defeated the Utah Jazz 125-118, with SportsFBI's pregame model assigning an 89% probability to the Houston victory. Alperen Sengun led the Rockets with a dominant 43 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists on 17-of-24 shooting, including one three-pointer.

The game was tightly contested early as both teams played to a 27-27 tie in the first quarter. Houston created separation in the second frame by outscoring Utah 36-26 to take a lead into halftime.

Utah responded in the third quarter by posting 36 points to Houston's 29, narrowing the deficit. However, the Rockets secured the win by outscoring the Jazz 33-29 in the final period.

Aside from Sengun's standout performance, Kevin Durant added 22 points, 3 rebounds, and 6 assists for Houston. Darryn Peterson led Utah with 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 threes, Keyonte George contributed 27 points and 7 assists, and Airious Bailey added 21 points.

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How the Prediction Fared

✓ Model Hit

SportsFBI's model, locked before tip-off, favored the Houston Rockets (89% confidence). It gave a 35% chance of a 20+ point margin; the game was decided by 7 points.

💵 Betting Result FanDuel closing line

Spread · HOU -15.5 UTA covered Won by 7

Total · 220.5 Over 243 combined

Moneyline UTA +830 · HOU -1400 HOU favored

Line movementOpening line → close

Spread (HOU) -17.5-15.5 +2

Total 218.5220.5 +2

Moneyline (HOU) -1500-1400 +100

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Alperen Sengun

43 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 17-24 FG

Scoring · UTA

Darryn Peterson

28 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 9-20 FG

Scoring · UTA

Keyonte George

27 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 8-17 FG

Season highs

Alperen Sengun · Season-high 43 pointsDarryn Peterson · Season-high 28 points

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

📊 Game Flow

UTA 10 largest lead Q3 3:31 (UTA 87, HOU 77) · 11-0 run, Q3 7:06–Q3 5:35

HOU 12 largest lead Q3 11:10 (UTA 53, HOU 65) · 14-0 run, Q3 3:08–Q3 0:30

Swings 11 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Alperen Sengun makes tip shot (Q3 1:05, UTA 87, HOU 88).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes

Q4 4:48 Alperen Sengun makes layupHOU · UTA 110, HOU 113
Q4 4:29 Darryn Peterson makes free throw 1 of 2UTA · UTA 111, HOU 113
Q4 4:19 Darryn Peterson makes free throw 2 of 2UTA · UTA 112, HOU 113
Q4 4:19 Kevin Durant makes 23-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)HOU · UTA 112, HOU 116
Q4 3:49 Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2HOU · UTA 112, HOU 117
Q4 3:00 Darryn Peterson makes 13-foot pullup jump shotUTA · UTA 116, HOU 117
Q4 2:23 Amen Thompson makes 2-foot layup (Kevin Durant assists)HOU · UTA 116, HOU 119
Q4 1:44 Alperen Sengun makes layupHOU · UTA 116, HOU 121
Q4 1:44 Mo Bamba makes layup (Brice Sensabaugh assists)UTA · UTA 118, HOU 121
Q4 0:37 Fred VanVleet makes 9-foot two point shotHOU · UTA 118, HOU 123
Q4 0:06 Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2HOU · UTA 118, HOU 124
Q4 0:06 Kevin Durant makes free throw 2 of 2HOU · UTA 118, HOU 125

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
UTA	27	26	36	29		118
HOU	27	36	29	33		125

🧮 How They Scored

UTAHOU

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.5%Effective FG%53.8%

9.1%Turnover %7.0%

31.0%Offensive rebound %39.1%

0.292Free-throw rate0.374

Box Score

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keyonte George G	38	27	6	7	1	0	3	8-17	4-6	7-8	+7
Airious Bailey F	35	21	3	1	0	0	0	7-13	3-8	4-4	+10
Darryn Peterson G	34	28	7	2	2	1	2	9-20	4-11	6-7	-7
Brice Sensabaugh F	27	7	2	1	0	0	2	3-10	1-5	0-0	-8
Josh Okogie G	22	7	2	1	1	1	0	2-7	2-6	1-2	+4
Mo Bamba C	20	9	8	1	0	2	1	4-6	0-1	1-2	+4
Isaiah Collier G	16	3	2	5	0	0	2	1-4	1-2	0-0	-12
Josh Green G	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-10
Jaxson Hayes C	14	12	5	1	0	0	0	5-6	0-0	2-2	-1
Tony Bradley C	13	0	5	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Svi Mykhailiuk G	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-14
Kyle Filipowski C	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-1	-3

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson G-F	41	12	10	3	0	1	2	4-8	0-1	4-5	+6
Alperen Sengun F-C	37	43	12	5	1	1	1	17-24	1-3	8-12	+7
Fred VanVleet G	34	17	2	3	0	1	0	6-11	3-6	2-3	+11
Kevin Durant F	33	22	3	6	0	0	2	5-14	2-4	10-10	-2
Tari Eason F	33	14	11	2	0	0	1	6-13	2-5	0-0	+10
Jabari Smith Jr. F	24	6	3	0	0	0	0	2-9	1-5	1-2	-7
Reed Sheppard G	19	0	0	3	1	2	0	0-7	0-6	0-0	+6
Bogdan Bogdanovic G	12	11	1	3	0	1	1	3-4	3-4	2-2	+3
Oscar Tshiebwe F-C	6	0	5	0	0	1	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1