133 - 115

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: State Farm Arena

Officials: James Capers, Brian Forte, and Tyler Ricks

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Houston Rockets	31	29	35	38	133
Atlanta Hawks	27	34	26	28	115

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Houston Rockets	133	45-94	47.9%	19-48	39.6%	24-27	88.9%	9	48	29	20	17	13	6
Atlanta Hawks	115	43-93	46.2%	10-36	27.8%	19-23	82.6%	13	59	26	20	6	20	6

PLAYER STATS


Houston Rockets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Josh Okogie^SF	32:11	28	8-15	2-5	10-12	1	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	14
Isaiah Crawford^PF	31:22	20	8-14	4-7	0-0	3	6	9	3	2	0	1	5	23
Jeff Green^C	36:51	16	5-15	4-11	2-2	0	8	8	3	2	0	2	3	16
Reed Sheppard^SG	29:14	29	12-22	5-13	0-0	1	5	6	6	4	3	2	0	11
Aaron Holiday^PG	33:35	16	5-12	0-4	6-6	0	5	5	6	1	0	1	1	15
Cameron Matthews	22:49	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	5	9
Kevon Harris	21:27	10	2-5	2-3	4-4	1	6	7	0	0	0	1	3	-4
JD Davison	32:30	14	5-11	2-5	2-3	3	1	4	6	4	0	2	1	6
Steven Adams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clint Capela	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Durant	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tari Eason	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dorian Finney-Smith	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alperen Sengun	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jabari Smith Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jae’Sean Tate	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amen Thompson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred VanVleet	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atlanta Hawks	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Zaccharie Risacher^SF	24:42	24	10-18	2-4	2-2	3	5	8	3	2	1	2	2	-9
Onyeka Okongwu^PF	27:45	5	2-3	1-1	0-1	1	6	7	0	1	0	0	4	-8
Kristaps Porziņģis^C	27:31	23	8-14	1-3	6-8	3	10	13	2	0	1	4	1	-5
Nickeil Alexander-Walker^SG	28:11	17	6-15	1-7	4-4	0	2	2	2	0	1	4	1	-8
Trae Young^PG	27:40	12	4-14	2-6	2-2	0	7	7	10	2	0	4	2	-18
Luke Kennard	21:53	8	3-7	2-5	0-0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	4
Asa Newell	20:55	6	2-3	0-1	2-2	0	4	4	1	0	2	1	1	-13
Vít Krejčí	12:27	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	5	-9
N’Faly Dante	19:49	7	3-5	0-0	1-2	4	3	7	0	0	1	0	2	-10
Keaton Wallace	17:05	6	2-5	0-3	2-2	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	1	-5
Jacob Toppin	07:19	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-6
Caleb Houstan	04:43	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	-3
Charles Bassey	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lamont Butler	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dyson Daniels	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikola Đurišić	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mouhamed Gueye	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Johnson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eli John Ndiaye	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

dpatel211 | Rockets

255 | 6 days ago

I’m gonna tell my kids about the Sheppard-Okogie two-man game on a random Thursday night in October 2025.

supercoolisaac | Timberwolves

50 | 6 days ago

How the hell did Okogie score 28?????

sorendiz | HOU

47 | 6 days ago

6 2s, 2 3s, 10 fts 👍

yitur93 | Lakers

10 | 6 days ago

Thats a legacy bad porn game.

seclusionx | HOU

2 | 6 days ago

Lol, people don’t remember that nickname or why he had it, and it might be the best in sports.

purvisshort

8 | 6 days ago

While I will also tell my kids about that duo on this night, I’m going to tell my grandkids about the JD Davison steal and dunk.

Efficient-Swimmer794 | Rockets

123 | 6 days ago

Rockets gotta give Sheppard an honest to god shot at the starting PG role. He’s pesky on defense and has shown the ability to score and pass, and the starting PG is out.

yeetlol1215 | Rockets

66 | 6 days ago

they will, don’t have much of choice at this point if they want playoff success

kotlin93 | Clippers

39 | 6 days ago

4 steals and 3 blocks, sheesh. got the hands of an old guy at the Y haha. and yeah, they need to throw him into the fire and get enough data on him in real competition.

rjcarr | Supersonics

-23 | 6 days ago

Strangely, steals aren’t a good sign of great defense. Harden is tops in steals most years.

houstonrocketz | Rockets

11 | 6 days ago

Casual

ArKadeFlre | Lakers

-9 | 6 days ago

Yes, saying someone is a good defender because of steals is top tier casual behavior.

rjcarr | Supersonics

-6 | 6 days ago

Right, I always forget we’re mostly among teenagers in here.

screwt | Rockets

109 | 6 days ago

Commander Sheppard.

mac_attack92 | Wizards

40 | 6 days ago

I’ve been playing mass effect (just finished the second one), love this nickname for Reed

“I’m Commander Sheppard and this is my favorite team on the Citadel”

PrimeShaq | Australia

9 | 6 days ago

I chose him to win ROY last season and have no regrets. I ain’t selling my stock yet.

GangGreen7729 | Hawks

101 | 6 days ago

Unpopular opinion, I hate Spurs fans

sorendiz | HOU

54 | 6 days ago

As you should

Relevant_Rev | Rockets

20 | 6 days ago

It’s their only sports team, you gotta cut them a break, they have literally nothing else to do

PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS | Rockets

18 | 6 days ago

Are you us?

houstonrocketz | Rockets

19 | 6 days ago

Wemby glaze side effects

Tony_Broprano | Spurs

-60 | 6 days ago

I don’t think about you at all

risinglotus | Rockets

44 | 6 days ago

Haven’t been in the playoffs in six years don’t think you can be snarky about relevance

Tony_Broprano | Spurs

-13 | 6 days ago

Yall still aren’t winning shit lmao

Maverick_1991 | Hawks

27 | 6 days ago

Lol

Every loss post game thread is full of y’all hoping to luck into another high picl with our FRP this year.

I just hope Wemby moves to a proper franchise soon. Because the roster around him is hot trash

Tony_Broprano | Spurs

-10 | 6 days ago

The hawks are not a proper franchise, yall aren’t winning shit.

SunKing210 | Spurs

99 | 6 days ago

I just watched the Rockets’ 3rd stringers dismantle the Hawks…wtf haha

likes_almonds | Spurs

-63 | 6 days ago

Need the hawks to get more of that so we end up with dybantsa :D

MegaMatrix08 | Hawks

42 | 6 days ago

to hell with that…

GangGreen7729 | Hawks

31 | 6 days ago

Dont worry we’ll be a higher seed in the weak east than the Spurs will be in the strong west

MegaMatrix08 | Hawks

25 | 6 days ago

Hopefully. I can’t see anymore of this Spurs Superteam lottery bs

cirrxs123 | Spurs

-32 | 6 days ago

Let us get AJ this one last time before we will stop getting lottery pics

Sweet_Check7231

3 | 6 days ago

Unfortunately for you the Hawks will be drafting that high instead with the Pelicans pick and you all will be picking in the 20s

False-Narwhal8383

1 | 6 days ago

The swap was never going to actually convey. Sorry about that.

PoonGo0n | Spurs

75 | 6 days ago

I never sold my Reed stock

Thehelloman0 | Spurs

59 | 6 days ago

I thought it was really weird so many people wrote him off. He was a rookie it’s not like every rookie that has a bad year stays bad. He was drafted super high for a reason.

OcksBodega | Thunder

47 | 6 days ago

Garland was the worst rotation player in the league his rookie year

National-Fold-2375 | United States

21 | 6 days ago

Poole was the player in the league his rookie year

sorendiz | HOU

27 | 6 days ago

I didn’t think it was weird that people wrote a rookie off at all. Dunno if you’ve noticed this but people on this sub are quite frequently very, very stupid

cirrxs123 | Spurs

5 | 6 days ago

I think it’s fair to say people wrote him off as of now because of FVVs injury but people were saying how he wouldn’t get better as time went on. I mean he was the 3rd overall pick so he clearly had lots of potential if you guys took him that quick

I don’t have stock in anybody but I would’ve put stock into Reed if I could. I’ve been a defender of him tbh

sorendiz | HOU

2 | 6 days ago

yeah i mean if you’re a rookie and you fuck up one time you’re a bust, let alone if you have a slow first season in a team where minutes are at a premium. thus goes the wisdom of /r/nba

StudentMed | West

1 | 6 days ago

You have to admit his 3 point shooting was a little bit of a disappoint especially on the back of the Jabari Smith pick who was also a disappointing 3 point shooter compared to college.

It is only 1 year and he didn’t get a ton of minutes so I only said “little bit”. It would have been nice to have a player shoot league average 3 point percentage when in college a huge reason they were hyped was their 3 point shooting.

People were disappointed in Nik Stauskas when he shot almost 45% in college and shot 35% in his career when that was marketed as his elite skill.

Crafty-Border-7452

4 | 6 days ago

He didn’t even have a bad year. He just didn’t play much cause Houston had a lot of guard depth which everyone who actually keeps up with the NBA expected but the casuals didn’t understand

PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS | Rockets

4 | 6 days ago

Tbf, his rookie year was rough and stunk of disappointment despite not getting consistent pt. It wasn’t until the last month he finally started putting it together

PoonGo0n | Spurs

3 | 6 days ago

Games like this, even if preseason, should help. I hope Ime gives the kid a fair shot this year, they pretty much have to with FVV out.

itsgma67 | Rockets

4 | 6 days ago

Also people seem to completely ignore that he was drafted to a good team that had aspirations to compete. He didn’t have the opportunity to just chuck up shots and learn like most high drafted rookies do.

legless_chair | Lakers

72 | 6 days ago

Reeds got some shit in his game and Houston is going to have a decision to make when it comes to FVV

_Tar_Ar_Ais_

45 | 6 days ago

FVV, you are a Toronto Raptor

JudoExpert | Raptors

24 | 6 days ago

We could use him ngl

Superawesomecoolman | Rockets

65 | 6 days ago

Reed and Amen gonna be a nice duo

ATRDCI | Rockets

41 | 6 days ago

Amen and IRS? The ~~Seperation~~ Reunification of Church and State

AcanthocephalaSad541 | Heat

5 | 6 days ago

Is the joke reed likes like an account

BigPapaJ | HOU

31 | 6 days ago

Isaiah Reed Sheppard

topofthecc | Thunder

11 | 6 days ago

The Auditor

sorendiz | HOU

18 | 6 days ago

The Taxman

Zephyr0us | Rockets

58 | 6 days ago

pre season blah blah but it’s nice to see Reed have a game like that

texasproof | HOU

5 | 6 days ago

*pre

Zephyr0us | Rockets

2 | 6 days ago

thanks teaches me to not watch two sports at once

Chessh2036 | Hawks

46 | 6 days ago

I hope Trae’s shooting improves quickly because the past two seasons he’s started slow. Also Rockets are going to be VERY good lol.

Bully_Maguire420 | Hawks

13 | 6 days ago

Bro left his offensive bag in that game 3 of the ECF after stepping on the refs foot, literally has never been the same player.

Lazarus_15 | Hawks

5 | 6 days ago

Nah he was good in 2022. He hasn’t been the same since that Heat series

Maverick_1991 | Hawks

6 | 6 days ago

He averaged ²⁵⁄₁₂ last year.

Its not like he is Jordan Clarkson.

chillzy2 | Lakers

5 | 6 days ago

Efficiency just isn’t there sadly. I love Trae but he’s kind of a chucker nowadays. I really thought that ecf meant something too.

jakalo | Hawks

3 | 6 days ago

His efficiency got nerfed when NBA decided not to call random stop foul hunting.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

38 | 6 days ago

Reed Sheppard offensive explosion wasn’t on my bingo card

bauboish | Rockets

34 | 6 days ago

He actually had really good games last year when Ime sat entire starting lineups and ran out essentially a tanking squad. If he were drafted by a bad team last year he would’ve easily put up ROTY numbers. But problem was he couldn’t cut it on defense and couldn’t get his shot going when he wasn’t getting a lot of touches.

National-Fold-2375 | United States

-5 | 6 days ago

Very confused as to why he didn’t play in the Warriors series

rendingale | Rockets

18 | 6 days ago

Lol Ime wouldn’t play him in regular games, no way he let Reed pay even though we needed to score…

Shoot, he wouldn’t even let Whitmore play and he would score better than Green that series.

dullknifeuser | NBA

42 | 6 days ago

damn 4-0! Hang the pre-season banner!

Tony_Broprano | Spurs

-48 | 6 days ago

We got there first ☝️🤓

MegaMatrix08 | Hawks

29 | 6 days ago

that looked rough but at least KP and Risacher were ballin

Chaps_and_salsa | Rockets

24 | 6 days ago

I really like Risacher’s game. He’s solid now and looks primed for a leap

heat_fan_ | Raptors

28 | 6 days ago

Rockets gonna be a problem this year

Arkham14 | Bucks

27 | 6 days ago

What I love the most about Reed is he doesn’t look as a NBA star. If you see a casual picture of him, “he’s just a dude”.

Wishing all the best to him!

TimeDielation

11 | 6 days ago

I have this running joke with a coworker, we point out guys that look like him in our office. We’ll be like ‘saw another reed on the 3rd floor in accounting today’

beary_neutral | Rockets

17 | 6 days ago

Pre-season champs 2025, baby!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfy5gstWwh0

Tony_Broprano | Spurs

-28 | 6 days ago

We are also 4-0 brudda, Texas is gonna be crazy this year

xDoga | Rockets

9 | 6 days ago

lol… You got a frail superstar and a bunch of mediocre guys around him. We are not the same “brudda”.

Tony_Broprano | Spurs

-1 | 6 days ago

Your franchise only has two rings, the last of which was 30 years ago. It will remain that way. “We are not the same”

Not to mention your sex pest coach who’s not leading yall to shit besides a court case lmao

xDoga | Rockets

1 | 6 days ago

TIL that franchise rings decide who wins the next season… So I guess it’s time to congratulate the Celtics in advance. Also, get ready for the future /r/NBA threads like:

“Wemby can’t win with these cats”

“Wemby should join the Lakers”

“Pop holding Wemby back?”

“Wemby deserves better”

It’s all coming.

houstonrocketz | Rockets

8 | 6 days ago

Lmaoo different levels

juicejug | Celtics

9 | 6 days ago

Dang I didn’t realize JD Davison was on the Rockets now. Hope he gets a good opportunity to show out!

BcuzRacecar

9 | 6 days ago

3 blocks gdm

houstonrocketz | Rockets

5 | 6 days ago

and 4 mf steals baybeee

TheManWhoNeverWas | POR

9 | 6 days ago

Why did 64 year old Jeff Green play 36 minutes in a pre-season game?

javalemcgeese | GSW

6 | 6 days ago

And as Center???

National-Fold-2375 | United States

9 | 6 days ago

This is the Houston Rockets backstreet boys vs the full Atlanta Hawks team BTW

Mean_Dalenko

6 | 6 days ago

Not quite as two starters (Daniels and Johnson) didn’t play at all. There was also definitely some experimental line ups going on, like starting both centres in Okongwu and Porzingis, and extended minutes for lower rotation players like Wallace/Dante/Newell/Krejci etc.

Not that it diminishes what was a deserved Rockets win, but this was far from being indicative of a full/regular hawks lineup.

UnderstandingOpen225

1 | 6 days ago

Its crazy KD doesnt even play against the hawks

DozentCommitted

8 | 6 days ago

Nearly 37 minutes for 39 year old Jeff Green!

mucho-gusto | CLE

7 | 6 days ago

Reed’ing is fundamental

PlatinumPlayer | Clippers

8 | 6 days ago

I can’t wait to watch Risacher get better and better

Belcxce22 | Rockets

6 | 6 days ago

Well hold on now

_no7

4 | 6 days ago

Did the HOU bench just beat the ATL starters? Well, it is preseason.

houstonrocketz | Rockets

8 | 6 days ago

Houston’s 3/4th strings + Reed

otherBrandon

3 | 6 days ago

Man what happened to Trae Young

UnderstandingOpen225

3 | 6 days ago

If trae brings back his 2021 self back man, the league is in trouble.. I miss the old villain trae

AccomplishedRainbow1 | Suns

3 | 6 days ago

wiselemon8 | Spurs

3 | 6 days ago

37 minutes of preseason game from Jeff Green in 2025

arcelios | Yacht Club

1 | 6 days ago

Summer League GOAT team

SergeantGunsalsa | Warriors

-18 | 6 days ago

rockets favorites to win the play in its starting to look like hmm idk

The Houston Rockets (4-0) defeat the Atlanta Hawks (2-2), 133-115, behind 29/6/6/4/3 from Reed Sheppard