112 - 106

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Paycom Center

Officials: Zach Zarba, Marat Kogut, and Brandon Adair

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Houston Rockets	28	18	34	32	112
Oklahoma City Thunder	28	24	22	32	106

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Houston Rockets	112	38-83	45.8%	15-43	34.9%	21-28	75.0%	10	52	25	23	12	14	5
Oklahoma City Thunder	106	37-82	45.1%	14-36	38.9%	18-28	64.3%	13	55	25	20	10	16	2

PLAYER STATS


Houston Rockets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kevin Durant^SF	40:20	20	6-10	2-5	6-9	0	1	1	4	1	1	4	3	10
Jabari Smith Jr.^PF	43:11	22	5-12	3-7	9-11	3	7	10	0	1	1	0	1	7
Alperen Sengun^C	36:49	17	6-12	1-1	4-4	2	10	12	11	3	3	1	2	13
Tari Eason^SG	34:18	26	10-22	5-13	1-2	2	6	8	1	3	0	3	5	12
Reed Sheppard^PG	31:48	16	7-12	1-4	1-2	1	2	3	6	3	0	4	3	-3
Dorian Finney-Smith	16:00	3	1-6	1-6	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	-9
JD Davison	17:54	8	3-5	2-4	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	3	16
Clint Capela	07:37	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	-12
Josh Okogie	11:46	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	-4
Isaiah Crawford	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Green	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Holiday	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
Steven Adams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tristen Newton	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
Fred VanVleet	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oklahoma City Thunder	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Aaron Wiggins^SF	26:22	17	6-15	3-7	2-4	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	-24
Chet Holmgren^PF	34:37	17	5-10	1-3	6-8	3	11	14	0	0	0	1	3	5
Isaiah Hartenstein^C	25:06	4	2-4	0-0	0-3	3	5	8	11	0	1	3	0	11
Luguentz Dort^SG	26:44	2	1-6	0-4	0-2	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	-20
Cason Wallace^PG	34:16	23	10-16	1-3	2-2	1	3	4	4	4	0	3	1	7
Alex Caruso	26:21	8	3-9	2-6	0-1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	4	-16
Jaylin Williams	15:01	6	2-4	2-3	0-0	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	-16
Isaiah Joe	29:06	21	5-11	3-6	8-8	0	3	3	2	3	0	1	5	18
Kenrich Williams	08:15	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	4	2	-7
Jared McCain	13:56	5	2-6	1-3	0-0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	12
Buddy Boeheim	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ajay Mitchell	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brooks Barnhizer	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Branden Carlson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Sorber	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikola Topić	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

rapsandjays | Raptors

163 | 6 hours ago

How the rockets didn’t make a move for a PG is so baffling, their defense is elite don’t get me wrong but every possession just looks so difficult.

Dudedude88 | Wizards

34 | 6 hours ago

Who would they get though.

rapsandjays | Raptors

42 | 6 hours ago

Ayo or Coby white? Or maybe a buy out guy

sammymate999 | Rockets

12 | 6 hours ago

And what are you giving up for those guys? You can’t just magically go out and get a PG with no tradeable assets my dude

Logiteck77

-1 | 4 hours ago

Cash Considerations ofc. Back up that Brinks truck.

PossibilityCold8489

7 | 6 hours ago

they not pgs

Odoaiden | Timberwolves

27 | 6 hours ago

They are ball handlers that can love the ball would still help the rockets a ton

PossibilityCold8489

-4 | 6 hours ago

sure, i just said they are not pgs

sorendiz | HOU

2 | 4 hours ago

With what assets? Should we have given up Tari Eason for a 30 game rental of either of those guys?

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0 | 6 hours ago

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JUULfiendFortnite

2 | 6 hours ago

James Harden is exactly who yall needed and yet it didn’t happen

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1 | 6 hours ago

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JUULfiendFortnite

1 | 6 hours ago

I genuinely don’t understand

Harden found the fountain of youth, and is the second greatest Rocket of all time. He is legitimately the missing piece on your team to put yall neck and neck with OKC.

With Harden you would’ve had a bunch of two way wings, one of his best friends, and a secondary playmaker in Sengun. Every single weakness your team had when he was here has been covered, and while he isn’t playing like the MVP, this is a case where he could’ve been greater than he ever was even though he isn’t as good as he used to be.

Don’t know how many more years yall can put this reunion off and don’t know when it ever has made more sense than it does now

kitsunegoon | Rockets

3 | 6 hours ago

It makes less sense than it did back then because FVV has a NTC and we have no pieces to match his contract. We don’t have anyone worth more than what the Cavs gave up.

JUULfiendFortnite

0 | 6 hours ago

Jabari Smith

I get it would suck to lose him but you have more than enough wings to aggregate the loss

Clippers likely would’ve worked with Harden to get him to Houston

kitsunegoon | Rockets

2 | 6 hours ago

Alright you need another 27 mill to match

ElChapo1515

1 | 6 hours ago

Nah, they really don’t lol. Tari is always an injury question mark and DFS has been awful. Probably don’t want to be relying on a rotation of KD, Amen, Tari, DFS, Okogie and Tate across like three positions.

MolingHard | Nets

6 | 6 hours ago

Russ or Ja to see how crowded the paint can get

But in reality the only actual PG moved this deadline was Schroder who probably makes too much for the Rockets to seriously consider (although he would’ve been a really nice fit)

Maybe Alvarado, but I don’t think he’s a particularly good floor general either, and guys like Sexton, Ayo, White, Dillingham, Ivey are more SGs then PGs

JUULfiendFortnite

5 | 6 hours ago

Is James Harden a joke to you?

MolingHard | Nets

3 | 6 hours ago

Oh yea I completely blanked about the Garland and Harden swap haha

But yea if Schroder is a tough fit financially, guys like Garland and Harden would’ve been really hard to pull off for the Rockets

AsleepHour7763

3 | 6 hours ago

russ and KD on the same team? I’m sorry I just cant picture it

pixelkipper

6 | 6 hours ago

I would’ve taken a punt on Schroder

sgtpepperslaststand | Cavaliers

3 | 6 hours ago

Man a harden Rockets return would’ve been super cool ngl

altofummuhh | Rockets

1 | 2 hours ago

Ime would rather have Van Vleet

Bruhmomentthrowing | Celtics

3 | 5 hours ago

Corpse of Chris Paul

PoonGo0n | Spurs

1 | 4 hours ago

The Bulls got like 20 of them during the deadline lol

ElderGoose4 | Rockets

1 | 3 hours ago

Our owner is cheap which makes for a skiddish GM. I think we’re trying to sign some buyout guy

p8yten | Rockets

103 | 6 hours ago

Dort with some excellent cardio today

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

33 | 6 hours ago

While McCain actually played somewhat well and can handle the rock

nbaistheworst

-19 | 5 hours ago

1 ast and 2 TOs in 14 mins

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

10 | 5 hours ago

If you actually watched the game you would know why that is lol 😂 they had him making inbound passes in his first minutes with the team which ended up being turnovers

nbaistheworst

-20 | 4 hours ago

So passing the ball inbounds isn’t part of ball handling, got it

_Tar_Ar_Ais_

1 | 27 minutes ago

Zone 2

ChickenNoddaSoup

83 | 6 hours ago

With plenty of more serviceable guards on Thunder now, Dort’s days with Thunder are most probably over.

ExpressionAlone5204 | Thunder

39 | 6 hours ago

Once you sign with Klutch…

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

5 | 4 hours ago

We’ll gladly take him on the Lakers if that’s what you’re insinuating. We need more depth pieces, specifically defensive ones

ExpressionAlone5204 | Thunder

5 | 4 hours ago

Straight up for Reaves 🤝

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

0 | 4 hours ago

Maybe for Chet or JDub. Dort is gonna get thrown some of this empty salary cap we got in the summer

Spemanz92 | Thunder

1 | 2 hours ago

Pass

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

1 | 2 hours ago

I mean, if you guys ditch Dort, which you’ll probably have to in order to avoid the salary cap, then you won’t have much choice

Spemanz92 | Thunder

1 | 19 minutes ago

I mean, im passing reaves for either chet or jdub

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

1 | 10 minutes ago

Unironically, Austin would fix a lot of your offensive woes as a team, but some things would have to get shuffled around to make him work in the lineup. Not that I would actually want to give him up, I love that man

sorendiz | HOU

1 | 4 hours ago

They’ll be more likeable if/when that happens

ElectronicReport4113 | Thunder

59 | 6 hours ago

OKC is capped at 106 without Shai

gamingonion | Rockets

29 | 6 hours ago

Tari Eason.

TheRavenOnline

32 | 6 hours ago

This team is terrible without SGA.

GamerLife204 | Bulls

40 | 6 hours ago

But this subreddit told me they are a 50 win team without him.

Dry_Response3527

16 | 6 hours ago

Maybe with all their starters but shai. But they are not a 50 team with none of their starters

Ok_Somewhere_6317 | Bulls

2 | 4 hours ago

Nah when jdub is fully healthy they’re like a 5th or 6th seed even without shai. Def not contenders tho

divulgingwords | Thunder

-1 | 4 hours ago

Add Jdub and ajay Mitchell back from injury and they would be. They’d beat the bulls ⁹⁵⁄₁₀₀ times with that lineup.

AurumTP | Magic

13 | 6 hours ago

Sounds like a very valuable player to his team then, maybe even the most valuable

kirang1902 | Nuggets

6 | 6 hours ago

Least obsessive Shai fan - they lost by two possessions to the 4th seed without williams and mitchell. Honestly their defense looked better than usual

dvztimes

3 | 5 hours ago

To be fair, Rockets missing 2 starters and Steven Adams too…

Gotta say though every time I watch the Thunder Wallace and Caruso impress the hell outta me.

Darthmalak3347 | Thunder

1 | 37 minutes ago

Wallace shooting 10-16 while playing incredibly elite defense is something to behold.

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

-2 | 6 hours ago

Very true

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

24 | 6 hours ago

GGs rocket bros best of health the rest of the way. But man mark can be infuriating how did he not let jmac play more minutes we have zero ball handling out there so it was non stop turnovers in the clutch

sorendiz | HOU

4 | 4 hours ago

GGs, hope you guys get healthy again soon as well

Ok-Guidance116

1 | 4 hours ago

I know lots of hate gets thrown at the thunder these days but I always saw y’all like the rockets cousins lol.

We’ve had lots of good players go between both of our franchises.

Ramikadyc | Thunder

0 | 4 hours ago

It’s been just one game but I already can’t stand this JMac erasure by Mark.

divulgingwords | Thunder

2 | 4 hours ago

lol, he doesn’t know any plays. Probably had 1 day of practice.

Ramikadyc | Thunder

1 | 3 hours ago

I knew better than to assume my sarcasm would come through, that’s on me.

Meatwad-is-better

25 | 6 hours ago

Generational flop attempt from Caruso at the end

WhoDey42 | Rockets

17 | 6 hours ago

GameCube

One_Frosting_5507

5 | 6 hours ago

NIN

enjoidubstep | Rockets

3 | 6 hours ago

TENDO

Jaded-Sapphire3546 | Thunder

14 | 6 hours ago

Chet is on a max contract.

pretzeldoggo | Kings

6 | 6 hours ago

Chet should not be an allstar respectfully.

Given your guys cap situation and amount of picks- I think Dort, Jdub and Chet are extremely expendable

knowledgeseed1992

9 | 6 hours ago

How isn’t he an all star? Elite efficiency and leading dpoy averaging 18ppg leading the league best defense as the anchor on defense isn’t something to ignore

Spiritual-Bar-5618 | Thunder

3 | 6 hours ago

Chet has a couple bad games here an there so he is not deserving all star. Sengun can play terribly for a month but he is more deserving

sorendiz | HOU

0 | 4 hours ago

Sengun is better than Chet when both are healthy.

DsamD11 | Thunder

2 | 4 hours ago

He is better offensively, which could be argued is due to usage. He is worse defensively.

E_boiii | Thunder

3 | 6 hours ago

Nah a healthy jdub is phenomenal,

Spiritual-Bar-5618 | Thunder

-2 | 6 hours ago

So sga won went 24-1 with no legitimate all star. He is obviously the mvp

nbaistheworst

-1 | 5 hours ago

Cake schedule

ElectronicReport4113 | Thunder

2 | 6 hours ago

Next year

Jaded-Sapphire3546 | Thunder

3 | 6 hours ago

Yes, I meant “was signed to”.

Radiant_Repeat_4986

1 | 5 hours ago

Compare his numbers to other 2 way bigs and you will see it’s the market price. JJJ, Bam, Mobley, Barnes, Anunoby.

divulgingwords | Thunder

0 | 4 hours ago

And everyone would take Chet over every single one of those guys too, lol.

ElectronicReport4113 | Thunder

10 | 6 hours ago

Thunder didn’t lose this game in the 4th from calls. They lost this game in the 2nd and 3rd by refusing to guard Eason at the expense of doubling KD. Houston just kept taking what OKC gave them, and the shots eventually started falling.

E_boiii | Thunder

4 | 6 hours ago

No we lost from missed free throws and open layups lol

Kindly_Ad995

2 | 5 hours ago

New PJ Washington just dropped

prsbest11

8 | 6 hours ago

Love the bad blood Ime Udoka left Okc coach hanging. We need more of these rivalries

DsamD11 | Thunder

0 | 4 hours ago

I really want the rockets in the playoffs.

prsbest11

7 | 6 hours ago

Durant mean muggin the fans on the way out

Familiar_Document578 | Thunder

7 | 6 hours ago

Managed to hang until the end with 3 of the top 4 scorers out against one of the top teams in the west. Feels much better than some of the other losses.

Vitex1988 | Thunder

4 | 6 hours ago

Plus_Kick_8289

1 | 5 hours ago

Can they beat 2015 Warriors’ win-loss record?

nbaistheworst

2 | 5 hours ago

Lol

RiloAlDente | Spurs

1 | 5 hours ago

Prolly not.

Which is fine.

BiggleDiggle85

1 | 5 hours ago

Steven Adams was holding the Rockets back???

dvztimes

3 | 5 hours ago

Nah. We gonna miss him later.

Darthmalak3347 | Thunder

1 | 35 minutes ago

Steven adams being out is gonna murder the rockets in playoffs. Pace is slowed way down that missing the best offensive rebounder is gonna suck.

RyukD19

1 | 3 hours ago

Are they going to break the wins record

ExpressionAlone5204 | Thunder

0 | 6 hours ago

Mark Linda gettin exposed with his inability to generate some offense. Dort was a bad sub at the end too

Iron_Maniac | Thunder

5 | 6 hours ago

We’re missing 3 of our 4 top scorers. Hard to generate offence with that being the case.

ExpressionAlone5204 | Thunder

-2 | 6 hours ago

Impossible when there’s no plays drawn up

viktorfbg9 | Rockets

3 | 6 hours ago

Offense is generated by the players

Radiant_Repeat_4986

-3 | 6 hours ago

Keep drinking Ime’s kool-aid bruhhh

viktorfbg9 | Rockets

3 | 5 hours ago

Mfs think there’s 5000 basketball plays and the coach can choose to pick and run one of them lol.

Most plays require a player to get an advantage/space somewhere due to a skill they posses, and you might be able to catch a team off-guard with something but not for an entire quarter let alone an entire game

Outside of Shai&Jdub, OKC don’t have many players that are threats on offense

Xjom91 | Warriors

1 | 6 hours ago

Rip bozo

nbaistheworst

0 | 5 hours ago

The Rockets certainly did their best to fumble the game away after that great 3rd Q. Sheppard and KD with 4 TOs each and Eason had 3 including the one off of Zarba.

Pkmntrader210 | Spurs

0 | 5 hours ago

THIS IS A 50 WIN TEAM WITHOUT SHAI HUH

d3sdinova

1 | 5 hours ago

can anybody check Q1 5.20 and tell me why it is not travelling by Isaiah Hartenstein please?

DsamD11 | Thunder

2 | 4 hours ago

Really holding onto this?

d3sdinova

1 | 8 minutes ago

holding onto what?

i’m new to nba rules and i might be mistaken, i’m just asking to learn.

Thick_Duck | Thunder

-1 | 6 hours ago

Expected more from Chet tonight. Tari Eason went crazy. Good game tho, I wouldn’t mind seeing Houston in the second round.

Pkmntrader210 | Spurs

-1 | 3 hours ago

Rockets sub is unhinged they’re really celebrating this win like shai ain’t out 😂

Great_Hambino2022

-4 | 6 hours ago

The hell happened to the Thunder to make them fall back to the pack with everyone else? I know they weren’t going to only lose 1 game the whole year, but they seem to be struggling a bit now

darkmorpha71 | Thunder

11 | 6 hours ago

SGA, Dub, and Ajay are all out. That’s all 3 of our offensive creators and scorers. This is a team of role players with nobody to create offense without them. Even prior to SGA going out, we’ve been the most injured team in the league all season and it started catching up to us. We only had 8 players suit up against the Spurs, 2 of whom were 2 way contract guys.

nbaistheworst

0 | 5 hours ago

But obviously Chet, Dort, Cariso and Hartenstein could have played vs the Spurs. OKC should have been fined.

E_boiii | Thunder

1 | 6 hours ago

One of the most injured teams in the league

Our bench is good defensively terrible offensivley

dracostark12 | Celtics

-1 | 6 hours ago

You played the injured teams and your first loss was to an injured team, this is just balance

E_boiii | Thunder

1 | 6 hours ago

As all things should be

nbaistheworst

0 | 5 hours ago

Multiple injuries, including to their best flopper - err - player

CluelessSwordFish | Thunder

-1 | 6 hours ago

How exactly did they struggle lol. It was a good effort.

Great_Hambino2022

-1 | 6 hours ago

I’m convinced you people don’t actually read comments

CluelessSwordFish | Thunder

1 | 6 hours ago

And you apparently don’t watch games

Spiritual-Bar-5618 | Thunder

-2 | 6 hours ago

Idk . Watch games?

Great_Hambino2022

2 | 6 hours ago

Wow, thanks for that informative reply. Told me so much

Spiritual-Bar-5618 | Thunder

-1 | 6 hours ago

Please watch games

Focused_Sky

-4 | 6 hours ago

How did this guy not get suspended?

TheAgmis | Thunder

-8 | 6 hours ago

Resident Evil 6 is the worst

m1kelowry | Spurs

-11 | 6 hours ago

LOL Thunder fans coping with loss after loss thinking they were going to beat the regular season record is hilarious

E_boiii | Thunder

1 | 6 hours ago

Who’s coping we lost? Y’all having 1 good season in 10 years and don’t know how to act

Thomas_455 | Nuggets

-1 | 6 hours ago

peak irony coming from a thunder fan

VersionCool588 | Thunder

5 | 5 hours ago

we’ve been the number 1 seed for the past 3 years what are you drinking 💀

nbaistheworst

1 | 5 hours ago

Not true (Celtics in 23-24 won 64 games, OKC 57)

VersionCool588 | Thunder

2 | 5 hours ago

are the Celtics in the western conference 🤦‍♂️

nbaistheworst

1 | 5 hours ago

No. OKC was only the west 1 seed, due to a tie breaker, and then lost to the Mavs in the 2nd rd

VersionCool588 | Thunder

1 | 5 hours ago

all I’m hearing is that they were the 1 seed one year after completing a rebuild lmao, that Mavs team also went to the finals so not sure how that’s a bad thing they ended up losing to them

FinalFrash

-12 | 6 hours ago

Hm. So this team is up there with the 73-9 Warriors and the 72-10 Bulls?

dimeast | Thunder

-2 | 6 hours ago

Substantially more injured than either of those teams plus this conversation died a long time ago

One_Frosting_5507

-11 | 6 hours ago

Whenever Shai is not there it’s like the refs just transfer his whistle to the OKC bench

Zeeron1 | Thunder

-20 | 6 hours ago

Rockets are kinda cooked lol

MastodonSwimming2681 | Rockets

20 | 6 hours ago

Yeah we’ve lost 2 of our rotation players for the season. The fact we’re the 3 seed is surprising.

sammymate999 | Rockets

9 | 6 hours ago

Imagine losing to the rockets man must suck

Zeeron1 | Thunder

-4 | 6 hours ago

We’ve had much worse losses lol

sammymate999 | Rockets

5 | 6 hours ago

I never said you didn’t my man

Zeeron1 | Thunder

-2 | 5 hours ago

You were agreeing with me in the first place lol my bad

Genericthrowaw4y | Thunder

-25 | 6 hours ago

Losing by 6 without the unanimous MVP, Dub, or AJ? I’ll take it.

Meret123 | Rockets

22 | 6 hours ago

We are missing unanimous Amen, unanimous Fvv and unanimous Adams.

Suitable_Sale9097

14 | 6 hours ago

losing by 6 while being ahead of 15 lmao

justforfunbruh

3 | 6 hours ago

unanimous? Surely some bloke will vote for Jokic considering he’s the best player on the planet.

AynB1and | Thunder

-6 | 6 hours ago

how can he be the best player on the planet if he only plays half the game?

Sauce4243 | Thunder

0 | 6 hours ago

I don’t think he will be unanimous now that he is going to miss a chunk of games. If he played high 70’s and Jokic didn’t make 70 probably would/should have been but it will be closer now SGA is going to be closer to the games cap than you would normally assume

The Houston Rockets (32-19) defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder (40-13), 112-106 behind Sengun’s 17/12/11 triple-double.