LA Clippers @ Houston Rockets
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
Toyota Center, Houston, TX | Game ID: 22500772
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
HOU 27 24 27 24 102LAC 26 26 20 23 95
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Durant's 26 points lead Rockets over Clippers 102-95
HOUSTON -- — Kevin Durant scored 26 points and Alperen Sengun added 22 to help the Houston Rockets to a 102-95 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night.
Houston led by six points at the start the fourth period and scored the first seven points of the quarter to extend its lead to 85-72 with 10 ½ minutes remaining. Kawhi Leonard made two free throws, but the Rockets scored the next four points to extend the lead.
The Rockets were up by 12 later in the fourth when Durant stole the ball from Brook Lopez , and Reed Sheppard made an off-balance 3-pointer to make it 92-77 with about 6 ½ minutes to go.
Houston remained up by 15 about a minute later when Los Angeles coach Tyronn Lue cleared his bench.
Leonard led the Clippers with 24 points after scoring 41 in a blowout win in December in the last meeting between the teams. Los Angeles made 20 3-pointers in that 128-108 victory, but was just 8 for 30 from long range on Tuesday.
Jabari Smith Jr. had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Amen Thompson added 16 points for the Rockets in his return after sitting out of Saturday’s win over Oklahoma City because of an illness.
A 3-pointer by Jordan Miller cut the lead to two points late in the third before Sengun scored the last two baskets of the quarter to put the Rockets up 78-72 entering the fourth.
Bennedict Mathurin had nine points and seven rebounds in 26 minutes in his first game since a trade from Indiana last week. Darius Garland , acquired in the trade that sent James Harden to Cleveland, remains out with a toe injury.
Up Next The teams meet again Wednesday night in Houston in their last game before the All-Star break.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
HOUAS A. Sengun
AT A. Thompson
CC C. Capela
DF D. Finney-Smith
JS J. Smith Jr.
KD K. Durant
RS R. Sheppard
TE T. Eason
LACBL B. Lopez
BM B. Mathurin
CC C. Christie
DB D. Banton
DJ D. Jones Jr.
IJ I. Jackson
JC J. Collins
JM J. Miller
KD K. Dunn
KL K. Leonard
KS K. Sanders
TW T. Washington Jr.
YN Y. Niederhäuser
HOU/LAC the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur