Houston Rockets @ Sacramento Kings
Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM ET
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA | Game ID: 22500557
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
SAC 22 29 27 33 111HOU 23 25 28 22 98
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DeMar DeRozan reaches 26,000 career points in Kings' victory over Rockets
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- — DeMar DeRozan had 22 points and became the 23rd player in NBA history to reach 26,000 points, helping the Sacramento Kings beat the Houston Rockets 111-98 on Sunday night.
DeRozan reached the milestone in the second quarter.
Zach LaVine added 18 points, Russell Westbrook had 15 points, 10 assists and six rebounds, and Malik Monk also scored 15 points in the Kings' first victory of the year. They are 9-30.
Kings guard Dennis Schroder served the first game of a three-game suspension for a confrontation with Lakers star Luka Doncic after a game in Los Angeles on Dec. 28.
Amen Thompson had 31 points and 13 rebounds for Houston. Kevin Durant added 23 points, and Alperen Sengun had 19 points and nine rebounds. The Rockets have lost four of five to fall to 22-14.
Sacramento had a 78-76 advantage, but no team had a lead larger than five points through three quarters. Thompson made 7 of 9 shots from the field and 2 of 3 at the foul line for 18 points in the third quarter.
Malik Monk made back-to-back 3-pointers to put the Kings up, and Precious Achiuwa added a layup to make it 102-92 in the fourth quarter.
Up next Rockets: At Chicago on Tuesday night.
Kings: Host the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
SACDC D. Cardwell
DD D. DeRozan
DE D. Eubanks
KE K. Ellis
MM M. Monk
MR M. Raynaud
NC N. Clifford
PA P. Achiuwa
RW R. Westbrook
ZL Z. LaVine
HOUAH A. Holiday
AS A. Sengun
AT A. Thompson
DF D. Finney-Smith
JO J. Okogie
JS J. Smith Jr.
KD K. Durant
RS R. Sheppard
SA S. Adams
SAC/HOU 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