
Houston Rockets (26-16) @ Philadelphia 76ers (24-19)
- Game Time: January 22, 2026 @ 07:00 PM EST
- Venue: Xfinity Mobile Arena – Philadelphia, PA
- NBA Game Summary / Charts
Game Status – Final: 76ers Win 128-122
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockets | 34 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 122 | |
| 76ers | 32 | 36 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 128 |
Inactives
| Rockets | 76ers |
|---|---|
| Tristen Newton | MarJon Beauchamp |
| Steven Adams | Johni Broome |
| Fred VanVleet | |
| Aaron Holiday |
Game Stats
| Team | PTS | FG | 3P | FT | REB (O+D) | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockets | 122 | 46/99 (46.5%) | 18/40 (45.0%) | 12/24 (50.0%) | 15+31 | 33 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 5 |
| 76ers | 128 | 49/89 (55.1%) | 11/32 (34.4%) | 19/22 (86.4%) | 9+37 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 4 |
| Rockets | MIN | PTS | FG | 3P | FT | REB (O+D) | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF Kevin Durant | 44:02 | 36 | 13/21 (61.9%) | 5/8 (62.5%) | 5/6 (83.3%) | 0+7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | -15.0 |
| PF Jabari Smith Jr. | 38:14 | 13 | 5/15 (33.3%) | 1/10 (10%) | 2/2 (100%) | 1+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -13.0 |
| C Alperen Sengun | 37:33 | 13 | 5/14 (35.7%) | 1/2 (50%) | 2/7 (28.6%) | 3+5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -18.0 |
| SG Josh Okogie | 22:25 | 8 | 3/4 (75%) | 2/2 (100%) | 0/0 (0%) | 1+1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6.0 |
| PG Amen Thompson | 41:54 | 17 | 7/11 (63.6%) | 0/0 (0%) | 3/5 (60%) | 4+2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.0 |
| Tari Eason | 28:01 | 13 | 5/12 (41.7%) | 3/7 (42.9%) | 0/1 (0%) | 3+6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -18.0 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 14:57 | 6 | 2/4 (50%) | 2/4 (50%) | 0/0 (0%) | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.0 |
| Reed Sheppard | 22:37 | 14 | 5/14 (35.7%) | 4/7 (57.1%) | 0/1 (0%) | 1+0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 |
| Clint Capela | 15:15 | 2 | 1/4 (25%) | 0/0 (0%) | 0/2 (0%) | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 |
| 76ers | MIN | PTS | FG | 3P | FT | REB (O+D) | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF Kelly Oubre Jr. | 41:19 | 26 | 10/14 (71.4%) | 4/5 (80%) | 2/3 (66.7%) | 0+4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9.0 |
| PF Paul George | 36:31 | 10 | 4/9 (44.4%) | 2/5 (40%) | 0/0 (0%) | 0+6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -1.0 |
| C Joel Embiid | 45:36 | 32 | 10/19 (52.6%) | 1/3 (33.3%) | 11/12 (91.7%) | 3+12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 21.0 |
| SG VJ Edgecombe | 39:57 | 9 | 4/9 (44.4%) | 1/6 (16.7%) | 0/0 (0%) | 2+5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13.0 |
| PG Tyrese Maxey | 42:42 | 36 | 15/28 (53.6%) | 2/10 (20%) | 4/4 (100%) | 1+1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8.0 |
| Dominick Barlow | 21:25 | 7 | 3/5 (60%) | 1/2 (50%) | 0/0 (0%) | 3+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12.0 |
| Quentin Grimes | 19:04 | 3 | 1/2 (50%) | 0/1 (0%) | 1/1 (100%) | 0+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -11.0 |
| Adem Bona | 07:24 | 1 | 0/0 (0%) | 0/0 (0%) | 1/2 (50%) | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -15.0 |
| Trendon Watford | 11:01 | 4 | 2/3 (66.7%) | 0/0 (0%) | 0/0 (0%) | 0+3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -6.0 |
League Scoreboard
| Away | Score | Home | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Hornets | 124-97 | Orlando Magic | Final |
| Denver Nuggets | 107-97 | Washington Wizards | Final |
| Golden State Warriors | 115-123 | Dallas Mavericks | Final |
| Chicago Bulls | 120-115 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Final |
| San Antonio Spurs | 126-109 | Utah Jazz | Final |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 91-100 | LA Clippers | 4th Qtr |
| Miami Heat | 110-127 | Portland Trail Blazers | 4th Qtr |
Last Updated: 01/23/2026 12:29:06 AM EST
50 comments
This team is so confusing.
Great win.
KO will not be salary dumped!
Won a game against at a really good Rocket squad with Maxey and Edgecomb going 3-for-16 from deep. I’ll take it! lol
Great win . Only thing I have to say is we need to run that same play we ran for that PG open 3 in OT more. Maxey Embiid DHO and if it’s covered immediately have PG run it from the opposite side .
*nods approvingly*
Good win the refs couldn’t keep us down. The league needs to be investigated
Was it a goal tend ? Not clear that it was touched after ball went off the glass
Missed the game. Who was defending Sengun for most of the game?
i aint even a sixers fan but yall shoulda won that before ot. these refs genuinely pmo
Kelly Oubre is sneakily a great player. He’s totally reinvented himself from a showboat flashy scorer to a defensive dawg who has great touch in the key
That one felt big!
Hot take that the sixers are great team
Man…the rockets are ASS at shooting free throws. Perfect night to have a top 5 ft team (us), vs a bottom 5 ft team (them).
Great game to be at…
Free throws were better
Transition and fast break was clean
Cracked the Rockets 3 game win streak
PLAY THE SONG!! Onto the Knicks
How do we beat a very good Rockets team and lose to the 3rd string Nuggets
Holy hell… just watched the end of the game. That was a total team effort on both offense and defense. What a game from Embiid. 32/15/10!? Absurd. Dude should be an All Star. There’s no Center in the East close to a healthy Joel.
Almost all defensive rebounds made by the sixers from the 3 minute of 4th quarter to the end of the game are from PG. Damn. Got 2 steals too. Plus that block. God I wish highlight reels showed defensive scrappy highlights.
It felt like after an obvious goal-tend and a strange non-review, the 76ers wouldn’t get the W, but they got it done in OT, and even though he didn’t have his best game, PG played a role, but Embiid, Maxey, and KO were on 🔥! After a tough week, needed this W!
The most impressive part about Joel’s game tonight wasn’t necessarily the triple double but the fact that he had 15 rebounds against the best rebounding team in the league by far
Seems like VJ is always making clutch plays. Regardless if he’s having a good night or a bad night he always seems to come up big in one way or another. The lights are never too bright for that kid and that is the absolute definition of the rookie of the year.
Embiid haters are so mad today lol
Not sure what to expect with the trade deadline being in less than 2 weeks. Grimes has struggled to find his footing recently and will most certainly enter UFA so he’s not back. They have to convert Barlow to a standard contract fairly soon. Are they confident in the backup bigs since Joel obviously won’t play every game. Daryl gotta cook up something to make the team better
rewatched the last 10 mins. PG and VJ were low key awesome with defense hustle and clutch shots
I need someone to break this one down for me.
I forgot they were playing tonight, checked with just a few minutes left in the 4th down 107-99 and they come back from that? This team continues to confuse me
Refs taking away Maxey potential game winner pissing me off so much. Glad we still win in the end.
Embiid be like:

Royel “Thank god my best friend is KD” Ivey can kiss my ass! OTTNO.
These nba games are clearly being rigged this game should’ve never went to OT
OH MY GOD THE HAT
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Wait what is this hat? Hahahahha
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VJMAXX hats!
Thinking about the Furkan quote regarding the best center he’s ever played with. 0 points in the 4th/OT for Sengun and the sixers go on their run to come back as soon as he checks back in in the 4th lol.
We won twice!
+ Joel was an absolute beast. Night and day when he was on the floor.
+ Maxey took over completely in the clutch/OT.
+ PG / VJ with strong defense when it mattered.
+ Oubre was fantastic. We have to keep him.
– We have to do better in the non Joel minutes. Can’t be that bad.
VJ Maxx hat goes crazy
Reporters really trying their hardest to get Rese to drag the refs but he never took the bait. I love how much of a straight up genuine good dude he is.
NBA needs to inplement a eye in the sky that over rules refs in a instant ala expedited review in the nfl. No more have them trot over to the scorers table to wear a headset for 5 fucking minutes, its not needed and we can make the right calls in a much more efficient manner.
Tyrese gives the best postgame pressers. Goddamn if he isn’t the most likable player I’ve ever seen.
The haters are gonna crash the internet on r/NBA this summer when Joel is dominating in the finals lmao
Season lives or dies on this 5. All need to play their best consistently to be a great team. Saturday is a huge game.
I feel like the team has been in an abnormally high number of overtime games
I need that VJ Maxx hat STAT. Like the minute it’s on sale
You really remember just how fucking good Joel Embiid is when you get guys like Sengun, who is supposed to be one of the best bigs in the league, getting completely and thoroughly dominated by Joel. A true generational big, unlike Alperen “Jusuf Nurkic” Sengun
Are goaltends different when you’re playing the Rockets?
You’re all welcome because I turned off the game in disgust after that blown goaltend call and it turns out that was the juice to help us win
Nurk would be a nice backup center to sign next season. His playmaking has been very impressive as of late.
There was a question on whether we sign Oubre or Grimes this offseason. No contest, it’s Oubre. Sign Oubre.
While this game felt like a bit of a must win to keep momentum and pace here, the minutes spread was playoff level stuff. Nurse basically went full thibs and said fuck a rotation in general lol.
Holy shit Embiids Instagram post 😂
Glad we beat Durant. For all his greatness, he (and AD) are the reasons why ringz culture has gotten so black-and-white

This W got me squinting again