Who won Houston Rockets vs Washington Wizards?

The Houston Rockets beat the Washington Wizards 135-112 on January 7, 2025.

Jalen Green scored 29 for the Houston Rockets; Corey Kispert scored 23 for the Washington Wizards.

Houston Rockets at Washington Wizards

2024-25 · Regular season Tue, Jan 7, 2025 · 7:00 pm EST · All results that day · Houston Rockets vs Washington Wizards head-to-head · Houston Rockets schedule · Washington Wizards schedule

Final

Away

Washington Wizards

112

Venue: Capital One Arena

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Houston Rockets beat the Washington Wizards 135-112 on the road on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at Capital One Arena. Jalen Green had 29 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists for the Houston Rockets. Corey Kispert had 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists for the Washington Wizards.

The Houston Rockets led 57-55 at halftime and pulled away after the break. Their best stretch was the third quarter, won 40-24. Double-digit figures in two or more categories: Alperen Sengun (double-double, Houston Rockets), Amen Thompson (double-double, Houston Rockets), Fred VanVleet (double-double, Houston Rockets). Bench points: Houston Rockets 30, Washington Wizards 67. Alperen Sengun had 26 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:18 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Houston Rockets vs Washington Wizards?: The Houston Rockets beat the Washington Wizards 135-112 on January 7, 2025.
Who led the scoring?: Jalen Green scored 29 for the Houston Rockets; Corey Kispert scored 23 for the Washington Wizards.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Houston Rockets	20	37	40	38	135
Washington Wizards	30	25	24	33	112

Game leaders

Houston Rockets

Points: 29 Jalen Green
Rebounds: 15 Amen Thompson
Assists: 12 Fred VanVleet

Washington Wizards

Points: 23 Corey Kispert
Rebounds: 9 Alexandre Sarr
Assists: 5 Bub Carrington

Amen Thompson double-double (20 PTS, 15 REB) · Fred VanVleet double-double (19 PTS, 12 AST) · Alperen Sengun double-double (26 PTS, 10 REB)

Houston Rockets
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Amen Thompson starter	41:07	20	15	5	3	0	0	7-8	0-0	6-6	1	+19
Fred VanVleet starter	38:03	19	1	12	4	1	2	7-15	2-9	3-3	3	+17
Jalen Green starter	30:07	29	8	2	2	0	1	10-22	7-15	2-2	0	+21
Alperen Sengun starter	29:41	26	10	6	2	0	4	12-23	0-2	2-2	2	+29
Dillon Brooks starter	18:20	11	1	2	0	0	0	4-8	3-4	0-0	4	-7
Aaron Holiday bench	23:09	4	2	3	2	0	1	1-3	0-1	2-2	4	+31
Cam Whitmore bench	17:53	17	1	0	1	0	0	6-8	3-3	2-2	0	+2
Jae'Sean Tate bench	14:25	2	1	0	1	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	1	+10
Steven Adams bench	11:25	0	6	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-2	1	-7
Jeff Green bench	9:44	7	1	0	0	0	0	2-4	0-2	3-4	1	-6
Nate Williams bench	3:03	0	0	0	0	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	+3
Jock Landale bench	3:03	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	+3

Not available: Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason

Washington Wizards
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Bub Carrington starter	34:04	12	4	5	0	0	0	4-8	4-6	0-1	2	-15
Bilal Coulibaly starter	30:04	12	5	1	0	0	4	5-10	0-3	2-2	2	-14
Kyshawn George starter	27:16	9	4	3	2	1	2	4-10	1-7	0-0	3	-19
Alexandre Sarr starter	23:18	2	9	1	1	1	3	1-12	0-5	0-0	3	-14
Kyle Kuzma starter	16:50	10	6	2	1	0	2	4-9	1-4	1-4	0	+2
Corey Kispert bench	32:50	23	4	3	0	0	1	7-10	5-7	4-5	1	-19
Jared Butler bench	21:39	14	0	5	1	1	3	5-11	2-4	2-2	2	-11
Jonas Valančiūnas bench	21:39	18	4	1	0	0	2	7-11	0-0	4-4	2	-6
Justin Champagnie bench	20:43	7	5	0	1	1	0	2-4	1-2	2-2	4	-12
Patrick Baldwin Jr. bench	4:17	5	1	0	0	0	1	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	-2
Anthony Gill bench	4:17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	-2
Richaun Holmes bench	3:03	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	-3

Not available: Marvin Bagley III, Saddiq Bey, Malcolm Brogdon, Jonathan Davis, Tristan Vukcevic, Jordan Poole

Team statistics
Houston Rockets	Stat	Washington Wizards
20/23 (87%)	Free throws	15/20 (75%)
35/59 (59%)	2 pointers	26/49 (53%)
15/38 (39%)	3 pointers	15/40 (37%)
50/97 (51%)	Field goals	41/89 (46%)
49	Rebounds	43
30	Defensive rebounds	27
19	Offensive rebounds	16
31	Assists	21
10	Turnovers	18
15	Steals	6
2	Blocks	4
17	Fouls	19
10	Max points in a row	9
24:32	Time spent in lead	21:14
26	Biggest lead	12

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Washington Wizards ahead)

Largest margin: 23 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 9
Times tied: 5
Largest lead · Houston Rockets: 26 Q4 9:27
Largest lead · Washington Wizards: 12 Q1 1:00
Longest run: 10-0 Houston Rockets · Q2 11:35 to Q2 8:35

Scoring plays

Q1 · 28 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
11:35	Washington Wizards	Kyle Kuzma Free throw	0	1
11:17	Washington Wizards	Kyle Kuzma 2-pt field goal	0	3
10:59	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	2	3
10:34	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson Free throw	3	3
10:34	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson Free throw	4	3
10:19	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly 2-pt field goal	4	5
9:40	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly 2-pt field goal	4	7
8:50	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	6	7
7:47	Houston Rockets	Fred VanVleet 3-pt field goal	9	7
7:39	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George 2-pt field goal	9	9
7:14	Washington Wizards	Kyle Kuzma 2-pt field goal	9	11
6:28	Washington Wizards	Corey Kispert 3-pt field goal	9	14
6:02	Houston Rockets	Jalen Green Free throw	10	14
6:02	Houston Rockets	Jalen Green Free throw	11	14
5:40	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas Free throw	11	15
5:40	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas Free throw	11	16
5:02	Houston Rockets	Fred VanVleet 2-pt field goal	13	16
4:51	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington 3-pt field goal	13	19
3:55	Houston Rockets	Fred VanVleet 3-pt field goal	16	19
3:43	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas Free throw	16	20
3:43	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas Free throw	16	21
2:37	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	16	23
2:00	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	16	25
1:00	Washington Wizards	Corey Kispert 3-pt field goal	16	28
0:48	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	18	28
0:36	Washington Wizards	Jared Butler Free throw	18	29
0:36	Washington Wizards	Jared Butler Free throw	18	30
0:24	Houston Rockets	Cam Whitmore 2-pt field goal	20	30

Q2 · 30 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
11:48	Washington Wizards	Corey Kispert Free throw	20	31
11:35	Houston Rockets	Cam Whitmore 2-pt field goal	22	31
11:19	Houston Rockets	Jeff Green Free throw	23	31
11:19	Houston Rockets	Jeff Green Free throw	24	31
9:55	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	26	31
8:54	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson Free throw	27	31
8:54	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson Free throw	27	31
8:35	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	30	31
8:16	Washington Wizards	Kyle Kuzma 3-pt field goal	30	34
7:54	Houston Rockets	Jeff Green 2-pt field goal	32	34
7:35	Houston Rockets	Jeff Green 2-pt field goal	34	34
6:59	Washington Wizards	Corey Kispert 3-pt field goal	34	37
6:25	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	34	39
6:11	Houston Rockets	Dillon Brooks 2-pt field goal	36	39
5:58	Washington Wizards	Kyle Kuzma 2-pt field goal	36	41
5:39	Houston Rockets	Fred VanVleet 2-pt field goal	38	41
5:20	Washington Wizards	Corey Kispert 2-pt field goal	38	43
5:20	Washington Wizards	Corey Kispert Free throw	38	44
5:03	Houston Rockets	Dillon Brooks 3-pt field goal	41	44
4:28	Washington Wizards	Corey Kispert 3-pt field goal	41	47
3:40	Houston Rockets	Dillon Brooks 3-pt field goal	44	47
3:02	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	46	47
2:42	Houston Rockets	Jalen Green 2-pt field goal	48	47
2:23	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly 2-pt field goal	48	49
2:13	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	50	49
1:36	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington 3-pt field goal	50	52
1:04	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington 3-pt field goal	50	55
0:41	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	52	55
0:34	Houston Rockets	Fred VanVleet 2-pt field goal	54	55
0:01	Houston Rockets	Jalen Green 3-pt field goal	57	55

Q3 · 30 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
11:46	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly 2-pt field goal	57	57
11:09	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	59	57
10:57	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly Free throw	59	58
10:57	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly Free throw	59	59
10:47	Houston Rockets	Jalen Green 3-pt field goal	62	59
9:21	Houston Rockets	Jalen Green 3-pt field goal	65	59
8:58	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	67	59
8:35	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie Free throw	67	60
8:35	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie Free throw	67	61
8:24	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	69	61
8:10	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly 2-pt field goal	69	63
7:57	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	71	63
7:42	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie 2-pt field goal	71	65
7:27	Houston Rockets	Jalen Green 3-pt field goal	74	65
7:07	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George 3-pt field goal	74	68
6:08	Houston Rockets	Jalen Green 3-pt field goal	77	68
5:52	Houston Rockets	Aaron Holiday 2-pt field goal	79	68
5:29	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	79	70
5:06	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	81	70
4:21	Houston Rockets	Jalen Green 3-pt field goal	84	70
3:56	Houston Rockets	Jalen Green 2-pt field goal	86	70
3:35	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	86	72
3:13	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	88	72
3:02	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George 2-pt field goal	88	74
2:43	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	90	74
2:14	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	92	74
1:48	Houston Rockets	Jalen Green 3-pt field goal	95	74
1:01	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	95	76
0:32	Houston Rockets	Jalen Green 2-pt field goal	97	76
0:21	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie 3-pt field goal	97	79

Q4 · 38 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
11:45	Houston Rockets	Cam Whitmore Free throw	98	79
11:45	Houston Rockets	Cam Whitmore Free throw	99	79
11:34	Washington Wizards	Corey Kispert 2-pt field goal	99	81
11:17	Houston Rockets	Cam Whitmore 2-pt field goal	101	81
11:05	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	101	83
10:48	Houston Rockets	Fred VanVleet 2-pt field goal	103	83
10:25	Houston Rockets	Fred VanVleet Free throw	104	83
10:25	Houston Rockets	Fred VanVleet Free throw	105	83
10:25	Houston Rockets	Fred VanVleet Free throw	106	83
10:05	Washington Wizards	Jared Butler 2-pt field goal	106	85
9:45	Houston Rockets	Fred VanVleet 2-pt field goal	108	85
9:27	Houston Rockets	Cam Whitmore 3-pt field goal	111	85
9:05	Washington Wizards	Jared Butler 3-pt field goal	111	88
8:30	Washington Wizards	Corey Kispert Free throw	111	89
8:30	Washington Wizards	Corey Kispert Free throw	111	90
8:07	Washington Wizards	Jared Butler 2-pt field goal	111	92
7:47	Houston Rockets	Jeff Green Free throw	112	92
7:30	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington 3-pt field goal	112	95
7:17	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson Free throw	113	95
7:17	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson Free throw	114	95
6:55	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	114	97
6:29	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	116	97
6:16	Washington Wizards	Corey Kispert 3-pt field goal	116	100
5:51	Houston Rockets	Dillon Brooks 3-pt field goal	119	100
4:59	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	121	100
4:42	Washington Wizards	Jared Butler 2-pt field goal	121	102
4:17	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun Free throw	122	102
4:17	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun Free throw	123	102
4:04	Washington Wizards	Jared Butler 3-pt field goal	123	105
3:05	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	125	105
2:47	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George 2-pt field goal	125	107
2:16	Washington Wizards	Patrick Baldwin Jr. 3-pt field goal	125	110
2:01	Houston Rockets	Cam Whitmore 3-pt field goal	128	110
1:38	Washington Wizards	Patrick Baldwin Jr. 2-pt field goal	128	112
1:32	Houston Rockets	Aaron Holiday Free throw	129	112
1:32	Houston Rockets	Aaron Holiday Free throw	130	112
1:05	Houston Rockets	Cam Whitmore 3-pt field goal	133	112
0:27	Houston Rockets	Jae'Sean Tate 2-pt field goal	135	112

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After this game: Houston Rockets 2-0. Final series: Houston Rockets 2-0.

Nov 11: Washington Wizards 92 at Houston Rockets 107
Jan 7: Houston Rockets 135 at Washington Wizards 112 (this game)

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