Alperen Sengun scored 32 for the Houston Rockets with 13 rebounds; Bilal Coulibaly scored 23 for the Washington Wizards.

Houston Rockets at Washington Wizards

2025-26 · Regular season Mon, Mar 2, 2026 · 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

118

Venue: Capital One Arena

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

Game recap

The Houston Rockets beat the Washington Wizards 123-118 on the road on Monday, March 2, 2026 at Capital One Arena. Alperen Sengun had 32 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists for the Houston Rockets. Bilal Coulibaly had 23 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists for the Washington Wizards.

The Houston Rockets led 60-51 at halftime and held on in the second half. Their best stretch was the second quarter, won 34-21. Double-digit figures in two or more categories: Alperen Sengun (double-double, Houston Rockets), Amen Thompson (double-double, Houston Rockets), Reed Sheppard (double-double, Houston Rockets). Bench points: Houston Rockets 11, Washington Wizards 61. Kevin Durant had 30 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist 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, 06:29:14 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Houston Rockets vs Washington Wizards?: The Houston Rockets beat the Washington Wizards 123-118 on March 2, 2026.
Who led the scoring?: Alperen Sengun scored 32 for the Houston Rockets with 13 rebounds; Bilal Coulibaly scored 23 for the Washington Wizards.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Houston Rockets	26	34	34	29	123
Washington Wizards	30	21	29	38	118

Game leaders

Houston Rockets

Points: 32 Alperen Sengun
Rebounds: 13 Alperen Sengun
Assists: 10 Reed Sheppard

Washington Wizards

Points: 23 Bilal Coulibaly
Rebounds: 5 Bub Carrington
Assists: 4 Bub Carrington

Reed Sheppard double-double (19 PTS, 10 AST) · Alperen Sengun double-double (32 PTS, 13 REB) · Amen Thompson double-double (22 PTS, 12 REB)

Houston Rockets
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Reed Sheppard starter	42:05	19	7	10	6	2	3	7-18	4-11	1-2	2	+10
Alperen Sengun starter	38:04	32	13	2	1	1	8	12-20	0-1	8-11	2	-4
Kevin Durant starter	37:01	30	7	1	0	1	6	8-15	3-6	11-11	1	-1
Amen Thompson starter	30:55	22	12	4	2	0	2	10-15	1-1	1-1	2	+6
Tari Eason starter	24:34	9	6	2	0	1	0	4-11	0-2	1-1	1	+13
Dorian Finney-Smith bench	26:58	5	6	1	1	0	0	2-6	1-1	0-0	2	+1
Aaron Holiday bench	20:07	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	-8
Clint Capela bench	11:16	4	8	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	2-2	2	+6
Josh Okogie bench	8:59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	4	+2

Not available: Fred VanVleet, Jabari Smith Jr., Steven Adams

Washington Wizards
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Bub Carrington starter	28:25	11	5	4	2	0	0	4-10	2-3	1-1	1	+1
Julian Reese starter	27:40	2	4	0	3	0	4	1-3	0-0	0-0	6	-12
Bilal Coulibaly starter	26:30	23	1	0	1	2	1	9-16	5-7	0-0	2	+4
Kyshawn George starter	21:36	16	1	2	1	0	0	5-13	3-6	3-4	2	-5
Tre Johnson starter	21:31	5	4	3	1	1	1	2-10	1-3	0-0	2	-5
Will Riley bench	32:59	7	1	1	3	0	2	1-9	1-5	4-4	3	-13
Justin Champagnie bench	26:55	12	2	2	3	1	2	5-7	2-3	0-0	3	+3
Jamir Watkins bench	18:28	7	3	4	1	0	0	3-4	1-2	0-0	3	+4
Jaden Hardy bench	18:27	14	4	1	0	0	2	6-9	1-2	1-3	1	-9
Sharife Cooper bench	17:29	21	2	3	0	0	0	8-10	3-4	2-2	1	+7

Not available: Alexandre Sarr, Cam Whitmore, Anthony Davis, Leaky Black, D'Angelo Russell, Tristan Vukcevic, Trae Young, Anthony Gill

Team statistics
Houston Rockets	Stat	Washington Wizards
24/28 (85%)	Free throws	11/14 (78%)
36/67 (53%)	2 pointers	25/56 (44%)
9/25 (36%)	3 pointers	19/35 (54%)
45/92 (48%)	Field goals	44/91 (48%)
59	Rebounds	27
38	Defensive rebounds	20
21	Offensive rebounds	7
21	Assists	20
20	Turnovers	12
10	Steals	15
5	Blocks	4
17	Fouls	24
12	Max points in a row	10
34:12	Time spent in lead	9:58
19	Biggest lead	5

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

Largest margin: 19 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 8
Times tied: 7
Largest lead · Houston Rockets: 19 Q4 10:53
Largest lead · Washington Wizards: 5 Q1 8:04
Longest run: 12-0 Houston Rockets · Q2 0:23 to Q3 10:13

Scoring plays

Q1 · 28 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
10:49	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	2	0
10:21	Washington Wizards	Tre Johnson 3-pt field goal	2	3
9:50	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant Free throw	3	3
9:50	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant Free throw	4	3
9:16	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George 3-pt field goal	4	6
8:46	Houston Rockets	Reed Sheppard 2-pt field goal	6	6
8:31	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George 2-pt field goal	6	8
8:04	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly 3-pt field goal	6	11
7:19	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant 3-pt field goal	9	11
6:43	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun Free throw	10	11
6:43	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun Free throw	11	11
6:07	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington 3-pt field goal	11	14
4:56	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant Free throw	12	14
4:56	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant Free throw	13	14
4:28	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George 3-pt field goal	13	17
4:12	Houston Rockets	Reed Sheppard 2-pt field goal	15	17
3:58	Washington Wizards	Will Riley Free throw	15	18
3:58	Washington Wizards	Will Riley Free throw	15	19
3:37	Houston Rockets	Reed Sheppard 3-pt field goal	18	19
3:19	Houston Rockets	Tari Eason 2-pt field goal	20	19
2:54	Washington Wizards	Jaden Hardy 3-pt field goal	20	22
2:38	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	22	22
2:15	Houston Rockets	Clint Capela Free throw	23	22
2:15	Houston Rockets	Clint Capela Free throw	24	22
2:02	Washington Wizards	Sharife Cooper 3-pt field goal	24	25
1:32	Washington Wizards	Sharife Cooper 3-pt field goal	24	28
1:06	Houston Rockets	Clint Capela 2-pt field goal	26	28
0:59	Washington Wizards	Jamir Watkins 2-pt field goal	26	30

Q2 · 28 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
11:23	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	28	30
11:05	Washington Wizards	Will Riley 3-pt field goal	28	33
10:45	Houston Rockets	Reed Sheppard 3-pt field goal	31	33
10:12	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	33	33
9:42	Washington Wizards	Jamir Watkins 2-pt field goal	33	35
9:27	Houston Rockets	Dorian Finney-Smith 2-pt field goal	35	35
9:01	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	37	35
8:01	Washington Wizards	Jaden Hardy 2-pt field goal	37	37
7:32	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	39	37
6:50	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun Free throw	40	37
6:28	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	42	37
6:05	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant 3-pt field goal	45	37
5:18	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	47	37
4:57	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie 2-pt field goal	47	39
4:33	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly 3-pt field goal	47	42
4:09	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant Free throw	48	42
4:09	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant Free throw	49	42
3:51	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George Free throw	49	43
3:39	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	51	43
3:19	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun Free throw	52	43
3:19	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun Free throw	53	43
3:00	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly 3-pt field goal	53	46
2:43	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly 2-pt field goal	53	48
2:10	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	55	48
1:36	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	57	48
1:13	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly 3-pt field goal	57	51
0:23	Houston Rockets	Tari Eason 2-pt field goal	59	51
0:23	Houston Rockets	Tari Eason Free throw	60	51

Q3 · 31 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
11:12	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	62	51
11:12	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson Free throw	63	51
10:53	Houston Rockets	Tari Eason 2-pt field goal	65	51
10:38	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	67	51
10:13	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	69	51
9:37	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George Free throw	69	52
9:37	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George Free throw	69	53
9:18	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	71	53
9:08	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George 2-pt field goal	71	55
8:41	Washington Wizards	Julian Reese 2-pt field goal	71	57
8:22	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 3-pt field goal	74	57
8:11	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly 2-pt field goal	74	59
7:38	Washington Wizards	Tre Johnson 2-pt field goal	74	61
7:26	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George 3-pt field goal	74	64
7:00	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington 3-pt field goal	74	67
6:25	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	76	67
6:15	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington 2-pt field goal	76	69
5:55	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	78	69
5:26	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant 3-pt field goal	81	69
4:53	Houston Rockets	Tari Eason 2-pt field goal	83	69
4:33	Houston Rockets	Dorian Finney-Smith 3-pt field goal	86	69
4:09	Washington Wizards	Sharife Cooper 2-pt field goal	86	71
3:34	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant Free throw	87	71
3:34	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant Free throw	88	71
3:12	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly 2-pt field goal	88	73
2:58	Houston Rockets	Aaron Holiday 2-pt field goal	90	73
2:15	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington 2-pt field goal	90	75
1:56	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	92	75
1:40	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie 3-pt field goal	92	78
1:23	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	94	78
1:01	Washington Wizards	Sharife Cooper 2-pt field goal	94	80

Q4 · 37 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
11:45	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	96	80
10:53	Houston Rockets	Reed Sheppard 3-pt field goal	99	80
10:41	Washington Wizards	Jaden Hardy 2-pt field goal	99	82
10:33	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	101	82
9:30	Washington Wizards	Jaden Hardy 2-pt field goal	101	84
9:20	Houston Rockets	Reed Sheppard 2-pt field goal	103	84
8:57	Washington Wizards	Jaden Hardy 2-pt field goal	103	86
8:11	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun Free throw	104	86
8:11	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun Free throw	105	86
7:55	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie 3-pt field goal	105	89
7:07	Houston Rockets	Reed Sheppard Free throw	106	89
6:40	Washington Wizards	Jamir Watkins 3-pt field goal	106	92
6:19	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	108	92
6:04	Washington Wizards	Sharife Cooper 2-pt field goal	108	94
5:47	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	110	94
5:27	Washington Wizards	Jaden Hardy 2-pt field goal	110	96
4:54	Washington Wizards	Jaden Hardy Free throw	110	97
4:38	Washington Wizards	Will Riley Free throw	110	98
4:38	Washington Wizards	Will Riley Free throw	110	99
4:17	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant Free throw	111	99
4:17	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant Free throw	112	99
4:17	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant Free throw	113	99
3:49	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly 3-pt field goal	113	102
3:28	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	115	102
3:28	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun Free throw	116	102
2:42	Washington Wizards	Sharife Cooper 2-pt field goal	116	104
2:18	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie 2-pt field goal	116	106
1:57	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	118	106
1:51	Washington Wizards	Bilal Coulibaly 2-pt field goal	118	108
1:34	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	120	108
1:29	Washington Wizards	Sharife Cooper Free throw	120	109
1:29	Washington Wizards	Sharife Cooper Free throw	120	110
1:10	Houston Rockets	Reed Sheppard 3-pt field goal	123	110
0:49	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie 2-pt field goal	123	112
0:30	Washington Wizards	Sharife Cooper 2-pt field goal	123	114
0:30	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington Free throw	123	115
0:01	Washington Wizards	Sharife Cooper 3-pt field goal	123	118

2025-26 season series

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

Nov 12: Washington Wizards 112 at Houston Rockets 135
Mar 2: Houston Rockets 123 at Washington Wizards 118 (this game)

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