Sengun Scores 29 as Rockets Beat Spurs 114-110, Thompson Blocks Wembanyama at Buzzer

The Houston Rockets beat the San Antonio Spurs 114-110 on Friday night at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, with Alperen Sengun scoring 14 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter and Amen Thompson blocking Victor Wembanyama at the buzzer. Houston improved to 2-0 to start the 2026-27 season, and San Antonio fell to 0-2.

Sengun takes over in the fourth quarter

Sengun led Houston with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in 35 minutes, shooting 10 of 20 from the field. Kevin Durant and Amen Thompson added 20 points each for the Rockets.

Houston won the first quarter 32-27 and led through most of the night, building a lead of as much as 11 points. San Antonio led only briefly, by one point a few times, never built a game-changing run, and hurt itself at the free throw line.

Wembanyama leads all five Spurs starters in double figures

Wembanyama led San Antonio with 25 points and 13 rebounds in just under 32 minutes. He shot 9 of 21 with two three-pointers, two assists and two blocks. Dylan Harper scored 20 points and De'Aaron Fox scored 19, and all five Spurs starters reached double figures.

San Antonio won the second quarter 32-29 to cut into the Houston lead before halftime, and the teams traded quarters after the break, with Houston taking the third 24-22 and San Antonio the fourth 29-29 on level terms as the Rockets protected their lead. The quarter scores finished Spurs 27, 32, 22, 29 and Rockets 32, 29, 24, 29.

The final two minutes

Wembanyama scored on an alley-oop dunk from Fox with 1:49 left. Durant answered with a three-pointer assisted by Sengun with 1:34 left, putting Houston ahead 112-108. Harper cut the margin to 112-110 with a running dunk with 46 seconds left.

Fred VanVleet then made two free throws to push the lead to 114-110. On the final play, Thompson blocked Wembanyama's layup attempt at the buzzer. The blocked shot would only have cut the margin, and the block sealed the result for Houston.

What the result means

Houston is 2-0 and won a close road finish behind its starting center. San Antonio is 0-2 despite 25 points and 13 rebounds from Wembanyama and double figures from every starter, and the Spurs will look at their free throw shooting and their brief leads as the parts of the game that cost them.