114 - 92

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Mortgage Matchup Center

Officials: Tre Maddox, Brett Nansel, and Scott Twardoski

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Houston Rockets	30	29	25	30	114
Phoenix Suns	23	27	25	17	92

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Houston Rockets	114	43-88	48.9%	13-31	41.9%	15-17	88.2%	12	51	26	20	12	14	4
Phoenix Suns	92	33-80	41.3%	13-37	35.1%	13-19	68.4%	12	50	11	20	9	20	3

PLAYER STATS


Houston Rockets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Amen Thompson^SF	36:51	28	10-16	1-1	7-7	2	5	7	8	0	1	4	4	25
Jabari Smith Jr.^PF	32:03	17	6-11	2-6	3-3	1	6	7	1	2	2	2	5	23
Alperen Sengun^C	34:42	18	8-14	2-4	0-0	2	3	5	5	0	1	4	3	12
Josh Okogie^SG	29:30	9	4-11	0-2	1-3	3	3	6	1	3	0	0	3	18
Reed Sheppard^PG	26:54	7	2-9	1-5	2-2	0	1	1	5	3	0	2	1	6
Aaron Holiday	27:19	22	8-17	6-10	0-0	0	2	2	2	2	0	2	1	16
Steven Adams	16:29	6	2-4	0-0	2-2	3	4	7	0	0	0	0	2	6
JD Davison	17:48	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	1	5
Clint Capela	13:21	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	-1
Isaiah Crawford	02:31	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Green	02:31	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tari Eason	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Durant	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dorian Finney-Smith	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevon Harris	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jae’Sean Tate	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred VanVleet	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phoenix Suns	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Dillon Brooks^SF	31:35	29	11-22	2-8	5-6	1	2	3	0	2	0	2	5	-14
Royce O’Neale^PF	32:46	12	4-10	4-8	0-0	0	5	5	1	0	1	1	2	-16
Nick Richards^C	21:39	4	2-4	0-0	0-2	4	7	11	0	0	1	3	1	-17
Jordan Goodwin^SG	26:40	7	3-8	1-3	0-0	3	1	4	0	2	0	5	2	-24
Devin Booker^PG	37:47	18	5-13	2-6	6-8	1	2	3	5	1	1	6	3	-11
Collin Gillespie	29:18	16	6-12	3-6	1-1	1	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	-14
Isaiah Livers	22:41	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	2	5	7	0	1	0	2	2	-5
Oso Ighodaro	20:29	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	3	1	0	0	1	3
Rasheer Fleming	07:40	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	-6
Khaman Maluach	03:08	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Jamaree Bouyea	03:08	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2
Nigel Hayes-Davis	03:08	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Grayson Allen	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Koby Brea	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Dunn	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Green	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

66 | 3 hours ago

This one got chippy

TheGargageMan | Rockets

59 | 3 hours ago

I was glad to see Dillon and the Rockets showing love after though.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

55 | 3 hours ago

Amen Thompson was damn everywhere filled out the stat sheet

rjcarr | Supersonics

9 | 2 hours ago

He’s so good; even made his 3P shot.

LittyJ1tty

48 | 3 hours ago

I was so worried that they were gonna stomp us with KD gone, but Amen and Sengun held it down for us to get the win.

Dillon Brooks, we still love you

azcardfan7 | Suns

2 | 3 hours ago

You weren’t worried. Suns had half their team out and were on 2nd game of b2b. This was as big of a lock win for the Rockets as they’ll get this season

KarachiKoolAid | Rockets

12 | 2 hours ago

I knew Dillon Brooks was gonna go off and he did so I thought there was a good chance Phoenix could pull the upset

RTLT512 | HOU

6 | 2 hours ago

Eh, I mean the Rockets were down KD, Tari, and DFS as well and were on the road. I’ll also never feel comfortable on the other side of a Dillon Brooks revenge game. That dude is fueled by pure spite. I’m happy to see that he’s doing well in Phoenix

2ToTooTwoFish | HOU

5 | 2 hours ago

We also had KD, Tari, DFS, and Fred out. But our depth is pretty good. Okogie, Aaron Holiday, and Davison being able to slot in like that and not look out of depth is a blessing.

PhoenixBloodline

2 | 44 minutes ago

You guys have crazy depth. We were missing 3 starters and a solid hustle guy. We don’t have the depth to overcome that against good teams on a back to back.

According_One811 | Suns

-1 | 3 hours ago

Coming off a back2back missing Mark Williams, GA, Dunn, and Green I don’t see how you thought we were gonna stomp you lol

LittyJ1tty

5 | 3 hours ago

Listen, I don’t have a lot of faith in any of our Houston teams because I’m so used to most of them being bad, so when I heard that we weren’t gonna have KD for the next couple of games against some really good teams, I get a little scared lmao

TummyHertzBad

51 | 3 hours ago

Seeing Dillon chop it up with all the rockets post game put a smile on my face. Wouldn’t mind him finding his way back to Houston in the future

Nykeeo

40 | 3 hours ago

who is the actual DB in this Suns team?

the-burnin8or | San Diego Rockets

38 | 3 hours ago

dillon brooks can’t win with these cats

Darthteezus | Rockets

30 | 3 hours ago

Booker was an inmate at Guantánamo Bay tonight

htown34 | Rockets

15 | 3 hours ago

Looked like Josh Allen playing against the Texans defense a few nights ago

frankievejle | Rockets

26 | 3 hours ago

I miss Dillon man. Good win though. Gg suns.

According_One811 | Suns

23 | 3 hours ago

Booker has sucked recently

1gnominious | Rockets

26 | 3 hours ago

Our plan was to put him in jail and make the rest of the team beat us. Ya’ll really need Green and Allen back to punish teams who do that. Brooks was the only one who could do anything with the ball.

FutureGrassToucher | Suns

11 | 3 hours ago

And brooks was getting anything he wanted too lmao

If he didnt pointlessly check adams he wouldnt have been in as bad foul trouble and couldve had 30+

sondoke | Rockets

9 | 3 hours ago

He made some incredibly difficult shots tonight

Low-Conflict9366

5 | 3 hours ago

It was basically Brooks revenge game even though there’s nothing to really revenge about lol.

1gnominious | Rockets

5 | 2 hours ago

It’s DB. We’d be hurt if he didn’t try to get revenge.

LessThanCleverName | Cote D'Ivoire

1 | an hour ago

Dillon Brooks is the kind of guy who still holds a grudge against Coach K for bitching at him for jacking up a half court shot in the dying seconds of the Oregon win over Duke in the tournament almost a decade ago, everything can be revenge when your lifeblood is hate.

CruzAndChill

3 | 3 hours ago

Booker has just been in a slump. He’s been fine against tough defenses in the past. He’s still finding his spots, but he’s missing shots he normally makes. Having Allen and Green back will definitely help.

Mediocre_Sentence525 | Rockets

20 | 3 hours ago

GAMECUBE

Lizpy6688 | Rockets

8 | 2 hours ago

Nintendo

Aethos | Rockets

7 | 2 hours ago

5% tint so you can’t see up in my window.

DSice16 | Rockets

15 | 3 hours ago

I love this team. The resurgence of homegrown teams winning chips has me aching for one with this rockets crew. OKC, Celtics, Nuggets, Bucks, Warriors, all led by players they drafted. Hopefully this is our year 🙌

bigtice | Rockets

18 | 3 hours ago

No Durant?

No problem.

EffWyPipo

11 | 3 hours ago

difference between Rockets and Suns teams. Suns were not built ideally

Kuntsaw | Suns

4 | 3 hours ago

Suns were also down 3 starters off a back to back…..

EffWyPipo

10 | 3 hours ago

I’m talking about previous year Suns

but for today, FVV, KD, Tari were out too

Slow-Raccoon-9832

-5 | 2 hours ago

Saying fvv is out is weird. He’s not coming back so listing him like he’s a key player missing this 1 game is weird

EffWyPipo

2 | 2 hours ago

is he not a key player?

Slow-Raccoon-9832

-3 | 2 hours ago

Hes not playing this season. So he’s not a key player this season

EffWyPipo

4 | 2 hours ago

Jalen Green has played 1.5 game so he’s not a key player either then?

JaayDCC

1 | an hour ago

Bro couldnt understand english

Slow-Raccoon-9832

-3 | an hour ago

Jalen Green is playing this season

Vanvleet is not

EffWyPipo

4 | an hour ago

up to this point he has barely played so him missing was not a key player tonight

cohonan | Suns

1 | 3 hours ago

Right? I’ve been pleasantly surprised we won the last couple. What, Greyson’s still not back? Oh man now Dunn’s out…and we still won?

This game felt inevitable.

Shoot I just saw Mark Williams was out. Kinda glad this was the game I couldn’t catch because it was on Peacock.

bigtice | Rockets

4 | 3 hours ago

I haven’t gotten to watch a full game of the Suns with Brooks back, but it’s been surprising me how much he’s been scoring even when Book’s in the lineup. If Booker’s off and turning the ball over, I’m inclined to believe that’s leading to a loss.

For us, there is no guaranteed focal point other than the ball typically going through Durant or Sengun’s hands, but it’s not an expectation that they’ll be the ones taking the shots as opposed to getting attention and making the right play. No Durant just means there are a few more shots to go around, but we’re still going to make the right read leading to an assist hence seeing Thompson (as a point forward), Sengun and Sheppard leading in assists, but a great night from Holiday getting hot from 3.

Slow-Raccoon-9832

-1 | 2 hours ago

Suns were missing 3 starters lol. And those are also 3 of their 5 best players

Most teams are going to struggle in that situation

EffWyPipo

2 | 2 hours ago

I’m talking about previous year Suns

but for today, FVV, KD, Tari were out too

DarthShaveHer | Rockets

11 | 3 hours ago

Brooks is such a dawg, miss em on the Rockets

dankq | Rockets

11 | 3 hours ago

Unrelated to the actual game but Jamal Crawford has been fuckin killin it man, need more ex-players like this and less Perk and co.

SilntNfrno | Rockets

1 | 2 hours ago

Was just thinking the same thing, Crawford is great on this broadcast

rumblegod | Thunder

-7 | 3 hours ago

Perk is entertaining and fans like him.

UtkuOfficial

4 | 2 hours ago

Perk is entertaining to fans like him.

Nykeeo

10 | 3 hours ago

Somehow it feels like this game was never really close

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

10 | 3 hours ago

Rockets led the whole second half and kept it at like 8-12 for most pf the 4th quarter. In reach of a solid run but Phoenix never put it together.

saphilip | Rockets

9 | 3 hours ago

physical as hell but all love after the game from everyone. great to see

Downtown-Smile7991 | Rockets

6 | 2 hours ago

I was so upset to see Brooks go in the KD trade but it goes to show how valuable of a player he actually is, it wasn’t just Jalen & the 10th pick. And I’m sure suns fans already love him because he’s so easy to root for

nutsack_of_doom | Suns

1 | 9 minutes ago

We fucking love him so much! He’s been the foundation of our new culture. Hope he stays with us for the rest of his career.

shanecookofficial | Suns

4 | 3 hours ago

Hard to win basketball games if you don’t shoot as good as the other team and turn the ball over. Onto the next one, gg.

CookingLikeChef

-7 | 3 hours ago

Even harder when your franchise player is a fake star and a worse contract than beal

IllegitimateRisk | Nuggets

4 | 3 hours ago

The power of friendship suns

Scary_Feedback1018

4 | 3 hours ago

Fuck it onto the next, this was as hard a W to get as it gets for the Suns given the conditions, they still went out fighting almost literally

defiantcross | Suns

4 | 3 hours ago

Simply didnt have enough this time. Williams Dunn Grayson Green. Houston is deeper than us

Jambuyger

2 | 3 hours ago

Amen

jtruth9

2 | 3 hours ago

Am Him Thompson

CruzAndChill

2 | 3 hours ago

Was never going to win this game off a back to back missing four guys that start for us, just happy we got 2 out of 3 with wins against Wolves and Spurs… we go again.

HotTubMike | Rockets

0 | 3 hours ago

Suns fan this summer: “Jalen Green is a complete bum”

Suns fan now: “We were missing Jalen Green”

DaCheez | Suns

10 | 3 hours ago

? He’s only played one game for us and we were down 2 other starters

cohonan | Suns

3 | 2 hours ago

I don’t remember anyone saying that, personally I was more upset about and completely changed my mind on Brooks.

What I thought would be a locker room cancer is our catalyst.

htown34 | Rockets

3 | 2 hours ago

Funny because most Rocket fans were bummed about losing Brooks and knew Phoenix fans would grow to love him

HotTubMike | Rockets

-2 | 2 hours ago

Oh now we’re going to pretend Suns fans/media wasn’t overwhelmingly negative about Jalen Green this summer

1gnominious | Rockets

3 | 2 hours ago

I was checking in on our boys and Suns fans were mostly wait and see. Rockets fans have done him dirty if anything.

cohonan | Suns

1 | 2 hours ago

If anything, the sentiment was “that’s all we got for KD?” and if you want to think that as an indictment on Green personally, be my guest, but I think it’s a reasonable take for what we have up for KD in the first place.

And even when the draft of Man Man was widely considered “better than expected” - even though it hasn’t paid out immediately - the sentiment was “okay, well maybe it’ll be alright in the long run”.

And like I said, I think most people were more sour on the idea of “Draymond Green 2.0” also being in the package than Green himself.

You’re the one characterizing the response as “complete bum” when he was more known as inconsistent regular season bucket getter who disappears in the playoffs. I was thinking, hey he’ll help get some heat off Book, and we’re likely not making the playoffs anyway.

Aethos | Rockets

1 | 2 hours ago

Seeing Clint tough it out during his limited minutes make me glad we came back to Houston.

Bring back the Fashion Copela segments!

LogicalGain6578 | Lakers

1 | 2 hours ago

Brooks and Gillespie were carrying this game
Booker could not handle that physicality
Also Royce cannot throw a good pass to save a life brah

likpoper | Trail Blazers

1 | 2 hours ago

Sigh every time I think we could have been so elite if we just drafted amen

EmuMan10 | Suns

1 | an hour ago

I’m just glad we got ²⁄₃ on the homestand

TheRealestGayle | Magic

1 | an hour ago

Can someone get Booker a real point guard so he can get back to dropping buckets. The Suns are just running this man’s career into the ground.

rumblegod | Thunder

-1 | 3 hours ago

Rockets need to trade for a ball handler with vision who can attack the basket. Lmao watch them get Kyrie 🤣. But yeh they need a replacement for Fred, there should be some talented guards on the market

Fmeson | HOU

7 | 3 hours ago

Nah, pass on Kyrie.

rumblegod | Thunder

-4 | 3 hours ago

You guys would be lucky to get Kyrie what are you talking about lol.

Aethos | Rockets

1 | 2 hours ago

and trade what okogie, tari eason, aaron holiday and maybe DFS?

rn now it seems like those are the only pieces you can move without tearing out what makes this team special. Not to say we wouldn’t benefit from a healthy kyrie, but depending on what we’d have to lose, i dont know by how much.

rumblegod | Thunder

1 | 2 hours ago

Very fair, losing depth isn’t worth it. Probably the rockets biggest weakness. There should be a plethora of scorings guards in the g league maybe

htown34 | Rockets

1 | 2 hours ago

Not completely against getting Kyrie, I just don’t see how this can happen unless Dallas is fine taking FVV contract and filler like Capela and Okogie maybe take back DFS and maybe a future pick. I just can’t imagine us trading anymore young talent right now

KobeMM23

1 | an hour ago

What ideas for pg do you think they should get

samhit_n | Lakers

-1 | 3 hours ago

It didn’t matter much in the end, but the refs blew the call where Adams touched the ball while he was standing on the baseline.

Suspicious_Orange_99 | Spurs

-3 | 3 hours ago

Good lookin out Rockets lol

shake_this_feeling | Suns

4 | 2 hours ago

Suns have been living in your head rent free cause they hoed your team twice this season lol

sasmast3r | Suns

3 | 2 hours ago

Hey! Hate boner guy again

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

-4 | 3 hours ago

Statement win

TheTrueConnor800

6 | 3 hours ago

I appreciate it but beating us while both teams are quite handicapped doesn’t seem like a statement to me lmao

HTOWNNDISBIH

-2 | 3 hours ago

HERE HAVE A COPE-A-COLA

VolumeValuable3537

3 | 2 hours ago

Average Texas fan

koiz_01

-6 | 3 hours ago

Turns out Houston plays better without KD

CookingLikeChef

-11 | 3 hours ago

LMFAO evin bumker the 70 million $ man couldn’t even get 20 points, more TOs than assists too TRASH just like the team he plays for

dankq | Rockets

4 | 3 hours ago

They were forcing the ball out of his hands bro.

CookingLikeChef

-5 | 3 hours ago

A 70mil $ player should probably figure that out

dankq | Rockets

2 | 2 hours ago

That’s not really on him to figure it out and it’s more on the coach and rest of the team to find a way to take advantage of a team committing and sending two players to trap one on his catch.

CookingLikeChef

-4 | 2 hours ago

A guy famous for crying about double teams but yeah im sure he’ll eventually figure it out

dankq | Rockets

1 | 2 hours ago

Buddy you sound like someone who gets winded walking to the fridge, I’m not bout to argue stupid shit with someone who hasn’t picked up a ball in their life.

CookingLikeChef

-1 | 2 hours ago

Cooked you so bad you immediately started projecting lmfao

dankq | Rockets

2 | 2 hours ago

You should probably try to comprehend what the word projecting means before you use it. You have absolutely no clue about anything basketball related and it shows with the comments you make lmao. Also not sure how you “cooked” me by making fun of Booker?

It’s crazy how you have no self awareness to understand how stupid you sound. Aren’t you a Rockets fan? You know you are basically shitting on the Rockets defense who did an incredible job on Booker tonight might I add by not giving them any credit on how well they forced the ball out of his hands and you are just focused on how many points a player scored and their salary. Clearly a casual who actually does not know anything about the sport lmfao.

CookingLikeChef

-1 | 2 hours ago

LMFAO if you think im going to read a novel from a troll. Keep projecting tho

dankq | Rockets

1 | 2 hours ago

You think two short paragraphs are a novel? Makes sense that you keep using words you just clearly have no understanding of.

Keep puttin the fries in the bag lil bro.

The Durant-less Houston Rockets (11-4) defeat Dillon Brooks and the Phoenix Suns (11-7), 114-92. Amen Thompson leads the way with 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists.