119 - 105

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Mortgage Matchup Center

Officials: Brent Barnaky, Tre Maddox, and John Butler

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Houston Rockets	21	33	27	38	119
Phoenix Suns	37	20	27	21	105

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Houston Rockets	119	45-100	45.0%	14-38	36.8%	15-16	93.8%	24	64	26	30	8	17	3
Phoenix Suns	105	32-75	42.7%	7-31	22.6%	34-39	87.2%	10	41	15	20	10	18	6

PLAYER STATS


Houston Rockets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kevin Durant^SF	35:40	24	8-20	5-9	3-3	1	3	4	3	0	0	2	3	-7
Jabari Smith Jr.^PF	38:44	20	6-18	5-13	3-3	1	5	6	1	0	1	0	4	11
Alperen Sengun^C	28:02	12	5-15	0-1	2-2	7	7	14	6	0	0	6	4	4
Amen Thompson^SG	35:37	22	10-16	0-1	2-2	6	5	11	8	3	1	4	4	2
Reed Sheppard^PG	21:11	12	5-9	2-6	0-0	1	4	5	1	1	0	1	3	0
Josh Okogie	11:52	1	0-3	0-2	1-2	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	-5
Clint Capela	09:53	2	1-5	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	3	-2
Tari Eason	31:04	12	5-7	0-2	2-2	4	3	7	2	3	0	1	3	29
Aaron Holiday	21:19	12	4-6	2-4	2-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	27
Jae’Sean Tate	06:34	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	11
Isaiah Crawford	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JD Davison	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
Jeff Green	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tristen Newton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steven Adams	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	±
Jordan Goodwin^SF	25:01	11	4-7	3-6	0-0	2	2	4	2	2	0	1	2	6
Dillon Brooks^PF	32:53	10	3-12	1-7	3-4	0	3	3	1	1	0	2	3	4
Mark Williams^C	27:58	19	7-9	0-0	5-6	4	4	8	0	3	0	1	4	10
Jalen Green^SG	31:31	15	5-14	0-4	5-7	0	3	3	1	0	3	3	3	-5
Devin Booker^PG	38:32	31	7-16	2-6	15-16	0	4	4	8	0	0	3	1	2
Grayson Allen	25:39	8	1-4	0-2	6-6	2	2	4	2	1	1	4	3	-18
Oso Ighodaro	18:57	8	4-6	0-0	0-0	1	4	5	1	1	1	2	3	-22
Royce O’Neale	17:04	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	-21
Collin Gillespie	17:02	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	-16
Ryan Dunn	01:04	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Khaman Maluach	01:04	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Koby Brea	01:04	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Jamaree Bouyea	01:04	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Rasheer Fleming	01:04	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Amir Coffey	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haywood Highsmith	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CJ Huntley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Livers	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

therealchappy24 | Nets

180 | 7 hours ago

How the fuck do you lose that with a 24-0 run and 40 fta hahahaha

kingofnick | Suns

62 | 7 hours ago

Pretty simple, the Rockets adjusted, and the Suns didn’t.

Rockets were absolute monsters on the offensive boards, which the Suns of course countered by playing four guard lineups with no athleticism.

It’s not even like the team doesn’t have the personnel to match it either. We have guys like Dunn and Fleming on the bench who have size and athleticism, and would be perfect against the big wings the Rockets have. Alas, we have Collin Gillespie and Grayson Allen trying to defend Amen Thompson.

Professional-Play-38 | Pistons

10 | 7 hours ago

Would you say ott is the reason for the recent losses?

kingofnick | Suns

11 | 7 hours ago

Not the whole reason, I’m not one of those people who lays the blame solely at the feet of the coach when things go wrong. Players have to take responsibility too.

Even just looking at this game, Brooks, Green, Allen, O’Neale and Gillespie combined to shoot ²⁄₁₉ for three, and there were plenty of open looks in there. That’s not on the coach, that’s on the players.

What is Ott’s fault is not adjusting the rotations accordingly. Grayson has shot ⁴⁄₂₂ in three games against the Rockets this season, so it’s clearly a matchup that he struggles with. What’s the harm in throwing Dunn or Fleming out there to combat the Rockets size and athleticism?

Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n | Rockets

22 | 7 hours ago

Traded FTs for OREBs, AST, and 3PT shooting. Thanks for another good trade Suns.

shnieder88 | Warriors

-22 | 7 hours ago

KD trade is one where both teams lost

talknojutsu312 | Rockets

18 | 7 hours ago

No tf it’s not

aboooz | Rockets

12 | 7 hours ago

Hell nah, just by getting rid of Jalen we got better.

yewzurnayme | Rockets

10 | 7 hours ago

7 in a row, vibes are at an all time high heading into the playoffs buddy

browndude10 | United States

5 | 7 hours ago

Enjoy the play in, bub

sonpot | Rockets

5 | 7 hours ago

Curry couldn’t clutch up meanwhile KD did

FreeMaduroFromTrump | Venezuela

19 | 7 hours ago

shame on you KD, made the Suns lose again

KL2ConspireLLC | San Diego Clippers

5 | 7 hours ago

By giving up 25 offensive rebounds.

autobannedforsatire

4 | 7 hours ago

Watch the suns play. They are not serious.

CWG4BF | Rockets

159 | 7 hours ago

If I were the Suns, I simply would have waited until the fourth quarter to go on a 24-0 run.

RawdogWargod | Nuggets

33 | 7 hours ago

how can YOU be the Suns??

CWG4BF | Rockets

11 | 7 hours ago

I’m pretty sure I could manage to let my opponent beat me 24-10 on the offensive glass

desrever1138 | Rockets

7 | 7 hours ago

OP 27 years ago

RawdogWargod | Nuggets

4 | 7 hours ago

That’s trippy af, there’s no way that can be for kids!

desrever1138 | Rockets

1 | 7 hours ago

This brings to mind their brief cameo in 28 Years Later

Montezumawazzap

2 | 6 hours ago

I chuckled.

ObjectiveMoment

3 | 6 hours ago

Shut up about the sun! Shut up about the sun!

Gabe Lewis from The Office

Lmao1903 | NBA

5 | 7 hours ago

I’d just wait and do nothing since the Rockets are on pace to score 40 points

Beetle919 | Hornets

79 | 7 hours ago

Reminder, people on this site after the first quarter were claiming the Lakers without Reaves/Luka would beat Rockets in the first round.

FoundationSmooth9777

64 | 7 hours ago

This sub hates KD and is genuinely stupid with their bias

ketoske | Rockets

15 | 7 hours ago

I hate KD but damn mf can get buckets like a god.

seclusionx | Rockets

-5 | 6 hours ago

Yeah, I’m ready for him to not be on the team. But if you don’t like watching him play, you don’t actually like basketball.

abrnst | Rockets

29 | 7 hours ago

I saw that. r/nba is full of children

FoundationSmooth9777

11 | 7 hours ago

A bunch of bots

Schwalm | Suns

1 | 6 minutes ago

You have a bot name lol

browndude10 | United States

8 | 7 hours ago

They have done that probably even before the winning streak they have been on to be honest

SplitOk186

28 | 7 hours ago

This sub mostly likes LeBron and absolutely despises KD people won’t be objective lol

According to the average r/nba user 41 year old LeBron can summon 2018 playoff mode for a single game at will whereas KD is a scrub despite being an All NBA lock (not 3rd team either)

FoundationSmooth9777

-6 | 7 hours ago

This sub does not like LeBron the favourite players are Luka and Jokic

SplitOk186

12 | 7 hours ago

LeBron isn’t universally loved but he’s by a mile more liked on Reddit than other platforms

He’s not as liked as Jokic but I actually would say he’s more liked than Luka when the Lakers were struggling in December there were tons of anti-Luka posts on the front page

And more importantly he’s infinitely more popular than KD here lmao

Bkaysivart | Lakers

5 | 7 hours ago

Surely wasn’t Lakers fans. We know we’re cooked.

theuncleiroh | Raptors

6 | 7 hours ago

The Mavs would beat this Lakers squad lol. I dunno if there’s 10 teams in the league who wouldn’t

RyouBestGirl | Japan

-1 | 7 hours ago

Lakers are the only playoff team that Rockets can beat

ifuckwithit | Spurs

1 | 7 hours ago

I think Rockets Timberwolves is a toss up

RyouBestGirl | Japan

1 | 7 hours ago

Only if Ant won’t be available

Jonowins | Rockets

7 | 6 hours ago

The rockets can legit beat anyone that Isn’t OKC but it’s a completely coin flip on how they shoot from 3.

greenwhitehell

-4 | 3 hours ago

I don’t think you match well with the Nuggets at all - elite DREB team with Jokic which mitigates your superpower - and the Spurs are also clear favourites even though I actually think you have a bigger shot on that series.

Against anyone else on the West you can definitely win though

seclusionx | Rockets

3 | 6 hours ago

With the way the last Timberwolves game with the rockets went, I wouldn’t be so sure. Rockets are capable of losing to anyone on a good day.

direcandy

66 | 7 hours ago

I think I understand basketball sometimes, but then I watch a Rockets game and question everything.

sonpot | Rockets

27 | 7 hours ago

Think of how us Houston fans feel. I genuinely never turn off games anymore because we either are gonna come back from down 20 or give up a 20 point lead within minutes. This team is insanely weird.

seclusionx | Rockets

10 | 6 hours ago

Pretty much. Must see TV if you want to see historic comebacks or historic choke jobs. You’re getting one of those.

OkLetterhead812 | Rockets

1 | 27 minutes ago

Truly. I did not give up after the first quarter. I felt it in my bones that we were either having an amazing performance or more dogshit after that first quarter. Nothing in between.

bigtice | Rockets

59 | 7 hours ago

The Rockets just got another offensive rebound.

ketoske | Rockets

18 | 7 hours ago

The Rockets just got another offensive rebound.

seclusionx | Rockets

5 | 6 hours ago

There’s another.

yewzurnayme | Rockets

51 | 7 hours ago

All I know is this version of the Rockets is giving every West team a bloodbath of a dogfight

Lmao1903 | NBA

16 | 7 hours ago

OKC might win in 5 but its gonna be some exhausting 5 games

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

2 | 38 minutes ago

Looks like y’all getting OKC second round, do your duty to the west and take them to 6 and we’ll hold a state funeral for the team 🫡

saphamia3

42 | 7 hours ago

Suns shot 39 free throws and had the audacity to start bitching about calls in the second half

FreeMaduroFromTrump | Venezuela

41 | 7 hours ago

Rockets really went 4-0 against Suns

but how could KD do this!?!??!

CozyisCozy

29 | 7 hours ago

KD revenge tour looked so good this year. funny seeing all the Suns fans pull out their pitchforks just to get game winner’d and swept by him lmaoooo

ketoske | Rockets

9 | 7 hours ago

KDest shit ever

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

2 | 37 minutes ago

Why doesn’t KD join every team on a 10-day and leave on bad terms so he always plays from a place of hatred and thus goes 82-0?

aboooz | Rockets

37 | 7 hours ago

Hilarious free throw differential.

Get fucking swept.

CozyisCozy

29 | 7 hours ago

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE VIBES!!!! HAVEN’T YOU GUYS HEARD ABOUT THE VIBES????

-llllllll-llllllll-

28 | 7 hours ago

“Rockets with the offensive rebound” sounded like a record playing on repeat

hey_yo_mr_white | Rockets

19 | 7 hours ago

What about “Suns to the free throw line”

kingofnick | Suns

13 | 7 hours ago

Fair, but the Rockets were playing super physical. That’s why they were so dominant on the glass, while at the same time fouling a ton.

Of course I’ll sound biased when I say this, but I never felt like the Suns were getting soft calls. There was a stretch where Booker got about three calls in a row on Jabari in the second quarter, and all of them were legitimate foul.

seclusionx | Rockets

4 | 6 hours ago

The question is; do you think that free throw disparity is accurate?

kingofnick | Suns

0 | 5 hours ago

I don’t have any reason not to think so.

The Suns sagged off the Rockets a lot during the game and dared them to shoot threes. The Rockets ended up attempting more than the Suns, but those same guys they were leaving open (Amen, Eason, Okogie) combined for 12 offensive rebounds because the Suns didn’t have bodies on them.

NigelSexMachine | Rockets

29 | 7 hours ago

WE ARE PEAKING AT THE RIGHT TIME LMAO

SplitOk186

18 | 7 hours ago

For as much as people have mocked the Rockets all year with their recent winning streak and the Lakers’ situation they seem to be on pace for 50+ wins and a playoff series win without their starting PG

Obviously it will be uphill against OKC but with the way Houston are talked about on here you’d think they’re Westbrook Lakers levels of bad when they’re not even remotely close to that

Onionboy76 | Rockets

8 | 7 hours ago

vibes at an all time high

ceedeez | Rockets

17 | 7 hours ago

Didn’t even get a fight out of that smh.

seclusionx | Rockets

1 | 6 hours ago

I was waiting for one. The heat was good though.

yuhanz | PHO

20 | 7 hours ago

We got thoroughly outplayed.

Amen is a superstar in the making.

Teambooler24 | Rockets

9 | 7 hours ago

Blows my mind people are giving up on him because he can’t shoot

It would be nice if he could improve his shot and he may never be a good shooter, but he impacts winning on both ends in every other aspect of basketball, he’s unbelievable even if he never improves his shot he’s still going to make some allstar teams at a minimum and I expect even more than that

seclusionx | Rockets

4 | 6 hours ago

Anyone that doesn’t realize amen is a beast has no fucking clue about basketball. I heard some podcast give him a D for the season. And they both agreed, it blew my mind. He’s extremely special and I only hope somehow Ausar forces a trade to Houston. What could be better than one Thompson?

Teambooler24 | Rockets

2 | 6 hours ago

Yeah don’t even get me started on some of the awful amen Thompson takes I see online lmao

cdrex22 | Rockets

1 | 44 minutes ago

Rockets w/ Amen on court: #3 offense

Rockets w/ Amen off court: #23 offense

It’s been deeply funny watching all the takes about how he’s a useless drain on offense.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

2 | 35 minutes ago

The fact that he’s already scoring like 18 ppg and still playing lockdown defense without being able to really shoot is ridiculous. At worst from here you get a truly elite roleplayer, I don’t see why anyone would want to “give up” on him unless he’s gonna end up costing a supermax lol

CookingLikeChef

14 | 7 hours ago

Damn suns power of good vibes wasn’t enough to win a single game against houston this season. They got SWEPT.

jpgali0227 | Rockets

13 | 7 hours ago

Guys what about the first quarter!!!

FeMnTaNb2O6

8 | 7 hours ago

I was not expecting the play by play dude to look like that

lebumwestbrick

16 | 7 hours ago

Lmao that dude was crying about that hard Reed foul on Brooks like he committed murder. Then they showed him and it made sense

Fast-Rough-6187 | Rockets

13 | 7 hours ago

He said Reed should be ejected like what

pollinium | MIN

3 | 7 hours ago

I mean he looks like a doughy nerd, but Eddie Johnson is NOT a doughy nerd and probably would have called for his suspension

According_One811 | Suns

6 | 7 hours ago

Welp we struck out on head coach hires again

CJ4ROCKET | Rockets

9 | 7 hours ago

Not sure many coaches could lead that roster to a significantly better record tbf

According_One811 | Suns

6 | 7 hours ago

If you think it’s a bad roster I mean that’s dumb. Dudes running 4 guard lineups consistently and watches it fail time and time again. He’s the whole reason the Rockets got so many offensive rebounds because he refused to play the size he had like Flemming or Maluach

CJ4ROCKET | Rockets

8 | 7 hours ago

I don’t disagree that he runs poor lineups but there’s more to coaching than that and it’s something he can improve upon. And I dont think it’s a horrible roster but I don’t think it’s a top 7 roster in the West either. Probably 9th so yeah I do think they’ve over performed a bit.

shaad20 | Suns

3 | 7 hours ago

Our fan base refuses to acknowledge this hard truth lol

seclusionx | Rockets

2 | 6 hours ago

The rockets are pretty mid, but not mid like the suns.

Gr0719

2 | 3 hours ago

Jalen Green is worse than you thought he is

WhiteKnightRedditor | Pistons

9 | 7 hours ago

A couple of months ago there were a lot of people here saying that he should win COTY

shnieder88 | Warriors

6 | 7 hours ago

I thought Ott was a basketball genius?!

Morezingis | Timberwolves

5 | 7 hours ago

I’m both happy and saddened by this result

ImagineIfBaconDied | Timberwolves

7 | 7 hours ago

yep. happy to finally clinch a playoff spot but my heart cannot take more Nuggets-Timberwolves games this season, let alone in the playoffs

warriors_of_hope | Warriors

7 | 7 hours ago

Wait a minute, Denver can still lose to Spurs and Thunder; then Rockets winning their last 3 games against 76ERs, Timberwolves and Grizzlies. Rockets get 3rd seed. What the fuck!

sorendiz | HOU

12 | 7 hours ago

I don’t think we want it but theoretically it could happen yeah

ketoske | Rockets

5 | 7 hours ago

Lol but i think that it’s better to play against the Lakers wo Luka and AR

Lmao1903 | NBA

1 | 7 hours ago

Spurs and Thunder will rest their guys probably, they already guaranteed their seeding pretty much

seclusionx | Rockets

1 | 6 hours ago

Spurs can still catch the thunder I think, but you’re probably right. I need them all to beat the shit out of each other, pls.

ifuckwithit | Spurs

1 | 7 hours ago

Wemby will have clinched the DPOY award by then he won’t play Sunday

No_Cat_8490 | 76ers

7 | 7 hours ago

I can’t decide who sucks more out of Green or Brooks.

uwill1der | Rockets

27 | 7 hours ago

its Green. Brooks can at least shift the energy. Green just exists

seclusionx | Rockets

3 | 6 hours ago

He did a 360 layup though! Ooohhhh ahhhhhhh! (I miss Jalen and Brooks, and am happy neither are on the team at this point. I miss Brooks more but I don’t miss him fouling 3 point shooters in big situations).

kingofnick | Suns

8 | 7 hours ago

There was a play late in the game where Sengun had the ball down low, and Green turned fully around to watch, and let his man (I think it was Eason) just cut backdoor and get a wide open layup.

If the Suns are going to play small ball against teams, then those guys have to work extra hard to make up for the lack of size. That play was the direct opposite of that.

seclusionx | Rockets

8 | 6 hours ago

Unfortunately, after watching many years of Jalen – I have to say that I don’t think he has it between the ears. There are games where he looks like the next big thing then he follows it up with 2 where he’s below average.

I went to game ¹⁄₂ vs the warriors last year so my lasting memory of Jalen will always be him going off for 38. I try to forget what he did in literally every other game.

kingofnick | Suns

8 | 5 hours ago

I think you’re probably right. It’s tough as a fan because by all accounts he seems like a great teammate and person. Even when he was injured he was always the biggest cheerleader on the bench for the rest of the team. It’s unfortunate that his flaws constantly outweigh his strengths on court.

browndude10 | United States

2 | 7 hours ago

The one with the shittier contract

Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n | Rockets

5 | 7 hours ago

Of course the late AF game goes over time with all the foul calls SMH.

Foul pauses aside still a fun game. Should be a fun rivalry for a while with all the trash talk and physicality.

kubick123

6 | 7 hours ago

What a choke.

VolumeValuable3537 | Suns

7 | 7 hours ago

Tomorrow Jordan Ott will introduce the ultra small lineup against the Mavericks of Gillespie, Booker, Green, Royce, and Brooks because going smaller and smaller each game makes you win.

kingofnick | Suns

6 | 7 hours ago

Game after game recently where Jordan Ott refuses to adjust his rotations.

I’ve been pretty understanding, as it mostly seems that they want to try and rebuild the chemistry from earlier in the season now that everyone is healthy, but at what point do you look at the Rockets absolutely bending us over on the offensive glass and decide that enough is enough?

Ryan Dunn is averaging 8 rebounds per-36 as a small forward, maybe get him out there?

DotAgitated8154

4 | 7 hours ago

With today’s loss, the Suns are guaranteed to be in the play-in (especially since the Timberwolves also won today).

sorendiz | HOU

4 | 7 hours ago

I appreciate you OP lmao

No_Caramel_1782 | Wizards

3 | 39 minutes ago

Are we still pretending Phoenix got better and Houston got worse after KD left? Because of tweets.

ShowdownValue

2 | 6 hours ago

Someone explain the title.

Benchjc2004 | Rockets

1 | 7 hours ago

We might just mess around and win a playoff series.

Isosinsir | Suns

-1 | 7 hours ago

What is this headline? On pace to score only 40.. Dorks.

sorendiz | HOU

9 | 7 hours ago

when you guys went on that 24-0 run in the first quarter someone posted that we were on pace to score 40 for the entire game lol

Isosinsir | Suns

7 | 7 hours ago

Well they’re a moron.

sorendiz | HOU

2 | 7 hours ago

Agreed! Such is this subreddit though

therealchappy24 | Nets

7 | 7 hours ago

It was a post from earlier

Isosinsir | Suns

6 | 7 hours ago

Ah OK. Thanks

The Houston Rockets (49-29) defeat the Phoenix Suns (43-35), despite being on pace to only score 40 points, 119-105.