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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 27 | 30 | 29 | 36 | 122 |
 Suns | 36 | 28 | 32 | 25 | 121 |
HOUTeam statsPHX| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 40-8149.4% | 8-2433.3% | 34-4379.1% | 41 | 19 | 16 |
| PHX | 45-8552.9% | 17-3745.9% | 14-1973.7% | 37 | 30 | 17 |
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Houston Rockets122| 37 | 30 | 8-24 | 2-7 | 12-16 | 0 | −8 | −4.6 | |||||||
| 33 | 15 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 8-9 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.6 | ||||||
| 30 | 17 | 7-12 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | +3.6 | ||||
| 28 | 10 | 2-7 | 1-6 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −4.1 | |||||
| 24 | 13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 3-5 | −19 | +4.1 | ||||||||
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| 18 | 7 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −2.4 | |||||
| 18 | 9 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −1.6 | |||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +4 | +4.2 | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +15 | +8.1 | ||||||
| 12 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | 0.0 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.7 | |||||
| Team | 122 | 40-8149.4% | 8-2433.3% | 41 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 34-4379.1% | 13 | 12 | 2 | |||
Bench 37 points on 15 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Boban Marjanovic and Josh Christopher (coach’s decision).
Phoenix Suns121| 37 | 20 | 8-12 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +8.3 | ||||||
| 37 | 22 | 8-16 | 3-7 | 3-3 | 0 | +4 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 34 | 41 | 15-25 | 4-6 | 7-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +9.3 | |||||
| 30 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 | −5.9 | ||||||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −4.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 10 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −17 | +0.1 | |||||
| 19 | 8 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.4 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | −7 | −4.5 | |||||||
| 11 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2.7 | |||||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | +0.4 | |||||
| Team | 121 | 45-8552.9% | 17-3745.9% | 37 | 30 | 17 | 28 | 14-1973.7% | 9 | 9 | 5 | |||
Bench 27 points on 9 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Duane Washington Jr. and Josh Okogie (coach’s decision).
Rockets122Suns121ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
The Houston Rockets rallied from 16 points down in the third quarter to beat the Phoenix Suns 122-121.
The Rockets trailed 87-71 with 4:38 left in the third quarter. They were still down 89-73 with 3:59 left in the third quarter, with a 3% chance to win, and outscored the Suns 49-32 the rest of the way.
The Suns had the ball down 1, but Devin Booker missed a 16-foot jumper at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Suns 12-10. Kevin Porter Jr. scored 5 of the Rockets’ 12 on 1 for 1 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Cameron Payne had 2 of his 4 steals, both with the game within five points, and the Suns scored 2 points off them.
Jalen Green had 30 points (20 in the third quarter) and 3 steals but shot 8 for 24, and Bruno Fernando added 14 points (all 14 in the paint) on 7 for 8 shooting off the bench.
For the Suns, Booker had 41 points and 8 assists, and Mikal Bridges added 22 points and 8 rebounds. Payne had 20 points, 12 assists and 4 steals on 8 for 12 shooting. The Suns had 3 20-point scorers.
The Suns turned it over 18 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. The Rockets outscored the Suns 62-40 in the paint. The Suns’ starters outscored the Rockets 47-32 in 16 minutes together.
Houston RocketsPhoenix SunsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Rockets’ chance bottomed out at 3% (3rd quarter, 3:59 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
88 points from the field on 81 shots: 2.4 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 26-32 | 81.3% | 67% |
| In the paint | 5-16 | 31.3% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 1-9 | 11.1% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-5 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-19 | 31.6% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikal Bridges | 26 | 3 | 1-3 | −5 |
| Devin Booker | 17 | 6 | 3-5 | +1 |
| Cameron Payne | 11 | 5 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Deandre Ayton | 5 | 6 | 2-5 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 16 | 4-11 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 36 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dario Saric | 22 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Devin Booker | 10 | 5 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Mikal Bridges | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Damion Lee | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 8 | 3-4 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikal Bridges | 15 | 5 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Cameron Payne | 14 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Devin Booker | 13 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Landry Shamet | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 7 | 2-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
PHX win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Payne 27' 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Booker 8 AST)
Q4 0:45
40.6%
14→55
Green Free Throw 1 of 2 (30 PTS)
Q4 0:29
23.2%
53→30
Gordon 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Sengun 2 AST)
Q4 2:05
20.4%
34→13
Mathews 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Porter Jr. 7 AST)
Q4 4:17
19.2%
53→34
Ayton 3' Turnaround Hook Shot (8 PTS) (Payne 10 AST)
Q4 3:39
17.5%
29→47
