Phoenix
Suns
129
–
113
FINAL
Houston
Rockets
Date
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX | 12 | 43 | 31 | 25 | 129 |
| HOU | 10 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 113 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Devin Booker
PHX
20
PTS
4
REB
7
AST
+13
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections4
Contested Shots5
Loose Balls1
Opp FG% When Defending75.0%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.38
Impact Composite47.9
Hustle: 17.0Defense: 28.8Impact: 2.1
4 deflections+13 plus/minusonly 19 pts allowed on 49.9 possessions
Box Score MVP
Kevin Durant
PHX
27
PTS
10
REB
16
AST
+17
+/−
Game Performance
FG9-16 (56.3%)
3PT3-7
FT6-8
TS%69.2%
eFG%65.6%
STL2
BLK1
TOV3
ORTG129
DRTG109
NET+20
Triple-Double56.3% FG3 deflections7 contested shots+17 plus/minusonly 14 pts allowed on 63.0 possessions
Box Score
| PHX | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Gordon | 39:24 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10-15 | 67% | 7-11 | 64% | 0-0 | 0% | +11 |
| Devin Booker | 35:46 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9-19 | 47% | 1-6 | 17% | 1-1 | 100% | +13 |
| Udoka Azubuike | 18:55 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5-7 | 71% | 0-0 | 0% | 1-3 | 33% | +15 |
| Bol Bol | 1:36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| Saben Lee | 12:14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-2 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | 5-5 | 100% | +3 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Nassir Little | 16:13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-6 | 50% | 0-3 | 0% | 1-1 | 100% | +2 |
| Chimezie Metu | 16:13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-1 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | +1 |
| Yuta Watanabe | 1:36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| Josh Okogie | 9:50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +5 |
| Kevin Durant | 41:05 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9-16 | 56% | 3-7 | 43% | 6-8 | 75% | +17 |
| Grayson Allen | 33:05 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5-7 | 71% | 2-4 | 50% | 4-4 | 100% | +15 |
| Jusuf Nurkić | 14:04 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3-6 | 50% | 1-1 | 100% | 1-2 | 50% | +2 |
| TOTAL | — | 129 | 44 | 8 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 47-82 | 57% | 14-33 | 42% | 21-26 | 81% | — |
Jordan Goodwin —
Keita Bates-Diop —
Drew Eubanks —
| HOU | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tari Eason | 25:26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-6 | 33% | 1-4 | 25% | 1-2 | 50% | -20 |
| Jeff Green | 7:26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1-3 | 33% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -9 |
| Jock Landale | 12:00 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-4 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | 1-2 | 50% | +4 |
| Amen Thompson | 17:05 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-6 | 17% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +2 |
| Aaron Holiday | 24:09 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4-13 | 31% | 3-8 | 38% | 2-2 | 100% | -3 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 22:12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-5 | 40% | 1-3 | 33% | 4-4 | 100% | -11 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 23:57 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-3 | 100% | 1-1 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | -4 |
| Fred VanVleet | 29:08 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4-11 | 36% | 1-3 | 33% | 1-2 | 50% | -14 |
| Jalen Green | 25:38 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8-20 | 40% | 6-12 | 50% | 1-2 | 50% | -17 |
| Reggie Bullock Jr. | 6:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +2 |
| Alperen Sengun | 28:34 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9-18 | 50% | 1-4 | 25% | 5-6 | 83% | -11 |
| Cam Whitmore | 17:50 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4-7 | 57% | 3-4 | 75% | 1-2 | 50% | +1 |
| TOTAL | — | 113 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 40-96 | 42% | 17-41 | 41% | 16-22 | 73% | — |
Boban Marjanovic —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
PHX47/82 (57%)
Paint
25/37 (68%)
Mid
10/15 (67%)
3PT
14/33 (42%)
RA 72%ATB3 42%Paint 50%Corner 3 43%Mid 83%
HOU40/96 (42%)
Paint
17/41 (41%)
Mid
8/20 (40%)
3PT
17/41 (41%)
ATB3 41%RA 52%Paint 26%Mid 44%Corner 3 50%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Fred VanVleet
defended Grayson Allen
6.2 min • 5 pts • 40%
Best Defender
Jabari Smith Jr.
held Eric Gordon
4.5 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Alperen Sengun
vs Jusuf Nurkić
4.6 min • 9 pts • 50%
| HOU Defense | Chimezie Metu | Devin Booker | Eric Gordon | Grayson Allen | Josh Okogie | Jusuf Nurkić | Kevin Durant | Nassir Little | Saben Lee | Udoka Azubuike |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred VanVleet | — | 1.6m 0pts 0% | — | 6.2m 5pts 40% | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Alperen Sengun | — | — | — | — | — | 4.6m 9pts 50% | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | 4.3m 6pts 40% |
| Tari Eason | — | 1.3m 1pts 0% | 1.5m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 5.6m 3pts 33% | — | — | — |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | — | — | 4.5m 0pts 0% | 1.2m 3pts 50% | — | — | 1.9m 0pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Jae'Sean Tate | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | 2.4m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 4.1m 2pts 100% | — | — | — |
| Jalen Green | — | 5.7m 11pts 44% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aaron Holiday | — | — | — | 2.3m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | 2.9m 0pts 0% | — |
| Cam Whitmore | — | — | 1.7m 3pts 100% | — | — | — | — | 3.2m 3pts 100% | — | — |
| Amen Thompson | — | — | 2.9m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jock Landale | 2.3m 2pts 100% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jeff Green | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% |
| Other | 3.9m 15pts 58% | 4.6m 3pts 25% | 2.9m 4pts 17% | 3.8m 11pts 80% | — | 1.3m 8pts 50% | 3.2m 3pts 25% | 3.4m 2pts 0% | 2.4m 6pts 50% | 2.5m 11pts 31% |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = HOU leads, negative = PHX leads
HOU Largest Lead
4
Q1 1:27
PHX Largest Lead
21
Q4 10:39
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
PHX 8-0 run
Q1 6:21 – Q1 7:58
-1 → -8
HOU 10-0 run
Q1 10:59 – Q1 5:29
-10 → -2
PHX 8-0 run
Q1 12:00 – Q2 0:53
-6 → -10
PHX 8-0 run
Q4 9:15 – Q4 10:39
-15 → -21