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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 23 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 99 |
 Suns | 35 | 12 | 29 | 26 | 102 |
HOUTeam statsPHX| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 36-9438.3% | 10-3528.6% | 17-1989.5% | 46 | 16 | 14 |
| PHX | 41-8548.2% | 12-3435.3% | 8-1172.7% | 44 | 29 | 15 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Phoenix Suns102| 39 | 24 | 10-24 | 2-9 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −4.4 | ||||||
| 37 | 11 | 4-10 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −5.9 | ||||||
| 34 | 16 | 7-14 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −3.1 | ||||||
| 31 | 13 | 5-12 | 1-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +4 | +4.3 | ||||||
| 23 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 8 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +25 | +5.9 | ||||||
| 20 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +1.3 | |||
| 18 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-3 | +11 | +3.3 | |||||||
| 14 | 11 | 4-7 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +2.9 | ||||
| Team | 102 | 41-8548.2% | 12-3435.3% | 44 | 29 | 15 | 18 | 8-1172.7% | 9 | 8 | 3 | |||
Bench 34 points on 13 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Rasheer Fleming, Koa Peat, Duop Reath, Pat Spencer and Jamaree Bouyea (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets99| 39 | 17 | 7-15 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | +1 | +1.7 | ||||||
| 39 | 15 | 7-12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | +9 | +3.0 | ||||||||
| 38 | 21 | 5-14 | 1-7 | 0 | 10-11 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −0.1 | |||||
| 32 | 15 | 5-16 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 0 | −16 | −4.3 | |||||||
| 31 | 16 | 6-12 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −1.1 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 2 | 1-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +7 | −8.0 | ||||||||
| 20 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −8.0 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −4.0 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +0.4 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.1 | ||
| Team | 99 | 36-9438.3% | 10-3528.6% | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17-1989.5% | 15 | 7 | 8 | |||
Bench 15 points on 6 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Bruce Thornton, Steven Adams, Clint Capela, Isaiah Crawford and Jae'Sean Tate (coach’s decision).
Suns102Rockets99ClickTap 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 Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets 102-99.
Devin Booker’s 11-foot pull-up jumper put the Suns ahead for good with 3:48 left in the fourth quarter.
The Rockets had the ball down 3, but Kevin Durant missed a pull-up 3-pointer with 10.6 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Suns outscored the Rockets 9-4. Booker scored all 9 of the Suns’ points on 4 for 7 shooting. Booker went 4 for 7 on pull-up jumpers. He has taken 2,444 pull-up jumpers since 2016-17, the second-most in the NBA, and made 50.6% of them (the league: 44.9%).
Booker had 24 points and 3 steals, and Miles Bridges added 13 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.
For the Rockets, Durant had 21 points (13 in the third quarter, on a 3-pointer, a dunk, a jumper and 6 free throws) and 10 rebounds but went 1 for 7 from 3.
The Suns shot 48.2% from the field and 35.3% from 3 to the Rockets’ 38.3% and 28.6%. The Rockets took 10 of their 94 shots in the paint away from the rim (11%), the lowest share of their season. They had averaged 20%. The Rockets outscored the Suns 15-2 in 6 minutes with Durant, VanVleet, Smith, Eason and Thompson on the floor together.
Phoenix SunsHouston RocketsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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.
94 points from the field on 85 shots: 2.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-24 | 62.5% | 67% |
| In the paint | 7-13 | 53.8% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 7-14 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-6 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-28 | 32.1% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amen Thompson | 30 | 2 | 1-5 | −8 |
| Fred VanVleet | 12 | 6 | 3-6 | +2 |
| Marcus Smart | 9 | 9 | 3-3 | +6 |
| Kevin Durant | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 4 | 2-8 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred VanVleet | 24 | 7 | 3-5 | +2 |
| Amen Thompson | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Kevin Durant | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Alperen Sengun | 5 | 3 | 1-4 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 15 | 3 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Alperen Sengun | 7 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Marcus Smart | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Kevin Durant | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 6 | 2-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 43 possessions. He usually scores about 12 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.
Score margin over time — positive = PHX leads, negative = HOU leads
PHX Largest Lead
19
Q2 8:38
HOU Largest Lead
6
Q3 7:25
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
PHX 11-0 run
Q1 0:33 – Q2 9:44
+7 → +18
HOU 9-0 run
Q2 6:54 – Q2 5:39
+18 → +9
HOU 11-0 run
Q2 4:52 – Q2 0:57
+11 → 0
