Houston Rockets 121, Phoenix Suns 124 — Recap

February 16, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 121, Phoenix Suns 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 32-27 PHX; Q2 HOU 35-32 PHX; Q3 HOU 28-30 PHX; Q4 HOU 26-35 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-22 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 23 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists on 9-of-15 shooting; Dennis Schroder (HOU) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Jae'Sean Tate (HOU) 22 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-9 shooting; Eric Gordon (HOU) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-24 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

24 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 7-22 FG

Scoring · PHX

Deandre Ayton

23 PTS, 9 REB, 0 AST · 9-15 FG

Scoring · HOU

Dennis Schroder

23 PTS, 6 REB, 9 AST, 2 3PM · 7-16 FG

Season highs

Alperen Sengun · Season-high 14 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
HOU	32	35	28	26		121
PHX	27	32	30	35		124

🧮 How They Scored

HOUPHX

50Points in the paint62

4Fast-break points11

16Second-chance points8

10Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%55.2%

12.8%Turnover %9.7%

27.1%Offensive rebound %16.3%

0.289Free-throw rate0.419

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dennis Schroder G	39	23	6	9	1	1	6	7-16	2-7	7-8	+5
Eric Gordon G	38	20	2	2	0	1	2	8-24	3-14	1-2	-4
Jalen Green G	35	17	2	1	0	1	1	5-12	3-7	4-5	+11
Jae'Sean Tate F	28	22	10	1	0	0	3	7-9	0-1	8-8	+9
Alperen Sengun F-C	28	19	14	3	2	1	1	7-11	3-4	2-2	+11
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	24	11	6	2	0	0	1	5-10	0-1	1-1	-15
Garrison Mathews G	21	6	0	1	1	0	2	2-6	2-6	0-0	-14
David Nwaba G	16	1	2	2	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	1-2	-11
Josh Christopher G	11	2	7	2	0	1	0	1-8	0-3	0-0	-7

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	43	24	3	8	3	2	3	7-22	1-5	9-9	-1
Mikal Bridges F	40	17	7	0	0	0	1	6-10	0-3	5-8	+2
Cameron Johnson F	31	14	5	4	1	0	0	5-11	3-6	1-2	+16
Deandre Ayton C	27	23	9	0	0	1	2	9-15	0-0	5-6	-10
Torrey Craig F	23	9	4	0	0	2	0	4-6	1-3	0-1	+6
Jae Crowder F	22	8	4	2	3	0	0	2-6	1-3	3-4	-10
Aaron Holiday G	20	9	3	6	1	0	2	4-7	1-2	0-0	+11
Chris Paul G	19	11	0	6	2	0	3	3-5	0-2	5-5	+1
JaVale McGee C	11	9	6	0	0	2	0	4-4	0-0	1-1	+4
Elfrid Payton G	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Dennis Schroder	Bench	39	23	58.9	25.5	+4.5	11.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	28	22	87.9	22.2	+16.1	17.6
Eric Gordon	Bench	38	20	40.2	25.5	-7.2	1.5
Alperen Sengun	Bench	28	19	80.0	16.7	+13.4	23.4
Jalen Green	Bench	35	17	59.9	16.9	+15.5	4.2
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	24	11	52.7	17.7	-30.0	10.7
Garrison Mathews	Bench	21	6	50.0	14.3	-24.3	-1.8
Josh Christopher	Bench	11	2	12.5	22.2	-30.5	4.7
David Nwaba	Bench	16	1	26.6	4.8	-35.3	2.1

Phoenix SunsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	43	24	46.2	27.9	-2.2	9.8
Deandre Ayton	Bench	27	23	65.2	29.4	-18.4	16.2
Mikal Bridges	Bench	40	17	62.9	15.3	+2.2	8.1
Cameron Johnson	Bench	31	14	58.9	16.0	+18.1	11.3
Chris Paul	Bench	19	11	76.4	20.8	-0.3	15.2
Aaron Holiday	Bench	20	9	64.3	20.0	+26.2	13.5
JaVale McGee	Bench	11	9	101.4	17.4	+22.1	27.5
Torrey Craig	Bench	23	9	69.9	10.7	+9.4	5.9
Jae Crowder	Bench	22	8	51.5	13.8	-16.4	7.1
Elfrid Payton	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-57.1	9.5