Houston Rockets 122, Phoenix Suns 121 — Recap

December 2, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 122, Phoenix Suns 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 27-36 PHX; Q2 HOU 30-28 PHX; Q3 HOU 29-32 PHX; Q4 HOU 36-25 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 41 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 15-of-25 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 30 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-24 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Cameron Payne (PHX) 20 points, 1 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

41 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 15-25 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jalen Green

30 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 8-24 FG

Scoring · PHX

Mikal Bridges

22 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 8-16 FG

Season highs

Cameron Payne · Season-high 12 assists

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	27	30	29	36		122
PHX	36	28	32	25		121

🧮 How They Scored

HOUPHX

62Points in the paint40

20Fast-break points18

21Second-chance points9

14Points off turnovers19

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.3%Effective FG%62.9%

13.8%Turnover %15.4%

31.7%Offensive rebound %24.3%

0.531Free-throw rate0.224

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Green G	37	30	3	2	3	0	5	8-24	2-7	12-16	-8
Kevin Porter Jr. G	33	15	6	7	0	0	6	3-8	1-4	8-9	-2
Jabari Smith Jr. F	30	17	6	0	1	1	0	7-12	3-5	0-0	-5
Eric Gordon G	28	10	0	1	1	0	1	2-7	1-6	5-6	-8
Alperen Sengun F-C	24	13	4	2	2	1	2	5-7	0-0	3-5	-19
Tari Eason F	18	9	5	0	0	0	1	4-8	0-0	1-1	+6
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	18	7	2	0	0	0	1	2-4	0-1	3-3	+3
Daishen Nix F	16	3	5	5	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	1-1	+4
Bruno Fernando F	14	14	7	1	1	0	0	7-8	0-0	0-0	+15
Garrison Mathews G	12	3	2	0	1	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+14
Usman Garuba F	11	1	1	1	2	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	+5

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	37	22	8	2	1	0	3	8-16	3-7	3-3	+4
Cameron Payne G	37	20	1	12	4	0	4	8-12	4-7	0-2	+6
Devin Booker G	34	41	4	8	0	0	3	15-25	4-6	7-10	+8
Deandre Ayton C	30	8	6	2	1	1	5	4-7	0-0	0-0	+3
Damion Lee G	25	10	5	1	1	0	0	4-9	2-5	0-0	-17
Dario Saric F	21	3	4	2	0	2	1	1-5	1-4	0-0	+10
Ish Wainright F	19	8	1	1	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	2-2	-8
Landry Shamet G	19	5	1	1	1	0	1	1-5	1-4	2-2	-7
Bismack Biyombo C	11	4	4	1	1	1	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	0
Jock Landale C	7	0	3	0	0	1	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
Jalen Green	Bench	37	30	48.3	39.8	-10.3	6.3
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	30	17	70.8	16.2	-11.6	14.1
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	33	15	62.7	22.0	-4.8	8.4
Bruno Fernando	Bench	14	14	87.5	25.8	+55.6	32.1
Alperen Sengun	Bench	24	13	70.7	18.3	-39.3	10.3
Eric Gordon	Bench	28	10	51.9	15.9	-11.6	3.2
Tari Eason	Bench	18	9	53.3	20.5	+19.4	5.3
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	18	7	65.8	13.3	+11.4	5.5
Garrison Mathews	Bench	12	3	150.0	3.6	+52.7	6.3
Daishen Nix	Bench	16	3	61.5	5.1	+12.1	19.0
Usman Garuba	Bench	11	1	56.8	3.7	+22.7	9.8
Boban Marjanovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Christopher	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	34	41	69.7	41.0	+11.8	23.9
Mikal Bridges	Bench	37	22	63.5	23.8	+3.6	9.8
Cameron Payne	Bench	37	20	77.6	20.7	+11.2	15.5
Damion Lee	Bench	25	10	55.6	14.1	-35.4	11.9
Deandre Ayton	Bench	30	8	57.1	17.9	+3.0	4.3
Ish Wainright	Bench	19	8	82.0	10.2	-18.6	6.0
Landry Shamet	Bench	19	5	42.5	14.9	-17.1	-2.1
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	11	4	100.0	6.9	0.0	13.7
Dario Saric	Bench	21	3	30.0	13.0	+20.2	1.9
Josh Okogie	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jock Landale	Bench	7	0	0.0	0.0	-19.2	2.1
Duane Washington Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0