Phoenix Suns 109, Houston Rockets 103 — Recap

January 20, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 109, Houston Rockets 103. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 30-23 HOU; Q2 PHX 33-28 HOU; Q3 PHX 26-31 HOU; Q4 PHX 20-21 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Deandre Ayton (PHX) 26 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists on 11-of-15 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Victor Oladipo (HOU) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-22 shooting; Eric Gordon (HOU) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 20 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Deandre Ayton

26 PTS, 17 REB, 3 AST · 11-15 FG

Scoring · PHX

Devin Booker

24 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · HOU

Victor Oladipo

22 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 7-22 FG

Season highs

Deandre Ayton · Season-high 26 pointsEric Gordon · Season-high 22 pointsDeandre Ayton · Season-high 17 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
PHX	30	33	26	20		109
HOU	23	28	31	21		103

🧮 How They Scored

PHXHOU

56Points in the paint52

6Fast-break points14

15Second-chance points12

16Points off turnovers23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.7%Effective FG%47.7%

14.9%Turnover %14.1%

20.0%Offensive rebound %15.9%

0.213Free-throw rate0.250

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Deandre Ayton C	36	26	17	3	0	5	2	11-15	0-0	4-4	-5
Devin Booker G	35	24	5	2	0	1	6	10-18	1-4	3-4	+8
Mikal Bridges F	34	8	5	5	1	1	3	3-7	1-3	1-1	-5
Chris Paul G	31	13	4	4	1	1	4	4-9	1-3	4-4	+4
Cameron Johnson F	28	8	3	3	2	1	2	3-9	2-7	0-0	+9
Jae Crowder F	26	11	5	1	2	0	0	4-13	2-10	1-2	+3
Cameron Payne G	18	10	2	5	0	1	0	3-7	1-3	3-3	+1
Abdel Nader F	12	5	2	1	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	1-1	+2
Frank Kaminsky F-C	12	4	2	1	0	1	0	2-6	0-2	0-0	+11
Jevon Carter G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+2

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jae'Sean Tate F	37	9	6	0	0	0	2	3-5	1-3	2-2	+5
Eric Gordon G	34	22	2	2	0	0	1	9-20	3-7	1-2	-4
Christian Wood F	34	20	11	2	2	2	2	8-18	2-6	2-3	+3
Victor Oladipo G	31	22	5	6	3	1	2	7-22	1-5	7-7	+4
David Nwaba G	22	9	6	2	1	1	0	2-5	0-1	5-5	+8
Sterling Brown G	21	4	1	2	2	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	+8
PJ Tucker F	21	2	0	0	1	0	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	-23
DeMarcus Cousins C	14	3	6	3	0	1	2	1-4	0-2	1-2	-9
Ben McLemore G	13	4	2	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-4	1-1	-7
Mason Jones G	12	8	0	0	2	0	3	3-5	2-3	0-0	-15

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Deandre Ayton	Bench	36	26	77.6	21.1	-8.6	28.0
Devin Booker	Bench	35	24	60.7	30.6	+6.4	8.9
Chris Paul	Bench	31	13	60.4	19.0	+1.8	11.1
Jae Crowder	Bench	26	11	39.6	22.2	+5.2	8.4
Cameron Payne	Bench	18	10	60.1	19.0	+8.3	15.0
Mikal Bridges	Bench	34	8	53.8	12.2	-6.7	8.3
Cameron Johnson	Bench	28	8	44.4	15.5	+11.5	6.8
Abdel Nader	Bench	12	5	72.7	10.3	+10.7	14.1
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	12	4	33.3	20.7	+37.2	-2.0
Jevon Carter	Bench	8	0	0.0	10.0	+4.6	-5.1

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Eric Gordon	Bench	34	22	52.7	27.2	-2.7	9.9
Victor Oladipo	Bench	31	22	43.9	35.5	+5.7	13.0
Christian Wood	Bench	34	20	51.8	26.9	+5.6	17.1
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	37	9	76.5	9.2	+7.4	4.4
David Nwaba	Bench	22	9	62.5	13.0	+16.7	16.3
Mason Jones	Bench	12	8	80.0	28.6	-53.0	10.1
Sterling Brown	Bench	21	4	66.7	8.3	+15.6	7.4
Ben McLemore	Bench	13	4	45.0	16.1	-21.7	2.4
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	14	3	30.7	18.9	-26.5	6.5
PJ Tucker	Bench	21	2	50.0	7.4	-43.6	-4.0