Phoenix Suns 133, Houston Rockets 130 — Recap

April 5, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 133, Houston Rockets 130. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 34-34 HOU; Q2 PHX 36-26 HOU; Q3 PHX 31-32 HOU; Q4 PHX 32-38 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 36 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 27 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists on 10-of-14 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Kelly Olynyk (HOU) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-8 shooting; Kevin Porter Jr. (HOU) 20 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

36 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 6 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · PHX

Deandre Ayton

27 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST · 10-14 FG

Scoring · HOU

Christian Wood

23 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 3 3PM · 8-21 FG

Season highs

Devin Booker · Season-high 6 threes

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	34	36	31	32		133
HOU	34	26	32	38		130

🧮 How They Scored

PHXHOU

42Points in the paint50

26Fast-break points14

9Second-chance points6

21Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.6%Effective FG%65.2%

9.9%Turnover %16.1%

15.4%Offensive rebound %13.9%

0.360Free-throw rate0.418

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	36	36	6	6	1	0	2	11-20	6-8	8-9	+15
Chris Paul G	35	19	5	11	4	0	2	6-9	3-5	4-5	+3
Deandre Ayton C	33	27	11	1	0	2	2	10-14	0-0	7-8	+15
Mikal Bridges F	33	20	1	3	2	1	0	7-12	4-6	2-2	+13
Jae Crowder F	27	11	3	3	0	0	2	3-6	1-3	4-4	+6
Cameron Johnson F	21	12	4	0	1	0	1	4-9	3-7	1-1	-4
Torrey Craig F	15	2	3	0	1	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-13
Dario Saric F	14	1	2	2	1	0	0	0-6	0-3	1-2	-8
Cameron Payne G	13	2	0	3	1	0	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0
Jevon Carter G	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	-12

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Christian Wood F	33	23	3	0	0	0	1	8-21	3-7	4-5	-6
Avery Bradley G	33	6	4	3	0	1	1	2-4	2-4	0-0	+1
Jae'Sean Tate F	31	18	7	5	1	0	4	7-12	3-5	1-1	-10
Kevin Porter Jr. G	30	20	9	8	0	0	3	5-10	1-3	9-10	-2
Kelly Olynyk F	29	21	4	1	2	0	5	7-8	3-3	4-5	-16
Sterling Brown G	26	16	3	2	1	0	2	6-7	3-3	1-2	+10
D.J. Augustin G	23	11	1	6	0	0	0	3-5	1-2	4-4	-6
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	20	13	3	3	0	2	1	4-7	1-3	4-6	+11
D.J. Wilson F	15	2	4	0	2	0	1	1-5	0-3	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	36	36	75.1	30.6	+16.8	16.8
Deandre Ayton	Bench	33	27	77.1	25.6	+20.0	15.2
Mikal Bridges	Bench	33	20	77.6	16.9	+18.9	10.1
Chris Paul	Bench	35	19	84.8	15.3	+2.3	16.6
Cameron Johnson	Bench	21	12	63.6	19.2	-14.2	9.8
Jae Crowder	Bench	27	11	70.9	15.4	+9.5	6.4
Jevon Carter	Bench	12	3	37.5	13.8	-44.5	1.0
Torrey Craig	Bench	15	2	25.0	11.4	-31.2	-0.8
Cameron Payne	Bench	13	2	50.0	13.3	-4.6	3.4
Dario Saric	Bench	14	1	7.3	20.6	-23.7	-3.5

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Christian Wood	Bench	33	23	49.6	29.3	-8.0	4.6
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	29	21	102.9	21.1	-19.6	11.1
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	30	20	69.4	22.7	-6.9	14.3
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	31	18	72.3	22.2	-10.8	11.6
Sterling Brown	Bench	26	16	101.5	16.7	+19.8	13.1
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	20	13	67.4	25.6	+33.5	11.8
D.J. Augustin	Bench	23	11	81.4	14.3	-17.5	14.2
Avery Bradley	Bench	33	6	75.0	6.2	-0.4	2.2
D.J. Wilson	Bench	15	2	20.0	18.8	+2.7	3.3