Phoenix Suns 129, Houston Rockets 112 — Recap

March 16, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 129, Houston Rockets 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 35-31 HOU; Q2 PHX 24-27 HOU; Q3 PHX 36-24 HOU; Q4 PHX 34-30 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 36 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 15-of-24 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 23 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists on 10-of-19 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Torrey Craig (PHX) 21 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

36 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 15-24 FG

Scoring · PHX

Mikal Bridges

26 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · PHX

Deandre Ayton

23 PTS, 11 REB, 0 AST · 10-19 FG

Season highs

Torrey Craig · 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
PHX	35	24	36	34		129
HOU	31	27	24	30		112

🧮 How They Scored

PHXHOU

64Points in the paint40

28Fast-break points10

20Second-chance points13

19Points off turnovers23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.6%Effective FG%58.8%

9.8%Turnover %10.5%

35.1%Offensive rebound %20.0%

0.137Free-throw rate0.224

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	43	26	3	5	3	0	1	10-17	3-6	3-4	+23
Devin Booker G	36	36	4	4	0	1	3	15-24	5-12	1-1	+12
Torrey Craig F	34	21	14	3	0	2	1	8-8	3-3	2-2	+27
Cameron Payne G	32	6	7	11	1	0	2	3-10	0-5	0-0	+23
Deandre Ayton C	31	23	11	0	0	1	0	10-19	0-0	3-4	+23
JaVale McGee C	16	8	5	0	0	0	0	4-6	0-0	0-0	-8
Landry Shamet G	16	7	1	2	0	0	1	2-4	2-4	1-2	-3
Aaron Holiday G	16	0	2	6	1	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Ish Wainright F	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-3	0-3	0-0	-3
Bismack Biyombo C	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-5
Elfrid Payton G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Green G	36	22	2	3	1	0	4	9-15	4-6	0-0	-16
Kevin Porter Jr. G	36	21	4	8	2	2	3	7-15	5-10	2-2	-16
Dennis Schroder G	28	17	3	6	0	0	1	7-13	3-7	0-0	-8
Christian Wood F	27	18	9	1	0	0	3	5-12	2-7	6-9	-18
Alperen Sengun F-C	26	5	3	3	3	0	0	2-5	0-0	1-2	-6
Jae'Sean Tate F	24	10	4	2	0	1	0	4-6	0-0	2-3	-11
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	19	11	4	1	1	0	0	5-6	1-1	0-1	+1
Josh Christopher G	18	4	0	1	0	0	0	2-6	0-3	0-0	+7
Garrison Mathews G	14	3	2	1	2	0	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	-17
Daishen Nix F	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	1-2	-1

🔬 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	73.6	30.3	+18.8	16.0
Mikal Bridges	Bench	43	26	69.3	19.4	+27.7	12.4
Deandre Ayton	Bench	31	23	55.4	27.6	+36.4	11.6
Torrey Craig	Bench	34	21	118.2	11.1	+37.1	19.4
JaVale McGee	Bench	16	8	66.7	17.1	-18.6	12.9
Landry Shamet	Bench	16	7	71.7	18.2	-6.2	3.8
Cameron Payne	Bench	32	6	30.0	15.8	+34.3	7.9
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	6	2	33.3	30.8	-41.7	0.0
Aaron Holiday	Bench	16	0	0.0	5.3	-11.0	6.2
Elfrid Payton	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+50.0	0.0
Ish Wainright	Bench	9	0	0.0	17.4	-16.7	-6.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	36	22	73.3	22.6	-22.2	8.5
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	36	21	66.1	22.6	-22.2	12.0
Christian Wood	Bench	27	18	56.4	29.2	-30.0	9.0
Dennis Schroder	Bench	28	17	65.4	24.1	-15.4	12.1
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	19	11	85.4	15.0	-0.9	18.2
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	24	10	68.3	11.9	-18.2	9.8
Alperen Sengun	Bench	26	5	42.5	11.3	-15.5	4.3
Josh Christopher	Bench	18	4	33.3	15.8	+21.2	1.3
Garrison Mathews	Bench	14	3	37.5	10.5	-53.1	6.4
Daishen Nix	Bench	12	1	12.9	16.0	-12.4	-6.9