Phoenix Suns 97, Houston Rockets 111 — Recap

December 13, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 97, Houston Rockets 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 20-27 HOU; Q2 PHX 15-27 HOU; Q3 PHX 32-30 HOU; Q4 PHX 30-27 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Green (HOU) 26 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Kevin Porter Jr. (HOU) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-16 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 4-of-24 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-17 shooting; Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 14 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 4-of-5 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Jalen Green

26 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 7-17 FG

Scoring · HOU

Kevin Porter Jr.

18 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 6-16 FG

Scoring · PHX

Mikal Bridges

18 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 4-24 FG

Season highs

Torrey Craig · Season-high 12 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	20	15	32	30		97
HOU	27	27	30	27		111

🧮 How They Scored

PHXHOU

30Points in the paint40

21Fast-break points21

14Second-chance points20

26Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

38.3%Effective FG%49.4%

7.5%Turnover %18.7%

26.5%Offensive rebound %39.5%

0.184Free-throw rate0.420

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	38	18	3	3	2	0	1	4-24	2-10	8-8	-14
Chris Paul G	38	16	6	7	2	1	4	5-17	2-10	4-4	-10
Landry Shamet G	32	13	4	3	2	0	0	5-13	3-11	0-0	-7
Torrey Craig F	29	7	12	2	3	0	0	2-9	1-5	2-2	-11
Bismack Biyombo C	22	7	6	2	0	3	1	3-3	0-0	1-2	-4
Damion Lee G	22	5	2	1	2	0	0	2-9	1-5	0-0	-7
Josh Okogie G	20	10	6	3	1	2	1	4-8	1-3	1-1	0
Deandre Ayton C	15	5	3	0	0	0	1	2-10	0-1	1-1	-17
Jock Landale C	12	7	1	0	0	1	0	3-5	0-1	1-1	+7
Cameron Payne G	8	9	0	1	1	0	1	3-4	3-4	0-0	-2
Ish Wainright F	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Green G	37	26	7	4	0	0	2	7-17	1-7	11-12	+18
Kevin Porter Jr. G	33	18	5	4	2	0	4	6-16	2-8	4-5	+22
Jabari Smith Jr. F	29	14	8	0	0	1	2	4-5	3-3	3-4	+13
Alperen Sengun F-C	29	10	16	2	0	1	3	4-10	0-0	2-2	-3
Eric Gordon G	23	10	3	1	0	2	3	3-10	2-6	2-2	+6
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	20	7	4	0	0	0	1	3-5	1-1	0-0	-1
Tari Eason F	19	10	7	0	1	2	3	3-8	0-3	4-4	+1
Garrison Mathews G	17	8	4	1	0	0	0	2-5	1-4	3-3	+5
Daishen Nix F	15	8	4	1	1	0	4	2-3	2-3	2-2	-8
Usman Garuba F	10	0	5	1	2	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Bruno Fernando F	9	0	4	2	0	2	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	+17

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Mikal Bridges	Bench	38	18	32.7	28.9	-16.7	1.1
Chris Paul	Bench	38	16	42.6	23.7	-12.5	9.6
Landry Shamet	Bench	32	13	50.0	16.3	-11.2	7.7
Josh Okogie	Bench	20	10	59.2	17.3	+2.3	15.6
Cameron Payne	Bench	8	9	112.5	26.3	-7.0	36.4
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	22	7	90.2	9.3	+1.3	14.8
Jock Landale	Bench	12	7	64.3	17.2	+25.9	9.3
Torrey Craig	Bench	29	7	35.4	13.2	-18.6	12.4
Deandre Ayton	Bench	15	5	23.9	28.9	-56.9	-9.7
Damion Lee	Bench	22	5	27.8	15.8	-12.0	1.3
Dario Saric	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Wainright	Bench	4	0	0.0	11.1	-52.8	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	37	26	58.3	26.1	+20.9	15.7
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	33	18	49.5	27.5	+31.5	8.7
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	29	14	103.6	12.9	+20.4	12.9
Eric Gordon	Bench	23	10	46.0	26.4	+12.5	2.8
Alperen Sengun	Bench	29	10	46.0	20.0	-7.8	17.8
Tari Eason	Bench	19	10	51.2	23.5	+2.4	11.9
Garrison Mathews	Bench	17	8	63.3	13.3	+11.3	21.3
Daishen Nix	Bench	15	8	103.1	19.0	-22.9	17.0
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	20	7	70.0	11.1	+2.1	7.1
TyTy Washington Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bruno Fernando	Bench	9	0	0.0	7.7	+89.5	5.6
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
Usman Garuba	Bench	10	0	0.0	0.0	+5.5	14.6
Trevor Hudgins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0