Rockets (118) vs Suns (109) · Mar 2, 2024 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Mar 2, 2024

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	38	16	35	29	118
PHX	19	25	35	30	109

Game Recap

Houston defeats Phoenix, 118-109. For Houston, Jalen Green led the way with 34 points (six 3PM), nine rebounds, and four assists aided by Fred VanVleet (24 (six 3PM) points, 11 assists), and Alperen Sengun (21 points, 10 rebounds, two steals) in the victory. Kevin Durant led the way with 30 points and nine rebounds while Devin Booker tallied 24 points and five assists for Phoenix in the losing effort. Houston wins and improves to 26-34, while Phoenix moves to 35-25 in the loss.

Player Stats

ROCKETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
9Dillon BrooksSF	33	4-10	2-6	1-2	6	3	2	1	0	2	+21	11
10Jabari Smith Jr.PF	36	5-11	2-7	2-4	5	1	1	1	0	1	+6	14
28Alperen SengunC	32	9-21	0-2	3-4	10	2	2	1	3	4	+16	21
4Jalen GreenSG	37	12-23	6-12	4-4	9	4	2	0	3	2	+17	34
5Fred VanVleetPG	41	8-15	6-11	2-3	5	11	1	0	2	3	+14	24
1Amen Thompson	20	3-5	0-0	3-3	5	3	4	0	0	2	-3	9
2Jock Landale	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0
0Aaron Holiday	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	3	-5	0
7Cam Whitmore	10	1-6	0-2	2-4	4	1	1	0	3	3	-9	4
32Jeff Green	10	0-3	0-2	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	-11	1
25Reggie Bullock Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
51Boban Marjanovic	— did not play —												— did not play —
8Jae'Sean Tate	— did not play —												— did not play —
19Nate Williams	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	42-9643.8%	16-4238.1%	18-2669.2%	49	27	13	3	12	22	-	118

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8Grayson AllenSF	37	0-7	0-6	2-2	2	3	2	0	3	2	-19	2
35Kevin DurantPF	39	12-19	1-4	5-8	9	2	0	3	6	1	-5	30
20Jusuf NurkicC	17	3-5	0-0	1-2	10	5	1	1	1	1	+1	7
3Bradley BealSG	20	3-6	1-1	0-0	2	2	0	0	2	0	-16	7
1Devin BookerPG	38	7-17	2-4	8-8	2	5	1	0	5	5	-17	24
00Royce O'Neale	27	7-13	4-8	2-2	10	2	1	1	0	2	+4	20
11Bol Bol	10	2-8	1-5	0-0	5	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
14Drew Eubanks	14	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	2	-10	2
38Saben Lee	6	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	1	0	0	0	1	-1	1
2Josh Okogie	16	2-3	0-1	3-3	3	2	1	0	1	1	+14	7
30Thaddeus Young	9	2-3	0-0	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	+4	4
9Theo Maledon	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21David Roddy	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

TOTAL	-	39-8545.9%	9-2931.0%	22-2975.9%	47	23	6	6	19	17	-	109

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterhouphx

(11:57) Jump Ball Nurkic vs. Sengun: Tip to Ja. Green
+2 (11:55) Ja. Green Driving Reverse Layup (2 PTS)
20
(11:34) MISS Booker 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(11:33) Rockets Rebound
(11:10) MISS Ja. Green 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:07) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:59) Beal 1' Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Nurkic 1 AST)
22
(10:47) MISS Sengun 16' Pullup Jump Shot
(10:44) Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:39) Booker Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:29) MISS Ja. Green 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(10:24) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (10:13) Booker 12' Turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS)
24
(10:02) Nurkic S.FOUL (P1.T1) (D.Guthrie)
+1 (10:02) Sengun Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
34
+1 (10:02) Sengun Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
44
(9:49) MISS Durant 15' Jump Shot
(9:45) Brooks REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:36) Sengun 8' Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Brooks 1 AST)
64
+2 (9:21) Durant 10' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
66
(9:11) Booker S.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Orr)
+1 (9:11) Ja. Green Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
76
+1 (9:11) Ja. Green Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
86
(8:58) Booker Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T2)
(8:58) VanVleet STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (8:54) Ja. Green 1' Running Layup (6 PTS)
106
(8:44) MISS Nurkic 9' Hook Shot
(8:42) Sengun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:40) Sengun Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(8:40) Allen STEAL (1 STL)
(8:35) MISS Allen 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:33) Sengun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (8:30) VanVleet 17' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
126
+2 (8:13) Booker 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS)
128
(8:04) MISS Sengun 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:01) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+3 (7:56) Booker 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Nurkic 2 AST)
1211
+3 (7:39) VanVleet 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1511
(7:38) SUNS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(7:25) MISS Allen 3PT Jump Shot
(7:20) Brooks REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:06) MISS VanVleet 20' Pullup Jump Shot
(7:02) Sengun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(6:59) Sengun Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T2)
(6:59) Nurkic STEAL (1 STL)
(6:47) Beal Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(6:47) Brooks STEAL (1 STL)
(6:44) MISS Ja. Green 5' Running Layup
(6:44) Durant BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:44) SUNS Rebound
(6:30) Durant Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T4)
(6:30) Brooks STEAL (2 STL)
+2 (6:27) Ja. Green 1' Running Dunk (8 PTS) (Brooks 2 AST)
1711
+2 (6:14) Nurkic 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Booker 1 AST)
1713
+2 (5:50) Sengun 16' Jump Shot (6 PTS) (VanVleet 1 AST)
1913
(5:41) MISS Booker 1' Driving Layup
(5:40) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+2 (5:39) Nurkic Tip Layup Shot (4 PTS)
1915
+3 (5:16) Ja. Green 28' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Sengun 1 AST)
2215
(5:00) MISS Allen 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:58) Brooks REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+3 (4:54) VanVleet 3PT Running Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Ja. Green 1 AST)
2515
(4:42) Brooks P.FOUL (P1.T1) (D.Guthrie)
(4:38) MISS O'Neale 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(4:35) Thompson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (4:21) Thompson Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Ja. Green 2 AST)
2715
(4:06) MISS O'Neale 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:02) Sengun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(3:55) MISS Brooks Driving Layup
(3:54) Thompson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (3:51) Sengun 12' Floating Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Thompson 1 AST)
2915
(3:49) SUNS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(3:34) MISS Bol 3PT Jump Shot
(3:30) VanVleet REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:21) MISS Landale 2' Hook Shot
(3:20) Rockets Rebound
+3 (3:18) VanVleet 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Thompson 2 AST)
3215
(3:07) Eubanks OFF.Foul (P1) (D.Guthrie)
(3:07) Eubanks Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T5)
(2:51) MISS Ja. Green 23' Step Back Jump Shot
(2:49) O'Neale REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:30) MISS O'Neale 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(2:27) O'Neale REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(2:26) MISS O'Neale 1' Putback Layup
(2:25) Landale REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:17) Thompson 1' Cutting Layup Shot (4 PTS) (Landale 1 AST)
3415
(2:17) Bol S.FOUL (P1.T3) (J.Schroeder)
+1 (2:17) Thompson Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
3515
(2:06) MISS Eubanks 11' Hook Shot
(2:04) Whitmore REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:55) MISS Holiday 10' Step Back Jump Shot
(1:51) Whitmore REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(1:46) MISS Whitmore Driving Layup
(1:46) Bol BLOCK (1 BLK)
(1:43) Booker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:36) Bol 7' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS) (Eubanks 1 AST)
3517
(1:16) MISS Smith Jr. 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(1:13) Bol REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:04) Booker 11' Pullup Jump Shot (9 PTS)
3519
(0:51) Lee S.FOUL (P1.T4) (J.Schroeder)
(0:51) MISS Whitmore Free Throw 1 of 2
(0:51) Rockets Rebound
+1 (0:51) Whitmore Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
3619
(0:34) MISS O'Neale 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:31) Bol REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:30) MISS Bol 9' Pullup Jump Shot
(0:26) Holiday REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (0:23) Whitmore 1' Running Finger Roll Layup (3 PTS) (Holiday 1 AST)
3819
(0:06) Thompson Personal Take Foul (P1.T2) (J.Orr)
(0:04) MISS Booker 22' Pullup Jump Shot
(0:01) Smith Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

HOU

PHX

118Points109

42-96(43.8%)Field Goal(%)39-85(45.9%)

16-42(38.1%)3-Point(%)9-29(31.0%)

18-26(69.2%)Free Throw(%)22-29(75.9%)

49(13)Rebounds(Offensive)47(9)

27Assists23

13Steals6

3Blocks6

12Turnovers19

22Fouls17

46Pts In The Paint44

28Fast Break Pts10

19Pts Off Turnovers11

14Bench Pts39

20Largest Lead2

Game Details

Saturday, March 2, 2024 · 9:00 PM

Footprint Center · Phoenix, AZ

attendance: 17,071 (100.0%)