National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Phoenix 129,
Houston 113
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #86 Brandon Schwab, #38 Michael Smith, #27 Mitchell Ervin
Attendance: 18055
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #86 Brandon Schwab, #38 Michael Smith, #27 Mitchell Ervin
Attendance: 18055
Final Scoring Summary
Phoenix Suns
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Devin Booker - G | 35:47 | 9-19 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| Grayson Allen - G | 33:04 | 5-7 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Kevin Durant - F | 41:05 | 9-16 | 3-7 | 6-8 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| Eric Gordon - F | 39:24 | 10-15 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| Jusuf Nurkic - C | 14:04 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Udoka Azubuike | 18:56 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Chimezie Metu | 16:13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Nassir Little | 16:12 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Saben Lee | 12:13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Josh Okogie | 9:50 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuta Watanabe | 1:36 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bol Bol | 1:36 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Keita Bates-Diop | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Drew Eubanks | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jordan Goodwin | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 47-82 | 14-33 | 21-26 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 129 | |
| 57.3% | 42.4% | 80.8% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 19 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Fred VanVleet - G | 29:08 | 4-11 | 1-3 | 1-2 | -14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Jalen Green - G | 25:38 | 8-20 | 6-12 | 1-2 | -17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Jae'Sean Tate - F | 23:57 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. - F | 22:12 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 4-4 | -11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Alperen Sengun - C | 28:34 | 9-18 | 1-4 | 5-6 | -11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Tari Eason | 25:26 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 1-2 | -20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Aaron Holiday | 24:09 | 4-13 | 3-8 | 2-2 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Cam Whitmore | 17:50 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Amen Thompson | 17:05 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jock Landale | 12:00 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jeff Green | 7:26 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Reggie Bullock Jr. | 6:35 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boban Marjanovic | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 40-96 | 17-41 | 16-22 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 113 | |
| 41.7% | 41.5% | 72.7% | Team Rebs: 15 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| PHO | None |
| HOU | None |
Team Statistics
| Phoenix | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 10 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| Points in the Paint | 50 | Points in the Paint | 34 |
| Biggest Lead | 21 | Biggest Lead | 4 |