Rockets
Houston
Western Conference
Southwest
38
41
79
1884
2172
33
14
42
74
42
57
28
17
61
21
5
26
12
26
13
18
24
115
4
107
61
57
2116
166
8
513
18
4
86
22
108
06
102
34
36
3921
6060
106
52
49
1720
1010
59
64
53
83
52
01
53
33
104
42
63
3025
6060
10
6
60
21
16
76
5
1
20
8
2
10
0
10
3
3
39
60
7
1
14
16
6
38
13
8
62
6
2
8
6
2
4
6
21
60
10
5
50
17
10
59
6
5
83
5
0
5
3
10
4
6
30
60
6
2
33
20
10
50
4
3
75
2
1
3
3
4
2
3
25
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
James
Harden
James Harden
True
43
10
14
71
5
6
83
5
7
71
0
2
2
7
2
0
3
3
30
-4
none
Trevor
Ariza
Trevor Ariza
True
38
8
11
73
5
8
62
1
2
50
0
2
2
3
4
3
2
4
22
-8
none
Dwight
Howard
Dwight Howard
True
29
4
7
57
0
1
0
2
2
100
1
6
7
0
0
4
0
1
10
-5
none
Patrick
Beverley
Patrick Beverley
True
29
3
9
33
2
8
25
1
2
50
1
2
3
9
2
0
3
3
9
-9
none
Donatas
Motiejūnas
Donatas Motiejūnas
True
12
2
3
67
0
1
0
2
2
100
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
2
6
8
none
Jason
Terry
Jason Terry
False
23
4
9
44
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
0
1
1
4
8
-14
none
Clint
Capela
Clint Capela
False
18
3
3
100
0
0
0
1
4
25
1
1
2
1
1
2
0
3
7
-4
none
Josh
Smith
Josh Smith
False
17
2
4
50
2
2
100
0
2
0
0
4
4
2
0
1
5
2
6
-4
none
Michael
Beasley
Michael Beasley
False
12
4
8
50
0
0
0
1
2
50
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
9
-6
none
Corey
Brewer
Corey Brewer
False
9
2
3
67
0
1
0
1
1
100
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
5
-1
none
Andrew
Goudelock
Andrew Goudelock
False
4
0
2
0
0
2
0
3
4
75
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
0
3
0
none
K.J.
McDaniels
K.J. McDaniels
False
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
none
Terrence
Jones
Terrence Jones
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
10
April
2016
Sunday
Toyota Center
Houston
Lakers
Los Angeles
True
Suns
Phoenix
Western Conference
Pacific
21
58
79
1556
2049
31
12
39
94
44
47
29
24
83
27
20
47
2
31
11
19
24
124
4
88
33
38
2328
1212
52
05
03
60
59
17
76
20
108
15
47
2730
6060
87
42
48
2023
119
6
816
615
75
58
39
97
00
67
32
44
3235
6060
8
3
38
23
12
52
0
0
0
5
1
6
2
10
1
4
27
60
8
3
38
28
12
43
5
3
60
9
7
16
0
8
5
7
30
60
8
4
50
20
11
55
8
6
75
5
3
8
0
6
3
4
32
60
7
2
29
23
9
39
16
15
94
8
9
17
0
7
2
4
35
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Devin
Booker
Devin Booker
True
37
4
15
27
1
6
17
6
6
100
0
0
0
4
1
1
5
4
15
3
none
P.J.
Tucker
P.J. Tucker
True
36
9
17
53
2
5
40
4
5
80
7
5
12
5
1
0
4
4
24
5
double
Tyson
Chandler
Tyson Chandler
True
32
8
11
73
0
0
0
5
6
83
3
7
10
1
2
0
1
1
21
-2
double
Alex
Len
Alex Len
True
29
2
5
40
0
0
0
2
2
100
4
4
8
7
0
0
1
4
6
-1
none
Ronnie
Price
Ronnie Price
True
26
3
7
43
3
6
50
0
0
0
0
3
3
5
3
1
2
4
9
6
none
Mirza
Teletović
Mirza Teletović
False
31
10
20
50
4
9
44
2
3
67
0
5
5
2
1
0
3
2
26
23
none
Archie
Goodwin
Archie Goodwin
False
21
6
11
55
1
4
25
3
5
60
2
0
2
5
3
0
2
2
16
3
none
Jon
Leuer
Jon Leuer
False
10
1
5
20
0
0
0
2
2
100
3
2
5
1
0
0
0
2
4
6
none
John
Jenkins
John Jenkins
False
10
1
1
100
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
6
none
Alan
Williams
Alan Williams
False
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
-4
none
Chase
Budinger
Chase Budinger
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Brandon
Knight
Brandon Knight
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
9
April
2016
Saturday
Smoothie King Center
New Orleans
Pelicans
New Orleans
False
Despite having lost their last seven games heading into Thursday 's matchup , the Phoenix Suns ( 21 - 58 ) dealt a potentially season - ending blow to the Houston Rockets ( 38 - 41 ) , winning 124 - 115 . Phoenix has slipped to the third - worst record in the league since injuries took star guards Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight out of the equation . In their stead , however , rookie sensation Devin Booker has emerged as one of the league 's rising stars . Booker followed a 34 - point outburst in Atlanta with 15 on Thursday , including a perfect 6 - for - 6 from the free - throw line . Booker was in no ways the main story for Phoenix , however , as forward P.J . Tucker delivered one of his strongest performances of the season . Tucker scored 24 points and pulled down a massive 12 rebounds while also dishing out five assists . Tucker played an integral role in the absolute obliteration of Houston on the glass , as the Suns held a 47 - 26 rebounding advantage . For the second unit , forward Mirza Teletovic led the way with an impressive 26 points on 10 - for - 20 shooting . Houston , meanwhile , was pegged as a contender heading into the season but quickly showed signs of a disappointing season . While Thursday was a typically impressive 30 - point , seven - assist night for James Harden , the Rockets simply could not get the job done in multiple areas . In addition to being brutally out - rebounded , Houston coughed up the ball 18 times in total . Meager 17 - for - 28 shooting from the free - throw line did n't help the team 's case . Houston now sits 2 games behind Utah for playoff berth with three games remaining . The Suns will visit the sliding Pelicans on Saturday . Houston will host the Lakers on Sunday .
Despite having lost their last seven games heading into Thursday's matchup, the Phoenix Suns (21 - 58) dealt a potentially season - ending blow to the Houston Rockets (38 - 41), winning 124 - 115. Phoenix has slipped to the third - worst record in the league since injuries took star guards Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight out of the equation. In their stead, however, rookie sensation Devin Booker has emerged as one of the league's rising stars. Booker followed a 34 - point outburst in Atlanta with 15 on Thursday, including a perfect 6 - for - 6 from the free - throw line. Booker was in no ways the main story for Phoenix, however, as forward P.J. Tucker delivered one of his strongest performances of the season. Tucker scored 24 points and pulled down a massive 12 rebounds while also dishing out five assists. Tucker played an integral role in the absolute obliteration of Houston on the glass, as the Suns held a 47 - 26 rebounding advantage. For the second unit, forward Mirza Teletovic led the way with an impressive 26 points on 10 - for - 20 shooting. Houston, meanwhile, was pegged as a contender heading into the season but quickly showed signs of a disappointing season. While Thursday was a typically impressive 30 - point, seven - assist night for James Harden, the Rockets simply could not get the job done in multiple areas. In addition to being brutally out - rebounded, Houston coughed up the ball 18 times in total. Meager 17 - for - 28 shooting from the free - throw line didn't help the team's case. Houston now sits 2 games behind Utah for playoff berth with three games remaining. The Suns will visit the sliding Pelicans on Saturday. Houston will host the Lakers on Sunday.
Despite having lost their last seven games heading into Thursday's matchup, the Phoenix Suns (21 - 58) dealt a potentially season - ending blow to the Houston Rockets (38 - 41), winning 124 - 115. Phoenix has slipped to the third - worst record in the league since injuries took star guards Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight out of the equation. In their stead, however, rookie sensation Devin Booker has emerged as one of the league's rising stars. Booker followed a 34 - point outburst in Atlanta with 15 on Thursday, including a perfect 6 - for - 6 from the free - throw line. Booker was in no ways the main story for Phoenix, however, as forward P.J. Tucker delivered one of his strongest performances of the season. Tucker scored 24 points and pulled down a massive 12 rebounds while also dishing out five assists. Tucker played an integral role in the absolute obliteration of Houston on the glass, as the Suns held a 47 - 26 rebounding advantage. For the second unit, forward Mirza Teletovic led the way with an impressive 26 points on 10 - for - 20 shooting. Houston, meanwhile, was pegged as a contender heading into the season but quickly showed signs of a disappointing season. While Thursday was a typically impressive 30 - point, seven - assist night for James Harden, the Rockets simply could not get the job done in multiple areas. In addition to being brutally out - rebounded, Houston coughed up the ball 18 times in total. Meager 17 - for - 28 shooting from the free - throw line didn't help the team's case. Houston now sits 2 games behind Utah for playoff berth with three games remaining. The Suns will visit the sliding Pelicans on Saturday. Houston will host the Lakers on Sunday.
<GAME> <DATE> 7 April 2016 <DAY> Thursday <STADIUM> Toyota Center <CITY> Houston <HOME> <TEAM> Rockets <CITY> Houston <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 115 <WINS-LOSSES> 38 41 <QTRS> 39 21 30 25 <TEAM-AST> 26 <3PT> 14 <TEAM-FG> 42 <TEAM-FT> 17 <TEAM-REB> 26 <TEAM-TO> 18 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 10 April 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Sunday <NEXT-STADIUM> Toyota Center <NEXT-CITY> Houston <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Los Angeles <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Lakers <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <VIS> <TEAM> Suns <CITY> Phoenix <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 124 <WINS-LOSSES> 21 58 <QTRS> 27 30 32 35 <TEAM-AST> 31 <3PT> 12 <TEAM-FG> 44 <TEAM-FT> 24 <TEAM-REB> 47 <TEAM-TO> 19 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 9 April 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Saturday <NEXT-STADIUM> Smoothie King Center <NEXT-CITY> New Orleans <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> New Orleans <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Pelicans <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <PLAYER> James Harden <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 43 <PTS> 30 <FG> 10 14 71 <FG3> 5 6 83 <FT> 5 7 71 <REB> 2 <AST> 7 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Trevor Ariza <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 38 <PTS> 22 <FG> 8 11 73 <FG3> 5 8 62 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 2 <AST> 3 <STL> 4 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Dwight Howard <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 10 <FG> 4 7 57 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 4 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Michael Beasley <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 8 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Patrick Beverley <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 9 <FG> 3 9 33 <FG3> 2 8 25 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 3 <AST> 9 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jason Terry <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 8 <FG> 4 9 44 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Clint Capela <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 7 <FG> 3 3 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 4 25 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Josh Smith <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 2 2 100 <FT> 0 2 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 5 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Donatas Motiejūnas <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 3 67 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Corey Brewer <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 9 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 3 67 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Andrew Goudelock <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 3 <FG> 0 2 0 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 3 4 75 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Terrence Jones <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> K. J. McDaniels <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-12 <MIN> 1 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mirza Teletović <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 26 <FG> 10 20 50 <FG3> 4 9 44 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 5 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> P. J. Tucker <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 24 <FG> 9 17 53 <FG3> 2 5 40 <FT> 4 5 80 <REB> 12 <AST> 5 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 7 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Tyson Chandler <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 21 <FG> 8 11 73 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 5 6 83 <REB> 10 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 3 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Archie Goodwin <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 16 <FG> 6 11 55 <FG3> 1 4 25 <FT> 3 5 60 <REB> 2 <AST> 5 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 2 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Devin Booker <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 37 <PTS> 15 <FG> 4 15 27 <FG3> 1 6 17 <FT> 6 6 100 <REB> 0 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 5 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ronnie Price <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 9 <FG> 3 7 43 <FG3> 3 6 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 5 <STL> 3 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Alex Len <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 5 40 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 8 <AST> 7 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 4 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jon Leuer <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 10 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 3 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> John Jenkins <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 10 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Brandon Knight <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Chase Budinger <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Alan Williams <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 2 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none