Phoenix Suns @ Houston Rockets

34-28, 15-17 Away

112

34-28, 15-17 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Suns PHX	18	28	30	36	112
Rockets HOU	23	33	25	35	116

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

40-23, 26-6 Home

116

40-23, 26-6 Home

Phoenix Suns

starters
Grant HillG. Hill
Matt BarnesM. Barnes
Shaquille O'NealS. O'Neal
Steve NashS. Nash
Jason RichardsonJ. Richardson
bench
Stromile SwiftS. Swift
Lou AmundsonL. Amundson
Jared DudleyJ. Dudley
Alando TuckerA. Tucker
Amar'e StoudemireA. Stoudemire
Robin LopezR. Lopez
Goran DragicG. Dragic
Leandro BarbosaL. Barbosa
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
25	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	6	1	2	1	3	0	6	3	-3
38	17	6-16	4-10	1-2	9	1	3	1	0	3	6	2	+2
37	17	8-12	0-0	1-2	5	2	3	1	2	3	2	4	-7
40	32	14-27	4-6	0-0	5	13	1	1	0	1	4	2	-2
39	14	5-11	0-4	4-6	7	1	2	0	0	2	5	4	-2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
11	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	-2
15	8	4-5	0-0	0-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	+6
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	-8
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	24	8-15	4-8	4-4	3	3	3	0	0	2	1	0	-4
	112	45-92	12-28	10-15	44	21	15	5	5	11	33	26
		49%	43%	67%

Houston Rockets

starters
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Metta World PeaceM. World Peace
Shane BattierS. Battier
Yao MingY. Ming
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
bench
Brian CookB. Cook
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Carl LandryC. Landry
Joey DorseyJ. Dorsey
Dikembe MutomboD. Mutombo
Brent BarryB. Barry
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
Von WaferV. Wafer
James WhiteJ. White
Kyle LowryK. Lowry
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	15	6-9	0-0	3-6	11	0	0	0	1	3	8	3	-3
34	21	7-15	2-6	5-6	6	3	1	1	1	0	6	0	-3
35	2	1-6	0-4	0-0	3	4	1	3	1	0	3	2	+1
42	15	6-16	0-0	3-4	13	6	2	2	2	2	11	4	+8
38	30	11-20	4-7	4-4	3	3	4	0	0	1	2	4	+3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	16	6-7	0-0	4-8	2	0	2	4	0	1	1	3	+3
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	11	2-7	0-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	6	2-4	0-0	2-2	4	3	0	1	0	1	3	1	+12
	116	41-84	6-19	28-37	43	20	10	11	5	8	35	18
		49%	32%	76%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

PHX

HOU leads season

2-0

HOU

Game 1@ PHX

Final

112

Game 2@ HOU

Final

116

114

Game 3@ PHX

Final

109

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Joe Crawford

Referee:Sean Corbin

Referee:Eric Dalen

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	53	29	.646	-	W3
Phoenix	45	37	.549	8	W1
LA Clippers	42	40	.512	11	W1
Golden State	37	45	.451	16	L3
Sacramento	22	60	.268	31	L1

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

NBA News

Lakers, needing backcourt help, sign Nick Smith Jr. to new deal

With Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves sidelined by injury, the Lakers are signing two-way guard Nick Smith Jr. to a new two-year contract, his agent told ESPN.

17h

Sources: Kings to retain coach Doug Christie for next season

The Kings are retaining coach Doug Christie for next season, team sources told ESPN.

15h

Tim Legler: The Wembanyama era begins now with Spurs as a title threat

Tim Legler discusses why the Spurs are poised to make a deep playoff run and potentially win a championship.

18h

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