Houston Rockets @ Phoenix Suns

10-5, 4-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	22	18	27	24	91
Suns PHX	35	22	13	32	102

Phoenix SunsSunsPHX

8-6, 6-2 Home

102

8-6, 6-2 Home

Yao Ming blocks Amare Stoudemire's layup
Amare Stoudemire makes dunk (Shawn Marion assists)
Amare Stoudemire misses 10-foot jumper
Steve Nash makes jumper
Amare Stoudemire makes 15-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Raja Bell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shawn Marion assists)
Steve Nash misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion makes 13-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Raja Bell makes 24-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion misses 24-foot three point jumper
Amare Stoudemire makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Kurt Thomas makes jumper (Shawn Marion assists)
Shawn Marion misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion makes dunk (Kurt Thomas assists)
Raja Bell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Leandro Barbosa makes layup
Shawn Marion makes layup (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Shawn Marion misses two point shot
Leandro Barbosa misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion makes 9-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Shane Battier blocks Boris Diaw's layup
Leandro Barbosa misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kurt Thomas misses tip shot
Jalen Rose misses 18-foot jumper
Marcus Banks misses 21-foot jumper
Kurt Thomas misses 19-foot jumper
Amare Stoudemire makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Jalen Rose makes 12-foot jumper
Steve Nash misses 20-foot jumper
Amare Stoudemire misses 19-foot jumper
Raja Bell makes 21-foot jumper (Shawn Marion assists)
Jalen Rose makes 25-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash misses layup
Amare Stoudemire makes tip shot
Shawn Marion misses 25-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell misses 19-foot jumper
Shawn Marion misses tip shot
Shawn Marion misses 19-foot jumper
Rafer Alston blocks Steve Nash's layup
Shawn Marion misses 9-foot jumper
Steve Nash misses 15-foot jumper
Steve Nash misses layup
Boris Diaw misses layup
Raja Bell misses 18-foot jumper
Steve Nash makes 26-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier blocks Amare Stoudemire's 10-foot jumper
Raja Bell misses layup
Shawn Marion misses 25-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston blocks Steve Nash's 18-foot jumper
Shawn Marion makes dunk (Steve Nash assists)
Raja Bell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash misses 24-foot three point jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes driving layup
Raja Bell makes 17-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Boris Diaw misses 17-foot jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes driving layup
Leandro Barbosa misses layup
Steve Nash misses 15-foot jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Shawn Marion misses 24-foot three point jumper
Leandro Barbosa misses 18-foot jumper
Steve Nash makes 24-foot three point jumper (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Steve Nash makes 22-foot jumper (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Kurt Thomas misses 15-foot jumper
Kurt Thomas makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Amare Stoudemire makes dunk (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Leandro Barbosa makes driving layup
Kurt Thomas misses 15-foot jumper
Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Kurt Thomas misses 14-foot jumper
Shawn Marion misses layup
Amare Stoudemire makes layup
Shawn Marion misses 12-foot jumper
Raja Bell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Raja Bell makes 22-foot jumper (Amare Stoudemire assists)
Raja Bell misses 15-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 9-foot hook shot (Shane Battier assists)
Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses two point shot
Steve Novak makes 24-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
Shane Battier makes 9-foot jumper (Yao Ming assists)
Shane Battier makes 8-foot hook shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 12-foot jumper
Steve Novak misses 26-foot three point jumper
Steve Novak misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
Luther Head makes 25-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 19-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses two point shot
Shane Battier misses three point jumper
Luther Head makes two point shot (Vassilis Spanoulis assists)
Shane Battier makes layup (Yao Ming assists)
Vassilis Spanoulis misses 26-foot three point jumper
Vassilis Spanoulis misses two point shot
Shane Battier misses 14-foot jumper
John Lucas misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luther Head misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luther Head misses 19-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
Luther Head misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luther Head makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses layup
Shawn Marion blocks Luther Head's layup
John Lucas misses 27-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 11-foot jumper
Luther Head misses two point shot
Tracy McGrady makes 22-foot jumper
Luther Head misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luther Head makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Chuck Hayes misses layup
Chuck Hayes makes layup
Tracy McGrady makes 23-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 27-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes layup (Shane Battier assists)
Yao Ming makes 8-foot hook shot
Yao Ming makes 7-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady misses jumper
Boris Diaw blocks Yao Ming's layup
Yao Ming makes dunk (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses layup
Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
Shawn Marion blocks Tracy McGrady's layup
Rafer Alston makes 28-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Shawn Marion blocks Luther Head's layup
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston misses 9-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 22-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses jumper
Luther Head makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Yao Ming misses 10-foot jumper
Shawn Marion blocks Tracy McGrady's 8-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 27-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
Shane Battier misses 27-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes 11-foot two point shot
Shane Battier misses 16-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 22-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses layup
Chuck Hayes makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 23-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 13-foot two point shot
Rafer Alston makes driving layup
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming misses 16-foot jumper
Luther Head misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Steve Novak makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 27-foot three point jumper
Steve Novak misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 27-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 26-foot three point jumper

ROCKETS

SUNS

TIME		HOU	PHX
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Yao Ming vs. Amare Stoudemire (Steve Nash gains possession)	0	0
11:40	Yao Ming blocks Amare Stoudemire's layup	0	0
11:40	Phoenix defensive rebound	0	0
11:29	Yao Ming makes 9-foot hook shot (Shane Battier assists)	2	0
11:18	Amare Stoudemire makes dunk (Shawn Marion assists)	2	2
10:59	Tracy McGrady bad pass	2	2
10:41	Amare Stoudemire misses 10-foot jumper	2	2
10:40	Shane Battier defensive rebound	2	2
10:26	Tracy McGrady makes driving layup	4	2
10:15	Steve Nash makes jumper	4	4
9:51	Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	4
9:48	Amare Stoudemire defensive rebound	4	4
9:34	Amare Stoudemire makes 15-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)	4	6
9:18	Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	6
9:17	Boris Diaw defensive rebound	4	6
9:11	Raja Bell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shawn Marion assists)	4	9
8:48	Rafer Alston misses two point shot	4	9
8:47	Steve Nash defensive rebound	4	9
8:37	Boris Diaw bad pass	4	9
8:26	Boris Diaw shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	4	9
8:26	Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2	5	9
8:26	Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2	5	9
8:26	Amare Stoudemire defensive rebound	5	9
8:17	Steve Nash misses 26-foot three point jumper	5	9
8:15	Tracy McGrady defensive rebound	5	9
8:11	Tracy McGrady traveling	5	9
8:02	Shawn Marion makes 13-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)	5	11
7:43	Steve Novak makes 24-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)	8	11
7:37	Raja Bell makes 24-foot three point jumper	8	14
7:22	Shane Battier makes 9-foot jumper (Yao Ming assists)	10	14
7:22	Steve Nash shooting foul (Shane Battier draws the foul)	10	14
7:22	Shane Battier makes free throw 1 of 1	11	14
7:07	Shawn Marion misses 24-foot three point jumper	11	14
7:05	Yao Ming defensive rebound	11	14
6:56	Shane Battier makes 8-foot hook shot (Tracy McGrady assists)	13	14
6:43	Yao Ming shooting foul (Boris Diaw draws the foul)	13	14
6:43	Boris Diaw misses free throw 1 of 2	13	14
6:43	Phoenix offensive rebound	13	14
6:43	Boris Diaw makes free throw 2 of 2	13	15
6:33	Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper	13	15
6:31	Boris Diaw defensive rebound	13	15
6:24	Amare Stoudemire makes layup (Steve Nash assists)	13	17
6:16	Houston full timeout	13	17
6:16	Kurt Thomas enters the game for Boris Diaw	13	17
6:09	Yao Ming makes 12-foot jumper	15	17
5:54	Kurt Thomas makes jumper (Shawn Marion assists)	15	19
5:43	Steve Novak misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	19
5:41	Shawn Marion defensive rebound	15	19
5:33	Shawn Marion misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	19
5:33	Amare Stoudemire offensive rebound	15	19
5:33	Yao Ming personal foul (Amare Stoudemire draws the foul)	15	19
5:33	Chuck Hayes enters the game for Yao Ming	15	19
5:24	Shawn Marion makes dunk (Kurt Thomas assists)	15	21
5:03	Steve Novak misses 24-foot three point jumper	15	21
5:00	Houston defensive rebound	15	21
4:50	Rafer Alston personal foul (Steve Nash draws the foul)	15	21
4:43	Raja Bell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)	15	24
4:26	Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper	15	24
4:24	Amare Stoudemire defensive rebound	15	24
4:09	Leandro Barbosa enters the game for Amare Stoudemire	15	24
4:09	Luther Head enters the game for Steve Novak	15	24
4:09	Tracy McGrady inbound foul (Shawn Marion draws the foul)	15	24
4:09	Shawn Marion makes free throw 1 of 2	15	25
4:09	Shawn Marion misses free throw 2 of 2	15	25
4:07	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	15	25
3:58	Raja Bell personal foul (Shane Battier draws the foul)	15	25
3:44	Tracy McGrady bad pass (Leandro Barbosa steals)	15	25
3:42	Leandro Barbosa makes layup	15	27
3:26	Luther Head bad pass (Leandro Barbosa steals)	15	27
3:21	Shawn Marion makes layup (Leandro Barbosa assists)	15	29
3:14	Houston 20 Sec. timeout	15	29
3:00	Luther Head makes 25-foot three point jumper	18	29
2:48	Shawn Marion misses two point shot	18	29
2:47	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	18	29
2:33	Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper	18	29
2:31	Shawn Marion defensive rebound	18	29
2:26	Leandro Barbosa misses 26-foot three point jumper	18	29
2:24	Phoenix offensive rebound	18	29
2:24	Phoenix full timeout	18	29
2:24	Boris Diaw enters the game for Steve Nash	18	29
2:24	Vassilis Spanoulis enters the game for Tracy McGrady	18	29
2:21	Shawn Marion makes 9-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)	18	31
2:10	Rafer Alston makes 19-foot jumper	20	31
1:58	Chuck Hayes personal foul (Kurt Thomas draws the foul)	20	31
1:58	Marcus Banks enters the game for Shawn Marion	20	31
1:58	Kurt Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2	20	32
1:58	Yao Ming enters the game for Chuck Hayes	20	32
1:58	Kurt Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2	20	33
1:39	Yao Ming misses two point shot	20	33
1:36	Leandro Barbosa defensive rebound	20	33
1:27	Leandro Barbosa bad pass (Luther Head steals)	20	33
1:07	Shane Battier misses three point jumper	20	33
1:06	Kurt Thomas defensive rebound	20	33
1:00	Rafer Alston jump ball	20	33
50.9	Marcus Banks bad pass (Vassilis Spanoulis steals)	20	33
47.0	Luther Head makes two point shot (Vassilis Spanoulis assists)	22	33
27.9	Shane Battier blocks Boris Diaw's layup	22	33
25.9	Vassilis Spanoulis defensive rebound	22	33
23.9	Vassilis Spanoulis offensive foul (Raja Bell draws the foul)	22	33
23.9	Vassilis Spanoulis turnover	22	33
0.3	Vassilis Spanoulis shooting foul (Raja Bell draws the foul)	22	33
0.3	Raja Bell makes free throw 1 of 2	22	34
0.3	Raja Bell makes free throw 2 of 2	22	35
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	22	35

Regular Season Series

PHX leads 1-0

Rockets
91
Suns
102

Game 1

30/11

Suns
100
Rockets
91

Game 2

18/1

Rockets
82
Suns
103

Game 3

12/3

Suns
117
Rockets
120

Game 4

17/4

Mortgage Matchup Center

12:00 AM, 30 November 2006

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 18,422

Referees:
Bernie Fryer
Tony Brothers
Gary Zielinski

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	23	7	.767	-	W8
Houston	18	10	.643	4	W1
Memphis	14	16	.467	9	W1
Dallas	12	20	.375	12	L1
New Orleans	8	23	.258	15.5	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	19	10	.655	-	L3
Phoenix	16	13	.552	3	W1
Golden State	16	15	.516	4	W3
LA Clippers	8	21	.276	11	W2
Sacramento	7	23	.233	12.5	L1

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Houston Rockets @ Phoenix Suns

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Regular Season Series

PHX leads 1-0

Game Information

2025-26 Southwest Standings

2025-26 Pacific Standings

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