Houston Rockets @ Phoenix Suns
5-3, 3-2 Away
94
5-3, 3-2 Away
6-3, 2-2 Home
82
6-3, 2-2 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Steve Nash makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shaquille O'Neal assists)
- Shaquille O'Neal blocks Yao Ming's 11-foot jumper
- Matt Barnes misses 22-foot jumper
- Matt Barnes makes layup (Shaquille O'Neal assists)
- Yao Ming misses 7-foot hook shot
- Raja Bell misses 22-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses jumper
- Matt Barnes makes three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
- Luis Scola makes dunk (Ron Artest assists)
- Steve Nash makes 19-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses layup
- Yao Ming makes dunk
- Amare Stoudemire misses two point shot
- Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal makes free throw 1 of 2
- Shaquille O'Neal makes free throw 2 of 2
- Yao Ming makes 15-foot jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal misses 7-foot hook shot
- Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal misses layup
- Matt Barnes makes layup
- Tracy McGrady makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses free throw 2 of 2
- Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
- Matt Barnes misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal blocks Yao Ming's 11-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 9-foot jumper
- Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 10-foot running jumper
- Rafer Alston makes driving layup
- Steve Nash misses 18-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 18-foot jumper
- Amare Stoudemire misses 9-foot jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal makes dunk
- Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal misses 7-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes 10-foot hook shot
- Raja Bell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chuck Hayes misses layup
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
- Amare Stoudemire makes 14-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 18-foot jumper
- Amare Stoudemire misses layup
- Chuck Hayes blocks Leandro Barbosa's layup
- Goran Dragic makes 21-foot jumper (Amare Stoudemire assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- Goran Dragic makes 17-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
- Leandro Barbosa misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Carl Landry assists)
- Ron Artest misses 21-foot jumper
- Leandro Barbosa misses layup
- Ron Artest misses 6-foot jumper
- Carl Landry makes layup
- Goran Dragic makes 8-foot two point shot
- Aaron Brooks misses layup
- Aaron Brooks misses layup
- Boris Diaw makes two point shot
- Carl Landry misses 16-foot jumper
- Boris Diaw misses 8-foot hook shot
- Boris Diaw misses 20-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses free throw 1 of 3
- Aaron Brooks makes free throw 2 of 3
- Aaron Brooks makes free throw 3 of 3
- Grant Hill misses 7-foot jumper
- Brent Barry misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Robin Lopez misses dunk
- Ron Artest misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Carl Landry makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carl Landry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Leandro Barbosa makes driving layup
- Carl Landry makes two point shot (Brent Barry assists)
- Leandro Barbosa makes free throw 1 of 2
- Leandro Barbosa makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 17-foot two point shot
- Leandro Barbosa misses 18-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 9-foot jumper
- Grant Hill misses 13-foot jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal blocks Yao Ming's layup
- Shaquille O'Neal blocks Brent Barry's 6-foot jumper
- Leandro Barbosa makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shaquille O'Neal assists)
- Ron Artest misses 21-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks blocks Grant Hill's layup
- Ron Artest misses 17-foot two point shot
- Steve Nash makes 9-foot two point shot
- Brent Barry misses two point shot
- Leandro Barbosa misses 11-foot jumper
- Brent Barry misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Carl Landry misses jumper
- Matt Barnes misses jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal makes tip shot
- Rafer Alston makes 17-foot jumper
- Steve Nash misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Steve Nash misses 17-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses free throw 1 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses free throw 2 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses 22-foot jumper
- Matt Barnes misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ron Artest makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tracy McGrady blocks Raja Bell's 20-foot jumper
- Ron Artest makes 18-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes layup
- Amare Stoudemire makes 17-foot jumper (Raja Bell assists)
- Amare Stoudemire misses 13-foot jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal misses 5-foot hook shot
- Matt Barnes misses layup
- Matt Barnes makes tip shot
- Tracy McGrady misses 22-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Matt Barnes misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Amare Stoudemire makes 20-foot jumper
- Ron Artest misses layup
- Yao Ming makes layup
- Raja Bell misses 17-foot jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal makes 6-foot hook shot (Matt Barnes assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Shaquille O'Neal makes 7-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming misses 18-foot jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal misses 11-foot two point shot
- Tracy McGrady misses jumper
- Raja Bell misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal makes dunk
- Yao Ming makes 4-foot hook shot (Ron Artest assists)
- Raja Bell misses 15-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Amare Stoudemire misses layup
- Rafer Alston misses 22-foot jumper
- Matt Barnes misses layup
- Ron Artest misses 19-foot jumper
- Amare Stoudemire makes 21-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
- Amare Stoudemire misses 19-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
- Steve Nash misses 20-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 6-foot jumper
- Matt Barnes makes 6-foot two point shot (Amare Stoudemire assists)
- Yao Ming misses 5-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Yao Ming blocks Amare Stoudemire's layup
- Shaquille O'Neal makes free throw 1 of 2
- Shaquille O'Neal makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tracy McGrady makes 10-foot two point shot
- Leandro Barbosa misses 18-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes dunk (Luis Scola assists)
- Steve Nash misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Matt Barnes misses layup
- Tracy McGrady makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming misses technical free throw
- Leandro Barbosa misses three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses layup
- Shaquille O'Neal makes layup
- Amare Stoudemire misses free throw 1 of 2
- Amare Stoudemire makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Brooks makes 12-foot two point shot
- Steve Nash makes technical free throw
- Shaquille O'Neal makes 8-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes 5-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 1
- Amare Stoudemire makes dunk (Steve Nash assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 4-foot running jumper
- Yao Ming blocks Amare Stoudemire's 10-foot jumper
- Brent Barry makes layup (Yao Ming assists)
- Steve Nash makes 10-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Leandro Barbosa misses free throw 1 of 2
- Leandro Barbosa makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Brooks misses 21-foot jumper
- Leandro Barbosa makes driving layup
- Boris Diaw misses 5-foot hook shot
- Aaron Brooks misses layup
- Leandro Barbosa misses layup
- Leandro Barbosa misses 6-foot jumper
- Brent Barry misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 9-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)
- Chuck Hayes blocks Louis Amundson's layup
- Leandro Barbosa makes 16-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 13-foot two point shot
- Leandro Barbosa makes 17-foot jumper
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Goran Dragic misses layup
- Louis Amundson makes dunk
- Aaron Brooks makes layup
- Leandro Barbosa makes free throw 1 of 2
- Leandro Barbosa makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest misses 20-foot jumper
- Louis Amundson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Louis Amundson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses 22-foot jumper
- Ron Artest misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes tip shot
- Louis Amundson makes two point shot (Goran Dragic assists)
- Leandro Barbosa makes free throw 1 of 2
- Leandro Barbosa makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Brooks makes 7-foot two point shot
- Grant Hill misses 17-foot jumper
- Leandro Barbosa misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 22-foot jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | HOU | PHX | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | | Jumpball: Yao Ming vs. Shaquille O'Neal (Raja Bell gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:36 | | Amare Stoudemire lost ball (Rafer Alston steals) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:33 | | Luis Scola traveling | 0 | 0 |
| 11:18 | | Steve Nash makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shaquille O'Neal assists) | 0 | 3 |
| 11:03 | | Shaquille O'Neal blocks Yao Ming's 11-foot jumper | 0 | 3 |
| 11:02 | | Matt Barnes defensive rebound | 0 | 3 |
| 10:57 | | Matt Barnes misses 22-foot jumper | 0 | 3 |
| 10:56 | | Amare Stoudemire offensive rebound | 0 | 3 |
| 10:44 | | Matt Barnes makes layup (Shaquille O'Neal assists) | 0 | 5 |
| 10:22 | | Yao Ming misses 7-foot hook shot | 0 | 5 |
| 10:22 | | Amare Stoudemire defensive rebound | 0 | 5 |
| 10:07 | | Raja Bell misses 22-foot jumper | 0 | 5 |
| 10:07 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 0 | 5 |
| 9:51 | | Luis Scola misses jumper | 0 | 5 |
| 9:49 | | Amare Stoudemire defensive rebound | 0 | 5 |
| 9:36 | | Matt Barnes makes three point jumper (Steve Nash assists) | 0 | 8 |
| 9:18 | | Luis Scola makes dunk (Ron Artest assists) | 2 | 8 |
| 9:07 | | Steve Nash makes 19-foot jumper | 2 | 10 |
| 8:56 | | Shaquille O'Neal personal foul (Ron Artest draws the foul) | 2 | 10 |
| 8:47 | | Luis Scola misses layup | 2 | 10 |
| 8:45 | | Yao Ming offensive rebound | 2 | 10 |
| 8:45 | | Yao Ming makes dunk | 4 | 10 |
| 8:26 | | Amare Stoudemire misses two point shot | 4 | 10 |
| 8:26 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 4 | 10 |
| 8:11 | | Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper | 4 | 10 |
| 8:10 | | Amare Stoudemire defensive rebound | 4 | 10 |
| 7:56 | | Yao Ming shooting foul (Shaquille O'Neal draws the foul) | 4 | 10 |
| 7:56 | | Shaquille O'Neal makes free throw 1 of 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 7:56 | | Shaquille O'Neal makes free throw 2 of 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 7:41 | | Yao Ming makes 15-foot jumper | 6 | 12 |
| 7:18 | | Shaquille O'Neal misses 7-foot hook shot | 6 | 12 |
| 7:18 | | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 6 | 12 |
| 7:11 | | Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper | 6 | 12 |
| 7:11 | | Houston defensive rebound | 6 | 12 |
| 6:54 | | Shaquille O'Neal misses layup | 6 | 12 |
| 6:54 | | Matt Barnes offensive rebound | 6 | 14 |
| 6:54 | | Matt Barnes makes layup | 6 | 14 |
| 6:35 | | Amare Stoudemire shooting foul (Tracy McGrady draws the foul) | 6 | 14 |
| 6:35 | | Tracy McGrady makes free throw 1 of 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 6:35 | | Tracy McGrady misses free throw 2 of 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 6:35 | | Amare Stoudemire defensive rebound | 7 | 14 |
| 6:26 | | Amare Stoudemire traveling | 7 | 14 |
| 6:09 | | Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper | 7 | 14 |
| 6:07 | | Steve Nash defensive rebound | 7 | 14 |
| 5:58 | | Matt Barnes misses 25-foot three point jumper | 7 | 14 |
| 5:56 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 7 | 14 |
| 5:37 | | Shaquille O'Neal blocks Yao Ming's 11-foot jumper | 7 | 14 |
| 5:35 | | Yao Ming offensive rebound | 7 | 14 |
| 5:33 | | Yao Ming misses 9-foot jumper | 7 | 14 |
| 5:33 | | Matt Barnes defensive rebound | 7 | 14 |
| 5:26 | | Phoenix full timeout | 7 | 14 |
| 5:16 | | Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper | 7 | 14 |
| 5:16 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 7 | 14 |
| 5:09 | | Rafer Alston makes 10-foot running jumper | 9 | 14 |
| 4:52 | | Shaquille O'Neal 3 second | 9 | 14 |
| 4:43 | | Rafer Alston makes driving layup | 11 | 14 |
| 4:31 | | Steve Nash misses 18-foot jumper | 11 | 14 |
| 4:30 | | Ron Artest defensive rebound | 11 | 14 |
| 4:16 | | Rafer Alston makes 18-foot jumper | 13 | 14 |
| 4:03 | | Amare Stoudemire misses 9-foot jumper | 13 | 14 |
| 4:01 | | Shaquille O'Neal offensive rebound | 13 | 14 |
| 4:00 | | Shaquille O'Neal makes dunk | 13 | 16 |
| 3:45 | | Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper | 13 | 16 |
| 3:44 | | Raja Bell defensive rebound | 13 | 16 |
| 3:34 | | Shaquille O'Neal misses 7-foot jumper | 13 | 16 |
| 3:33 | | Tracy McGrady defensive rebound | 13 | 16 |
| 3:16 | | Yao Ming makes 10-foot hook shot | 15 | 16 |
| 3:10 | | Yao Ming personal foul (Shaquille O'Neal draws the foul) | 15 | 16 |
| 3:10 | | Robin Lopez enters the game for Shaquille O'Neal | 15 | 16 |
| 3:10 | | Chuck Hayes enters the game for Yao Ming | 15 | 16 |
| 2:56 | | Raja Bell misses 25-foot three point jumper | 15 | 16 |
| 2:56 | | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 15 | 16 |
| 2:46 | | Chuck Hayes misses layup | 15 | 16 |
| 2:46 | | Chuck Hayes offensive rebound | 17 | 16 |
| 2:46 | | Chuck Hayes makes layup (Rafer Alston assists) | 17 | 16 |
| 2:46 | | Robin Lopez illegal defense | 17 | 16 |
| 2:32 | | Amare Stoudemire makes 14-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists) | 17 | 18 |
| 2:12 | | Tracy McGrady makes 18-foot jumper | 19 | 18 |
| 2:03 | | Rafer Alston personal foul (Steve Nash draws the foul) | 19 | 18 |
| 2:03 | | Houston full timeout | 19 | 18 |
| 2:03 | | Leandro Barbosa enters the game for Raja Bell | 19 | 18 |
| 2:03 | | Goran Dragic enters the game for Steve Nash | 19 | 18 |
| 2:02 | | Aaron Brooks enters the game for Ron Artest | 19 | 18 |
| 2:02 | | Carl Landry enters the game for Luis Scola | 19 | 18 |
| 1:55 | | Chuck Hayes personal foul (Amare Stoudemire draws the foul) | 19 | 18 |
| 1:47 | | Amare Stoudemire misses layup | 19 | 18 |
| 1:47 | | Carl Landry defensive rebound | 19 | 18 |
| 1:44 | | Carl Landry lost ball (Amare Stoudemire steals) | 19 | 18 |
| 1:29 | | Chuck Hayes blocks Leandro Barbosa's layup | 19 | 18 |
| 1:27 | | Robin Lopez offensive rebound | 19 | 18 |
| 1:24 | | Goran Dragic makes 21-foot jumper (Amare Stoudemire assists) | 19 | 20 |
| 1:00 | | Aaron Brooks makes driving layup | 21 | 20 |
| 36.9 | | Goran Dragic makes 17-foot jumper | 21 | 22 |
| 19.0 | | Tracy McGrady makes two point shot (Rafer Alston assists) | 23 | 22 |
| 3.8 | | Leandro Barbosa misses 23-foot three point jumper | 23 | 22 |
| 2.5 | | Aaron Brooks defensive rebound | 23 | 22 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 23 | 22 | |
Matchups
Game Information
Phoenix, AZ
Referee:Greg Willard
Referee:Tony Brown
Referee:James Capers
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 34 | 16 | .680 | - | W2 |
| Houston | 31 | 18 | .633 | 2.5 | L1 |
| Memphis | 20 | 29 | .408 | 13.5 | W2 |
| Dallas | 19 | 31 | .380 | 15 | L5 |
| New Orleans | 13 | 40 | .245 | 22.5 | L3 |
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 30 | 19 | .612 | - | W1 |
| Phoenix | 31 | 20 | .608 | - | W1 |
| Golden State | 27 | 24 | .529 | 4 | L2 |
| LA Clippers | 23 | 27 | .460 | 7.5 | L2 |
| Sacramento | 12 | 40 | .231 | 19.5 | L10 |
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