Houston Rockets @ Phoenix Suns
36-16, 18-8 Away
127
36-16, 18-8 Away
29-25, 16-11 Home
118
29-25, 16-11 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Trevor Ariza makes 21-foot jumper (Donatas Motiejunas assists)
- Eric Bledsoe makes technical free throw
- Miles Plumlee misses 4-foot running hook shot
- Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Goran Dragic misses jumper
- Donatas Motiejunas makes 6-foot two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Markieff Morris misses 11-foot jumper
- Goran Dragic makes two point shot (Eric Bledsoe assists)
- Donatas Motiejunas makes 9-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Markieff Morris misses 17-foot jumper
- James Harden misses driving layup
- P.J. Tucker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists)
- Markieff Morris misses 12-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
- Patrick Beverley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Miles Plumlee makes two point shot (Markieff Morris assists)
- Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes layup (James Harden assists)
- Donatas Motiejunas misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Markieff Morris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists)
- Eric Bledsoe misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Markieff Morris misses tip shot
- Donatas Motiejunas makes 11-foot two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Patrick Beverley makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Donatas Motiejunas assists)
- Goran Dragic misses driving layup
- Brandan Wright misses Regular Jump Shot
- Brandan Wright makes 4-foot two point shot
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Isaiah Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Isaiah Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Josh Smith misses 5-foot jumper
- Goran Dragic makes layup
- Josh Smith makes layup (James Harden assists)
- Josh Smith makes free throw 1 of 1
- Marcus Morris misses 11-foot jumper
- Jason Terry makes three point jumper (Josh Smith assists)
- Isaiah Thomas misses two point shot
- James Harden misses layup
- James Harden misses tip shot
- Goran Dragic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Thomas assists)
- Josh Smith makes layup (Kostas Papanikolaou assists)
- Marcus Morris misses three point jumper
- Goran Dragic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Goran Dragic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
- Josh Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
- Brandan Wright makes 4-foot jumper (Marcus Morris assists)
- Kostas Papanikolaou makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- P.J. Tucker misses three point jumper
- James Harden makes three point jumper
- Marcus Morris misses 44-foot three point jumper
- Marcus Morris makes two point shot (Markieff Morris assists)
- Josh Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 1 of 2
- Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 2 of 2
- Corey Brewer misses 3-foot jumper
- Josh Smith misses layup
- Josh Smith makes two point shot
- Markieff Morris makes dunk (Eric Bledsoe assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Markieff Morris makes dunk (Isaiah Thomas assists)
- Corey Brewer misses three point jumper
- Markieff Morris makes two point shot
- Corey Brewer misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Gerald Green makes 22-foot jumper
- Donatas Motiejunas misses 4-foot jumper
- Corey Brewer makes two point shot
- Eric Bledsoe makes 8-foot jumper
- Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 1 of 1
- Patrick Beverley makes driving layup
- James Harden misses three point jumper
- James Harden makes layup
- Isaiah Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Miles Plumlee misses free throw 1 of 2
- Miles Plumlee makes free throw 2 of 2
- Donatas Motiejunas makes 8-foot two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Isaiah Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Isaiah Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Marcus Morris misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 1 of 2
- Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes driving layup
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 1
- Patrick Beverley misses 24-foot
- Marcus Morris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Marcus Morris misses free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes two point shot (Josh Smith assists)
- P.J. Tucker makes 9-foot two point shot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Isaiah Thomas makes 17-foot two point shot
- Goran Dragic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Goran Dragic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 1 of 2
- Eric Bledsoe makes technical free throw
- Eric Bledsoe misses free throw 2 of 2
- Isaiah Thomas makes layup
- Isaiah Thomas misses free throw 1 of 1
- Josh Smith makes layup
- Eric Bledsoe misses 19-foot jumper
- Jason Terry misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer misses free throw 1 of 2
- Corey Brewer makes free throw 2 of 2
- Markieff Morris makes 4-foot two point shot
- James Harden misses layup
- Josh Smith makes two point shot
- Eric Bledsoe misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes dunk (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Markieff Morris misses 10-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- P.J. Tucker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Markieff Morris assists)
- Corey Brewer misses jumper
- P.J. Tucker makes driving dunk
- Trevor Ariza misses three point jumper
- Eric Bledsoe misses jumper
- James Harden makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Josh Smith misses 38-foot three point jumper
- Markieff Morris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Markieff Morris makes free throw 2 of 2
- Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Eric Bledsoe misses jumper
- Joey Dorsey misses free throw 1 of 2
- Joey Dorsey misses free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
- P.J. Tucker misses driving layup
- Markieff Morris makes two point shot
- Patrick Beverley makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Eric Bledsoe makes driving layup
- Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper
- Goran Dragic makes three point jumper
- P.J. Tucker makes three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
- Donatas Motiejunas misses two point shot
- P.J. Tucker misses three point jumper
- Donatas Motiejunas misses 8-foot jumper
- Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 1 of 2
- Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Eric Bledsoe misses 15-foot jumper
- P.J. Tucker misses three point jumper
- P.J. Tucker misses layup
- P.J. Tucker misses tip shot
- Miles Plumlee makes two point shot
- Joey Dorsey misses layup
- Marcus Morris misses 20-foot jumper
- Patrick Beverley misses layup
- Eric Bledsoe makes driving layup
- Kostas Papanikolaou misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Eric Bledsoe misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Eric Bledsoe makes 19-foot two point shot
- Patrick Beverley makes driving layup
- Marcus Morris misses two point shot
- Goran Dragic misses three point jumper
- James Harden makes layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Markieff Morris misses driving layup
- Corey Brewer misses 5-foot two point shot
- Eric Bledsoe makes 17-foot two point shot
- Josh Smith misses 16-foot jumper
- Patrick Beverley makes three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Eric Bledsoe misses 5-foot jump bank shot
- Josh Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- P.J. Tucker misses 16-foot jumper
- Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Isaiah Thomas misses 18-foot jumper
- Corey Brewer misses layup
- Josh Smith makes dunk (James Harden assists)
- Gerald Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Thomas assists)
- Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper
- Gerald Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kostas Papanikolaou makes 25-foot three point jumper (Corey Brewer assists)
- Isaiah Thomas makes 25-foot three pointer
- Jason Terry misses 74-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- Isaiah Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Gerald Green makes 9-foot two point shot
- Donatas Motiejunas makes two point shot
- Markieff Morris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Markieff Morris misses free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes two point shot (Jason Terry assists)
- Eric Bledsoe makes 25-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Thomas assists)
- Josh Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Eric Bledsoe misses 4-foot jumper
- Corey Brewer makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josh Smith assists)
- Markieff Morris misses 14-foot jumper
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes layup
- James Harden misses 3-foot jumper
- Marcus Morris misses 25-foot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 3 of 3
- Goran Dragic makes 12-foot two point shot
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 1 of 2
- Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 2 of 2
- Goran Dragic makes layup (Isaiah Thomas assists)
- Kostas Papanikolaou makes layup (James Harden assists)
- Goran Dragic makes 25-foot three point jumper (P.J. Tucker assists)
- Jason Terry makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Isaiah Thomas makes 23-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
- P.J. Tucker makes driving layup
- P.J. Tucker misses 7-foot jumper
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Eric Bledsoe makes 25-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Thomas assists)
- James Harden makes 15-foot two point shot
- Miles Plumlee misses 9-foot jumper
- James Harden makes 11-foot two point shot
- Eric Bledsoe makes driving layup
- James Harden makes 21-foot jumper
- Eric Bledsoe makes 20-foot jumper
- Josh Smith misses 4-foot jumper
- Corey Brewer makes 2-foot two point shot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- Corey Brewer makes jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Isaiah Thomas misses three point jumper
- James Harden misses 24-foot three point jumper
- P.J. Tucker makes layup (Markieff Morris assists)
- Joey Dorsey makes layup
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | HOU | PHX | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | | Joey Dorsey vs. Miles Plumlee (Patrick Beverley gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:41 | | Trevor Ariza traveling | 0 | 0 |
| 11:29 | | Miles Plumlee traveling | 0 | 0 |
| 11:15 | | Markieff Morris kicked ball violation | 0 | 0 |
| 11:11 | | Trevor Ariza makes 21-foot jumper (Donatas Motiejunas assists) | 2 | 0 |
| 11:02 | | Donatas Motiejunas defensive 3-seconds (Technical Foul) | 2 | 0 |
| 11:02 | | Eric Bledsoe makes technical free throw | 2 | 1 |
| 10:48 | | Miles Plumlee misses 4-foot running hook shot | 2 | 1 |
| 10:47 | | James Harden defensive rebound | 2 | 1 |
| 10:41 | | Miles Plumlee blocks James Harden 's 3-foot jumper | 2 | 1 |
| 10:41 | | Rockets offensive team rebound | 2 | 1 |
| 10:41 | | Miles Plumlee shooting foul (Donatas Motiejunas draws the foul) | 2 | 1 |
| 10:41 | | Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 1 of 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 10:41 | | Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 2 of 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 10:27 | | Goran Dragic misses jumper | 4 | 1 |
| 10:26 | | Joey Dorsey defensive rebound | 4 | 1 |
| 10:17 | | Donatas Motiejunas makes 6-foot two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists) | 6 | 1 |
| 10:06 | | Markieff Morris misses 11-foot jumper | 6 | 1 |
| 10:04 | | Joey Dorsey defensive rebound | 6 | 1 |
| 9:56 | | Donatas Motiejunas lost ball turnover (Eric Bledsoe steals) | 6 | 1 |
| 9:51 | | Goran Dragic makes two point shot (Eric Bledsoe assists) | 6 | 3 |
| 9:42 | | Donatas Motiejunas makes 9-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists) | 8 | 3 |
| 9:29 | | Markieff Morris misses 17-foot jumper | 8 | 3 |
| 9:29 | | James Harden defensive rebound | 8 | 3 |
| 9:19 | | James Harden misses driving layup | 8 | 3 |
| 9:18 | | Joey Dorsey offensive rebound | 8 | 3 |
| 9:07 | | P.J. Tucker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists) | 10 | 6 |
| 8:56 | | Joey Dorsey 3 second turnover | 10 | 6 |
| 8:32 | | Markieff Morris misses 12-foot jumper | 10 | 6 |
| 8:30 | | P.J. Tucker offensive rebound | 10 | 6 |
| 8:26 | | Eric Bledsoe bad pass (Donatas Motiejunas steals) | 10 | 6 |
| 8:15 | | Trevor Ariza misses driving layup | 10 | 6 |
| 8:15 | | Patrick Beverley offensive rebound | 10 | 6 |
| 8:08 | | Patrick Beverley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists) | 13 | 6 |
| 7:47 | | Miles Plumlee makes two point shot (Markieff Morris assists) | 13 | 8 |
| 7:31 | | Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper | 13 | 8 |
| 7:31 | | Joey Dorsey offensive rebound | 13 | 8 |
| 7:18 | | Goran Dragic shooting foul (James Harden draws the foul) | 13 | 8 |
| 7:18 | | James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2 | 14 | 8 |
| 7:18 | | James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2 | 15 | 8 |
| 7:07 | | Donatas Motiejunas personal block (Eric Bledsoe draws the foul) | 15 | 8 |
| 7:03 | | Goran Dragic bad pass (Donatas Motiejunas steals) | 15 | 8 |
| 6:58 | | Trevor Ariza makes layup (James Harden assists) | 17 | 8 |
| 6:54 | | P.J. Tucker steps out of bounds turnover | 17 | 8 |
| 6:54 | | Rockets 20 Sec. timeout | 17 | 8 |
| 6:35 | | Donatas Motiejunas misses 24-foot three point jumper | 17 | 8 |
| 6:35 | | Miles Plumlee defensive rebound | 17 | 8 |
| 6:28 | | P.J. Tucker bad pass | 17 | 8 |
| 6:18 | | Brandan Wright enters the game for Miles Plumlee | 17 | 8 |
| 6:11 | | Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper | 17 | 8 |
| 6:09 | | Suns defensive team rebound | 17 | 8 |
| 5:54 | | Markieff Morris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists) | 17 | 11 |
| 5:39 | | James Harden out of bounds lost ball turnover | 17 | 11 |
| 5:39 | | Suns Full timeout | 17 | 11 |
| 5:16 | | Eric Bledsoe misses 16-foot step back jumpshot | 17 | 11 |
| 5:15 | | Markieff Morris offensive rebound | 17 | 11 |
| 5:15 | | Markieff Morris misses tip shot | 17 | 11 |
| 5:13 | | Joey Dorsey defensive rebound | 17 | 11 |
| 4:58 | | Donatas Motiejunas makes 11-foot two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists) | 19 | 11 |
| 4:50 | | Joey Dorsey personal foul (Brandan Wright draws the foul) | 19 | 11 |
| 4:50 | | Josh Smith enters the game for Joey Dorsey | 19 | 11 |
| 4:46 | | Eric Bledsoe offensive foul (Patrick Beverley draws the foul) | 19 | 11 |
| 4:46 | | Eric Bledsoe turnover | 19 | 11 |
| 4:28 | | Eric Bledsoe blocks Patrick Beverley's jumper | 19 | 11 |
| 4:28 | | Rockets offensive team rebound | 19 | 11 |
| 4:28 | | Isaiah Thomas enters the game for Eric Bledsoe | 19 | 11 |
| 4:26 | | Patrick Beverley makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists) | 21 | 11 |
| 4:09 | | Markieff Morris bad pass (James Harden steals) | 21 | 11 |
| 4:03 | | Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Donatas Motiejunas assists) | 24 | 11 |
| 3:47 | | Goran Dragic misses driving layup | 24 | 11 |
| 3:46 | | Brandan Wright offensive rebound | 24 | 11 |
| 3:43 | | Brandan Wright misses Regular Jump Shot | 24 | 11 |
| 3:41 | | Goran Dragic offensive rebound | 24 | 11 |
| 3:41 | | Josh Smith blocks Goran Dragic's layup | 24 | 11 |
| 3:39 | | Brandan Wright offensive rebound | 24 | 11 |
| 3:38 | | Brandan Wright makes 4-foot two point shot | 24 | 13 |
| 3:30 | | P.J. Tucker shooting foul (James Harden draws the foul) | 24 | 13 |
| 3:30 | | James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2 | 24 | 13 |
| 3:30 | | Rockets offensive team rebound | 24 | 13 |
| 3:30 | | Kostas Papanikolaou enters the game for Trevor Ariza | 24 | 13 |
| 3:30 | | Jason Terry enters the game for Donatas Motiejunas | 24 | 13 |
| 3:30 | | Corey Brewer enters the game for Patrick Beverley | 24 | 13 |
| 3:30 | | Marcus Morris enters the game for Markieff Morris | 24 | 13 |
| 3:30 | | James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2 | 25 | 13 |
| 3:17 | | Isaiah Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2 | 25 | 15 |
| 3:17 | | Josh Smith shooting block foul (Isaiah Thomas draws the foul) | 25 | 13 |
| 3:17 | | Isaiah Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2 | 25 | 14 |
| 3:06 | | Josh Smith misses 5-foot jumper | 25 | 15 |
| 3:05 | | Marcus Morris defensive rebound | 25 | 15 |
| 2:54 | | Goran Dragic makes layup | 25 | 17 |
| 2:44 | | Josh Smith makes layup (James Harden assists) | 27 | 17 |
| 2:44 | | Marcus Morris shooting foul (Josh Smith draws the foul) | 27 | 17 |
| 2:44 | | Rockets Full timeout | 28 | 17 |
| 2:44 | | Josh Smith makes free throw 1 of 1 | 28 | 17 |
| 2:27 | | Marcus Morris misses 11-foot jumper | 28 | 17 |
| 2:26 | | Josh Smith defensive rebound | 28 | 17 |
| 2:18 | | Jason Terry makes three point jumper (Josh Smith assists) | 31 | 17 |
| 2:11 | | Isaiah Thomas misses two point shot | 31 | 17 |
| 2:10 | | James Harden defensive rebound | 31 | 17 |
| 2:02 | | James Harden misses layup | 31 | 17 |
| 2:01 | | James Harden offensive rebound | 31 | 17 |
| 2:01 | | James Harden misses tip shot | 31 | 17 |
| 2:01 | | Isaiah Thomas defensive rebound | 31 | 17 |
| 1:55 | | Goran Dragic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Thomas assists) | 31 | 20 |
| 1:38 | | Josh Smith makes layup (Kostas Papanikolaou assists) | 33 | 20 |
| 1:23 | | Marcus Morris misses three point jumper | 33 | 20 |
| 1:22 | | Goran Dragic offensive rebound | 33 | 20 |
| 1:21 | | Corey Brewer shooting foul (Goran Dragic draws the foul) | 33 | 20 |
| 1:21 | | Goran Dragic misses free throw 1 of 2 | 33 | 20 |
| 1:21 | | Suns offensive team rebound | 33 | 20 |
| 1:21 | | Goran Dragic makes free throw 2 of 2 | 33 | 21 |
| 1:07 | | Marcus Morris shooting foul (Josh Smith draws the foul) | 33 | 21 |
| 1:07 | | Josh Smith misses free throw 1 of 2 | 33 | 21 |
| 1:07 | | Rockets offensive team rebound | 33 | 21 |
| 1:07 | | Josh Smith makes free throw 2 of 2 | 34 | 21 |
| 54.0 | | Brandan Wright makes 4-foot jumper (Marcus Morris assists) | 34 | 23 |
| 54.0 | | Josh Smith defensive goaltending violation | 34 | 23 |
| 43.0 | | Kostas Papanikolaou makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists) | 37 | 23 |
| 35.0 | | Marcus Morris bad pass (Kostas Papanikolaou steals) | 37 | 23 |
| 30.0 | | Brandan Wright shooting foul (James Harden draws the foul) | 37 | 23 |
| 30.0 | | James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2 | 37 | 23 |
| 30.0 | | Rockets offensive team rebound | 37 | 23 |
| 30.0 | | James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2 | 38 | 23 |
| 10.0 | | P.J. Tucker misses three point jumper | 38 | 23 |
| 9.0 | | Corey Brewer defensive rebound | 38 | 23 |
| 3.0 | | James Harden makes three point jumper | 41 | 23 |
| 0.0 | | Marcus Morris misses 44-foot three point jumper | 41 | 23 |
| 0.0 | | Suns offensive team rebound | 41 | 23 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 41 | 23 | |
Matchups
Game Information
Phoenix, AZ
Referee:Bill Kennedy
Referee:Gary Zielinski
Referee:J.T. Orr
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 38 | 16 | .704 | - | W6 |
| Houston | 33 | 20 | .623 | 4.5 | L1 |
| Memphis | 20 | 33 | .377 | 17.5 | L4 |
| Dallas | 19 | 35 | .352 | 19 | L9 |
| New Orleans | 15 | 41 | .268 | 24 | L1 |
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 33 | 21 | .611 | - | W1 |
| Phoenix | 32 | 23 | .582 | 1.5 | L1 |
| Golden State | 29 | 26 | .527 | 4.5 | L1 |
| LA Clippers | 26 | 28 | .481 | 7 | W1 |
| Sacramento | 12 | 44 | .214 | 22 | L14 |
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