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Phoenix Suns vs. Houston Rockets

April 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Suns 119-105 on 2026-04-07 on the road against the Suns. The Suns started Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks, Jalen Green, Jordan Goodwin, and Mark Williams. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 17 points (5/14) in his matchups, with Dillon Brooks as his primary defender. Jalen Green (Suns) scored 10 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Reed Sheppard as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 105

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Devin Booker GS 38:32 31 4 8 0 0 3 1 7-16 2-6 15-16 +2
Dillon Brooks GS 32:54 10 3 1 1 0 2 3 3-12 1-7 3-4 +4
Jalen Green GS 31:31 15 3 1 0 4 3 3 5-14 0-4 5-7 -5
Mark Williams GS 27:59 19 8 0 3 0 1 4 7-9 0-0 5-6 +10
Jordan Goodwin GS 25:02 11 4 2 2 0 1 2 4-7 3-6 0-0 +6
Grayson Allen 25:39 8 4 2 1 1 4 3 1-4 0-2 6-6 -18
Oso Ighodaro 18:57 8 5 1 1 1 2 3 4-6 0-0 0-0 -22
Royce O'Neale 17:05 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 1-4 1-4 0-0 -21
Collin Gillespie 17:02 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 -16
Khaman Maluach 1:04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Jamaree Bouyea 1:04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2
Ryan Dunn 1:04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Koby Brea 1:04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Rasheer Fleming 1:04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 105 34 15 10 7 18 20 32-75 7-31 34-39

Did not play: Amir Coffey (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 38:44 20 6 1 0 1 0 4 6-18 5-13 3-3 +11
Kevin Durant GS 35:41 24 4 3 0 0 2 3 8-20 5-9 3-3 -7
Amen Thompson GS 35:37 22 11 8 3 1 4 4 10-16 0-1 2-2 +2
Alperen Sengun GS 28:02 12 14 6 0 0 6 4 5-15 0-1 2-2 +4
Reed Sheppard GS 21:12 12 5 1 1 0 1 3 5-9 2-6 0-0 0
Tari Eason 31:04 12 7 2 3 0 1 3 5-7 0-2 2-2 +29
Aaron Holiday 21:20 12 0 0 1 0 1 3 4-6 2-4 2-2 +27
Josh Okogie 11:53 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 0-3 0-2 1-2 -5
Clint Capela 9:53 2 3 0 0 1 1 3 1-5 0-0 0-0 -2
Jae'Sean Tate 6:35 2 2 3 0 0 1 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 +11
Totals 119 55 26 8 3 17 30 45-100 14-38 15-16

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dorian Finney-Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tristen Newton (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Devin Booker Amen Thompson: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 18 poss., 11 pts (3/4)
Dillon Brooks Kevin Durant: 33 poss., 3 pts (1/6) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Jalen Green Amen Thompson: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Tari Eason: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mark Williams Alperen Sengun: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Clint Capela: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Grayson Allen Aaron Holiday: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tari Eason: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jordan Goodwin Jabari Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Oso Ighodaro Alperen Sengun: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tari Eason: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Royce O'Neale Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Gillespie Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Holiday: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Khaman Maluach Jabari Smith Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Okogie: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamaree Bouyea Aaron Holiday: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Okogie: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Dunn Tari Eason: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Koby Brea Josh Okogie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Holiday: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming Amen Thompson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Kevin Durant Dillon Brooks: 41 poss., 3 pts (1/9) · Royce O'Neale: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jabari Smith Jr. Devin Booker: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Grayson Allen: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Amen Thompson Jordan Goodwin: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Devin Booker: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tari Eason Devin Booker: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Grayson Allen: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Alperen Sengun Mark Williams: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Oso Ighodaro: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/6)
Reed Sheppard Collin Gillespie: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jalen Green: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Holiday Jalen Green: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Grayson Allen: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Josh Okogie Jalen Green: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jordan Goodwin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela Mark Williams: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Oso Ighodaro: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jae'Sean Tate Mark Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dillon Brooks: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)