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Phoenix Suns vs. Houston Rockets

November 7, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Suns beat the Rockets 102-99 on 2026-11-07 at home. The Suns started Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks, Miles Bridges, Jalen Green, and Oso Ighodaro. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Fred VanVleet, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. Alperen Sengun (Rockets) scored 15 points (7/17) in his matchups, with Oso Ighodaro as his primary defender. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 18 points (8/23) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 102

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Devin Booker GS 39:08 24 2 3 3 0 4 3 10-24 2-9 2-2 -7
Dillon Brooks GS 37:21 11 4 1 0 0 1 4 4-10 3-7 0-0 -11
Jalen Green GS 33:55 16 3 6 1 0 4 1 7-14 0-1 2-4 -12
Miles Bridges GS 31:26 13 10 7 0 1 0 1 5-12 1-5 2-2 +4
Oso Ighodaro GS 22:58 4 6 3 0 0 3 3 2-3 0-0 0-0 -9
Ryan Dunn 23:21 8 5 3 3 0 0 2 3-5 2-2 0-0 +25
Collin Gillespie 19:59 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 3-6 1-3 0-0 +10
Khaman Maluach 18:21 8 10 0 1 2 2 4 3-4 0-1 2-3 +11
Luke Kennard 13:31 11 1 2 0 0 1 0 4-7 3-6 0-0 +4
Totals 102 44 29 8 3 15 18 41-85 12-34 8-11

Did not play: Jamaree Bouyea (DNP - Coach's Decision), Rasheer Fleming (DNP - Coach's Decision), Koa Peat (DNP - Coach's Decision), Duop Reath (DNP - Coach's Decision), Pat Spencer (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 99

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Amen Thompson GS 39:13 17 8 0 1 4 1 0 7-15 0-0 3-4 +1
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 38:57 15 9 2 3 1 1 3 7-12 1-4 0-0 +9
Kevin Durant GS 37:40 21 10 3 1 0 2 0 5-14 1-7 10-11 +8
Alperen Sengun GS 31:42 15 6 5 0 1 2 2 5-16 1-2 4-4 -16
Fred VanVleet GS 30:43 16 3 4 0 1 2 4 6-12 4-9 0-0 +11
Tari Eason 22:38 2 7 2 1 1 4 3 1-8 0-2 0-0 +7
Marcus Smart 20:22 5 2 0 0 0 1 4 2-7 1-4 0-0 -10
Reed Sheppard 13:08 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 2-8 2-6 0-0 -14
Oscar Tshiebwe 3:19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -5
Bogdan Bogdanović 2:18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -6
Totals 99 46 16 7 8 14 16 36-94 10-35 17-19

Did not play: Steven Adams (DNP - Coach's Decision), Clint Capela (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bruce Thornton (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: 30 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Fred VanVleet: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/6)
Dillon Brooks Kevin Durant: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Tari Eason: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jalen Green Fred VanVleet: 24 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Amen Thompson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles Bridges Jabari Smith Jr.: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Alperen Sengun: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Ryan Dunn Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Oso Ighodaro Alperen Sengun: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Amen Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Gillespie Amen Thompson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tari Eason: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Luke Kennard Reed Sheppard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Marcus Smart: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Khaman Maluach Alperen Sengun: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Marcus Smart: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Kevin Durant Dillon Brooks: 40 poss., 12 pts (3/6) · Devin Booker: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Amen Thompson Devin Booker: 31 poss., 0 pts (0/7) · Ryan Dunn: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Fred VanVleet Jalen Green: 31 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Collin Gillespie: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alperen Sengun Oso Ighodaro: 23 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Khaman Maluach: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/4)
Tari Eason Devin Booker: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ryan Dunn: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marcus Smart Luke Kennard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Devin Booker: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jabari Smith Jr. Miles Bridges: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dillon Brooks: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard Collin Gillespie: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ryan Dunn: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Oscar Tshiebwe Oso Ighodaro: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Khaman Maluach: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bogdan Bogdanović Miles Bridges: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luke Kennard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)