#Houston Rockets at Phoenix Suns
Footprint Center- Phoenix, AZ
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401585482/rockets-suns)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/rockets/comments/1b3h2nl/game_thread_houston_rockets_2533_at_phoenix_suns/kss8eau/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|HOU |17|36|22|30|105|
|PHX |33|31|22|24|110|
###Player Stats
**Houston Rockets**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|D. Brooks|30:41|6|3-11|0-6|0-0|3|5|8|1|1|0|2|1|-4
|J. Smith Jr.|37:13|11|3-11|1-6|4-4|3|13|16|0|1|1|0|5|-5
|A. Sengun|22:42|8|3-7|0-1|2-2|1|2|3|4|0|0|1|6|-17
|J. Green|39:07|34|10-28|7-17|7-7|0|5|5|2|3|0|4|2|0
|F. VanVleet|38:33|21|6-16|2-8|7-7|1|5|6|5|0|1|2|4|-9
|A. Thompson|9:47|0|0-2|0-0|0-0|2|2|4|0|2|0|1|4|-8
|C. Whitmore|26:43|14|5-14|0-5|4-4|3|5|8|0|0|1|2|1|10
|J. Green|12:18|3|1-4|1-1|0-2|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|-6
|A. Holiday|9:05|0|0-1|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|1|0
|J. Landale|9:59|8|2-4|0-0|4-5|5|1|6|0|0|2|0|3|12
|R. Bullock Jr.|3:49|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|2|2
**Phoenix Suns**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|R. O’Neale|37:04|11|3-10|3-9|2-2|1|5|6|7|3|1|1|3|10
|K. Durant|40:25|24|8-19|1-3|7-10|2|5|7|6|0|0|3|1|2
|J. Nurkic|27:05|16|4-10|0-1|8-16|5|8|13|2|1|3|7|6|6
|G. Allen|35:54|6|2-9|2-9|0-0|0|4|4|0|0|0|0|4|-9
|D. Booker|39:14|35|13-27|6-11|3-3|1|6|7|3|1|1|1|4|11
|B. Bol|25:37|7|3-6|0-2|1-2|1|3|4|0|0|0|0|3|13
|D. Eubanks|15:47|4|1-2|0-0|2-2|1|6|7|0|0|1|2|0|-2
|S. Lee|7:35|4|1-2|0-0|2-2|1|0|1|2|0|0|0|0|3
|J. Okogie|11:18|3|1-4|1-2|0-0|2|0|2|0|1|0|0|0|-9
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|HOU|33-99|11-45|28-31|14|29|8|12|5|19|39|67|
|PHX|36-89|13-37|25-37|20|21|6|14|6|14|37|67|
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I’m tired boss
#Not Road Warriors 🥲
Good fake comeback again. 🙁
I have no idea how we kept this game close, but good fight boys.
Jalen was really hot from 3 for the 1st half but went cold the rest of the time. Didn’t get a lot of help from the refs with the lack of calls, but still. A key piece tonight, but just not efficient enough. Sengun is injured in the back and Jock looked fine tonight, get him some more backup C minutes. Cam is young but the tunnel vision is crazy sometimes. And of course overall shooting is really bad and a consistent issue with the team.
I really hope tonight isn’t just Jock putting in extra effort because the Suns is his old team. Sengun literally broke his back carrying this team and needs more rest.
third worst FG% by any team this season… inefficiency kings!
I don’t care that we lost. We put up a hella good fight. Good on the young guys for staying in the game.
Refs singlehandedly ruined my buzz. Very unhappy rn
Cam doesn’t look the same since his ankle injury. I hope he’s alright and not playing injured
When we actually need FVV to start chucking the ball at the end of the game, he is like “Nah I’m good I’ve had my fill earlier in the fame”
Watching fred play the last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter was annoying. Took almost every shot and the icing on the cake going for a layup when we obviously need a 3 and missing the layup
Jock really impressed in the small minutes tonight. Segun could not handle Nurk which is becoming a concerning trend. Hope he gets more minutes
That road record is so bad
Im having serious doubts about this young core being able to compete with OKC and San Antonio in the future. Not to mention teams like Dallas, Sacramento, Minny, Denver will still be good etc. We just don’t have the talent
Udoka offense is Silas offense in fancy. Tried to make a sengun offense work had a .500 record and then basically said nah let’s fck that and ever since this team is a bottom 5 team. Great job in giving the most inefficient backcourt the green light to Chuck everything… Fck I’m done with the coaches, front office, Fred, Jalen and Dillon
11-45 3pointer, different game same story
Rare big cock jock appearance
At least we showed some grit but again 24% from 3 makes winning pretty much impossible. Offense looked so fluid in 2023 with a lot of ball movement, now its super slow, we take forever to setup at best a mid PnR.
I know Ime likes to win, but between his fight with the front office that’s clearly down on Sengun and Sengun’s back that is clearly bothering him, he should sit Sengun for a week.
Let everyone see how bad the Jalen show truly is, do some politicking to get Stone fired in the off-season, trade Jalen for assets, combine with Nets pick to get Reed Sheppard and then let’s see what happens next season
That “The Phoenix Suns have been eliminated from the playoffs” post is gonna hit like crack.
Also offensive scheme (or lack there of) needs major work.
Remember when we were happy we had Jalen instead of Cade?? looool
Bad 1st quarter but we won the 2nd & 4th and tied the 3rd. We’re on pace to be the most generous team in league history, giving the home team a W over 75% of the time. Young guys got run, we learn from mistakes and move on. Love the Cam & Booker beef. We’re just a little bit closer to keeping our pick this upcoming draft. Would be insane to add 2 top 10 picks to this team. We’re in a great position to compete next year.
God this was so boring. Not worthy of a long take.
One legit question though – how much of the improvement do we think we are seeing this season is due to Udoka vs the players just improving from last year? I’m beginning to think more and more that our success in the first half was mostly Sengun massively improving, Tari bringing it on defense, and FVV and Brooks playing w more energy. Maybe some of the improvements on defense can be attributed to him, but even there I’m not so sure anymore, and offense is still just so meh and feels rudderless.
This is genuinely not meant to say Udoka is a bad coach – there are a lot of bigger issues with FO not making the right moves for a while now and that’s not necessarily something he controls, so that’d be a reach. It’s more like, do we think he has fully utilized the roster he’s been given, and what do we think is the true differential he added to the team?
https://preview.redd.it/szrt8s0tonlc1.jpeg?width=634&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d39bed11ffcacd287fa3cf4872b8a6ff1a912ed
Can we actually rest players that are injured. What are we actually risking them for? We have already fucked Tari this season by playing him injured. The worst thing this team can do is damage its long term prospects by hurting them. Cam hasn’t been the same since his injury, is he still feeling it? Sengun is clearly injured. And we defo made Jabari play earlier this year though injury. We have nothing to play for, sit them!