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Phoenix Suns vs Houston Rockets: player stats (Dec 27, 2023)

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Toyota Center · Houston, TX

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PHX

Game leaders

HOU

Points
Phoenix Suns: Kevin Durant27 PTS9-16 FG, 3-7 3P, 6-8 FT
Houston Rockets: Alperen Sengun24 PTS9-18 FG, 1-4 3P, 5-6 FT
Rebounds
Phoenix Suns: Kevin Durant10 REB0 OREB, 10 DREB
Houston Rockets: Alperen Sengun5 REB1 OREB, 4 DREB
Assists
Phoenix Suns: Kevin Durant16 AST27 PTS, 3 TOV
Houston Rockets: Fred VanVleet6 AST10 PTS, 1 TOV

On December 27, 2023 at Toyota Center, the Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets 129-113. Kevin Durant scored 27 to lead the Phoenix Suns, and Alperen Sengun had 24 for the Houston Rockets.

Phoenix Suns box score
Phoenix Suns
Kevin DurantF	41:00	27	10	16	9-16	3-7	6-8	2	1	3	2	+17
Eric GordonG	39:00	27	0	1	10-15	7-11	0-0	0	3	0	1	+11
Devin BookerG	36:00	20	4	7	9-19	1-6	1-1	2	0	4	2	+13
Grayson AllenG	33:00	16	4	3	5-7	2-4	4-4	0	1	3	1	+15
Udoka AzubuikeC-F	19:00	11	5	0	5-7	0-0	1-3	0	2	0	4	+15
Chimezie MetuF	16:00	4	2	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	0	0	3	0	+1
Nassir LittleF	16:00	7	6	0	3-6	0-3	1-1	0	0	1	1	+2
Jusuf NurkicC	14:00	8	10	0	3-6	1-1	1-2	0	2	3	4	+2
Saben LeeG	12:00	9	2	1	2-2	0-0	5-5	0	0	2	1	+3
Josh OkogieG	10:00	0	1	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	+5
Bol BolC	2:00	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	-2
Yuta WatanabeG	2:00	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	-2
Team	240	129	44	28	47-82	14-33	21-26	4	11	19	17

DNP: Bradley Beal, Jordan Goodwin, Drew Eubanks, Keita Bates-Diop, Damion Lee, Theo Maledon

Houston Rockets box score
Houston Rockets
Fred VanVleetG	29:00	10	2	6	4-11	1-3	1-2	0	0	1	2	-14
Alperen SengunF-C	29:00	24	5	1	9-18	1-4	5-6	2	0	0	3	-11
Jalen GreenG	26:00	23	5	3	8-20	6-12	1-2	1	0	2	0	-17
Tari EasonF	25:00	6	3	2	2-6	1-4	1-2	5	0	1	2	-20
Aaron HolidayG	24:00	13	2	2	4-13	3-8	2-2	0	0	2	2	-3
Jae'Sean TateF	24:00	7	2	1	3-3	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	3	-4
Jabari Smith Jr.F	22:00	9	3	0	2-5	1-3	4-4	2	0	1	1	-11
Cam WhitmoreF	18:00	12	1	0	4-7	3-4	1-2	0	1	1	2	+1
Amen ThompsonG-F	17:00	2	4	3	1-6	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	2	+2
Jock LandaleC	12:00	5	5	0	2-4	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	2	+4
Jeff GreenF	7:00	2	1	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	2	-9
Reggie BullockG-F	7:00	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	+2
Team	240	113	33	20	40-96	17-41	16-22	11	3	9	21

DNP: Dillon Brooks, Jeenathan Williams, Victor Oladipo, Boban Marjanovic, Nate Hinton, Jermaine Samuels Jr.

Team stats

Team stats: Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets
PHX	Stat	HOU
57.3%(better)47-82	Field-goal percentage	41.7%40-96
42.4%(better)14-33	Three-point percentage	41.5%17-41
80.8%(better)21-26	Free-throw percentage	72.7%16-22
44(better)	Rebounds	33
8	Offensive rebounds	9(better)
36(better)	Defensive rebounds	24
28(better)	Assists	20
4	Steals	11(better)
11(better)	Blocks	3
19	Turnovers	9(better)
17(better)	Personal fouls	21

Team advanced
PHX	Stat	HOU
105.1	Pace	105.1
122.8(better)	Off. rating	107.6
107.6(better)	Def. rating	122.8
15.2(better)	Net rating	-15.2
69.0(better)	TS%	53.5
65.9(better)	eFG%	50.5
16.9	TOV%	7.8(better)
25.0(better)	OREB%	20.0
0.317(better)	FT rate	0.229
40.2	3PA rate	42.7(better)

Keel projection

How the projections do →

Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.

PHX 57%HOU 43%

Expected margin: PHX by 2.1
Result: PHX by 16: The projection called it.

The projected margin was 13.9 pts from the result. Its largest input: Rest (back-to-backs), 2.4 pts toward PHX. 5 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

PHX 2, HOU 2

Dec 27 · this gamePhoenix Suns 129, Houston Rockets 113
Feb 23Phoenix Suns 110, Houston Rockets 114
Feb 29Houston Rockets 105, Phoenix Suns 110
Mar 2Houston Rockets 118, Phoenix Suns 109

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