Houston Rockets @ Phoenix Suns
Monday, November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM ET
Mortgage Matchup Center, Phoenix, AZ | Game ID: 22500290
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
PHX 23 27 25 17 92HOU 30 29 25 30 114
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Amen Thompson scores 28, Rockets roll past Suns 114-92 despite missing star Kevin Durant
PHOENIX -- — Amen Thompson scored 28 points, Aaron Holiday added 22 off the bench and the Houston Rockets beat the Phoenix Suns 114-92 on Monday night, despite not having star forward Kevin Durant in the lineup for the first time this season.
The Rockets won for the 11th time in 13 games, bouncing back from Friday night's loss to the Nuggets . The Suns three-game winning streak was snapped.
Houston was in control for most of the night, never trailing after early in the first quarter. The Rockets took an 84-75 lead into the fourth and the Suns never got closer than six.
Thompson shot 10 of 16 from the field and added eight assists and seven rebounds. Holiday made six 3-pointers.
Durant — a 15-time All-Star averaging a team-high 24.6 points per game — missed the game for personal reasons .
The matchup was a bit of a letdown after Sunday’s announcement that Durant wasn't playing, delaying his return to the city where he spent the previous 2 1/2 seasons.
The Suns traded Durant to the Rockets during the offseason in a seven-team deal in exchange for Dillon Brooks , Jalen Green and the No. 10 overall pick in the draft, which Phoenix used to select Duke center Khaman Maluach .
Brooks led the Suns with 29 points on 11 of 22 shooting. Devin Booker scored 18 and Collin Gillespie added 16. Phoenix shot 41.3% from the field and had 20 turnovers, which led to 26 points for Houston.
The Rockets took a 59-50 lead into halftime. Holiday scored 12 points for the Rockets before the break. Brooks and Gillespie had 13 for the Suns.
Houston has won five straight games against Phoenix. The Suns' 92 points were a season low.
Up next Rockets: At Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PHXCG C. Gillespie
DB D. Booker
DB D. Brooks
IL I. Livers
JB J. Bouyea
JG J. Goodwin
NH N. Hayes-Davis
NR N. Richards
OI O. Ighodaro
RF R. Fleming
RO R. O'Neale
HOUAH A. Holiday
AS A. Sengun
AT A. Thompson
CC C. Capela
JD J. Davison
JG J. Green
JO J. Okogie
JS J. Smith Jr.
RS R. Sheppard
SA S. Adams
PHX/HOU the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur