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David Rodriguez

29 February 2024

Who’s Taking part in

Houston Rockets @ Phoenix Suns

Present Data: Houston 25-33, Phoenix 34-24

How To Watch

When: Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 9 p.m. ET
The place: Footprint Middle — Phoenix, Arizona
TV: KTVK Phoenix
Observe: CBS Sports activities App
On-line streaming: fuboTV (Attempt free of charge. Regional restrictions might apply.)
Ticket Price: $19.00

What to Know

The Phoenix Suns will tackle the Houston Rockets at 9:00 p.m. ET on Thursday at Footprint Middle after having had just a few days off. The timing is bound within the Suns’ favor because the group sits on eight straight wins at residence whereas the Rockets haven’t had a lot luck on the away from residence, with eight straight highway losses.

Successful is just a bit bit simpler when you outrebound your opponent 14 to three on the offensive boards, a reality the Suns proved on Sunday. They got here out on prime in opposition to Los Angeles by a rating of 123-113.

The Suns’ win was a real group effort, with many gamers handing over stable performances. Maybe the perfect amongst them was Jusuf Nurkic, who dropped a double-double on 18 factors and 22 rebounds. Nurkic did not assist the Suns’ trigger all that a lot in opposition to the Mavericks on Thursday however the identical cannot be stated for this match. The group additionally obtained some assist courtesy of Royce O’Neale, who shot 6-for-10 from lengthy vary and nearly dropped a double-double on 20 factors and 9 rebounds.

In the meantime, Houston ended up an excellent deal behind the Thunder on Tuesday and misplaced 112-95.

The Rockets’ defeat should not obscure the performances of Alperen Sengun, who dropped a double-double on 23 factors and 11 rebounds, and Jabari Smith who dropped a double-double on 18 factors and 13 rebounds. Sengun hasn’t dropped beneath 11 rebounds for 3 straight video games.

Phoenix’s win bumped their document as much as 34-24. As for Houston, they’ve been struggling lately as they’ve misplaced eight of their final ten matches, which put a noticeable dent of their 25-33 document this season.

This contest is shaping as much as be a blowout: The Suns simply cannot miss this season, having made 49.8% of their photographs per sport (they’re ranked third in discipline purpose share general). It is a totally different story for the Rockets, although, as they’ve solely made 45.8% of their photographs this season. Given the Suns’ sizable benefit in that space, the Rockets might want to discover a strategy to shut that hole.

Trying forward, the Suns are the favourite on this one, because the specialists count on to see them win by 8.5 factors. They may be price a fast wager since they’re sitting on a 5 sport streak of masking the unfold when enjoying because the favorites at residence.