Suns @ Rockets Monday game thread, 1-5-2026

[Dback Jon]

It should never have been Booker vs. Durant.

Correct - but Books ego got in the way this game

 

[95pro]

Wtf was Book thinking there too on D. Blitz the guy

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

Of course KD was going to make that

 

[SactownSunsFan]

There should be at least 1.2 seconds left

 

[Proximo]

I knew that was coming

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

ride with the book die with the book just like dtv

 

[Dback Jon]

I mean, great effort. I have to applaud them for sticking with Houston on the back end of a back to back.

With every 50-50 Call going to Houston’s Way but this is a game we should’ve won

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

damn - we played our guts out tho

 

[Mainstreet]

Final:

Rockets 100 - Suns 97

Suns vs. Rockets (Jan 5, 2026) Box Score - ESPN

Box score for the Phoenix Suns vs. Houston Rockets NBA game from January 5, 2026 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.

www.espn.com

 

[FB94]

fU Kd

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

that was like last night but bizzaro world

 

[95pro]

Stupid calls the last minute.

 

[Mainstreet]

This was exactly what cost Phoenix games last year and should not have happened this year

Book cannot do this crap waiting till the last second and then taking a bad shot

Booker and Durant doing isolation basketball. I thought that was over. Nothing to prove.

 

[Proximo]

I don’t like that team. We do not matchup well with them. Still could have won.

 

[Covert Rain]

Why did I know it was going to come down to a Durant or Book shot?!?

 

[95pro]

They took Oso away with Adams in the corner. He was actually bothering KDs shot

 

[Phrazbit]

I don't like calling a time out when there is a live ball after a miss like that.

Especially to set up a terrible ISO play.

Yuck.

Also, I think Allen could use some more time to heal up. He looked stuck in the mud.

 

[95pro]

That is what you save your timeout for. Instead we blew it with 4 seconds left with over a minute to go.

 

[DesertDevil]

Just didn't have enough in the tank to pull through. They fought and that's all you can ask.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Correct - but Books ego got in the way this game

100%. Bookers hero ball lost this game. The rockets are a deadly opponent for him. He’s not athletic enough to consistently get his shot against those long athletes.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

im good - competed in both games and we beat okc - i wish book would have drove and drawn the foul or got his teammates involved but he thought he was going to make that shot - then the kd dagger

 

[Chaplin]

We gave ourselves the chance to win, which many of us didn’t expect.

Bad decision from Book at the end, but all in all a promising game.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

our defense was lacking in the 2nd half - didn't have the same oomf

 

[Chaplin]

our defense was lacking in the 2nd half - didn't have the same oomf

Tired legs.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

anne's gold chain on a white T is gangster af tho