Rockets and Suns Lock Horns: A Cosmic Battle for Dominance!

Game Breakdown

Game Time: March 02, 2024 10:00PM EST

Location: Footprint Center, Phoenix

Vegas Odds

Opening Odds: Houston Rockets +340, Phoenix Suns -460; Over/Under: 231.0 points

Recent Odds: Houston Rockets +235 -105, Phoenix Suns -285 +175; Over/Under: 233.5 points +2.5

Team Performance

LAST 10

2W-8L

AWAY

4W-24L

29.9% Win Probability

LAST 10

7W-3L

HOME

19W-11L

70.1% Win Probability

Previous Matchups

Date		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final	O/U
02/29/24	Houston Rockets HOU	17	36	22	30	105	Under
02/29/24	Phoenix Suns PHX	33	31	22	24	110	Under
02/23/24	Phoenix Suns PHX	28	24	24	34	110	Under
02/23/24	Houston Rockets HOU	20	37	32	25	114	Under
12/27/23	Phoenix Suns PHX	30	43	31	25	129	Over
12/27/23	Houston Rockets HOU	24	31	29	29	113	Over
12/13/22	Phoenix Suns PHX	20	15	32	30	97	Under
12/13/22	Houston Rockets HOU	27	27	30	27	111	Under
12/02/22	Houston Rockets HOU	27	30	29	36	122	Over
12/02/22	Phoenix Suns PHX	36	28	32	25	121	Over
10/30/22	Houston Rockets HOU	24	32	30	23	109	Under
10/30/22	Phoenix Suns PHX	29	36	25	34	124	Under
03/16/22	Phoenix Suns PHX	35	24	36	34	129	Over
03/16/22	Houston Rockets HOU	31	27	24	30	112	Over
02/16/22	Houston Rockets HOU	32	35	28	26	121	Over
02/16/22	Phoenix Suns PHX	27	32	30	35	124	Over
11/14/21	Phoenix Suns PHX	27	24	29	35	115	Under
11/14/21	Houston Rockets HOU	23	21	19	26	89	Under
11/04/21	Houston Rockets HOU	30	31	25	25	111	Over
11/04/21	Phoenix Suns PHX	36	20	37	30	123	Over

Starting Lineups

Houston Rockets	Proj	L5	L15	S%	S/DFS
Dillon Brooks SF	23.5	15.3	22.2	90%	23.6
Jalen Green SG	36.6	30.8	32.5	93%	32.6
Alperen Sengun C	43.0	36.2	41.2	93%	41.6
Jabari Smith Jr. PF	34.5	39.3	29.2	100%	29.1
Fred VanVleet PG	37.0	29.8	37.1	93%	37.9

Phoenix Suns	Proj	L5	L15	S%	S/DFS
Grayson Allen SG	26.2	25.7	26.3	93%	26.9
Bradley Beal SF GTD	34.4	38.5	31.9	93%	32.4
Devin Booker PG	48.5	39.5	44.5	93%	43.3
Kevin Durant PF	51.4	44.5	47.1	93%	48.1
Jusuf Nurkic C GTD	36.9	37.8	32.6	93%	33.4

Rockets Notable Injuries

Suns Notable Injuries

Jusuf Nurkic GTD (C): Avg: 11.9pts, 10.5reb, 3.8ast, 27.5 minutes. Last game: 02/29/24. Impact: 5.9
Eric Gordon GTD (SG): Avg: 12.5pts, 2.1reb, 2.2ast, 29.8 minutes. Last game: 02/23/24. Impact: 3.5
Nassir Little GTD (SF/PF): Avg: 3.8pts, 2.0reb, 0.5ast, 12.1 minutes. Last game: 02/25/24. Impact: 0.7

Top Player Props

This article, published more than 6 hours prior to game time, focuses exclusively on Over prop bets due to the propensity for NBA teams to make last-minute injury adjustments. For the most current prop bets, including any updates closer to tip-off, please refer to the link provided below the table.

		Stat				Over %				Opposing Defense/Game
Player	Team	Prop	Line	Proj	Diff	L5	L10	L15	L30	Opp	Stat	Rank
Kevin Durant	PHX	Pts	23.5	28.5	+5.0	60%	70%	60%	60%	HOU	-1.3	#13
Dillon Brooks	HOU	Pts	10.5	13.7	+3.2	20%	60%	60%	60%	PHX	+0.4	#17
Jusuf Nurkic	PHX	Reb	9.5	11.0	+1.5	60%	50%	40%	40%	HOU	+1.3	#20
Jalen Green	HOU	Reb	4.5	5.6	+1.1	60%	50%	47%	47%	PHX	-0.5	#9
Devin Booker	PHX	Ast	5.5	7.0	+1.5	40%	50%	47%	47%	HOU	-1.4	#1
Fred VanVleet	HOU	Ast	6.5	7.7	+1.2	0%	20%	33%	33%	PHX	-0.3	#11
Jabari Smith Jr.	HOU	3Pt	1.5	1.9	+0.4	60%	60%	60%	60%	PHX	-0.6	#2

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Rockets Defense vs

Position	Pts	Reb	Ast	Overall	vs NBA
C	#28	#20	#8	#30	15.3%
PF	#8	#19	#4	#9	-4.4%
PG	#30	#19	#18	#29	13.9%
SF	#13	#26	#30	#25	6.7%
SG	#4	#25	#1	#9	-3.9%

Suns Defense vs

Position	Pts	Reb	Ast	Overall	vs NBA
C	#1	#15	#17	#10	-8.1%
PF	#9	#29	#8	#21	4.2%
PG	#28	#30	#11	#30	14.7%
SF	#17	#16	#2	#9	-6.3%
SG	#11	#9	#22	#11	-2.4%

Team Comparison

Points per Game

109.8

119.7

Rebounds per Game

49.2

45.6

Assists per Game

22.3

27.1

Steals per Game

7.4

9.2

Blocks per Game

4.9

6.8

Shots per Game

92.8

89.1

3-Pointers Made per Game

12.3

12.1

2-Pt Percentage per Game

49.0

55.7

3-Pt Percentage per Game

33.6

37.0

Turnovers per Game

14.9

14.5

Fouls per Game

20.9

17.5

Recent Trends

Bradley Beal (PG/SG): 3 Game Minutes avg dropped 30.4% to 25.2, 36.2 min average previous 3 games.
Devin Booker (PG/SG): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 37.0% to 38.0, 27.7 min average previous 3 games.
Drew Eubanks (C): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 70.3% to 17.1, 10.0 min average previous 3 games.
Jalen Green (PG/SG): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 46.1% to 33.0, 22.6 min average previous 3 games.
Amen Thompson (PG/SG): 3 Game Minutes avg dropped 48.9% to 16.1, 31.5 min average previous 3 games.
Thaddeus Young (C): 3 Game Minutes avg dropped 36.9% to 16.0, 25.3 min average previous 3 games.