Final 2_11 WILD ENDING Rockets vs Suns _ January 5, 2025

Corner threes. Those are the best threes in basketball that you can get outside of maybe an offensive rebound kickout. The Rockets struggling for three for the second straight game. One of the best three-point shooting teams in the league. Thompson. Crossover. Girard. That'll count plus the foul. That was sick, that crossover. Oh, my goodness. He's ridiculous. Left to right. Spun Iguodalo around. He's holding on for dear life and just lays it in. Talk to talk, Amin Thompson. That is crazy there. I mean, this is lightning quick. If you could be on the floor and see how fast he's doing this, I mean, he's a blur. And he completes the three-point play and just ended the Suns 10-0 run. That was an important sequence. Amin Thompson does not like losing. This kid has a competitive edge. Above 50 o'clock running here in Toyota Center. Jabari going to try to use his length against Booker. But he uses the screen from O'Neal to get off the three, but he missed it. Thompson getting some instructions from Ine. Still with it. One-on-one out high. Working off Booker. Couple of crossovers. Swing by him. Flipped up the shot. No. Add a tip. Try no. And a rebound to Dylan Brooks. Great look, and there's the challenge. You can't help off Durant, so he's got an open lane. O'Neal thought about it. Now finds Booker at midcourt. Good job. He used to pre-switch that pick and roll. To O'Neal. Shot clock winding down. Did he get it off? He did. Missed it. Missed everything. Turnover. Shot clock violation on the Suns. Even at once, he's been letting Amin Thompson cook and get shots. Again, you can't help off Durant. If you do, Amin's been making the right plays. Inside of a minute to go. Game tied at 97. But you can also go with a 14-action lead. Kevin, set the screen and see what decision they make because Royce O'Neal probably doesn't want to leave Durant. That's what you're going to see. Here's the 14. Well, Durant sets the pick. Gets it back. Jumps it into Amin. Stepping through with the left hand. Missed it. Gets his own rebound. And then had it knocked out of bounds. Rockets ball 13 to shoot. Really good look. I mean, point-blank miss there for Amin Thompson, which is he could have had that one back. But, I mean, love that two-man game. Throw it up to him. Working on O'Neal. Swings it across to Tari Eson. He comes into the paint. Switches to the left hand. Missed it. And a timeout to Phoenix with 29 seconds to go. Everyone on their feet. O'Neal gets it in to Booker. The initial assignment defensively is Tari Eson. Booker and the Suns taking their time. They're going to go around eight. They're going to go around five. Wow. That was a long time to try to get a shot off. Booker does and airmails it. And that's a shot clock violation. Another one on the Suns. What were they doing? Booker felt like that's the same shot he had against the Thunder that he hit. He wanted the left hand step back. And Eson played it well. But he didn't even start moving until inside of five seconds on the possession. No, he froze. And maybe he thought Tari would have crowded him too much. I like Tari does a good job spacing him a little bit because one thing Booker does, he looks for the bump in the shoulder on that step back. Eson did a good job watching film. He doesn't allow Booker to get that shoulder. Uses his length and forces an air ball. Great job, Tari Eson. And think about the Kings game when Tari overheld. I like that from Imei putting him right back in the situation and allowing him to get a major stop. And now you've got five seconds left. No out from Shungun, but you've got one of the best closers to ever do it in Kevin Durant. Back-to-back shot clock violations for the Suns. Safe to assume you're going to have some action with Amin Thompson and Kevin Durant. Now likely you get the ball to KD and get out of the way and be ready to catch and shoot if they double. And if you're the Suns, they're putting two on Durant wherever he's at and maybe you play off of that. Just over five seconds to go in regulation. Game is tied at 97. Think back to that Boston game. Imei put the ball in the men's hands, let him get downhill, and he made the move of his young career at that time. Maybe we get another replay there, but nonetheless you've got one of the best to do it in Kevin Durant. So one of those two guys you assume touches it and you know you've got Stephen in for a rebound opportunity and Jabari's willing to hit a big shot too. The Suns had a dramatic win last night at Oklahoma City. Can the Rockets pull off a dramatic win tonight? Jabari the inbounder into Kevin Durant. Durant for three. Yes, he's got it! Look at this play. You get the one-on-one with Durant. Slides to his right. The help is not there quick enough. And he knew it was good the entire time. Ice-cold Kevin Durant. This is just money floating. Throws it up from about 25, 26 feet, man, and that's money. Just emotionless. And again, watch him prep. He knew this was good the whole time through. Just his second made three of the game. And now 1.1. So you're Houston. Again, you've got to contest. They've got a time for a catch-and-shoot. I don't think you can shock Dayton with 1.1. You've got to catch him going for the shot. Devin Booker, Devin Booker, Devin Booker. That's the guy that you probably want to shadow off the inbound. I wasn't surprised that he got that shot. It's great of him. Tough shot. Well, they didn't send a screen. I probably didn't send a screen because they thought he might get doubled. No, no. If he gets it, they were going to double, so you space, which is the right play. Well, the Suns have gone scoreless for about the last two minutes and 20 seconds. And Dylan Brooks, Dylan's fearless. He will hit a shot here too. So, nonetheless, do not. Hands high. Do not foul. Contest straight up. Show that you are vertical in this situation. Suns are out of timeouts. The Rockets have one if they need to take it. Kevin Durant just gave them a three-point lead, 1.1 to play. Dylan Brooks going to that right corner. O'Neal loops it. And it's Booker. World missed. And it's over. Wow. Another former Sun. This time defensively, Josh Okogie.