Danielle Lerner: Dillon Brooks ends up getting ejected after he and Kevin Durant got tangled up when Brooks was whistled for a foul on KD. Durant shoved Brooks, who then bought into it with Nick Richards.
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Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Referee Justin Van Duyne speaking with Rockets coach Ime Udoka.
Then Invoice Kennedy breaks down techs.
One on Kevin Durant.
One on Nick Richards.
“And two technical fouls on.”
Checks to ensure.
“(Dillon) Brooks and he has been ejected.” #Suns #Rockets pic.x.com/BIdAc57aJM – 10:05 PM
Referee Justin Van Duyne speaking with Rockets coach Ime Udoka.
Then Invoice Kennedy breaks down techs.
One on Kevin Durant.
One on Nick Richards.
“And two technical fouls on.”
Checks to ensure.
“(Dillon) Brooks and he has been ejected.” #Suns #Rockets pic.x.com/BIdAc57aJM – 10:05 PM
Rob Perez @WorldWideWob
One other 1st place for the Rockets after that Dillon Brooks ejection. pic.x.com/u4yo1nU3QU – 9:59 PM
One other 1st place for the Rockets after that Dillon Brooks ejection. pic.x.com/u4yo1nU3QU – 9:59 PM
Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
After the assessment, Kevin Durant and Nick Richards each get technical fouls, whereas Dillon Brooks will get two and the ejection – 9:59 PM
After the assessment, Kevin Durant and Nick Richards each get technical fouls, whereas Dillon Brooks will get two and the ejection – 9:59 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Dillon Brooks and Kevin Durant get locked up.
Get in one another’s face. Durant pushes him away.
Then Brooks and Nick Richards get into it.
Then comes safety to interrupt it up. Then Brooks has phrases with referee Justin Van Duyne.
Brooks ejection.
Suns down 55-38 with 4:48 – 9:57 PM
Dillon Brooks and Kevin Durant get locked up.
Get in one another’s face. Durant pushes him away.
Then Brooks and Nick Richards get into it.
Then comes safety to interrupt it up. Then Brooks has phrases with referee Justin Van Duyne.
Brooks ejection.
Suns down 55-38 with 4:48 – 9:57 PM
Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Dillon Brooks and Kevin Durant bought snarled and had some phrases. KD provides him somewhat shove off of him. Nick Richards steps in and Brooks swipes his arms off him. Brooks retains speaking and will get ejected. Somebody from the Rockets holds Brooks again as he had phrases for the official – 9:56 PM
Dillon Brooks and Kevin Durant bought snarled and had some phrases. KD provides him somewhat shove off of him. Nick Richards steps in and Brooks swipes his arms off him. Brooks retains speaking and will get ejected. Somebody from the Rockets holds Brooks again as he had phrases for the official – 9:56 PM
Kellan Olson @KellanOlson
Dillon Brooks has been ejected. Refs not enjoying round after what occurred in Minnesota. – 9:55 PM
Dillon Brooks has been ejected. Refs not enjoying round after what occurred in Minnesota. – 9:55 PM
Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
It’s going to by no means cease being humorous to me that a lot of the Suns dialog has revolved round pitting the offensive roles of Devin Booker and Kevin Durant in opposition to one another, all whereas this group stays a bottom-5 protection. Rockets have 55 factors with 5 minutes left within the 2Q – 9:52 PM
It’s going to by no means cease being humorous to me that a lot of the Suns dialog has revolved round pitting the offensive roles of Devin Booker and Kevin Durant in opposition to one another, all whereas this group stays a bottom-5 protection. Rockets have 55 factors with 5 minutes left within the 2Q – 9:52 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Durant in for O’Neale with 5:47 left in 2nd quarter.
Suns down 53-38. Booker with 16 factors. #Suns – 9:49 PM
Durant in for O’Neale with 5:47 left in 2nd quarter.
Suns down 53-38. Booker with 16 factors. #Suns – 9:49 PM
Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Finish of 1Q: HOU 32, PHX 24
Booker: 7 Pts, 3-4 FG
Durant: 6 Pts, 4 Reb, 3-6 FG
Ighodaro: 4 Pts, 3 Reb, 2 Ast
Thompson: 8 Pts, 5 Reb, 3 Ast, 4-7 FG
Rockets shut 1Q on 11-0 run (11-3 since E book checked out) – 9:33 PM
Finish of 1Q: HOU 32, PHX 24
Booker: 7 Pts, 3-4 FG
Durant: 6 Pts, 4 Reb, 3-6 FG
Ighodaro: 4 Pts, 3 Reb, 2 Ast
Thompson: 8 Pts, 5 Reb, 3 Ast, 4-7 FG
Rockets shut 1Q on 11-0 run (11-3 since E book checked out) – 9:33 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Suns down 21-20 as Kevin Durant has 6 after jumper.
Booker with seven in 1st half after not scoring in first half Friday at Minnesota. #Suns #Rockets – 9:23 PM
Suns down 21-20 as Kevin Durant has 6 after jumper.
Booker with seven in 1st half after not scoring in first half Friday at Minnesota. #Suns #Rockets – 9:23 PM
David Hardisty @clutchfans
Amen Thompson spins proper previous Kevin Durant for the dunk pic.x.com/gD57wO9Q2j – 9:15 PM
Amen Thompson spins proper previous Kevin Durant for the dunk pic.x.com/gD57wO9Q2j – 9:15 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Chao Meng of ESPN China requested me if is that this the final 12 months of the Large 3 in Phoenix with Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal.
What do you assume? #Suns pic.x.com/E7QhHLo5Ri – 9:11 PM
Chao Meng of ESPN China requested me if is that this the final 12 months of the Large 3 in Phoenix with Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal.
What do you assume? #Suns pic.x.com/E7QhHLo5Ri – 9:11 PM
David Hardisty @clutchfans
BIG GAME: Rockets tackle KD, Booker and the Suns in Phoenix in a recreation that has each playoff seeding and draft implications. We’re streaming dwell now: playback.tv/clutchfans?s=c… – 9:05 PM
BIG GAME: Rockets tackle KD, Booker and the Suns in Phoenix in a recreation that has each playoff seeding and draft implications. We’re streaming dwell now: playback.tv/clutchfans?s=c… – 9:05 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
“His day-to-day method is not like anyone I’ve been round or seen.”
Rockets coach Ime Udoka on Kevin Durant. Was an assistant in Brooklyn when Durant was there.
“With all of the accolades he nonetheless has a chip, is grumpy as hell each different day, however he holds himself to a excessive pic.x.com/VnBeBoNesW – 8:43 PM
“His day-to-day method is not like anyone I’ve been round or seen.”
Rockets coach Ime Udoka on Kevin Durant. Was an assistant in Brooklyn when Durant was there.
“With all of the accolades he nonetheless has a chip, is grumpy as hell each different day, however he holds himself to a excessive pic.x.com/VnBeBoNesW – 8:43 PM
David Hardisty @clutchfans
Rockets beginning lineup:
G – Fred VanVleet
G – Jalen Inexperienced
F – Dillon Brooks
F – Amen Thompson
C – Alperen Şengün
Suns:
G – Devin Booker
G – Collin Gillespie
F – Ryan Dunn
F – Kevin Durant
C – Nick Richards – 8:39 PM
Rockets beginning lineup:
G – Fred VanVleet
G – Jalen Inexperienced
F – Dillon Brooks
F – Amen Thompson
C – Alperen Şengün
Suns:
G – Devin Booker
G – Collin Gillespie
F – Ryan Dunn
F – Kevin Durant
C – Nick Richards – 8:39 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Suns beginning lineup vs. Rockets
Collin Gillespie
Devin Booker
Ryan Dunn
Kevin Durant
Nick Richards #Suns – 8:37 PM
Suns beginning lineup vs. Rockets
Collin Gillespie
Devin Booker
Ryan Dunn
Kevin Durant
Nick Richards #Suns – 8:37 PM
Extra on this storyline
One surprise team that pursued Durant hard at the trade deadline with other teams making calls to Phoenix was the Atlanta Hawks, sources said. The Hawks, who had been additionally in commerce discussions with the New Orleans Pelicans on a deal centered round Brandon Ingram earlier than he was traded to the Toronto Raptors, have been looking for one other star to play alongside Trae Younger. -via Clutch Points / March 30, 2025
Gerald Bourguet: Final: MIN 124, PHX 109 Durant: 23 Pts, 6 Reb, 2 Blk, 7-19 FG Gillespie: 22 Pts, 10 Ast, 5 Reb, Sep 11 FG O’Neale: 21 Pts, 7-12 3P Booker: 10 Pts, 6 Ast, 4-14 FG, 0-6 3P Randle: 25-8-6, 9-15 FG -via Twitter @GeraldBourguet / March 28, 2025
Duane Rankin: I interviewed Kevin Durant and Devin Booker about Commissioner Adam Silver saying NBA is “again to the drafting board” on All-Star format. “I trust Adam, he’s pushed this league forward, but shit doesn’t work all the time, but I can appreciate trying to be innovative and creative.” Durant. -via x.com / March 28, 2025
It was far from perfect, but the Rockets completed an undefeated homestand with a 144-137 win over the 76ers in overtime on Monday at Toyota Center, extending their win streak to a season-best seven games. Smith and Jalen Inexperienced every scored 30 factors and shot 5-of-7 on 3s for the Rockets. Dillon Brooks had 25 factors. Tari Eason, who led all scorers with 18 first-half factors, completed with 21 factors and eight rebounds after he fouled out with 4 minutes left in regulation. -via Houston Chronicle / March 17, 2025
Primarily based on a search of Spotrac’s fines and suspensions database, there have been eight flopping fines handed out within the first week of 2023-24 and 22 within the first half of the season, however solely 4 after Feb. 1. (Just one participant was fined greater than as soon as for this final season, and it wasn’t Dort or Dončić or Sensible or Dillon Brooks. It was … Collin Sexton?) However, in 2024-25, the fine has diminished to nearly nothing. We’ve only had five the entire season, with only the most egregious dives warranting action from Joe Dumars’ office. (These fines are made in session with the officiating facet, by the way in which.) -via New York Times / March 11, 2025
“I’m feeling great,” Brooks said. “I feel like we’re playing great, playing together. Figuring out our little nicks and bumps. With a game like this, sharing the basketball, you see what it does. It makes the game a lot easier.” “Guys had been transferring effectively, sharing the ball,” head coach Ime Udoka stated. “There have been a couple of pressured photographs right here and there, however we actually moved it effectively from the beginning. Like I’ve stated all 12 months, I feel we’re at our greatest when it’s balanced. Scoring from the submit, scoring from the choose and roll, getting out in transition in offense. I feel that’s form of what overwhelmed them, the balanced scoring.” -via Houston Chronicle / March 9, 2025
