Kevin Durant kept his hot hand to lead all scorers with 16 points and Phoenix was ahead, 57-51 at halftime. Bol Bol scored all eight of his points in the second quarter and led the Suns' second-quarter closing 7-0 run, which was capped off by a triple by TyTy Washington (season-high nine points) with three seconds left.

PHOENIX -- The Phoenix Suns enter the All-Star break with another loss to their record, this time at the hands of the Houston Rockets. Despite controlling much of the game, the Suns depart Houston with an 119-111 loss. Phoenix enters the break having lost their last six-of-seven matchups.

The Houston Rockets are intimately familiar with Kevin Durant. Rockets coach Ime Udoka played against Durant, coached against him, and was an assistant in Brooklyn during Durant’s All-Star 2020-21 season.