PHOENIX – James Harden will probably get his job back when he is ready, though Pat Beverley offered a strong imitation.
Trevor Ariza will return to the Rockets frontcourt, but Troy Williams might not be rushed back to the Valley.
Ryan Anderson's job will be waiting, but the Rockets were able to play with the three top scorers from their preferred starting lineup unavailable and made franchise history, anyway. Even shorthanded, the Rockets had four players score at least 20 to complete their first season sweep of the Suns with a 123-116 win on Sunday.
The win snapped the Rockets' three-game losing streak and moved the Rockets five games in front of the fourth-place Jazz with five games left.