This one was never close as Houston continued their quest for the two-seed with a victory over the Suns, 149-113.
Houston made five of its first 11 threes to take a 27-13 lead. Actually, they doubled up the Suns initially when it was 18-9 and coach Igor Kokoskov called his first timeout. But look, when Chris Paul is making pull-up threes (he made two early), it’s nearly impossible to defend this team. If the Warriors couldn’t do it last spring, these battered Suns surely aren’t.
It was good to see Dragan Bender get involved early once again.