PHOENIX (AP) — Amen Thompson scored 28 points, Aaron Holiday added 22 off the bench and the Houston Rockets beat the Phoenix Suns 114-92 on Monday night, despite not having star forward Kevin Durant in the lineup for the first time this season.

The Rockets won for the 11th time in 13 games, bouncing back from Friday night's loss to the Nuggets . The Suns three-game winning streak was snapped.

Houston was in control for most of the night, never trailing after early in the first quarter. The Rockets took an 84-75 lead into the fourth and the Suns never got closer than six.

Thompson shot 10 of 16 from the field and added eight assists and seven rebounds. Holiday made six 3-pointers.

Durant — a 15-time All-Star averaging a team-high 24.6 points per game — missed the game for personal re

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