Durant, however, is currently dealing with a personal issue, which has gotten in the way of his opportunity to face off against the Suns. Monday’s matchup would have been the first time the 15-time All-Star faced his former team since his offseason trade.

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 Houston Rockets head to Phoenix for a showdown against the Suns tonight on Peacock. This will be the first of four meetings between the two teams this season. Tip-off is at 9:30 PM ET, following the Cavaliers vs. Raptors game at 7:30 PM.

For the Rockets, they have six players listed on their injury report, including star forward Kevin Durant. Houston has ruled out Durant due to personal reasons as he is set to miss the next two games while tending to a family matter.

Houston has been incredible through the first portion of the NBA season, with incredible numbers. Can the team keep it up?

The Suns and Rockets each won the Kevin Durant trade, but for strikingly different reasons with a quarter of the season almost here.

Nikola Jokic outplayed Alperen Sengun and Kevin Durant as the Rockets took a tough loss that has both NBA Cup and Western Conference implications.