{"id":519383,"date":"2026-01-06T02:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/519383\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T02:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:43:13","slug":"clock-scoreboard-malfunctions-delay-suns-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/519383\/","title":{"rendered":"Clock, scoreboard malfunctions delay Suns-Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Phoenix Suns already dealt with plane issues when getting to Houston, and as their Monday night matchup against the Rockets progressed, the clock and scoreboard refused to cooperate.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota Center experienced a few sporadic technical difficulties in the first quarter before everything went cold to begin the second quarter. While the scoreboard wasn\u2019t showing any signs of life, the arena\u2019s public announcer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/protectedpick\/status\/2008356947888599302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">had to announce the game score and shot clock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the TV broadcast, the PA could audibly be heard counting down from five seconds.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here\u2019s the Rockets PA announcing the shot clock countdown since their arena shot clock system is broken <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3tn08jMtNk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3tn08jMtNk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cage (@ridiculouscage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ridiculouscage\/status\/2008357739727356264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">January 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the buzzers were also disconnected, forcing the scorer\u2019s table to use an airhorn as a different signal for a substitution.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/phoenix-suns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Suns<\/a> held a 29-25 lead over the Rockets after the first, and it took 12 minutes until things were situated well enough for play to commence in the second.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the contest entering the closing minutes of the opening half, the scoreboard still read \u201c29-25.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The score and game clock, but not the shot clock, returned with about two minutes remaining in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix held a 60-54 halftime lead over Houston. Devin Booker, Collin Gillespie and Jordan Goodwin each had 11 points and Royce O\u2019Neale added three 3s.<\/p>\n<p>Grayson Allen made his return from a right knee injury for the Suns after missing nine games, and Mark Williams started his second back-to-back of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Allen didn\u2019t score in his 10 first-half minutes (0 for 2) but had six assists and Williams had two points (1 for 4 shooting) and seven rebounds.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pwmoses11\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @pwmoses11<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/arizona-sports-newsletter-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phoenix Suns already dealt with plane issues when getting to Houston, and as their Monday night matchup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[1516,7,1515,6,2065,1514,472,4045,604],"class_list":{"0":"post-519383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-arizona-sports-now-on-98-7-fm","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-home","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-phoenix","13":"tag-phoenix-arizona-sports-news-phoenix-breaking-sports-news","14":"tag-phoenix-suns","15":"tag-phoenixsuns","16":"tag-suns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115845857944509672","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}