ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith didn’t hold back regarding Sunday’s Dillon Brooks ejection: “This is the kind of stuff that hurts the league, right here.”

Houston Rockets Dillon Brooks was ejected in the game against the Phoenix Suns. Brooks was ejected from the game after receiving two technical fouls after a scuffle with Kevin Durant. The referees also gave Durant and Nick Richards technical fouls during the altercation.

Suns guard Bradley Beal will miss his seventh straight game as he continues recovering from a left hamstring strain. Suns coach Mike Budenholzer said pregame that Beal has played 5-on-5, is making progress, but didn't put a timetable on his return.

Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant will undergo an MRI after he was ruled out for the remainder of Sunday's game against the Houston Rockets after suffering an ankle injury in the second half, head coach Mike Budenholzer told reporters following the game.

Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant was helped to the locker room with 6:57 left in the third quarter of his team's loss to the Houston Rockets on Sunday after suffering a left ankle sprain while falling to the floor in a collision with Jabari Smith Jr.