Panic avoided! Rockets get first win
Put away the gas masks: the 2010-11 Houston Rockets have won an NBA game. The Minnesota Timberwolves, the perfect tonic for a winless squad, came to town and the Rockets wasted no time getting that...
View ArticleSize Matters: Rockets shrink late in fourth
Losses to the Lakers, Nuggets, Hornets and Spurs could be understood given the quality of the opponent and the instability of Houston’s lineups, but things were supposed to get better for the Rockets...
View ArticleWelcome back, Mr. Lowry: Rockets drop Pacers 102-99
Aaron Brooks is out, Yao Ming is out and the Pacers have been shooting lights out, so it looked like the Houston Rockets would be cows heading to the slaughter Friday night in Indiana. But the real...
View ArticleA Win Streak? Rockets kick Knicks 104-96
Kevin Martin scored 28 points, Luis Scola added 24 and Chuck Hayes played some brilliant defense as the Rockets knocked off the Knicks at Madison Square Garden 104-96 Sunday night. Chuck Hayes defends...
View ArticleAfter further review, Rockets lose to Rose, Bulls
One of the Rockets “keys to the game” was to stop Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose. Yeah… that didn’t quite work out. Rose exploded for 33 points — including 17 in the game-changing fourth...
View ArticleRockets digging deep hole with loss to Suns
If the Rockets are to get healthy and write a comeback story, they’ve set the stage by digging themselves a pretty deep hole. Jordan Hill, 14 points on 7-8, 10 boards (video) All five Suns starters...
View ArticleOutclassed: Short-handed Rockets no match for Mavericks
Are we alarmed yet? The Rockets couldn’t stop Dirk Nowitzki or Caron Butler (or for that matter, J.J. Barea) and were run 101-91 in Dallas Monday night, falling to 5-12 on the season. Houston shot...
View ArticleOut of Body: Battier dominates Kobe, Lakers in final minutes
I'm going to smoke you in the fourth... cool? The first half was playing out like every other Rocket game we’ve seen this season. They keep their head above water in the first and watch helplessly as...
View ArticleBombs Away! Rockets nail 16 threes to cage Grizzlies
One of the many reasons the Rockets started the season as loss collectors was they couldn’t hit their three-point shots. That wasn’t the case Friday night in Memphis. The Rockets went ballistic from...
View ArticleRockets are throwing an awesome House Party, but how long will it last?
Danuel House Jr. made his return to the starting lineup for the Houston Rockets on Friday night and the results were everything he and the team could have hoped for. The versatile forward played just...
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