Monthly Archives: January 2013

On the NBA: The Rondo Effect

One of the league’s premier players, Rajon Rondo, will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL. This signifies a huge shift in franchise prospectus for a handful of teams; now that the Celtics, already struggling for the East’s final playoff spot, have lost their most important piece, they’ve become a major factor [...]

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The Daily Blast – January 29, 2013

Flawless Victory – The Rockets handed the Utah Jazz their worst home loss in team history last night. In case you missed the game, allow me to summarize it for you: More basking in the afterglow after the jump…

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Houston Rockets 125, Utah Jazz 80: Your Houston Rockets led by 50 points.

I do believe that it should be mentioned again.  The Houston Rockets went into Salt Lake City in a game with major playoff race implications, and for seven seconds, managed to lead by 50 points.  Unfortunately, Alec Burks made a layup and Kevin Murphy made a 3-pointer, so Houston had to settle for winning by [...]

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Houston Rockets @ Utah Jazz on 1/28/2013

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Rockets vs the Calendar: Starters’ Minutes on Back to Backs

In January, the Houston Rockets slogged through six sets of back to back games, five of them in a row. After winning the first three games of that stretch, the Rockets embarked upon a notorious seven-game losing streak, only snapping it with a win over the Charlotte Bobcats. Now that the grueling stretch is over, [...]

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