At halftime, Houston’s home game against the Dallas Mavericks looked all too similar to the recent close games against Milwaukee, Washington and Orlando. Harden was sluggish, the defense was weak, and the opposing shooters were raining threes. After trailing 33-31 at the end of the first quarter, the Rockets buckled down and pulled ahead by [...]
The Rockets came in looking to rebound from two painful losses in a row. In theory, this team was supposed to be a pushover – one of the weakest teams in the league due to a combination of youthful inexperience and injuries. It didn’t quite turn out that way though. In similar fashion to the [...]
I don’t know what it is about this team this season. I really don’t. Whether it’s Trevor Ariza or John Salmons or OJ Mayo, I feel like more often than not in our defeats, this team has dealt with one chucker or another just firing up stuff that goes in. And at the end of [...]
It’s one thing to lose to the Washington Wizards. They are a team who have been extremely well since the return of John Wall well since the return of John Wall, having defeated the Clippers, Knicks, and Nuggets recently before tonight’s game. The Rockets were on the second part of a back-to-back, were still shorthanded [...]
A depleted Houston Rockets team entered Brooklyn needing a win against a Nets team missing a star in Joe Johnson (heel), who missed his first game of the season. After the tough loss the Rockets handed the Nets in their last meeting (119-106), Deron Williams, Brook Lopez and the Nets had no intention of rolling [...]
