By: Kevin Kim
A quick and digestible look at the most top-of-mind Rockets news of the past few days.
Houston Chronicle. Rockets' offense can't keep up with Hawks down the stretch in home loss.
The Rockets were looking for a bounce-back win on Saturday night, but instead walked away with their second straight loss, the first time the Rockets have dropped consecutive home games this season and the first home losing streak since losing to the Lakers and Clippers at Toyota Canter on Nov. 7 and Nov. 9, 2013, respectively.
Houston Chronicle. Newest Rockets Shved & Brewer join Rockets with optimism aplenty.
The Rockets’ sideline looked a little different on Saturday night. It was a day after the Rockets were part of a three-team trade that brought guard Alexey Shved from Philadelphia and Corey Brewer from Minnesota. Troy Daniels was sent to the Timberwolves and Francisco Garcia was released. The two newcomers could not play on Saturday because all parties in the trade had not gone through physicals yet. They should be available for Monday’s game when the Rockets host the Trail Blazers.
ESPN.com. Vet Corey Brewer joins Rockets.
The Houston Rockets have acquired veteran swingman Corey Brewer from the Minnesota Timberwolves in a three-team trade also involving the Philadelphia 76ers, the teams announced Friday night. The Wolves will receive shooting guard Troy Daniels from the Rockets, who used an $8 million trade exception they got from sending Jeremy Lin to the Los Angeles Lakers to facilitate the deal. Minnesota also gets protected second-round picks in 2015 and '16.
FiveThirtyEight Sports. Every NBA team's chance of winning a title by 2019.
I can see Madison Square Garden from my Manhattan apartment. This year, the arena installed LED lights along the exterior columns of the building — blue, red and white for New York Rangers games; orange and blue for New York Knicks games. They outshine everything else along a drab stretch of Eighth Avenue. When the Knicks colors shine, I’m reminded that there’s a dreadful basketball team playing a few blocks from me.
