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Houston Rockets 107, New Orleans Pelicans 98: It Doesn’t All Have To Go Right At Once

In a long season, there will stretches where not every facet of the team is clicking. Whether it’s down to fatigue caused by a rough stretch of games, injuries warping the rotation or just players getting out of form, there will be nights where teams have to win with significant areas of the team not [...]

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Houston Rockets 100, Memphis Grizzlies 92: A Win. Somehow.

Sometimes, a contending team doesn’t show how great it is by winning on a last second clutch shot.  It doesn’t show how great it is even by blowing out the other team.  Instead, the Rockets showed their contending ability and talent…by winning against the Memphis Grizzlies despite playing like garbage for the vast majority of [...]

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Dallas Mavericks 111, Houston Rockets 104 – Experience matters

The Houston Rockets are a good basketball team. They have a real shot at winning it all in the next handful of years, and might make some noise in the playoffs if they can find some chemistry. The Dallas Mavericks are on the wrong side of their superstar’s career, with Dirk Nowitzki hoping to get [...]

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Houston Rockets 114, Detroit Pistons 97: Superman.

Dwight Howard has no post game. That is what has always been said about Howard; if not that, the free throws.  Rockets fans should know this better than anyone else – how many, during the Yao/Howard debates, cited Yao’s jumper, his excellent free throw shooting, and his touch as proof that Yao was superior?  Never [...]

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Indiana Pacers 114, Houston Rockets 81 – So that’s what defence looks like

Ever since they smothered the Rockets in their sole visit to Houston last year, the Pacers have been one of my favourite teams to watch. I’m fascinated by how they are able to force teams to take shots they don’t want to take and strangle the opposition’s offence, and I was eager to see whether [...]

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