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On YouTubeHouston Rockets News / Houston Rockets on SI / December 31
Kevin Durant Explains Key to Jabari Smith Jr.'s Recent Stellar Play for Rockets
Jabari Smith Jr. has drawn the ire of many Houston Rockets fans this season. Buy and large, he's been relatively inconsistent. Even in a career year, like he's currently having in the 2025-26 NBA season.
Houston Rockets News / Stadium Rant / December 31
Dear Houston Rockets, Not All Superstars Are Worth The Gamble—Even Giannis
As first reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania, Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks have engaged in discussions about the two-time MVP and one-time NBA champion’s future with the franchise.
Houston Rockets News / Houston Rockets on SI / December 31
Rockets Stay Stagnant in Latest NBA Power Rankings Despite Winning Streak
The Houston Rockets are relieved to be ending 2025 on a high note, winning their last three games. However, many are still looking back on December's performance with concern.
The 'NBA all-time scoring leaders' quiz
How many of the NBA's top 30 career scorers can you name in five minutes?
NBA News / Houston Rockets on SI / December 31
Report: Rockets Could Get Involved in Trade for Hawks' Trae Young
The Houston Rockets need a point guard. Stop me if you've heard that one before. Rockets coach Ime Udoka has been mostly employing Amen Thompson as the team's lead on-ball guard, although we've seen quite a bit of Kevin Durant operating as the team's facilitator.
The 25 greatest rivalries in NBA history
Part of what makes the NBA, or any pro sports league, so compelling to watch is the narratives, especially those centered on rivalries. Throughout the decades, the NBA has fostered a number of rivalries, some long-lasting and others short but sweet.
Houston Rockets News / The Dream Shake / December 31
Rafael Stone can’t be scared of midseason moves 
Rafael Stone was once the NBA’s pariah. It’s hard to recall now, but it’s true. He was the scourge of the league. How dare Stone engineer intentional losses?
Houston Rockets News / Houston Rockets on SI / December 31
Biggest Takeaways from the Rockets' Rollercoaster Month of Basketball
Thankfully, the Houston Rockets have managed to climb back from a rough stretch of December basketball to end 2025 on a three-game winning streak. After Monday night's 126-119 win over the Indiana Pacers, the Rockets will end what has been a strange month with a 7-6 record, 20-10 overall.
Houston Rockets News / Houston Rockets on SI / December 31
Rockets' Ime Udoka Breaks Down Jabari Smith Jr.'s Performance vs. Pacers
The Houston Rockets are back on track with a three-game winning streak to end 2025. After a month of hoops that saw a major rough patch, they managed to end on a high note with a stretch of impressive basketball from Christmas Day to now.
Kevin Durant News / Houston Rockets on SI / December 30
Rockets' Kevin Durant Offers High Praise for Hawks' Guard
Kevin Durant is a basketball savant. He knows the game through and through. Better yet, he's a historian. He's educated himself on the history of the league.
Houston Rockets News / Houston Rockets on SI / December 30
Rockets' Major Advantage Could Help Them Make a Deep Title Run
The Houston Rockets have beared the look of an inconsistent team. They can hang with the league's best teams. Even the league's top teams. But they also flirt with subpar teams. At least in the month of December, which hasn't been kind to them in the slightest.
Houston Rockets News / Houston Rockets on SI / December 30
Jabari Smith’s 21 Points in Win Continues Career Season for the Rockets
Jabari Smith was drafted by the Houston Rockets in the middle of their rebuilding phase. The Rockets had traded away their franchise player, James Harden, in 2021 and were in the midst of their first rebuild in over a decade.
Houston Rockets News / The Dream Shake / December 30
Report: Rockets unlikely to make any moves during the season
The unofficial start of the NBA trade season (December 15) has passed, and to nobody’s surprise, the Rockets have not made any moves. However, with the season being anything but smooth so far, with losses to the Utah Jazz, New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings, and L.A.
Houston Rockets News / Houston Rockets on SI / December 30
ESPN Metrics Project Rockets to Finish Second in Western Conference
A rough stretch through most of December hindered the Houston Rockets a bit, but they have bounced back as 2025 comes to a close. Houston is riding a two-game winning streak heading into tonight's matchup with the 6-26 Indiana Pacers, with the chance to end the month 7-6.
Houston Rockets News / Total Apex Sports / December 30
Rockets Soar as Durant and Thompson Lead Houston Past Pacers 126-119
It was a night where the energy inside the Toyota Center felt different. You could sense it from the opening tip—a buzzing anticipation that usually accompanies big moments, or perhaps, big arrivals.
Houston Rockets News / NBA on ClutchPoints / December 30
How Rockets’ Kevin Durant is helping Jabari Smith Jr unlock his offensive game
Despite the Houston Rockets’ recent troubles with closing out games, Kevin Durant and Jabari Smith Jr. led their team in a 126-119 win against the Indiana Pacers.
Houston Rockets News / The Dream Shake / December 30
Rockets Power Wobble To 126-119 Win Over Pacers
The Rockets continue to make things interesting against bad teams. Through no fault of their own last season’s Eastern Conference Finalist, a team that was winning Game 7 of the Finals (it wasn’t actually an OKC coronation parade) before Tyrese Haliburton ruptured his Achilles, is a bad team.
Houston Rockets News / Field Level Media / December 29
Kevin Durant drops 30 as Rockets surge past Pacers
Kevin Durant scored a game-high 30 points, while Amen Thompson and Jabari Smith Jr. combined for 41 as the Houston Rockets claimed a 126-119 win over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Monday.
Steven Adams News / EssentiallySports / December 30
What Happened to Steven Adams? Rockets Star Exits Pacers Game With Injury
The Houston Rockets were already shorthanded on bigs heading into tonight’s game against the Indiana Pacers, and now the team has faced another setback.
Alperen Sengun News / EssentiallySports / December 29
Why Is Alperen Sengun Not Playing Tonight vs Pacers? Last Minute Rockets Injury Update
Tonight, as the Houston Rockets attempt to extend their winning streak to three against the Indiana Pacers, the team has faced some unforeseen setback.
Houston Rockets News / Houston Rockets on SI / December 29
One Flaw That Could Doom the Rockets’ Title Chances
Amen Thompson entered the season with expectations of ascending into a star. And understandably so. It’s his third season, he flashed immense improvement year-over-year in his first two seasons and there was also the Kevin Durant factor.
Ime Udoka News / NBA Analysis Network / December 28
Houston Rockets have a ‘smart guy’ who gives their team a ‘paramount’ advantage, says Ime Udoka
Ime Udoka spoke glowingly about one of their veteran players on the Houston Rockets who gives the squad an edge. The Houston Rockets are proving themselves to be genuine contenders this season, after yet another win this weekend over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
NBA News / Yardbarker / December 27
Lakers have 'recalibration and reconnection' meeting after having effort called out
Even though the Los Angeles Lakers still have the fourth-best record in the Western Conference, things are not going smoothly at the moment.
NBA News / Larry Brown Sports / December 26
JJ Redick goes off on Lakers players after ugly Christmas Day loss to Rockets
JJ Redick did not mince words in his assessment of his Los Angeles Lakers’ holiday performance.
NBA News / Yardbarker / December 26
Lakers play like Grinches on Christmas for third straight loss
Christmas is supposed to be the time for giving and sharing. That's not how the Los Angeles Lakers have treated the ball this holiday season.
Houston Rockets News / Hoops Rumors / December 25
Dorian Finney-Smith Could Make Rockets Debut Today
Veteran forward Dorian Finney-Smith could make his Rockets debut today when Houston faces the Lakers. He’s listed as questionable to play, according to Real GM.
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