The Houston Rockets remain on the road as they head to San Francisco this evening to face off against the Golden State Warriors in each team's third NBA Cup game of the season.
Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant missed Monday’s game against the Phoenix Suns, due to a personal family matter. The game would’ve been a homecoming, of sorts, for KD.
After cruising to a 114-92 win over the Suns, you’d expect Rockets fans to cheer and the opponents to grumble a bit, pretty standard stuff. But as HC Ime Udoka made his way to the locker room, a Suns fan couldn’t resist taking a personal jab, one that had absolutely nothing to do with the game itself.
With a shiny NBA Cup court as the backdrop, the Houston Rockets get their first shot at revenge against last year's playoff antagonist when they visit the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night in San Francisco.
In sports, players from older eras and generations constantly look down and frown upon the newer, more modern eras. Well, in life, really. Hence the get off my lawn expression.
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When NBA followers discuss the Houston Rockets' chances at a deep postseason run, they understandably focus on the performance of the team's top players: Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, and Amen Thompson.
As good as they are right now, the Houston Rockets are not 100% at the moment. Despite the 11-4, they have been missing key rotation players, including their leading scorer, Kevin Durant.
The Houston Rockets are in the midst of a four-game road stretch that saw them open the trip with a victory against the Phoenix Suns. Amen Thompson was a large part of their success, having his best game of the season in a well-rounded effort against a Suns team that has surprised the league with their early success.
The Houston Rockets are proving that they firmly belong in the title conversation after weeks of elite two-way basketball. Most recently, they proved they could without their star scorer in Kevin Durant, defeating a hot Phoenix Suns team 114-92 on Monday night.
Houston Rockets fans know Draymond Green all too well. He and the Golden State Warriors have faced off against the Rockets in four of Houston's last six postseason trips.
The Phoenix Suns’ three-game winning streak was abruptly ended by the Kevin Durant-less Houston Rockets. The Houston Rockets, led by 28 points from Amen
Kevin Durant’s offseason move to the Houston Rockets has been a great success so far. Despite losing starting point guard Fred VanVleet to a torn ACL this offseason, the team is off to an 11-4 start while sporting the second-best offensive rating and fifth-best defensive rating in the NBA.
The Houston Rockets didn’t need any extra storylines heading into battle with the Phoenix Suns, but Ime Udoka found himself pulled into one the moment Kevin Durant’s name surfaced.
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This was a good game because Phoenix isn’t a bad team. They may not be a great team, they may not be a playoff team, but they’re not bad. They might even be good.
The air in the Footprint Center was thick with anticipation, but it wasn’t just about basketball. Kevin Durant, the superstar traded to the Houston Rockets in a blockbuster offseason deal, was a ghost, absent for personal reasons.
Amen Thompson tied a season high with 28 points, Aaron Holiday had a season-high 22 points and tied a career-high six 3-pointers, and the Houston Rockets ran past the host Phoenix Suns 114-92 on Monday.
Ime Udoka let one of his former players hear it during Monday’s game. The Houston Rockets faced off on Monday against the Phoenix Suns. In the second quarter at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Ariz., Suns swingman Dillon Brooks put out a shoulder and knocked down Rockets center Steven Adams as Adams was running past him.
When the Houston Rockets lost Fred VanVleet ahead of the season, they had every reason to be worried. Even though their overall squad was solid, VanVleet was the spine of their young core last season.
The NBA Cup superstar clash between Denver’s Nikola Jokic and Houston’s Alperen Sengun didn’t go as Rockets fans would have hoped. The Nuggets won the NBA Cup showdown on Friday night, 112-109.
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