On Friday night, the Houston Rockets will take on the Portland Trail Blazers on the second night of a back-to-back, hoping to get the taste out from an overtime loss to the Warriors.
The Houston Rockets began a two-game homestand Thursday, hosting longtime rivals, the Golden State Warriors, followed by the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday.
It feels pretty surface-level to say that a team's late-season performance will determine how it handles the offseason, but for the Houston Rockets, it is that clear-cut.
Given the vulnerability of their opponent on Thursday, the Houston Rockets were positioned to open a crucial stretch of home games with a victory that could prove beneficial in their pursuit of the third seed in the Western Conference.
The Houston Rockets suffered a 115-113 overtime defeat against the shorthanded Golden State Warriors on Thursday evening, as Kevin Durant missed two crucial free throws late in the game.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
The Warriors somehow managed to pull off an upset in Houston tonight as they defeated the Rockets 115-113 despite not having three of their star players: Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, and Kristaps Porzingis available tonight in a heavily depleted roster.
This one was embarrassing, and painful. It was like watching a chess master play a person who’d maybe heard of chess, but never played it before. Steve Kerr would be in the role of grandmaster, and Ime Udoka the role of someone who just learned of the existence of the wimpy game of chess an hour ago.
The Houston Rockets returned home after an extended road trip and looked to take advantage of an injury riddled Golden State Warriors team. The Rockets were shockingly not able to come out on top and overcome their mistakes in an overtime battle 115-113.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
The loss stings for the whole team, but especially for the All-Star who is still trying to prove himself away from the place he had the greatest success.
The Houston Rockets are in a quality position to hold their spot in the Western Conference standings while also preparing their lineup for what they hope is a deep postseason run this year.
The Houston Rockets have had some bad losses to bad teams this season. The Rockets came into the season as one of the favourites to win an NBA title. The Rockets were coming off a 52-win season, their best since 2020.
As the 2025-26 NBA regular season reaches a close, the schedule reigns paramount. It's one of the most pivotal determining factors in playoff seedings.
The Houston Rockets are at home on Thursday night as they host the Golden State Warriors in a Western Conference showdown. For the Rockets, they have put together a solid season thus far as they currently sit third in the Western Conference standings with a 38-22 record.
With the final weeks of the regular season at hand and the Houston Rockets locked in a tight race for the third seed in the West, the mistakes that have plagued them all season must be mitigated if the Rockets are to fend off the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets.
Houston Rockets guard Amen Thompson has had a wonderful start to his career in the NBA. Playing in his third year in the league, Thompson has averaged 13.6 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.4 steals per contest in 188 career games before Monday night's game against the Wizards.