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Chase Budinger dunks over a Yao Ming cardboard cutout (Video)
Are you pumped for the NBA Slam Dunk Contest this weekend? I’m not either. And with a field of Derrick Williams, Paul George, Jeremy Williams and Chase Budinger, how could you be?
But here was Budinger earlier this week practicing for the contest by jumping over a life-size cardboard cutout of 7-foot-6 former Rockets center Yao Ming. He did it discreetly while reporters were...
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Chase Budinger dunks over Yao Ming cut-out...sorta (Video)
Recently, Houston Rockets forward Chase Budinger was announced as one of the participants in the 2012 NBA All Star Slam Dunk Contest.In the below clip, media members are interviewing Rockets forward Chandler Parsons and in the background, Budinger is setting up a Yao Ming cut-out and dunks over it.Sure, this is clearly a viral video but it's still entertaining to say the least:
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Houston Poor Choice For 2013 All-Star Game
For the second time in seven years, the city of Houston will host All-Star Weekend, NBA officials formally announced two weeks ago.
The 2013 festivities, which will take place February 15-17, mark the second time since 2006 that the Toyota Center will take center stage during All-Star Weekend and the third time overall Houston will welcome the event.
But is Houston the best choice...
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Famous faces help boost animal rights in China
A rights group says animal welfare is becoming an increasingly trendy concern among ordinary Chinese as celebrities like basketball star Yao Ming speak out against shark fin soup and bear bile tonics.
The founder of the Hong Kong-based Animals Asia Foundation, Jill Robinson, said Tuesday that she's seen interest in animal rights snowball in China over the last few years, spurred...
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Houston Rockets Recall Marcus Morris
The Houston Rockets made a D-League move Monday recalling Marcus Morris from their D-League affiliate Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
Morris has had two D-League stints for the Vipers but had been impressing the Rockets with his superior play in the minor league system. Morris averaged 20.7 points and 8.3 rebounds per game.
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Rockets' small set gives Memphis trouble
HOUSTON When the tables turn as decisively as they did defensively in the second half for the Rockets Monday night, the knee-jerk reaction is to laud the effectiveness of their small lineup on that end of the court.
However, there were offensive benefits in stationing forward Patrick Patterson in the middle and utilizing Chandler Parsons as the second big. During those stretches...
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Houston Rockets: Latest Stretch Proves They Can Be Dangerous In Playoffs
Before the season started, you likely would have paid little attention to the Houston Rockets as a serious playoff contender. Their current stretch of play is proving otherwise.
You probably even wrote them off when they started the season 3-7. However, those first 10 games were very tough. Those seven losses included six road games against the Magic, Grizzlies, Lakers, Clippers...
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Rockets 97, Grizzlies 93
Kyle Lowry scored 24 points, Kevin Martin added 22 and Courtney Lee hit four key free throws down the stretch as the Houston Rockets held off the Memphis Grizzlies 97-93 on Monday night.
Houston led by seven before Memphis went on a 5-0 run to get within 91-89 with 27.4 seconds left. O.J. Mayo grabbed a rebound, took it down the court and finished with a layup to cap that spurt...
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Rockets hold off Grizzlies' late surge for win
HOUSTON (AP) -- Kyle Lowry scored 24 points, Kevin Martin added 22 and Courtney Lee hit four key free throws down the stretch as the Houston Rockets held off the Memphis Grizzlies 97-93 on Monday night.
Houston led by seven before Memphis went on a 5-0 run to get within 91-89 with 27.4 seconds left. O.J. Mayo grabbed a rebound, took it down the court and finished with a layup to...
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Grizzles' rally comes up short against Rockets
HOUSTON (AP) -- Kyle Lowry scored 24 points, Kevin Martin added 22 and Courtney Lee hit four key free throws down the stretch as the Houston Rockets held off the Memphis Grizzlies 97-93 on Monday night.
Houston led by seven before Memphis went on a 5-0 run to get within 91-89 with 27.4 seconds left. O.J. Mayo grabbed a rebound, took it down the court and finished with a layup to...
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Rockets host paralyzed teen as special guest
HOUSTON -- The bullet traveled a mile. Its flight took it through the woods where some guys were taking target practice. It missed an untold number of trees and when it exploded into 13-year-old Nicholas Tijerina's chest, the boy said he didn't feel a thing.
"I spun and hit the ground," he said.
Nicholas was trying out for the basketball team on a temporary...
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Rockets on wrong end of Wolves' Love, again
HOUSTON His career had been the picture of impeccable ascent up until the moment Timberwolves forward Kevin Love surrendered to his inner rage and stomped the face of Rockets forward Luis Scola on Feb. 4.
His pittance had been paid via a league-issued two-game suspension, but Love realized that only he could close the book on this chapter of his basketball narrative. The stage...
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Yao Ming eloquently reflects on Jeremy Lin
In an NBA.com profile this week, Yao Ming waxed poetic about the NBA’s newest golden child, Jeremy Lin. It is quite possibly the most magical quote you will read this week.
“What I see from Jeremy and what I hear in his interviews is he appreciates everything. He pursues his dream. His attitude is so peaceful, but there is strength to him. It is not a violent strength...
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Wolves have season-long drama with Houston
MINNEAPOLIS No one said it wouldn't be dramatic.
When the Houston Rockets faced the Timberwolves for the first time this season, on Jan. 23 at the Target Center, emotion was expected. Former Timberwolves' coach and general manager, Minnesota native Kevin McHale, was returning to Minneapolis for the first time as an opposing coach. He was bringing with him Rick Adelman&...
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Martin's free throws lift Rockets to win
Kevin Martin tied a season high with 32 points, including the winning free throws with 23.6 seconds remaining, to lead the Houston Rockets to a 96-95 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night.
Kevin Durant missed three shots in the last 16 seconds and Houston finally grabbed the rebound on the last miss to secure the win. Goran Dragic missed a pair of free throws for...
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