The Houston Rockets have a unique conundrum this season, as it pertains to their roster construction. Two of their three best offensive players have shown themselves to be poor defenders.
The Houston Rockets were able to rebound from an ugly loss to the Golden State Warriors that featured some horrid play down the stretch by closing out the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night with a strong fourth quarter to come from behind and drop the Blazers 106-99.
Houston Rockets guard and NBPA president Fred VanVleet believes the NBA may be getting far more trouble than benefit from sports gambling. And he says the money does not come close to balancing it out.
In a game that was defined by a huge 4th-quarter on offense, the Houston Rockets were able to pull off a comeback win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night to notch their 39th win of the season.
Amen Thompson scored 26 points and fueled a critical fourth-quarter rally that pushed the Houston Rockets to a 106-99 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Friday.
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 Houston Rockets were looking for a much-needed bounce-back after a bad loss to the injured Golden State Warriors on Thursday, and got the job done this time against an also injured Portland Trail Blazers team on the second of a back-to-back 106-99.
The Houston Rockets have struggled to find the balance between their offense and their defense as they've tried to keep a top position in the Western Conference standings.
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green praised Reed Sheppard following the Houston Rockets guard’s standout performance in Friday night’s matchup between the two teams.
How do NBA players feel about the league's deals with gambling companies? Players Association president Fred VanVleet thinks the extra money isn't worth the aggravation.
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 have emerged as a top contender in the Western Conference this season, powered by their high-scoring offense and the defensive intensity of their young core.
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 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.
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 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 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.
Kevin Durant took the ragebait during Monday’s game. The Houston Rockets star forward Durant, a District of Columbia native, returned home Monday night for a game against the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.