Corey Brewer knows the Rockets will right the ship
Rockets forward Corey Brewer said that while the team is down after falling to 4-6 on the season with a 110-98 loss to Dallas on Saturday night, he has faith that the Rockets can turn it around.
View ArticleKevin McHale wants less talking, more doing from his Rockets
After the Rockets' 110-98 loss to the Mavericks on Saturday night, coach Kevin McHale said he didn’t feel like having more deep, long discussions with his players was going to make a difference in...
View Article3-pointers: Takeaways from the Rockets’ loss in Memphis
The Rockets made 20.7 percent of their 3-pointers and with their latest night misfiring from deep they have the unusual distinction of taking more 3s than any team in the NBA while making a smaller...
View ArticleKristaps Porzingis towers over Rockets in the team’s sixth loss in seven games
The NBA’s shortest team never before looked quite so puny. The Rockets lined up with all 7-foot-3 of the Knicks’ rapidly-ascending rookie, Kristaps Porzingis, and looked him square in the chest. With...
View Article3-Pointers: Takeaways from the Rockets’ overtime win against the Knicks
Takeaways from the Rockets' overtime win in New York on Sunday night.
View ArticleJ.B. Bickerstaff says he’s not done shuffling the rotation
After changing his starting lineup on Friday and tweaking his bench on Sunday – sitting Corey Brewer for the first half and Ty Lawson for the entire game – Rockets interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff said...
View ArticlePistons push off Rockets’ late comeback bid
Throughout the month, the Rockets were a hot mess. They were turnover prone. They shot badly. They defended worse. They did not get back defensively. They did not move the ball. They did not control...
View Article3-Pointers: Takeaways from the Rockets’ loss to the Pistons
When teams say they did not play hard enough, it is often a way of saying they did not play well enough or worse are not good enough, but would rather not put it that way. Effort can always be better,...
View ArticleRockets’ Trevor Ariza listed as questionable for Saturday
Rockets forward Trevor Ariza went through his full pre-practice routine and all of Friday’s practice, but is listed as questionable to play Saturday with a bruised lower back.
View ArticleRockets torch Lakers in first win of the season with a double-digit deficit
Fans chanted Kobe Bryant’s name and kept their cell phone cameras ready and focused as if the Pope and American Pharoah were coming down the stretch. Many wore their purple and gold, carried signs and...
View Article3-Pointers: Takeaways from the Rockets’ win against the Lakers
Thoughts about the Rockets' 126-97 win over the Lakers on Saturday night.
View ArticleRockets look to keep focus after reaching .500 for the second time
The Rockets moved back to .500 for just the second time since Nov. 11. But because they followed their previous return to .500 with consecutive losses, they said how they are playing might be as...
View ArticleRockets come up short in back-and-forth affair in New Orleans
With so many shots falling, the Rockets seemed to assume they could not miss. They could.
View ArticleRockets pull off stunner against Pacers in overtime
For all the times last season had become a distant memory, taunting with thoughts of what had been and seemed mysteriously gone, it was back.
View Article3-Pointers: Takeaways from the Rockets’ win over the Pacers
The Rockets came from behind to beat the Pacers 107-103 on Sunday night.
View ArticleBench brings energy, playmaking help in Rockets’ win over Bucks
The trap came and James Harden and Josh Smith knew just what they wanted to do, what they had done so often, so happily through all those good times together.
View Article3-Pointers: Takeaways from the Rockets’ win over the Mavericks
The Rockets handled the Mavericks 115-104 on Sunday.
View Article3-Pointers: Takeaways from the Rockets’ win over the Pelicans
The Rockets beat New Orleans 112-111 on the road Monday night.
View ArticleRockets elect to stay with small lineup after Dwight Howard’s return
With Dwight Howard back after missing three games with a sprained ankle, the Rockets had to choose between returning Clint Capela to the starting power forward spot he held before Howard’s injury or...
View ArticleRockets fall short in tough game against Thunder
The Rockets had done much of what had to be done, had overcome assorted adversities along the way. At some point, they needed to do something more basic.
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