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Houston Rockets Interested In Joey Dorsey
Joey Dorsey was a former second-round pick of the 2008 NBA Draft. He has played for the Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings and the Toronto Raptors before deciding to take his talents over seas to play for Olympiacos of Greece prior to the 2011-12 season. Dorsey was one of the leaders on the Olympiacos squad that [...]
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. Follow Ryan Gaydos [...]
Love and Beasley were not kind to Houston
The Rockets embarrassed themselves and their family with a disgraceful third quarter performance yesterday against the Minnesota Timberwolves. After a competitive first half, the Rockets defense gave up 42 points in the third quarter. Despite Timberwolves reserve, Wesley Johnson’s best attempt to provide the Rockets with a win by turning the ball over and playing poorly, [...]
Houston Rockets: McHale Trumps Adelman
The Houston Rockets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 107-92 Monday night for their seventh win a row. The streak is the longest in the NBA and the longest for the Rockets since the famed 22-game streak in 2007-08. It also sets Houston at 10-7, tied for first with the San Antonio Spurs for the best record [...]
Houston Rockets: Five Reasons For Victory Over Spurs
Despite the absence of superstars Tim Duncan (rest) and Manu Ginobli (broken hand) on Saturday night, the San Antonio Spurs gave the Houston Rockets quite a basketball game. Fortunately for the Clutch City faithful, Houston held on to beat the shorthanded Spurs 105-102 in a contest that wasn’t decided until Gary Neal missed a potentially [...]
Houston Rockets: Five Questions For Rest Of 2011-12
The Houston Rockets (8-7) currently hold the NBA’s longest winning streak of 2011-12 at five games, and they show no signs of slowing down any time soon. After a difficult contest versus the San Antonio Spurs this coming Saturday, the Rockets play patsies Milwaukee, Minnesota, and Washington in three straight games next week. The opportunity [...]
Houston Rockets: Five Reasons Rockets Beat Wizards
Despite a career high 38 points from burgeoning superstar John Wall, the Houston Rockets (6-7) defeated the Washington Wizards (1-11) in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day shootout on their way to a 114-106 victory. Houston received stellar performances from Kevin Martin and Samuel Dalembert along with the obligatory Chandler Parsons tip dunk — check [...]
Houston Rockets: Portland Win Biggest of 2011-12
The Portland Trailblazers were down a man with center Marcus Camby injured, and LaMarcus Aldridge shot as poorly as he has in his NBA career, but those two facts should not diminish how important the Houston Rockets 107-105 overtime victory was on Saturday night. Although the notoriously late arriving Toyota Center crowd was sparse yet [...]
Houston Rockets: Five Reasons San Antonio Won
The Houston Rockets are still stuck squarely in the middle of the NBA pecking order after last night’s gritty but ultimately heartbreaking 101-95 overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs. At 3-7, they look neither like a serious playoff threat or deserving of the NBA’s lottery dregs, similar to the past two seasons. The Rockets [...]
Five Reasons Houston Beat Charlotte
The Houston Rockets beat the Charlotte Bobcats 82-70 Tuesday night in a game that was far from pretty. It appeared multiple times throughout the contest that Houston would pull away for a comfortable win, but poor shooting and unforced errors allowed the Bobcats to make a series of late runs. Regardless, Houston is back on [...]
