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This was mostly a good game. The Rockets didn’t look great for much of it, but they fought hard. It was a competitive back and forth affair, where the lead shifted back and fourth and neither team could open up much daylight without the other coming back. The last three minutes of the fourth quarter […]
Houston Rockets vs Denver Nuggets Moday, December 15, 2025 Location: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas TV: Space City Home Network Radio:KBME Sports Talk 790 Online: Rockets App Gametime: 7:00 PM CST Probable Starting Lineups Rockets: A. Thompson, Josh Okogie, Kevin Durant, Jabari Smith Jr., Alperen Sengun Nuglets: Jamal Murry, Cam Johnson, Spencer Jones, Peyton Watson, Nikola […]
Over the weekend, former Memphis Grizzlies and New York Knicks head coach David Fizdale sought to give Houston Rockets two-way standout Amen Thompson his flowers. Understandably so, as Thompson hasn’t been necessarily having a consistent season. Up-and-down would be the best way to coin it. It’s not entirely on him. The point guard experiment has […]
For some NBA fans, the line between star and role player is rigid. It does not yield. If you’re a star, you’re invaluable. If you’re a role player, you’re dispensable. It’s too narrow a way of looking at basketball. Jaden McDaniels does more for your team than Zach LaVine if you want to win a […]
The Houston Rockets got absolutely hosed by the NBA Cup makeup game schedule. Or at least, they didn’t make out like gangbusters like the Dallas Mavericks did. The Rockets got the Clippers (who, when their old bodies are given several days off, play much better than normal) and the Denver Nuggets (who are just awesome […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rockets fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. This week, we asked you to select a Rockets MVP. There’s been a lot of good performances for […]
Every season, ESPN.com puts out an article ranking the best 25 players who are under 25 years old. To nobody’s surprise for the second consecutive year, Spur’s player Victor Wembenyama ranks number one, but what is more interesting is that the Rockets have three players of their own on the list: center Alperen Sengun, guard-forward […]
The Los Angeles Clippers aren’t a young team. The ages of their starting lineup tonight were – 36, 31, 34, 28, 28. The key bench players are considerably older. They hadn’t played basketball since Saturday the 6th. The Rockets last played Monday. The rest seemed to make the Rockets sluggish and careless, while it appeared […]
Houston Rockets vs Los Angeles Clippers Friday, December 11, 2025 Location: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas TV: Space City Home Network Radio:KBME Sports Talk 790 Online: Rockets App Gametime: 7:00 PM CST Probable Starting Lineups Rockets: A. Thompson, Josh Okogie, Kevin Durant, Jabari Smith Jr., Alperen Sengun Clippers: James “The System” Harden, Kris “He’s” Dunn, Kawhi […]
It’s all about finding an edge. That’s been the Rockets’ modus operandi for a long time. There is seemingly an organizational impetus to identify a statistical area and lean (almost) absurdly hard into it. Teams are shooting more threes? Cool. We’re going to shoot way more threes. We’re going to shoot so many threes that […]
The Los Angeles Clippers are having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. At 6-18, they’re underperforming with a team that many, myself included, thought would be a solid playoff squad. Instead, they haven’t been able to get going. Kawhi Leonard started off the bad vibes with the Aspiration revelations, then did his usual […]
The blockbuster trade that landed Kevin Durant on the Houston Rockets was quite the bargain for Rockets GM Rafael Stone. The Rockets had to surrender Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, and the 10th overall pick in the draft. That’s a relatively small price to pay for one of the game’s greatest players ever, even if he is […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rockets fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The Rockets are 15-6. They have a top-five offense and a top-five defense. They appear to […]
The Houston Rockets made a number of large acquisitions during the previous summer. What one individual considers a spectacular acquisition may not be the same for another. Regardless of the individual or the criterion, Kevin Durant is an unquestionable splash move. He is regarded as one of the all-time great players in the game. Additionally, […]
Although Kevin Durant is easily one of the game’s greatest players to ever lace up his sneakers, he’s faced a myriad of criticism over the years. Well, mainly on two fronts. And both are pretty baseless. (And no, I’m not biased.) Durant has drawn the “team-hopper” moniker, which is par for the course in sports […]
Chris Paul is far past his prime. His role on any NBA basketball team has become veteran mentor and as always an extension of the coaching staff. The days of him being a leading man on a championship team are long gone. Chris Paul hasn’t shied away from the fact that this season will be […]
The Houston Rockets went into Saturday’s game with the Dallas Mavericks pretty short-handed. Alperen Sengun was out due to illness. Steven Adams sat for the back-to-back. And with Dorian Finney-Smith, Tari Eason and Fred VanVleet already on the shelf, that’s a playoff team in and of itself on the bench for the Rockets. Add in […]
Houston Rockets vs Dallas Mavericks Saturday, December 6, 2025 Location: American Airlines Areans — Dallas, Texas TV: Space City Home Network Radio:KBME Sports Talk 790 Online: Rockets App Gametime: 7:30 PM CST Probable Starting Lineups Rockets: A. Thompson, Josh Okogie, Kevin Durant, Jabari Smith Jr., Steven Adams Mavs: RJ Nemhard Jr., Copper Flagg, Klay Thompson, Anthony Davis, […]
In theory, precisely one (1) NBA player per season is untouchable. Pedantic? Perhaps. Still, there’s a method in the (obsessive compulsive) madness. The word “untouchable” gets thrown around far too often in NBA circles. It needs stricter parameters. Let’s be clear: the monadic “untouchable” player in the NBA at this moment is Victor Wembanyama. If […]
As per usual, I am writing this preview for the second game of a back-to-back before the first game has concluded. Therefore, if I don’t mention something that happened in the Phoenix game, that is why. Both the Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks are on the second night of back-to-backs, which should keep things relatively […]
The Rockets were without Alperen Sengun due to illness, and of course DFS (Definitely Fictional Signing) and FVV, The Suns were without Devin Booker, Isiah Livers and you may remember Rockets draftee Jalen Green, who is still out as well. (There was apparently some lingering BBS (Bradley Bealefluenza) in the locker room in Phoenix, and […]
Houston Rockets vs Phoenix Suns Friday, December 5, 2025 Location: Toyota Center — Houston, Texas TV: Space City Home Network Radio:KBME Sports Talk 790 Online: Rockets App Gametime: 7:00 PM CST Probable Starting Lineups Rockets: Reed Shepard, A. Thompson, Kevin Durant, Jabari Smith Jr., Alperen Sengun Suns: Colin “Gill” Gillespie, Allen “Dick” Grayson, Dillon “Revenger” […]
When I was a kid, we used to sing “Time is My Friend” by Julie Andrews at assemblies. I didn’t think much of it at the time. At 38, I’m reevaluating my relationship with time. Time is decidedly not my friend. It’s closer to a (literal) mortal enemy. Would a friend ensure that I had […]
Let’s get the negatives out of the way: Jalen Green is not playing tonight in his first return to Toyota Center as an opposing player. Devin Booker is also out. However, Dillon Brooks is available and is going to take 30 shots. It should be a fun time. He got off to a slow start […]
The Houston Rockets had a nip-and-tuck first half with the Sacramento Kings, before blowing the game open in the second half and taking 121-95 victory in H-town on Wednesday night. The Rockets were led by Alperen Sengun with 28 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals on 11-for-20 shooting from the field, and by […]