Houston Rockets Articles - Page 208

Already with one of the best offenses in the league, the Houston Rockets made a surprising move by upgrading their offense even more when they acquired Lou Williams at February’s trade deadline. Williams is a dynamic scorer and has fit seamlessly with the Rockets, averaging 14.5 points on 39.2 percent shooting and 36.8 percent from […]

Despite their already unprecedented success this season, the Houston Rockets look to make another mark in NBA history as they chase one of the most difficult records in the league. With their final two back-to-back sets scheduled on March 31 and April 10, the Rockets have a chance to match the best all-time record for […]

The Houston Rockets extended their winning streak to eight games on Sunday with a road win against the Toronto Raptors led by James Harden‘s 40 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists. However, his performance was more than just notching his 10th triple-double of the season. Harden also committed 10 turnovers which made him the first […]

After spending his first four years in the NBA with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Corey Brewer never experienced what being in the playoffs was like while his team consistently finished an the bottom half of the Western Conference. Losing had a big effect on him and anyone in his situation would’ve wanted to be in a […]

The Houston Rockets are definitely peaking at the right time. After their first meeting against the Oklahoma City Thunder in early December, the Rockets were ranked 28th in defensive rating but have managed to win a lot of games mostly due to their high-octane offense led by the league’s fourth leading scorer, James Harden. Only […]

The NBA has named Washington Wizards point guard John Wall and Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden as its Players of the Month for games played in December. .@JohnWall and @JHarden13 have been named the NBA's Players of the Month for December. — Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) January 3, 2017 Wall averaged 24.5 points, 10.7 assists, and […]

The 2016-2017 season started with a lot of players having incredible performances and teams wanting to show their dominance early on. Russell Westbrook is currently on pace to replicate Oscar Robertson‘s feat 55 years ago of averaging a triple-double throughout the regular season while James Harden is having his best season yet with career-highs in rebounds and […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have won the Donatas Motiejunas sweepstakes, agreeing to a $600,000 contract for the remainder of the season, the team announced Tuesday. The deal is a pro-rated veteran minimum salary and much less than the four-year, $37 million deal originally offered by the Brooklyn Nets and consequently matched by the Houston Rockets. […]

James Harden has put himself among the franchise’s all-time greats after a 23-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist outing during a 101-91 win over the Washington Wizards on Monday, becoming the first Houston Rocket to record three straight triple-doubles. The Beard struggled from the field after a mind-blowing performance to close out the year, shooting only 6-of-24 from […]

James Harden closed out the year in a way no other athlete had ever wrapped a New Year’s Eve before. The Houston Rockets‘ all-around guard put up a historic stat line with 53 points, 17 assists, and 16 rebounds in a 129-122 high-scoring win over a depleted New York Knicks team. With a couple of nights to […]

John Wall of the Washington Wizards and James Harden of the Houston Rockets have been named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively. Wall dished out a season-high 16 assists in the Wizards’ Dec. 26 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, and averaged 24.3 points, 13 assists, and 2.7 steals in three games. Wall led Washington to a 3-0 […]

James Harden is currently playing the best basketball of his career and has been on a tear since the season started. With averages of 28.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, 12.0 assists and 1.4 steals, it does not come as a surprise that he is one of the early favorites to win the MVP award this year […]

The New York Knicks found themselves on the receiving end of James Harden’s historic 53-point, 16-rebound, 17-assist effort on Saturday night, losing the game, 122-129. It was a mesmerizing display of game-long brilliance mostly because of how effortless Harden achieved the monster line. As usual, the projected West All-Star starter did a lot of damage […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are inching closer to a one-year deal with unrestricted free agent Donatas Motiejunas, reportedly worth $1.1 million, expecting the deal to be closed within Monday or Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Marc Stein. The Pelicans have waived forward Reggie Williams to make room for the 7-footer. Williams, a seven-year veteran has averaged […]

Houston Rockets guard James Harden saved his best performance for the last day of the year, torching the New York Knicks for 53 points, 17 assists, and 16 rebounds on Saturday night to give his team a 129-122 victory. Despite the numbers being downright comical, it puts Harden in the company of one of the greatest […]

Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni is not sweating the triangle offense (or whatever is left of it) after Saturday night’s 129-122 victory over the New York Knicks. “If the triangle hit me upside the head, I wouldn’t know what it was,” D’Antoni told Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News prior to the […]

It says something about a player’s performance when his opponents immediately start praising him after it. That’s how ridiculous James Harden’s New Year’s Eve was against the New York Knicks. Harden made history with 53 points, 17 assists and 16 rebounds, becoming the first player ever with 50 points, 15 assists and 15 rebounds in […]

James Harden pieced together a New Year’s Eve fireworks show at the expense of the New York Knicks and opened a new chapter in the record books. The Houston Rockets defeated the Knicks 122-129, but the show was all about Harden. Just one night after joining the eight-man 30-10-10-5 club, Harden became the very first […]

Mike D’Antoni‘s official conversion of James Harden as the Houston Rockets “points guard” could very well be the start of a conversation of his place among the league’s elite at the position. Prior to Friday night’s game between the Rockets and the L.A. Clippers, both coaches chimed in their thoughts about each other’s floor generals. “They […]

Houston Rockets star guard James Harden put up another otherworldly performance Friday night against the Los Angeles Clippers. The Rockets blew out the Clippers 140-116 thanks in large part to the cooking bearded point guard. Harden finished the game scoring 30 points (15 FGA), 13 rebounds, and 10 assists, along with 5 steals doing things […]

The Los Angeles Clippers played yet another game without Chris Paul against the Houston Rockets Friday night. Rivers initially said Paul may play, but that changed when he realized that he is just not ready. Since the injury flared up, Paul has missed three consecutive games. Losing Blake Griffin and Paul have resulted in a five-game […]

The Houston Rockets are still active buyers on the trade market as they seek a big man to make up for the absence of center Clint Capela. The Swiss international was sidelined with a fractured left fibula and is likely to remain out at the very least until late January. The Rockets reportedly have their eyes on Sacramento […]

With the All-Star voting already in full swing, NBA teams are looking for creative ways to campaign for their players and get them enough votes to be included in the game that features the best players in the league today. After seeing the Sacramento Kings come up with a hilarious way to promote DeMarcus Cousins, the Houston Rockets also […]

The 2007 NBA draft had one of the deeper pool of talent in recent memory. Greg Oden emerged as the consensus top pick following his impressive stint at Ohio State and was selected first overall by the Portland Trail Blazers. The now-defunct Seattle SuperSonics hit the jackpot when Kevin Durant landed on their laps as he turned […]

Tuesday night’s game between the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets was a highly-physical one that had a lot of tense moments. A total seven technical fouls were called and Rockets forward Trevor Ariza was ejected in the match following a heated exchange of words with Salah Mejri after the Mavs center apparently insulted Ariza’s wife […]

Even if his team came out with an easy victory against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night, Houston Rockets star guard James Harden was still not happy. The Beard called out the Mavs for playing dirty, especially after he he hit the floor hard on a screen from Andrew Bogut in the second quarter. The […]

Houston Rockets forward Trevor Ariza isn’t exactly Salah Mejri‘s biggest fan. The 6-foot-8 small forward was infuriated at the Dallas Mavericks‘ center during Tuesday’s contest after Mejri allegedly made a comment about Ariza’s wife and children. Ariza, along with several of his teammates waited to confront Mejri after the team’s 123-106 win, but no confrontation took place according to […]

Houston Rockets center Chinanu Onuaku made the first two free-throws of his career on Monday night against the Phoenix Suns. Some may have even won a game or two of H.O.R.S.E. in their lifetime the same way — with an underhanded toss. Onuaku chose to switch up his style after struggling to make his freebies […]

Phoenix Suns head coach Earl Watson was the one individual who saw rough diamonds before they were polished and took shape, before they were held up and shined from every angle, back when all they had was promise. Those diamonds in the rough were Los Angeles area standouts James Harden and Russell Westbrook, who prior to […]

Basketball isn’t as fabricated as the NBA may seem today. Missed travels, endless flops all have tainted a game of grit. However, some players and even teams embrace the dirtiness of basketball; but no team plays out of the principle of physicality more than the Memphis Grizzlies, whose home is formally known as the “Grind […]

He may already be 39-years-old now, but Vince Carter just reminded everyone on Friday night that he was once a slam dunk champion and one of the best in-game dunkers of all time. During the game between his Memphis Grizzlies and the Houston Rockets, Vinsanity turned back the clock and posterized Corey Brewer with a […]

For most NBA teams, watching film before practice is part of the routine. However, for Gregg Popovich, he doesn’t make his team go through film during the early stages of a season. The San Antonio Spurs head coach recently admitted his strategy at this point but revealed which team and player in particular he watches, […]

The smallest man to ever play in the NBA could be in the company of giants of the sport along with one of the fiercest scoring threats to ever lace them up and a four-time Defensive Player of the Year as Muggsy Bogues, Tracy McGrady, and Ben Wallace were announced as first-time nominees for the Naismith […]

Earlier this week, the Hall of Fame announced its list of nominees for the incoming class featuring some of the best to ever play the game. Former two-time scoring champion and 15-year NBA veteran Tracy McGrady headlined the list, looking to become a finalist should his name receive enough votes from the select panel. When he was informed […]

Before the season started, many wondered if James Harden could be as effective in his new role as point guard as he was as a shooting guard. Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni made a lot of headlines during the summer when he revealed that his team’s superstar would run the plays on the court and […]

The Houston Rockets are putting all wheels in motion after the recent injury to center Clint Capela that will keep him sidelined for four-to-six weeks with a broken leg. According to a report by Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, the team is on the lookout for a big man on the trade market to help […]

Houston Rockets star guard James Harden is one of the best players in the league today and is playing at a very high level this season to try and lead his team to a championship. However, it’s not just a title that he wants to give to the city. For the fifth year in a row, […]

Houston Rockets center Clint Capela was diagnosed with a broken fibula and is expected to miss six weeks with the injury, according to Fox 26’s Mark Berman. The big man suffered the injury during the second quarter of Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, exiting with a 5-of-5 night for 10 points and four rebounds. The […]

Last night, Houston had no problems whatsoever from long distance as their three-point barrage catapulted them to the NBA record books. In their 122-100 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans, the Mike D’Antoni-influenced team stayed true to its coach’s philosophy, making it rain threes all over Toyota Center as they hoisted long bombs one after […]