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Houston Rockets center Christian Wood kind of put the team in a tough spot this week after his comments about not feeling involved enough offensively. “It wasn’t difficult,” said Wood on his matchup with Nuggets star Nikola Jokic on Saturday. “I think it could have been better if I was more involved in the offense.” […]

As much as you think you know a team before the season, there’s always one thing that will surprise you as soon as the season kicks off. This is the case for every team in the NBA, and the Houston Rockets are no exception. Their early season surprise is clearly rookie Alperen Sengun. Nobody who […]

The Houston Rockets and the Detroit Pistons will both play their first and only game on ESPN on Wednesday night. This is due to the matchup between rookies Cade Cunningham and Jalen Green, the first and second overall picks in the 2021 NBA Draft, respectively. When asked about the matchup on Tuesday, Green was pretty […]

The ten game mark of the NBA is interesting. You’re at that point where you can start glancing at data and make observations, but history tells us that you shouldn’t really draw conclusions until the 20-game mark. However, for some teams, if what we’re seeing matches what we thought would happen before the season, it’s […]

After the Houston Rockets lost to the Denver Nuggets in a nail-biter on Saturday, they said the things you’d expect them to say. Competing hard against some of the best teams in the NBA and falling short every time would obviously put you in a bad mood. The team acknowledged that they were improving, but […]

The Golden State Warriors were one man down on Sunday night when they hosted the Houston Rockets. Veteran forward Andre Iguodala sat out the game due to a sore hip, marking the second time he’s missed a contest this season. The Warriors, however, didn’t miss Iguodala that much as they steamrolled past the Rockets, 120-107, […]

The Houston Rockets will probably win an away game this season, but it didn’t happen on Saturday night against the Denver Nuggets. Like Thursday, the Rockets fought and clawed to keep a lead over the Nuggets for a significant portion of the game. However, the superior talent and experience of Denver won out, so Houston […]

The Houston Rockets added yet another mark on the loss column, as they succumbed to the Denver Nuggets 94 – 95. In a night where the Nuggets rotation struggled, reigning MVP Nikola Jokic carried the team, as he scored 28 points on a ridiculously efficient 9-15 clip and 9-11 from the free throw line. He […]

Jae’Sean Tate and the Houston Rockets were very close to stealing a game on the road against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. Down by just a point with the clock winding down, Tate went up for a layup. Jokic reacted with impressive quickness to block the shot and seal the win. Michael Malone on […]

After a razor-thin loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, the Houston Rockets entered the Footprint Center to face the Phoenix Suns with the intention of getting their first road victory of the season against. They ultimately fell short, but like in a lot of their games as of late, they put up a […]

The Houston Rockets will face off against the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Rockets-Suns prediction and pick. The Rockets have opened the season the way everyone expected them to. Through seven games they own a 1-6 record, with their only win coming against the […]

The entire Staples Center heaved a collective sigh of relief on Tuesday night after the Los Angeles Lakers escaped the Houston Rockets with a two-point win, 119-117. Things could’ve easily gone south for the Lakers in the dying minutes, especially after the referees committed a huge blunder. Kent Bazemore was awarded two free throws with […]

Sometimes, things don’t have to be so complicated. For instance, when the Los Angeles Lakers four active NBA75 members (sorry, Dwight) — LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Anthony Davis, and Carmelo Anthony — each bring their A-game at home against a lottery team, the Lakers are probably going to win that game. Albeit, barely. The Lakers […]

There are generally two ways star prospects go through their rookie year. The first way is the consistently-good-out-of-the-gate player like Evan Mobley who may not put up star stat lines, but you can tell they’re a couple of years away from happening. The second is the player who shows flashes of something special, but can’t […]

The Los Angeles Lakers took on the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night as they looked to improve on what has been a lackluster start to their 2021-22 campaign. LeBron James looked like a man on a mission throughout the contest and at one point, he released some of his anger at the rim with an […]

The Houston Rockets will continue their season by taking on the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Rockets-Lakers prediction and pick. Neither of these teams have been very good to start 2021-22, but at least that was the expectation for the Rockets. The bar […]

The veteran Los Angeles Lakers trampling the inexperienced Houston Rockets was a quite predictable outcome for Sunday night’s matchup in Los Angeles. Not only do the Lakers possess a giant talent and experience advantage over Houston, but players like Kevin Porter Jr. and Jalen Green have never played in the Staples Center before and consider […]

Call your health insurance company, Jeanie Buss. The Los Angeles Lakers have been on a little roll lately after winning four of their last five games, but things could change ahead of their game against the Houston Rockets on Tuesday. The Lakers beat the Rockets at home on Sunday, and the two teams will have […]

Anthony Davis put up an impressive 16-point, 13-rebound double-double on Sunday as the Los Angeles Lakers logged back-to-back wins at the expense of the Houston Rockets. It was an all-around effort from the entire squad, but in his mind, AD believes there was one key factor that led to the W. According to Davis, it […]

The Los Angeles Lakers secured their fourth win of the season on Sunday after defeating the Houston Rockets, 95-85, in Staples Center. LeBron James and Co. came out with a relatively impressive performance in the victory and it prompted quite a reaction from Rockets head coach Stephen Silas. After the game, Silas admitted that he’s […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are the most veteran-laiden team in the league and the Houston Rockets are among the youngest. So when the Rockets pulled into the Staples Center on Sunday, excited about their first NBA road trip, one could have easily predicted how the matchup would go. “It’s possible,” said coach Stephen Silas when […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was both playing on the court and watching on the bleachers as a fan during Sunday’s contest with the Houston Rockets. How did he do it? Time travel. All jokes aside, LeBron and an apparent doppelganger or look-alike went viral online after they were spotted by several viewers at […]

Someone needs to check LeBron James’ birth certificate. Either the Los Angeles Lakers star is much younger than he’s claiming to be or he’s secretly related to the ageless Tom Brady. Check out this irrefutable evidence as the Lakers star raced past Houston Rockets rookie Jalen Green, who’s nearly half his age, and finished it […]

There are few more dreaded days on the calendar for an NBA coach than an extended trip to Los Angeles. It doesn’t matter how good either team is at that moment in time, because the headache for coaches stems from the nightlife scene. To be clear, there are other NBA cities with great nightlife for […]

The funniest part of the NBA season occurs in the first two weeks. We have a very limited amount of data to work with, but people feel the need to start drawing conclusions from it. This applies to the Houston Rockets; though we’ll get there in a minute. For example about early season overreactions, James […]

James Harden last won the NBA MVP in 2018 when he was suiting up for the Houston Rockets. However, his chances of replicating such success has been slowed down by the NBA’s new foul-baiting rules. Expectations were high on Harden to compete for MVP. After all, with Kyrie Irving still refusing to get vaccinated and […]

It has been well known for years now how explosive of an athlete Jalen Green is. He’s an incredible leaper, very fast in transition, and he seems to have an impressive dunk every game now for the Houston Rockets. It’s a big reason why he has been one of the top-rated NBA prospects in the […]

The Houston Rockets like to end practices with one-on-one drills led by assistant coach John Lucas. It’s been a tradition dating back to training camp in Galveston and the media has been allowed in to watch. The drills are very competitive and there’s a lot of trash talk so it’s actually a pretty entertaining set […]

Houston Rockets rookie sensation Jalen Green had another poor shooting night on Thursday in a 122-91 blowout loss against the mighty Utah Jazz. After going a miserable 3-of-16 from the floor and 0-and-8 from distance, the 19-year-old just had to invoke Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. Green took to Twitter to get some much-needed […]

Thursday’s game between the Houston Rockets and the Utah Jazz marked a historic moment for Filipino fans. The game marked the first time two players of Filipino descent played against each other: rookie Jalen Green versus reigning Sixth Man of the Year Jordan Clarkson. To commemorate this, the Rockets earlier announced a Filipino Heritage Night […]

Week 2 of the NBA season is upon us. The Utah Jazz travel to Texas to face the Houston Rockets. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Jazz-Rockets prediction based on Jazz-Rockets odds. Utah ended last season with the best record in the Western Conference but fell to the Los Angeles Clippers […]

The secret is out in Dallas. Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd tried to avoid revealing the composition of the Mavs’ leadership council, but a source has told Tim MacMahon of ESPN who exactly are the men behind the small group following the team’s 116-106 home win over the Houston Rockets. Mavs leadership council members, […]

Strangely enough, the Phoenix Suns, the defending Western Conference champions, are flying under the radar to start the season. With the more star-studded squads beefing up their rosters, Chris Paul and company have been left quite unnoticed. But perhaps that’s exactly what they want. Since the arrival of Paul and coach Monty Williams, the Suns […]

The Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks will play in a Western Conference matchup on Tuesday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Rockets-Mavericks prediction and pick. The Rockets and Mavericks will face off in a Texas matchup on Tuesday. The Mavericks have the clear edge here, as evidenced by the […]

One of the early season storylines for the Rockets that nobody saw coming is the chemistry big men Alperen Sengun and Christian Wood have developed together. Not many people thought Sengun and Wood would even share the floor as much as they have so far. Theoretically, they’re both natural centers in the modern NBA and […]

The Golden State Warriors introduced the idea of switching everything on defense to the NBA in 2015. Before the Dubs, switching was viewed as a “weak” form of defense that was only done at the end of games. However, Steve Kerr and Co. become a juggernaut with that tactic. In response, the Houston Rockets also […]

Going from covering an established superstar like James Harden for several years to covering a star prospect like Jalen Green is incredibly different. Harden almost always came out in the positive column and his games were always steady and predictable. It’ll be anyone’s guess how many games Green has in the positive column this year […]

Kevin Porter Jr. received some backlash for his performance during the Houston Rockets’ loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday, and sure enough, the young guard has heard all the hate. However, KPJ is not letting the criticisms discourage him. In fact, it’s the opposite as he looks more motivated than ever. That’s clear with […]

Move over, James Harden. There’s a new star for the Houston Rockets, and he’s here to make fans forget about “The Beard”. Rockets rookie Jalen Green came into the league with the expectation that he’ll be a top-level scorer. After a rough start to the season, Green flashed his scoring potential for everyone to see. […]