Houston Rockets

The MVP and his runner-up gave us one hell of a showdown on Tuesday night’s game one. James Harden did everything he could to steal a road win for the Rockets, however, in the end, the Warriors and the league’s most valuable player Stephen Curry proved to be just too much of a challenge to [...]

Houston has done it. On Sunday night’s do-or-die game seven, the Houston Rockets, who initially faced a bleak 3-1 deficit against the Los Angeles Clippers, completed one of the most incredible series comebacks in league history as they came out with the 100-113 victory to eliminate the Clippers and advance to the Western Conference Finals [...]

So much for the first-round series between the Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks being an actual competition. After Tuesday night’s 111-99 loss at Toyota Center, the Mavericks now find themselves in a 2-0 series hole, with little hope of extending their NBA playoff push into the second round. Make that no hope. Nothing the Mavericks [...]

Pat yourself on the back. Do the self-five. Pound your chest. Hell, play some pocket billiards if you’re into that sort of thing. You deserve it. Because the 2014-15 NBA regular season is over. And you made it. Now it’s off to the playoffs, which begin Saturday. And thank heavens for the brief respite in [...]

We all knew the Western Conference was terrific. But the forthcoming conclusion to the 2014-15 campaign has exceeded most expectations. The two-time defending conference and 2014 NBA champion San Antonio Spurs have recovered from an injury-infested season and risen to the No. 2 seed in the West. However, the Spurs have only achieved that status [...]

Campaigning for NBA awards has become an actual thing. Take the Charlotte Hornets, who are backing Michael Kidd-Gilchrist for Defensive Player of the Year (he won’t get it). Take the Minnesota Timberwolves, who are publicly supporting Andrew Wiggins’ Rookie of the Year case with custom-made socks. Take the Houston Rockets and general manager Daryl Morey, [...]

Oh, look, it’s the Spurs. The time-biding, age-shirking, logic-looting, championship-chasing, demonstratively dynastic Spurs. Remember when we were worried about them? Yeah, me neither. Yours truly was never worried about them. Yes, I’m patting my self on the back. A few bold blockheads thought they were done. Believed they were finally too old. Could see injuries [...]

It’s almost time for us to say goodbye to another year of NBA Power Rankings. The NBA’s regular season is winding down, which means we’re nearing a point of farewell. Never fear, though, because that point isn’t here just yet. We still have the playoff race and, equally important, the MVP chase—or, as it’s now become, [...]

It was just less than two weeks ago when Rockets’ James Harden dropped a career-high of 50 points against the Nuggets. But on Wednesday night against the Kings, Harden went for another huge offensive outburst. He was on fire from everywhere, and no matter what kind of defense or whoever you matched up against him—he [...]

To steal a line from Blink 182’s “Dammit”: Well I guess this is growing up. Dwight Howard’s ego is no longer calling the shots, assuming it ever was. He is ready to hand the Houston Rockets over to James Harden, a gesture he was unwilling to make for Kobe Bryant on the Los Angeles Lakers. [...]