In the last two weeks, the Houston Rockets were officially mathematically ruled out of the playoffs. The Rockets held the longest active playoff streak in the NBA at eight consecutive seasons, but for the last two-and-a-half months Houston has looked forward to July, not June. The Houston Rockets appear to have mastered the art of […]
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Yes, the Houston Rockets are currently a whopping 14-41 with just over a month to play this season. Houston is in the bottom six in points, points allowed, net rating, and top five in pace. That means the Houston Rockets give up a lot of points, quickly, without scoring a lot of points. That’s not […]
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When someone asks, “How is the season going for your Houston Rockets?” I generally think of something silly to say like, “Cade Cunningham looks great!” or “Those draft picks haven’t missed a shot yet!” Truth be told, tanking (whether intentional or unintentional) can take its toll. How big of a toll, you ask? Houston had […]
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The Houston Rockets are in an unfamiliar spot in late March. They are now the first NBA franchise to both win 20 consecutive games and lose 20 consecutive games. Houston is in the midst of what will be just their fourth losing season since drafting Hakeem Olajuwon in 1984. These are uncharted territories for Rockets […]
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Just over another week in the books for the Houston Rockets, and another handful of losses. Houston extended the losing streak to thirteen, bringing them to 11 – 23. Since Christian Wood’s injury last month, Houston has been beaten up in every way you can beat up a basketball team. They lose rebounding battles and […]
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(Yes, this one is coming out late and thus covers a couple of weeks of Houston Rockets basketball, and is thus very long… but in keeping up with the Rockets’ season, that seems to make sense, right?) One more impressive week down for the Houston Rockets. Houston is 3 – 4 since our last Round-Up, […]
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Another week of Houston Rockets basketball down, with an ever-changing roster. Houston has rolled out a different starting lineup for every game since the James Harden trade. Part of this is natural- whenever Victor Oladipo was cleared to play he was going obviously shift the lineup. But part of this is also the consistent injury-laden […]
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After an eventful Week Three, the fourth week of Rockets’ basketball was all about learning on the fly. The Houston Rockets are at the beginning of the post-James Harden era following the blockbuster trade with the Nets and having to navigate the future of the franchise. To put it kindly, Houston’s roster was influx the […]
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Another week of Rockets’ basketball down… this time without off the floor embarrassment. The Houston Rockets finished the week 2-1 after two big wins against the Sacramento Kings and a tough loss against Dallas. As mentioned in last week’s Round-Up, Houston started off their season short-handed (well, it started off no-handed, and then short-handed… now […]
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What a week it has been for the Houston Rockets. Monday, pictures of a maskless James Harden in a nightclub began to circulate. Tuesday those photographs were investigated by the NBA, and Wednesday it appeared Harden would be unavailable for the opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder that night. Things only went downhill from there […]
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The day after their first game was scheduled to be played, the Houston Rockets are undefeated. At this rate, they might not lose a game. Because in order to lose a game, you’d have to be allowed to play them. After an eventful news day of night club specifications and barbershop boys clubs, the Rockets […]
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The Houston Rockets have been in the news a lot in the abbreviated NBA Off-Season. At times it felt like a big depressing dump of fatal news. First, recently acquired former MVP Russell Westbrook was unhappy, then former MVP James Harden wanted to bounce to Brooklyn. That put Houston’s new General Manager Rafael Stone in […]
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