Second-chance scoring helps send Nets past Rockets
The Brooklyn Nets might have arrived in town 0-7, but even a winless team, if allowed to shoot and shoot and shoot, will eventually make some shots. If the Rockets were not clear on that before, the...
View ArticleRoad has been kind to Rockets so far this season
When the Rockets boarded a New York-bound plane on Sunday afternoon, they were relaxed, calm and ready. It’s just another road trip – this one to Brooklyn on Monday night and Orlando on Wednesday. For...
View ArticleVIDEO: Kevin Garnett ejected after ugly incident with Dwight Howard
• • • NEW YORK — Dwight Howard’s move began like so many others and ended as many do, with a simple foul. Then the hostilities began and rapid escalated rapidly, ending with Nets veteran Kevin Garnett...
View ArticleRockets brush aside ugly incident in victory over Nets
NEW YORK – This was using napalm to treat a fire ant mound, taking a wrecking ball to a wall that needed a coat of paint. Either that or Kevin Garnett was just an old lion that needed to show he can...
View ArticleFive things we learned from the Rockets’ victory over the Nets
Rockets 113, Nets 99 When the exchange between Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard began, Garnett did not seem to have any issue with Howard. Howard made a move to the baseline. Garnett was called for a...
View ArticleRockets honor Earl Lloyd prior to Friday’s game vs. Nets
One day after the death of Earl Lloyd — the first African American to play in the NBA — the Rockets honored him by wearing black shirts during pregame warmups before Friday night’s game against the...
View ArticleDwight Howard making slow but steady progress back from knee injury
With Friday’s game marking four weeks since Dwight Howard went out with right knee edema, Howard has been running on a weight-controlled treadmill (along with the weight lifting and swimming he has...
View ArticleRockets makes Nets pay for key mistake down the stretch in Friday’s win
For all of James Harden’s struggles throughout the night, the Brooklyn Nets did not really think going with the first-ever hack-a-Harden strategy was a good idea. Harden never seemed to find a rhythm...
View ArticleTerrence Jones makes the most of return to Rockets’ starting lineup
Terrence Jones wants the ball in his hands when the game is on the line. And he had it on Friday night. The Rockets were up by two on the Nets with 11 seconds to play when Jones was fouled and headed...
View ArticleThe Sports Update: Breaking down the Rockets’ comeback win over the Nets
The Houston Chronicle’s Jonathan Feigen and Jenny Dial Creech break down Friday night’s win over the Nets, including the fourth-quarter rally and a late strange play involving James Harden....
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