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Preview: Thunder at Rockets

May 15, 2013 13:38
The Houston Rockets were all but given up on when they lost the first three games of their Western Conference playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Now Houston can even the best-of-seven matchup with a home win on Friday and put itself in position to become the first team to overcome a 3-0 deficit and win a playoff series. All the pressure is on the top-seeded Thunder, who are struggling without standout point guard Russell Westbrook.

Thunder close out Rockets

May 15, 2013 13:33
Thunder close out Rockets HOUSTON -- For the Oklahoma City Thunder, this first step without Russell Westbrook was the toughest, the most trying, the most taxing. On the fly, the Thunder had to readjust and completely alter what they were all while fending off the eighth-seeded Houston Rockets, whose burgeoning confidence swelled with each passing quarter of each game.

NBA: Thunder shoot down Rockets, book date with Grizzlies

Agence France-PresseMay 4, 2013 02:00
The Oklahoma City Thunder, trying to get back to the NBA finals for the second straight year, moved into the second round of the playoffs Friday with a 103-94 victory over the Houston Rockets. The Thunder wrapped up a 4-2 triumph in their best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series and booked a second-round clash with the Memphis Grizzlies, who avenged their first-round loss to the Los Angeles Clippers last year with a 118-105 victory that lifted them to a 4-2 series win over Chris Paul and the Clippers.

NBA: Lin ready to play for Rockets in crucial playoff game

Agence France-PresseMay 3, 2013 15:15
Houston Rockets guard Jeremy Lin will return to the team's lineup on Friday for game six of their first-round NBA playoff series against Oklahoma City after missing two games with an injury. The first Asian-American player in NBA history, whose parents are from Taiwan, has missed the past two games with a right chest bruise, but says he will come off the bench as the Rockets try to force a seventh game. "I'm feeling good," Lin said after a morning practice.

NBA: Depleted Rockets beat Clippers

March 31, 2013 00:01
The Houston Rockets shrugged off the absence of leading scorer James Harden to post a 98-81 NBA victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday. Omer Asik had a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds with point guard Jeremy Lin, forward Chandler Parsons and reserve guard Francisco Garcia chipping in 15 points apiece as Houston snapped a five-game skid against the Clippers. The all-around offensive effort saw the Rockets overcome the absence of Harden, who sat out the contest with soreness in his right foot, which has bothered him intermittently for several weeks.

NBA-Rockets bring back guard Brooks for playoff drive

March 5, 2013 16:30
March 5 (Reuters) - The Houston Rockets shored up their backcourt for the playoff drive by signing free agent guard Aaron Brooks, a former first-round pick of theirs, the NBA team said on Tuesday. Brooks, who averaged 8 points and 2.3 assists with the Sacramento Kings before being released on March 1, spent last season with the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association, who he helped reach the CBA Finals.

NBA: Rockets and pacers to play in Philippines: report

March 4, 2013 17:45
Asian-American NBA star Jeremy Lin and the Houston Rockets will face the Indiana Pacers in a pre-season game next October in the Philippines, according to a report there on Monday. Neither club nor the NBA has commented on the report, but NBA Philippines Facebook and Twitter accounts have posted messages with the league logo and the phrase "Big Things Are Coming" with an announcement date on Tuesday.

NBA-Rockets land Robinson in six-player deal with the Kings

February 21, 2013 13:01
Feb 21 (Reuters) - The Houston Rockets launched into action ahead of the NBA trade deadline by swinging a six-player deal with the Sacramento Kings that sent them last year's number five draft pick Thomas Robinson. Houston, holding the eighth and last Western Conference playoff spot at 30-26, also received forwards Francisco Garcia and Tyler Honeycutt from Sacramento in return for forward Patrick Patterson, center Cole Aldrich and guard Toney Douglas in a trade on Wednesday night.

NBA: Rockets acquire Robinson from Kings

February 21, 2013 04:15
The Houston Rockets acquired first-round draft pick Thomas Robinson and forwards Francisco Garcia and Tyler Honeycutt from Sacramento on Wednesday in a trade for three of their own players. Going to Sacramento are forward Patrick Patterson, centre Cole Aldrich and point guard Toney Douglas, the Rockets announced on their website Wednesday night. NBA.com also reported the deal involved Houston shipping forward Marcus Morris to the Phoenix Suns for a 2013 second-round pick.

NBA: China's Yao to judge dunk contest

February 16, 2013 00:30
Yao Ming will return to the city of some of his greatest basketball triumphs when he serves as a judge for the 2013 All-Star Game's slam dunk event in Houston on Saturday. Yao joins four other Houston Rockets' legends, Clyde Drexler, Dikembe Mutombo, Hakeem Olajuwon and Rudy Tomjanovich, to judge the competition, which this year pits three Eastern Conference players against a trio from the Western Conference.
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