Houston Rockets Headlines
Double flop brings fine for Thunder's Fisher (Yahoo! Sports)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahoma City's Derek Fisher was fined $5,000 by the NBA on Monday for flopping in Game 5 of the Thunder's first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets. [read full article]
Posted Mon, 06 May 2013 16:12:32 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
The Houston Rockets? Gone till November (Ball Don't Lie)
With every season that ends, for the playoff teams at least, we felt it right to take a look ahead. TNT already has the rights to "Gone Fishin'," and because we're sure that someone, somewhere, still likes that Wyclef song, we're going with "Gone Till November." And, yes, we know the season starts in October. Today? The Houston Rockets. The Houston Rockets entered the 2012 offseason as a great unknown, flush with draft picks and cap space and the usual batch of assets. It entered last fall’s training camp as a great unknown, with a massive roster with no clear cut direction. It then entered the regular season as a great unknown, dealing those assets for James Harden and ushering in an intriguing new roster without the benefit of a training camp or exhibition season to warm up its new star. After a fantastic 2012-13 campaign, the Houston Rockets now enter the 2013 offseason as, you guessed it, a great unknown. The team has still managed to retain endless assets and cap space, and figure to be a major player once again as it deals in trades or works with free agents. There is a very real chance that the Rockets that their fans knew and enjoyed in 2012-13 could be moved elsewhere by autumn, as the team attempts to take that tough step between the lower rungs of the playoff bracket, and a potential championship contender. [read full article]
Posted Mon, 06 May 2013 10:55:25 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Young Rockets look to future after playoff loss (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Sat, 04 May 2013 13:11:29 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Grizzlies-Thunder Preview (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Sat, 04 May 2013 15:54:09 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Thunder beat Rockets 103-94 to advance (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Fri, 03 May 2013 23:09:09 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Durant brushes off White's Twitter comments (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Fri, 03 May 2013 15:27:31 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Rockets' Delfino out for playoffs with broken bone (Yahoo! Sports)
HOUSTON (AP) -- Houston Rockets reserve Carlos Delfino is out for the rest of the playoffs because of a bone fracture in his right foot that will require surgery. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 03 May 2013 15:02:05 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Thunder up 3-2 entering Game 6 with Rockets (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Fri, 03 May 2013 10:44:42 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Houston's Harden diagnosed with strep throat (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Thu, 02 May 2013 14:48:50 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Harden powers past illness, lifts Rockets 107-100 (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Wed, 01 May 2013 22:38:09 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Rockets not done yet after Game 5 win
James Harden scored 31 points and sank seven 3-pointers whilefighting through flu-like symptoms, and the Houston Rockets beatthe Oklahoma City Thunder 107-100 Wednesday night to pull within3-2 in their first-round playoff series. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 02 May 2013 00:31:05 GMT - via FOXSports.com News for NBA
Rockets' Harden expected to play despite illness (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Wed, 01 May 2013 11:13:10 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Rockets stay alive with Game 4 win
The Houston Rockets escaped elimination with a 105-103 win overthe Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:47:03 GMT - via FOXSports.com News for NBA
Rockets survive with 105-103 win over OKC (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:40:37 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Rockets stay alive with 105-103 win
The Houston Rockets escaped elimination with a 105-103 win overthe Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:47:03 GMT - via FOXSports.com News for NBA
Thunder 1 win away from sweeping Rockets (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:31:39 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Thunder 104, Rockets 101 (The SportsXchange)
HOUSTON - The Houston Rockets erased a 26-point deficit and grabbed an improbable fourth-quarter lead, but the Oklahoma City Thunder rode a heroic effort from Kevin Durant to a 104-101 win Saturday night at Toyota Center in Game 3 of this Western Conference quarterfinal. [read full article]
Posted Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:40:28 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Red Wings clinch playoff spot with win at Stars (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:17:39 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Police investigate threat against Beverley (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:17:33 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Thunder take 3-0 series lead with 104-101 win (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:58:37 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Police investigate Beverley threat
Police are investigating after a ball boy for the Oklahoma CityThunder tweeted death threats to Houston Rockets guard PatrickBeverley. [read full article]
Posted Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:15:07 GMT - via FOXSports.com News for NBA
Russell Westbrook tears meniscus in right knee, will have surgery, no return timetable set (Ba
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook will undergo surgery in the coming days to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee, the team announced Friday . No timetable has yet been set for his return to the court. The Thunder say Westbrook suffered the tear during the second quarter of Oklahoma City's 105-102 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. The team did not specify when exactly the tear occurred. At the 5:34 mark of the quarter, Westbrook hit the deck after Rockets guard Patrick Beverley tried to steal the ball as Westbrook was calling a timeout, and Westbrook came up limping: He did not leave the game after the play —in fact, he assisted on a Thabo Sefolosha 3-pointer, picked Beverley's pocket and scored an end-to-end layup immediately after the timeout —and finished with 29 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals in the win. Westbrook had averaged 24 points, seven assists, 6.5 rebounds and three steals per game in the series, which the Thunder lead 2-0. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:55:07 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Lin will play in Game 3 for Rockets (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:41:46 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Thunder's Westbrook has knee surgery Saturday (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:10:26 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Russell Westbrook tears meniscus in right knee, will have surgery, no return timetable set (Ba
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook will undergo surgery in the coming days to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee, the team announced Friday . No timetable has yet been set for his return to the court. The Thunder say Westbrook suffered the tear during the second quarter of Oklahoma City's 105-102 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. The team did not specify when exactly the tear occurred. At the 5:34 mark of the quarter, Westbrook hit the deck after Rockets guard Patrick Beverley tried to steal the ball as Westbrook was calling a timeout, and Westbrook came up limping: He did not leave the game after the play —in fact, he assisted on a Thabo Sefolosha 3-pointer, picked Beverley's pocket and scored an end-to-end layup immediately after the timeout —and finished with 29 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals in the win. Westbrook had averaged 24 points, seven assists, 6.5 rebounds and three steals per game in the series, which the Thunder lead 2-0. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:55:07 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Houston's Lin game-time decision for Game 3 (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:51:40 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Thunder's Westbrook to have knee surgery Saturday (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:45:22 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Russell Westbrook tears meniscus in right knee, will have surgery, no return timetable set (Ba
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook will undergo surgery in the coming days to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee, the team announced Friday . No timetable has yet been set for his return to the court. The Thunder say Westbrook suffered the tear during the second quarter of Oklahoma City's 105-102 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. The team did not specify when exactly the tear occurred. At the 5:34 mark of the quarter, Westbrook hit the deck after Rockets guard Patrick Beverley tried to steal the ball as Westbrook was calling a timeout, and Westbrook came up limping: He did not leave the game after the play —in fact, he assisted on a Thabo Sefolosha 3-pointer, picked Beverley's pocket and scored an end-to-end layup immediately after the timeout —and finished with 29 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals in the win. Westbrook had averaged 24 points, seven assists, 6.5 rebounds and three steals per game in the series, which the Thunder lead 2-0. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:55:07 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Russell Westbrook tears meniscus in right knee, will have surgery, no return timetable set (Ba
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook will undergo surgery in the coming days to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee, the team announced Friday . No timetable has yet been set for his return to the court. The Thunder say Westbrook suffered the tear during the second quarter of Oklahoma City's 105-102 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. The team did not specify when exactly the tear occurred. At the 5:34 mark of the quarter, Westbrook hit the deck after Rockets guard Patrick Beverley tried to steal the ball as Westbrook was calling a timeout, and Westbrook came up limping: He did not leave the game after the play —in fact, he assisted on a Thabo Sefolosha 3-pointer, picked Beverley's pocket and scored an end-to-end layup immediately after the timeout —and finished with 29 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals in the win. Westbrook had averaged 24 points, seven assists, 6.5 rebounds and three steals per game in the series, which the Thunder lead 2-0. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:55:07 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Thunder-Rockets Preview (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:31:20 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Russell Westbrook tears meniscus in right knee, will have surgery, no return timetable set (Ba
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook will undergo surgery in the coming days to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee, the team announced Friday . No timetable has yet been set for his return to the court. The Thunder say Westbrook suffered the tear during the second quarter of Oklahoma City's 105-102 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. The team did not specify when exactly the tear occurred. At the 5:34 mark of the quarter, Westbrook hit the deck after Rockets guard Patrick Beverley tried to steal the ball as Westbrook was calling a timeout, and Westbrook came up limping: He did not leave the game after the play — in fact, he assisted on a Thabo Sefolosha 3-pointer, picked Beverley's pocket and scored an end-to-end layup immediately after the timeout — and finished with 29 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals in the win. Westbrook had averaged 24 points, seven assists, 6.5 rebounds and three steals per game in the series, which the Thunder lead 2-0. Yahoo! Sports NBA columnist Adrian Wojnarowski reports that Westbrook is "irate" with Beverley over the play, and you can certainly understand why — after all, he's the one who just learned he was injured and will miss time (presumably) as a result of the play, which would frustrate and infuriate just about anyone, especially a player as famously emotional and fiery as Westbrook. That said, though, it requires a very, very long logic leap to suggest that Beverley in any way had any intent to injure Westbrook or was looking to take a cheap shot at an All-Star; he was playing aggressive defense at a time when most guys don't play aggressive defense, and it resulted in a collision, and that collision resulted in an injury. It might have been a "dumb" play, as Daily Thunder's Royce Young called it , but it was a bang-bang accident. With a really, really unfortunate outcome. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:55:07 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Thunder's Westbrook out, needs knee surgery (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:32:11 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Rockets' Lin day to day for Game 3 vs Thunder (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:46:00 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Rockets'Lin listed day-to-day
The Houston Rockets say an MRI confirmed Thursday that JeremyLin has a bruised chest, leaving his status is day-to-day leadingup to Game 3 against Oklahoma City on Saturday night. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:25:04 GMT - via FOXSports.com News for NBA
Thunder respond to Houston rally, win 105-102 (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:13:48 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Thunder survive Rockets' rally
Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook each scored 29 points, andthe Oklahoma City Thunder recovered after squandering a 15-pointlead in the fourth quarter to beat the Houston Rockets 105-102 onWednesday night and take a 2-0 series lead. [read full article]
Posted Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:05:05 GMT - via FOXSports.com News for NBA
Rockets PG Beverley to start Game 2 vs Thunder (Yahoo! Sports)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Houston Rockets are changing their starting lineup for Game 2 of their playoff series against Oklahoma City, inserting backup point guard Patrick Beverley in place of rookie power forward Greg Smith. [read full article]
Posted Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:50:30 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Rockets-Thunder Preview (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:09:10 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Rockets regroup after blowout against Thunder (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:24:54 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Thunder blow away Harden, Rockets
Kevin Durant scored 24 points, Russell Westbrook made a run at atriple-double in three quarters and the Oklahoma City Thunderrouted ex-teammate James Harden and the Houston Rockets 120-91 onSunday night in Game 1 of their playoff series. [read full article]
Posted Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:37:04 GMT - via FOXSports.com News for NBA
Thunder blast Rockets 120-91 in Game 1 (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:47:46 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Thunder blow awayHarden, Rockets
Kevin Durant scored 24 points, Russell Westbrook made a run at atriple-double in three quarters and the Oklahoma City Thunderrouted ex-teammate James Harden and the Houston Rockets 120-91 onSunday night in Game 1 of their playoff series. [read full article]
Posted Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:37:04 GMT - via FOXSports.com News for NBA
Ball Don’t Lie’s 2012-13 Playoff Previews: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Houston Rocke
After a long regular season full of snaps and strains, travails and terrors and 715,973 canned arena demands that “ev-ry-bo-dy clap yo hands,”the NBA’s postseason is set to tip off this weekend. With that in place, the minds behind Ball Don’t Lie are going to preview each first-round series, with Kelly Dwyer going against character for a more genial take, Dan Devine bringing his inimitable mixture of both order and bedlam, along with Eric Freeman’s legendary look inside the reputations of some of the series’key fixtures. We continue with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets. Which team do you think will win the series, and in how many games? Vote here to let us know what you think. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:00:55 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Lakers-Spurs kick off series minus Bryant (Yahoo! Sports)
Posted Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:46:14 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
Ball Don’t Lie’s 2012-13 Playoff Previews: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Houston Rocke
After a long regular season full of snaps and strains, travails and terrors and 715,973 canned arena demands that “ev-ry-bo-dy clap yo hands,”the NBA’s postseason is set to tip off this weekend. With that in place, the minds behind Ball Don’t Lie are going to preview each first-round series, with Kelly Dwyer going against character for a more genial take, Dan Devine bringing his inimitable mixture of both order and bedlam, along with Eric Freeman’s legendary look inside the reputations of some of the series’key fixtures. We continue with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets. Which team do you think will win the series, and in how many games? Vote here to let us know what you think. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:00:55 PDT - via Yahoo! Sports
