The Dream Shake 1 hour ago
Houston Rockets vs. Portland Trail Blazers game two playoff coverage
The Rockets take on the Blazers looking to avenge a game one defeat. Get all your coverage here! The Rockets and Blazers head back to the Toyota Center on Wednesday night for game two, three days after the Blazers took down the Rockets in overtime of game one. To get ready for game two, Dave Deckard of Blazer's Edge and I had an email exchange, discussing what had happened in game one and what each team can do in game to. I hope you enjoy it! Dave: Ok, as a fairly-experienced, fairly-savvy, mostly-astute basketball guy my most reasoned reaction to last night's game was, "What the hell just...
Rip City Project 13 hours ago
Trail Blazers, Rockets: NBA Playoffs Game 2 Preview
Game 2 of this best of seven series tips off at 6:30 p.m. PDT tomorrow in Houston. The game will once again be nationally broadcast on TNT. The Portland Trail Blazers shocked the Houston Rockets by stealing game 1 on the road. I expect that in order to take another one away from the […]Trail Blazers,...
Rip City Project 15 hours ago
Portland Trail Blazers Vs. Houston Rockets – Game 1 Notes
Having sufficiently calmed down from Sunday night’s thrilling game, in which the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Houston Rockets 122-120 in overtime, it is now time to step back and analyze what we saw. Here are, in no particular order, things I noticed during the game that were worth writing...
Blazersedge 10 hours ago
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Houston Rockets Game 2 Preview
The Blazers pulled off the Game 1 upset over the Rockets in Houston Sunday night behind 77 combined points from LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard. The Rockets look to slow those two down tonight while getting more from their own superstar tandem of James...
The Dream Shake 1 hour ago
Rockets playoff notes: Jeremy Lin misses practice, will play in game two
After missing practice yesterday with flu-like symptoms, Jeremy Lin will play in game two. Yesterday morning, Jeremy Lin was forced to miss the Rockets practice after experiencing flu-like symptoms. He was listed as day-to-day, and today he returned to the team as expected. He will play tonight barring any other changes to his status. Ordinarily, little tidbits like this don't mean much, but with the importance of game two, his sickness takes on a little more importance. Patrick Beverley will play tonight after spraining his knee in game one, but he may be hobbled and Lin may be called...
Rotoworld 1 hour ago
Jeremy Lin (illness) ready to play in Game 2 - Jeremy Lin (G) Houston Rockets
Jeremy Lin (illness) is feeling much better on Wednesday and he's ready to play in Game 2.
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CSN Houston 14 hours ago
Teams react to league acknowledgment of officiating error
Find out what some Rockets and Blazers players and coaches thought about the acknowledgement by the league that the officials had made a critical error in Game 1.
CSN Houston 16 hours ago
Houston's Harden trying to be better in Game 2
HOUSTON (AP) James Harden missed 20 shots, including two in the final seconds of Houston's Game 1 loss to Portland in overtime.
CSN Houston 17 hours ago
Charge against Rockets F Terrence Jones dropped
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Houston Rockets forward Terrence Jones has agreed to pay $10,000 to a charitable organization that benefits the homeless in exchange for having a misdemeanor harassment charge dismissed.
CSN Houston 18 hours ago
Trailblazers look to keep Rockets out of comfort zone
Portland's Damian Lillard says there are no longer any more secrets between the Rockets and Trailblazers.
Houston Chronicle 19 hours ago
Photos: Hakeem Olajuwon works with Dwight Howard at Rockets’ practice
The Rockets legend was on the practice floor as the team prepared for Game 2 of its series with the Trail Blazers.
Houston Chronicle 20 hours ago
Terrence Jones settles civil case with homeless man
A harassment charge against Rockets forward Terrence Jones was dropped on Tuesday after a compromise was reached on the civil case, the Portland Oregonian reported citing court records. Jones agreed to pay $10,000 to a charity that benefits the homeless to be designated by the alleged victim’s lawyer. Jones, a 22, pled not guilty to […]
Houston Chronicle 20 hours ago
Omer Asik wants another chance to slow LaMarcus Aldridge
Omer Asik’s stint on LaMarcus Aldridge lasted just three minutes before he picked up his third foul and returned to the bench. He never was back on the floor with Dwight Howard again, though that could be one of the changes Kevin McHale has planned. “We are going to do some stuff differently,” McHale said. […]
Houston Chronicle 21 hours ago
Chandler Parsons still looks up to Grant Hill
Rockets forward Chandler Parsons, a lifelong Orlando Magic fan, did a long interview on Tuesday with former Magic star Grant Hill, one of his childhood heroes. Parsons’ family had Magic season tickets since their inaugural season and Parsons has gotten to know Hill long before he played against him as an NBA rookie or was […]
Houston Chronicle 21 hours ago
Kevin McHale on NBA’s blown call: ‘Can’t do anything about it now’
The Rockets had little reaction a day after the NBA announced that the call that fouled Dwight Howard out of Game 1 should have instead sent him to line with a one-point deficit with 10.8 seconds left. “Obvious,” Rockets forward Chandler Parsons said. “It doesn’t do anything for us now that they said that, but […]
Houston Chronicle 21 hours ago
Hakeem Olajuwon’s message to Dwight Howard: ‘Just go out there and play’
The math might indicate that the Rockets must win Game 2 because just 15.8 percent of teams since 1976 that fell behind 0-2 in a seven-game series have come back to win, but Dwight Howard said the Rockets cannot think that way. That advice, he said, came from Hakeem Olajuwon, who led the Rockets back […]
Jenny Dial Creech / Houston Chronicle 21 hours ago Jeremy Lin misses practice because of flu
Rockets guard Jeremy Lin missed Tuesday afternoon’s practice because of flu like symptoms. He is listed as day-to-day in advance of Wednesday’s Game 2 against the Blazers. Lin played 34 minutes in Game 1 and scored 14 points, had six rebounds and four assists.
Jenny Dial Creech / Houston Chronicle 21 hours ago Portland coach says Blazers need more consistencty
Portland coach Terry Stotts is looking for a more complete game from his team in Game 2 against the Rockets on Wednesday night. While the Trail Blazers escaped with a 122-120 overtime win in the opener, the inconsistency of the game is a concern. “The two halves of that game were so different,” Stotts said. […]
CSN Houston 22 hours ago
Blazers don't want to settle for split
As the Blazers prepare for game two, they are trying not to fall victim to being happy to leave Houston with one win.
