Houston Rockets Rumors & News
Rockets' Hill shows promise in short time with team
Houston Chronicle — Rockets forward Luis Scola wrapped an arm around Jordan Hill’s shoulders and walked the rookie back to the Rockets bench, delivering instructions throughout the trip.
20 hours agoPostgame report: Rockets 96, Wizards 88
NBA Blog | Houston Chronicle — PLAYER OF THE GAME Throughout the road trip, Luis Scola carried the load as the Rockets one reliable scorer in the low post and more productive rebounder so even when the bench had to take over late in the first...
March 9, 2010Rockets 96, Wizards 88: Another day at the office for Scola. (And we don't mean the game.)
NBA Blog | Houston Chronicle — On the way out of the Verizon Center visitor's locker room, I passed Luis Scola and thought I'd make a modest suggestion, perhaps overstepping my position as a guest there, but still seeming on safe ground. "Take tomorrow off," I...
March 9, 2010Rockets back over .500, beat Wizards 96-88
Houston Chronicle — The Rockets got Trevor Ariza and Kyle Lowry back from injuries, and the bench contributed 38 points in the win over the Wizards.
March 9, 2010Rockets Launch Wizards, 96-88
ESPN Video — Trevor Ariza returns, scoring 13 off the bench
March 9, 2010Rockets Notes: Learning process for Hill
Houston Chronicle — After his first meaningful playing time with the Rockets, rookie forward Jordan Hill spoke of the strides he needed to make.
March 9, 2010Lowry has desire to remain a Rocket
Houston Chronicle — It did not take long, not quite a half of basketball, for Kyle Lowry to be missed. If not from the moment Lowry was helped from the floor, by the time the night was over, beginning the downward spiral from which the Rockets have not escaped, it had been clear how valuable Lowry had become.
March 9, 2010Pregame report: Rockets vs. Wizards
NBA Blog | Houston Chronicle — When/where: 6 p.m.; Verizon Center TV/radio: FSN-Houston; 610 AM, 850 AM (Spanish). KEY PLAYERS Rockets F Luis Scola has averaged 21.3 points and 18 rebounds in his past three games and has made 76 percent of his shots in his...
March 8, 2010Next game vs New Jersey Nets on Sat, Mar 13 8:30 pm EST
Opponent news and rumors snapshot:
- Barclays Center groundbreaking signals beginning of end of NBA basketball in New Jersey Newark Star-Ledger
- Your comments: Mavericks beat Nets for 13th straight win Newark Star-Ledger
- Bruce From Brooklyn In the 'Zzone | Bergen Record
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Kevin Martin
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| Mon 3/1 | vs Toronto | W 116 - 92 | |
| Wed 3/3 | vs Sacramento | L 81 - 84 | |
| Sat 3/6 | at Minnesota | W 112 - 98 | |
| Sun 3/7 | at Detroit | L 107 - 110 | |
| Tue 3/9 | at Washington | W 96 - 88 | |
| Sat 3/13 | vs New Jersey | 8:30 pm EST | |
| Mon 3/15 | vs Denver | 8:30 pm EDT | |
| Wed 3/17 | vs Memphis | 8:30 pm EDT |
- Caron Butler's bad fortune with Mavericks worth the headache Dallas Morning News
- New Orleans Hornets short handed at today's practice; James Posey ill Times-Picayune New Orleans Hornets forward James Posey missed Thursday's practice at the Alario Center because of illness, forcing two coaches to fill in at times during five-on-five drills. Posey was running a fever during Wednesday night's loss at Oklahoma City, which...
- Grizzlies postgame: Hollins puts halt to playoff talk Memphis Commercial-Appeal Memphis entered Wednesday night four games out of the eighth and final postseason slot. Hollins, though, is imploring his players to stay focused on winning with their preseason goals in mind.
- Keeping Playoff Hopes (Barely) Alive Beyond The Arc | Memphis Flyer With last night's 111-91 win at Boston, the Grizzlies have extended their current road winning streak to 7 games and have won 4 of their past 5. As of today, the Grizzlies are 3.5 games behind the Portland Trailblazers for the 8th seed and 4.5 games behind the San Antonio Spurs for the 7th seed. With 17 games to go for the Grizzlies, the odds of making the post-season are slim, but there is still a legitimate chance, and I suspect the race will tighten in the coming weeks. Let's look at the schedules for these three teams the rest of the way: Memphis: 17 games, 8/9 home/road split. 10 against...
- Phoenix Suns forward Amar'e Stoudemire would like to stay and other NBA news Times-Picayune Despite the fact that the Phoenix Suns tried mightily to trade him last month, forward Amar'e Stoudemire says he'd like to sign a new deal with the team that keeps him there. Former New Orleans Hornets forward Robert "Tractor" Traylor...
- Memphis Grizzlies jump on Celtics early, roll to 20-point win Memphis Commercial-Appeal Rudy Gay scored 28 points to lead Memphis to a 111-91 victory, giving the Grizzlies a franchise-record seventh straight road win.
- California escapes late jam to beat Rice 8-6 Houston Chronicle California escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the bottom of the ninth to take an 8-6 win over Rice at Reckling Park.
- Rice to hire former Indiana AD as athletic director Houston Chronicle Former Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan will be the next athletic director at Rice, according to a source.
- Multi-talented Olsen a class act from start to finish NFL Blog | Houston Chronicle The first time I saw Merlin Olsen was at the 1961 Gotham Bowl at the Polo Grounds. I watched Baylor...
- Berkman will miss Friday to have 'puffy' knee examined Houston Chronicle Astros first baseman Lance Berkman will skip the Astros' trip to play the Blue Jays Friday and will have his left knee examined by the team physician.
- No start for Oswalt as Astros exhibition washed out Houston Chronicle The Astros' scheduled spring training game against the Washington Nationals was canceled because of rain.
- The Sports Update: Weighing the Texans' draft options NFL Blog | Houston Chronicle