SBLive/SI Power 25: St. John Bosco Finishes 2022 Football Season Ranked No. 1 The Braves cliched the crown in California's Open Division high school football state championship. Sports Illustrated · Dec 20, 2022
Report: Rockets, Eric Gordon appear increasingly likely to part ways Is a split between the #Rockets and veteran guard Eric Gordon finally happening? The Athletic’s @KellyIko believes this season could be the time, and there are several plausible reasons. USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 19, 2022
NBA Power Rankings: Where Every Team Stands Ahead of Christmas The Grizzlies gain ground on the Bucks and Celtics. Plus, a look at how injuries to players like Stephen Curry and Anthony Davis impacted the standings. Sports Illustrated · Dec 19, 2022
Spurs at Rockets: Monday’s lineups, injury reports, broadcast and stream info The #Rockets are 2-2 on their season-long homestand of seven games, and they’d love to get back to a winning mark by beating San Antonio, which dealt them a tough loss two weeks ago. USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 19, 2022
‘Energy drop’: Jalen Green frustrated by Rockets’ complacency, lack of fight “I think we got complacent and just happy with those two wins, but we’ve got to learn from that,” said Jalen Green, adding that the #Rockets lacked energy and didn’t fight. USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 18, 2022
Takeaways: Jalen Green’s 3-point struggles continue as Blazers blast Rockets #Rockets guard Jalen Green is shooting just 23.2% on 3-pointers over his last 15 games, and his slump proved costly in Portland’s win at Houston on Saturday night. USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 18, 2022
NBA acknowledges three blown officiating calls late in Rockets-Heat game Two of the three blown calls in the NBA’s Last Two Minutes report for Thursday’s Houston-Miami game harmed the Rockets, while the other went in Houston’s favor. USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 17, 2022
Trail Blazers at Rockets: Saturday’s lineups, injury reports, broadcast and stream info Jalen Green and the #Rockets, who have won five of six at home, host Damian Lillard’s Trail Blazers on Saturday. It should be a huge test for Houston’s recent improvements on defense. USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 17, 2022
With Daishen Nix ill, TyTy Washington takes advantage of first rotation minutes in Houston With Daishen Nix under the weather, #Rockets rookie TyTy Washington took advantage of his first rotation minutes at point guard with 5 assists and 0 turnovers in 12 minutes. USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 16, 2022
Rockets fight back with late defensive push as Tyler Herro, Heat hold on Tyler Herro’s career-high 41 points allowed Miami to hold on and snap Houston’s home winning streak. But by pitching a shutout over the final five minutes, the #Rockets flashed their potential. USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 16, 2022
Tyler Herro outdoes himself with 41 points as short-handed Heat hold off Rockets, 111-108 HOUSTON — The Miami Heat have been here before. Tribune News Service · Dec 16, 2022
Alex Bregman sees parallels in current Astros, young Rockets “I think everyone in Houston remembers when another team was young and made their rise to the top,” Alex Bregman says. “Hopefully the #Rockets do the same thing.” USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 16, 2022
Rockets rookie Jabari Smith Jr. joins Jalen Green with Adidas deal With today’s news, top @HoustonRockets prospects Jalen Green and Jabari Smith Jr. are both under sponsorship deals with Adidas, as is former #Rockets superstar James Harden. USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 15, 2022
Pacers center Myles Turner loves watching Houston’s Alperen Sengun “I like the way he plays, and I like the way he carries himself,” Indiana’s Myles Turner tells @ScoopB regarding second-year #Rockets center Alperen Sengun. “His court vision is crazy.” USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 15, 2022
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 15, 2022 Podcast: With NBA trade season here, what should the Rockets do? NBA trade season unofficially began Thursday, so what might that mean for general manager Rafael Stone and the Rockets? @BenDuBose, @PauloAlvesNBA, and @stanfordkp discuss.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 15, 2022 Tari Eason, Boban Marjanovic lead holiday shopping event in Houston “It is super dope to give back to the community of Houston that has poured so much into us,” Tari Eason said after taking pictures with families and hosting a holiday shopping spree.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 15, 2022 Heat at Rockets: Thursday’s lineups, injury reports, broadcast and stream info The resurgent #Rockets are looking to make it six straight home wins (and four wins in five games, overall) when Jimmy Butler leads Miami into Houston on Thursday night.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 14, 2022 Rockets coach Stephen Silas balances basketball with grieving “I kind of didn’t want the game to end,” a grieving Stephen Silas said with a slight smile after watching his #Rockets defeat Phoenix. “Now, it is like real life starts up again.”
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 14, 2022 Stephen Silas thanks Monty Williams for postgame hug, heartfelt words Stephen Silas on Suns coach Monty Williams: “He has a great way of communicating, and tonight his way was through a hug, which I needed. I love him for that. He’s a good man.”
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 14, 2022 Takeaways: Jalen Green, Rockets stifle Suns, extend home winning streak to five Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun had a game-high 26 points and 16 rebounds, respectively, leading Houston to its fifth straight home win in Tuesday’s rout over Chris Paul’s Suns.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 13, 2022 Stephen Silas returns to Rockets after one-game bereavement absence After missing Sunday’s game due to the death of his father, Paul Silas, #Rockets head coach Stephen Silas was back on the sidelines Tuesday night.
Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 13, 2022 Paul Silas, 3-time NBA champion and longtime coach, dies at 79 “He combined the knowledge developed over nearly 40 years as an NBA player and coach with an innate understanding of how to mix discipline with his never-ending positivity,” Charlotte Hornets chairman Michael Jordan said.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 13, 2022 As Suns look for revenge, Rockets vow to be tough team to play against “This game is going to be one they feel they can get right, because they feel like we started them on their downward spiral,” interim #Rockets coach John Lucas says of the Suns.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 13, 2022 Suns at Rockets: Tuesday’s lineups, injury reports, broadcast and stream info After losing to Jalen Green and the #Rockets back on Dec. 2, Phoenix has suddenly lost five of its past six games. Meanwhile, Houston has won four straight at home inside Toyota Center.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 12, 2022 Rockets coach John Lucas loves clutch scoring, impeccable defense by Jalen Green “I think Jalen had one of his finest games,” John Lucas says of Jalen Green. “He made his free throws. He attacked. What is even funnier was that his defense was impeccable.” #Rockets