January 17th, 2011 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in There is one cardinal rule that applies in the National Basketball Association, especially if you want to be a successful franchise: Win the majority of your home games. The Houston Rockets, prior to their game Monday against the Milwaukee Bucks at Toyota Center, were attempting to erase a four-game losing streak at the Houston venue. [...]
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Rockets Snap Four-Game Home Losing Streak, Bounce Bucks 93-84
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Hornets Rally In Third, Beat Rockets In OT 110-105
There’s one thing that the New Orleans Hornets can say that they’re guilty of: Falling behind early in games. That would certainly be the case as they took on the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center on Friday night. Down by 16 in the third, New Orleans, behind David West, managed to rally and defeat Houston [...]
Thunder Snaps Houston Jinx, Beat Rockets 118-112
As good as the Oklahoma City Thunder is, there was a time when they were owned by the Houston Rockets. Prior to the Rockets hosting the Thunder Wednesday night, Houston had defeated Oklahoma City in 11 consecutive games at The Toyota Center. The game at the Houston venue had all the makings of loss #12 as [...]
Early Third Quarter Run Helps Magic Defuse Rockets 110-95
Truth be told, when I saw Thursday’s game between the Houston Rockets and Orlando Magic, the very first thing that came to mind was what the winning margin would be for the Magic. After all, we have two teams who are in different scenarios. Orlando is a team that pulled off, in my humble opinion, [...]
Durant, Thunder Blast Rockets 116-99
Quick Stats: Despite being without Jeff Green (sprained left ankle), Oklahoma City shot 50% from the floor. Coming into the game with an NBA-low 16.4 assists per game, Thunder dished out a season-high 26 assists, season-low nine turnovers. The Thunder produced 52 points in the paint and made 26 points off of 17 turnovers from [...]
Scorching 4th Quarter Start Elevates Bulls Over Rockets, 95-92
Noah Bullied Miller, Rockets On The Glass “Whatever it takes for my team to win, I’m going to try to go out there and do it.” -Derrick Rose, following the team’s 95-92 victory over the Rockets Derrick Rose is carrying the Bulls on his back; and he’s doing so playing at an unstoppable level. Rose, [...]
Rockets Defense Arrives; Trounce Knicks, 104-96
Quick stats: 20 fast break points, doubling the Knicks total. Season-high 28 assists, 2:1 assist to turnover ratio. Made nine more free throws than New York; 26-17. Defense held Knicks to 3-16 from downtown. Kevin Martin had a game-high 28 points on 18 shots in 42 minutes. Luis Scola added 24 points. Courtney Lee, the [...]
Yao-less Rockets Edge Pacers 102-99
Because the Houston Rockets are without the services of center Yao Ming for about a week or so, they are utilizing the duo of Brad Miller and Luis Scola to man the middle for the short-term. During their game against the Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse, the absence of Yao in the middle was hardly noticed [...]
