A few days ago, a late turnover by Jabari Smith Jr. was among the crucial moments in Houston’s crushing Game 3 loss to the Lakers. In Wednesday’s Game 5 in Los Angeles, when the Rockets needed a win to stay alive and force the series back to Houston for a Game 6, the fourth-year forward…
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Entering February, in his age-37 season, Rockets star Kevin Durant had yet to miss a single game due to injury. But that changed on Monday night, when the newly named 2026 All-Star did not play at Indiana due to a sprained left ankle. The injury occurred during Houston’s win over Dallas on Saturday, and Durant…
Mavericks coach Jason Kidd is increasingly frustrated with what he believes are missed fouls against Cooper Flagg late in games. Flagg drove to the basket in the final moments of Dallas’ loss to the Houston Rockets and did not receive a whistle. He remained on the ground looking toward the official, but no call was…
Beginning Jan. 3 in Dallas, the Rockets went through a historically terrible shooting streak. Entering Friday, Houston’s 24.6% percentage from 3-point range in its previous seven games was the worst in NBA history (per ESPN) of any team over a seven-game span (minimum 200 attempts). Not surprisingly, the Rockets won only two of those seven…
HOUSTON – By the time the Oklahoma City Thunder scored their third 3-pointer in the span of 60 seconds at the start of the fourth quarter, Rockets head coach Ime Udoka, furious at his team’s compounding mistakes, stormed onto the court heading straight for Reed Sheppard. Sheppard, who was the culprit for two of the…
Welcome to The Playlist: my weekly column that lets you know who to add off the waiver wire and what to play (when it comes to setting your lineup or music in my rotation) for the upcoming week in fantasy basketball. (High Score is a new way to play Fantasy Basketball on Yahoo with simple…
