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Tracy McGrady said on Monday that he would make his season debut Nov. 18. The Rockets, however, said neither they nor McGrady knows when McGrady would go through a full practice, much less a game.

By reebokforthree 11. Portland Trail Blazers (10) – Win over the Spurs was important for moral, Portland is in a great position to run-off four road wins before entering Atlanta. 28. New York Knicks (26) – This team is sorry, sad, and ugly. I hope 2010 is worth it because basketball is dying in New York.

By John Click here for a video of Yao from yesterday when he was at Toyota Center signing the Rockets’ new alternative jersey. Click here for a video of Yao from yesterday when he was at Toyota Center signing the Rockets’ new alternative jersey.

Carl Landry always did just enough to seem capable of more. Maybe it was the way he did things, with athleticism rare in the Rockets' frontcourt.

Bynum, injured Wednesday against the Rockets, and Gasol each said they are out against the Grizzlies. DJ Mbenga could start at center. Bynum, injured Wednesday against the Rockets, and Gasol each said they are out against the Grizzlies. DJ Mbenga could start at center.

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Chuck Hayes is the most remarkable player on the NBA's most remarkable team. Don't believe me? Let's check in at Toyota Center and run it past some people who should know.

By John Recently YaoMania had an opportunity to talk with Rockets.com writer Jason Friedman, who was nice enough to spend some time with us at Toyota Center. In part 1 of our video interview, Jason tells us the effect that Yao still has on the team even though he’s injured, how well he’ll be expected t...

Trevor Ariza tried to split Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher, with Fisher poking the ball loose before Ariza could gather for one last shot, giving the Lakers a 103-102 overtime win.

By Tuesday, Chase Budinger's sprained left ankle was sore enough that he could not guess whether he will be available to play tonight, potentially taking a key reserve out of the Rockets' rotation.

By John I never thought the Rockets were going to be as bad as some people predicted this season, like Charles Barkley saying they were going to be the worst team in the Western Conference this season. But to beat Portland and Utah in consecutive games so early in the season, with 8 players scoring in...

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By John Yao was able to attend the Rockets’ home opener Saturday night against Portland. Because he’s still on crutches, it will obviously be a hassle for him to attend every game. Our Raymond has posted in the YaoMania forum photos of Yao at the game, which the Rockets won thanks to astounding perfo...

For Rockets owner Leslie Alexander, the home opener brought different feelings and expectations than past seasons, but with optimism.

Trevor Ariza scored a career-high 33 points, Aaron Brooks added 28 points and the Houston Rockets held on to beat the Portland Trail Blazers at home for the fifth straight time in the regular season, 111-107 on Saturday night.

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON (AP) -- Trevor Ariza scored a career-high 33 points, Aaron Brooks added 28 points and the Houston Rockets held on to beat the Portland Trail Blazers at home for the fifth straight time in the regular season, 111-107 on Saturday night.

By Adam Lauridsen Meet the new Warriors, same as the old Warriors.  There were moments in their opening night 107-108 loss to the Rockets when I was fooled into thinking things had changed.  Nelson started two bigs to protect the paint, Stephen Curry distributed the ball and ran perfectly executed fast brea...

Budinger had been labeled a volleyball player in the months before the draft. But as his draft stock fell following his junior year at Arizona, his volleyball past had been used to describe an alleged lack of drive to achieve basketball greatness.

Houston Rockets forward Tracy McGrady said Monday he's "far ahead of schedule" in his recovery from knee surgery and wants to show that he's still got a few good years left in him.

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By John ESPN.com is reporting that Yao could return sooner than anyone expected based off Yao’s progress. Rockets GM Daryl Morey had this to say to ESPN The Magazine: “Yao Ming is progressing well. I don’t think that [a career-ending scenario] is something that will happen, based on what I’m hearin...

By aloneconformist(noreply@blogger.com) The point is, the Lakers showed they will play dirty to win or NEED to play dirty to win. They ARE cheap shot artists. That's what they do. The Houston Rockets are not and they shouldn't start just because L.A. sets the precedent. Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley summed it up perfectly in what may be t...

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) In my series preview I wrote, "This series will be an interesting litmus test for the theory that Houston can use 'advanced basketball statistics' to come up with an effective game plan to slow down Bryant; the evidence from this season emphatically suggests that this is not the case: the Lakers won all four games as Bryant averaged 28.3 ppg while shooting .530 from the field and .533 from three point range." While Bryant did not match his exceptional regular season production versus Houston, during this series he still averaged 27.4 ppg on .453 field goal shooting and .344 three point shooting. Bryant averaged just 1.6 turnovers per game in the series despite being guarded by All-Defensive Team members Artest and Shane Battier and despite bein...   [read the full post]

By John If the Rockets are lucky enough to beat the Blazers in the first round, they would then face the Lakers (their punishment for not beating Dallas Wednesday night), and the only chance they have of winning that series is if Kobe gets hurt before that series would begin.

By Ryan McNeill The Rockets’ came out with a small backcourt against Milwaukee with Rafer Alston and Aaron Brooks and the duo combined to hit four-for-20 from the field and 1-for-10 from beyond the arc. After that didn’t pan out Rockets head ocach Rick Adelman switched Luther Head into the starting five t...

By Adam Lauridsen fans are well versed from years of experience in the various gradations of losses: good, bad, and utterly depressing.  The first seven losses of this streak were filled with Ls of the bad and utterly depressing variety.  Friday’s defeat in Houston, however, was a good one.  In a young season...

The recalibrated Dallas Mavericks, scoring fastbreak points as if it were 2003, accomplished at least one goal in Thursday’s opener against the tough Houston Rockets by putting on a high-scoring and entertaining display for the sellout crowd.

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By Basketbawful When last we saw them: Finished 55-27, third in Southwest Division and tied for fourth overall in the West. Despite a second-best-ever 22-game winning streak, the Rockets got escorted out of the playoffs in the first round by the Utah Jazz. It was the second consecutive year the Jazz have el...

By Tom Ziller Filed under: Hornets, Jazz, Lakers, Mavericks, Rockets, Spurs, Suns, Trail BlazersThe Knights of the FanHouse Roundtable have assembled to consider the NBA in '08-09. In this dispatch, we discuss the contenders of the Western Conference. Be sure to also check out the hub of our NBA Previ...

By Matt Moore As for my predictions? Well, last year was some of the best basketball from the Rockets I've seen to date - right up to the part where they got killed by Utah . They definitely crashed and burned. This year? Well, I know it's pretty arrogant, considering the Western Conference company the Rock...

By dberri Artest and the Sacramento Kings The "good" Rockets Shooting Guard: Tracy McGrady, Luther Head, Brent Barry Small Forward: Shane Battier, Tracy McGrady, Ron Artest Power Forward: Ron Artest, Luis Scola, Chuck Hayes, Carl Landry Point Guard: McGrady

By David Friedman The Houston Rockets once again lost in the first round of the playoffs and a significant portion of the blame for this will no doubt be put squarely on the shoulders of Tracy McGrady, whose teams have never won a playoff series--but it is wrong to act as if these losses are mostly McGrady's fa...

By Eric Williams For Houston, Rafer Alsotn, who missed three games with a strained hamstring and did not play against the Sonics in Seattle a week ago, will start at point guard tonight. Head will start for McGrady, along with Shane Battier, Luis Scola and Dikembe Mutombo.

By FLCeltsFan Here are comments found around the Rockets' boards during their game with the Celtics. The Rockets had an incredible streak and are to be commended for it. There isn't an asterisk on this one either. Yes, the Rockets didn't have Yao but the Celtics didn't have Ray Allen, either. And 10 of those wins were without Yao so it isn't like he just went out. Like the Houston fans, though, I questioned Doc keeping KG on the floor with less than 2 minutes left in the game and up 20+ points. KG is too valuable to the Celtics to risk an injury in garbage time. If the Celtics are in the west I don't think the'd be in the top 5. The record doesn't mean much. Discuss this topic on the Celtics Green Forums!]   [read the full post]

By David Friedman Just as it is important to give credit to the role players on the 2001 Sixers, 2007 Cavs and 2008 Rockets, it is also important to clearly state that McGrady--when healthy--is every bit as talented as Iverson or James. ABC's Mark Jackson said that Houston Coach Rick Adelman told him, "Tracy McGrady is the best passer I've ever seen." Think about that for a moment: Adelman played against Pistol Pete Maravich, coached against Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas and coached Clyde Drexler (5.6 apg in his career, 8.0 apg one season in case you forgot) and Terry Porter. ABC's Jeff Van Gundy, who coached McGrady for three seasons, elaborated about McGrady's passing skills, saying that he is "the second best pick and roll player in the league behind Steve N...   [read the full post]

By David Friedman 2) The Houston Rockets are 13-12 this season with Tracy McGrady in the lineup and 1-3 with Tracy McGrady out of the lineup; this is McGrady's fourth season in Houston and his career numbers are even more telling: the Rockets are 139-82 with McGrady and 12-42 without him. Projected over an 82 game season, the Rockets would theoretically be 51.6-30.4 with McGrady and 18.2-63.8 without him. In plain English, with McGrady the Rockets are an elite team and without him they are one of the worst teams in the league. McGrady is rarely mentioned as a top five MVP candidate but if winning is the ultimate "value" one could make a case that McGrady is the most "valuable" player because his presence or absence has such a direct, immediate impact on whether or not...   [read the full post]

By John more…) I listened to a podcast of Tracy McGrady’s interview on Houston’s 790AM sports station on Tuesday. It appeared that McGrady was obligated to make the call to promote his deal with Yahoo! Fantasy sports, not to come on and say he’s pissed about what’s happening with the team, and what...

By Fran Blinebury(fran.blinebury@chron.com) Rafer Alston owns the game. So you run out and buy a lottery ticket. Rafer Alston owns the game. So you dash across the freeway on foot during rush hour. Blindfolded. Rafer Alston owns the game. So anything can... Rafer Alston owns the game. Rafer Alston owns the game. Rafer Alston owns the game.

By Robert Ruxandrescu Thu 15 Nov Rockets will face defending champs without McGrady Robert Ruxandrescu The Rockets will have to face the NBA’s defending champions without Tracy McGrady. McGrady, the league’s second-leading scorer, is expected to miss Friday night’s showdown against the San Antonio Spurs...

By John I found an interesting mp3 and video on the Net today from Rockets Media Day. First, here’s an mp3 of an interview with Bonzi Wells. From the sounds of the interviewer’s shocked response, it looks like Bonzi has ripped himself into shape. Here’s a photo of how he looks… Impressive. Looks like a t...

Houstons Tracy McGrady leaned over in front of his bench as time ran out, his hands on his knees as he absorbed one more playoff failure.

Rockets swingman Tracy McGrady should stop worrying about advancing past the opening round of the NBA playoffs for the first time. That is like being concerned about getting an A in Spanish class even though you are fluent in it.

Phoenixs fivegame winning streak ended at Toyota Center on Tuesday night because the Rockets scored 30 points off second chances and played with more on the line.

By Jonathan Feigen(jonathan.feigen@chron.com) Go back to the Rockets' three-game home losing streak, to the hangover after their previous game against the Trail Blazers. Jeff Van Gundy centered his talk that day before the Rockets' flight to Sacramento around the need to seize every opportunity. McGrady and Yao Ming have been repeati...

EXCLUSIVE - UNEDITED - Kobe post game in the locker room after Lakers lose a close one in O.T. to the Rockets. Kobe talks about the controversial traveling call and the Yao moving screen that sent T-Mac to the line for 3 F.T.'s

By Jonathan Feigen(jonathan.feigen@chron.com) When he said how he wanted the Rockets to improve in the final weeks of the season, I pictured games like Jazz 86, Rockets 83 and thought this is what will decide whether the Rockets are ready to win a playoff series for the first time in a decade, since the huge leads in Game 6 of the Western Conf...

By la_ryan There was some good news, though: their main rivals continue to look like playoff posers. Denver lost at home to lowly Seattle, while NO/OKC and Minnesota both lost tight road games to San Antonio and Utah. LA stands 1.5 games up in the standings for the last playoff spot, and still 1.5 behind De...

By Jonathan Feigen(jonathan.feigen@chron.com) When Yao Ming picked up his third foul less than a minute into the second half, he stuck with Yao, and Yao brought the Rockets back. He had made just 1 of 4 shots in the first quarter, and 4 of 9 in the first half, but made his next three, and then passed to Kirk Snyder for a 3 and Rafer Alston for a layu...

By Jonathan Feigen(jonathan.feigen@chron.com) Audio: Feigen: Clippers-Lakers-Jazz set will tell a lot about the playoffs • • • Late in Jeff Van Gundy's postgame press conference on Monday, Rockets director of media relations Nelson Luis called out his nightly, 'Anything else?' This is...

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