Pro Sports Blogging

Tale of Two Halves

Posted on 2 Feb 2012 by Mohsin Ghesani.

There was some drama in Rockets practice on Tuesday after their embarrassing loss to Minnesota Monday night. Kyle Lowry was questioning coaching decisions, Kevin McHale was calling out his team’s effort in the game (which did seem nonexistent at some points), and Luis Scola had an answer for everybody, “Shut the …. up and play!” The Rockets did just that to start their last meeting ag...

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Don’t Count Them Out

Posted on 27 Jan 2012 by Mohsin Ghesani.

Nobody expected much from the Houston Rockets this season. They almost traded away the core of their team (Kyle Lowry, Kevin Martin, and Luis Scola; their top 3 scorers) for Pau Gasol before the season, and once Stern and the NBA infamously rejected that trade, all signs indicated a lost season resulting in a high draft pick next year. Now, however, things have changed. After a tough schedule t...

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Back to .500, push for the Playoffs!

Posted on 6 Mar 2011 by Munaf Manji.

Well lets just start with a recap of our last blog and the two points I made the Rockets needed to do: 1. More effort of the defensive end–Check 2. Get back to .500 record–Check The Rockets are 6-1 since the All-Star break with quality wins over New Orleans and Portland, two teams which are infront of the Rockets in the standings. The area which was more impressive about these two...

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Three straight…with two trades

Posted on 27 Feb 2011 by Munaf Manji.

Let's just start with what I said in the last blog about how important these last 3 wins were for the Rockets. They took care of business against the Pistons, Cavs, and Nets. These were games that the Rockets knew they should have won against sub par teams and they took care of business rather easily. A lot fans and writers are writing off this season and are under the presumption that the Rock...

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Midway point of the season

Posted on 21 Feb 2011 by Munaf Manji.

Well, its been a while since I've wrote a blog so let's get right to it! So, we are at the half way point of the season and the Rockets stand at 26-31, 5 games below .500. I personally think the Rockets should be atleast at .500 or 2 games over. The last two games at Toyota Center the Rockets should have won, which would have put the Rockets at 28-29 with games against the Pistons, Cavs, and Ne...

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Trading Gay for Battier: Still the right move

Posted on 17 Dec 2010 by Adam Spolane.

On draft night in 2006, the Rockets traded the 8th pick to Memphis (who turned into Rudy Gay) for Shane Battier. It was a controversial deal at the time because of the immense talent that Gay possesses, compared to the limited upside of Battier. The Rockets thought Battier was the perfect compliment to Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady. Five years after that trade was made, the Rockets were right a...

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Rockets bring it against the Champs

Posted on 2 Dec 2010 by Munaf Manji.

In possibly the biggest win of the season thus far for the Rockets, this may be the start of a turning point for the season. Maybe? Toyota Center was rocking last night with the Lake show in town and the fans turned out for this game and a great win it was for the Rockets. The Rockets played the full 48 minutes of basketball which in previous games they have failed to do, and had an unknown h...

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Rockets come alive, dominate Lakers in fourth quarter

Posted on 2 Dec 2010 by Adam Spolane.

All season long everyone has talked about how bad the Rockets have been in the fourth quarter. It’s the number one reason why the Rockets came into tonight’s game with a 5-12 record. They have not been able to finish games. That was not the case against the Lakers. Not only did they outplay the champs, they dominated them in the final 12 minutes. The Rockets trailed by two entering the four...

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Rockets come alive, dominate Lakers in fourth quarter

Posted on 2 Dec 2010 by Adam Spolane.

All season long everyone has talked about how bad the Rockets have been in the fourth quarter. It’s the number one reason why the Rockets came into tonight’s game with a 5-12 record. They have not been able to finish games. That was not the case against the Lakers. Not only did they outplay the champs, they dominated them in the final 12 minutes. The Rockets trailed by two entering the four...

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Assessing the first 11 games for the Rockets

Posted on 18 Nov 2010 by Munaf Manji.

We are now 11 games into the season and the Rockets are 3-8. Not the start most of us were expecting from the team but to start the season the integration of Yao back into the lineup and Rockets figuring out their identity of who exactly they are and what they can be can be causes of the slow start. So after the first 11 games, the Rockets have played 7 of those on the road, 3 back to back game...

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Rockets bench collapses in loss to Bulls

Posted on 16 Nov 2010 by Adam Spolane.

The Rockets played a great third quarter Tuesday night, outscoring the Bulls 30-14, to bring an eight-point lead into the fourth quarter. They followed that with a horrific five minute ten second stretch in which the Bulls went on an 18-0 run on their way to their first road victory of the season, sending the Rockets to 3-7 through 10 games. In total, Houston was outscored 32-21 in the fourth q...

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Rockets coming together on the East Coast trip

Posted on 15 Nov 2010 by Munaf Manji.

East Coast trip ends with the Rockets winning 2 out 3. Riding their first win streak of the season, Rockets are starting to click on all cylinders and building some team chemistry. The big turn around point for the Rockets, I believe, was the overtime loss they suffered to the Spurs. Since then the Rockets have won 3 out 4, and have allowed only 95 points per game to their opponents. In all...