For Houston, there were several events for the Houston Rockets to commemorate this season.
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The Nets (29-22) haven't scored 100 points since their Jan. 26 loss to the Houston Rockets.
Lin, a Chinese-American, left the New York Knicks for the Houston Rockets last week.
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But Lin wound up getting dumped by the Warriors, then the Houston Rockets, before opportunity struck in New York.
Taking the everything-is-bigger mantra from the Cowboys, the Houston Rockets announced in September many improvements to the Toyota Center.
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Then he found the strength to fill the Houston Rockets with life in a playoff series that had started to look hopeless.
In 2012 Comcast, the Houston Rockets and Astros want to launch their own RSN, of which the baseball team might own one-third.
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Sampson, now an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets, declined to comment.
As such, Shoemaker expects that Chinese fans will continue to support Lin when he begins playing for the Houston Rockets this fall.
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Yao, the Houston Rockets basketball player who is currently recovering from an injury, dropped all the way to No. 4 in the newest ranking.
Lin has signed an offer sheet with the Houston Rockets, and the Knicks have repeatedly said they would match any offer for their breakout star.
"Ray was probably my favorite college teammate, " McHale, now the coach of the Houston Rockets, said after his team's victory over Cleveland on Friday night.
The Garden is dysfunctional. if you let Lin walk, you can sign away half of your fanbase to the Brooklyn Nets or the Houston Rockets.
Carmelo Anthony said Sunday it's up to the Knicks to decide if they want to match the "ridiculous contract" that the Houston Rockets have offered Lin.
The Houston Rockets point guard hosted a gala Thursday night, the eve of All-Star Weekend, to unveil a foundation that will benefit three Houston organizations helping underprivileged children.
"To do something like this, everyone needs to step up, " said Battier, who was earlier part of a 32-game winning streak at Duke and a 22-gamer with the Houston Rockets.
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The plan, says Zhao Qian, another manager at Taihe, is to put the Back Dormitory Boys together with their idol, Yao Ming, a Chinese basketball prodigy who plays centre for the Houston Rockets.
Durant scored 24 points and drew a rare offensive charging foul, and the Oklahoma City Thunder routed Harden and the Houston Rockets 120-91 on Sunday night in Game 1 of their playoff series.
In New York, he's known primarily as the patriarch of a family that keeps giving the shaft to sports fans, most recently by letting Jeremy Lin depart the Knicks for the Houston Rockets.
Last season's sixth man of the year, James Harden, was traded by the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Houston Rockets after the Thunder determined they couldn't afford to keep him along with their other stars.
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Randolph had 25 points and 19 rebounds and the Grizzlies defeated the Jazz 86-70 on Wednesday night, eliminating Utah and assuring the Los Angeles Lakers of a playoff spot even before their late game against the Houston Rockets.
"To do something like this, everyone needs to step up, " said Battier, who was part of a 32-game winning streak at Duke, a 22-gamer with the Houston Rockets and now played a role in this epic Heat run.
As the team sets up for its Tuesday night game against Jeremy Lin and the Houston Rockets, they will do so without three big men in Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol and Jordan Hill (all out with injuries).
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Unless Yao Ming, of the Houston Rockets, leads the Chinese past Kobe Bryant and the Americans to a gold medal, it is Lang Lang, a gifted pianist prone to red silk tuxedos and Lisztian histrionics at the keyboard, who is likeliest to emerge as the Chinese performer most enriched by the Olympics.
He is one of the country's biggest stars and is credited with boosting China's interest in the NBA. During his nine seasons with the Houston Rockets, his games were broadcast on national television in China, and he was selected to carry China's flag during the opening ceremonies at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
In the NBA, only two teams seeded No. 6 or worse have reached the finals since 1994: the 1995 Houston Rockets and 1999 New York Knicks.
The technology will be even more spectacular when it moves into its new home in the former Houston Rockets' stadium "We really want it to feel like a concert, " says Duncan Dodds , Lakewood's executive director.
Chris Bosh finished with 18 points as the Heat matched the 22 consecutive wins recorded by the 2007-08 Houston Rockets.
Unlike in baseball, left handedness doesn't receive much attention in the NBA. "Other than scouting reports, it doesn't received much attention, " said Jeff Van Gundy, former head coach of the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets.
Nonetheless, the landslide defeat heavily resembled the first meeting between the clubs, which the Rockets (12-12) won 131-103 in Houston the day after Thanksgiving.
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