Luis Scola had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Kevin Martin scored 21 points, and the yo-yo Houston Rockets moved back above .500 Tuesday night with a 96-88 win over the Washington Wizards.
Luis Scola had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Kevin Martin scored 21 points, and the yo-yo Houston Rockets moved back above .500 Tuesday night with a 96-88 win over the Washington Wizards.
As a team hoping to claim a Western Conference playoff spot, the Houston Rockets should feel pretty confident going into a meeting with the rebuilding Washington Wizards. No win looks easy, however, after Houston’s latest performance
It’s one thing for an NBA organization to commit itself to collecting and analyzing advanced statistics, but it’s quite another to get the coaching staff to buy in.
The proliferation of advanced statistics in basketball has taught us that many of the assumptions we have about the game are verifiable. Which player combinations are most effective on the floor together? Does the presence of a prolific rebounder in a 5-man unit take away rebounds from his teammates?
Rookie guard Garrett Temple, after completing two 10-day contracts with the Houston Rockets, is getting a chance to win a job with the Sacramento Kings. The Kings have offered Temple a 10-day contract and expect to add him to their roster this week, according to NBA front-office sources.
Houston’s Shane Battier missed the Rockets’ game Saturday night against the Utah Jazz because of flu-like symptoms.
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The Magic defeated the Rockets 110-92 as Dwight Howard recorded his 19th consecutive double-double, a new franchise record The Orlando Magic defeated the Houston Rockets 110-92 Wednesday night in Houston.
