| Davis drills late 3-pointer to lift Warriors over Rockets | Fri Dec 15 07:44:24 2006 EST |
| Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Baron Davis hit the winning three-pointer with 1.2 seconds remaining, as Golden State rallied from a four-point deficit in the final minute for a 109-107 victory over the Houston Rockets. Davis ended with 34 points and eight assists, as the Warriors won back-to-back contests following losses in five of six games. Monta Ellis had 17 points and Andris Biedrins 15 for Golden State, which snapped a three-game series skid and beat Houston in Oakland for just the fourth | |
| Yao, James top All-Star voting | Thu Dec 14 18:59:25 2006 EST |
| New York, NY (Sports Network) - Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets and Cleveland's LeBron James each lead their respective conferences in votes received after the first returns of the 2007 NBA All-Star balloting. Yao leads all players in both leagues with 836,392 votes while James tops the Eastern Conference with 808,570 tallies. Guard Kobe Bryant of the Lakers is right behind Yao with 720,375 votes while Houston's Tracy McGrady has 668,130 votes. Minnesota forward Kevin Garnett (453,536 votes) an | |
| Kobe, Lakers survive late surge by Rockets | Wed Dec 13 06:47:05 2006 EST |
| Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 23 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as Los Angeles squandered a 27-point fourth quarter lead but held on and escaped with a 102-94 victory over the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center. Houston, trailing 93-66 with 9:45 left in the final frame, went on an exciting 26-1 burst and cut it to 94-92 with 1 1/2 minutes remaining. That would be as close as the Rockets would get, though, as Kwame Brown finally broke Los Angeles' sco | |
| Yao's 38 powers Rockets past Wizards | Sun Dec 10 09:17:53 2006 EST |
| Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Yao Ming scored 38 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Houston Rockets withstood a 41-point barrage by Gilbert Arenas to hold on for a 114-109 victory over the Washington Wizards. Tracy McGrady chipped in 28 points for the Rockets, who have won two in a row and four of five. McGrady had to leave the game in the third quarter with back spasms, though, and did not return. Rafer Alston and Luther Head contributed 12 points apiece while Shane Battier and Juwan Ho | |
| Yao scores 38 as Rockets soar past Wizards | Sun Dec 10 05:25:01 2006 EST |
| Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Yao Ming scored 38 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Houston Rockets withstood a 41-point barrage by Gilbert Arenas to hold on for a 114-109 victory over the Washington Wizards. Tracy McGrady chipped in 28 points for the Rockets, who have won two in a row and four of five. McGrady had to leave the game in the third quarter with back spasms, though, and did not return. Rafer Alston and Luther Head contributed 12 points apiece while Shane Battier and Juwan Ho | |
| Spurs jingle into Utah | Wed Nov 29 16:53:42 2006 EST |
| their last game on Monday against Golden State, the Spurs dropped a 111-102 decision at ORACLE Arena. Tim Duncan had 22 points and 16 rebounds for the Spurs, who were trying to become the first team to start 8-0 on the road since the 1996-97 Houston Rockets. Tony Parker tallied 28 points and Michael Finley scored 18 in a losing cause, as San Antonio fell to 7-1 on the road this season. Spurs guard Manu Ginobili missed his second straight game because of back spasms. He will most likely miss Wed | |
| Wizards woeful on road so far | Sat Nov 25 00:52:55 2006 EST |
| its outings away from the Verizon Center. Washington's road troubles continued in the first two contests of its current three-game journey. The Wizards were throttled by a red-hot Dallas team on Tuesday, then were done in by Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets in a hard- fought 86-82 loss on Thanksgiving eve. Uncharacteristically poor shooting has been Washington's downfall in enemy arenas. The Wizards are averaging just 88.7 points and have shot only 39.6 percent from the field on the road, the s | |
| Rockets send Gay, Swift to Memphis for Battier | Wed Jul 12 18:51:38 2006 EST |
| Houston, TX (Sports Network) - The Houston Rockets officially traded forwards Rudy Gay and Stromile Swift to the Memphis Grizzlies for forward Shane Battier on Wednesday. Gay was chosen by Houston as the eighth overall pick out of Connecticut in the 2006 NBA Draft. He appeared in 64 career games for the Huskies, posting a scoring average of 13.6 points. As a sophomore, the 6-9, 220-pounder was named an All-Big East First Team selection, and an NABC All-America First Team and Associated Press Al | |
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