“Seriously, who’s your agent?” (Getty Images) Tuesday night’s draft lottery was typical – both a spectacle and spectacularly boring, and you get the feeling that Houston Rocket general manager Daryl Morey was more than happy to sit it out. Not only did Morey’s Rockets make the playoffs this season for the first time since 2009, [...]

Hey, remember when Houston Rockets center Omer Asik got called for what appeared to be a pretty dubious offensive foul during the second quarter of Game 5 against the Oklahoma City Thunder? Of course you do! (Remember how I tried to change the name “Thabo Sefolosha” to “Kevin Martin” in the post after being informed [...]

Posted by Inside Hoops May 7 Oklahoma City’s Derek Fisher was fined $ 5,000 by the NBA on Monday for flopping in Game 5 of the Thunder’s first-round playoff series against the Rockets. Fisher’s fine was the result of a play in the second quarter when both he and teammate Kevin Martin fell [...]

The Houston Rockets, before their Game 6 loss (Getty Images) With every season that ends, for the playoff teams at least, we felt it right to take a look ahead. TNT already has the rights to “Gone Fishin’,” and because we’re sure that someone, somewhere, still likes that Wyclef song, we’re going with “Gone Till [...]

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Rockets reserve Carlos Delfino is out for the rest of the playoffs because of a bone fracture in his right foot that will require surgery. Delfino missed the second half of Game 5 against Oklahoma City because of a sore right foot. A CT scan performed Thursday revealed the fracture, and [...]

Posted by Inside Hoops May 4 Kevin Durant scored 27 points and Kevin Martin added 25 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 103-94 victory over the Houston Rockets on Friday night, sending them to the second round of the playoffs for the third straight season. The Rockets were looking to become [...]

Notebook: Thunder 103, Rockets 94 Posted May 4, 2013&nbsp1:40 AM Matt Miller, for NBA.com THE FACTS: Kevin Durant‘s teammates stepped up in a big way to help the Oklahoma City Thunder close out their first-round Western Conference series with the Houston Rockets with a 103-94 victory Friday at Toyota Center. Durant scored 27 points to [...]

Updated: May 4, 2013, 12:58 am ET by Sean Highkin, USA TODAY Sports Kevin Durant can’t carry the scoring load all by himself for the Oklahoma City Thunder. On Friday, he didn’t have to. Sixth man Kevin Martin bounced back from a disappointing first five games in the series to score 25 points and help the Thunder [...]

Posted by Inside Hoops May 2 Without All-Star Russell Westbrook running the point, Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder are struggling to close out the Houston Rockets. So much for a sweep. This is suddenly a series. James Harden scored 31 points and sank seven 3-pointers while fighting flu-like symptoms, and the [...]

Heading into Wednesday night’s Game 5 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, James Harden had not performed especially well in his first playoff series as member of the Houston Rockets. In the first four games, Harden put up a solid 101 points on distinctly less impressive 36.4 percent shooting from the field, including a 4-of-25 mark [...]

Notebook: Rockets 107, Thunder 100 Posted May 2, 2013&nbsp1:43 AM Randy Renner, for NBA.com THE FACTS: No team in NBA history has ever been able to climb out of an 0-3 hole to win a seven game series and the Houston Rockets are still a long way from rewriting the history books but they took [...]

by Eric Prisbell, USA TODAY Sports OKLAHOMA CITY — In their first home playoff game without injured point guard Russell Westbrook, the Oklahoma City Thunder looked like a shell of the team that had won the first two games of this series here at Chesapeake Energy Arena. And after a 107-100 loss to the eighth-seeded [...]

Back in the series, now back to Boston. The Celtics, winners of the most NBA championships, are two victories from making more history. Kevin Garnett had 16 points and 18 rebounds and the Celtics stayed alive in the NBA playoffs, cutting the Knicks’ lead to 3-2 with a 92-86 victory Wednesday in New York. The [...]

The Oklahoma City Thunder return home Wednesday night with a chance to finish off the Houston Rockets in Game 5 of their best-of-seven first-round playoff series. When they take the court at Chesapeake Energy Arena, though, they’ll do so without starting point guard Russell Westbrook, who suffered a tear to the lateral meniscus in his [...]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Rockets All-Star James Harden started in Game 5 against Oklahoma City after leaving the morning shootaround because of flu-like symptoms. Harden was listed in the starting lineup submitted by coach Kevin McHale on Wednesday night. The Rockets face a 3-1 deficit in the first-round series against Oklahoma City, after winning Game [...]