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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:28:35 PST |
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Rockets F Artest out with injured ankle (AP)Houston Rockets forward Ron Artest missed his second straight game with a sore right ankle, sitting out Tuesday night against the Philadelphia 76ers. Artest is averaging 16 points and 5.5 rebounds for the Rockets. He stretched his ankle on the court about an hour before tip, but was not healthy enough to play.
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Power Poll: It's official ... NBA no-longer two-team show (SportingNews.com) One thing that seemed certain before the season started was this: Every week, when formulating the poll, the...
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BDL NBA Power Rankings: Bringing in the New Year (Yahoo! Sports) The BDL NBA Power Rankings combine two parts Cactus Juice with one part flippant observation to create the most...
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Rockets Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
This is how far the Rockets had fallen.
They lost, their fifth defeat in seven games, and they felt kind of good about it.
They were disappointed at the same time, having given up a game-winning shot to Atlanta with 1.5 seconds remaining, a particularly galling misstep when they had a foul to give and let Joe Johnson roam around the lane before finding a wide-open Mike Bibby.
The Rockets, however, had embarrassed themselves twice in the previous three games, losing badly to the Wizards and horribly to the Raptors. They didn't feel too good about the win, getting away with a listless second half to hold off the Bucks. So with Tracy McGrady, Ron Artest and Shane Battier all out, the Rockets demonstrated the effort and fortitude horribly lacking 24 hours...
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Growth is a slow process for Oden (Yahoo! Sports)Patience is a necessity for the young Blazers center, who continues to adjust to life in the NBA.
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Bibby hits winning 3 for Hawks over Rockets (AP)
Atlanta coach Mike Woodson needed a reversal of fortune after the Hawks' loss the night before on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. Fortunately for Woodson, Mike Bibby had the right touch after taking Joe Johnson's pass beyond the arc. "Mike stepped up and made a great shot," Woodson said. "Joe made a good find, and he was able to knock it down." Bibby made a 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds remaining, and Josh...
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McGrady, Artest held out vs. Hawks (AP)Tracy McGrady missed Houston's game against Atlanta on Saturday night because of a chronically sore left knee, and sixth-man Ron Artest was sidelined by a swollen right ankle. Brent Barry started his first game of the season, replacing McGrady. According to coach Rick Adelman, Houston might give McGrady more time to recover by resting him on the second game of back-to-back nights.
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Rockets' McGrady, Artest sit out vs. Hawks (PA SportsTicker)The Houston Rockets are without injured starters Tracy McGrady and Ron Artest for Saturday's game against the Atlanta Hawks.
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Bosh, Bargnani lead Raptors past Rockets (AP)
The Houston Rockets didn't feel much like winners after grinding out a four-point home victory on Wednesday. They were surefire losers in Toronto on Friday night. Chris Bosh and Andrea Bargnani each scored 19 points and the Raptors snapped a three-game losing streak with an emphatic 94-73 victory over the Rockets, handing Houston its fourth defeat in six games.
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Raptors F Jermaine O'Neal out again with sore knee (AP)Raptors forward Jermaine O'Neal missed Friday night's game against the Houston Rockets because of a sore right knee, the second consecutive game he has sat out. O'Neal is averaging 14.2 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. A six-time All-Star, he missed three straight games in November because of injuries to his left knee and ankle.
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Yao, Scola lead Rockets to win over Bucks (AP)
The Houston Rockets hardly sounded like the victorious team after struggling past the Milwaukee Bucks 85-81 on Wednesday night. Yao Ming had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Luis Scola added 11 points and 10 boards, but the Rockets sputtered on offense during long stretches for the third straight home game.
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Charles Barkley arrested on suspicion of DUI (AP)
Charles Barkley was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol early Wednesday. An officer with a task force that targets drunken driving saw the former NBA star run a stop sign about 1:30 a.m., Gilbert police Lt. Eric Shuhandler said. Barkley was in Scottsdale's Old Town area, a trendy spot in the Phoenix area.
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Rockets re-sign Mutombo (AP)
The Houston Rockets re-signed 42-year-old center Dikembe Mutombo for the remainder of the season on Tuesday, adding an emotional leader and a backup to Yao Ming. Mutombo, who supplants 39-year-old Sam Cassell as the league's oldest active player, appeared in 39 games for Houston last season, logging most of his minutes after Yao broke his left foot in February.
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Rockets sign C Mutombo (PA SportsTicker)The Houston Rockets on Tuesday found a veteran backup for Yao Ming, re-signing center Dikembe Mutombo.
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BDL NBA Power Rankings: Look who's looking up (Yahoo! Sports) The BDL NBA Power Rankings combine two parts champagne with one part flippant observation to create the most...
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NBA Power Poll: Lakers bump Celtics from top spot (SportingNews.com)Who deserves to be at the top of the latest NBA Power Poll? The Christmas Day game tells the story.
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Jamison scores 30 to lead Wizards past Rockets (AP)
Caron Butler was out, Antawn Jamison was hurting and the lowly Washington Wizards were still able to beat the Houston Rockets on Monday night. Jamison scored a season-high 30 points, Andray Blatche added 16 points and eight rebounds and the Wizards snapped a five-game road losing streak with an 89-87 victory.
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Report: Mixed results from NBA player charities (AP)NBA players who set up charitable foundations don't always contribute as much as expected because of poor management and the high cost of fundraisers. The analysis was made by The Salt Lake Tribune, which studied tax records filed by NBA player charities. It analyzed 89 stand-alone NBA player charities and published the results in a series of stories Sunday.
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Yao, Artest carry Rockets past undermanned Jazz (AP)
The Houston Rockets acquired Ron Artest to win games like this. Artest scored 10 of his 28 points in the second overtime and the Rockets recovered from blowing a 16-point lead in the second half to beat the Utah Jazz 120-115 on Saturday night. Yao Ming had 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Rockets, who led 59-43 early in the third quarter, then went 3-for-18 from the field in the fourth to...
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Rockets F McGrady, Jazz F Boozer out Saturday (PA SportsTicker)The Houston Rockets and Utah Jazz both were without star players for Saturday's game.
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McGrady out, Jazz trio doesn't travel (AP)Houston Rockets guard Tracy McGrady was inactive Saturday against Utah with more soreness in his left knee, while the Jazz were again playing without Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur and Paul Millsap. McGrady, the Rockets' second-leading scorer, sat out for the eighth time this season with the injury, the effects of offseason surgery.
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Hornets beat Rockets, 88-79 (AP)
Chris Paul and his Hornets teammates had a lousy Christmas, so they took it out on the Houston Rockets. Paul had 26 points and 10 assists, and New Orleans snapped a two-game skid with an 88-79 victory over Houston on Friday night. David West added 23 points and Rasual Butler 13 for the Hornets, who took an early lead and never trailed, mindful of their dreadful, 88-68 loss in Orlando on Christmas...
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Rockets F Artest out Friday vs. Hornets (PA SportsTicker)Houston Rockets forward Ron Artest is not with the team Friday night as it gets set to take on the New Orleans Hornets.
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Stojakovic, Armstrong, Artest all out (AP)Ron Artest missed the Houston Rockets' road game Friday night against the Hornets, who were also short-handed. Artest had a sprained right ankle, Rockets officials said. New Orleans was without swingman Peja Stojakovic and reserve center Hilton Armstrong. Stojakovic remained sideline by back soreness for a fifth-straight game.
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Rockets trade Steve Francis to Grizzlies (PA SportsTicker)The Houston Rockets traded guard Steve Francis, an aging former All-Star who has not appeared in a game this season, to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday.
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LeBron, Cavaliers ground Rockets 99-90 (AP)
LeBron James sat in one corner of Cleveland's locker room soaking his sore feet in a tub full of ice. Like a boxer who just left the ring, he was hurting all over. The Houston Rockets gave him their best shot. "That," James said, "was a heavyweight fight. It felt like a playoff game." James scored 27 points -- 18 in the second half-- and made one of the defining defensive plays of his career by...
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