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Box Score: Rockets 105, Thunder 94

Clutch — {ts '2009-11-07 08:42:00'}

Complete recap and box score of the game

The Ron Artest Experience

Clutch — {ts '2009-11-03 23:46:00'}

Wednesdays meeting with the Lakers beckons forth reminiscence upon one of the most surreal experiences in Houston Rockets history. -- When he etched the logo into his hair, Ron Artest instantly became iconic of this teams ethos. From heart to sheer tenacity, he represented an accentuation of the Rockets core essence. The Rockets, in their unrelenting perseverance in the face of adversity, had come to symbolize the spirit of toughness. Ron was the toughest player in the league. The Rockets were tormented by a too cruel destiny and demons of playoffs past. Artest carried the burden of infamy; the catalys...

Rockets new alternate jersey unveiled

Clutch — {ts '2009-09-23 19:01:00'}

Rockets will debut new alternate jersey at home on November 6th -- The Rockets introduced an alternate jersey tonight at a season ticket holder event to help kick off the Rockets season pre-training camp. The alternate jersey will be debuted on November 6th at home when the Rockets take on the Oklahoma City Thunder and will be sold exclusively at the Toyota Center initially. The new third jersey is a mix of old and new Rockets. The red uniform keeps the current Rockets font style and logo, but brings back the old team colors, re-introducing the mus...

New slogan continues Red theme

Clutch — {ts '2009-09-23 08:49:00'}

Rockets set to unveil new "RED" slogan tonight at season ticket holder party -- Are we really about to get another season started? It's hard to believe, but after a vicious curveball of an offseason, the Rockets are getting prepped for 2009-10 with training camp right around the corner. They move one step closer tonight when the team will unveil its new marketing slogan for the year at a season ticket holder event. 2006-07 brought you "LIVE IT", followed by "IT'S TIME" and last year's "GET RED", which it's hard to argue did not have a positive impact as you def...

Full 2009-10 Rockets Schedule Leaked

Clutch — {ts '2009-07-29 11:41:00'}

ClutchFans obtains copy of Rockets opponent schedule for upcoming season -- ClutchFans has obtained a copy of the Houston Rockets 2009-10 NBA schedule, before the official tipoff times have been finalized. Though the times will vary, the dates, opponents and locations will not change. You may have thought the 2009 offseason was rough, but the "somewhat" new-look Rockets have a bumpy start out of the gate this season. Houston kicks off the season in Portland on October 27th against the team they (and some of their castoffs and walking wounded) just kn...

Rockets Trade for Australian Big Man

Clutch — {ts '2009-07-14 17:41:00'}

Desperate for a center, Houston makes trade with Atlanta for David Andersen -- The Rockets have had a gaping hole in the middle since news of the severity of Yao Ming's injury hit, and Tuesday night they worked to fill that need, acquiring the rights to Australian center David Andersen from the Atlanta Hawks. Almost a stereotypical European talent (offensively-gifted, defensively-challenged), the 6-foot-11, 29-year old Andersen has made his name overseas, playing for CSKA Moscow for years and most recently FC Barcelona in 2008-09. He sports a very solid jumpe...

Top 5 Teams For Rockets To Plunder in Trades

Clutch — {ts '2009-06-03 18:31:00'}

Rockets well-positioned to make trades that could exploit teams in financial peril -- Rockets owner Les Alexander chose his words carefully. "I want to say this without being predatory," said Alexander, taking a few seconds before continuing. "We're in a position now that we're willing to go after it. I think we have a team to go after it. If we can take advantage of some problems, we'd be willing to do it." The "problems" are the financial woes several teams around the league are experiencing as a result of the economic recession, leading many to believe we ...

T-Mac undergoes shoulder surgery

Clutch — {ts '2009-05-29 16:15:00'}

McGrady has second surgery -- this one on shoulder -- and eyes October return -- Tracy McGrady is holed up in Chicago, working on rehabbing his knee, but his days of medical procedures apparently weren't over. The still-a-Rocket guard posted about his health status on his blog today, announcing that he underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder yesterday. According to McGrady, the surgery was successful.

For those of you with medical knowledge, I had a left shoulder arth...

Lowry mixing hoops and soccer

Clutch — {ts '2009-05-28 15:55:00'}
Rockets guard does Adidas commercial shoot with Houston Dynamo player -- Kyle Lowry is in full offseason swing. The Houston Rockets point guard recently did an Adidas commercial shoot on the basketball courts just outside the Toyota Center along with Houston Dynamo midfielder Stuart Holden. In this behind-the-scenes video, Lowry and Holden freestyle a bit, mixing hoops with some soccer. It's certainly nice to see Lowry throw down a couple of unique alleyoops, but I was more shocked to witness him hitting a three ... with a soccer ball, no less. ...

Channel 39 airs story on ClutchFans

Clutch — {ts '2009-05-12 08:28:00'}
Local news station produces video story highlighting our Rockets fan site -- The Rockets are a hot item these days due to their playoff success, and the traffic on ClutchFans has soared over the last few weeks. Local Channel 39 aired a story on their Monday night news broadcast that talked about ClutchFans and how it got started. What was funny about the story was I wasn't sure it would air. FSN came to my home in Austin in 2001 and did an interview for a similar feature story on ClutchFans, but the Rocke...

Adelman speaks on Von Wafer incident

Clutch — {ts '2009-05-07 16:40:00'}
Rockets coach opens up about what happened between him and Von Wafer in Game 2 -- Rockets coach Rick Adelman spoke to the press after practice on Thursday and Raheel Ramzanali of 1560 the Game was there. Specifically, Adelman opened up about the incident with Von Wafer. The Rockets guard was sent to the showers at the start of the fourth quarter after some verbal sparring with Adelman. "He didn't like coming out," said Adelman bluntly. "He doesn't have to like coming out, but it's his job to accept that."...

Ron: "I've been in the stands before"

Clutch — {ts '2009-05-01 00:14:00'}
Raheel, Nuño break down Game 6 but Ron Artest steals the show -- Raheel Ramzanali and David Nuño give their thoughts on the Rockets big Game 6 win and mix in postgame clips from Rick Adelman, Yao Ming and Shane Battier. Ron Artest, however, steals the show.