THE FACTS: The Oklahoma City Thunder took a rollercoaster ride to victory in their first game without All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook. The Thunder squandered a 26-point second-quarter lead before Kevin Durant received a friendly bounce on a critical 3-point attempt in the final minute of regulation to help lift Oklahoma City to a 104-101 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 3 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series Saturday at Toyota Center.
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THE FACTS: The Houston Rockets took the next step toward locking up the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference, crushing the Sacramento Kings 121-100 in their regular-season home finale Sunday at Toyota Center.
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THE FACTS: For the first time in 14 visits to Houston, the Memphis Grizzlies will leave town with a good reason to feel satisfied. Memphis snapped a 13-game losing streak at Toyota Center with an 82-78 win over the Houston Rockets on Friday.
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THE FACTS: The Indiana Pacers landed the first punch and never allowed the Houston Rockets to recover, as they led from start to finish in a 100-91 victory on Wednesday at Toyota Center. …read more
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THE FACTS: The Houston Rockets did not stumble into the trap known as the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers, rolling to a 116-78 rout Friday at Toyota Center. …read more
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THE FACTS: The Golden State Warriors delivered the type of bounce-back performance they were looking for two evenings after an embarrassing defeat at home, as they roughed up the Houston Rockets 108-78 on Sunday at Toyota Center. …read more
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THE FACTS: The Houston Rockets’ largest comeback in Toyota Center history came at the expense of the injury-plagued Minnesota Timberwolves in a 108-100 win Friday night. …read more
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THE FACTS: Behind a scorching shooting performance from Chandler Parsons and a dominant third quarter, the Houston Rockets ended a lengthy losing streak against an in-state rival about as convincingly as anyone could have imagined. Parsons scored a career-high 32 points on 12-for-13 shooting, and the Rockets snapped a nine-game skid against the Dallas Mavericks with a 136-103 rout Sunday at Toyota Center. Jeremy Lin added 21 points and nine assists, and James Harden scored 21 and dished out seven dimes for Houston (33-28), which has won six of its last seven home games by an average of 16.0 points. …read more
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For one weekend this year, Houston gets to be the all-star in the basketball world. The NBA All-Star Weekend returns to the Bayou City for the third time Feb. 15-17, luring fans—and celebrities—to the Toyota Center to watch the top players from the West (L.A. Lakers’ Kobe Bryant and Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant) take on those from the East (Miami Heat’s LeBron James and Boston Celtics’ Kevin Garnett). Our Startle.com team gives you the play-by-play on what to do in Houston during the mid-season showdown. …read more
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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra will coach the Eastern Conference All-Stars for the 2013 NBA All-Star Game, to be played on Sunday, Feb. 17 (8 p.m. ET), at the Toyota Center in Houston.
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THE FACTS: In a battle of contrasting styles, the Brooklyn Nets were a step too slow for the running Houston Rockets, who won 119-106 on Saturday night at Toyota Center. James Harden scored 29 points and dished out seven assists, while Omer Asik finished with 20 points and 16 rebounds. Chandler Parsons added 16 points, a career-high 11 assists and six boards. Jeremy Lin poured in 14 points to go with nine dimes for Houston (24-22), which has put together back-to-back wins for the first time in nearly three weeks.
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