Houston Rockets

Life without Alperen Sengun has proven difficult for the Houston Rockets. After entering the month with the third-best offensive rating in the NBA, Houston has fallen to 23rd over its last three games, all of which Sengun has missed. And the setback should linger, as Sengun is not expected back for at least another week […] The post Rockets feeling Alperen Sengun’s absence in surprisingly game-changing way appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The Houston Rockets walked off the floor stunned after a 103–102 loss in a razor-thin finish against the Portland Trail Blazers, and the emotion carried straight into the postgame. Deni Avdija filled the stat sheet as the Blazers barely survived. Meanwhile, Rockets forward Tari Eason nearly flipped the night with a late-game hero moment that […] The post Rockets’ Tari Eason wasn’t impressed by Deni Avdija’s big night at all appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Fresh off escaping the Phoenix Suns with a 100–97 win on Kevin Durant’s clutch bucket, the Houston Rockets lived on the edge against the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. Amen Thompson delivered the highlight that defined the moment. Early in the third quarter at Moda Center, Thompson grabbed a rebound, went coast to coast, […] The post Rockets’ Amen Thompson makes wild trick shot for and-1 bucket vs. Blazers appeared first on ClutchPoints .

It was a yes, then it became a no. The Houston Rockets lost by a solitary point, 103-102, to the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center on Wednesday after Tari Eason’s game-winning bucket was nullified by the referees. After Kevin Durant missed on his jumper, Eason tipped it back in as time expired. The Rockets […] The post Tari Eason’s game-winner in Rockets-Blazers wiped out by review appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Rockets star Kevin Durant said hitting the game-winning shot Monday night against the Suns meant more because it came against his former team, one "that booted you out of the building and scapegoated you for all the problems they had."

Kevin Durant makes his feelings known with controversial claim on the Phoenix Suns trading him to the Houston Rockets.

The Houston Rockets welcomed a special guest at Toyota Center on Monday as they faced off against the Phoenix Suns. Houston Astros pitcher Tatsuya Imai was on hand to watch the game at courtside. Imai recently signed a three-year, $54 million deal with the Astros after spending nine years with the Saitama Seibu Lions in […] The post Astros’ Tatsuya Imai gets incredible gesture from fans during Rockets-Suns appeared first on ClutchPoints .

There was a bit of a problem during the game between the Houston Rockets and the Phoenix Suns on Monday, and Tari Eason really took it sitting down. The game clock malfunctioned in the first minute of the second quarter. While it was being fixed, Eason, instead of going back to the bench, sat down […] The post Rockets’ Tari Eason hilariously catches a seat with fans during clock malfunction appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Two of the league’s top defenders, Amen Thompson and Dillon Brooks, faced off on Monday as the Houston Rockets hosted the Phoenix Suns at Toyota Center. They guarded each other in the early goings of the game, and in one instance, it was Thompson who got the better of Brooks. After a defensive stop, the […] The post Rockets’ Amen Thompson bodies Dillon Brooks for highlight bucket appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The NBA is sending the next generation of stars in Cooper Flagg and Amen Thompson to promote the game in China next fall.

The Houston Rockets have not ruled Fred VanVleet out for the entire 2025-26 season, according to Marc Stein of The Stein Line. VanVleet tore his ACL and underwent surgery on September 25. VanVleet is reportedly targeting a potential late-season return as he rehabs the injury. The Rockets were granted a $12.5 million Disabled Players Exception for VanVleet. VanVleet averaged 14.1 points and 5.6 assists last year.

Tristen Newton is joining the Rockets on a two-way contract, a league source tells Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Twitter link). Tyler Smith will be waived to create an opening. Newton, a 24-year-old shooting guard, signed a two-way deal with Minnesota in September and was waived prior to the start of the season. He […]

Kevin Durant sympathizes with the injury Nikola Jokic suffered earlier this week; the Rockets star twice suffered similar injuries himself.

Kevin Durant sent Anthony Davis to crossover school during one of his highlights in the Houston Rockets’ matchup against the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night. Durant is going through his 19th year in the NBA, his first with the Rockets. It has been a successful start to the 2025-26 campaign for him and the Rockets, […] The post Rockets’ Kevin Durant sends Anthony Davis to school with tough and-1 appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The Mavericks got very hot from the field and found a way to suffocate the Rockets on the defensive end as they came out with an impressive 110-104 victory on Saturday night.

DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks forward PJ Washington exited Saturday night’s game against the Houston Rockets with an apparent injury. During the second quarter, the Mavs confirmed that Washington suffered a right ankle sprain and said he will not return to the game. Washington has dealt with injury concerns this season. The Mavs are obviously hopeful […] The post Mavericks’ PJ Washington exits vs. Rockets with ankle injury appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The Houston Rockets on Saturday signed guard Tristen Newton to a two-way contract. The team waived two-way forward Tyler Smith to create an opening. Newton, 24, becomes one of three players on Houston’s two-way deals alongside JD Davison and Isaiah Crawford. The Indiana Pacers selected 6-foot-5, 202-pound guard Newton with the No. 49 overall pick […] The post Rockets sign UConn standout to 2-way contract appeared first on ClutchPoints .