Liverpool vs. Barcelona live stream: Watch Champions League online by Warren Pegg Tuesday’s Schmidt List looks at one awesome Rockets fan, the Bucks as title contenders, Pablo Sandoval does something not seen since 1905. Rockets fan chants “New York Knicks” at Kevin Durant The Rockets tied the series with the Warriors at 2-2 behind James
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In playoff series as tightly contested as this year’s second-round bout between the Rockets and Warriors, plays, games and seasons can swing on the efforts of role players. When both sides feature such singular star talent, teams are often only as good as their connective tissue. It’s on that premise that Houston has ground its
It seemed like Kevin Durant’s injury had provided the Rockets with an opening in Game 6. Instead, Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry slammed it shut. It was a gift from the Basketball Gods. Kevin Durant, who had been the Rockets’ kryptonite in the first five games of the series, was ruled out for both Games
With the NBA’s post-season in full swing and historic playoff games being played almost nightly, there are some storylines to watch as the race to a championship unfolds. Here are a few things to watch, especially if some of the ongoing series don’t play out as some had hoped when the season started some seven
The Warriors executed down the stretch to steal a win in Game 5 over the Rockets. But along the way, they might have lost Kevin Durant to a leg injury. Another game between the Warriors and Rockets, another uber-competitive game settled on the final few possessions. Golden State jumped out to an early lead but
The Houston Rockets came home after Game 2 with their backs against the wall. They now head to Game 5 feeling like it’s their series to lose. It’s impossible to know so soon after the fact, but if every NBA postseason is a series of sliding door moments, it’s a decent bet that Game 4
It’s been a common theme during the Warriors run of dominance — claims that the refs typically favor them. Now, there may be data that backs that up. Throughout the Golden State Warriors run of dominance, haters of the team and their opponents have long argued that the refs have favored the defending back-to-back champions.
Each week, four of Basketball Insiders’ top writers will break down the latest news and notes surrounding the 2019 NBA Draft. Each week you’ll see an updated mock draft that reflects how each writer sees the draft landscape based on the latest news, workouts, and information from the pre-draft process as well as a notebook,
OAKLAND, CA – APRIL 28: James Harden #13 of the Houston Rockets looks onGS/ during Game One of the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2019 NBA Playoffs on April 28, 2019 at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is
The Houston Rockets finally broke through, beating the Golden State Warriors in overtime in Game 3 and getting a toehold in their second-round series. The Rockets have had some things go right in the first two games of this series but ultimately came up empty both times. With the series shifting back to Houston, and
If the tension between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets wasn’t thick enough for you, the Warriors think James Harden is faking his eye injury. Midway through the first quarter of Game 2 Tuesday night, Houston Rockets guard James Harden left the game with an eye injury after being inadvertently hit in the face
The Warriors once again separated themselves from the Rockets, using rebounding, defense and signature ball movement to take Game 2. Game 2 of Golden State vs Houston felt like a clear example of the most obvious NBA statement of the last three years: lots of teams are good, some are really good, but no one
LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 26: Head Coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors speaks to the media after Game Six of Round One against the LA Clippers during the 2019 NBA Playoffs on April 26, 2019 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by
By the end of the night, the NBA’s postseason second round will be officially set — first from 30 teams to 16 and soon just nine shall remain. Throughout the regular season — and for much of the last two years, actually — the biggest, most important question has been repeatedly asked ad nauseam: Can
We saw the best and worst of both teams in Game 1 and a frantic, chaotic finish had the Warriors holding off the Rockets. A few final seconds of chaos wrote the ending to Game 1, giving the Warriors a win over the Rockets and plenty for fans to dissect for the next few days.
Utah staved off elimination Monday night with a victory over a Houston team that went cold when it mattered most, but they still face an impossible task. For three quarters, it didn’t matter that the Utah Jazz were the team that came out with more urgency, more intensity, and far more like the one down
HOUSTON, TX – APRIL 24 : James Harden #13 of the Houston Rockets passes the ball against the Utah Jazz during Game Five of Round One of the 2019 NBA Playoffs on April 24, 2019 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or
When LeBron James missed out on the postseason for the first time in 14 years, he left a massively large hole in the proceedings. After all, James had dragged his squad to the NBA Finals in eight consecutive seasons, dating back to his inaugural season alongside Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh down in Miami. Without
At the end of a first quarter in which his MVP candidate failed to hit a field goal and Utah’s presumptive DPOY finally showed up with four blocks, Houston coach Mike D’Antoni was asked what his team needed to change about their shot selection. “Nothin.” Arrogant? Maybe a little. Correct? Absolutely. On cue, Gerald Green
When LeBron James missed out on the postseason for the first time in 14 years, he left a massively large hole in the proceedings. After all, James had dragged his squad to the NBA Finals in eight consecutive seasons, dating back to his inaugural season alongside Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh down in Miami. Without
The first round of the NBA Playoffs provides infrequent upsets – especially since 2003 when the first round was extended to a best-of-seven series (from a best-of-five). Per the usual, this year has its share of favorites in the driver’s seat. For example, it’s a fair assumption that the Celtics, Rockets, Trailblazers and Bucks will
After another Rockets blowout over the Jazz, the biggest question now is whether this will even be a competitive series before Utah bows out. Playing the Houston Rockets right now is like swimming in shark infested waters after someone’s dumped a bucket of chum all over you. It’s not a matter of if, but when.
Welcome to The Whiteboard, catching you up every morning on what’s good around the NBA. Find The Whiteboard here on The Step Back, and subscribe here to get it delivered to you by email. When the NBA handed out its first-ever Most Valuable Player award to Bob Petit 63 years ago, the league probably thought it was
James Harden stood, camouflaged head to toe, in the middle of the visitor’s locker room in Sacramento. The Houston Rockets had just bulldozed the Sacramento Kings, tying the all-time record (which they set) for made 3s in a game in the process (they broke that record only a few days later). For these Rockets, it
The Jazz had become a trendy upset pick but the Rockets made clear in Game 1 that they’ll have their work cut out for them. The greatest downside of the first round of these NBA playoffs is that one of Houston or Utah – the two most dominant teams in the entire league since the
The NBA Playoffs are finally here, but at what cost? This week, the community said goodbye to two certain Hall of Famers — Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki. Beyond their cemented statuses as adored fan favorites for nearly 20 years, the pair also boast an insane amount of professional achievements. Wade finishes his career with
Last year in this space, we introduced a metric called Wins Above Age-Derived Expectation, or WAADE. It measures exactly what it sounds like: how many more wins an NBA team actually gets than you would have expected them to based on their minutes-weighted age. In introducing the metric, we highlighted several teams that stood out
Previewing the first-round series between the Houston Rockets and Utah Jazz with shot charts, assist maps, offensive style charts and expected win probabilities. Shot charts James Harden has shot a truly unprecedented number of step back 3-pointers this year — approximately one out of every three in the entire NBA was taken by Harden. He
The Houston Rockets season got off to a rocky start but they’re rounding into form as the playoffs start. Here’s why they can accomplish what they couldn’t last season, and win it all. The Rockets were a hamstring injury and a few 3-point misses away from a berth in the Finals last season, and a
The challenge in judging this year’s crop of Most Valuable Player candidates is that the players in question have such vastly disparate cases. More so than in almost any other year, selecting a single most deserving player is almost entirely a matter of personal taste. A voter who values single-handed, precedent-shattering production might favor James