As the game neared its final moments, Kerr decided to pull his star players, including Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler, with more than six minutes left in the third quarter, recognizing the game was ...

With the official 2025 NBA offseason nearly here, the Houston Rockets are in a situation where they need to bolster the offense. After a season in which Houston posted one of the best defensive ...

HOUSTON — Pushed to the brink of elimination, the Houston Rockets delivered ... that to put the game away. Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry watches from the bench during the second ...

A layup by VanVleet midway through the third quarter made it 93-64, and Kerr called timeout and cleared his bench ... 7-2 run after that to put the game away. The Rockets put together their ...

But then the end of the bench checked in and did ... cold after being thrust back into a game they believed they had won, the rag-tag Dubs cut the Rockets’ lead down to 13 points with 5:02 ...

Fred VanVleet missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer ... in the second quarter and the Rockets leading 47-46. Houston’s Tari Eason knocked the ball away from Green and as Eason tried to collect ...

Now the Warriors are just 48 minutes away from possibly ... his third 20-point game of the playoffs. The Rockets, led by another efficient shooting night off the bench by onetime No. 3 overall ...

“Houston was great and they took it to us right away ... s 76 bench points were the most in a playoff game for the franchise since 1970-71, when starters began being tracked. The Rockets ...

Unfortunately, the Rockets have lost both games on the road, so they will have to win at least one game away from the Toyota ... Thibodeau about coming off the bench in Game 3, comes up big ...

Following another close battle in the first game of their opening ... Buddy Hield came off the bench to drop 17, while Gary Payton scored 16 in the win. No Rocket hit the 20-point mark on Saturday.

The Rockets, at one point, led that game by 31 points before both teams pulled their starters, only for the Rockets to put them back in late when the Warriors began chipping away at the lead.

Alperen Sengun had 17 points and 16 rebounds, and Tari Eason came off the bench to ... keeping the game within striking distance for much of the second half, the Rockets pulled away late in ...