After Michael Jordan retired for the first time, the NBA belonged to the Houston Rockets. In 1994 and 1995, Hakeem Olajuwon led the Rockets to two Finals wins in a row, although he had an elite ...

Mike D'Antoni has been a bit of a radical in his 16 seasons as an NBA head coach. The third-winningest coach in Rockets' history pioneered the Suns' dynamic seven-seconds-or-less attack in the 2000s, ...

THE TORONTO RAPTORS needed a bucket. Time to target James Harden, right? Down six points against the Houston Rockets in the closing minutes of a Dec. 5 game at Scotiabank Arena, the Raptors cleared ...

HOUSTON -- Coach Mike D'Antoni took small-ball strategy to historic extremes during the Houston Rockets' 128-121 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the ...

Warriors forward Draymond Green helped hasten the NBA’s small-ball craze when he started at center in the 2015 NBA Finals. But when asked this week about the Rockets’ decision to start no one taller ...

There are some quotes that follow a coach his whole career, or at least long enough to become profoundly ironic. When Mike D'Antoni took over as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers in 2012 and was asked ...

It was reasonable to figure the Rockets would put a dud in New York behind them with the Clippers, a playoff challenger and potential playoff foe, in town. Instead, without rhyme or reason, the ...

November 11 - When everything clicks for the Houston Rockets, as it did in the fourth quarter on Sunday against the Milwaukee Bucks, they look every bit like the most efficient offense in the NBA. The ...

The Houston Rockets tipped off the NBA season Tuesday with a towering five starting lineup that could make history, and it might also mark Kevin Durant’s final real chance to win a championship ...