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In a high-profile matchup featuring two of the NBA’s all-time greats, Kevin Durant will lead the Houston Rockets (52-30, No. 5 in the Western Conference) into a first-round playoff series versus LeBron James and the fourth-seeded Lakers (53-29). Considering injuries, the Rockets are heavy favorites in the best-of-seven series. Game 1 tips off in Los […]

For a second straight season, the Houston Rockets will be part of the eight-team Western Conference playoffs. Their seed, however, remains unknown. With wins in their last four games, the Rockets (47-29) clinched a top-six spot in the West standings when the Suns lost at Charlotte on Thursday night. Phoenix (42-35) is currently at No. […]

The Rockets have struggled on their current road trip, going 1-2 with a pair of brutal losses in Chicago and Minnesota. Each featured the Rockets blowing a multi-possession lead late in the fourth quarter or overtime, and that’s an all-too-familiar theme this season. With those defeats, Houston (44-29) has fallen to No. 6 in the […]

In the 2025 portion of the 2025-26 season, the Rockets ranked fifth in the NBA at 120.5 points per game. Houston went 20-10 (.667) in that sample, good for a 55-win pace over a full season. But in calendar-year 2026, Houston is second-to-last (No. 29 among 30 teams) at 108.9 points per game. The Rockets […]

The expectation has been, and continues to be, that veteran Rockets guard Fred VanVleet won’t play again until the start of the Houston’s 2026-27 season in October. VanVleet, 32, tore the ACL in his right knee in late September of 2025, and most ACL recoveries take at least nine months before players return to NBA […]

In the first two weeks of January, fourth-year forward Jabari Smith Jr. went through a brutal eight-game shooting slump, and the Rockets were 3-5 over that span. But since mid-January, Smith’s fortunes have changed in a big way — and so, too, have those of the Rockets as a team. In 17 games since Jan. […]

Will Kevin Durant’s alleged social media “burner” comments affect the Rockets? At least through one game — Thursday’s impressive road win at Charlotte, led by a dominant showing from Durant — the answer appears to be no. (At least not negatively!) With that victory and a Denver loss, Houston (34-20) climbed to No. 3 in […]

Houston didn’t make a move at Thursday’s in-season trade deadline, but the Rockets did get a much-needed victory in Saturday’s 112-106 win at Oklahoma City. For the Rockets, it’s their first win of 2025-26 against the defending NBA champs. Houston (32-19) remains at No. 4 in the Western Conference standings, while the top-seeded Thunder (40-13) […]

The Rockets began January with a 3-5 record in their first eight games, and that included a winless road trip in Portland (twice) and Sacramento. But after finishing with seven wins in nine games, Houston (30-17) enters February at No. 4 in the Western Conference standings. Late Saturday, ClutchFans Editor Dave Hardisty teamed up with […]

Second-year guard Reed Sheppard scored 12 of his team-high 21 points in the fourth quarter as the Rockets rallied to an important 111-106 victory over the Spurs. Tuesday’s win moved Houston up to No. 4 in the Western Conference standings, and they only trail second-seeded San Antonio (30-14) by a game in the loss column. […]