Spurs vs. Rockets: Play-by-play, highlights and reactions
Game Time: 8:00 PM EST on Tuesday January 25, 2022
San Antonio Spurs 0, Houston Rockets 0 (8:00 pm ET)
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
San Antonio Spurs @spursStarting 🖐 pic.twitter.com/3LTo0QPqxS – 7:54 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
LET’S GOOOOO 👏
#PorVida pic.twitter.com/YTD3GVfnLA – 7:47 PM Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets
Rodeo X Rockets
Presented by @reliantenergy pic.twitter.com/2sJw0FZz2G – 7:45 PM Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets
We teamed up with @RODEOHOUSTON to celebrate their 90th anniversary tonight at Toyota Center! 🐎 pic.twitter.com/MuWfCAxoTM – 7:37 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Starters:
Spurs: Murray, White, Johnson, McDermott, Poeltl.
Rockets: Jalen Green, Kevin Porter Jr., Eric Gordon, Jae’Sean Tate, Christian Wood. – 7:36 PM Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
Rockets starters: Tate, Gordon, Wood, Green, Porter Jr.
Spurs: Johnson, McDermott, Poeltl, White, Murray. – 7:35 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
fresh cut with a fresh fit 🔥
#UTLRADrip | #PorVida pic.twitter.com/hZhLKleImS – 7:34 PM Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
Rockets rookie Usman Garuba out indefinitely with wrist injury houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-n… via @houstonchron – 7:25 PM Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
Rockets’ coaches keep social distancing — even from each other houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-n… via @houstonchron – 7:25 PM Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
Rockets’ Stephen Silas appreciates ‘message’ from Spurs’ Gregg Popovich houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-n… via @houstonchron – 7:25 PM Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets
It’s Rodeo night! 🤠 pic.twitter.com/LxXocuPvF3 – 7:22 PM Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
New #Rockets at #TXSN – NBA revamps Rising Stars event for All-Star weekend ift.tt/3443mNc – 7:18 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
Got a Texas Showdown coming up!
🆚 @Houston Rockets
7PM CT
📍 Toyota Center
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📻 @1200WOAI, @kxtn1350 AM & 107.5 FM HD 2 pic.twitter.com/kBukS3nkv1 – 7:01 PM Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets
🅿uffer jacket kind of night
@MichelobULTRA | #ULTRADrip pic.twitter.com/yPPVLLolYe – 6:55 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
How different is the NBA cap landscape for the summer of 2022 looking vs the last few years? I project just three teams to have cap space in July (pre-trade deadline projections):
1. DET $30.7M
2. ORL $25.2M
3. SAS $20.1M
Full pre-deadline projections coming soon for @spotrac! – 6:53 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Asked by a Houston reporter if becoming the all-time winningest regular season coach in NBA history will be meaningful to him, Pop said:
“It’s really not something I think about. It only comes up when someone like yourself brings it up, but it’s not meaningful to me.” – 6:46 PM Adam Spolane @AdamSpolane
The Spurs are without assistant coaches Becky Hammon, Mitch Johnson & Darius Songaila, who are all in Health and Safety Protocols. Stephen Silas said he hasn’t had a full in-person staff meeting in months to prevent the possibility of a staff-wide outbreak – 6:46 PM Adam Spolane @AdamSpolane
Stephen Silas says Usman Garuba’s injured left wrist is “pretty bad”. He did not have further details, but added surgery is a possibility – 6:33 PM Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
Usman Garuba’s wrist injury is “pretty bad” Stephen Silas said. He did not have details. Surgery possible. – 6:26 PM David Hardisty @clutchfans
Stephen Silas said Daishen Nix is a “super, super confident” player. “One of the things we wanted him to do was to get in better shape and he’s done that.” He’s impressed with how much he’s improved as a 19-year old. – 6:25 PM Paul Garcia @PaulGarciaNBA
“It seems like normalcy is coming around.” – Coach Stephen Silas on most teams getting rotations together after H&S impacted teams.
“They’re pretty much whole now.” – Silas on Spurs. He said with Keldon and Doug back, Spurs are a different team compared to when HOU played them – 6:19 PM Peter Vecsey @PeterVecsey1
Tell me Harden wasn’t out clubin’ night between road games in San Antonio and Minnesota!! Thirteen points on 5-13 in an 11-point, defenseless (136-125) loss. I did not watch so I’m guessing his man was Edwards, who notched 25 in same amount if time. – 6:16 PM Peter Vecsey @PeterVecsey1
Naturally, Harden would love to rejoin his Houston enabler, as well as get out of New York where the competition for adulation outside strip clubs is far too fierce… – 5:55 PM Paul Garcia @PaulGarciaNBA
Keita Bates-Diop entered health and safety protocols the Spurs announced earlier through the latest injury report.
Bates-Diop is the 12th player on the roster to have entered H&S protocols at one time this season. – 5:44 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Friday is Derrick White Bobblehead Night at the AT&T Center. Spurs Give’s 50/50 Rafffle will be donating 25 % of the money raised that night to Morgan’s Wonderland, which White supports through his work with Special Olympics.
For more on the raffle, go to spursgive.org/5050-raffle/ – 5:28 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
With the aid of Will Sevening, the #Spurs‘ Derrick White keeps getting up after getting knocked down.
“I make sure he earns his paycheck every game,” joked White, whose mug has been patched up countless times by the club’s longtime athletic trainer.
expressnews.com/sports/spurs/a… – 5:07 PM Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets
Houston, we have a Rodeo Night! 🤠
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🐎 @ReliantEnergy pic.twitter.com/LshihNf4Mx – 4:00 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
F Kaeta Bates-Diop is the latest member of the team to enter the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols, the Spurs announced in downgrading him from available to out for tonight’s game at Houston.
Assistant coaches Becky Hammon, Mitch Johnson & Darius Songaila are also in protocols. – 3:53 PM Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
Spurs forward Keita-Bates Diop added to the injury list. He is out of tonight’s game against the Rockets while in health and safety protocols. – 3:50 PM Matthew Tynan @Matthew_Tynan
Keita Bates-Diop has entered Health and Safety protocols, per team. – 3:49 PM Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
New #Rockets at #TXSN – Eight is enough? Rockets seek to end home losing streak ift.tt/33TcQLn – 3:18 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
ready for hoops in Houston tonight 🏀 pic.twitter.com/1xfKAMhxEW – 3:18 PM Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets
Want to win an autographed jersey or a trip to a Rockets away game? Tune into the Rockets game on @ATTSportsNetSW tonight to see how you could win! pic.twitter.com/i4lMzrjlEw – 3:00 PM NBA Math @NBA_Math
Through games on Jan. 24, here’s how all members of the San Antonio Spurs have fared on both ends of the floor during the 2021-22 NBA season, per TPA. pic.twitter.com/OaPQpMiI6h – 2:50 PM Justin Kubatko @jkubatko
📅 On this day in 1973, the @Milwaukee Bucks Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 48 points in a loss to the Rockets, setting an NBA single-game record for most points scored in a game without a FT attempt.
Abdul-Jabbar’s mark was surpassed by Jamal Murray on Feb. 19, 2021 (50 points). pic.twitter.com/ZHwOeQUdZw – 2:01 PM