The Houston Rockets can credit a stifling ... its updated court design ahead of its NBA Cup opener Friday night at Toyota Center. The newly-designed floor sports two shades of red that I'd ...

The NBA Cup, the league’s second in-season tournament ... usually brightly colored courts as with the Rockets’ very red floor. Though the name has changed, with the league adding Emirates ...

If the Rockets have an Achilles heel ... For the second time tonight, the point total goes well under. Is the NBA Cup giving us floor-slap basketball? Houston does not cover -2.5. They did ...

Facing elimination from the NBA Cup, the Rockets needed a bit of help to get ... Loose ball, diving on the floor 80 feet from the basket and you're gonna give a guy two free throws to decide ...

In the NBA Cup semifinal, the Houston Rockets couldn’t outlast the Oklahoma ... but the team shot just 37% from the floor, with the highest scoring Rocket in Amen Thompson finishing with 19 ...

HOUSTON — Ime Udoka’s pregame attempts to downplay the significance of Wednesday’s NBA ... floor and being a multi-dimensional, equal-opportunity offense. On far too many occasions, the ...

The Rockets ranked in the top four on both ends of the floor as they went 15-2 to clinch ... also won when these teams met in the Emirates NBA Cup quarterfinals, the Warriors won the season ...