James Harden scores 49 points on career-high 41 shots in Rockets win
James Harden scored 49 points on a whopping 41 shots from the field and the undermanned Houston Rockets won their seventh straight gamer, 125-105 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night. With Russell Westbrook resting, the Rockets needed Harden to shoulder an even bigger scoring ...
James Harden spoils Rui Hachimura's home debut, scoring 59 in dramatic duel
James Harden spoiled rookie Rui Hachimura's home debut by sinking a game-winning free throw with 2.4 seconds remaining to give the Houston Rockets a 159-158 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday. Bradley Beal scored a team-high 46 points and Hachimura, who added a career-high ...
Raptors and Rockets reflect on Tuesday's NBA Japan Games opener
After an entertaining exhibition game played at a frenetic pace on Tuesday night at Saitama Super Arena, the Toronto Raptors and Houston Rockets went back to work on Wednesday afternoon determined to make adjustments. Both teams took some positives out of the first of two ...
Pascal Siakam leads Toronto Raptors to victory over Houston Rockets in Japan
Preseason games give fans a glimpse of the supreme talent on display in the NBA every day during the long season. Before an electric atmosphere at Saitama Super Arena, where the NBA staged its first game in Japan in more than 16 years on Tuesday ...
Rockets train in Tokyo ahead of Saitama series
Superstar duo James Harden and Russell Westbrook and other Houston Rockets players have arrived in Japan and held their first practice in Tokyo on Sunday ahead of their two-game preseason series against the Toronto Raptors. The two teams will compete on Tuesday and Thursday night ...
Rockets star James Harden opts out of FIBA Basketball World Cup
Houston Rockets star James Harden is opting out of the FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, the Houston Chronicle reported on Friday. Harden, speaking at a charity event, told the newspaper he wants to spend the rest of the NBA offseason preparing to play with ...
James Harden's 57 points not enough for Rockets in last-second defeat to Grizzlies
James Harden did everything he could to bring the Houston Rockets back from a big deficit in the fourth quarter. He got them to overtime, but his 57 points weren't enough. All because of a last-second free throw. Mike Conley scored 35 points and Jonas Valanciunas ...
Rockets, Raptors set for two games in Japan
Well, it's only preseason contests this time, but Japan will host NBA games for the first time in 16 years when the Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors face each other, the league announced at a Tokyo news conference on Tuesday. The teams will compete on ...
James Harden and the Houston Rockets are at their best when they are knocking down 3-pointers, getting points in the paint and racking up points to the foul line. They did all three against the Boston Celtics and it added up to a mostly easy ...
After scoring 58 points, James Harden pointed to the Houston Rockets' defense and team effort. Harden also had 10 assists and seven rebounds and the Rockets overcame a 21-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Miami Heat 121-118 on Thursday night. He fell three points short of ...
Rockets' James Harden scores franchise-record 61 points in victory over Knicks
Houston superstar James Harden continued his historic streak Wednesday night by scoring a career-high and franchise-record 61 points, but it was Eric Gordon who drained the biggest shot, a 3-pointer with nine seconds left, that gave the Rockets the lead for good in a ...
Rockets' James Harden rebounds from woeful shooting game, drops 57 on Grizzlies in rout
After scoring a season-high 57 points in Houston's win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night, James Harden was asked how he was able to put Sunday's loss to Orlando, when he went 1-for-17 from 3-point range, behind him so quickly. "I went 1-for 17? ...
