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Seldom-used reserve Luther Head scored 21 points in place of the injured All-Star and the Houston Rockets used balanced scoring to beat the San Antonio Spurs 103-84 on Saturday night.

Adelman said Porter needed only to want to coach, and the chance. "He knew the game very well, worked hard at everything he did," Adelman said.

In the deep end of the pool that is the Western Conference, the Rockets have spent the last few seasons doing little more than treading water.

Houston Rockets: 55-27 Key Additions: Ron Ron, Brent Barry, Von Wafer , Joey Dorsey, DJ Strawberry Key Losses: Bobby Jackson, Steve Novak, Dikembe Mutombo How good were the Rockets defensively last season? You ...

Published October 27, 2008 at 2:05 a.m. Updated October 27, 2008 at 3:03 a.m. HOUSTON _ The Houston Rockets want to be this season's Boston Celtics.

Shane Battier, shown with and Joey Dorsey, right, during training camp, plans to work out today and measure how he feels Monday morning to determine his progress.

He turned around Wafer's, and perhaps the Rockets', night. "I have to tip my hat to D.J.," Wafer said.

After an unusually troubling preseason loss to the Wizards last week, tonight the Grizzlies came up on the bad side of an unusually spirited and entertaining preseason contest with the Houston Rockets tonight.

I'm live at FedExForum for the preseason game between the Grizzlies and Rockets.

Von Wafer scored 17 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, D.J. Strawberry added 20 points and the Houston Rockets put on a three-point shooting clinic in beating the Memphis Grizzlies 101-97 in a pre-season ...

When most players speak of circling dates on the schedule, it is more of a figurative nod to a game's ability to stand apart from the nearly 90 others from the start of the preseason to the end of the regular ...

So last week, Rockets rookie Joey Dorsey was charming us all with his cheeky refusal to get hazed .

DIAGNOSIS : When you look at the numbers, they're not too shabby, 20 and 10, can't ask for more, but when you consider Yao's considerable size advantage up and down the roster, the fact that Yao doesn't always ...

There's something hugely refreshing about the Rockets. That is, they're really good and they know they're really good and they know these next few months are going to be all kinds of fun.

SO the veterans have had their fun with Joey Dorsey. You know, kicking basketballs up in the stands after practice and yelling: "Hey, rookie, go get it!" "At first, I wasn't going to do it," Dorsey said.

Day after day, practice after practice, scrimmage after scrimmage, highlight reel dunk after hard-nosed stop, the rave reviews of training camp kept rolling in.

Though he said he would not make any judgments based on practice and especially just one practice, his expectations for this season were clear.

Yao Ming and Marcus Campbell tangle for the ball as head coach Rick Adelman looks on during the Rockets training camp on Wednesday at Toyota Center.

Tracy McGrady said Monday that his left shoulder is arthritic and will require surgery after this season.

The Rockets completed one last piece of off-season business on Sunday, reaching agreement on a contract with rookie center/forward Joey Dorsey on the eve of players' reporting for Tuesday's start of training ...