Rafer Alston News

Rockets guard Rafer Alston was shocked to learn that his coach with the Toronto Raptors, Sam Mitchell, was fired on Wednesday.

Carl Landry, from left, and Aaron Brooks and the Clippers guard Mike Taylor hustle for a rebound in the second quarter.

The Houston Rockets didn't need Tracy McGrady to handle the San Antonio Spurs. They really didn't need Yao Ming, either.

There was a moment Steve Francis let himself wonder and worry. He had played in 10 games last season and none since February.

The Rockets needed just one more field goal. Any one would have been enough. The Yao Ming layup.

Wake me up when it is time to play, Tracy. The Houston Rockets are in first place in the Southwest Division, as some expected after they acquired Ron Artest last summer.

He was always there, a 7-6 tower of Kryptonite to the Orlando Magic's young Superman.

Nov. 22: According to the gallery, the global financial crisis is taking a toll on The Donald.

Older and wiser, Yao Ming accepted the verdict. Some things, he has learned all too well in the past year, he cannot control.

The Houston Rockets will try to get back on the winning track this evening, when they kick off a three-game road trip against the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center.

Injured Houston Rockets players Yao Ming, right, of China, and Steve Francis watch from the sidelines during the first quarter of a NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks Wednesday, Nov.

Wastin away again in Margaritaville, Searching for my lost shaker of salt. Some people claim that there's a woman to blame, But I know it's my own damn fault.

Winning hasn't come easy this season for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who hope an upcoming homestand will produce some victories.

Houston Rockets' Ron Artest goes up for a shot as New Orleans Hornets' Tyson Chandler, left, defends during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Nov.

Here is the video of the fight in the Suns and Rockets game the other night, involving Matt Barnes, Rafer Alston, Steve Nash, Tracy McGrady and Shaq.

Tracy McGrady scored 27 points -- including 15 in the third quarter -- leading the Houston Rockets to a 94-82 win over the Phoenix Suns in a game marred by a fracas toward the end of the third quarter.

Alston, Barnes ejected for tussle : Houston PG Rafer Alston and the Suns' Matt Barnes were involved in a scrum in Wednesday's game.

The Rockets came up to the Lakers' navel. They took their fledging efforts to retool themselves to a genuine challenger to the best of the West and measured themselves against the Lakers and their uninterrupted ...

BRANDON Roy knew he made a big mistake, and was thrilled when he got an opportunity to atone for an unwise foul.

With the Rockets playing the Trail Blazers on Thursday, the Rockets could not help but consider what might have been and in one case, could have been.