Tracy McGrady News

Luis Scola had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and Carl Landry scored 20 points in the Houston Rockets' 104-79 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.

Rockets at Mavericks 7:30 tonight, American Airlines CenterTV: KTXA/Ch. 21  Radio: ESPN/103.3 FM, KFLC/1270 AM Scouting the RocketsThat exchange of free agents in the summer doesn't look so one-sided early in the season.

Tracy McGrady is closer to getting back on the court after microfracture surgery, but no timetable has been set for the seven-time All-Star's return to the Houston Rockets.

Of all that had been worthy of Rockets coach Rick Adelman's concern, the production of his bench seemed down the list.

Somebody forgot to tell the Houston Rockets they weren't supposed to be this good.

No Yao Ming. No Tracy McGrady. No problem for the Houston Rockets. The Rockets winning streak continues as they tower over the Jazz 113-96 on Monday night.

The Houston Rockets' balanced scoring was enough to overcome big games by Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.

Carl Landry and the Rockets frontcourt will have a height disadvantage against the Lakers.

As I was saying, there are going to be teams that have too much size and strength for the Rockets to handle.

The Energy Solutions Arena seems not long the dire straits for Houston Rockets with power center Yao Ming and genius shooting guard Tracy McGrady on the injury list as eight players scored in double digits in Rockets' 113-96 thrash over Utah Jazz on Monday.

Missing stars Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets are counting quite a bit on their 3-point shooting early in the season.

After playing the Houston Rockets 24 times the last three seasons -- 11 regular-season games as well as first-round playoff series in 2007 and 2008 -- the Jazz might be in for a case of mistaken identity tonight.

The big question Did it make sense to lock up 36-year-old Jason Kidd up for another three years? The smaller question Is Shawn Marion a piece that significantly improves the Mavericks? Strengths An abundance of depth at four positions.

The Toyota Center has been a house of horrors for the Portland Trail Blazers since it opened for the 2003-04 season.

The Houston Rockets' preseason slate was a seven-game reminder of why the preseason exists.

Aaron Brooks never figured he'd take a ferry to a game. Not in the NBA, anyway. The Houston Rockets traveled by boat to their game with Golden State on Wednesday night, plus a bus ride on either side.

Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers meet the Houston Rockets and kickoff the 2009-10 season.

RECORDS: Warriors 0-0, Rockets ROCKETS UPDATE: Houston will be without two All-Stars as center Yao Ming and swingman Tracy McGrady are injured, with Yao likely out for the season.

Perhaps this wasn't what the NBA had in mind. Sending the Rockets back to Portland, to begin the season where the postseason began six months earlier, might have offered a nice bit of symmetry, a way to renew a budding rivalry between two of the Western Conference's emerging teams.

Every year around this time, you're so uptight about how the Rockets are going to do in the playoffs that you can't even enjoy the journey.