Feb 27, 2005 11:35 PM EST
After an eight game winning streak, the Rockets were handed their third straight loss.
The Rockets lost to the Utah Jazz 99-92, snapping Utah’s four game losing streak. Utah was led by Matt Harpring’s 28 points. Raja Bell also scored 21 of his own.
The game was tied at halftime and at the end of the third quarter, but a 30 point effort in the game’s last period was too much for Houston to overcome. Harpring and and Bell were accountable for more than half of Utah’s offensive production in this period, Harpring scoring 10 and Bell with 7.
Despite valiant efforts by the Rockets starters, including newly acquired Mike James, the Houston bench struggled all night. The entire bench was outscored by one player off of the Jazz bench – Mehmet Okur. Okur totaled 14 points and 9 rebounds in 30 minutes.
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Yao Ming came into the NBA with heavy expectations and all kinds of hype: He was going to challenge Shaq and be the next most dominant center in the league. He was going to be a huge force down low as a post scorer and rebounder, a gigantic defensive force using his height to be an imposing shot-blocker.
But his impact on the Rockets' games, and in particular during their 8-game winning streak leaning up to the break, has been more complementary than dominant. In fact, a strong case can be made that it's the adjustments and improvements in Tracy McGrady's game more than anything else that have Houston back on the winning track. That and Jeff Van Gundy easing up on his tireless devotion to grind-it-out basketball.
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Isiah Thomas has beat the deadline in a flurry of deals and after the dust settled, he ended up with two first round draft picks and two new players for four.
Two league sources told ESPN Insider Chad Ford that New York has traded Nazr Mohammed and Jamison Brewer to the Spurs for Malik Rose and a first-round pick.
The Knicks also traded Vin Baker and Moochie Norris to the Rockets for Maurice Taylor and a first-round pick, Ford reports.
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Rockets Feb 2005 Archive
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Press Release | Feb 24, 2005
General Manager Larry Harris announced today that the Milwaukee Bucks have acquired guard Reece Gaines and two second round draft picks (2006, 2007) from the Houston Rockets in exchange for guard Mike James and center Zendon Hamilton.
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ESPN | Feb 24, 2005
The Milwaukee Bucks have agreed to a deadline-beating trade, but it doesn't involve Michael Redd.
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Jason Linnard/RealGM | Feb 24, 2005
For the second straight night, the Rockets were without starting point guard Bob Sura.
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Houston Chronicle | Feb 23, 2005
The Rockets point guard missed Tuesday’s 87-85 loss to Seattle because of soreness in his back.
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Hunter Johannason/RealGM.com | Feb 23, 2005
One major knock on the Seattle Supersonics as they continue to roll through teams previously picked to finish ahead of them in this unexpected dream season is that they will inevitably live and die by the three point shot.
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The Tacoma News Tribune | Feb 22, 2005
The Seattle SuperSonics held practice Monday night minus their brusing center Danny Fortson.
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ESPN | Feb 22, 2005
Yao Ming's family opened their own restaurant in Houston on Monday, called Yao Restaurant and Bar.
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Yahoo! | Feb 15, 2005
The Rockets are on a roll winning their 8th straight game, defeating the Washington Wizards 123-93.
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Houston Chronicle | Feb 13, 2005
Rockets guard Bob Sura is averaging 38.
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ESPN | Feb 9, 2005
According to financial records obtained by The Associated Press, a mosque established and funded by basketball star Hakeem Olajuwon gave more than $80,000 to charities the government later determined to be fronts for the terror groups al-Qaida and Hamas,
Olajuwon told the AP he had not known of any links to terrorism when the donations were made, prior to the government's crackdown on the groups, and would not have given the money if he had known.
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NBA | Feb 7, 2005
The Boston Celtics’ Paul Pierce and Houston Rockets’ Tracy McGrady today were named the Eastern Conference and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, January 31 through Sunday, February 6.
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NBA Press Release | Feb 7, 2005
The Boston Celtics’ Paul Pierce and Houston Rockets’ Tracy McGrady today were named the Eastern Conference and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, January 31 through Sunday, February 6.
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Yahoo! | Feb 6, 2005
The Lakers embarked on a five-game road trip on Sunday with a tough 103-102 loss to the Houston Rockets.
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NBA Press Release | Feb 3, 2005
Yao Ming is one of two Houston starters for the West in the All-Star game, as he and Tracy McGrady will face off against the best of the East.
