Francisco Garcia

Poor Lakers. Even if Dwight Howard walks and Metta World Peace gets amnestied, they're still too far over the salary cap to chase any big-name free agents. Silly NBA rules. Along those lines, a sad-looking quote stood out as players and staffers slogged...

The Sports Xchange By MoiseKapenda Bower, The Sports Xchange Thunder 103, Rockets 94 HOUSTON - While the challenge proved far greater than anyone could have imagined following the opening three games of this series, the Oklahoma City Thunder finally...

The Sports Xchange Rockets' Lin back for Game 6 Houston Rockets guard Jeremy Lin is scheduled to play in Game 6 against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night. Lin missed the past two games with a right chest contusion. He is typically a starter,...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Rockets 107, Thunder 100 Rockets 107, Thunder 100: James Harden scored 31 points and was 7-for-9 from 3-point range to lead Houston to a scintillating road win in Oklahoma City to cut the Thunder's lead to 3-2 in the best-of-...

The Sports Xchange By Michael Kinney, The Sports Xchange Rockets 107, Thunder 100 OKLAHOMA CITY -- James Harden scored a team-high 31 points, and the Houston Rockets stayed alive with a 107-100 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday at the...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- James Harden scored a team-high 31 points, and the Houston Rockets stayed alive with a 107-100 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. The Thunder still lead the best-of-seven series 3-2,...

Rockets hold off Thunder to stay alive OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma City Thunder wanted to extinguish all hope. Holding a 3-1 series lead, they wanted to send the Houston Rockets packing as quickly as possible. Houston had different plans. The...

The Sports Xchange Rockets' Lin out for Game 4 Houston Rockets guard Jeremy Lin was ruled out for Monday's Game 4 against the Thunder due to a bruised chest injury, Yahoo! Sports reported. Lin suffered the injury in the first half of Game 2, and was...

The Oklahoma City Thunder found a way to win without Russell Westbrook and now look to finish off the host Houston Rockets in Monday’s Game 4. The Thunder learned Saturday that Westbrook is done for the postseason after undergoing knee surgery and...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Thunder 104, Rockets 101 Thunder 104, Rockets 101: Kevin Durant hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 41.9 seconds left and matched his career playoff high with 41 points as visiting Oklahoma City overcame the loss of Russell...

The Sports Xchange By MoiseKapenda Bower, The Sports Xchange Thunder 104, Rockets 101 HOUSTON - The Houston Rockets erased a 26-point deficit and grabbed an improbable fourth-quarter lead, but the Oklahoma City Thunder rode a heroic effort from Kevin...

The Sports Xchange By MoiseKapenda Bower, The Sports Xchange Thunder survive without Westbrook HOUSTON -- The absence of Russell Westbrook affected Kevin Durant so deeply that not only was his virtuoso performance during Game 3 of the Western...