However down you might feel about the Rockets, just imagine if Portland had picked Amen Thompson and not Scoot Henderson. Things could definitely be worse

I am not opposed to starting Reed Sheppard, but the fan obsession with that is disproportionate to this team’s problems

Nothing is more #HoustonSports than Kevin Durant, one FT to tie the game with 30 seconds left against the Warriors, and it's a brick.

I didn't think the shot clock would reset after a jump?

As punishment for all Steph Curry did to the Rockets, it's only fitting the NBA gave the next one to Houston

We out there getting back cut to death like were fielding an entire team of 2016 James Hardens #Rockets

Defense matters when constructing lineups and rotations, but then your alleged defenders need to actually defend. This is a literal layup line for GSW, and they put up 30 in the first quarter, as well

Draymond double teaming off KD when Horford had Sengun is quite a choice

The fact that Tari Eason's regression has come at the same time as Reed Sheppard's surge isn't great. This is a game where you really need multiple shooters to get going, because GSW has strong rim protection with Draymond and Horford

Yup. Getting easily outplayed by Al Horford

Don’t even think about trying them at 6:31

#Rockets winning the title confirmed

#TakeItBack Oh no

I've seen enough: James Talarico (D) wins the #TXSEN Dem primary.

These ads will be legendary

With Dallas early vote now in, Crockett's path to victory looks gone. She needed 80%+ of the vote there to make up for Talarico running up margins in Austin, San Antonio, and the rural + western counties. Only got 60%. 2026 - 2020 swing hasn't changed all night docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Pretty clear Talarico has it, his EV numbers in Travis are wild. +53

Tony Brothers is a clown for what he just did to Tari Eason. You shouldn't be able to eject a player on a retroactive technical, the entire point of a first technical is to serve as a warning — and it wasn't given due to their own incompetence

This John Cornyn ad calling himself the “Texas Workhorse” and trying to tie Ken Paxton to drag shows and LGBTQ causes is pure comedy 😂

Just close the roof

Target for Jabari’s return is back in Houston on 3/5 vs. GSW. Reed Sheppard starts in his place

The personal exemptions never cease to amaze (Andrew Brandt's original tweet from April 2021 was spot on.)

Thinking this may not be the year for Mississippi State basketball

If FIFA did, for some reason, regularly give out a Peace Prize, you’d think #1 on the list of criteria for potential winners would be “do not start a war with another nation in the World Cup, directly before the start of the World Cup”

Reed Sheppard: "Watch this"

I don't know what else to say about tonight's #Rockets game other than Kevin Durant, at 37 years old — dropping 40/8 on night two of a split back-to-back versus a rested playoff team, at home — is just absurd. Feel however you want to feel about the alleged burner stuff, but what an insane player

It's okay. The Yankees haven't opened a bottle since 2009.

#Rockets are now 10-0 when they hold opponents below 100 points; 19-1 when holding opponents below 105, and it would be 20-0 if not for Tari Eason's tip in Portland being a TENTH of a second late. This is why Ime Udoka is such a stickler for defense, it is highly correlated with their success

Sounds like the #Rockets aren’t too concerned about Amen Thompson’s quad issue, and tonight’s absence is largely precautionary on night one of a back-to-back. The hope internally is that he’ll be back tomorrow in Orlando, but if not that, then Saturday in Miami. He will travel on the road trip.

If you count all the points the Rockets score, and you don’t for the opponent, the franchise has an all-time winning percentage of 1.000. Pretty great.

Mizzou won tonight because Dennis Gates dressed with #class like a leader of men, whereas Rick Barnes showed up in pajamas

It’s so weird seeing folks upset at Tari Eason when the play in question literally wasn’t even called a foul by an official a few feet away, staring right at it. Granted, of course you can disagree with that, but maybe start the dialogue there

#Astros first-half promo schedule just dropped. Get ready for a bunch of grown adults on Elon’s app to lose their minds over a fan

#Rockets team source on Jabari Smith Jr.: “He’s Mr. Reliable.” At 22 years old, more people should be talking about the year he’s having, and especially the last 17 games (51.0% shooting, 42.6% on 3s, 64.8% TS). For 2025-26, he’s now at career-highs in scoring, 3-pointers, and true shooting.

JD Davison not being active (again) seems to signal that a buyout signing is likely, IMO

nice

What if Amen Thompson with an undershirt is the best player of all-time

Jabari Smith Jr. has been lowkey awesome for a while

Jae’Sean Tate has a Grade 2 MCL sprain in his knee, per Ime Udoka. #Rockets say that’s typically a 4-6 week recovery, but they’ll have a better idea when he’s re-evaluated in two weeks.

The Toyota Center seat-renovation project is now progressing through the lower level. Upper is entirely complete. So, if the #Rockets backdrop looks different tonight, this is probably why. (The new seats are black, old red.)

This guy obviously didn't watch the ABs from the first 6 innings of 2019 WS G7 #IYKYK

I know why they’re focusing on the turnovers last night, but for the season as a whole, their Q4 offensive rating is basically the same as overall. Where they plummet is on defense, from T5 in first three quarters to 23rd. That’s why there’s such a conundrum with Reed

One of the goals of totalitarians is to make their presence the sum total of your life, don’t let them.

By the way, a reminder on Jack Hughes, since the grifters are already trying to hijack his postgame interview www.vogue.com/article/meet...

Canada would've won if IKF had a bigger lead

The last time U.S. men's hockey won gold, Philip and Elizabeth Jennings retaliated with a decade of mayhem on behalf of the Olympic favorite All fun and games for now

Such an idealist