Houston's Alston Pushes Toward Game 3 Return

In the HOUSTON CHRONICLE, Michael Murphy writes "coach Rockets fans have found the first two games of the first-round Western Conference series against the Utah Jazz hard to watch, imagine how the view has been for Rafer Alston. As the Rockets prepare for Thursday's Game 3 at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Alston thinks there's a good chance he'll finally be on the court passing the ball rather than on the bench passing time. ‘I'm pushing hard,' Alston said of his rehab work. ‘I'm closer than I was two days ago. I'm doing things that I would have to do — slash, cut, being able to slide. Right now I'm pushing for Game 3.''” (link)