blazersedge.com - 10/10/2008
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HOUSTON ROCKETS
Record: 55-27, 3 rd in Southwest Division, Tie for 4th in Western Conference
Statistical Comparisons
Notable:
4th in opponent scoring (92.0 ppg)
26th in three-point %
2nd in opponent field goal %
Others:
22nd in ...
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Rolling the Dice in Houston
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
Dave from BlazersEdge has a nice little casino metaphor for the Rockets' situation: Covering the Summer League team in Las Vegas for the first time three years ago I got to dabble in a little bit of recreational gambling. I wasn't getting second mortgages from Louie "The Lip" or nothing, just a couple bucks here and there. As it turns out, no matter what game you play and no matter how good you are at it, there's a pattern there. You can keep betting incrementally, trying to maximize your play time, staying at the table as long ...
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Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 10/10/2008
San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich didn't care about the outcome of the Spurs' preseason opener against Houston on Thursday night. He was more interested in seeing his new players in action for the first time. Ron Artest had 18 points and five ...