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Houston, We Have A... 17 Game Winning Streak?
Houston, We Have A... 17 Game Winning Streak?
Um, will someone tell the Houston Rockets they can fall apart without Yao Ming already? Tonight, the team that has no real point guard (unless you've got a jones for Rafer Alston), the starting center from before color television (WHO WANTS TO SEX MUTUMBO?), and a coach who is best known for perfecting playoff choke jobs (Rick Adelman)... won it's 17th straight game, and it's 5th without ...
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Ballin’: And One Makes Seventeen
The Big Lead — ... Houston 113, Dallas 98, : Dirk didn’t play, and the Rockets rolled to their 17th straight victory on the strength of a third quarter scoring bonanza and T-Mac’s 31. Wouldn’t it be something if the teams with the longest winning streaks this year, Portland and Houston, missed the postseason? The Rockets are winning without Yao, but it has coincided with a ...

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