Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rockets fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. This week’s question asked about the teams in Houston’s playoff tier — the Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves and […]
It’s going to be tough to write 300+ words about Sunday night’s season finale between the playoff bound Houston Rockets and the obviously tanking Memphis Grizzlies. I may have to rely on a few random famous Ron Burgundy warm up quotes such as, “How now brown cow.” With the Rockets being locked in as the […]
And just like that, the 2025-26 NBA regular season has come to an end. The Lakers battled injuries and are currently playing without Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves, but thanks to some great games from LeBron James, they’ve managed to earn the fourth seed in the West. Now, they are set to play the Rockets […]
Despite the Nuggets’ best efforts over the weekend, the Lakers will remain the No. 4 seed and play the Rockets in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The opening game between the teams will be on Saturday night at 5:30 p.m. PT on ABC. Entering the weekend, the Lakers sat one game behind the […]
The Colorado Rockies have had the most up-and-down season so far. They were swept on the road by the Miami Marlins; they then took two of three from the Toronto Blue Jays; they took one of three against the Philadelphia Phillies in the Home Opening series; swept the Houston Astros at home; and then were […]
Logan Gilbert needed this game almost as much as I needed Logan Gilbert to have this game. I’ll admit I was nervous at the beginning when the game started with Jose Altuve hitting a line drive into centerfield. But things quickly turned around when Josh Naylor deked a move back to first base that sent […]
Houston Rockets vs Memphis Grizzlies April 12, 2026 Location: Toyota Center – Houston, TX TV: Space City Home Network Radio:KBME Sports Talk 790 / KLTN 102.9 (en español) Online: Rockets App , SCHN+ Time: 7:30 PM CST Probable Starting Lineups Rockets: Reed Sheppard, Josh Okogie, Aaron Holiday, Tari Eason, Clint Capela Grizzlies: Ryan Rupert, Lucas Williamson, Jahmai […]
Mariners 6, Astros 1 Tiffany’s! Cole Young, +0.10 WPACartier! Luke Raley, +0.10 WPABlack Starr Frost Gorham! Randy Arozarena, +0.12 WPATalke to me Harry Winston, tell me all about it! Logan Gilbert, +0.21 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day
The Houston Astros released the following statement on former player and manager Phil Garner, who passed away yesterday after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 76 years old: “Phil Garner had a tremendous impact on the Houston Astros as both a player and manager. On the field, he spent seven seasons with the […]
The Mariners have a chance for their first series victory tonight. I was going to say “sweep” but then I remembered the Mariners and Astros actually wrap up this four-game set tomorrow at 1:10 p.m. Still, this would be as good a time as any to take their first series of 2026. They have the […]
The Houston Astros (6-9) look to stop a 6-game slide as they play their 3rd of 4 games in Seattle against the Mariners (6-9) at T-Mobile Park. RHP Cody Bolton (0-0, 3.68 ERA) will be on the mound for the Astros opposite RHP Logan Gilbert (0-2, 5.40 ERA) and the Mariners. ABOUT BOLTON: RHP Cody […]
The latest news on the Houston Astros: Astros closer Bryan Abreu continues his immense struggles this year, taking the loss last night in a game where he walked 3 straight batters with one out, before yielding the game winning hit: It is well past time to ask the question on how long Abreu will continue […]
Abreu suffered yet another late inning failure last night in taking the loss against the Mariners. At this point, it’s kind of past ugly. This is full blown concern. What is wrong with Bryan Abreu? Abreu has been one of the most dominant relievers in baseball for the last four seasons. He’s recorded at least […]
Mike Tomlin stepped down as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers in January following the team’s 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans in the wild card round, marking the ninth consecutive season without a playoff win. And while it has been three months since Tomlin resigned, the ripples of the longest tenured head coach […]
Another day of minor league baseball is in the books. See the results below. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (9-5) won 3-2 (BOX SCORE) Ullola started for Sugar Land and allowed 1 run over 2.2 innings before leaving with an injury. It appeared to be leg related and not arm related. Fleury went the next […]
Saturday’s game against the Rays was not pretty viewing for Yankees fans. The Yankees held two separate late leads against Tampa Bay, but couldn’t hold onto either. In the 10th inning, the Rays took advantage of the auto-runner and bunted the Yankees to death, eventually scoring twice in the frame to overtake the Yankees. With […]
When the Colorado Rockies left Coors Field on Wednesday night they were on top of the world. They had started the week having avoided a sweep at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday and proceeded to rattle off three more wins to sweep the usually dominant Houston Astros. It was the Rockies’ first […]
The game looked lost early for the Mariners on Saturday. It was not. The Astros were all over Luis Castillo from the jump. They lead 7-2 when they chased him in the fourth inning. Things felt final — some even called it final. But Cal Raleigh homered, Julio Rodríguez homered, and the Mariners offense roared […]
Mariners 8, Astros 7 Paper: Randy Arozarena, +.35 WPA Rock: Luis Castillo, -.54 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day:
Before we start, I want to thank everyone who has even read one of these this season. They’ve always been a fun way to talk about basketball and the Houston Rockets specifically. A huge round of appreciation for Xiane and Holly, who each grabbed a couple of previews back in January while I was abroad […]
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The Houston Astros (6-8) are in Seattle (5-9) for the second game of a four-game series with the Mariners as they seek to end a five-game slide. RHP Lance McCullers Jr. will be on the mound for the Astros opposite RHP Luis Castillo and the Mariners. ABOUT MCCULLERS: RHP Lance McCullers Jr. is set to […]
Christian Walker is not in the Astros starting lineup tonight. He appears to tweak something in last night’s game: This was something listed in today’s Crawfish Boil as a situation to watch. Walker did attempt to get ready to play tonight: Through 14 games and 53 AB, Walker is batting .321 with a .390 OBP […]
After an exciting four-team battle for seeding in the Western Conference throughout the second half of the season, all but two teams are locked into their spot playoff spots heading into the final day. Results on Friday, namely Minnesota beating Houston, means that all that is up for grabs on Sunday is the No. 3 […]
The latest news on the Houston Astros and from around MLB: Tatsuya Imai is having trouble adapting to life in MLB at a time his team really needs him to be the star he’s shown he can be in Japan: In the meantime, Christian Vazquez will remain Imai’s personal catcher: Is there an injury concern […]