According to Francis, all was well until the Rockets appointed Jeff Van Gundy as head coach in 2003. "Stevie Franchise" ...

Following the failed Houston Rockets' experiment of teaming Hakeem Olajuwon, Scottie Pippen and Charles Barkley up, the team went through a rough period trying to find its identity. Although they had ...

-- For weeks, it had been about height, and strength, and power, about Yao Ming and Shaquille O'Neal and whether the 7-foot-5 rookie from China could crack the wall of dominance that for years the 7-1 ...

Houston Rockets center Yao Ming and guard Steve Francis were voted to start in the NBA All-Star game, it was announced today. The 53rd NBA All-Star game will be played in Los Angeles at Staples Center ...

Steve Francis scored 32 points and Yao Ming had six crucial points in the closing minutes as the Rockets almost blew a 19-point lead before snapping the Sacramento Kings' six-game winning streak, ...

For all the Rockets have been in the first half of the season, they remain wildly popular. For the second consecutive season, the Rockets are the only NBA team with two All-Star starters. Fans ...

For the Rockets, the decade of the 2000s began with Hall of Fame legend Hakeem Olajuwon starting at center. It finished with 6-foot-6 Chuck Hayes, the shortest listed starting center in NBA history.

HOUSTON (AP) - All it took was 3 minutes for Yao Ming to show Shaquille O'Neal that this would no mismatch. Yao blocked O'Neal's first three shots, altered Kobe Bryant's attempt at the end of ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Houston Rockets found their league-leading defense just in time to gain a rare road victory against one of the best teams in the West. Yao Ming scored 27 points, Steve Francis added ...

A lot of Rockets fans just witnessed their first full, top-down rebuild. Some of us have been here before. When the Rockets’ geriatric Olajuwon/Barkley/Pippen trio finally got put to pasture, the team ...