2006 — Kobe Bryant scores a staggering 81 points — the second-highest total in NBA history — and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 122-104.

Coming off a tough loss to the Clippers, the Lakers have little trouble defeating the NBA's worst team, the Washington ...

1960 — Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson in a 15-round ... to win the world heavyweight title. 1983 — Houston becomes the first NBA team not to score a point in overtime. The Portland Trail Blazers ...

With a Monday afternoon matchup between the Houston Rockets and the Detroit Pistons approaching, the home team could be down a starter. According to the official NBA injury report, the veteran ...

The Houston Rockets come into Martin Luther King Day at No. 2 in the Western Conference. Something most people people at the start of the season would not have thought possible. At 28-13 ...

Fred VanVleet sent his lob to Amen Thompson impossibly high, as if by then the Houston Rockets needed just one thing, one more jaw-dropping, crowd-screaming highlight. The Rockets got it ...

The Houston Rockets have suprised a lot of people around the NBA. They are currently second in the Western Conference, a game in front of the Memphis Grizzlies. Their 27-13 start to the season is ...

With less than one minute remaining Sunday in the Houston Rockets' 104-100 loss to the Miami Heat at Toyota Center, Amen Thompson decided to turn the clock back a couple decades. After triggering ...

Detroit Pistons (21-21, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Houston Rockets (28-13, second in the Western Conference) Houston; Monday, 2 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rockets -6.5 ...

HOUSTON — This was the third meeting of the season between the Memphis Grizzlies and Houston Rockets. The Grizzlies had lost both prior games, and they needed things to go differently.

The Pistons defeated the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center, 107-96, on Monday afternoon to move back above .500 (22-21) and start their five-game road trip on the right note. Cade Cunningham led ...