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Houston Rockets – Chandler Parsons Carries James Harden & Jeremy Lin
From now on till the end of the regular season, every game counts, and if the Houston Rockets want to stay inside the group that makes the NBA playoffs, they’ll need more than just James Harden taking over and winning games late. With Jeremy Lin not playing above his average ability, Chandler Parsons stepped in to carry the torch.
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Monta Ellis Buzzer Beater Better Than Jeremy Lin Assist
If it wasn’t for Monta Ellis hitting an insane buzzer-beater from well beyond the three-point line to give the Milwaukee Bucks a 110-107 win over the Houston Rockets, Jeremy Lin would have owned the highlight of the night with his behind the back assist to Chandler Parsons.
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Houston Rockets – Turning James Harden and Jeremy Lin into Champions
By bringing in James Harden and Jeremy Lin last off-season, Daryl Morey turned the Houston Rockets into a nationally (and internationally) relevant team again, not to mention a playoff franchise once again. By leaving quite a lot of cap space for the 2013 and 2014 summers, his future goals are even bigger.
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James Harden – The Timeline of the Most Awesome NBA Beard
After winning the NBA’s Sixth Man of the year award last season, James Harden, on his first season with the Houston Rockets, is looking like the favorite to win the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award, turning into one of the best players in the league, and bringing a lot of truth to the tagline “fear the beard.”
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Couldn’t Have Been any Worse
While James Harden is the heartbeat of the Houston Rockets, and rarely do good games and wins come along without him being the main contributor, but he still needs some sort of help from his teammates, quite often his co-point guard, Jeremy Lin. Sometimes, Lin is awful, which is too much for an ordinary Harden to make up for.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Doesn’t Always Need Jeremy Lin
Big games deserve huge efforts from everyone; others are less bombastic. James Harden didn’t need to pull out his best tricks to beat a rival the Houston Rockets never have any problem with, while Jeremy Lin was also quite subdued in his effort, which didn’t really get in the way of another win.
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NBA Trade Deadline 2013 – All the Deals
A rather dull trade deadline in 2013, with a lot of big names mentioned in potential trades, but eventually the Houston Rockets sending Patrick Patterson to Sacramento for Thomas Robinson (and others) while the Orlando Magic sent J.J. Redick to the Milwaukee Bucks were the biggest moves of the last couple of days.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Helps James Harden Get Revenge
Saving career-highs for statement games isn’t a bad idea. James Harden didn’t do it alone, enjoying a big night from his backcourt partner Jeremy Lin, but he finally led the Houston Rockets to a win over his former team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and his former teammates/friends, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.
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Thunder vs Rockets Predictions
Some say the All-Star weekend has no effect on the regular season, but the Oklahoma City Thunder hope they’re wrong, after both Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook had big games in the same arena they’ll be playing in once again, this time facing the Houston Rockets.
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NBA Story Lines to Follow Until the Playoffs
With two months and somewhere between 30-25 games left to play for the teams, there’s plenty to look forward to in what’s left of the NBA season, including the MVP battle between Kevin Durant and LeBron James, the whole Los Angeles Lakers saga with time running against them, who emerges from the East to challenge the Miami Heat and more.