Tough start, brutal trips await Rockets in 2008-09 season
chron.com     Aug 7, 2008            

Rockets to open with 12 of 18 on road Elsa Getty Images Vote for good basketball on Election Day. Paul Pierce and the Celtics will be in Houston. Sorry, your version of Flash doesn't support this video. Please download the latest version at At first glance, the release of the Rockets 2008-09 schedule would appear to mark the end of the offseason’s run of promising developments. It is brutal early, when the Rockets seemingly would need time to work in offseason acquisitions Ron Artest and Brent Barry. It has a midseason run of back-to-backs that will have the Rockets playing six games in nine nights, with several trips that would indicate the NBA does not own a map. It finishes with a rush of teams expected to contend for Western Conference playoff spots . Upon further inspection, however, the Rockets have reason to be... [read full story]                    


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