Rookie power forward Carl Landry took a flying leap into the collective hearts of Houston sports fans last night with a gritty performance that helped the Rockets eek out a 94-92 victory against the Utah Jazz in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. On a night when every Houstonian who ordered a Heineken actually received his or her beer of choice, guard Tracy McGrady led the charge to give the Rockets a......

Yes it’s a cliché that is rolled out time and time again whenever a Houston sports team finds itself in a heap of trouble. Yes it’s a cliché that citizens of our fair city loathe as much as red light cameras. But in this case it’s true. You see, tonight Houstonist made an excursion out to the Toyota Center to watch the hometown Rockets take on the Utah Jazz in the second game of......

|| Game Date: May 5, 2007 || Game Location: Houston || Playoff Round: One || Series Record: Rockets 3 - Utah 4 || Final Score: 103 UTAH - 99 HOU || Box Score: Utah @ Rockets Info from NBA.com ______________________________________________________ First Quarter - The first quarter of game seven started out with the score going back and forth and with Yao, TMac, Battier, Dikembe getting into scoring mode. Utah came out scoring and with......

|| Game Date: May 3, 2007 || Game Location: Utah || Playoff Round: One || Series Record: Rockets 3 - Utah 3 || Final Score: 94 UTAH - 82 HOU || Box Score: Rockets @ Utah Info from NBA.com ______________________________________________________ First Quarter - Yao started it off with a foul, but the Rockets didn't let that get them down. TMac and Yao hit a few early shots and the score would stay neck and......

|| Game Date: April 30, 2007 || Game Location: Houston || Playoff Round: One || Series Record: Rockets 3 - Utah 2 || Final Score: 96 HOU - 92 UTAH || Box Score: Rockets @ Utah Info from NBA.com ______________________________________________________ First Quarter - A half empty arena greeted the Rockets when the game started and with only 36% shooting it was a rough start for the team. Yao would shoot only one of nine......

|| Game Date: April 28, 2007 || Game Location: Utah || Playoff Round: One || Series Record: Rockets 2 - Utah 2 || Final Score: 98 UTAH - 85 HOU || Box Score: Rockets @ Utah Info from NBA.com ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ First Quarter - Needing to come out strong was an understatement. Yao had the first six points of the game and six points was all the Rockets got until 6:52 left in the......

|| Game Date: April 26, 2007 || Game Location: Utah || Playoff Round: One || Series Record: Rockets 2 - Utah 1 || Final Score: 81 UTAH - 67 HOU || Box Score: Rockets @ Utah Info from NBA.com ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ First Quarter - TMac started it off as if he had something to prove to Oscar Robertson, who called him out in this article from SLAM Magazine. TMac scored the first four points......

|| Game Date: April 23, 2007 || Game Location: Toyota Center, Houston || Playoff Round: One || Series Record: Rockets 2 - Utah 0 || Final Score: 98 HOU - 90 UTAH || Box Score: Utah @ Rockets Info from NBA.com ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ First Quarter: It was all Boozer. I never wanted someone to miss a shot so much in my life. Bozo, Boozer would not miss. Finally at about seven minutes into the......

The Rockets are back in the playoffs and the fun starts tonight. It's hard to believe that it's been ten years since the Rockets have won a playoff series. Tonight they start their first round run against the Utah Jazz and to this day I still don't know why that team hasn't changed its name. Utah is just not synonymous with Jazz. Tonight is the first game in a best of seven series that......