Arenas, politics and a lack of ownership have helped keep the NHL out of Houston. Why the nation's fourth-largest city has been iced out of hockey's top league. Special thanks to Nick Kypreos, Neil Smith, John Shannon and more for sharing their insights.
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Tilman Fertitta pretty succinct with his reasoning to Jonathan Feigen:

“A lot of teams don’t have a real plan. The Rockets had a real plan.”

Argue marginal moves if you want. But six under-24 building blocks + Udoka + VanVleet creates quite the clean scorecard for Stone.

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All that comes with the most VanVleetish of quotes: 'It was a building block and building a foundation, planting seeds that are not going to grow right away. No. 1, coming in, we wanted to change the narrative, change the perspective, the culture. Then, you build up from there.'

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Rockets 116, Clippers 105: Rookies lead the way in regular-season finale as Rockets get to 41-41. houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-n… via @houstonchron

Amen Thompson with his first triple double.

Ever gracious, Boba Marjanovic acknowledges the crowd after he misses two free throws to give them free chicken.

Amen Thompson with an outside chance at a 5x5. He has three steals, three blocked shots, along with 16 points, six assists, nine rebounds with 8 1/2 minutes left.

Boban Marjanovic starting the fourth quarter.

Rockets 85, Clippers 83 heading into the final quarter of the season. Cam Whitmore with 19. Career/season high is 25.

Jermaine Samuels Jr. getting some playing time. Boban Marjanovic only active Rockets player that has not played.