The 2012 Houston Rockets schedule of February games holds some tough ones and opens against the San Antonio Spurs on Feb. 1

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HOUSTON – The Houston Rockets informed center Hasheem Thabeet, forward Terrence Williams and guard Jonny Flynn that they will not pick up their options for 2012-2013, which means they will become free agents after this season. The Rockets’ decisions on the three players, who were first-round picks in the 2009 draft lottery, had to be made by today. The Rockets did what was expected, because the three players are not part of the Houston rotation.

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Written by The Sports Network (Sports Network) – The Houston Rockets have been dominating at home over their current seven-game win streak, but they showed on Monday they can also play well on the road. Still, home is where the heart is and the Rockets have displayed a lot of that at the Toyota Center this season.

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The Houston Rockets are back on track with their longest winning streak in four seasons, but coach Kevin McHale has a bigger concern – the Milwaukee Bucks. Houston looks for its eighth straight victory and 12th in a row at home in this series Wednesday night when the Bucks go for their first three-game road winning streak in two seasons. Since losing a season-high four in a row to open the new year, the Rockets (10-7) have won eight of nine.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Martin scored 31 points to lead the Houston Rockets to their seventh straight victory, 107-92 over Minnesota on Monday night in coach Kevin McHale’s first game back at Target Center since he was fired by the Timberwolves in 2009. Kyle Lowry had 16 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds and Samuel Dalembert grabbed 15 rebounds for the Rockets, who put the game away with a 19-1 run bridging the third and fourth quarters. Kevin Love had 39 points and 12 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who committed 10 turnovers in the fourth quarter in coach Rick Adelman’s first game against the team he spent the last four seasons coaching

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Kevin Martin scored 31 points to lead the Houston Rockets to their seventh straight victory, 107-92 over Minnesota on Monday night in coach Kevin McHale’s first game back at Target Center since he was fired by the Timberwolves in 2009.

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Jim Mone / AP Houston Rockets head coach Kevin McHale walks onto the Target Center floor for the Rockets NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, in Minneapolis, where McHale made his return for the first time as an opposing coach.

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Read More: Samuel Dalembert (C – HOU), Kevin Martin (G – HOU), Kevin Love (F – MIN), Ricky Rubio (G – MIN), Minnesota Timberwolves, Houston Rockets, Houston Rockets at Minnesota Timberwolves, Jan 23, 2012 7:00 PM CST Kevin McHale returns to the Target Center in Minnesota for the first time since being fired by the Timberwolves in June 2009 following 15 years with the franchise. He has to feel pretty good about his Rockets leading after the first half 54-47. Kevin Love dominated the first half for the T-Wolves with 19 points on 7-for-12 shooting and seven rebounds

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By Jeremy Mauss – Newsdesk contributor Tweet The Rockets are surging up the power rankings across the web and the reason can be connected to the signing of center Samuel Dalembert.

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Ex-Timberwolves PG Timberwolves’ Jonny Flynn against Orlando in first half action Saturday January 15, 2011 at Target Center in Minneapolis.

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Written by The Sports Network (Sports Network) – Kevin McHale returns to Minnesota Monday as his streaking Houston Rockets visit an improved Timberwolves team. McHale, who twice left his front-office position with the Timberwolves as vice president of basketball operations to replace a struggling coach: Flip Saunders in 2005 and Randy Wittman in 2009, returns to the Twin Cities with a team on a six-game run

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Houston Rockets coach Kevin McHale McHale back, but on the other bench There will be a different version of Kevin McHale coaching the Houston Rockets tonight at Target Center. He doesn’t have an interim tag in front of his name, and he didn’t take over the job in midseason

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CBSSports.com wire reports Jan. 21, 2012 HOUSTON — The Houston Rockets solved their fourth-quarter problems from the previous game and put away the San Antonio Spurs. Kevin Martin scored 25 points, Kyle Lowry had 14 points and eight assists and the streaking Rockets took advantage of Tim Duncan’s absence in a 105-102 victory Saturday night

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The Houston Rockets have had their share of ups and downs this season. Don’t expect the likes of Kyle Lowry and Kevin Martin to give up

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Written by The Sports Network (Sports Network) – The Houston Rockets will aim to climb above .500 for the first time this season when they resume a three-game homestand by hosting the struggling New Orleans Hornets. The Rockets won the opener of the residency and their fourth straight overall Tuesday when Samuel Dalembert continued his stellar play with 14 points and 12 rebounds lifting Houston past the Detroit Pistons, 97-80. The veteran center, who was signed on Christmas Day, has averaged a double- double of 15.3 points and 11.8 rebounds, while shooting over 69 percent from the floor during the Rockets’ current run.

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It’s not surprising Samuel Dalembert got off to a slow start considering he signed with the Houston Rockets a day before their opener. Three weeks into the season he appears to have found his rhythm. Dalembert looks to lead the Rockets to a fifth straight win Thursday night against the struggling New Orleans Hornets

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Samuel Dalembert had 14 points and 12 rebounds, Luis Scola also scored 14 and the Houston Rockets beat the Detroit Pistons 97-80 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory. Kyle Lowry had 13 points, five rebounds and five assists for the Rockets, who outrebounded the Pistons 42-35 to offset 21 turnovers.

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