Grace Boateng

1 month ago | forwardtimes.com | Grace Boateng

The Houston Rockets headed into Game 6 of their first-round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors determined to push for a Game 7. The young team who had been facing elimination since Game 4 showed up ready to handle business. Head coach Ime Udoka insisted that the Game 6 win over the Warriors was a result of a “full team contribution” before acknowledging it was also “good to have some vets” in reference to Steven Adams and Fred VanVleet.

1 month ago | forwardtimes.com | Grace Boateng

The Houston Rockets headed into Game 6 of their first-round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors determined to push for a Game 7. The young team who had been facing elimination since Game 4 showed up ready to handle business. Head coach Ime Udoka insisted that the Game 6 win over the Warriors was a result of a “full team contribution” before acknowledging it was also “good to have some vets” in reference to Steven Adams and Fred VanVleet.

Mar 20, 2024 | forwardtimes.com | Houston Rockets |Grace Boateng

The NBA announced that Rockets guard Jalen Green was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from Monday, March 11 through Sunday, March 17 (Week 21). Rockets center Alperen Sengun won the award in Week 11. Prior to that, the last Rocket to be named Player of the Week was James Harden in November of 2019. The Rockets went 3-0 last week and outscored opponents by an average of 10.7 points despite playing without Sengun who was injured at Sacramento on March 10.

Mar 20, 2024 | forwardtimes.com | Grace Boateng

The Texas Southern men’s track & field team had a strong showing at the 72nd annual TSU Relays with 30-plus top-10 finishes this past weekend inside Durley Stadium. TSU finished 1-3-5 in the 100 as Chaunzavia Lewis won the event in a time of 10.67 followed by William Perry (10.8) and Isaac Henderson (10.84). Michael Strange (49.28) and Kaseem (49.63) Ibraheem-Washington finished 3-4 in the 400 while Brandon Washington (1:54:52) finished second in the 800.

Mar 20, 2024 | forwardtimes.com | Grace Boateng

Cougar head coach collects this National Coach of the Year honor for second time in his careerUniversity of Houston Men’s Basketball Head Coach Kelvin Sampson was recently named the 2023-24 recipient of the Henry Iba Award, presented to the National Coach of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association. Sampson received the award for the second time during his career after first earning it after the 1994-95 season in his first year at Oklahoma.