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Matt Young

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Sports Reporter at The Pasadena Citizen

Sports Reporter at Houston Chronicle

All things sports and Houston nostalgia at @HoustonChron. Alief representer. [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | Matt Young

    It’s become an “Inside the NBA” tradition, for Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Shaquille O’Neal and Ernie Johnson to poke fun at a city after their team was just eliminated from the playoffs. After their 103-89 loss to the Golden State Warriors in Game 7 on Sunday night, it was the Houston Rockets' turn.

  • 1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | Matt Young

    How you think about Calvin Murphy all depends on your age. If you’re Murphy’s age — he turns 77 later this week — you might remember him as the small-school college wunderkind where he was an All-American all three years he played at Niagara University and the 38.2 points per game he averaged as a sophomore still stands as the seventh-best mark of all-time. If you’re a tad younger, you may know him better as the NBA’s little man that no one wanted to mess with.

  • 1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | Matt Young

    When the Houston Rockets fell behind the Golden State Warriors 3-1 in their first-round series, Fred VanVleet stepped to the forefront and turned the tide, helping lift his team all the way to a Game 7. The Warriors recognized VanVleet’s hand in their near-demise and made sure it didn’t go any further.

  • 1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | Greg Rajan |Matt Young

    The Houston Rockets' season is over after Sunday’s Game 7 loss to the Golden State Warriors. Here’s a sampling of what Rockets and Warriors players and coaches had to say after Golden State’s 103-89 win in the series finale at Toyota Cneter. Rockets coach Ime UdokaOn how he viewed the season: “Some growth, some good, some bad. Obviously, a poor ending. We played one of our worst games in the playoffs in Game 7.

  • 1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | Matt Young

    Houston Rockets fans had plenty to say to Draymond Green throughout the first-round series, including a vulgar chant that irritated Warriors coach Steve Kerr. After the Warriors finished off the Rockets with a 103-89 win in Game 7 on Sunday night at Toyota Center, Green, who scored 16 points, got the last laugh.

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