The Houston Rockets have become one of the best road teams in the NBA this season. They are currently tied for the most road wins this season.

The Houston Rockets just completed a two-game sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the NBA's top team, at least record-wise. The Rockets are the only team to defea

Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. Josue got his start as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com. He grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media, where he is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.

Alexander's second 50-point game of the season wasn't enough to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder in their 116-109 loss to the Golden

Despite sitting in second place in the Western Conference and boasting a haul of future draft picks, the Houston Rockets don't seem like they will

HOUSTON — "That was my first game-winner! I feel like Kobe," said 21-year-old Amen Thompson in a quote circulating among Houston sports fans. During Monday night's game against the Celtics, Thompson scored a career-high 33 points on 13-of-19 shooting. The game itself had a playoff atmosphere for several reasons.

The Oklahoma City Thunder, despite having the second-best record, are the very best team in the NBA and should only get better.

As of Sunday night, the Rockets are sixth in the league in net rating at +6.1. Their defense is third in the league with a defensive rating of 107.3. But the offense has now crept all the way up to eleventh league-wide with an offensive rating of 113.4. Houston is inching closer to having both a top 10 defense and offense.

A week before the NBA's trade deadline, USA TODAY Sports looks at where teams stand and their chances of winning the title:

The Houston Rockets are riding high, coming off two-straight wins against the previously NBA-best Cleveland Cavaliers. Prior to the two team’s run-in last week, the Cavs were the top team in the league record-wise at 36-7,

For the second year in a row, OKC Thunder's sophomore guard has been named to the NBA's Rising Stars game during All-Star weekend.