Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a ...

The Houston Rockets trailed by 31 points Saturday night in a sleepy first-half effort against the Golden State Warriors. Two members Houston's young bench then nearly spurred the largest comeback in ...

Former Denver Nuggets center Dikembe Mutombo, who died in late September, is honored by having his name and number placed on ...

Shoutout Dikembe Mutombo, though. Not terrible ... I think we’re supposed to be blasting off here on this court because, ...

NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo passed away at the age of 58 in September and he was being honored by Stan Van Gundy during the ...

NBA broadcasters TNT Sports has caught heat on social media for interrupting a tribute to late basketball legend Dikembe ...

The Houston Rockets will host the San Antonio Spurs ... Shane Battier and the late Dikembe Mutombo. Unfortunately, they would lose to the Utah Jazz in the first round, playing without Yao Ming ...

Dikembe Mutombo, the Hall of Fame NBA center who ... several teams before having a somewhat memorable run with the Houston Rockets, with which he backed up another foreign big man, Yao Ming ...

Dikembe Mutombo looks on during a game between the ... Atlanta Hawks, and the Houston Rockets, and was known as one of the great shot blockers of all time. In 2022, he made public his cancer ...