On Saturday, the Houston Rockets face off against the Boston Celtics in an important matchup for a Houston team seeking to prove its contendership for this season’s NBA championship.

The Houston Rockets have championship aspirations, having acquired former NBA MVP Kevin Durant over the offseason. Unfortunately, veteran point guard Fred VanVleet was lost during the offseason to a knee injury.

Kevin Durant seems to have delivered a warning to the NBA after the Rockets dominated the Celtics in a blowout win on Saturday night.

The Rockets (3-2) entered Saturday with a top-rated offense and below-average defense, but their win in Boston showed elite play on both ends.

The Boston Celtics would see their three-game winning streak come to an end after a blowout loss to the Houston Rockets.

The Celtics were mismatched against the Rockets, who handed Boston its third-largest defeat of the Joe Mazzulla era.

BOSTON -- The Celtics suffered their worst loss of the season on Saturday night as a well-rested Rockets squad crushed Boston 128-101 at TD Garden. The Rockets ended the Celtics’ three-game winning streak with the convincing win as they took a 13-point first quarter lead and did not look back, leading by as many as 36 points in the convincing rout.

The 2025-26 NBA season is one week complete. The Houston Rockets have played three games thus far and have been a competitive group, which was expected.  Howeve

Defense was supposed to be Houston's strength, as it was a year ago. Yet it's thriving on the other end of the floor.

The Houston Rockets nearly traded Robert Horry in 1994, although him staying in town introduced the NBA to a new era of basketball.

BOSTON — Kevin Durant embraced Jayson Tatum after leaving the Rockets locker room on Saturday night after leading Houston to a 128-101 blowout win over the Celtics. The 37-year-old forward still looks to be in prime form six years after rupturing his Achilles in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals, scoring a game-high 26 points in the victory.

The Boston Celtics and Houston Rockets have announced their first fives for Saturday night's encounter between the two proud squads, both of whom have righted the ship after rocky starts to their respective 2025-26 NBA seasons.