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LeBron, Wade help Heat hold off Rockets

Associated Press, ESPN.com

LeBron James scored 32 points, Dwyane Wade added 31 points and eight assists, and the Miami Heat held off the Houston Rockets 114-108 on Wednesday night.

chron.com

One day after Astros starting pitcher Bud Norris’ name again surfaced in trade rumors, Houston general manager Jeff Luhnow said Wednesday the club is not attempting to deal the right-hander. “Right now, we’re not having any discussions with teams ab…

Brian Windhorst, ESPN.com

The Miami Heat will be without All-Star center Chris Bosh on Wednesday against the Houston Rockets because of illness. He is considered day to day.

chron.com

Yeah, yesterday was a perfect day for a parade in downtown Houston. And boy was I wrong about the City of Houston hosting one on this day. Look, I’m not a Texans fan. I like a lot of the players, the coaches, the front office and the owner, so yeah it w…

ESPN.com

Khaled Elsayed of ESPN Insider identified a list of buyer beware free agents to-be, and two of them are out of the AFC South. They don’t qualify as surprises: Texans outside linebacker Connor Barwin and Colts receiver Donnie Avery. Barwin had a contract…

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

Golden State had a pretty good offensive night. As we mentioned in Smack, they lit it up for 62 points in the first half against Houston… and yet trailed by 15. The Houston Rockets would go on to make 23 of 40 threes, tying a NBA record. On Monday night…

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

Just one week ago, Denver Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari made one of this season's more ridiculous shots, a running, flailing, heading-out-of-bounds, end-of-the-shot-clock heave that splashed through for two during the third quarter of a Denver win ov…

ESPN.com

Reading the coverage ... Ranking every roster in the league with Evan Silva of Rotoworld. The AFC’s second-best team comes in at 19th. Houston Texans Joe Flacco isn’t that much better than Matt Schaub, but the gap is growing, says Randy Harvey of the …

chron.com

Brian, Dan and Chip are completing their position-by-position look at the 2013 Astros this week. • •• ••• •• • January 23: First Base (Chip Bailey). January 24: Second Base (Brian Todd). January 25: Shortstop (Dan Peschong). January 28: …

grantland.com

In case you were out just driving, man, just hitting the open road, here's what you missed in sports Tuesday. The Houston Rockets tied the NBA recor...