The Rockets have waived C/F Pops Mensah Bonsu. Bonsu played in 4 games (0 starts) for the Rockets this season and he averaged 3.3 minutes, 1.3 points, 1.0 rebound andd 0.3 assists per game. The Rockets appear to like other big men on the roster than Bonsu so they don’t feel too bad about letting him go.

Starting power forward Luis Scola is off to a really good start for the Rockets this season. He has played in 9 games (all starts) for the Rockets this season and he is averaging 30.6 minutes, 15.0 points, 9.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steal per game. The Rockets need Scola to keep up the good work because he is the only legit big man on the roster right now.

The Rockets were outrebounded 54-35 last night and it killed them in the end. Trevor Ariza led the way for the Rockets last night with 28 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals. Shane Battier also had one of his better games of the season finishing with 23 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Luis Scola pitched in with a solid effort scoring 20 points, grabbing 9 rebounds and dishing out 2 assists. The Rockets are now 5-4 on the season.

The Rockets won every quarter last night in a very easy home win over the Grizzlies. The Rockets shot 50% from the floor last night while holding the Grizzlies to 39.5% from the floor and those were two key factors in this easy win. Luis Scola led the way for the Rockets last night with 22 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists. Carl Landry had another super game off the bench for the Rockets last night as he finished with 20 points and 4 rebounds in only 24 minutes. Trevor Ariza had another solid game for the Rockets last night with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. The Rockets are now 5-3 on the year and they are tied with Mavericks for first place in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the NBA.

The Houston Rockets (4-2) got off to a great start against the Dallas Mavericks (4-2) Tuesday night, but the offense fluttered the rest of the way.  After putting up 37 points in the first quarter, they only scored 67 points the rest of the way.  Usually that would be plenty, but the Rockets let the Mavericks shoot 55% from the field and 7 of 12 from three.  The Mavs also out-rebounded them 46-37.

Aaron Brooks led the Rockets in scoring with 22, but the point guard only had one assist.  He needs to do a better job of getting his teammates involved.  Shane Battier had a terrible night, going 1-8 for only 3 points.  Carl Landry had a great game off the bench, scoring 19 points on 7-9 shooting, in only 25 minutes of play.  The Rockets were terrible in the third quarter, scoring only 13 points.  They did a good job of limiting the Mavs’ Dirk Nowitzki to 6-15 shooting, but they fouled him too much and he went 10-10 from the line, finishing with 23 points.  The Rockets need to do a better job of keeping a consistent effort throughout each quarter and their guards need to do a better job getting the big men involved.