Given that context, it's hard to call the Rockets '24/25 season anything but a huge success for the franchise. Houston won 52 games, its highest single-season total since the James Harden years, and held the No. 2 seed in a competitive Western Conference for much of the season, including from March 19 onward.

The Houston Rockets have reached an agreement on a contract extension with veteran center Steven Adams, his agent Darren Matsubara and a team source confirmed to the Chronicle on Saturday. Adams was set to become an unrestricted free agent on June 30 but instead will return to the Rockets on a three-year,