The NBA suspended Houston Rockets forward Dillon Brooks one game on Thursday for picking up his 16th technical foul of the season after he appeared to kick Utah’s Collin Sexton in the midsection. The Rockets will be without one of their key players when they host first-place Oklahoma City on Friday in a matchup between the Western Conference's top teams.

Brooks received his 16th tech of the season Wednesday after a kick to Collin Sexton's groin and will miss Friday's game against the Thunder as a result.

The NBA did not rescind the technical foul given to Houston's Dillon Brooks on Wednesday, resulting in an automatic one-game ban for his 16th tech of the season.

The organization languished at the bottom of the Western Conference for years after James Harden departed in 2021.

For the first time since a second-round series against Golden State in May 2019, playoff basketball will take place in Houston this spring.

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It would be hard for Miami or New York to find deals that provide the draft picks and salary relief the Suns seek in a trade.

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