Sentence examples for rockets in the first from inspiring English sources

Infused with new confidence, Terry helped the Mavericks defeat the Rockets in the first round of the playoffs last season.

After having so much trouble containing the Rockets in the first half, the Nets pressured them into shooting 14 for 41 in the second.

The Cubans and MPLA fighters bombarded the FNLA with mortar and 122 mm rockets, destroying most of the FNLA's armored cars and six Jeeps carrying antitank rockets in the first hour of fighting.

They hit four straight rockets in the fourth, tying the score at 1-1 when Alex Rodriguez's sacrifice fly knocked in Granderson.

The Lakers began the postseason in lackluster fashion and struggled against the decimated Houston Rockets in the second round, then gained their swagger as the playoffs wore on, dismissing the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals and, finally, the Magic.

Complaints about personal pensions and income drawdown rocketed in the first six months of 2015, suggesting thousands of people have encountered problems accessing their retirement cash in the wake of the new freedoms.

"You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place".

After the Rockets lost in the first round in five games to the Jazz in 1998, Drexler retired.

The Clippers extended their lead to 19 points, 75-56, their biggest advantage of the game, after outscoring the Rockets, 15-2, in the first four minutes of the third quarter.

That launch, if successful, will be followed by the maiden flight of the much larger Falcon 9 rocket in the second quarter of 2009.

Update: SpaceX aborted the launch with 13 seconds to go, citing the issue with the positioning of an engine nozzle that's responsible for steering the rocket in the second stage as the cause.