Third-year forward Tari Eason has been a defensive menace for the Houston Rockets, coming off the bench to provide a major boost.

The Houston Rockets looked lethargic to start against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday evening, with their late arrival after a thrilling win over the Boston Celtics from the night before clearly weighing on them.

Tari Eason is cleared to play for Houston after he spent more than a month sidelined by soreness in his surgically repaired left leg.

Eason (leg) is off the injury report ahead of Thursday's game against the Grizzlies. The Rockets gave Eason the night off Tuesday against the Hawks for injury management, but the forward is all set to be available Thursday.

For the first time since Dec. 14, reserve forward Tari Eason (lower left leg soreness) is back playing for the Houston Rockets.

As of Sunday night, the Rockets are sixth in the league in net rating at +6.1. Their defense is third in the league with a defensive rating of 107.3. But the offense has now crept all the way up to eleventh league-wide with an offensive rating of 113.4. Houston is inching closer to having both a top 10 defense and offense.

The Houston Rockets keep proving how they are one of the top teams in the league. They hold the second seed in the Western Conference with just a week until the

In Houston’s bizarre win over Cleveland, did Tari Eason and/or broadcaster Craig Ackerman jinx Darius Garland on his late free throws? Fans think so.

The Houston Rockets welcomed back Tari Eason to the lineup against the Sacramento Kings Friday night. Eason had missed the last 13 games due to lower leg injury

Eason fouled Cleveland's Darius Garland on a three-point attempt with less than five seconds remaining, and the Cavaliers point guard needed to make at least two attempts from the charity stripe ...

Rockets F Tari Eason is making his return tonight vs the Kings after missing more than a month. Ime Udoka said the postponement of the Rockets’ game in ATL gave Eason an extra day

The Houston Rockets welcomed back Tari Eason to the lineup against the Sacramento Kings Friday night. Eason had missed the last 13 games due to lower leg injury management. Before Friday ...