On Memorial Day, the Houston Rockets showed that they have fight in them, by not allowing the Golden State Warriors to close out the series on the Rockets home floor.
But local Rockets fans likely missed the game because of severe thunder storms and flash floods that hit the area, knocking out power. Inside the Toyota Center, several fans, and center Dwight Howard were stranded until six AM Tuesday morning.
Here’s @DwightHoward coming out to greet #Rockets fans that have been stranded at Toyota Center: pic.twitter.com/RCJkIVxJHt
— Adam Clanton (@adamclanton) May 26, 2015
Fans who left the arena and live within 30 minutes of the arena, reported up to 3 hour drives to get home.
UNBELIEVABLE photo that came to news station, North Freeway at North Main. #HoustonFlood pic.twitter.com/N5QD7dATIq
— YOUNG GREEN (@AlexGreen713) May 26, 2015
Skyline view of #Houston this morning. Awful. #abc13eyewitness pic.twitter.com/EpMMZ017Vn
— Ted Oberg (@tedoberg) May 26, 2015
Former NBA players Jermaine O’Neal and Rashard Lewis were hit by the storms also.