The Houston Rockets pro basketball team has gone nuts. They just won their 21st game in a row. That's the second-longest winning streak in the history of the league.

It's going to end sooner or later -- probably sooner, as their schedule hits a really rough patch starting now. The Rockets recently lost their key big man, Yao Ming, to a foot problem. Their success has come on the back of their other star, Tracy McGrady, who is injury-prone and tends to fail in the playoffs. But it's still an amazing run.

Their coach? A familiar face. I hear tell he's still got a little shack up in Funthorpe. I sat in the booth behind him in McCormick's once, back in the day. Seems like a nice fella.