Rockets reportedly lose Clint Capela for 4-6 weeks, and Houston's hopes are tenuous

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In yet another blow to a Houston Rockets team that is already without four of its top seven rotational players from last year's run to Game 7 of the Western Conference finals, center Clint Capela suffered a right thumb injury that will cost him four to six weeks, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Capela had an MRI on Monday that revealed ligament damage in the thumb, Wojnarowski reported. After losing wings Trevor Ariza and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute to free agency this past summer, the Rockets are also without the injured Chris Paul (hamstring) and Eric Gordon (knee).

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