The Rio Grande Valley Vipers, a professional basketball team, owned by local businessman Alonzo Cantu, affiliated with the Houston Rockets, have clinched a playoff berth in the NBA’s G League Western Conference after a win late last week against the Stockton Kings.A big deal – this latest win means that the local proballers have clinched their ninth straight playoff appearance.If they can cap off this season with the G-League victory, it will be the team’s fifth championship in the last 15 years (2010, 2013, 2019, and 2022) the most in the league’s history.Bert Ogden ArenaOn a side note, the Vipers’ ...