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The Rockets compete in the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA) as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Division_(NBA)" title="Southwest Division (NBA)">Southwest Division</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a>. The team plays its home games at the <a href="/wiki/Toyota_Center" title="Toyota Center">Toyota Center</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Houston" title="Downtown Houston">Downtown Houston</a>. Throughout its history, Houston has won two <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA championships</a> and four Western Conference titles. It was established in 1967 as the San Diego Rockets, an <a href="/wiki/Expansion_team" title="Expansion team">expansion team</a> originally based in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>. In 1971, the Rockets <a href="/wiki/Relocation_of_professional_sports_teams" title="Relocation of professional sports teams">relocated</a> to Houston. <table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 3px solid #000000 !important;">Houston Rockets</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Basketball_current_event.svg/30px-Basketball_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Basketball_current_event.svg/45px-Basketball_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Basketball_current_event.svg/60px-Basketball_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"> <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2024–25 Houston Rockets season">2024–25 Houston Rockets season</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Houston_Rockets.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Houston Rockets logo"><img alt="Houston Rockets logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Houston_Rockets.svg/170px-Houston_Rockets.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Houston_Rockets.svg/255px-Houston_Rockets.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Houston_Rockets.svg/340px-Houston_Rockets.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="224" data-file-height="297"></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Division</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Division_(NBA)" title="Southwest Division (NBA)">Southwest</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1967</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data">San Diego Rockets 1967–1971 Houston Rockets 1971–present<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Arena</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Center" title="Toyota Center">Toyota Center</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston, Texas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Team colors</th><td class="infobox-data">Red, black, gray, anthracite, white<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Rafael_Stone" title="Rafael Stone">Rafael Stone</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Head coach</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ime_Udoka" title="Ime Udoka">Ime Udoka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ownership</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tilman_Fertitta" title="Tilman Fertitta">Tilman Fertitta</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_Valley_Vipers" title="Rio Grande Valley Vipers">Rio Grande Valley Vipers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Championships</th><td class="infobox-data">2 (<a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Finals" title="1994 NBA Finals">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_Finals" title="1995 NBA Finals">1995</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference titles</th><td class="infobox-data">4 (<a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_playoffs" title="1981 NBA playoffs">1981</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_playoffs" title="1986 NBA playoffs">1986</a>, <a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_playoffs" title="1994 NBA playoffs">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_playoffs" title="1995 NBA playoffs">1995</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Division titles</th><td class="infobox-data">8 (<a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1977</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1986</a>, <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_NBA_season" title="1992–93 NBA season">1993</a>, <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_NBA_season" title="1993–94 NBA season">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NBA_season" title="2014–15 NBA season">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NBA_season" title="2017–18 NBA season">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_NBA_season" title="2018–19 NBA season">2019</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_NBA_season" title="2019–20 NBA season">2020</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired numbers</th><td class="infobox-data">7 (<a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">11</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">22</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">23</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">24</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">34</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">44</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">45</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/rockets">www.nba.com/rockets</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; text-align: center; border: 1px solid #D3D3D3;" colspan="2"> <table class="kit"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="background-color: white; position: relative; left: 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class="mw-empty-elt"></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> The Rockets won only 15 games in their debut season as a franchise in 1967. In the <a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_draft" title="1968 NBA draft">1968 NBA draft</a>, the Rockets were awarded the <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">first overall pick</a> and selected power forward <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a>, who would lead the team to its <a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_playoffs" title="1969 NBA playoffs">first playoff appearance</a> in his rookie season. The Rockets did not finish a season with a winning record for almost a decade until the 1976–77 season, when they traded for <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Stars" title="List of NBA All-Stars">All-Star</a> <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">center</a> <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> from the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association</a> (ABA). Malone went on to win the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Most Valuable Player</a> (MVP) award twice while playing with the Rockets and led Houston to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Conference_Finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Conference Finals">Eastern Conference Finals</a> in <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">his first year</a> with the team. During the <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1980–81 season</a>, the Rockets finished the regular season with a 40–42 record but still made the <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_playoffs" title="1981 NBA playoffs">playoffs</a>. Led by Malone, the Rockets reached their first <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> in <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981</a>, becoming only the second team in NBA history to do so with a losing record. They would lose in six games to the 62–20 <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a>, and future Rockets head coach <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a>. As of 2023<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Houston_Rockets&action=edit">[update]</a>, the <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1980–81 Houston Rockets season">1980–81 Rockets</a> are the last team since the <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Minneapolis_Lakers_season" title="1958–59 Minneapolis Lakers season">1958–59 Minneapolis Lakers</a> to make it all the way to the NBA Finals with a losing record. In the <a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_draft" title="1984 NBA draft">1984 NBA draft</a>, once again with the first overall pick, the Rockets drafted center <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a>, who would become the cornerstone of the most successful period in franchise history. Paired with 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a>, they formed one of the tallest front courts in the NBA. Nicknamed the "Twin Towers", they led the team to the <a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Finals" title="1986 NBA Finals">1986 NBA Finals</a>—the second NBA Finals appearance in franchise history—where Houston was again defeated by Larry Bird and the 67-win Boston Celtics. The Rockets continued to reach the playoffs throughout the 1980s, but failed to advance past the first round for several years following a second-round defeat to the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> in <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_playoffs" title="1987 NBA playoffs">1987</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a> took over as head coach midway through the 1991–92 season, ushering in the most successful period in franchise history. Led by Olajuwon, the Rockets dominated the 1993–94 season, setting a then-franchise record 58 wins and went to the <a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Finals" title="1994 NBA Finals">1994 NBA Finals</a>—the third NBA Finals appearance in franchise history—and won the franchise's first championship against <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Patrick Ewing</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">following season</a>, reinforced by another All-Star, <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a>, the Rockets—in their fourth NBA Finals appearance in franchise history—repeated as champions with a four-game <a href="/wiki/Whitewash_(sport)" title="Whitewash (sport)">sweep</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a>, which was led by a young <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Penny_Hardaway" title="Penny Hardaway">Penny Hardaway</a>. Houston, which finished the season with a 47–35 record and was seeded sixth in the Western Conference during the 1995 playoffs, became the lowest-seeded team in NBA history to win the title. The Rockets acquired all-star <a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">power forward</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a> in 1996, but the presence of three of the <a href="/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History" title="50 Greatest Players in NBA History">NBA's 50 greatest players of all-time</a> (Olajuwon, Drexler, and Barkley) was not enough to propel Houston past the Western Conference Finals. Each one of the aging trio had left the team by 2001. The Rockets of the early 2000s, led by superstars <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao Ming</a>, followed the trend of consistent regular season respectability followed by playoff underachievement as both players struggled with injuries. After Yao's early retirement in 2011, the Rockets entered a period of rebuilding, completely dismantling and retooling their roster. The acquisition of franchise player <a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> in 2012 launched the Rockets back into perennial championship contention throughout the rest of the 2010s, with no losing seasons in Harden's nine-season tenure with the team. Harden broke countless franchise and NBA records while on the team, winning three consecutive <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_annual_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders">scoring titles</a> between <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NBA_season" title="2017–18 NBA season">2018</a> and <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_NBA_season" title="2019–20 NBA season">2020</a>, and leading the team to two <a href="/wiki/NBA_Conference_Finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Conference Finals">Western Conference Finals</a> appearances (both times losing to the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>). Prior to the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2020–21 Houston Rockets season">2020–21 season</a>, head coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_D%27Antoni" title="Mike D'Antoni">Mike D'Antoni</a> and general manager <a href="/wiki/Daryl_Morey" title="Daryl Morey">Daryl Morey</a> left the organization, prompting Harden to seek a trade. He was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a><a href="#cite_note-JamesHardenPrior20%E2%80%9321-12">[A]</a> which started a rebuilding period. Moses Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, and James Harden have been named the NBA's MVPs while playing for the Rockets, for a total of four MVP awards. The Rockets, when piloted by Morey, were renowned for popularizing the use of advanced statistical analytics (similar to <a href="/wiki/Sabermetrics" title="Sabermetrics">sabermetrics</a> in baseball) in player acquisitions and style of play. <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History">1 History</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#1967%E2%80%931971:_San_Diego_Rockets">1.1 1967–1971: San Diego Rockets</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#1971%E2%80%931976:_Move_to_Houston_and_improvement_with_Murphy_and_Rudy-T">1.2 1971–1976: Move to Houston and improvement with Murphy and Rudy-T</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#1976%E2%80%931982:_The_Moses_Malone_era">1.3 1976–1982: The Moses Malone era</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#1984%E2%80%932001:_The_Hakeem_Olajuwon_era">1.4 1984–2001: The Hakeem Olajuwon era</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#1984%E2%80%931987:_The_%22Twin_Towers%22">1.4.1 1984–1987: The "Twin Towers"</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#1987%E2%80%931992:_Lean_years">1.4.2 1987–1992: Lean years</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#1993%E2%80%931995:_Back-to-back_championships_for_Clutch_City">1.4.3 1993–1995: Back-to-back championships for Clutch City</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="#1995%E2%80%932002:_Post-championship_and_rebuilding">1.4.4 1995–2002: Post-championship and rebuilding</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#2002%E2%80%932009:_The_Yao_Ming_era">1.5 2002–2009: The Yao Ming era</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"><a href="#2002-2004:_Early_years_with_Yao_and_Francis">1.5.1 2002-2004: Early years with Yao and Francis</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#2004-2009:_McGrady_and_Ming_duo">1.5.2 2004-2009: McGrady and Ming duo</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#2009%E2%80%932012:_Competitive_rebuilding">1.6 2009–2012: Competitive rebuilding</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#2012%E2%80%932021:_The_James_Harden_era">1.7 2012–2021: The James Harden era</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href="#2016%E2%80%932020:_The_arrival_of_Mike_D'Antoni">1.7.1 2016–2020: The arrival of Mike D'Antoni</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#2021%E2%80%93present:_Rebuilding_phase">1.8 2021–present: Rebuilding phase</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Season-by-season_record">2 Season-by-season record</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#Home_arenas">3 Home arenas</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="#Team_identity">4 Team identity</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Uniforms_and_logos">4.1 Uniforms and logos</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Mascots">4.2 Mascots</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Rivalries">4.3 Rivalries</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"><a href="#Honors_and_statistics">5 Honors and statistics</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Individual_honors">5.1 Individual honors</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#All-Star_Weekend">5.2 All-Star Weekend</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href="#Statistics_and_records">5.3 Statistics and records</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="#Franchise_leaders">5.4 Franchise leaders</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-28"><a href="#Personnel">6 Personnel</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-29"><a href="#Current_roster">6.1 Current roster</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="#Retained_draft_rights">6.2 Retained draft rights</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-31"><a href="#Retired_numbers">6.3 Retired numbers</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-32"><a href="#Basketball_Hall_of_Famers">6.4 Basketball Hall of Famers</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-33"><a href="#FIBA_Hall_of_Famers">6.5 FIBA Hall of Famers</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-34"><a href="#Management">7 Management</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-35"><a href="#General_managers">7.1 General managers</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-36"><a href="#Owners">7.2 Owners</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-37"><a href="#Head_coaches">8 Head coaches</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-38"><a href="#Politics">9 Politics</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-39"><a href="#Notes">10 Notes</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-40"><a href="#References">11 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-41"><a href="#External_links">12 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Houston_Rockets" title="History of the Houston Rockets">History of the Houston Rockets</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1967–1971:_San_Diego_Rockets">1967–1971: San Diego Rockets</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elvin_Hayes_1969.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Elvin_Hayes_1969.jpg/170px-Elvin_Hayes_1969.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="161" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="593" data-file-height="560"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 161px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Elvin_Hayes_1969.jpg/170px-Elvin_Hayes_1969.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="161" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Elvin_Hayes_1969.jpg/255px-Elvin_Hayes_1969.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Elvin_Hayes_1969.jpg/340px-Elvin_Hayes_1969.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> was selected first overall by the San Diego Rockets in the <a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_draft" title="1968 NBA draft">1968 NBA draft</a></figcaption></figure> The Rockets were founded in 1967 in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a> by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Breitbard" title="Bob Breitbard">Robert Breitbard</a>, who paid an entry fee of US$1.75 million to join the NBA as an expansion team for the <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_NBA_season" title="1967–68 NBA season">1967–68 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-chronhistory-13">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-uniforms-14">[13]</a> The NBA wanted to add more teams in the <a href="/wiki/Western_United_States" title="Western United States">Western United States</a> and chose San Diego based on the city's strong economic and population growth, along with the local success of an <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> team owned by Breitbard, the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Gulls_(1966%E2%80%9374)" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego Gulls (1966–74)">San Diego Gulls</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hockey_League_(1952%E2%80%931974)" title="Western Hockey League (1952–1974)">Western Hockey League</a>. The <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_International_Sports_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego International Sports Center">San Diego International Sports Center</a>, which opened the previous year and was also owned by Breitbard, would serve as home to the new franchise. A local contest to name the franchise chose the name "Rockets",<a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a> as it paid homage to San Diego's theme of "a city in motion" and the local arm of <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics" title="General Dynamics">General Dynamics</a> developing the <a href="/wiki/SM-65_Atlas" title="SM-65 Atlas">Atlas missile and booster rocket program</a>.<a href="#cite_note-chronhistory-13">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-breitbard-16">[15]</a> Breitbard brought in <a href="/wiki/Jack_McMahon" title="Jack McMahon">Jack McMahon</a>, then-coach of the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Royals" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati Royals">Cincinnati Royals</a>, to serve as the Rockets' coach and general manager.<a href="#cite_note-breitbard-16">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[16]</a> The team, which would join the league along with the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a>, then built its roster with both veteran players at an <a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Expansion_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1967 NBA Expansion Draft">expansion draft</a>, and college players from the <a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_draft" title="1967 NBA draft">1967 NBA draft</a>, where San Diego's first ever draft pick was <a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a>.<a href="#cite_note-breitbard-16">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a> In their first two games of the season, the Rockets were up against the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Hawks">St. Louis Hawks</a>, and lost both of those games.<a href="#cite_note-19">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[19]</a> Their first win in franchise history came the very next game which occurred three days after against the SuperSonics. The Rockets won on the road, 121–114. <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Green_(basketball)" title="Johnny Green (basketball)">Johnny Green</a> recorded 30 points and 25 rebounds for the Rockets.<a href="#cite_note-21">[20]</a> The following game, the SuperSonics held a 15-point lead for most of the first half, before the Rockets mounted a comeback to force overtime. The SuperSonics eventually pulled away and won the game, 117–110, though <a href="/wiki/Art_Williams" title="Art Williams">Art Williams</a> recorded the first ever triple-double in franchise history, as he recorded 17 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists for the Rockets.<a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a> The expansion Rockets ultimately lost 67 games in their inaugural season,<a href="#cite_note-23">[22]</a> which was an NBA record for losses in a season at the time.<a href="#cite_note-24">[23]</a> In 1968, after the Rockets won a coin toss against the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%9373)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)">Baltimore Bullets</a> to determine who would have the first overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_draft" title="1968 NBA draft">1968 NBA draft</a>,<a href="#cite_note-25">[24]</a> they selected <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a>.<a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a> Hayes improved the Rockets' record to 37 wins and 45 losses, enough for the franchise's first ever playoff appearance in 1969,<a href="#cite_note-69season-27">[26]</a> but the Rockets lost in the semi-finals of the Western Division to the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a>, four games to two.<a href="#cite_note-69season-27">[26]</a> The Rockets limped to a 27<a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_NBA_season" title="1969–70 NBA season">–</a>55 finish in the <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_NBA_season" title="1969–70 NBA season">1969–70 season</a>, before missing the playoffs by just one game in the <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NBA_season" title="1970–71 NBA season">1970–71 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Krasovic-2020-28">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-apbr-2020-29">[28]</a> Off the court, Breitbard was facing serious financial losses due to a controversial ongoing tax-assessment issue that had plagued his San Diego Sports Arena since it was built. He was also still on the hook for paying off the NBA expansion fee for the Rockets, in addition to construction-related bonds on the arena, which he had built with private funding. To make matters worse, the American professional sports economy had begun to plummet in the late 1960s, and professional basketball was being hit particularly hard with nearly all franchises in the NBA and <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">ABA</a> operating at a financial loss at this time.<a href="#cite_note-breitbard-16">[15]</a> On January 26, 1970, during an emotional press conference on the floor of the Sports Arena, Breitbard addressed the San Diego fans regarding his dire finances and the state of his Rockets basketball and Gulls hockey teams. "...We have been served an eviction notice..." Breitbard announced. "I've tried to work quietly, to iron this out. But, at the moment it appears impossible. I don't want to sell. I'm not interested in selling outside of San Diego. It seems to me the Rockets and Gulls are part of this town. This arena, the Gulls, the Rockets, are a part of me, and our fans have been wonderful to us."<a href="#cite_note-breitbard-16">[15]</a> Over the next nearly year and a half, numerous fans circulated petitions and lobbied local officials to help keep the Rockets and Gulls afloat and in San Diego. Several proposals surrounded providing financial aid or payment relief to Breitbard, or having the City and/or <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California" title="San Diego County, California">County of San Diego</a> take ownership of the arena were discussed, but Breitbard was running out of time. At least 14 private offers for the Rockets were made to Breitbard, though all would have resulted in the team being relocated out of San Diego, which Breitbard was adamantly opposed to.<a href="#cite_note-breitbard-16">[15]</a> The tax-assessment situation surrounding the Sports Arena (which was the only large arena in the region) ultimately made the prospect of another local owner purchasing the team infeasible. On January 12, 1971, the Rockets hosted the <a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1971 NBA All-Star Game">1971 NBA All-Star Game</a> at the San Diego Sports Arena, a close contest in which the West beat the East 108–107 in front of a packed house of 14,378 fans. On June 23, 1971, the San Diego Rockets were abruptly sold by Breitbard to a Houston–based investment group. The NBA hurriedly approved the sale, believing the franchise was on the verge of folding. News of the sale broke before the coaches, players, and team employees and executives could even be notified. Local officials in San Diego were also caught by surprise.<a href="#cite_note-Krasovic-2020-28">[27]</a> In their fourth and final season in existence, the San Diego Rockets missed the playoffs by just one game in the standings.<a href="#cite_note-Krasovic-2020-28">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-apbr-2020-29">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1971–1976:_Move_to_Houston_and_improvement_with_Murphy_and_Rudy-T">1971–1976: Move to Houston and improvement with Murphy and Rudy-T</h3></div> Texas Sports Investments bought the franchise for $5.6 million and moved the team to <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a> before the start of the <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_NBA_season" title="1971–72 NBA season">1971–72 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-chronhistory-13">[12]</a> The franchise became the first NBA team in Texas,<a href="#cite_note-30">[29]</a> and the nickname "Rockets" took on even greater relevance after the move, given Houston's long connection to the space industry.<a href="#cite_note-31">[30]</a> Houston previously was awarded an NBA expansion franchise along with <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Braves" title="Buffalo Braves">Buffalo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland</a> on February 6, 1970,<a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a> but the new entry folded six weeks later on March 20 when its investment group led by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Rothenberg" title="Alan Rothenberg">Alan Rothenberg</a> failed to make the $750,000 down payment on the $3.7 million entrance fee required before the <a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_draft" title="1970 NBA draft">league's college player draft</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[32]</a> Before the start of the season, Hannum left for the Denver Rockets of the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association</a> – later renamed <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>, who <a href="/wiki/ABA%E2%80%93NBA_merger" title="ABA–NBA merger">joined the NBA</a> in 1976 –<a href="#cite_note-hannumrecord-34">[33]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tex_Winter" title="Tex Winter">Tex Winter</a> was hired in his place.<a href="#cite_note-winterrecord-35">[34]</a> In the first six games of the 1971–72 season in Winter's first head coaching season, the Rockets all lost those games with an average of around 15 points per game. Their first win of the season came on October 26, 1971, with a 104–103 win over the home team, Detroit Pistons.<a href="#cite_note-36">[35]</a> Their second win of the season came five days later, a 102–87 win over the Buffalo Braves.<a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a> After that game, the Rockets lost their next 8 games, against the Knicks, Trail Blazers, Bullets (twice), Warriors, Celtics, Bucks and Bulls. Their next win was on November 17 on the road against the <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1971–72 Philadelphia 76ers season">76ers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a> However, Winter's clashes with Hayes, due to a system that contrasted with the offensive style to which Hayes was accustomed, made Hayes ask for a trade, leaving for the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_(1963%E2%80%9373)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Bullets (1963–73)">Baltimore Bullets</a> at the end of the 1971–72 season.<a href="#cite_note-39">[38]</a> It was also around this time that the Rockets would unveil their classic yellow and red logo and accompanying uniforms used until the end of the 1994–95 season.<a href="#cite_note-uniforms-14">[13]</a> Winter left soon after, being fired in January 1973 following a ten-game losing streak, and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Egan_(basketball)" title="Johnny Egan (basketball)">Johnny Egan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-40">[39]</a> Egan led the Rockets back to the playoffs in <a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_playoffs" title="1975 NBA playoffs">1975</a>, where the franchise also won their first round against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>, subsequently losing to the veteran <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> in 5 games. At that time the Rockets gained popularity in Houston, selling out several home games during the regular season as the Rockets battled for a playoff spot and then selling out all of their home playoff games.<a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1976–1982:_The_Moses_Malone_era">1976–1982: The Moses Malone era</h3></div> In the <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NBA_season" title="1975–76 NBA season">1975–76 season</a> the Rockets finally had a permanent home in Houston as they moved into <a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a>, which they would call home for the next 29 years. During the period, the franchise was owned by Kenneth Schnitzer, developer of the <a href="/wiki/Greenway_Plaza" title="Greenway Plaza">Greenway Plaza</a> which included The Summit.<a href="#cite_note-42">[41]</a> After missing the 1976 playoffs, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Nissalke" title="Tom Nissalke">Tom Nissalke</a> was hired as a coach, and pressed the team to add a play-making guard in college standout <a href="/wiki/John_Lucas_II" title="John Lucas II">John Lucas</a> and a rebounding center through <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a>, who he had coached in the ABA.<a href="#cite_note-up-43">[42]</a> The additions had an immediate impact, with the <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976–77</a> Rockets winning the Central Division and going all the way to the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> Finals, losing to the <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 4 games to 2.<a href="#cite_note-44">[43]</a> The <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">following season</a> had the team regressing to just 28 wins due to an injury to captain Tomjanovich, who got numerous facial fractures after being punched by <a href="/wiki/Kermit_Washington" title="Kermit Washington">Kermit Washington</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> and wound up spending five months in rehabilitation.<a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-47">[46]</a> After trading Lucas to the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a>,<a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a> the Rockets returned to the playoffs in <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1978–79</a>, with "The Chairman Of The Boards" Moses Malone receiving the 1979 <a href="/wiki/NBA_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA MVP">MVP Award</a>,<a href="#cite_note-malonebio-49">[48]</a> but the team was swept 2–0 by Atlanta in the first round.<a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a> Nissalke was let go, and assistant <a href="/wiki/Del_Harris" title="Del Harris">Del Harris</a> was promoted to head coach.<a href="#cite_note-51">[50]</a> In 1979, <a href="/wiki/George_J._Maloof,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="George J. Maloof, Sr.">George Maloof</a>, a businessperson from <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a>, bought the Rockets for $9 million. He died the following year, and while the <a href="/wiki/Maloof_family" title="Maloof family">Maloof family</a> expressed interest in selling the team, George's 24-year-old son Gavin took over the Rockets. A buyer was eventually found in 1982 as businessman Charlie Thomas and <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Shlenker" title="Sidney Shlenker">Sidney Shlenker</a> purchased the franchise for $11 million; the Maloofs would later own the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> from 1998 to 2013. The Maloof period of ownership marked the first dominant period of the Rockets,<a href="#cite_note-52">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-thomas-53">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a> highlighted by the team's first Western Conference Championship and <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> appearance in 1981, their first year after being moved from the Eastern Conference. Prior to the <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1980–81 season</a>, the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> led to an NBA realignment that sent the Rockets back to the <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a>.<a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a> Houston qualified for the <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_playoffs" title="1981 NBA playoffs">playoffs</a> only in the final game of the season with a 40–42 record.<a href="#cite_note-1981nbaseason-56">[55]</a> The postseason had the Rockets beat the Lakers, in-state rivals <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>, and the equally underdog <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Kings" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas City Kings">Kansas City Kings</a> to become only the second team in NBA history (after the <a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_Finals" title="1959 NBA Finals">1959</a> <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Lakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis Lakers">Minneapolis Lakers</a>) to have advanced to the Finals after achieving a losing record in the regular season.<a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> facing <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>, the Rockets blew a late lead in Game 1 and won Game 2 at the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a>. However, afterwards the team failed to capitalize on the early success against the favored Celtics, and eventually lost in six games.<a href="#cite_note-58">[57]</a> While new owner Charlie Thomas expressed interest in renewing with Moses Malone,<a href="#cite_note-thomas-53">[52]</a> who had been again chosen as MVP in <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–82</a>,<a href="#cite_note-malonebio-49">[48]</a> the Rockets traded him to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> for <a href="/wiki/Caldwell_Jones" title="Caldwell Jones">Caldwell Jones</a>, as a declining regional economy made the Rockets unable to pay Malone's salary.<a href="#cite_note-matteroftime-59">[58]</a> When the Rockets finished a league worst 14–68,<a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a> Celtics coach <a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Bill Fitch</a> was hired to replace outgoing Del Harris,<a href="#cite_note-matteroftime-59">[58]</a> and the team won the first pick of the <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_draft" title="1983 NBA draft">1983 NBA draft</a>,<a href="#cite_note-matteroftime-59">[58]</a> used to select <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-61">[60]</a> Sampson had good numbers and was awarded the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year" title="NBA Rookie of the Year">NBA Rookie of the Year</a> award,<a href="#cite_note-sampsonstats-62">[61]</a> but the Rockets still finished last overall, again getting the top pick at the upcoming <a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_draft" title="1984 NBA draft">1984 NBA draft</a>, used to select <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a>.<a href="#cite_note-63">[62]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1984–2001:_The_Hakeem_Olajuwon_era">1984–2001: The Hakeem Olajuwon era</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id='1984–1987:_The_"Twin_Towers"'>1984–1987: The "Twin Towers"</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hakeemsigningautocropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Hakeemsigningautocropped.jpg/220px-Hakeemsigningautocropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1572" data-file-height="1988"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 278px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Hakeemsigningautocropped.jpg/220px-Hakeemsigningautocropped.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="278" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Hakeemsigningautocropped.jpg/330px-Hakeemsigningautocropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Hakeemsigningautocropped.jpg/440px-Hakeemsigningautocropped.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Hakeem Olajuwon won Finals MVP for both of the Houston Rockets' championship seasons in 1994 and 1995</figcaption></figure> In <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NBA_season" title="1984–85 NBA season">his first season</a>, Olajuwon finished second to <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> in NBA Rookie of the Year balloting,<a href="#cite_note-64">[63]</a> and the Rockets record improved by 19 games, good enough for a return to the playoffs as the third best team in the West, where they were upset by the sixth-seeded <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[64]</a> The duo of Olajuwon and Sampson earned much praise, and was nicknamed "Twin Towers".<a href="#cite_note-66">[65]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">following season</a>, Houston won the Midwest Division title with a 51–31 record. The subsequent playoffs had the Rockets sweeping the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a>, having a hard-fought six-game series with <a href="/wiki/Alex_English" title="Alex English">Alex English</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>, and then facing defending champion Lakers, losing the first game but eventually managing to win the series – the only Western Playoffs defeat of the <a href="/wiki/Showtime_Lakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Showtime Lakers">Showtime Lakers</a> – to get to the franchise's second Finals appearance.<a href="#cite_note-finals86-67">[66]</a> The <a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Finals" title="1986 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> once again matched the Rockets up against the Celtics, a contrast to Houston's young front challenging the playoff-hardened Celtics front court of Larry Bird, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a>. The Celtics won the first two games in Boston, gave the Rockets their only home playoff defeat that season in game 4, and clinched the title as Bird scored a <a href="/wiki/Triple-double" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple-double">triple-double</a> on Game 6.<a href="#cite_note-finals86-67">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[67]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1987_NBA_Western_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_2_-_Seattle_SuperSonics_at_Houston_Rockets_1987-05-05_(ticket).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/1987_NBA_Western_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_2_-_Seattle_SuperSonics_at_Houston_Rockets_1987-05-05_%28ticket%29.jpg/125px-1987_NBA_Western_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_2_-_Seattle_SuperSonics_at_Houston_Rockets_1987-05-05_%28ticket%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="307" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="652" data-file-height="1600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 125px;height: 307px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/1987_NBA_Western_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_2_-_Seattle_SuperSonics_at_Houston_Rockets_1987-05-05_%28ticket%29.jpg/125px-1987_NBA_Western_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_2_-_Seattle_SuperSonics_at_Houston_Rockets_1987-05-05_%28ticket%29.jpg" data-width="125" data-height="307" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/1987_NBA_Western_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_2_-_Seattle_SuperSonics_at_Houston_Rockets_1987-05-05_%28ticket%29.jpg/188px-1987_NBA_Western_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_2_-_Seattle_SuperSonics_at_Houston_Rockets_1987-05-05_%28ticket%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/1987_NBA_Western_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_2_-_Seattle_SuperSonics_at_Houston_Rockets_1987-05-05_%28ticket%29.jpg/250px-1987_NBA_Western_Conference_Semifinals_-_Game_2_-_Seattle_SuperSonics_at_Houston_Rockets_1987-05-05_%28ticket%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>A ticket for Game 2 of the <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_playoffs" title="1987 NBA playoffs">1987 Western Conference Semifinals</a> between the Rockets and the Seattle SuperSonics</figcaption></figure> After the Finals, Boston coach <a href="/wiki/K._C._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="K. C. Jones">K. C. Jones</a> called the Rockets "the new monsters on the block" feeling they had a bright future. But the team had a poor start to the <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">following season</a>, followed by nearly a decade of underachievement and failure, amidst players getting injured or suspended for cocaine usage, and during the playoffs were defeated in the second round by the Seattle SuperSonics in six games, with the final game being a double-overtime classic that saw Olajuwon notching 49 points, 25 rebounds and 6 blocks in defeat. Early in the 1987–88 season, Sampson, who had signed a new contract, was traded to the Golden State Warriors, bringing the Twin Towers era to an end just 18 months after their Finals appearance.<a href="#cite_note-69">[68]</a> Sampson's once-promising career was shortened due to chronic knee injuries, which forced his retirement in 1991. Jones' prophecy of a Rockets dynasty never materialized until the early 1990s.<a href="#cite_note-70">[69]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1987–1992:_Lean_years">1987–1992: Lean years</h4></div> In the next five seasons, the Rockets either failed to qualify for the playoffs or were eliminated in the first round.<a href="#cite_note-71">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[72]</a> The first elimination in 1988 led to Fitch's dismissal, with <a href="/wiki/Don_Chaney" title="Don Chaney">Don Chaney</a> replacing him as head coach.<a href="#cite_note-chaneybio-74">[73]</a> Chaney, like Olajuwon, also played for the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">Houston Cougars</a> under <a href="/wiki/Guy_Lewis" title="Guy Lewis">Guy Lewis</a>, having played along <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> in the late 1960s. Chaney had his best season during <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1990–91</a>, where he was named the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Coach of the Year Award">Coach of the Year</a> after leading the Rockets to a 52–30 record despite Olajuwon's absence due to injury for 25 games.<a href="#cite_note-chaneybio-74">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[74]</a> Despite Olajuwon's usual strong numbers, the underwhelming roster could not be lifted out of mediocrity. However, the attempts to rebuild the team nucleus incorporated players that would later make an impact in the years to come, such as <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Smith" title="Kenny Smith">Kenny Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Maxwell" title="Vernon Maxwell">Vernon Maxwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Horry" title="Robert Horry">Robert Horry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mario_Elie" title="Mario Elie">Mario Elie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Cassell" title="Sam Cassell">Sam Cassell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Otis_Thorpe" title="Otis Thorpe">Otis Thorpe</a>.<a href="#cite_note-76">[75]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rudy_T_Space_and_Missile_Center_Feb_26,_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Rudy_T_Space_and_Missile_Center_Feb_26%2C_2009.jpg/170px-Rudy_T_Space_and_Missile_Center_Feb_26%2C_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="229" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="494" data-file-height="666"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 229px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Rudy_T_Space_and_Missile_Center_Feb_26%2C_2009.jpg/170px-Rudy_T_Space_and_Missile_Center_Feb_26%2C_2009.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="229" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Rudy_T_Space_and_Missile_Center_Feb_26%2C_2009.jpg/255px-Rudy_T_Space_and_Missile_Center_Feb_26%2C_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Rudy_T_Space_and_Missile_Center_Feb_26%2C_2009.jpg/340px-Rudy_T_Space_and_Missile_Center_Feb_26%2C_2009.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a> spent all his playing career with the Rockets, and after becoming the team's head coach in 1992 led Houston to two straight championships.</figcaption></figure> Midway through the <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NBA_season" title="1991–92 NBA season">1991–92 season</a>, with the Rockets' record only 26–26, Chaney was fired and replaced by his assistant <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a>, a former Houston player himself.<a href="#cite_note-77">[76]</a> While the Rockets did not make the playoffs,<a href="#cite_note-92year-78">[77]</a> Tomjanovich's arrival was considered a step forward. In the next year, the Rockets improved their record by 13 games, getting the Midwest Division title, and winning their first playoff series in 6 years by defeating the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>, before an elimination by the SuperSonics in a closely contested Game 7 overtime loss.<a href="#cite_note-79">[78]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1993–1995:_Back-to-back_championships_for_Clutch_City">1993–1995: Back-to-back championships for Clutch City</h4></div> On July 30, 1993, <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Alexander_(businessman)" title="Leslie Alexander (businessman)">Leslie Alexander</a> purchased the Rockets for $85 million.<a href="#cite_note-alexanderpurchase-80">[79]</a> The next season, in Tomjanovich's second full year as head coach, the Rockets began the <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_NBA_season" title="1993–94 NBA season">1993–94 season</a> by tying an NBA record with a start of 15–0.<a href="#cite_note-81">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[81]</a> Their first loss of the season came on December 3, 1993, as the Hawks, led by Dominique Wilkins' 27 points, defeated the Rockets, 133–111.<a href="#cite_note-83">[82]</a> The next game, the Rockets stormed a comeback against the Cleveland Cavaliers as they won by a single point, 99–98, on the road. The Rockets now had won their first 16 out of 17 games of the season, tying the 1948–49 Capitols for the best 17-game start in a season, at that time.<a href="#cite_note-84">[83]</a> On December 9, Olajuwon recorded 28 points, 16 rebounds and 4 blocks as the Rockets cruised past the visiting Heat in overtime to win their 18th game of the season.<a href="#cite_note-85">[84]</a> Led by Olajuwon, who was named the MVP and <a href="/wiki/NBA_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award">Defensive Player of the Year</a>,<a href="#cite_note-hakeemaward-86">[85]</a> the Rockets won 58 games, a franchise record at the time.<a href="#cite_note-houstonindex-87">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-94year-88">[87]</a> After quickly dispatching the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> (who had made the finals just two years prior) in 4 games, they then faced the defending Western Conference champion <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a>, led by the previous year's MVP <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a>. The series opened up in Houston, which saw the Rockets open up a big lead going into the fourth quarter. In both games, however, the Rockets inexplicably collapsed to allow the Suns a 2–0 lead going back to Phoenix. Following recent heart-breaking playoff losses by the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a>, it appeared as though the Rockets were doomed. Local newspapers labeled Houston as "Choke City", which the Rockets took to heart and ultimately came back to win the series in seven games. As "Choke City" became "Clutch City", the name permanently became a part of Houston folklore. The Rockets then soon defeated <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> in five in the Conference Finals to advance to their third <a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Finals" title="1994 NBA Finals">finals</a>.<a href="#cite_note-89">[88]</a> The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> opened a 3–2 advantage, but the Rockets won the last two games on their home court and claimed their first championship in franchise history.<a href="#cite_note-houstonindex-87">[86]</a> Olajuwon was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">Finals MVP</a>, after averaging 27 points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots a game.<a href="#cite_note-hakeemaward-86">[85]</a> The Rockets initially struggled in the first half of the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1994–95 season</a>,<a href="#cite_note-90">[89]</a> which they fixed by sending Otis Thorpe to the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> in exchange for Olajuwon's former college teammate <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a>.<a href="#cite_note-91">[90]</a> With only 47 wins, the Rockets entered the <a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_playoffs" title="1995 NBA playoffs">playoffs</a> as the sixth seed in the Western Conference. Still, a strong playoff run that earned Houston the nickname "<a href="/wiki/Clutch_City" title="Clutch City">Clutch City</a>" had the Rockets defeating the West's top three seeds – the Jazz, Suns and Spurs – to reach back-to-back finals, this time against the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Penny_Hardaway" title="Penny Hardaway">Penny Hardaway</a>. When Houston swept the <a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_Finals" title="1995 NBA Finals">Finals' series</a> in four games,<a href="#cite_note-92">[91]</a> they became the first team in NBA history to win the championship as a sixth seed, and the first to beat four 50-win teams in a single postseason en route to the championship.<a href="#cite_note-longroad-93">[92]</a> Olajuwon was again the Finals MVP, only the second player after Michael Jordan to win the award two years in a row.<a href="#cite_note-94">[93]</a> It was on the floor of <a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a> after they captured their second title that head coach Rudy Tomjanovich proclaimed, "Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion!"<a href="#cite_note-95">[94]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1995–2002:_Post-championship_and_rebuilding">1995–2002: Post-championship and rebuilding</h4></div> During the off-season, the Rockets went for a change of visual identity, making navy blue and silver the new primary colors while adopting a new cartoon-inspired logo and pinstriped jerseys.<a href="#cite_note-Barron,_David-96">[95]</a> The Rockets won 48 games in the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season" title="1995–96 NBA season">1995–96 season</a>,<a href="#cite_note-96year-97">[96]</a> in which Olajuwon became the NBA's all-time leader in <a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">blocked shots</a>.<a href="#cite_note-98">[97]</a> The <a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_playoffs" title="1996 NBA playoffs">playoffs</a> had the Rockets beating the Lakers before a sweep by the SuperSonics.<a href="#cite_note-96year-97">[96]</a> Before the start of the succeeding season, the Rockets sent four players to Phoenix in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a>.<a href="#cite_note-99">[98]</a> The resulting "Big Three" of Olajuwon, Drexler, and Barkley had a strong debut season with a 57–25 record,<a href="#cite_note-97year-100">[99]</a> going all the way to the Western Conference finals before losing to the Utah Jazz 4–2 on a dramatic last-second shot by <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a>.<a href="#cite_note-101">[100]</a> The <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_NBA_season" title="1997–98 NBA season">following season</a> was marked by injuries, and Houston finished 41–41 and the 8th seed, leading to another elimination by the top-seeded Jazz.<a href="#cite_note-102">[101]</a> Drexler retired after the season,<a href="#cite_note-103">[102]</a> and the Rockets traded to bring in <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a> to take his place.<a href="#cite_note-104">[103]</a> In the lockout-shortened <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season" title="1998–99 NBA season">1998–99 season</a>, the Rockets lost to the Lakers in the first round of the <a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_playoffs" title="1999 NBA playoffs">playoffs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-105">[104]</a> After the <a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_draft" title="1999 NBA draft">1999 draft</a>, the Rockets traded for the second overall pick <a href="/wiki/Steve_Francis" title="Steve Francis">Steve Francis</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Grizzlies" title="Vancouver Grizzlies">Vancouver Grizzlies</a>, in exchange for four players and a first-round draft pick.<a href="#cite_note-106">[105]</a> However, after Houston traded a discontented Pippen to Portland,<a href="#cite_note-107">[106]</a> and Barkley suffered a career-ending injury,<a href="#cite_note-108">[107]</a> the rebuilt Rockets went 34–48 and missed the playoffs,<a href="#cite_note-109">[108]</a> for only the second time in 15 years.<a href="#cite_note-houstonindex-87">[86]</a> Francis was named Co-Rookie of the Year. In the <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_NBA_season" title="2000–01 NBA season">2000–01 season</a>, the Rockets worked their way to a 45–37 record. However, in a competitive Western Conference where seven teams won 50 games, this left the Rockets two games out of the playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-110">[109]</a> In the following off-season, a 38-year-old Olajuwon requested a trade, and, despite stating their desire to keep him, the Rockets reached a <a href="/wiki/Sign-and-trade" class="mw-redirect" title="Sign-and-trade">sign-and-trade</a> agreement, sending him to the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a>.<a href="#cite_note-111">[110]</a> The ensuing <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NBA_season" title="2001–02 NBA season">2001–02 season</a>—the first without Hakeem in two decades—was unremarkable, and the Rockets finished with only 28 wins led by first time All-Star Francis.<a href="#cite_note-112">[111]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002–2009:_The_Yao_Ming_era">2002–2009: The Yao Ming era</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg/220px-Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg/220px-Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg/330px-Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg/440px-Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao Ming</a> during his rookie season with the Rockets</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2002-2004:_Early_years_with_Yao_and_Francis">2002-2004: Early years with Yao and Francis</h4></div> After Houston was awarded the first overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_draft" title="2002 NBA draft">2002 NBA draft</a>, they selected <a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao Ming</a>, a 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m) Chinese center.<a href="#cite_note-113">[112]</a> The Rockets missed the 2003 playoffs by one game, improving their record by 15 victories led by All-Star starters <a href="/wiki/Steve_Francis" title="Steve Francis">Steve Francis</a> and Rookie Yao Ming.<a href="#cite_note-114">[113]</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[114]</a> The <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NBA_season" title="2003–04 NBA season">2003–04 season</a> marked the Rockets' arrival to a new arena, the <a href="/wiki/Toyota_Center_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="Toyota Center (Houston)">Toyota Center</a>,<a href="#cite_note-newarena-116">[115]</a> a redesign of their uniforms and logo,<a href="#cite_note-fashion-117">[116]</a> and their first season without Rudy Tomjanovich, who resigned as head coach after being diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Bladder_cancer" title="Bladder cancer">bladder cancer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-118">[117]</a> Led by former Knicks coach <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Gundy" title="Jeff Van Gundy">Jeff Van Gundy</a>,<a href="#cite_note-119">[118]</a> the Rockets finished the regular season with a record of 45–37,<a href="#cite_note-04year-120">[119]</a> earning their <a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_playoffs" title="2004 NBA playoffs">first playoff berth</a> since 1999,<a href="#cite_note-houstonindex-87">[86]</a> again losing to the Lakers in the first round.<a href="#cite_note-04year-120">[119]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yao_Ming_with_the_Chinese_flag_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Opening_Ceremony.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Yao_Ming_with_the_Chinese_flag_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Opening_Ceremony.jpg/220px-Yao_Ming_with_the_Chinese_flag_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Opening_Ceremony.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="4256"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 331px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Yao_Ming_with_the_Chinese_flag_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Opening_Ceremony.jpg/220px-Yao_Ming_with_the_Chinese_flag_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Opening_Ceremony.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="331" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Yao_Ming_with_the_Chinese_flag_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Opening_Ceremony.jpg/330px-Yao_Ming_with_the_Chinese_flag_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Opening_Ceremony.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Yao_Ming_with_the_Chinese_flag_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Opening_Ceremony.jpg/440px-Yao_Ming_with_the_Chinese_flag_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Opening_Ceremony.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao Ming</a> carrying his home country's Five-star Red Flag at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2004-2009:_McGrady_and_Ming_duo">2004-2009: McGrady and Ming duo</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TracyMcGrady.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/TracyMcGrady.jpg/170px-TracyMcGrady.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="226" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2095" data-file-height="2781"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 226px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/TracyMcGrady.jpg/170px-TracyMcGrady.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="226" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/TracyMcGrady.jpg/255px-TracyMcGrady.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/TracyMcGrady.jpg/340px-TracyMcGrady.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Houston acquired <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> in 2004.</figcaption></figure> In the off-season, Houston saw major changes in the roster as the Rockets acquired <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> in a seven-player deal with the Orlando Magic Including three time Rockets All-Star Steve Francis.<a href="#cite_note-121">[120]</a> The scoring champion McGrady and the strong rebounder Yao formed a well-regarded pair that helped the Rockets win 22 consecutive games in the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2007–08 season</a>, which was at the time the 3rd <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_longest_winning_streaks" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association longest winning streaks">longest winning streak in NBA history</a>. Still, the duo was plagued with injuries – of the 463 regular season games for which they were teammates, Yao missed 146 and McGrady 160 – and did not win any playoff series, despite gathering leads over the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> in <a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_playoffs" title="2005 NBA playoffs">2005</a> and the Jazz in <a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_playoffs" title="2007 NBA playoffs">2007</a>.<a href="#cite_note-122">[121]</a> Despite this, Yao was selected to carry his home country's <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_China" title="Flag of China">Five-star Red Flag</a> at the Summer Olympics opening ceremony held <a href="/wiki/China_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="China at the 2008 Summer Olympics">at home in 2008</a>. After the 2007 elimination, Van Gundy was fired,<a href="#cite_note-123">[122]</a> and the Rockets hired <a href="/wiki/Rick_Adelman" title="Rick Adelman">Rick Adelman</a> to replace him.<a href="#cite_note-124">[123]</a> For the 2008–09 season, the Rockets signed forward <a href="/wiki/Ron_Artest" class="mw-redirect" title="Ron Artest">Ron Artest</a>. While McGrady wound up playing only half the games before enduring a season-ending <a href="/wiki/Microfracture_surgery" title="Microfracture surgery">microfracture surgery</a>,<a href="#cite_note-125">[124]</a> the Rockets ended the season 53–29, enough for the Western Conference's fifth seed. During the playoffs, the Rockets beat the Portland Trail Blazers four games to two, winning their first playoff round since 1997.<a href="#cite_note-126">[125]</a> During the series, <a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Dikembe Mutombo</a> injured his knee, which forced him to retire after 18 seasons in the NBA.<a href="#cite_note-127">[126]</a> However, the second round against the Lakers had the Rockets losing 4–3 and Yao Ming suffering yet another season-ending injury, this time a hairline fracture in his left foot.<a href="#cite_note-128">[127]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2009–2012:_Competitive_rebuilding">2009–2012: Competitive rebuilding</h3></div> During the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season" title="2009–10 NBA season">2009–10 season</a>, the Rockets saw the departures of Artest in the off-season and McGrady, <a href="/wiki/Joey_Dorsey" title="Joey Dorsey">Joey Dorsey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carl_Landry" title="Carl Landry">Carl Landry</a> during mid-season trades. Despite great play by <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Martin_(basketball,_born_1983)" title="Kevin Martin (basketball, born 1983)">Kevin Martin</a>, who arrived from the Kings, and <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Brooks_(basketball)" title="Aaron Brooks (basketball)">Aaron Brooks</a>, who would eventually be chosen as the Most Improved Player of the season, the Rockets could not make it to the playoffs, finishing 42–40, 3rd in the Southwest Division. At that time, the Rockets set an NBA record for best record by a team with no All-Stars.<a href="#cite_note-129">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-130">[129]</a> The Rockets would also finish ninth in the Western Conference for the following two seasons,<a href="#cite_note-131">[130]</a><a href="#cite_note-132">[131]</a> with Yao Ming getting a season-ending injury seven games into the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NBA_season" title="2010–11 NBA season">2010–11 season</a> and deciding to retire during the 2011 off-season.<a href="#cite_note-ap_07202011-133">[132]</a> Said off-season, which saw the <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_lockout" title="2011 NBA lockout">NBA going through a lockout</a>, had Adelman dismissed,<a href="#cite_note-134">[133]</a> and general manager <a href="/wiki/Daryl_Morey" title="Daryl Morey">Daryl Morey</a> deciding to start a revamp of the Rockets based on advanced statistical analytics (similar to <a href="/wiki/Sabermetrics" title="Sabermetrics">sabermetrics</a> in baseball) in player acquisitions and style of play. Kevin McHale was named head coach, and the roster saw significant changes.<a href="#cite_note-moreyball-135">[134]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012–2021:_The_James_Harden_era">2012–2021: The James Harden era</h3></div> After the roster moves made by Morey during the 2012 NBA off-season,<a href="#cite_note-moreyball-135">[134]</a> only four players were left from the 2011–12 Rockets roster: <a href="/wiki/Chandler_Parsons" title="Chandler Parsons">Chandler Parsons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Smith_(basketball,_born_1991)" title="Greg Smith (basketball, born 1991)">Greg Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Morris_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcus Morris (basketball)">Marcus Morris</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Patterson_(basketball)" title="Patrick Patterson (basketball)">Patrick Patterson</a>,<a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a> with the latter two leaving through trades during the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_NBA_season" title="2012–13 NBA season">2012–13 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-moreyball-135">[134]</a> The most important acquisition was reigning <a href="/wiki/NBA_Sixth_Man_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award">Sixth Man of the Year</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a>, who Morey called a "foundational" player expected to be Houston's featured player after a supporting role in the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>.<a href="#cite_note-137">[136]</a> Harden caused an immediate impact as part of the starting lineup for the Rockets, with 37 points, 12 assists, 6 rebounds, 4 steals, and a block in the season opener against the Detroit Pistons,<a href="#cite_note-138">[137]</a> and an average of 25.9 points a game through the season. Combining Harden's performance and McHale's up-tempo offense, the Rockets became one of the highest-scoring offenses in the NBA, leading the league in scoring for the majority of the season.<a href="#cite_note-moreyball-135">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-139">[138]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_playoffs" title="2013 NBA playoffs">postseason</a>, the Rockets fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round, losing the series 4–2.<a href="#cite_note-140">[139]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Harden_Rockets_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/James_Harden_Rockets_cropped.jpg/170px-James_Harden_Rockets_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="271" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1175" data-file-height="1872"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 271px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/James_Harden_Rockets_cropped.jpg/170px-James_Harden_Rockets_cropped.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="271" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/James_Harden_Rockets_cropped.jpg/255px-James_Harden_Rockets_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/James_Harden_Rockets_cropped.jpg/340px-James_Harden_Rockets_cropped.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> arrived in Houston in 2012, and became a <a href="/wiki/Franchise_player" title="Franchise player">franchise player</a> for the Rockets.</figcaption></figure> Eager to add another franchise player to their team, the Rockets heavily pursued and then acquired free agent <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">center</a> <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a> in the 2013 off-season. He officially signed with the Rockets on July 13, 2013.<a href="#cite_note-141">[140]</a> Led by the new inside-out combination of Howard and James Harden, and with a strong supporting cast including <a href="/wiki/Chandler_Parsons" title="Chandler Parsons">Chandler Parsons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Lin" title="Jeremy Lin">Jeremy Lin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/%C3%96mer_A%C5%9F%C4%B1k" title="Ömer Aşık">Ömer Aşık</a>, the Rockets were expected to jump into title contention in the upcoming season.<a href="#cite_note-142">[141]</a> However, that <a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_playoffs" title="2014 NBA playoffs">postseason</a>, the Rockets were defeated in the first round by the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>, losing the series 4–2.<a href="#cite_note-143">[142]</a> Still, in the <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NBA_season" title="2014–15 NBA season">2014–15 season</a>, without Lin and Parsons but reinforced by <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Ariza" title="Trevor Ariza">Trevor Ariza</a>, the Rockets started the season well, winning the first four games of the season for the first time since 1996–97,<a href="#cite_note-144">[143]</a> and winning each of their first six games by 10 points or more, the first team to accomplish this feat since the 1985–86 Denver Nuggets.<a href="#cite_note-145">[144]</a> Though the Rockets had many key players miss time throughout the entire season, James Harden took it upon himself to keep the Rockets near the top of the conference, turning him into an MVP front-runner. He became the first Rocket to score 50 points in a game since <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a>,<a href="#cite_note-146">[145]</a> as well as the only player in franchise history to record multiple 50 point games in a season.<a href="#cite_note-147">[146]</a> On April 15, 2015, the Rockets beat the Jazz to claim their first-ever Southwest Division title and first Division crown since <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1993–94 Houston Rockets season">1994</a>, and by completing 56 wins finished with the third-best regular season record in franchise history.<a href="#cite_note-148">[147]</a> During the playoffs, the Rockets beat the Mavericks 4–1 in the first round, and overcame a 3–1 deficit against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> to win the Western semifinals and return to the Conference Finals for the first time in 18 years.<a href="#cite_note-149">[148]</a> In the Conference Finals, the Rockets were defeated by the Golden State Warriors 4–1.<a href="#cite_note-150">[149]</a> The <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season" title="2015–16 NBA season">2015–16 season</a> saw <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a> fired after a bad start where the team only won 4 of its first 11 games, and assistant <a href="/wiki/J._B._Bickerstaff" title="J. B. Bickerstaff">J. B. Bickerstaff</a> took over coaching duties.<a href="#cite_note-151">[150]</a> Inconsistent play led to the Rockets struggling to remain in the playoff qualifying zone,<a href="#cite_note-152">[151]</a> and surrounded by trade rumors.<a href="#cite_note-153">[152]</a> Houston only clinched its <a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_playoffs" title="2016 NBA playoffs">2016 playoffs</a> spot by winning its last game, finishing the season 41–41 to earn an eight seed and a match-up against the Warriors.<a href="#cite_note-154">[153]</a> Like in the previous year, the Rockets were once again defeated by Golden State in five games.<a href="#cite_note-155">[154]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2016–2020:_The_arrival_of_Mike_D'Antoni">2016–2020: The arrival of Mike D'Antoni</h4></div> During the 2016 off-season, <a href="/wiki/Mike_D%27Antoni" title="Mike D'Antoni">Mike D'Antoni</a> was named as the Rockets' new head coach,<a href="#cite_note-156">[155]</a> and Dwight Howard opted out of his contract's final year, becoming a free agent.<a href="#cite_note-157">[156]</a> In the following free-agency period, the Rockets looked to embrace the play styles of both coach D'Antoni and Harden through the signings of <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Anderson_(basketball,_born_1988)" title="Ryan Anderson (basketball, born 1988)">Ryan Anderson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Gordon" title="Eric Gordon">Eric Gordon</a>, two predominately perimeter players and good fits in Houston's up-tempo offense style.<a href="#cite_note-158">[157]</a> Morey signed <a href="/wiki/Nen%C3%AA" title="Nenê">Nenê Hilario</a> to succor the roster defense and a backup behind <a href="/wiki/Clint_Capela" title="Clint Capela">Clint Capela</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Anderson_(basketball,_born_1988)" title="Ryan Anderson (basketball, born 1988)">Ryan Anderson</a> after <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donatas_Motiej%C5%ABnas" title="Donatas Motiejūnas">Donatas Motiejūnas</a> left the team during free agency.<a href="#cite_note-159">[158]</a><a href="#cite_note-160">[159]</a> When the 2016–17 season started, Harden was off to a great start and was widely considered a top MVP runner along with <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a>, alongside former teammate <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Russell Westbrook</a>.<a href="#cite_note-161">[160]</a> To gain more firepower from the bench, Morey traded <a href="/wiki/Corey_Brewer" title="Corey Brewer">Corey Brewer</a> and the 2017 first-round pick to the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> for <a href="/wiki/Lou_Williams" title="Lou Williams">Lou Williams</a> to enhance the team's offense.<a href="#cite_note-162">[161]</a> When the season ended, the Rockets were third in both the Western Conference and overall rankings, a major improvement from the season before. D'Antoni was named the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Coach_of_the_Year" title="NBA Coach of the Year">NBA Coach of the Year</a>, Eric Gordon the <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Man_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth Man of the Year">Sixth Man of the Year</a>, and Harden finished second in MVP voting to Russell Westbrook.<a href="#cite_note-163">[162]</a> In the playoffs, the Rockets faced the sixth seeded <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> in a battle of the MVP frontrunners, as the winner was not announced until after the finals.<a href="#cite_note-164">[163]</a> The Rockets won the series 4–1 including <a href="/wiki/Nene_Hilario" class="mw-redirect" title="Nene Hilario">Nene Hilario</a>'s perfect 12–12 in field goals in Game 4.<a href="#cite_note-165">[164]</a> In the following round, Houston opened with a dominating 27 points win over the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>, lost the following two games and then tied the series again.<a href="#cite_note-166">[165]</a> The fifth game went into overtime and had both <a href="/wiki/Manu_Ginobili" class="mw-redirect" title="Manu Ginobili">Manu Ginobili</a> blocking James Harden's game tying three point attempt at the final second,<a href="#cite_note-167">[166]</a> and Nene injuring himself out of the postseason.<a href="#cite_note-168">[167]</a> Without Nene, the Rockets could not guard <a href="/wiki/LaMarcus_Aldridge" title="LaMarcus Aldridge">LaMarcus Aldridge</a>, who scored 34 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in the series-closing match.<a href="#cite_note-169">[168]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chris_Paul_(2022_All-Star_Weekend)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Chris_Paul_%282022_All-Star_Weekend%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Chris_Paul_%282022_All-Star_Weekend%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="253" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1902" data-file-height="2188"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 253px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Chris_Paul_%282022_All-Star_Weekend%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Chris_Paul_%282022_All-Star_Weekend%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="253" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Chris_Paul_%282022_All-Star_Weekend%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Chris_Paul_%282022_All-Star_Weekend%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Chris_Paul_%282022_All-Star_Weekend%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Chris_Paul_%282022_All-Star_Weekend%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Chris Paul (Shown in 2022) arrived in Houston in 2017</figcaption></figure> During the 2017 off-season, the Rockets were purchased by Houston restaurant billionaire <a href="/wiki/Tilman_Fertitta" title="Tilman Fertitta">Tilman Fertitta</a> for $2.2 billion,<a href="#cite_note-170">[169]</a> breaking the record for the price to purchase an American professional sports team.<a href="#cite_note-171">[170]</a> The team also acquired 8-time All-NBA player and 9-time All-Star <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Chris Paul</a> in a trade from the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>, in exchange for seven players, cash considerations, and a top three protected 2018 first round draft pick.<a href="#cite_note-172">[171]</a><a href="#cite_note-173">[172]</a> Even if Paul missed many games due to a knee injury, he was a key addition to the Rockets.<a href="#cite_note-174">[173]</a> The team finished the season with 65 wins, a record both league-leading and the best in franchise history.<a href="#cite_note-175">[174]</a> During the playoffs, Houston beat the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> and Utah Jazz in five games before another confrontation with the Golden State Warriors.<a href="#cite_note-176">[175]</a> In Game 5 of the Conference Finals, the Rockets took a 3–2 lead in the series, but they saw Paul leave with an injured hamstring. His absence was felt in the two remaining games, where Houston led by halftime in Game 7 only to suffer a comeback by Golden State.<a href="#cite_note-177">[176]</a> The Rockets had one draft pick entering the off-season, and they used it to select <a href="/wiki/De%27Anthony_Melton" title="De'Anthony Melton">De'Anthony Melton</a>, packaging him in a trade with the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> alongside Ryan Anderson to receive <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Knight_(basketball)" title="Brandon Knight (basketball)">Brandon Knight</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marquese_Chriss" title="Marquese Chriss">Marquese Chriss</a>.<a href="#cite_note-178">[177]</a> In free agency, they signed <a href="/wiki/James_Ennis_III" title="James Ennis III">James Ennis III</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Carter-Williams" title="Michael Carter-Williams">Michael Carter-Williams</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Carmelo_Anthony" title="Carmelo Anthony">Carmelo Anthony</a>. They started the season with a 1–4 record, and after 13 games where they went 6–7, Houston and Anthony mutually agreed to part ways, who was eventually traded to the Chicago Bulls and subsequently waived.<a href="#cite_note-179">[178]</a><a href="#cite_note-180">[179]</a> After falling to the 14th seed in the Western Conference, James Harden went on a 32-game streak scoring at least 30 points per game—the second-longest in NBA history—with Harden averaging 41.1 points per game in that run. He drove the Rockets through a 21–11 push in that streak; and after beginning the season 11–14, the Rockets finished the season 42–15, winning 20 of their last 25 games and finishing fourth in the Western Conference after losing the final two games of the season, which would have potentially given them the second or third seed.<a href="#cite_note-181">[180]</a><a href="#cite_note-182">[181]</a> After what was determined to be poor fits of the acquisitions made in free agency, on top of injuries, Daryl Morey traded the players acquired in the off-season at the trade deadline and replaced them with <a href="/wiki/Austin_Rivers" title="Austin Rivers">Austin Rivers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Faried" title="Kenneth Faried">Kenneth Faried</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danuel_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Danuel House">Danuel House</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Iman_Shumpert" title="Iman Shumpert">Iman Shumpert</a> during the season. On April 7, 2019, against the Phoenix Suns, Houston became the first team in NBA history to make 25+ two-pointers and 25+ three-pointers in the same game, outscoring their last four opponents by 117 points, second-best in a four-game span in franchise history (127+ in February 1993). They beat their own record for most three-pointers made by one team in a single game in NBA history two times with 26 and 27.<a href="#cite_note-183">[182]</a><a href="#cite_note-184">[183]</a> The Rockets clinched a division title and a playoff berth for a seventh straight appearance.<a href="#cite_note-185">[184]</a> After defeating the Utah Jazz in five games, Houston faced Golden State for the fourth time in five years. The series began with a tight Game 1 decided by four points along with officiating that received scrutiny.<a href="#cite_note-186">[185]</a> With both teams winning their home games, putting the series at 2–2, Golden State won the next two games to eliminate the Rockets for the second year in a row along with the fourth time in five years. During the 2019 off-season, Morey sought out to once again retool the roster. As part of a trade with the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>, the Rockets traded <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Chris Paul</a>, two future first round picks, and two future first round pick swaps in exchange for James Harden's former Thunder teammate <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Russell Westbrook</a>.<a href="#cite_note-187">[186]</a> Nearing the trade deadline of the 2019–20 season, the Rockets were involved in a blockbuster, four-team trade which was centered around bringing <a href="/wiki/Robert_Covington" title="Robert Covington">Robert Covington</a> back to the Rockets and sending centers <a href="/wiki/Clint_Capela" title="Clint Capela">Clint Capela</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nen%C3%AA" title="Nenê">Nenê</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a>.<a href="#cite_note-188">[187]</a> The trade cemented the Rockets' total commitment to a <a href="/wiki/Small_ball_(basketball)" title="Small ball (basketball)">small ball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basketball_playbook" title="Basketball playbook">5-out offense</a>, a style of play which was considered revolutionary for its time.<a href="#cite_note-189">[188]</a> In their first twelve games since going 6'7" or shorter in their lineups, the Rockets went 10–2, being in the top percentile in win percentage, offensive rating, and point differential.<a href="#cite_note-190">[189]</a> In February, the month they made the trade, the double-MVP backcourt of Harden and Westbrook became the first teammates in NBA history to average 30+ points and 5+ assists per game.<a href="#cite_note-191">[190]</a> By the end of the season, Harden and Westbrook scored a combined 61.5 points per game, breaking <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal's</a> previous record for the highest-scoring basketball duo since the ABA-NBA merger.<a href="#cite_note-192">[191]</a> Following the <a href="/wiki/Suspension_of_the_2019%E2%80%9320_NBA_season" title="Suspension of the 2019–20 NBA season">suspension of the 2019–20 NBA season</a>, the Rockets were one of the 22 teams invited to the <a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Bubble" title="2020 NBA Bubble">NBA Bubble</a> to participate in the final eight games of the regular season.<a href="#cite_note-193">[192]</a> After the Rockets were eliminated in the playoffs by the Los Angeles Lakers, D'Antoni and Morey informed the Rockets that they would both not return to the team for the 2020–21 season.<a href="#cite_note-194">[193]</a><a href="#cite_note-195">[194]</a> <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Stone" title="Rafael Stone">Rafael Stone</a> was hired as the general manager after serving in <a href="/wiki/General_counsel" title="General counsel">general counsel</a> and as an assistant general manager.<a href="#cite_note-196">[195]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Silas" title="Stephen Silas">Stephen Silas</a> was hired as the Rockets' head coach. Stone traded <a href="/wiki/Robert_Covington" title="Robert Covington">Robert Covington</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> in exchange for former Houston veteran <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Ariza" title="Trevor Ariza">Trevor Ariza</a>, a first-round pick, and the rights to <a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Stewart" title="Isaiah Stewart">Isaiah Stewart</a>, who was the 16th overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_draft" title="2020 NBA draft">2020 NBA draft</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-197">[196]</a> Stone then traded Ariza, the rights to Stewart, a second round pick, and cash considerations to the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Christian_Wood" title="Christian Wood">Christian Wood</a>, a first-round pick, and a second round pick. A few days later, the Rockets signed former All-Star <a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Cousins" title="DeMarcus Cousins">DeMarcus Cousins</a> in a one-year deal.<a href="#cite_note-198">[197]</a> A week later, Westbrook was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a> in December 2020 in an exchange for Cousins former Kentucky teammate <a href="/wiki/John_Wall" title="John Wall">John Wall</a> and a lottery-protected first-round pick.<a href="#cite_note-199">[198]</a><a href="#cite_note-200">[199]</a> In January 2021, Harden was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a> in a four-team trade. In return, the Rockets received <a href="/wiki/Victor_Oladipo" title="Victor Oladipo">Victor Oladipo</a> from the Indiana Pacers, <a href="/wiki/Rodions_Kurucs" title="Rodions Kurucs">Rodions Kurucs</a> from the Brooklyn Nets, <a href="/wiki/Dant%C3%A9_Exum" title="Danté Exum">Dante Exum</a> from the Cleveland Cavaliers, Four 1st-round picks and Five 1st-round picks swap.<a href="#cite_note-201">[200]</a><a href="#cite_note-JamesHardenJan21-202">[B]</a> The Rockets began the season with an 11–10 start but ended up with a 17–55 record,<a href="#cite_note-203">[note 1]</a> the worst in the league despite with many injuries and trades. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2021–present:_Rebuilding_phase">2021–present: Rebuilding phase</h3></div> In the <a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_draft" title="2021 NBA draft">2021 NBA draft</a>, the team selected <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Green" title="Jalen Green">Jalen Green</a> with the second overall pick out of the <a href="/wiki/NBA_G_League_Ignite" title="NBA G League Ignite">NBA G League Ignite</a>, pairing him alongside <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Porter_Jr." title="Kevin Porter Jr.">Kevin Porter Jr.</a>, who was acquired via trade the season prior for a top-55 protected second round pick. Because of their additions in the draft, including first round selections in <a href="/wiki/Alperen_%C5%9Eeng%C3%BCn" title="Alperen Şengün">Alperen Şengün</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josh_Christopher" title="Josh Christopher">Josh Christopher</a>, the team began focusing on developing and rebuilding around their young core, which resulted in <a href="/wiki/John_Wall" title="John Wall">John Wall</a> being benched for the entire season.<a href="#cite_note-204">[201]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_NBA_season" title="2021–22 NBA season">2021–22 season</a>, the Rockets were once again bottom of the league, with a 20–62 record. Jalen Green was selected to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_Team" title="NBA All-Rookie Team">NBA All-Rookie First Team</a> with averages of 17.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 2.6 assists.<a href="#cite_note-205">[202]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alperen_%C5%9Eeng%C3%BCn_Houston_Rockets_vs_Cleveland_Cavaliers_2021-12-15_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Alperen_%C5%9Eeng%C3%BCn_Houston_Rockets_vs_Cleveland_Cavaliers_2021-12-15_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Alperen_%C5%9Eeng%C3%BCn_Houston_Rockets_vs_Cleveland_Cavaliers_2021-12-15_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="639"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 293px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Alperen_%C5%9Eeng%C3%BCn_Houston_Rockets_vs_Cleveland_Cavaliers_2021-12-15_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Alperen_%C5%9Eeng%C3%BCn_Houston_Rockets_vs_Cleveland_Cavaliers_2021-12-15_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="293" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Alperen_%C5%9Eeng%C3%BCn_Houston_Rockets_vs_Cleveland_Cavaliers_2021-12-15_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Alperen_%C5%9Eeng%C3%BCn_Houston_Rockets_vs_Cleveland_Cavaliers_2021-12-15_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Alperen_%C5%9Eeng%C3%BCn_Houston_Rockets_vs_Cleveland_Cavaliers_2021-12-15_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Alperen_%C5%9Eeng%C3%BCn_Houston_Rockets_vs_Cleveland_Cavaliers_2021-12-15_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alperen_%C5%9Eeng%C3%BCn" title="Alperen Şengün">Alperen Sengun</a></figcaption></figure> In the <a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_draft" title="2022 NBA draft">2022 NBA draft</a>, the Rockets selected <a href="/wiki/Jabari_Smith_Jr." title="Jabari Smith Jr.">Jabari Smith Jr.</a> with third overall pick and <a href="/wiki/Tari_Eason" title="Tari Eason">Tari Eason</a> with the 17th overall picks. The Rockets made some adjustments by sending forward <a href="/wiki/Christian_Wood" title="Christian Wood">Christian Wood</a> to the Dallas Mavericks in an exchange for <a href="/wiki/Boban_Marjanovi%C4%87" title="Boban Marjanović">Boban Marjanović</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sterling_Brown_(basketball)" title="Sterling Brown (basketball)">Sterling Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trey_Burke" title="Trey Burke">Trey Burke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marquese_Chriss" title="Marquese Chriss">Marquese Chriss</a> and traded all of them to the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> during the off-season to develop their young core while keeping Marjanović. During the off-season, the Rockets bought out <a href="/wiki/John_Wall" title="John Wall">John Wall</a>'s contract, who had been demanding a trade for a while and did not participate for the Rockets <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_NBA_season" title="2021–22 NBA season">2021-22 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-206">[203]</a> On February 9, 2023, the Rockets traded long-time veteran <a href="/wiki/Eric_Gordon" title="Eric Gordon">Eric Gordon</a> to the Clippers in three-team trade in exchange of <a href="/wiki/Danny_Green_(basketball)" title="Danny Green (basketball)">Danny Green</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Wall" title="John Wall">John Wall</a> and were later on waived. The Rockets ended the 2022–23 regular season with a 22–60 record, tying with the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> for last in the Western Conference. The Rockets fired head coach <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Silas" title="Stephen Silas">Stephen Silas</a> after they chose not to pick up his fourth year option and replaced him with former <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Ime_Udoka" title="Ime Udoka">Ime Udoka</a>. One-time All-Star <a href="/wiki/Fred_VanVleet" title="Fred VanVleet">Fred VanVleet</a> joined the Rockets via free agency signing a three-year $130 million contract. The next day, former <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a> forward <a href="/wiki/Dillon_Brooks" title="Dillon Brooks">Dillion Brooks</a> joined the team signing a four-year, $86 million contract after a mortifying first-round exit against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-207">[204]</a> The Houston Rockets selected <a href="/wiki/Amen_Thompson" title="Amen Thompson">Amen Thompson</a> with the fourth pick and <a href="/wiki/Cam_Whitmore" title="Cam Whitmore">Cam Whitemore</a> with the 20th overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_draft" title="2023 NBA draft">2023 NBA draft</a>. <a href="/wiki/Alperen_%C5%9Eeng%C3%BCn" title="Alperen Şengün">Alperen Sengun</a> improved this season, averaging 21.1 points per game, 9.3 rebounds per game, and 5 assists per game. He was announced out for the season on March 21 with an ankle injury. </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="Season-by-season_record">Season-by-season record</h2></div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> List of the last five seasons completed by the Rockets. For the full season-by-season history, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_Rockets_seasons" title="List of Houston Rockets seasons">List of Houston Rockets seasons</a>. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, W–L% = Winning percentage <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="font-weight:bold; background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;"> <td>Season</td> <td>GP</td> <td>W</td> <td>L</td> <td>W–L%</td> <td>Finish</td> <td>Playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_NBA_season" title="2019–20 NBA season">2019–20</a></td> <td>72</td> <td>44</td> <td>28</td> <td>.611</td> <td>1st, Southwest</td> <td>Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Lakers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_NBA_season" title="2020–21 NBA season">2020–21</a></td> <td>72</td> <td>17</td> <td>55</td> <td>.236</td> <td>5th, Southwest</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_NBA_season" title="2021–22 NBA season">2021–22</a></td> <td>82</td> <td>20</td> <td>62</td> <td>.244</td> <td>5th, Southwest</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_NBA_season" title="2022–23 NBA season">2022–23</a></td> <td>82</td> <td>22</td> <td>60</td> <td>.268</td> <td>4th, Southwest</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_NBA_season" title="2023–24 NBA season">2023–24</a></td> <td>82</td> <td>41</td> <td>41</td> <td>.500</td> <td>3rd, Southwest</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="Home_arenas">Home arenas</h2></div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:453px;max-width:453px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:212px;max-width:212px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Summit,_exterior,_Houston.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/The_Summit%2C_exterior%2C_Houston.jpg/210px-The_Summit%2C_exterior%2C_Houston.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="109" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="568" data-file-height="295"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 210px;height: 109px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/The_Summit%2C_exterior%2C_Houston.jpg/210px-The_Summit%2C_exterior%2C_Houston.jpg" data-alt="" data-width="210" data-height="109" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/The_Summit%2C_exterior%2C_Houston.jpg/315px-The_Summit%2C_exterior%2C_Houston.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/The_Summit%2C_exterior%2C_Houston.jpg/420px-The_Summit%2C_exterior%2C_Houston.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></div><div class="thumbcaption">The Summit (later Compaq Center) hosted the Rockets from 1975 to 2003, and was also the site where the Rockets won both of their NBA titles in 1994 and 1995. Today the site is the <a href="/wiki/Lakewood_Church_Central_Campus" title="Lakewood Church Central Campus">worship center</a> for <a href="/wiki/Lakewood_Church" title="Lakewood Church">Lakewood Church</a>.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:237px;max-width:237px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:Toyota_Center_entr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Toyota_Center_entr.jpg/235px-Toyota_Center_entr.jpg" decoding="async" width="235" height="157" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="6048" data-file-height="4032"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 235px;height: 157px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Toyota_Center_entr.jpg/235px-Toyota_Center_entr.jpg" data-alt="" data-width="235" data-height="157" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Toyota_Center_entr.jpg/353px-Toyota_Center_entr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Toyota_Center_entr.jpg/470px-Toyota_Center_entr.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Center" title="Toyota Center">Toyota Center</a> is the current home of the Houston Rockets.</div></div></div></div></div> During the four years the Rockets were in San Diego, they played their games in the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Sports_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego Sports Arena">San Diego Sports Arena</a>,<a href="#cite_note-chronhistory-13">[12]</a> which had a <a href="/wiki/Seating_capacity" title="Seating capacity">seating capacity</a> of 14,400.<a href="#cite_note-208">[205]</a> In their first season after moving to Houston, the Rockets did not have their own arena, and they played their first two years at various venues in the city, including the <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reliant_Park#Reliant_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Reliant Park">AstroHall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Coliseum" title="Sam Houston Coliseum">Sam Houston Coliseum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hofheinz_Pavilion" class="mw-redirect" title="Hofheinz Pavilion">Hofheinz Pavilion</a>, the latter eventually being adopted as their home arena until 1975. They also had to play "home" games in other cities such as <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waco,_Texas" title="Waco, Texas">Waco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque</a>, and even San Diego in efforts to extend the fan-base. During their first season, the Rockets averaged less than 5,000 fans per game (roughly half full), and in one game in Waco, there were only 759 fans in attendance.<a href="#cite_note-chronhistory-13">[12]</a> Their first permanent arena in Houston was the 10,000 seat Hofheinz Pavilion on the campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a>, which they moved into starting in their second season. They played in the arena for four years, before occupying <a href="/wiki/Lakewood_Church_Central_Campus" title="Lakewood Church Central Campus">The Summit</a> in 1975. The arena, which could hold 16,611 spectators,<a href="#cite_note-209">[206]</a> was their home for the next 28 years. It was renamed the Compaq Center from 1998 to 2003.<a href="#cite_note-chronhistory-13">[12]</a> Following the 1994 title, the Rockets had a sellout streak of 176 consecutive home games, including the playoffs, which lasted until 1999. However, the struggling 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons saw Houston having the worst attendance average in the league, with less than 12,000 spectators each season.<a href="#cite_note-210">[207]</a> For the <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NBA_season" title="2003–04 NBA season">2003–04 season</a>, the Rockets moved into their new arena, the <a href="/wiki/Toyota_Center" title="Toyota Center">Toyota Center</a>, with a <a href="/wiki/Seating_capacity" title="Seating capacity">seating capacity</a> of 18,500.<a href="#cite_note-newarena-116">[115]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2007–08 season</a> where the team achieved a 22-game winning streak, the Rockets got their best numbers to date, averaging 17,379 spectators.<a href="#cite_note-211">[208]</a> These were exceeded once James Harden joined the team in 2012. The Rockets averaged 18,123 spectators during the 2013–14 season, selling out 39 out of the 41 home games.<a href="#cite_note-212">[209]</a><a href="#cite_note-213">[210]</a> The 2014–15 season had even better numbers, with 40 sellouts and an average of 18,230 tickets sold.<a href="#cite_note-guideatt-214">[211]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="Team_identity">Team identity</h2></div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uniforms_and_logos">Uniforms and logos</h3></div> When the Rockets debuted in San Diego, their colors were green and gold. Road uniforms featured the city name, while the home uniforms feature the team name, both in a serifed block lettering. This was the only uniform design the Rockets would use throughout their years in San Diego. The Rockets' first logo featured a rocket streaking with a basketball surrounded by the team name.<a href="#cite_note-breitbard-16">[15]</a> Upon moving to Houston in 1971, the Rockets replaced green with red.<a href="#cite_note-uniforms-14">[13]</a> They kept the same design from their San Diego days, save for the change of color and city name. The logo used is of a player with a spinning basketball launching upward, with boosters on his back, leaving a trail of red and gold flames and the words "Houston Rockets" below it.<a href="#cite_note-uniforms-14">[13]</a> For the 1972–73 season, the Rockets introduced the famous "ketchup and mustard" logo, so dubbed by fans, featuring a gold basketball surrounded by two red trails, with "Houston" atop the first red trail and "Rockets" (all <a href="/wiki/Capitalization" title="Capitalization">capitalized</a> save for the lowercase 'E' and 'T') in black surrounding the basketball. The initial home uniforms, used until the 1975–76 season, features the city name, numbers and serifed player name in red with gold trim, while the away uniforms feature the city name (all capitalized except for the lower case 'T' and 'N'), numbers and serifed player name in gold with white trim.<a href="#cite_note-uniforms-14">[13]</a> In the 1976–77 season, the Rockets modified their uniforms, featuring a monotone look on the <a href="/wiki/Cooper_Black" title="Cooper Black">Cooper Black</a> fonts and white lettering on the road uniforms. On the home shorts, the team logo is located on the right leg, while the away shorts feature the team name wordmark on the same location. With minor modifications in the number font, this version was used in all four of their NBA Finals appearances, including their <a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Finals" title="1994 NBA Finals">1994</a> and <a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_Finals" title="1995 NBA Finals">1995</a> championships.<a href="#cite_note-uniforms-14">[13]</a> Following the 1995 title, the Rockets opted to modernize their look. After a fan contest with over 5,000 entries, the team went with the idea of <a href="/wiki/Missouri_City,_Texas" title="Missouri City, Texas">Missouri City</a> artist Thomas Nash of a rocket orbiting a basketball, which was then reworked by Houston designer Chris Hill.<a href="#cite_note-Barron,_David-96">[95]</a> Nash would later sue the Rockets for <a href="/wiki/Breach_of_contract" title="Breach of contract">breach of contract</a>, given they were using his idea despite not having paid the contest prizes.<a href="#cite_note-215">[212]</a><a href="#cite_note-216">[213]</a> The NBA suggested that the identity should follow the <a href="/wiki/Cartoon" title="Cartoon">cartoon</a>-inspired imagery that other teams adopted during the 1990s, leading to a rocket painted with <a href="/wiki/Shark" title="Shark">sharkmouth</a> <a href="/wiki/Nose_art" title="Nose art">nose art</a> orbiting a basketball. Red was retained, but navy blue and silver became the uniform's primary colors. Both the home white and away navy uniforms featured gradient-fading pinstripes and futuristic number fonts, with side stripes of navy fading to red. This was used until the 2002–03 season.<a href="#cite_note-uniforms-14">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-intown-217">[214]</a> The Rockets released simplified logos and uniforms in the 2003–04 season,<a href="#cite_note-fashion-117">[116]</a> which were created by New York-based agency Alfafa Studio in association with Japanese designer <a href="/wiki/Eiko_Ishioka" title="Eiko Ishioka">Eiko Ishioka</a>. The logo is a stylized 'R' in the shape of a rocket during <a href="/wiki/Takeoff" title="Takeoff">takeoff</a>, surrounded by a red orbit streak that can be interpreted as the central circle of a basketball court. Said "R" inspired the team's new custom typeface, designed so that every single digit could be read well from a distance, whether in the arena or on television. Red once again became the dominant color, with silver and black as secondary.<a href="#cite_note-218">[215]</a><a href="#cite_note-219">[216]</a> In 2009, the Rockets invoked the championship years with an alternate red uniform, featuring gold numbers and side stripes.<a href="#cite_note-ketchup-220">[217]</a><a href="#cite_note-221">[218]</a> The Rockets had two sleeved alternate jerseys for the 2015–16 season, an alternate silver-colored uniform whose design referenced the design of NASA's <a href="/wiki/Titan_II_GLV" title="Titan II GLV">Gemini-Titan rocket</a>, and a red and gold jersey featuring the nickname "Clutch City".<a href="#cite_note-222">[219]</a> For the 2016–17 season, the Rockets began to wear a black alternate uniform. Following the switch to Nike in 2017, the Rockets made some slight tweaks to the uniform. While the black "Statement" uniform remained mostly unchanged, the red "Icon" and white "Association" uniforms now feature truncated side striping that no longer wrap around the shoulders. The Rockets also wore a "City" uniform that was similar to their red "Icon" uniforms but with Chinese lettering in place of "Rockets" in front; the design was tweaked the following season with a deeper red and old gold accents. On June 6, 2019, the Rockets unveiled a new secondary logo that depicts a basketball as a planet, and the ring has the "Houston Rockets" displayed with the classic "R" in the middle.<a href="#cite_note-223">[220]</a> A new uniform set was unveiled two weeks later. The red "Icon" and white "Association" designs featured updated block lettering and bold side panels that depict a launching rocket. The black "Statement" uniform remained with a few alterations. In addition, the Rockets brought back their throwback "ketchup and mustard" 1976–95 red uniform as part of Nike's "Classic" series.<a href="#cite_note-224">[221]</a> For the 2019–20 "City" uniform, the Rockets eschewed the Chinese New Year-themed designs and went with a <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>-inspired space theme.<a href="#cite_note-225">[222]</a> The Rockets' "City" uniform for the 2020–21 season featured a powder blue base as a nod to the city of Houston. The colors resembled those of Houston's former <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> team, the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Houston_Oilers" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a>. For the 2021–22 season, the Rockets announced a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Credit_Karma" title="Credit Karma">Credit Karma</a> to be featured on the team's jerseys as a sponsor.<a href="#cite_note-stewart-226">[223]</a> The 2021–22 Rockets' "City" uniform referenced various uniform designs from the past. The navy base and white pinstripes were taken from the 1995–2003 uniforms. The modified "ketchup and mustard" logo on the waist, as well as a diagonally arranged "Houston" wordmark and block numbers, paid tribute to the 1975–1995 uniforms. The modern "R" logo and white double arches on the side were an homage to the 2003–2019 uniforms.<a href="#cite_note-227">[224]</a> The Rockets retained this "City" uniform in the 2022–23 season.<a href="#cite_note-228">[225]</a> For the 2023–24 "City" uniform, the Rockets drew inspiration from the uniforms worn by the <a href="/wiki/Phi_Slama_Jama" title="Phi Slama Jama">Phi Slama Jama</a>-era <a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars_men%27s_basketball" title="Houston Cougars men's basketball">Houston Cougars</a> of the early 1980s. A nod to both teams' legends Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, the white-based uniform featured "H-Town" in red cursive letters with white and blue trim, along with block numbers.<a href="#cite_note-229">[226]</a> The uniforms would also be paired with an alternate court specific to the <a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_in-season_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 NBA in-season tournament">2023 NBA in-season tournament</a>, featuring a red base with a middle blue strip and silhouettes of the NBA Cup.<a href="#cite_note-230">[227]</a> The "H-Town" theme returned for the 2024–25 "City" uniform, this time honoring the 30th anniversary of the Rockets' 1994 and 1995 championships. The design featured "H-Town" (with 't' and 'n' in lowercase letters) in a wordmark similar to the team's 1972–1995 logo, and the black trim along the uniform was shaped after the team's championship banners. The logo of the team's previous home The Summit was emblazoned on the beltline, and the center court logo from that era was placed on the white space between the black piping. Signatures of Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, along with the phrases "BELIEVE IT! AGAIN!", were placed on the bottom of the jersey.<a href="#cite_note-231">[228]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Houston_rockets_mascot.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Houston_rockets_mascot.JPG/170px-Houston_rockets_mascot.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="257" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="859" data-file-height="1301"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 257px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Houston_rockets_mascot.JPG/170px-Houston_rockets_mascot.JPG" data-width="170" data-height="257" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Houston_rockets_mascot.JPG/255px-Houston_rockets_mascot.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Houston_rockets_mascot.JPG/340px-Houston_rockets_mascot.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Clutch the Bear is the Rockets' mascot.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mascots">Mascots</h3></div> The mascot was introduced on March 14, 1995, formerly known as "Clutch" . From 1993 to 1995, the mascot was Turbo, a costumed man that performed acrobatic dunks and other maneuvers.<a href="#cite_note-232">[229]</a> In 1995, the Rockets debuted <a href="/wiki/Clutch_(mascot)" title="Clutch (mascot)">Clutch the Bear</a> as a second mascot, a large teddy bear-like mascot that performs a variety of acts during the games. After eight years of serving as dual mascots, the performer playing Turbo retired, making Clutch the sole mascot for the team.<a href="#cite_note-233">[230]</a> The mascot was considered and voted fifth for the most recognizable mascot in the league, and was also inducted in the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Mascot_Hall_of_Fame" title="Mascot Hall of Fame">Mascot Hall of Fame</a>.<a href="#cite_note-234">[231]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Rockets%E2%80%93Spurs_rivalry" title="Rockets–Spurs rivalry">Rockets–Spurs rivalry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jazz%E2%80%93Rockets_rivalry" title="Jazz–Rockets rivalry">Jazz–Rockets rivalry</a></div> The Rockets have developed many rivalries within the Western Conference ever since the team returned there in 1980. Two are intrastate rivalries, with the San Antonio Spurs, who moved along with the Rockets after four years with them in the Eastern Conference,<a href="#cite_note-235">[232]</a> and the Dallas Mavericks, introduced that very season.<a href="#cite_note-236">[233]</a> Houston has faced both Texas teams in the playoffs since 1980, beating the Spurs three times and losing once. The Rockets lost twice to the Mavericks, while beating them once.<a href="#cite_note-237">[234]</a> Other famed rivalries were with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>, who in the 1980s <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(basketball)" title="Showtime (basketball)">Showtime</a> era only missed the NBA Finals when beaten by the Rockets,<a href="#cite_note-238">[235]</a> and the Utah Jazz, who the Rockets beat in both championship seasons but were defeated by Utah in five other occasions.<a href="#cite_note-239">[236]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="Honors_and_statistics">Honors and statistics</h2></div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_honors">Individual honors</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Most Valuable Player Award</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> – 1979, 1982<a href="#cite_note-malonestats-240">[237]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> – 1994<a href="#cite_note-hakeemstats-241">[238]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> – 2018<a href="#cite_note-hardenstats-242">[239]</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals MVP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> – 1994, 1995<a href="#cite_note-hakeemstats-241">[238]</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_annual_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders">NBA Scoring Champions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> – 1969<a href="#cite_note-243">[240]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> – 2018, 2019, 2020<a href="#cite_note-244">[241]</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/NBA_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award">NBA Defensive Player of the Year</a><a href="#cite_note-guideawards-245">[242]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> – 1993, 1994</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Rookie of the Year Award">NBA Rookie of the Year</a><a href="#cite_note-guideawards-245">[242]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a> – 1984</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Francis" title="Steve Francis">Steve Francis</a> – 2000</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/NBA_Sixth_Man_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Sixth Man Award">NBA Sixth Man of the Year</a><a href="#cite_note-guideawards-245">[242]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Gordon" title="Eric Gordon">Eric Gordon</a> – 2017</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Improved_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Improved Player Award">NBA Most Improved Player</a><a href="#cite_note-guideawards-245">[242]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Brooks_(basketball)" title="Aaron Brooks (basketball)">Aaron Brooks</a> – 2010</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/NBA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Coach of the Year Award">NBA Coach of the Year</a><a href="#cite_note-guideawards-245">[242]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Nissalke" title="Tom Nissalke">Tom Nissalke</a> – 1977</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Chaney" title="Don Chaney">Don Chaney</a> – 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_D%27Antoni" title="Mike D'Antoni">Mike D'Antoni</a> – 2017</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/NBA_Executive_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Executive of the Year Award">NBA Executive of the Year</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Patterson_(basketball)" title="Ray Patterson (basketball)">Ray Patterson</a> – 1977<a href="#cite_note-246">[243]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daryl_Morey" title="Daryl Morey">Daryl Morey</a> – 2018<a href="#cite_note-247">[244]</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy_Citizenship_Award" title="J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award">J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">Calvin Murphy</a> – 1979<a href="#cite_note-248">[245]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Dikembe Mutombo</a> – 2009<a href="#cite_note-249">[246]</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/NBA_Hustle_Award" title="NBA Hustle Award">NBA Hustle Award</a><a href="#cite_note-250">[247]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Beverley" title="Patrick Beverley">Patrick Beverley</a> – 2017</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Defensive_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Defensive First Team">NBA All-Defensive First Team</a><a href="#cite_note-guideawards-245">[242]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> – 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_McCray_(basketball)" title="Rodney McCray (basketball)">Rodney McCray</a> – 1988</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a> – 1999</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Beverley" title="Patrick Beverley">Patrick Beverley</a> – 2017</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Defensive_Second_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Defensive Second Team">NBA All-Defensive Second Team</a><a href="#cite_note-guideawards-245">[242]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> – 1979</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> – 1985, 1991, 1996, 1997</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_McCray_(basketball)" title="Rodney McCray (basketball)">Rodney McCray</a> – 1987</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Battier" title="Shane Battier">Shane Battier</a> – 2008, 2009</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Artest" class="mw-redirect" title="Ron Artest">Ron Artest</a> – 2009</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Beverley" title="Patrick Beverley">Patrick Beverley</a> – 2014<a href="#cite_note-251">[248]</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Rookie First Team">NBA All-Rookie First Team</a><a href="#cite_note-guideawards-245">[242]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> – 1969</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">Calvin Murphy</a> – 1971</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Meriweather" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Meriweather">Joe Meriweather</a> – 1976</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lucas_II" title="John Lucas II">John Lucas</a> – 1977</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a> – 1984</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> – 1985</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Francis" title="Steve Francis">Steve Francis</a> – 2000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao Ming</a> – 2003</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luis_Scola" title="Luis Scola">Luis Scola</a> – 2008</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jae%27Sean_Tate" title="Jae'Sean Tate">Jae'Sean Tate</a> – 2021</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Green" title="Jalen Green">Jalen Green</a> – 2022</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_Second_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Rookie Second Team">NBA All-Rookie Second Team</a><a href="#cite_note-guideawards-245">[242]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Horry" title="Robert Horry">Robert Horry</a> – 1993</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Maloney" title="Matt Maloney">Matt Maloney</a> – 1997</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuttino_Mobley" title="Cuttino Mobley">Cuttino Mobley</a> – 1999</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Dickerson" title="Michael Dickerson">Michael Dickerson</a> – 1999</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Griffin_(basketball)" title="Eddie Griffin (basketball)">Eddie Griffin</a> – 2002</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Head" title="Luther Head">Luther Head</a> – 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Landry" title="Carl Landry">Carl Landry</a> – 2008</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandler_Parsons" title="Chandler Parsons">Chandler Parsons</a> – 2012</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tari_Eason" title="Tari Eason">Tari Eason</a> – 2023</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabari_Smith_Jr." title="Jabari Smith Jr.">Jabari Smith Jr.</a> – 2023</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amen_Thompson" title="Amen Thompson">Amen Thompson</a> – 2024</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA First Team">All-NBA First Team</a><a href="#cite_note-guideawards-245">[242]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> – 1979, 1982</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> – 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> – 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Second_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA Second Team">All-NBA Second Team</a><a href="#cite_note-guideawards-245">[242]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> – 1980, 1981</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a> – 1985</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> – 1986, 1990, 1996</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao Ming</a> – 2007, 2009</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> – 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a> – 2014<a href="#cite_note-all14-252">[249]</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Third_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA Third Team">All-NBA Third Team</a><a href="#cite_note-guideawards-245">[242]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> – 1991, 1995, 1999</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a> – 1995</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao Ming</a> – 2004, 2006, 2008</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> – 2005, 2008</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> – 2013</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Russell Westbrook</a> – 2020</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-Star_Weekend">All-Star Weekend</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">All-Star</a><a href="#cite_note-all-253">[250]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Don_Kojis" title="Don Kojis">Don Kojis</a> – 1968, 1969</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> – 1969–1972</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Marin" title="Jack Marin">Jack Marin</a> – 1973</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a> – 1974–1977, 1979</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> – 1978–1982</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">Calvin Murphy</a> – 1979</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a> – 1984–1987</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> – 1985–1990, 1992–1997</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otis_Thorpe" title="Otis Thorpe">Otis Thorpe</a> – 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a> – 1997</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a> – 1996, 1997</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Francis" title="Steve Francis">Steve Francis</a> – 2002–2004</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> – 2005–2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao Ming</a> – 2003–2009, 2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> – 2013–2020</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a> – 2014</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Russell Westbrook</a> – 2020</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">All-Star head coach</a><a href="#cite_note-all-253">[250]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a> – 1997</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_D%27Antoni" title="Mike D'Antoni">Mike D'Antoni</a> – 2018</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award">All-Star Game MVP</a><a href="#cite_note-guideawards-245">[242]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a> – 1985<a href="#cite_note-sampsonstats-62">[61]</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Three-Point_Shootout" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-Point Shootout">Three-Point Contest champion</a><a href="#cite_note-all-253">[250]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Gordon" title="Eric Gordon">Eric Gordon</a> – 2017</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Weekend_Skills_Challenge" title="NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge">Skills Challenge champion</a><a href="#cite_note-all-253">[250]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Beverley" title="Patrick Beverley">Patrick Beverley</a> – 2015</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statistics_and_records">Statistics and records</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets_statistics_and_records" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Rockets statistics and records">Houston Rockets statistics and records</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Franchise_leaders">Franchise leaders</h3></div> Bold denotes still active with team. Italics denotes still active but not with team. Points scored (regular season) (as of the end of the 2022–23 season)<a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference1-254">[251]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li>1. <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> (26,511)</li> <li>2. <a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> (18,365)</li> <li>3. <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">Calvin Murphy</a> (17,949)</li> <li>4. <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a> (13,383)</li> <li>5. <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> (11,762)</li> <li>6. <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> (11,119)</li> <li>7. <a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao Ming</a> (9,247)</li> <li>8. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Reid_(basketball)" title="Robert Reid (basketball)">Robert Reid</a> (8,823)</li> <li>9. <a href="/wiki/Mike_Newlin" title="Mike Newlin">Mike Newlin</a> (8,480)</li> <li>10. <a href="/wiki/Otis_Thorpe" title="Otis Thorpe">Otis Thorpe</a> (8,177)</li> <li>11. <a href="/wiki/Cuttino_Mobley" title="Cuttino Mobley">Cuttino Mobley</a> (7,448)</li> <li>12. <a href="/wiki/Steve_Francis" title="Steve Francis">Steve Francis</a> (7,281)</li> <li>13. <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> (6,888)</li> <li>14. <a href="/wiki/Allen_Leavell" title="Allen Leavell">Allen Leavell</a> (6,684)</li> <li>15. <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Maxwell" title="Vernon Maxwell">Vernon Maxwell</a> (6,002)</li> <li>16. <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a> (5,995)</li> <li>17. <a href="/wiki/Eric_Gordon" title="Eric Gordon">Eric Gordon</a> (5,944)</li> <li>18. <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Smith" title="Kenny Smith">Kenny Smith</a> (5,910)</li> <li>19. <a href="/wiki/Luis_Scola" title="Luis Scola">Luis Scola</a> (5,597)</li> <li>20. <a href="/wiki/Rodney_McCray_(basketball)" title="Rodney McCray (basketball)">Rodney McCray</a> (5,059)</li> <li>21. <a href="/wiki/Sleepy_Floyd" title="Sleepy Floyd">Sleepy Floyd</a> (5,030)</li> <li>22. <a href="/wiki/Stu_Lantz" title="Stu Lantz">Stu Lantz</a> (4,947)</li> <li>23. <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Ariza" title="Trevor Ariza">Trevor Ariza</a> (4,863)</li> <li>24. <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Lloyd" title="Lewis Lloyd">Lewis Lloyd</a> (4,384)</li> <li>25. <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a> (4,155)</li> <li>26. <a href="/wiki/Buck_Johnson" title="Buck Johnson">Buck Johnson</a> (4,139)</li> <li>27. <a href="/wiki/John_Block_(basketball)" title="John Block (basketball)">John Block</a> (4,138)</li> <li>28. <a href="/wiki/Clint_Capela" title="Clint Capela">Clint Capela</a> (4,075)</li> <li>29. <a href="/wiki/Don_Kojis" title="Don Kojis">Don Kojis</a> (4,037)</li> <li>30. <a href="/wiki/John_Lucas_II" title="John Lucas II">John Lucas II</a> (3,756)</li></ul> </div> Other Statistics (regular season) (as of the end of the 2022–23 season)<a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference1-254">[251]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1088965794">@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .columns-start .column{float:left;min-width:20em}.mw-parser-output .columns-2 .column{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .columns-3 .column{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .columns-4 .column{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .columns-5 .column{width:20%}}</style><div class="columns-start columns-5"><div class="column"> <dl><dt>Minutes Played</dt></dl> <ul><li>1. <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> (42,844)</li> <li>2. <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">Calvin Murphy</a> (30,607)</li> <li>3. <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a> (25,714)</li> <li>4. <a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> (23,006)</li> <li>5. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Reid_(basketball)" title="Robert Reid (basketball)">Robert Reid</a> (21,718)</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <dl><dt>Rebounds</dt></dl> <ul><li>1. <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> (13,382)</li> <li>2. <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> (6,974)</li> <li>3. <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> (6,959)</li> <li>4. <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a> (6,198)</li> <li>5. <a href="/wiki/Otis_Thorpe" title="Otis Thorpe">Otis Thorpe</a> (5,010)</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <dl><dt>Assists</dt></dl> <ul><li>1. <a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> (4,796)</li> <li>2. <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">Calvin Murphy</a> (4,402)</li> <li>3. <a href="/wiki/Allen_Leavell" title="Allen Leavell">Allen Leavell</a> (3,339)</li> <li>4. <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> (2,992)</li> <li>5. <a href="/wiki/Mike_Newlin" title="Mike Newlin">Mike Newlin</a> (2,581)</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <dl><dt>Steals</dt></dl> <ul><li>1. <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> (2,088)</li> <li>2. <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">Calvin Murphy</a> (1,165)</li> <li>3. <a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> (1,087)</li> <li>4. <a href="/wiki/Allen_Leavell" title="Allen Leavell">Allen Leavell</a> (929)</li> <li>5. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Reid_(basketball)" title="Robert Reid (basketball)">Robert Reid</a> (881)</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <dl><dt>Blocks</dt></dl> <ul><li>1. <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> (3,740)</li> <li>2. <a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao Ming</a> (920)</li> <li>3. <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> (758)</li> <li>4. <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a> (585)</li> <li>5. <a href="/wiki/Clint_Capela" title="Clint Capela">Clint Capela</a> (491)</li></ul> </div><div style="clear: both"></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><h2 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</th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #CE1141, inset -2px -2px 0 #CE1141; !important;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Adams" title="Steven Adams">Adams, Steven</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">265 lb (120 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1993-07-20 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh" title="University of Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Swingman" title="Swingman">G/F</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dillon_Brooks" title="Dillon Brooks">Brooks, Dillon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">225 lb (102 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1996-01-22 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Oregon" title="University of Oregon">Oregon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/N%27Faly_Dante" title="N'Faly Dante">Dante, N'Faly</a> (TW) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">265 lb (120 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2001-10-19 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Oregon" title="University of Oregon">Oregon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">17 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tari_Eason" title="Tari Eason">Eason, Tari</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2001-05-10 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">LSU</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Green" title="Jalen Green">Green, Jalen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">186 lb (84 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2002-02-09 </td> <td style="text-align:left;">Prolific Prep (CA) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">32 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Green_(basketball)" title="Jeff Green (basketball)">Green, Jeff</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">235 lb (107 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1986-08-28 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Holiday" title="Aaron Holiday">Holiday, Aaron</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">185 lb (84 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1996-09-30 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jock_Landale" title="Jock Landale">Landale, Jock</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">255 lb (116 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1995-10-25 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Mary%27s_College_of_California" title="Saint Mary's College of California">Saint Mary's</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">58 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jack_McVeigh" title="Jack McVeigh">McVeigh, Jack</a> (TW) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">205 lb (93 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1996-06-27 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nebraska%E2%80%93Lincoln" title="University of Nebraska–Lincoln">Nebraska</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">28 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Alperen_%C5%9Eeng%C3%BCn" title="Alperen Şengün">Şengün, Alperen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">243 lb (110 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2002-07-25 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Reed_Sheppard" title="Reed Sheppard">Sheppard, Reed</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">185 lb (84 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2004-06-24 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">Kentucky</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jabari_Smith_Jr." title="Jabari Smith Jr.">Smith, Jabari Jr.</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">220 lb (100 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2003-05-13 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jae%27Sean_Tate" title="Jae'Sean Tate">Tate, Jae'Sean</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1995-10-28 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Swingman" title="Swingman">G/F</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Amen_Thompson" title="Amen Thompson">Thompson, Amen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">200 lb (91 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2003-01-30 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pine_Crest_School" title="Pine Crest School">Pine Crest (FL)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fred_VanVleet" title="Fred VanVleet">VanVleet, Fred</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">197 lb (89 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1994-02-25 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Wichita_State_University" title="Wichita State University">Wichita State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cam_Whitmore" title="Cam Whitmore">Whitmore, Cam</a> (GL) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2004-07-08 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Swingman" title="Swingman">G/F</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">19 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Nate_Williams_(basketball,_born_1999)" title="Nate Williams (basketball, born 1999)">Williams, Nate</a> (TW) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">205 lb (93 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1999-02-12 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_at_Buffalo" title="University at Buffalo">Buffalo</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ime_Udoka" title="Ime Udoka">Ime Udoka</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Assistant coach(es)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Bostic" title="Josh Bostic">Josh Bostic</a></li> <li>Will Dunn</li> <li>Cam Hodges</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Ivey" title="Royal Ivey">Royal Ivey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrett_Jackson" title="Garrett Jackson">Garrett Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Moser" title="Mike Moser">Mike Moser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Sullivan_(basketball)" title="Ben Sullivan (basketball)">Ben Sullivan</a></li></ul> <hr> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li>(DP) Unsigned draft pick</li><li>(FA) Free agent</li><li>(S) Suspended</li><li>(GL) On <a href="/wiki/NBA_G_League#Player_allocations" title="NBA G League">assignment</a> to G League affiliate</li><li>(TW) Two-way affiliate player</li><li><noscript><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 8px;height: 8px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" data-alt="Injured" data-width="8" data-height="8" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">  Injured</li></ul></div> <hr> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/rockets/roster/">Roster</a> Last transaction: November 21, 2024 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retained_draft_rights">Retained draft rights</h3></div> The Rockets currently do not own the draft rights to unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends.<a href="#cite_note-255">[252]</a> This list includes draft rights that were acquired from trades with other teams. <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Draft </th> <th style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Round </th> <th style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Pick </th> <th style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Player </th> <th style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Pos. </th> <th style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Nationality </th> <th style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Current team </th> <th style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Note(s) </th> <th class="unsortable" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_draft" title="2018 NBA draft">2018</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">44 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Issuf_Sanon" title="Issuf Sanon">Issuf Sanon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">G </td> <td><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 23px;height: 15px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="23" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">  Ukraine </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BK_VEF_R%C4%ABga" title="BK VEF Rīga">VEF Rīga</a> (<a href="/wiki/Latvian-Estonian_Basketball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Latvian-Estonian Basketball League">Latvia</a>) </td> <td>Acquired from the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a> (via <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York</a>) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-256">[253]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_draft" title="2017 NBA draft">2017</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">60 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Kaba" title="Alpha Kaba">Alpha Kaba</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">F/C </td> <td><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 23px;height: 15px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="23" data-height="15" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">  Guinea </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maccabi_Tel_Aviv_B.C." title="Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.">Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv</a> (<a href="/wiki/Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League" title="Israeli Basketball Premier League">Israel</a>) </td> <td>Acquired from the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-257">[254]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retired_numbers">Retired numbers</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Houston Rockets retired numbers </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">No. </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Player </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Position </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Tenure </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Ceremony date </th></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao Ming</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></td> <td>2002–2011</td> <td>February 3, 2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></td> <td>1995–1998</td> <td>February 3, 2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">Calvin Murphy</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></td> <td>1970–1983</td> <td>March 17, 1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></td> <td>1976–1982</td> <td>April 19, 1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td>34</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></td> <td>1984–2001</td> <td>November 9, 2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td>44</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a>/<a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></td> <td>1968–1972 1981–1984</td> <td>November 18, 2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td>45</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a>1</td> <td>1970–1981</td> <td>January 28, 1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td>CD</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carroll_Dawson" title="Carroll Dawson">Carroll Dawson</a></td> <td>Assistant coach General manager2</td> <td>1980–2007</td> <td>April 16, 2007 </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>1 Also served as head coach (1991–2003).</li> <li>2 As Dawson did not play for the Rockets, the team used his initials.<a href="#cite_note-258">[255]</a></li> <li>The NBA retired <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a>'s No. 6 for all its member teams on August 11, 2022.<a href="#cite_note-259">[256]</a><a href="#cite_note-260">[257]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basketball_Hall_of_Famers">Basketball Hall of Famers</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Houston Rockets Hall of Famers<a href="#cite_note-261">[258]</a><a href="#cite_note-262">[259]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Players </th></tr> <tr> <th>No.</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Tenure</th> <th>Inducted </th></tr> <tr> <td>2 4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">F</a></td> <td>1978–1980</td> <td>1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 44</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a>/<a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">F</a></td> <td>1968–1972 1981–1984</td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">Calvin Murphy</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">G</a></td> <td>1970–1983</td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a>/<a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">F</a></td> <td>1976–1982</td> <td>2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a> 1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">G</a>/<a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">F</a></td> <td>1995–1998</td> <td>2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a> 1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">F</a></td> <td>1996–2000</td> <td>2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td>34</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></td> <td>1984–2001</td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td>33</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a> 1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">F</a></td> <td>1999</td> <td>2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td>50</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Ralph Sampson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a>/<a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">F</a></td> <td>1983–1987</td> <td>2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td>55</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Dikembe Mutombo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></td> <td>2004–2009</td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao Ming</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></td> <td>2002–2011</td> <td>2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">G</a>/<a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">F</a></td> <td>2004–2010</td> <td>2017 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Name</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Tenure</th> <th>Inducted </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Hannum" title="Alex Hannum">Alex Hannum</a></td> <td>Head coach</td> <td>1969–1971</td> <td>1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tex_Winter" title="Tex Winter">Tex Winter</a></td> <td>Head coach</td> <td>1971–1973</td> <td>2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Bill Fitch</a></td> <td>Head coach</td> <td>1983–1988</td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>45</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a> 2</td> <td>Head coach</td> <td>1992–2003</td> <td>2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Adelman" title="Rick Adelman">Rick Adelman</a> 4</td> <td>Head coach</td> <td>2007–2011</td> <td>2021 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Contributors </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Name</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Tenure</th> <th>Inducted </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Newell" title="Pete Newell">Pete Newell</a> 3</td> <td>General manager</td> <td>1968–1971</td> <td>1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Del_Harris" title="Del Harris">Del Harris</a></td> <td>Assistant coach Head coach</td> <td>1976–1979 1979–1983</td> <td>2022 </td></tr></tbody></table> Notes: <ul><li>1 All three players were also inducted to the Hall of Fame as members of the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team">1992 Olympic team</a>.</li> <li>2 Tomjanovich also played for the Rockets from 1970 to 1981 and served as assistant coach from 1983 to 1992.</li> <li>3 In total, Newell was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice – as contributor and as a member of the <a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team">1960 Olympic team</a>.</li> <li>4 Adelman also played for the Rockets from 1968 to 1970.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FIBA_Hall_of_Famers">FIBA Hall of Famers</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Houston Rockets Hall of Famers </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Players </th></tr> <tr> <th>No.</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Tenure</th> <th>Inducted </th></tr> <tr> <td>34</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></td> <td>1984–2001</td> <td>2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao Ming</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></td> <td>2002–2011</td> <td>2023 </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><h2 id="Management">Management</h2></div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"><div class="columns-start columns-2"><div class="column"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_managers">General managers</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">GM history </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">GM </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_McMahon" title="Jack McMahon">Jack McMahon</a><a href="#cite_note-firstGMs-263">[260]</a></td> <td>Mar 1967 – June 1968 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pete_Newell" title="Pete Newell">Pete Newell</a><a href="#cite_note-firstGMs-263">[260]</a></td> <td>June 1968 – May 1972 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Patterson_(basketball)" title="Ray Patterson (basketball)">Ray Patterson</a><a href="#cite_note-pattersonreign-264">[261]</a></td> <td>May 1972 – September 1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Patterson_(sports_executive)" title="Steve Patterson (sports executive)">Steve Patterson</a><a href="#cite_note-265">[262]</a></td> <td>September 1989 – August 1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tod_Leiweke" title="Tod Leiweke">Tod Leiweke</a><a href="#cite_note-266">[263]</a></td> <td>August 1993–January 1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Weinhauer" title="Bob Weinhauer">Bob Weinhauer</a><a href="#cite_note-267">[264]</a></td> <td>January 1994 – May 1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carroll_Dawson" title="Carroll Dawson">Carroll Dawson</a><a href="#cite_note-268">[265]</a></td> <td>May 1996 – May 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daryl_Morey" title="Daryl Morey">Daryl Morey</a><a href="#cite_note-269">[266]</a></td> <td>May 2007–October 2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rafael_Stone" title="Rafael Stone">Rafael Stone</a><a href="#cite_note-270">[267]</a></td> <td>October 2020–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Owners">Owners</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Ownership history </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Owner </th> <th style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Breitbard" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Breitbard">Robert Breitbard</a><a href="#cite_note-firstowners-271">[268]</a></td> <td>January 1967 – June 1971 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Goldberg_(banker)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Billy Goldberg (banker) (page does not exist)">Billy Goldberg</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wayne_Duddlesten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wayne Duddlesten (page does not exist)">Wayne Duddlesten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Herskowitz" title="Mickey Herskowitz">Mickey Herskowitz</a><a href="#cite_note-firstowners-271">[268]</a></td> <td>June 1971 – December 1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Irvin_Kaplan" title="Irvin Kaplan">Irvin Kaplan</a><a href="#cite_note-firstowners-271">[268]</a></td> <td>December 1973 – September 1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wayne Duddlesten and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Patterson_(basketball)" title="Ray Patterson (basketball)">Ray Patterson</a><a href="#cite_note-272">[269]</a></td> <td>September 1975 – February 1977 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kenneth Schnitzer<a href="#cite_note-273">[270]</a></td> <td>February 1977 – May 1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_J._Maloof,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="George J. Maloof, Sr.">George J. Maloof, Sr.</a><a href="#cite_note-pattersonreign-264">[261]</a></td> <td>May 1979 – November 1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maloof_family" title="Maloof family">Gavin Maloof</a><a href="#cite_note-pattersonreign-264">[261]</a></td> <td>November 1980 – June 1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Charlie Thomas<a href="#cite_note-alexanderpurchase-80">[79]</a></td> <td>June 1982 – July 1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Alexander_(businessman)" title="Leslie Alexander (businessman)">Leslie Alexander</a><a href="#cite_note-alexanderpurchase-80">[79]</a></td> <td>July 1993 – October 2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tilman_Fertitta" title="Tilman Fertitta">Tilman Fertitta</a><a href="#cite_note-274">[271]</a></td> <td>October 2017 – present </td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="clear: both"></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><h2 id="Head_coaches">Head coaches</h2></div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_Rockets_head_coaches" title="List of Houston Rockets head coaches">List of Houston Rockets head coaches</a></div> <dl><dt>San Diego Rockets<a href="#cite_note-cbs_houston-275">[272]</a></dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #115E43 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFC938, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFC938; !important;;">Coach </th> <th style="background-color: #115E43 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFC938, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFC938; !important;;">Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_McMahon" title="Jack McMahon">Jack McMahon</a></td> <td>1968–1970 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Hannum" title="Alex Hannum">Alex Hannum</a></td> <td>1970–1971 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Houston Rockets<a href="#cite_note-cbs_houston-275">[272]</a></dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; !important;;">Coach </th> <th style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; !important;;">Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tex_Winter" title="Tex Winter">Tex Winter</a></td> <td>1971–1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Egan_(basketball)" title="Johnny Egan (basketball)">Johnny Egan</a></td> <td>1973–1976 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Nissalke" title="Tom Nissalke">Tom Nissalke</a></td> <td>1976–1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Del_Harris" title="Del Harris">Del Harris</a></td> <td>1979–1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Bill Fitch</a></td> <td>1983–1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Chaney" title="Don Chaney">Don Chaney</a></td> <td>1988–1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a></td> <td>1992–2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Gundy" title="Jeff Van Gundy">Jeff Van Gundy</a></td> <td>2003–2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Adelman" title="Rick Adelman">Rick Adelman</a></td> <td>2007–2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a></td> <td>2011–2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/J._B._Bickerstaff" title="J. B. Bickerstaff">J. B. Bickerstaff</a> (interim)</td> <td>2015–2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_D%27Antoni" title="Mike D'Antoni">Mike D'Antoni</a></td> <td>2016–2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Silas" title="Stephen Silas">Stephen Silas</a></td> <td>2020–2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ime_Udoka" title="Ime Udoka">Ime Udoka</a></td> <td>2023–present </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2></div><section class="mf-section-9 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-9"> On October 4, 2019, the Rockets' general manager <a href="/wiki/Daryl_Morey" title="Daryl Morey">Daryl Morey</a> issued a tweet that supported <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Hong_Kong_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2019–20 Hong Kong protests">the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests</a>, which drew criticism from the Rockets' owner <a href="/wiki/Tilman_Fertitta" title="Tilman Fertitta">Tilman Fertitta</a> who said that while Morey was the best general manager in the NBA, the Rockets were not a political organization.<a href="#cite_note-276">[273]</a> Morey later deleted the tweet.<a href="#cite_note-277">[274]</a> Morey's tweet resulted in the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Basketball_Association" title="Chinese Basketball Association">Chinese Basketball Association</a>'s suspension of its relationship with the Rockets and the issuance of a statement of dissatisfaction from the consulate office of <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> in Houston.<a href="#cite_note-apnewsrocket-278">[275]</a> On October 6, Morey and the NBA each issued a separate statement addressing the original tweet; Morey said that he never intended his tweet to cause any offense, while the NBA said the tweet was "Regrettable".<a href="#cite_note-279">[276]</a><a href="#cite_note-280">[277]</a> The statements drew attention and subsequent bipartisan criticism from several US politicians.<a href="#cite_note-apnewsrocket-278">[275]</a> Chinese media outlets, including the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of China">Chinese Communist Party</a>-run <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Daily" title="People's Daily">People's Daily</a>, described Morey and the NBA's statements as non-apologetic and unacceptable, because they did not contain the word "apologize".<a href="#cite_note-281">[278]</a><a href="#cite_note-282">[279]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(10)"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div><section class="mf-section-10 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-10"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>)<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-11">[11]</a> <ul><li>Houston acquired <a href="/wiki/Victor_Oladipo" title="Victor Oladipo">Victor Oladipo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dante_Exum" class="mw-redirect" title="Dante Exum">Dante Exum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rodions_Kurucs" title="Rodions Kurucs">Rodions Kurucs</a>, a 2022 first-round draft selection, a 2024 first-round draft selection, a 2026 first-round draft selection, rights to swap first-round draft selections in 2021, 2023, 2025, and 2027, and a 2022 first-round draft selection (from Milwaukee)</li> <li>Brooklyn acquired <a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a> and a 2024 second-round draft selection</li> <li>Cleveland acquired <a href="/wiki/Jarrett_Allen" title="Jarrett Allen">Jarrett Allen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taurean_Prince" title="Taurean Prince">Taurean Prince</a></li> <li>Indiana acquired <a href="/wiki/Caris_LeVert" title="Caris LeVert">Caris LeVert</a> and two future second-round draft selections</li></ul> </li> <li id="cite_note-JamesHardenJan21-202"><a href="#cite_ref-JamesHardenJan21_202-0">^</a> January 16, 2021: <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a> to Houston Rockets (four-team trade with <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>)<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-11">[11]</a> <ul><li>Houston acquired <a href="/wiki/Victor_Oladipo" title="Victor Oladipo">Victor Oladipo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dante_Exum" class="mw-redirect" title="Dante Exum">Dante Exum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rodions_Kurucs" title="Rodions Kurucs">Rodions 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Рокетс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%E2%80%99%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%82%D1%81" title="Г’юстан Рокітс – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Г’юстан Рокітс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81" title="Хюстън Рокетс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хюстън Рокетс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%A1%CF%8C%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%84%CF%82" title="Χιούστον Ρόκετς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Χιούστον Ρόκετς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%B3" title="هیوستون راکتس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هیوستون راکتس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockets_de_Houston" title="Rockets de Houston – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Rockets de Houston" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9C%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B4_%EB%A1%9C%ED%82%A4%EC%B8%A0" title="휴스턴 로키츠 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="휴스턴 로키츠" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%8C%D5%B8%D6%84%D5%A5%D5%A9%D5%BD" title="Հյուստոն Ռոքեթս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հյուստոն Ռոքեթս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="ह्यूस्टन रॉकेट्स – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ह्यूस्टन रॉकेट्स" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%A1" title="יוסטון רוקטס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="יוסטון רוקטס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Jawa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="ჰიუსტონ როკეტსი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჰიუსტონ როკეტსი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hj%C5%ABstonas_%22Rockets%22" title="Hjūstonas "Rockets" – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Hjūstonas "Rockets"" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiustono_Rockets" title="Hiustono Rockets – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Hiustono Rockets" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%98%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81" title="Хјустон Рокетс – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Хјустон Рокетс" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="ह्युस्टन रॉकेट्स – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ह्युस्टन रॉकेट्स" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%B3" title="هيوستن روكتس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="هيوستن روكتس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%B2" title="هیوستون راکتز – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="هیوستون راکتز" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target">مازِرونی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81" title="Хьюстон Рокетс – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Хьюстон Рокетс" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B1%E3%83%83%E3%83%84" title="ヒューストン・ロケッツ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヒューストン・ロケッツ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81" title="Хьюстон Рокетс – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Хьюстон Рокетс" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%98%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B8" title="Хјустон рокетси – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Хјустон рокетси" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tagalog</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D" title="ஹியூஸ்டன் ராக்கெட்ஸ் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="ஹியூஸ்டன் ராக்கெட்ஸ்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C" title="ฮิวสตัน รอกเก็ตส์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ฮิวสตัน รอกเก็ตส์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%27%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81" title="Х'юстон Рокетс – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Х'юстон Рокетс" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Vèneto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target">Volapük</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%91%E6%96%AF%E6%95%A6%E7%81%AB%E7%AE%AD" title="休斯敦火箭 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="休斯敦火箭" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target">吴语</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Houston Rockets" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target">Yorùbá</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BE%AF%E6%96%AF%E9%A0%93%E7%81%AB%E7%AE%AD" title="侯斯頓火箭 – 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