• The 1976–77 NBA season was the Rockets' 10th season in the NBA and 6th season in the city of Houston. In the playoffs, the Rockets defeated the Washington...
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    his time in Houston, and led the Rockets to the 1977 Eastern Conference finals in his first year with the Rockets. He also led the Rockets to the NBA Finals...
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  • The 1975–76 NBA season was the Rockets' 9th season in the NBA and 5th season in the city of Houston as well as their first season at The Summit. Joe Meriweather...
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  • 1967 as the San Diego Rockets, an expansion team originally based in San Diego. In 1971, the Rockets relocated to Houston. The Rockets won only 15 games in...
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    The Houston Rockets joined the NBA in 1967 as the San Diego Rockets, and moved to Houston in 1971, where they have been located ever since. In the first...
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  • Loyola University Fieldhouse and New Orleans Municipal Auditorium. The Houston Rockets play their inaugural season in The Summit. It was the final season...
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    during his time in Houston, and he led the Rockets to the 1978 conference finals in his first year with the Rockets. He also took the Rockets to the NBA Finals...
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    multi-purpose sports arena for professional teams, notably the NBA's Houston Rockets. It was known as The Summit until 1998, when technology firm Compaq...
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    Steve Hawes (category Houston Rockets players)
    (1974–84) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks, and Seattle SuperSonics. He...
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    organizations. Houston has five professional major league teams: the Houston Astros (MLB), Houston Texans (NFL), Houston Rockets (NBA), Houston Dynamo FC (MLS)...
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    John Lucas II (category Houston Rockets assistant coaches)
    became a regular season starter for the 1986 Houston Rockets. However, after failing two drug tests, the Rockets waived Lucas in March before they embarked...
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  • the Rockets' 38th season in the National Basketball Association, and their 34th season in the city of Houston. During the offseason, the Rockets acquired...
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    Hakeem Olajuwon (category Houston Rockets draft picks)
    Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets, and in his last season, the Toronto Raptors. He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in...
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    Moses Malone (category Houston Rockets players)
    merged with the NBA in 1976. He landed in the NBA with the Buffalo Braves, who traded him after two games to the Houston Rockets. Malone became a five-time...
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  • Phil Bond (category Houston Rockets draft picks)
    All-American in 1976. He was selected by the Houston Rockets in the 3rd round (62nd pick overall) of the 1977 NBA draft. He played for the Rockets (1977–78)...
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    2010-10-14. "Houston Rockets 131 - 94 Shanghai Sharks". 2016-10-03. "Houston Rockets 144 - 82 Shanghai Sharks". 2017-10-06. "Houston Rockets 128 - 86 Shanghai...
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  • Dennis Johnson and seventh pick Quinn Buckner. a 1 2 On June 7, 1976, the Houston Rockets acquired Dwight Jones and the first pick from the Atlanta Hawks...
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  • NBA season was the Rockets' 34th season in the National Basketball Association, and 30th season in the city of Houston. The Rockets had the ninth overall...
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  • draft. Houston would have a more successful attempt at big-time basketball when the NBA's Rockets arrived from San Diego. However, the Rockets were consigned...
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    Don Chaney (category Houston Rockets head coaches)
    Chaney was hired by the Houston Rockets as head coach to replace Bill Fitch, who had been fired one week ago. The Rockets had made the postseason the...
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    NBA's San Diego Rockets moved to Houston and insisted on building a new arena—what became the Summit—as a replacement. When the Rockets arrived, they would...
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    Rudy Tomjanovich (category Houston Rockets assistant coaches)
    basketball player and coach. He won two NBA Championships with the Houston Rockets (1994, 1995) and coached Team USA to the gold medal in men's basketball...
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  • The 2005-06 Houston Rockets season was the team's 39th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 51–31 output from the previous season...
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    Archibald recorded 51 points and 14 assists in a 127–117 win over the Houston Rockets. In the 1972–73 season, Archibald led the NBA in scoring and assists...
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    during his time in Houston, and he led the Rockets to the conference finals in his first year with the team. He also took the Rockets to the NBA Finals...
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    Chandler Parsons (category Houston Rockets draft picks)
    drafted by the Houston Rockets with the 38th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. Between 2011 and 2020, Parsons played in the NBA for the Rockets, the Dallas...
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  • Johnny Egan (basketball) (category Houston Rockets head coaches)
    and San Diego / Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association from 1961 to 1972. He coached the Rockets from 1973 to 1976. Egan was born on...
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    "Philadelphia 76ers at Houston Rockets Box Score, January 3, 2020". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 5, 2020. "Rockets vs. Hawks - Box Score...
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  • league, beginning with the Chicago Bulls in 1966. The San Diego Rockets (now Houston Rockets) and Seattle SuperSonics (now Oklahoma City Thunder) joined one...
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    Calvin Murphy (category Houston Rockets assistant coaches)
    Association as a guard for the San Diego/Houston Rockets from 1970 to 1983. He is a currently a member of the Houston Rockets' Space City Home Network broadcast...
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