The 1972–73 ABA season was the sixth season of the Denver Rockets. They ended with a 47–37 record, good for third place. They lost in the Division semifinals...

the eventual ABA champions. Western Division semifinals Rockets lose 4-3 1971-72 Denver Rockets Schedule and Results | Basketball-Reference.com All-ABA...

flight aboard one of their rockets. The talks fell through after the price tag was rumored to be as high as $20 million. Denver testified before the Senate...

team nickname, as "Rockets" was already in use by the Houston Rockets. The winning choice was "Nuggets", in honor of the original Denver Nuggets team from...

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...

trainsets, known as "Rockets", in 1936. Pleased with the results, the Rock Island bought two new sets of streamlined equipment for Chicago–Denver train. The new...

player who played in the same season for the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association and the Denver Broncos of the American Football League before...

of the Denver Rockets. He received ABA All-Rookie Team honors with the Rockets in 1969 after averaging 12.2 points per game. When the Rockets acquired...

Denver Coliseum is an indoor arena, owned by the City and County of Denver, operated by its Denver Arts & Venues and located in Denver, Colorado. The arena...

7-game ABA series: 281, vs. Denver Rockets, 1970 Semifinals Points scored, Game 7, any ABA-NBA playoff series: 52, at Denver Rockets, April 28, 1970 Field goal...

ABA's Denver Rockets (later the Denver Nuggets), and he would represent the franchise in five ABA All-Star games. Simpson had his finest season in 1971–1972...

MVP: George McGinnis, Indiana Pacers All-Star Game MVP: Warren Jabali, Denver Rockets Executive of the Year: Carl Scheer, Carolina Cougars All-ABA First Team...

played for the Kentucky Colonels (1968–70), Denver Rockets (1970–71) and Indiana Pacers (1970–71 and 1971–72) in the American Basketball Association for...

and 4.1 rebounds. On November 22, 1971 Mix was waived by the Pistons. Mix played one game with the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association...

division semifinals, the Pacers required seven games to eliminate the Denver Rockets. In the division finals, the Utah Stars were eliminated in seven games...

the San Diego Rockets and the San Francisco Warriors relocated to Houston, Texas, and Oakland, California, and became the Houston Rockets and Golden State...

the Texas and Dallas Chaparrals), six players; Denver Nuggets (having also competed as the Denver Rockets), five players; and Spirits of St. Louis (having...

vs. (4) Denver Rockets: Pacers win series 4-3 Game 1 @ Indiana: Indiana 102, Denver 96 Game 2 @ Indiana: Denver 106, Indiana 105 Game 3 @ Denver: Indiana...

Houston Rockets played as the San Diego Rockets from 1967–1972, before relocating to Houston. They have played as the "Houston Rockets" since the 1971–72 season...

1994 NBA draft. He played in the NBA for the Houston Rockets during the 1995–96 season; and the Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors, during the 1996–97...

pick, had left college in 1970 to play professionally in the ABA with Denver Rockets. He was selected to five ABA All-Star Games and four All-ABA Teams before...

the University of Denver from 1968 to 1970. He was the head coach of the Denver Rockets during most of the 1970–1971 season. The Rockets had begun the season...

Chaparrals 4 games to 2 in the Western Division semifinals and bested the Denver Rockets 4 games to 1 in the semifinals before losing the ABA championship series...

or folding. However, the Denver Larks/Rockets/Nuggets, a team that had been planned for Kansas City, Missouri, moved to Denver without playing a game in...

2010-10-14. "Houston Rockets 131 - 94 Shanghai Sharks". 2016-10-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) "Houston Rockets 144 - 82 Shanghai Sharks"...

Megan (April 15, 2003). "Rockets say farewell to Compaq Center tonight". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved May 22, 2019. "Rockets of N.B.A Sold to Houston"...

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...

1973. The Denver Zephyr continued operating after the Burlington Northern Railroad merger in 1970. BN conveyed the train to Amtrak in 1971; Amtrak merged...

$2 per day in Mississippi, Haywood met the criteria. He joined the Denver Rockets after they selected him in the ABA draft. In his 1969–70 rookie season...

was hired as an assistant coach by the Rockets on July 14, 2011. He was made interim head coach of the Rockets on November 18, 2015, after Kevin McHale...