It's Been 14 Years... Time for Another Resilient Chapter

jonjon · Apr 16, 2009

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Founded: 1967

Formerly known as: San Diego Rockets (1967-71)

Home Arena: Toyota Center (2003-Present)

NBA Championships: 1994, 1995

Franchise History

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1980-81: The promised land
Malone carries the Rockets to NBA finals. Murphy, the shortest player in the league, sets two NBA records, sinking 78 consecutive free throws to break Rick Barry's mark of 60 set in 1976 achieving a free-throw percentage of .958 breaking Rick Barry's record set with the Rockets in 1979. Other members of the 80-81 team were Rudy Tomjanovich, Robert Reid, Mike Dunleavy, Sr., Allen Leavell, Billy Paultz, Bill Willoughby, Calvin Garrett, Tom Henderson, and Major Jones. Houston tied with Kansas City for second place in the Midwest behind San Antonio with regular season at 40-42. Houston playoff run began by drawing the defending NBA-champion Lakers and Magic Johnson in the first round. The Rockets upset Los Angeles, two games to one, then got past the Spurs and George Gervin, four games to three, in the western conference semifinals. This set up an unlikely conference finals matchup with Kansas City. The Kings, led by Otis Birdsong, Scott Wedman, and Phil Ford fell to the Rockets in five games. The Houston Rockets finally made it to finals, the first time a team from Houston played for a championship in basketball, football, or baseball. The championship series with Boston was fought to six games. Unfortunately, the Celtics with Larry Bird, Robert Parish, Cedric Maxwell, and Kevin McHale were too strong. The Celtics defeated the Rockets again in the 1986 NBA Finals.

1993-94: Champions at Last!
With Hakeem Olajuwon as their center, the Rockets defeat the New York Knicks in seven games. After being down 3 games to 2 in the NBA Finals, the Rockets win the last two games on their home court, thanks to the misfortunes of New York's best shooter: Knicks guard John Starks misses what would have been a series-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer in Game 6, and he shoots a cold 2-for-18 from the field in Game 7, missing all six of his 3-point shot attempts.

1994-95: The Glide Comes Home
In a midseason trade with Portland, the Rockets obtain star guard Clyde Drexler, who had played alongside Olajuwon at the University of Houston. Houston struggles in the regular season, and they enter the playoffs as a sixth seed in the Western Conference. They are not expected to defeat the Utah Jazz in the first round, the Phoenix Suns in the second round, or the San Antonio Spurs in the conference finals. In fact, the Suns lead the second-round series 3 games to 1 (just as they did in the same round the year before). However, Houston comes back to win the last three games of the series, and then gets past the Spurs to reach the Finals, where they are matched up with the Orlando Magic. With Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway, the Magic is expected to win the championship, but Houston sweeps the series in four straight games. Like his old friend Olajuwon did the previous year, Drexler experiences the joy of winning an NBA championship at last.
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I felt pretty sh!tty over last nights loss and all of its ramifications, but after a little reminiscing and dreaming i felt a little better so I thought I should share.

2008-2009: No one else wants us to, no one expects it, but who believes???

Seven · Apr 16, 2009

jonjon said:

http://www.onpedia.com/encyclopedia/Houston-Rockets

I felt pretty sh!tty over last nights loss and all of its ramifications, but after a little reminiscing and dreaming i felt a little better so I thought I should share.

2008-2009: No one else wants us to, no one expects it, but who believes???
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2008-2009: Tracy McGrady gets out of the first round...sort of

ima_drummer2k · Apr 16, 2009

I totally forgot that we won championships 14 years ago! I feel so much better now!

I also predict the Astros will clinch the division with a no-hitter this year. After all, they did it in 86!!!

I BELIEVE!!!

Hippieloser · Apr 16, 2009

Can we stow all the Clutch City nostalgia? It's getting insulting. Obviously we'll all be rooting hard for the Rockets in the playoffs, but this is hardly 1994.

tinman · Apr 16, 2009

Hippieloser said:

Can we stow all the Clutch City nostalgia? It's getting insulting. Obviously we'll all be rooting hard for the Rockets in the playoffs, but this is hardly 1994.
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94 was a little different. 2nd best record in the league, the mvp, defensive player of the year, home court advantage.

no home court advantage for us, so we have to be road warriors.
or warriers

Ubiquitin · Apr 16, 2009

tinman said:

94 was a little different. 2nd best record in the league, the mvp, defensive player of the year, home court advantage.

no home court advantage for us, so we have to be road warriors.
or warriers
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tru road warriers*

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