Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas.
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41 Facts About San Diego Rockets
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San Diego Rockets took the Rockets to the NBA Finals in 1981, but they were defeated in six games by the Boston Celtics.
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Two years after advancing to the finals, the San Diego Rockets traded Malone and had two losing seasons, with the first having a franchise-low 14 victories.
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The San Diego Rockets repeated the feat in 1995, but have not appeared again in the NBA Finals since.
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The San Diego Rockets lost 67 games in their inaugural season, which was then an NBA record for losses in a season.
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In 1968, after the San Diego Rockets won a coin toss against the Baltimore Bullets to determine who would have the first overall pick in the 1968 NBA Draft, they selected Elvin Hayes from the University of Houston.
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Hayes led the team to the franchise's first ever playoff appearance in 1969, but the San Diego Rockets lost in the semi-finals of the Western Division to the Atlanta Hawks, four games to two.
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In 1970 NBA Draft, the San Diego Rockets drafted Calvin Murphy and Rudy Tomjanovich, who would both spend their whole careers with the San Diego Rockets.
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The city's largest indoor arena was 34-year-old Sam Houston Coliseum, but the San Diego Rockets quickly ruled out playing there even on a temporary basis.
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The San Diego Rockets would move into their own arena, The Summit, the following season.
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The San Diego Rockets sent John Lucas II to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Rick Barry, who went on to set the NBA record at the time for free throw percentage in a season by shooting 94.
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San Diego Rockets died the following year, and while the Maloof family expressed interest in selling the team, George's 24-year-old son Gavin took over the Rockets.
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The San Diego Rockets defeated the Spurs two games to one in their first round playoff series, they were swept by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semi-finals.
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In contrast to the other guard-oriented teams of the Western Conference, the San Diego Rockets had a high rotation on the position – John Lucas left the team 65 games into the season, Allen Leavell replaced him for 12 games before breaking his wrist, and Robert Reid took over as the starter from the final game of the regular season on.
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When faced with defending champion Lakers in the Conference Finals, the San Diego Rockets were ready to knock off their rivals who had the best of them during the regular season.
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The San Diego Rockets were blown out of Game 1 with Olajuwon's spinning reverse dunks and Sampson's alley-oops notwithstanding.
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The San Diego Rockets competed in the finals for only the second time in team history, facing the Celtics.
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The San Diego Rockets recovered from being two games down to the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the playoffs, to advance to the finals.
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Drexler retired after the season, and the San Diego Rockets made another bold trade to bring in Scottie Pippen to take his place.
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The San Diego Rockets' record improved by 15 games, but they missed the playoffs by one game.
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However, despite winning the first game of the 2009 Western Conference Semifinals against the Los Angeles Lakers, the San Diego Rockets ended up losing a tough-fought series in seven games, and saw Yao leave with an injury, that eventually sidelined him for the upcoming season.
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On February 18,2010, hours before the trade deadline, the San Diego Rockets acquired Kevin Martin, Jordan Hill, Hilton Armstrong, and Jared Jeffries in a three-team trade that sent Tracy McGrady to the New York Knicks, and Joey Dorsey and Carl Landry to the Sacramento Kings.
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At that time, the San Diego Rockets set an NBA record for best record by a team with no All-Stars.
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The San Diego Rockets received Courtney Lee from the New Jersey Nets in return.
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On February 24,2011, the San Diego Rockets traded Shane Battier to the Memphis Grizzlies for Hasheem Thabeet and a first round pick.
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The San Diego Rockets sent Jordan Hill to the Lakers in return for Derek Fisher and a first round pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.
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On October 27,2012, the San Diego Rockets traded Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb, and two future first-round picks to the Oklahoma City Thunder for reigning sixth man of the year James Harden, along with Cole Aldrich, Daequan Cook, and Lazar Hayward.
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San Diego Rockets had 37 points, 12 assists, 6 rebounds, 4 steals, and a block in his debut as a Rocket, while Jeremy Lin had 12 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals.
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On February 5,2013, the Houston San Diego Rockets made 23 3-point field goals in a game against the Golden State Warriors, equaling the NBA team record.
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On February 20,2013, the San Diego Rockets acquired Thomas Robinson, the fifth overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, in a trade with the Sacramento Kings where Houston sent Marcus Morris and Patrick Patterson.
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Eager to add another franchise player to their team, the San Diego Rockets heavily pursued free agent center Dwight Howard in the 2013 offseason.
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That same day, the San Diego Rockets declined to match the three-year, $46 million offer sheet that Chandler Parsons received from the Mavericks, and to compensate for his departure, the San Diego Rockets agreed to bring back Trevor Ariza on a four-year, $32 million deal in free agency.
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The deal was officially completed as a three-team trade, in which the San Diego Rockets received Ariza in a sign and trade from the Washington Wizards and traded Omer Asik to the New Orleans Pelicans.
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On that same night, the San Diego Rockets claimed their first ever Southwest Division title and first Division crown since 1994.
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The San Diego Rockets struggled to remain in the playoff contention throughout the season due to inconsistent play and injuries.
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The San Diego Rockets signed Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon, two perimeter players who complemented Harden and fit D'Antoni's style of play.
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San Diego Rockets went on a 17-game winning streak, which was the second-longest winning streak in the team's history and pushed them to the top of the Western Conference.
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San Diego Rockets's absence was felt in the two remaining games, where Houston led by halftime only to suffer a comeback by the Warriors.
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On March 2,2021, the San Diego Rockets announced that they will retire Harden's No 13 when he retires.
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