Houston Rockets

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NBA team professional basketball team

The Houston Rockets are a professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas, competing in the NBA and known for multiple championships and star players such as Hakeem Olajuwon and James Harden.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
San Diego Rockets 10
Houston Rockets (assistant coach) 1
Houston Rockets (second stint) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA team ⓘ
professional basketball team ⓘ
abbreviation Houston ⓘ
surface form: HOU
arenaLocation Downtown Houston ⓘ
championshipSeason 1993–94 ⓘ
1994–95 ⓘ
championshipsNBA 2 ⓘ
cityRivalry San Antonio Spurs ⓘ
conference Western Conference ⓘ
conferenceTitles 4 ⓘ
conferenceTitleSeason 1980–81 ⓘ
1985–86 ⓘ
1993–94 ⓘ
1994–95 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
division Southwest Division ⓘ
divisionRival Dallas Mavericks ⓘ
Memphis Grizzlies ⓘ
New Orleans Pelicans ⓘ
San Antonio Spurs ⓘ
divisionTitles 8 ⓘ
formerArena Compaq Center ⓘ
The Summit ⓘ
founded 1967 ⓘ
homeArena Toyota Center ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
location Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCoach Mike D’Antoni ⓘ
Rudy Tomjanovich ⓘ
notablePlayer Clyde Drexler ⓘ
Hakeem Olajuwon ⓘ
James Harden ⓘ
Moses Malone ⓘ
Ralph Sampson ⓘ
Tracy McGrady ⓘ
Yao Ming ⓘ
originalLocation San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: San Diego, California
relocatedTo Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
relocationYear 1971 ⓘ
retiredNumber 11 ⓘ
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23 ⓘ
24 ⓘ
34 ⓘ
45 ⓘ
6 ⓘ
retiredNumbersCount 7 ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
stateRivalry Dallas Mavericks ⓘ
teamColors black ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ

Referenced by (71)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Austin Toros → NBAAffiliate → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Clyde Drexler → NBAFinalsAppearanceWith → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Kevin McHale → NBAheadCoachTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Patrick Ewing → assistantCoachFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Tom Thibodeau → assistantCoachOf → Houston Rockets ⓘ
The Beard → associatedWithTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Rick Adelman → coachedTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Adelman → coachedTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
subject surface form: Rick Adelman
Los Angeles Clippers → conferenceRival → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Dallas Mavericks → divisionRival → Houston Rockets ⓘ
New Orleans Pelicans → divisionRivals → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Elvin Hayes → draftedBy → Houston Rockets ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Diego Rockets
The Big E → draftedBy → Houston Rockets ⓘ
subject surface form: Elvin Hayes
this entity surface form: San Diego Rockets
Kenny Thomas → draftedBy → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Pat Riley → draftedBy → Houston Rockets ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Diego Rockets
Rick Adelman → draftedBy → Houston Rockets ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Diego Rockets
Terry Stotts → draftedBy → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Daryl Morey → employer → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Central Division → formerTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Division (NBA)
1981 NBA Finals → game3Winner → Houston Rockets ⓘ
1981 NBA Finals → game4Winner → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Jack Sikma → hasCoachedTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houston Rockets (assistant coach)
West → hasNotableFranchises → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Harris County → hasProfessionalSportsTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
DAL → hasRivalryWith → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Southwest Division → hasTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Western Conference → hasTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Ime Udoka → headCoachFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Ime Udoka → hiredBy → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Pacific Division → historicalTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Diego Rockets
subject surface form: Western Division (NBA)
this entity surface form: San Diego Rockets
Clyde Drexler → jerseyRetiredBy → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Austin Rivers → memberOfSportsTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Cornbread → memberOfSportsTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
subject surface form: Cedric Maxwell
Clyde Drexler → memberOfSportsTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Dwight Howard → memberOfSportsTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Elvin Hayes → memberOfSportsTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Diego Rockets
Elvin Hayes → memberOfSportsTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Elvin Hayes → memberOfSportsTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houston Rockets (second stint)
Jeremy Lin → memberOfSportsTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
John Wall → memberOfSportsTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Kenny Thomas → memberOfSportsTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Carmelo Anthony → playedFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Cedric Maxwell → playedFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Cornbread → playedFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
subject surface form: Cedric Maxwell
Clyde Drexler → playedFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Dikembe Mutombo → playedFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
The Big E → playedFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
subject surface form: Elvin Hayes
this entity surface form: San Diego Rockets
The Big E → playedFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
subject surface form: Elvin Hayes
James Harden → playedFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ