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.

Pat Riley → playedFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Diego Rockets
Rick Adelman → playedFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Diego Rockets
Scottie Pippen → playedFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Terry Stotts → playedFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Tracy McGrady → playedFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Tyronn Lue → playedFor → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Austin Rivers → playedForFranchise → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Charles Barkley → playedForTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Cedric Maxwell → professionalTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
1980–81 NBA season → reboundsLeaderTeam → Houston Rockets ⓘ
The Big E → retiredJerseyBy → Houston Rockets ⓘ
subject surface form: Elvin Hayes
Elvin Hayes → retiredJerseyNumberBy → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Dallas Mavericks → rival → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Utah Jazz → rival → Houston Rockets ⓘ
1980–81 NBA season → runnerUp → Houston Rockets ⓘ
1981 NBA Finals → runnerUp → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Moses Malone → team → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Daryl Morey → teamManaged → Houston Rockets ⓘ
Clyde Drexler → wonChampionshipWith → Houston Rockets ⓘ