Exponential dispersion model

The Rockets moved into the Toyota Center at the start of the 2003–2004 season.

The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. They play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years, before moving to Houston, Texas.

In the Rockets' debut season, their win-loss record was 15–67. After drafting Elvin Hayes first overall in the 1968 NBA Draft, they made their first appearance in the playoffs in 1969. After Hayes was traded, Moses Malone replaced him. Malone won two Most Valuable Player awards during his time in Houston, and led the Rockets to the Template:Nbay Eastern Conference finals in his first year with the Rockets. He also led the Rockets to the NBA Finals in 1981, but they were defeated in six games by the Boston Celtics. Two years after advancing to the finals, the Rockets won a franchise-low 14 games.

In 1985, the Rockets drafted future Hall-of-Famer Hakeem Olajuwon, who led them to the 1986 Finals in his second year, in which they lost again to Boston. In the next seven seasons, they lost in the first round of the playoffs five times. They did not win their first championship until Template:Nbay, when Olajuwon led them to a franchise-best 58 wins, and the championship. The Rockets repeated the feat in Template:Nbay, but have not advanced to the finals since. They missed the playoffs from Template:Nbay to Template:Nbay, and did not reach the playoffs until after they drafted Yao Ming in 2003. They did not advance past the first round of the playoffs for 13 years, until the 2008–09 NBA season. The Rockets won 53 games that season, advanced past the first round for the first time since 1997, defeated the Portland Trail Blazers, but eventually lost in the semifinals to the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games.

The Rockets have played 46 seasons, and advanced to the playoffs in 27 of those seasons. They have won four division titles, and have been conference champions four times. Their overall record is 1822 wins and 1754 losses.

Table key

AMVP	All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
COY	Coach of the Year
DPOY	Defensive Player of the Year
EOY	Executive of the Year
Finish	Final position in league or division standings
FMVP	Finals Most Valuable Player
GB	Games behind first-place team in division
L	Number of regular-season losses
JWKC	J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship
MVP	Most Valuable Player
ROY	Rookie of the Year
W	Number of regular-season wins

Seasons

Note: Statistics are correct as of the Template:Nbay.

NBA Champions (1968–present) ¤

Conference Champions (Template:Nbay–present) ^

Division Champions (1971–present) Template:Dagger

Playoff Berth (1968–present) *

Season	Team	Conf.	Conf. finish	Div.	Div. Finish	W	L	Win%	GB	Playoffs	Awards	Head coach
Template:Nbay	SDR	—	—	Western	6th	15	67	.183	41		—	Jack McMahon
Template:Nbay	SDR	—	—	Western	4th *	37	45	.461	18	Lost Division Semifinals to Atlanta Hawks, 4–2	—	Jack McMahon
Template:Nbay	SDR	—	—	Western	7th	27	55	.329	21		—	Jack McMahon Alex Hannum
Template:Nbay	SDR	Western	7th	Pacific	3rd	40	42	.488	8		—	Alex Hannum
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	7th	Pacific	4th	34	48	.415	35		—	Tex Winter
Template:Nbay	HOU	Eastern	5th	Central	3rd	33	49	.402	19		—	Tex Winter Johnny Egan
Template:Nbay	HOU	Eastern	6th	Central	3rd	32	50	.390	15		—	Johnny Egan
Template:Nbay	HOU	Eastern	4th *	Central	2nd	41	41	.500	19	Won First Round vs. New York Knicks, 2–1 Lost Conference Semifinals to Boston Celtics, 4–1	—	Johnny Egan
Template:Nbay	HOU	Eastern	6th	Central	3rd	40	42	.488	9		—	Johnny Egan
Template:Nbay	HOU	Eastern	2nd *	Central Template:Dagger	1st Template:Dagger	49	33	.598	—	Won Conference Semifinals vs. Washington Bullets, 4–2 Lost Conference Finals to Philadelphia 76ers, 4–2	Tom Nissalke (COY) Ray Patterson (EOY)	Tom Nissalke
Template:Nbay	HOU	Eastern	9th	Central	6th	28	54	.341	24		—	Tom Nissalke
Template:Nbay	HOU	Eastern	4th *	Central	2nd	47	35	.573	1	Lost First Round to Atlanta Hawks, 2–0	Calvin Murphy (JWKC) Moses Malone (MVP)	Tom Nissalke
Template:Nbay	HOU	Eastern	4th *	Central	2nd	41	41	.500	9	Won First Round vs. San Antonio Spurs, 2–1 Lost Conference Semifinals to Boston Celtics, 4–0	—	Del Harris
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western ^	6th *	Midwest	3rd	40	42	.488	12	Won First Round vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 2–1 Won Conference Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs, 4–3 Won Conference Finals vs. Kansas City Kings, 4–1 Lost Finals to Boston Celtics, 4–2	—	Del Harris
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	6th *	Midwest	3rd	46	36	.561	2	Lost First Round to Seattle SuperSonics, 2–1	Moses Malone (MVP)	Del Harris
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	12th	Midwest	6th	14	68	.171	39		—	Del Harris
Template:Nbats	HOU	Western	12th	Midwest	6th	29	53	.354	16		Ralph Sampson (ROY)	Bill Fitch
Template:Nbats	HOU	Western	3rd *	Midwest	2nd	48	34	.585	4	Lost First Round to Utah Jazz, 3–2	Ralph Sampson (AMVP)	Bil Fitch
Template:Nbats	HOU	Western ^	2nd *	Midwest Template:Dagger	1st Template:Dagger	51	31	.585	—	Won First Round vs. Sacramento Kings, 3–0 Won Conference Semifinals vs. Denver Nuggets, 4–2 Won Conference Finals vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 4–1 Lost Finals to Boston Celtics, 4–2	—	Bill Fitch
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	6th *	Midwest	3rd	42	40	.512	13	Won First Round vs. Portland Trail Blazers, 3–1 Lost Conference Semifinals to Seattle SuperSonics, 4–2	—	Bill Fitch
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	6th *	Midwest	4th	46	36	.561	8	Lost First Round to Dallas Mavericks, 3–1	—	Bill Fitch
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	5th *	Midwest	2nd	45	37	.549	6	Lost First Round to Seattle SuperSonics, 3–1	—	Don Chaney
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	8th *	Midwest	5th	41	41	.500	15	Lost First Round to Los Angeles Lakers, 3–1	—	Don Chaney
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	6th *	Midwest	3rd	52	30	.634	3	Lost First Round to Los Angeles Lakers, 3–0	Don Chaney (COY)	Don Chaney
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	9th	Midwest	3rd	42	40	.512	13		—	Don Chaney Rudy Tomjanovich
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	2nd *	Midwest Template:Dagger	1st Template:Dagger	55	27	.671	—	Won First Round vs. Los Angeles Clippers, 3–2 Lost Conference Semifinals to Seattle SuperSonics, 4–3	Hakeem Olajuwon (DPOY)	Rudy Tomjanovich
Template:Nbats ¤	HOU	Western ^	2nd *	Midwest Template:Dagger	1st Template:Dagger	58	24	.707	—	Won First Round vs. Portland Trail Blazers, 3–1 Won Conference Semifinals vs. Phoenix Suns, 4–3 Won Conference Finals vs. Utah Jazz, 4–1 Won Finals vs. New York Knicks, 4–3 ¤	Hakeem Olajuwon (DPOY, FMVP and MVP)	Rudy Tomjanovich
Template:Nbats ¤	HOU	Western ^	6th *	Midwest	3rd	47	35	.573	—	Won First Round vs. Utah Jazz, 3–2 Won Conference Semifinals vs. Phoenix Suns, 4–3 Won Conference Finals vs. San Antonio Spurs, 4–2 Won Finals vs. Orlando Magic, 4–0 ¤	Hakeem Olajuwon (FMVP)	Rudy Tomjanovich
Template:Nbats	HOU	Western	5th *	Midwest	3rd	48	34	.585	11	Won First Round vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 3–1 Lost Conference Semifinals to Seattle SuperSonics, 4–0	—	Rudy Tomjanovich
Template:Nbats	HOU	Western	3rd *	Midwest	2nd	57	25	.695	7	Won First Round vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, 3–0 Won Conference Semifinals vs. Seattle SuperSonics, 4–3 Lost Conference Finals to Utah Jazz, 4–2	—	Rudy Tomjanovich
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	8th *	Midwest	4th	41	41	.500	21	Lost First Round to Utah Jazz, 3–2	—	Rudy Tomjanovich
Template:Nbats	HOU	Western	5th *	Midwest	3rd	31	19	.620	6	Lost First Round to Los Angeles Lakers, 3–1	—	Rudy Tomjanovich
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	11th	Midwest	6th	34	48	.415	21		Steve Francis (ROY)	Rudy Tomjanovich
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	9th	Midwest	5th	45	37	.549	13		—	Rudy Tomjanovich
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	11th	Midwest	5th	28	54	.341	30		—	Rudy Tomjanovich
Template:Nbats	HOU	Western	9th	Midwest	5th	43	39	.524	17		—	Rudy Tomjanovich
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	7th *	Midwest	5th	45	37	.549	13	Lost First Round to Los Angeles Lakers, 4–1	—	Jeff Van Gundy
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	5th *	Southwest	3rd	51	31	.622	8	Lost First Round to Dallas Mavericks, 4–3	—	Jeff Van Gundy
Template:Nbay	HOU	Western	12th	Southwest	5th	34	48	.415	29		—	Jeff Van Gundy
Template:Nbats	HOU	Western	5th *	Southwest	3rd	52	30	.634	15	Lost First Round to Utah Jazz, 4–3	—	Jeff Van Gundy
Template:Nbats	HOU	Western	5th *	Southwest	3rd	55	27	.671	1	Lost First Round to Utah Jazz, 4–2	—	Rick Adelman
Template:Nbats	HOU	Western	5th *	Southwest	2nd	53	29	.646	1	Won First Round vs Portland Trail Blazers, 4–2 Lost Conference Semifinals to Los Angeles Lakers, 4–3	Dikembe Mutombo (JWKC)	Rick Adelman
Template:Nbats	HOU	Western	9th	Southwest	3rd	42	40	.512	13		Aaron Brooks (MIP)	Rick Adelman
Template:Nbats	HOU	Western	9th	Southwest	5th	43	39	.524	18		—	Rick Adelman
Template:Nbats	HOU	Western	9th	Southwest	4th	34	32	.515	16		—	Kevin McHale
Template:Nbats	HOU	Western	8th *	Southwest	3rd	45	37	Template:Winning percentage	15	Lost First Round to Oklahoma City Thunder, 4–2	—	Kevin McHale

All-time records

Complete thru 2013 regular season

Statistic	Wins	Losses	Win%
San Diego Rockets regular season record (1968–1971)	119	209	.363
Houston Rockets regular season record (1971–present)	1,782	1,614	Template:Winning percentage
All-time regular season record (1968–2013)	1,901	1,823	Template:Winning percentage
San Diego Rockets post-season record (1969)	2	4	.333
Houston Rockets post-season record (1975–present)	116	121	.490
All-time post-season record (1969–present)	118	125	.486
All-time regular and post-season record	2,019	1,948	Template:Winning percentage

Notes

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References

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43 year old Petroleum Engineer Harry from Deep River, usually spends time with hobbies and interests like renting movies, property developers in singapore new condominium and vehicle racing. Constantly enjoys going to destinations like Camino Real de Tierra Adentro.