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San Diego Rockets regular season record (1968–1971) 119 209 .363 Houston Rockets regular season record (1971–present) 2,250 2,028 .526 All-time regular season record (1968–present) 2,369: 2,237.514: San Diego Rockets post-season record (1969) 2 4 .333 Houston Rockets post-season record (1975–present) 156 160 .494
i This record was achieved in one other game, between the New Jersey Nets and the Portland Trail Blazers. [25] j The Rockets share this record with the Washington Wizards. [26] k The Rockets share this record with the Orlando Magic (January 19, 2009) l The Rockets share this record with the Denver Nuggets (February 13, 2017).
Midway through the next season, with the Rockets' record only 26–26, Chaney was fired and replaced by one of his assistants, former Houston player Tomjanovich. [76] [77] Although the Rockets did not make the playoffs, [77] in the next year, the Rockets won-loss record improved by 13 games, as they won 55 games. [78]
The next season, in Tomjanovich's second full year as head coach, the Rockets began the 1993–94 season by tying an NBA record with a start of 15–0. [ 80 ] [ 81 ] Their first loss of the season came on December 3, 1993, as the Hawks, led by Dominique Wilkins' 27 points, defeated the Rockets, 133–111. [ 82 ]
The group subsequently relocated the team to Houston, where the Rockets have remained for 37 seasons. [2] The franchise won its only two NBA titles in 1994 and 1995. [3] There have been 15 head coaches for the Houston Rockets franchise. Jack McMahon, the team's first head coach, compiled a 61–129 record during his tenure. [4]
This season also marked the first time since the 34–48 record from the 2005–06 season that they have suffered a losing record, ending a streak of 15 straight years of finishing a season .500 or above. As a result, the Boston Celtics now hold the league's longest active playoff streak, making the playoffs every year since 2015.
Keon Johnson and D'Angelo Russell made 3-pointers in the final 10 seconds, and the Brooklyn Nets stunned the Houston Rockets 99-97 on Tuesday night for their first home victory in two months.
It was the Rockets' third NBA finals appearance, after 1981 and 1986. Olajuwon was the only player of the 1985–86 Rockets to still be on the 1993–94 team. By winning the Finals MVP, Olajuwon also became the first player to win regular season MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and Finals MVP in the same season.