It’s almost that time of year...the time that all basketball enthusiasts around the world wait for...the NBA playoffs! With the 71st season around the corner, fans are brushing up on their stats and team trivia and getting their dates straight to attend their favourite games.
A key question this year, especially for Houston Rockets fans, is whether the Rockets will pick up another division title this year. Considering the 21-year gap between their fourth and fifth titles (the fifth being in 2015), it poses an exciting season for the Rockets! And who wouldn’t want to be in the stands when (if) that happens?
Catch up on your Rockets Trivia
Established in 1967 as the San Diego Rockets, the Houston Rockets call Houston, Texas home and play their home games at the Toyota Center. A member of the League’s Western Conference Southwest Division, the Rockets had a first season that saw 67 lost games - an NBA record. Since then however, they have gone on to win four Western Conference titles, five Division titles, and two NBA championships.
Along with their name, the Rockets has also seen several changes in their team colours and logo, and their mascot. At the time of their formation, their colours were green and gold, but upon their arrival in Houston, red replaced the green. Their logo always had variations on the rocket and basketball theme to it. Today, the team’s colours are red, silver, mustard, white and black, and the logo is a stylized ‘R’ that looks like a rocket taking off.
The Rockets’ mascot has seen three changes - the 1980s had “Booster”; 1993-1995 saw “Turbo”, who was a costumed man who performed acrobatic dunks among other maneuvers; and “Clutch the Bear”, also introduced in 1995 and serving as a second mascot until Turbo retired. Clutch still holds the mascot position today.
Be there when the Rockets Blast off!
Watching the Rockets duke it out with the other teams to win the title is gonna be an experience for the books...more so if they’re playing against arch rivals, San Antonio Spurs or Dallas Mavericks! So when the Rockets are setting the courts on fire, you definitely wanna be there. Which means you’d better book your Houston Rockets tickets today!
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