The NBA championships from Houston Rockets | Nba.com

The Houston Rockets made 35 trips to the playoffs in their franchise story. You won two titles on the way. Let us highlight both championship teams and the routes you took to win a title.

1994 NBA championship

The Rockets went in the regular 1993-94 58-24 season. They received a dominant campaign from Hakeem Olajuwon, which achieved an average of 27.3 points, 11.9 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.6 steals and 3.7 blocks per game. These bright statistics helped him to win the price for the defensive player of the year and to appoint NBA MVP.

The Rockets started their playoff run from 1994 by defeating the Trail Blazers in four games in the first round. The semi -finals of the Western Conference brought a hard enemy in the Suns, which the Rockets finally knocked out in seven games. Then they sent jazz in five games in the final of the Western Conference.

A trip to the NBA final was hit with a matchup against the Knicks. The Rockets won the first game, but the Knicks won three of the next four games. The Rockets achieved a narrow two -point victory in game 6 and then defeated the Knicks 90: 84 in game 7 to win their first championship. Olajuwon was appointed the final MVP and put a cherry on his impressive season. During the playoffs, he scored an average of 28.9 points, 11.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.7 steals and 4.0 blocks in 23 games.

1995 NBA championship

After winning the title, the Rockets went in the regular 1994-95 47-35 season. Olajuwon once again spent an average of 27.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.8 steals and 3.4 blocks per game, which helped him third in the coordination of the defense lawyer of the year and the fifth place in the MVP vote. His top runm comrade was Clyde Drexler, who scored an average of 21.4 points in 35 games.

The Rockets had no easy run through the Western Conference. It took five games for them to eliminate jazz in the first round. Then they defeated the Suns in game 7 of the Western Conference semi -finals. Finally, they moved in one place to defend their title by defeating the Spurs in six games in the Western Conference final.

While their way to the NBA final was difficult, the rockets dominated as soon as they arrived there. They swept the magic and won two of the four games by at least 11 points. Olajuwan was again appointed MVP and an average of 33.0 points, 10.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.8 blocks in the playoffs. Drexler also played well in the Rockets title Run and scored an average of 20.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.5 steals over 22 playoff games.