Houston Rockets Tickets

The Houston Rockets are flying high in the NBA. With one of the top records of the league, Rockets fans are looking forward to a late season surge to solidify their playoff positioning. Houston Rockets Tickets are hard to get -- The Toyota Center will be jam packed through the regular season and beyond. Just Great Tickets is your avenue to Houston Rockets Regular Season Tickets, Houston Rockets Playoff Tickets and Houston Rockets NBA Finals Tickets.

The Rockets of 2007 are a well oiled machine. Led by Tracy McGrady and a cast of supporting veteran players like Dikembe Mutumbo and Bobby Jackson, the Rockets are talented and experienced and play solid defense. Despite the loss of their big center Yao Ming to a injury, the Rockets still were able to ring up 22 straight wins this season. Houston Rockets Tickets are what the fans want -- to see Coach Rick Adelman's squad compete for supremacy in the tough Western Conference. The Rockets are heated up to win the battle for playoff positioning for the right to represent the Western Conference in the NBA Finals, and take home the Larry O'Brien trophy. Just Great Tickets is the number one source for your Houston Rockets Tickets.

The Houston Rockets have come a long way from when the franchise was founded as the San Diego Rockets, who entered the NBA in 1967 as an expansion team. In 1968 the Rockets won the coin toss versus the Baltimore Bullets, giving them the first overall pick in the 1968 NBA Draft. They selected Elvin "the Big E" Hayes from the University of Houston. Hayes led the team to the franchise's first ever playoff appearance in 1969. The Rockets lost in the Western divisional semi-final to the Atlanta Hawks four games to two in a best-of-seven series. The 1970 NBA Draft brought Calvin Murphy and Rudy Tomjanovich to the Rockets - both significant to the franchise during and after their playing careers were over.

In 1970, the Rockets moved to Houston, and in 1975, into their posh new home, The Summit, which they would call home for the next 28 years. Houston Rockets Tickets were in demand, and the Rockets came through by making their first playoff appearance since arriving in Houston, though they lost to the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs. A trade for Moses Malone strengthened the Rockets for the rest of the decade, but despite Malone being MVP of the league in 1979, the Rockets could never advance past the second round.

The Rockets had an incredible beginning to the 1980s, with a 40-42 regular season barely qualifying for the playoffs. How is that incredible? Well, the Rockets caught fire in the playoffs. Rockets Tickets were hot and the fans were pumped. Houston's playoff run began with a the defending NBA Champion Lakers in the first round. The Rockets upset Los Angeles two games to one, then defeated George Gervin's Spurs four games to three in the Western Conference semifinals. This resulted in an unlikely conference finals match-up with Kansas City. Rockets Tickets were in high demand and the Rockets beat the Kings in five games. The NBA Finals were in Houston for the first time, but the Rockets ran into a buzz saw in the form of the Boston Celtics, who claimed the championship.

A period of success followed, but no NBA Championships. That all changed when with the first pick of the 1984 NBA Draft the Rockets selected Hakeem Olajuwon from the University of Houston. Olajuwon gave the Rockets in instant presence in the paint, and Rockets fans responded by clamoring for Rockets Tickets. The Rockets reached the NBA Finals in 1986 only to fall again to the Boston Celtics. But soon the championship years would arrive.

In 1992, Rocket legend Rudy Tomjanovich was named head coach, and in his second full year, the Rockets began the 1993-94 season with an NBA record start of 15-0. Rocket Tickets had never been in more demand, the Summit was packed every night, and with Olajuwon leading the way, the Rockets defeated the New York Knicks in seven games to win the NBA Championship. Incredibly, the Rockets repeated their championship in the 1994-1995 season, despite entering the playoffs as the sixth seed in the Western Conference. The Rockets were underdogs against the 60-22 Utah Jazz in the first round, the 59-23 Phoenix Suns in the second round (who led the Rockets 3-1 before losing three straight), and the 62-20 San Antonio Spurs in the conference finals. Houston won all three series to reach the Finals against the Orlando Magic, whose headline players were Shaquille O'Neal and Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway. Houston swept the series in four straight games. The Rockets became the first team in NBA history to win the championship as a sixth seed.

The Rockets remained competitive through the 90s and into the 2000s, but one bad year in 2002 had silver lining, as the Rockets were awarded the first overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft. The Rockets selected Yao Ming, a 7 foot and 6 inch Chinese center, who played for the Shanghai Sharks. Overnight the Rockets became an international sensation. Rockets tickets were hotter than ever, and have been ever since. A trade for Tracy McGrady gave the Rockets one of the best nucleus's in the NBA that is still in place.

The Rockets are hoping that this is the year that they will bring back a Championship to Houston. Tickets to Houston Rockets Tickets are always hard to come by, but Just Great Tickets has all the action, from opening night to the NBA Finals. Turn to us for those hard to get Houston Rockets Tickets.