This Forgotten Day in Houston: Rick Barry Sets 3-Point Record!
February 9, 1980: On this day, 10,000 fans at The Summit were witness to a scorching display of shooting by the Rockets’ Rick Barry, who set an NBA record by making eight three pointers in a game, a...
View ArticleThis Forgotten Day in Houston: Is Moses Malone’s Record Unbreakable?
February 11, 1982: On this day, the Houston Rockets’ Moses Malone grabbed an NBA single game record 21 offensive rebounds vs the Sonics, a record that still stands 33 years later. In twenty NBA...
View ArticleRockets Stop Jordan’s Streaking Bulls – This Forgotten Day in Houston
March 26, 1991: On this day, the Chronicle reported that Hakeem Olajuwon and Company had ended Michael Jordan and the Bulls’ impressive 26-game home winning streak. The Rockets entered the game with a...
View ArticleDrexler Returning to Cougars? – This Forgotten Day in Houston
April 8, 1983: On this day, the Chronicle reported on the status of Clyde Drexler’s career at the University of Houston. Would he stay for his senior season or declare himself eligible for the NBA...
View ArticleRockets Thrive When Down – This Forgotten Day in Houston
May 12, 1995: On this day, the Rockets awoke to find themselves down two games to none after a pair of Western Conference Semi-finals’ games on the road against the Phoenix Suns. Exactly one year...
View ArticleSam Cassell’s Clutch City Moment – This Forgotten Day in Houston
May 21, 1994: On this day, Rockets’ rookie Sam Cassell splashed a 3-pointer that extinguished the Phoenix Suns’ fire in the heated fourth quarter of game seven of the Conference Semifinals – a stepping...
View ArticleRockets’ New Uniforms Annoy Fans – This Forgotten Day in Houston
June 12, 1995: On this day, the Houston Chronicle comment line was flooded with faxes and telephone calls from protesters speaking out against the Rockets’ management’s decision to change the NBA...
View ArticleClyde the Glide Celebrates Birthday
June 22, 1994: On this day, when Clyde Drexler was celebrating his 32nd birthday, he may have closed his eyes and wished to be traded to the newly crowned NBA champions, the Rockets. After nearly a...
View ArticleYao Ming’s ‘Secret’ Wedding in Shanghai
August 6, 2007: On this day, in what the Chronicle described as a towering event, Houston Rocket Yao Ming married Ye Li, his girlfriend of eight years at a private Shanghai ceremony at the five-star...
View ArticleRockets Win First Game at The Summit
Before Joel Osteen turned The Summit into a house of worship, the 16,000-seat arena was better known as a house of championships… November 2, 1975: On this day, the Houston Rockets played their first...
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