The Rockets won only 15 games in their debut season as a franchise in 1967. In 1971, the Rockets moved to Houston, Texas. The team was established as the San Diego Rockets, an expansion team originally based in San Diego, California in 1967. The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center, located in Downtown Houston. The Rockets are a member of and play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division.
The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas.