Learn the team's origins, stars, and greatest moments through photos and lively text.

"Middle grade basketball fans are introduced to the extraordinary history of NBA's Houston Rockets with a photo-laden narrative of their greatest successes and losses"--

"An informative narration of the Houston Rockets professional basketball team's history from its 1967 founding in San Diego, California, to today, spotlighting memorable players and events"--

Basketball is known for its fast-breaking, buzzer-beating action, and Creative Education is known for its stellar sports publishing. That excitement is captured—and that tradition continued—in The NBA: A History of Hoops, a series celebrating all 30 franchises of the National Basketball Association. With thrilling texts, interesting side panels, and lively player profiles set alongside vibrant photos, every team's origins, stars, greatest triumphs, and most unforgettable moments can be experienced like never before. This title provides an informative narration of the Houston Rockets professional basketball team's history from its 1967 founding in San Diego, California, to today, spotlighting memorable players and events.

This high-interest title summarizes the history of the Houston Rockets professional basketball team, highlighting memorable events and noteworthy players such as Hakeem Olajuwon.

Houston Rockets is a beginner's history of the NBA's Houston Rockets. Beginning with the franchise's early years, readers will experience the team's highest and lowest moments, meet the team's best players and managers, and gain the inside track on information that completes the team's story. Mini-biographies, fun facts, anecdotes, fantastic quotes, and sidebars combine with full-color, action-packed photographs to round out the story of the Rockets, allowing your readers Inside the NBA! SportsZone is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Traces the history of the Houston Rockets, the basketball team that began life in San Diego, California, and moved to Houston in 1971.