The 2006–07 Houston Rockets season was the 40th season of the Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years, before being...

 franchise in the NBA

National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

. The team ended the regular season with a 52-30 record and a 3rd-place finish in the Southwest. The Rockets faced the Utah Jazz

Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...

 in the playoffs, losing the series in seven games.

With the playoff loss, the Rockets made the decision to fire head coach Jeff Van Gundy

Jeff Van Gundy

Jeffrey William "Jeff" Van Gundy is a former American basketball head coach. He coached most recently with the National Basketball Association's Houston Rockets...

 on May 18, 2007. Five days later, former San Diego Rockets (now the Houston Rockets) player Rick Adelman

Rick Adelman

Richard Leonard "Rick" Adelman is an American former basketball professional player and current basketball coach. He is the head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA. Confirmation of the hiring came from the Timberwolves on September 13, 2011...

was hired in Van Gundy's position.

External links

• Official Rockets website