History of the Rockets

The Denver Rockets were a professional basketball team that existed from 1967 to 1974. They were part of the American Basketball Association (ABA) and played their home games at McNichols Arena in Denver, Colorado. The Rockets had an impressive run during their time in the ABA, making four consecutive appearances in the ABA Finals and winning two championships along with numerous regular season titles.

The team was founded by Bill Ringsby who owned several trucking companies located throughout Colorado and Wyoming. He purchased one of the new franchises for what would become known as “the other league” – a rival to the established National Basketball Association (NBA). Ringsby chose "Rockets" as his franchise's name because it represented speed - something he felt was important for success on both sides of the court.

In 1971-72, led by future Hall of Famers Spencer Haywood and Dan Issel, they captured their first championship after defeating New York Nets 4–2 in seven games series finals game 7 victory over Nets clinched Nuggets' first-ever title while also becoming only second expansion team since NBA started its own separate playoffs format back 1950s to win championship trophy behind Baltimore Bullets who won 1947 BAA Championship Title before joining NBA next year 1948-49 season. In 1972–73 they repeated as champions with another 4–2 series victory this time over Indiana Pacers which gave them back-to-back titles before folding after 1974 due to financial difficulties caused by poor attendance numbers despite having successful teams on the court throughout the decade-long existence period ending up being one most memorable teams within short-lived yet highly competitive American Basketball Association era which eventually merged into National Basketball League 1976 creating modern-day 30 teams strong organization we know today commonly referred simply just like NBA or more accurately now called National Professional Players' Union.