Houston Rockets

Houston basketball was christened Clutch City in 1994 when the Rockets won their first NBA championship with Hakeem Olajuwon doing things in the post that nobody had seen before, and they won it again the year after just to make sure everyone was paying attention. These Houston Rockets rivalry shirts are built on Clutch City, for the Run It Back faithful who watched the Dream do it twice and still talk about him in present tense.

Anti-Mavericks gear is first in line because the in-state rivalry with Dallas is the closest geographic grudge and Texas basketball is its own ecosystem. Text or box, fully explicit or censored, in Rockets red, white, black, and silver. Anti-Spurs designs cover the rest of the Texas Triangle and the I-10 rivalry with San Antonio. Anti-Warriors tees stay stocked deep because Houston ran into Golden State in some painful Western Conference Finals and the bad blood is still there. Anti-Lakers gear stays in rotation for the Showtime-era playoff history.

Houston Rockets fan gear for Clutch City. Wear it to Toyota Center downtown, to bars in Midtown and the Heights, to watch parties anywhere from Sugar Land to The Woodlands.

Two NBA championships back to back in 1994 and 1995. Hakeem Olajuwon as the most skilled center the game has produced, Finals MVP both years. Clyde Drexler riding into the second one. Yao Ming bringing global eyes to H-Town in the 2000s. Tracy McGrady scoring thirteen points in thirty-five seconds. James Harden putting up MVP seasons. Rockets basketball is loud. Run It Back.