Saturday night marks a well-anticipated Western Conference Finals Game 7 matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs with a championship appearance on the line.
Although the Houston Rockets were eliminated in the first round of the 2026 Western Conference playoffs, how have they fared in all-time Game 7s?
Houston Rockets franchise record in Game 7s
The Rockets have played in 13 Game 7s throughout their team’s history, with the first coming in 1981 against the San Antonio Spurs. That game ended in a 105-100 victory for Houston as Calvin Murphy’s 42 points were enough to beat George Gervin’s 23-point performance that included five assists, three steals and two blocks.
After falling to the Seattle Supersonics by three points in 1993, the Rockets would go undefeated (4-0) in the rest of their Game 7s in the 1990s, including an NBA championship victory in 1994 against the New York Knicks, where Hakeem Olajuwon outdueled Patrick Ewing to bring the Rockets their first NBA title. Consecutive Game 7 losses followed in 2005, 2007 and 2009 before the Rockets got back in the win column against the Los Angeles Clippers in 2015, coming back from a 3-1 deficit to reach the Western Conference Finals.
Houston would fall to the Golden State Warriors twice in Game 7s afterward, in 2018 and 2025, with their last Game 7 victory coming in between the two against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the 2020 season. In that game, James Harden and Russell Westbrook got the better of their former team, winning 104-102 against a Thunder squad led by Chris Paul and a young Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Overall the Rockets hold a 7-6 record in Game 7s throughout their history.
This article originally appeared on Rockets Wire: What is the Rockets all-time record in Game 7s?