The Houston Rockets play basketball.
The 1969 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association 's 1968 -- 69 season . The 1994 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1993 -- 94 National Basketball Association ( NBA ) season , featuring the Western Conference 's Houston Rockets defeating the Eastern Conference 's New York Knicks . Houston Rockets . Olajuwon-led Rockets went to the 1994 NBA Finals and won franchise 's first championship against Patrick Ewing and the New York Knicks .