1983–84 Houston Rockets season
id:
1983-84-houston-rockets-season-181-1466642
title:
1983–84 Houston Rockets season
text:
The 1983–84 Houston Rockets season featured the NBA debut of Ralph Sampson, whom the Rockets had selected as the first pick of the 1983 NBA draft. Under head coach Bill Fitch, the team finished with a 29–53 record, although Sampson won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. The team has been cited as an example of a "tanking", by deciding to play more bench players after starting the season with a 20–26 record, in order to fall in the standings and get higher in the draft order for the following seas
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
NBA professional basketball team season
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Houston_Rockets_season
date created:
2008-05-12T13:40:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T19:26:26Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q3787109","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3787109"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
15