The 1986 season was an extremely sad season for the Rockets, with a number of guards suspended for failing urine tests, although Olajuwon and Thompson still played well, but the outside was still a bunch of pits, Robert Reid averaged 13 points per game on 41.7% shooting, while former Rockets boss Revere averaged only 7.8 points per game, and the Rockets barely made the playoffs with the eighth record in the WestThe so-called Drexler and later the vice president of the NBA league, once single-handedly brought *** into the NBA legendary star Kiki Vanderwiczy, four games, two teams, four superstars have played very well, but what really determines the trend of the game is the entire regular season sluggish Aaron Revere, the latter throughout the series is like a god possessed, its excellent play for a while is on par with the "glider", four games, Revere averaged 20 points per game, In addition to 10 assists, he can also contribute 2.5 steals per game, shooting more than 50% from the field!

Revere's excellent play allowed the Rockets to easily defeat the Trail Blazers 3-1 and advance to the Western Conference round, and this time, the opponent in front of the Rockets was the Seattle SuperSonics.

At that time, the Seattle SuperSonics were a very strong team, with two Hall of Fame players on the team, one of whom was known as the all-time leading scorer Darle Ellis, who was accurate in three-point shooting, shooting more than 40% from three-point range in his seventeen-year career, and Ellis was amazingly physically strong, and he still holds the record for NBA players' playing time in a single game - 69 minutes, he scored 53 points in that game, Ellis always did not hesitate to run without the ball to create shooting space on the court, Isn't this technical feature very similar to the current No. 1 scorer Ray Allen? Yes, Ray Allen accompanied Ellis through the last eighteen games of his career, and in a sense, it was also Ray Allen who inherited the mantle of Darle Ellis. The second star of the SuperSonics was Tom Chambers, the 1987 All-Star MVP, who was able to dunk and shoot accurately, somewhat like the combination of the current Griffin and Nowitzki, and was hailed as the most lethal interior player of the late 80s.

The Rockets and the SuperSonics fought six games, losing 2:4, Olajuwon averaged 30.5 points, 12.7 rebounds and 3.8 blocks per game, and Olajuwon's shooting rate of more than 60% is still superstar data, but his teammates are languishing, the interior All-Star partner Sampson 17.8 points and 9.8 rebounds are decent, the last ** outbreak Revere was beaten back to the original shape in this round, averaging 10 points and 5 assists per game, and the supersonic twin stars combined to score 53 points, almost wiped out Team Rocket with the superpowers of two people.

The Rockets have not made much progress in recent years, the player configuration is one factor, but more importantly, Ralph Sampson's frequent injuries, last season was only Sampson's third season, but his knee problems are as bad as the professional league he played for 30 years, he only played 43 games in the regular season, although he barely came back in the playoffs, but still did not give the team too many surprises, many times the team had to put the interior offense and defense on Olajuwon alone, The team's management was so worried that Olajuwon was also in a physical condition, so the Rockets sold Sampson to the San Francisco Warriors in just 18 games at the start of the 1997-1998 season, in exchange for the Warriors' leading guard, nicknamed "The Sleeper" Srippy Floyd.

Ralph Sampson spent four and a half seasons with the Rockets, played in a total of 305 games, and to this day, he still ranks seventh in Rockets history with 3,189 total rebounds and fourth in team history with 585 blocks.

Slippi Floyd is a one-yard older Revere, 191 cm tall, not very efficient on the offensive end, especially not able to shoot three-pointers, in the eighteen games that have been played, Floyd has averaged 21 points per game, but the shooting rate is only 43%, and the three-point shooting rate is only 5%! But he passes well, averaging nearly 10 assists per game.

The Rockets made the playoffs again, but still fell in the first round, their opponent was the Mavericks, four games, Ren Olajuwon scored 37.5 points, 16.8 rebounds, 2.8 blocks and 57% shooting rate was not as good as the Mavericks' full range of players - the Mavericks only played eight players per game, but six of them averaged double-doubles per game, and the remaining two players had a 9.8 point and 6.5 rebounds, a 7.5 point and 3.8 rebounds, and the Rockets lost 1:3 again.

Since the beginning of this season, the Rockets have reached the playoffs for five consecutive seasons, but these five seasons have fallen in the first round without exception, which feels like eating a bad watermelon in the summer, can't pull it out, can't spit it out, as disgusting as the 1988-1989 season Rockets challenged the Seattle SuperSonics again in the first round, and Olajuwon's helper was replaced by Sampson to Otis Thorpe, Thorpe is the ninth pick rookie in the same level as Olajuwon, meat shield defensive interior line, has certain interior offensive skills, but is not fine, Not very good at blocking, he averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds per game in the Kings last season - in that era, the 20+10 level interior line can only be said to be a high-quality interior line, and it is still far from the team's pillar.

In the playoffs, the Rockets lost 1:3 to the SuperSonics, Olajuwon had 25 points, 13 rebounds and 2.8 blocks, Thorpe had 16 points and 5 rebounds and shot 65% from the field, and Floyd, who was expected to shoot 15.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game, with a shooting rate of 47.8%, which was a decent performance.

After this season, Rockets veteran Allen Revere announced his retirement, and the short point guard wearing the number 30 jersey dedicated his entire decade to the Houston Rockets, playing a total of 700 games in his career. Averaging 9.5 points and 4.8 assists per game, statistically speaking, Revere is a player who is not too prominent, but he gritted his teeth and persevered during the team's lowest point, especially in the 1982-1983 season, during the most difficult period of the team, and became the team's short-lived leader, to this day, Revere's total 3339 assists rank second in team history, 929 steals rank third in team history, 2549 goals rank tenth in team history, and 700 games played in the fourth place in team history, Although the Rockets did not retire Revere's No. 30 jersey for some reason, his name is also worth remembering for every Rockets fan.

In the 1989-1990 season, the Rockets met the Lakers in the playoffs, and the result was the same as last year, losing 1-3, the Lakers' James Worthy and Elvin Johnson blew up the Rockets, and Olajuwon averaged 18 points and 11 rebounds per game, which declined slightly. Thorpe's 20 points and 8.3 rebounds were the team's most consistent performance, and although the Rockets were eliminated, Vernon Maxwell, who joined the Rockets in a midseason trade for his performances, was eye-catching, averaging 19.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.

Maxwell is a legendary player of the Rockets, he can be said to be the best three-point shooter in the history of the Rockets, once was the player who shot the most three-pointers in the league for two consecutive seasons from 1990 to 1992, it is precisely because of his existence that opponents dare not wantonly wrap Olajuwon, but he also has a weakness, that is, he shoots three-pointers regardless of it, as long as he feels that there is still an Olajuwon standing on the inside, even if his own father does not pass the ball inside, Maxwell is also a very good perimeter defender, and his desperate and tenacious defensive attitude has earned him the nickname "Maniac".

In the 1990-1991 season, the Rockets faced the Lakers again in the first round of the playoffs, and the 0:3 Rockets were swept out by the Lakers cleanly, and Floyd, who was still pinned on high hopes in the first two seasons, was completely blown out by Elvin Johnson in the game, oh, I was wrong, it was Johnson who was blown up in the playoffs for two consecutive years, although Olajuwon was able to score an average of 22 points and grab 15 rebounds per game, but it was still to no avail, and the Rockets could not take away even a victory on the Lakers.

In this round of the series, there is another person who has to be mentioned, that is, Kenny Smith, who is now sitting in the studio of TNT and commentating basketball games with Duke Charles in a dignified manner, when Smith joined the Rockets in the 1990-1991 season after a trade and became Olajuwon's right-hand man. In the first year of joining the Rockets, he averaged 17.7 points and 7.1 assists per game, and after years of precipitation, the main framework of the Rockets was finally formed, that is, Olajuwon was responsible for turning over the river and the sea on the opponent's inside, Thorpe prevented the opponent's inside line from turning over the river and the sea in his own restricted area, and Maxwell and Smith on the outside line had two muskets, one left and one right, giving the opponent a fatal blow at any time!

This lineup has not yet reached the championship level, but it is already in the top five of the league, but in the second year of the Rockets' formation of this lineup, the Rockets have been greatly questioned, they have been losing continuously after six consecutive wins in the opening season, some even inexplicable and puzzling losses, and finally, this season, the Rockets lost the qualification to advance to the playoffs at the end of a three-game losing streak.

After this season, Olajuwon's leadership has been greatly questioned, and the continuous stop in the first round of the playoffs has also made the fans of the Rockets dissatisfied, and the team's management is also under tremendous pressure, sometimes fate is like this, time comes and goes, just because of a change in one person, in the 1992-1993 season, Olajuwon waited for the last piece of the puzzle in the main lineup, that person is the "Heavenly Lone Star" Robert Horry.