Professional Basketball in Texas Big-time professional basketball arrived in Texas in 1967 with the formation of the American Basketball Association, which placed franchises in Dallas and Houston. By 1973, the Dallas Chaparrals had moved to San Antonio to become the Spurs, who were absorbed into the National Basket- ball Association in 1976. The ABA Houston Mavericks played two years before moving to North Carolina to become the Cougars. The San Antonio Spurs have gone on to the NBA finals six times, winning the nation- al championship five times. RIGHT, San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan (21), teammates David Robinson (50), Mario Elie, lower right, Antonio Daniels, right rear, Sean Elliott (32), Avery Johnson and Mario Elie celebrate after defeating the New York Knicks 78-77 in Game 5 to clinch the 1999 NBA finals at New York’s Madison Square Garden. File photo. Dallas Chaparrals (ABA) Year Win Loss % Playoffs 1967-68 46 32 .590 lost ABA semifinals to New Orleans Buccaneers 4-1 1968-69 41 37 .526 lost first round to New Orleans Buccaneers 4-3 1969-70 45 39 .536 lost first round to Los Angeles Stars 4-2 changed name to Texas Chaparrals, playing some games in Fort Worth and Lubbock 1970-71 30 54 .357 lost first round to Utah Stars 4-0 changed name back to Dallas Chaparrals 1971-72 42 42 .500 lost first round to Utah Stars 4-0 1972-73 28 56 .333 franchise relocated to San Antonio, beginning play in 1973 as the Spurs Year Win Loss % Playoffs 1973-74 45 39 .536 lost first round to Indiana Pacers 4-3 1974-75 51 33 .607 lost first round to Indiana Pacers 4-2 1975-76 50 34 .595 lost first round to New York Nets 4-3 merged into NBA 1976-77 44 38 .537 lost first round to Boston Celtics 2-0 1977-78 52 30 .634 lost semifinals to Washington Bullets 4-2 1978-79 48 34 .585 lost conference finals to Washington 4-3 1979-80 41 41 .500 lost first round to Houston Rockets 4-2 1980-81 52 30 .634 lost conference semifinals to Houston 4-2 1981-82 48 34 .585 lost conference finals to Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 1982-83 53 29 .646 lost conference finals to Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 1983-84 37 45 .451 1984-85 41 41 .500 lost first round to Denver Nuggets 3-2 1985-86 35 47 .427 lost first round to Los Angeles Lakers 3-0 1986-87 28 54 .341 1987-88 31 51 .378 lost first round to Los Angeles Lakers 3-0 1988-89 21 61 .256 1989-90 56 26 .683 lost conference semifinals to Portland Trailblazers 4-3 San Antonio Spurs (ABA-NBA)
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Professional Basketball in TexasBig-time professional basketball arrived
in Texas in 1967 with the formation of the American Basketball Association, which placed franchises in Dallas and Houston.
By 1973, the Dallas Chaparrals had moved to San Antonio to become the Spurs, who were absorbed into the National Basket-ball Association in 1976.
The ABA Houston Mavericks played two years before moving to North Carolina to become the Cougars.
The San Antonio Spurs have gone on to the NBA finals six times, winning the nation-al championship five times.
RIGHT, San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan (21), teammates David Robinson (50), Mario Elie, lower right, Antonio Daniels, right rear, Sean Elliott (32), Avery Johnson and Mario Elie celebrate after defeating the New York Knicks 78-77 in Game 5 to clinch the 1999 NBA finals at New York’s Madison Square Garden. File photo.
Dallas Chaparrals (ABA)Year Win Loss % Playoffs
1967-68 46 32 .590 lost ABA semifinals to New Orleans Buccaneers 4-11968-69 41 37 .526 lost first round to New Orleans Buccaneers 4-31969-70 45 39 .536 lost first round to Los Angeles Stars 4-2 changed name to Texas Chaparrals, playing some games in Fort Worth and Lubbock1970-71 30 54 .357 lost first round to Utah Stars 4-0 changed name back to Dallas Chaparrals1971-72 42 42 .500 lost first round to Utah Stars 4-01972-73 28 56 .333 franchise relocated to San Antonio, beginning play in 1973 as the Spurs
Year Win Loss % Playoffs1973-74 45 39 .536 lost first round to Indiana Pacers 4-31974-75 51 33 .607 lost first round to Indiana Pacers 4-21975-76 50 34 .595 lost first round to New York Nets 4-3
merged into NBA1976-77 44 38 .537 lost first round to Boston Celtics 2-01977-78 52 30 .634 lost semifinals to Washington Bullets 4-21978-79 48 34 .585 lost conference finals to Washington 4-31979-80 41 41 .500 lost first round to Houston Rockets 4-21980-81 52 30 .634 lost conference semifinals to Houston 4-21981-82 48 34 .585 lost conference finals to Los Angeles Lakers 4-01982-83 53 29 .646 lost conference finals to Los Angeles Lakers 4-21983-84 37 45 .4511984-85 41 41 .500 lost first round to Denver Nuggets 3-21985-86 35 47 .427 lost first round to Los Angeles Lakers 3-01986-87 28 54 .3411987-88 31 51 .378 lost first round to Los Angeles Lakers 3-01988-89 21 61 .2561989-90 56 26 .683 lost conference semifinals to Portland Trailblazers 4-3
San Antonio Spurs (ABA-NBA)
Year Win Loss % Playoffs1990-91 55 27 .671 lost first round to Golden State Warriors 3-11991-92 47 35 .573 lost conference semifinals to Phoenix Suns 3-01992-93 49 33 .598 lost conference semifinals to Phoenix Suns 4-21993-94 55 27 .671 lost first round to Utah Jazz 3-11994-95 62 20 .756 lost conference finals to Houston Rockets 4-21995-96 59 23 .720 lost conference semifinals to Utah Jazz 4-21996-97 20 62 .2441997-98 56 26 .683 lost conference semifinals to Utah Jazz 4-11998-99 37 13 .740 won NBA finals over New York Knicks 4-11999-00 53 29 .646 lost first round to Phoenix Suns 3-12000-01 58 24 .707 lost conference finals to Los Angeles Lakers 4-02001-02 58 24 .707 lost conference semifinals to Los Angeles Lakers 4-12002-03 60 22 .732 won NBA finals over New Jersey Nets 4-22003-04 57 25 .695 lost conference semifinals to Los Angeles Lakers 4-22004-05 59 23 .720 won NBA finals over Detroit Pistons 4-32005-06 63 19 .768 lost conference semifinals to Dallas Mavericks 4-32006-07 58 24 .707 won NBA finals over Cleveland Cavaliers 4-02007-08 56 26 .683 lost conference finals to Los Angeles Lakers 4-12008-09 54 28 .659 lost first round to Dallas Mavericks 4-12009-10 50 32 .610 lost conference semifinals to Phoenix Suns 4-02010-11 61 21 .744 lost first round to Memphis Grizzlies 4-22011-12 50 16 .758 lost conference finals to Oklahoma City Thunder 4-2 2012-13 58 24 .707 lost NBA finals to Miami Heat 4-32013-14 62 20 .756 won NBA Finals over Miami Heat 4-12014-15 55 27 .671 lost first round to Los Angeles Clippers 4-32015-16 67 15 .817 lost conference semifinals to Oklahoma City Thunder 4-22016-17 61 21 .744 lost conference finals to Golden State Warriors 4-02017-18 47 35 .573 lost first round to Golden State Warriors 4-1
Houston Mavericks (ABA)Year Win Loss % Playoffs
1967-68 29 49 .3721968-69 23 55 .2951969-70 - team moved to North Carolina to become the Cougars
Houston Rockets (NBA)
The National Basketball Asso-ciation first came to Texas in 1971 when the Rockets franchise moved from San Diego.
The San Diego Rockets fran-chise had been an expansion team in 1967 when they entered the NBA along with the Seattle Super-Sonics. The Rockets name derived from the San Diego slogan, “A City in Motion.”
The Houston Rockets have been in the NBA finals four times, winning the national championship twice, in 1994 and 1995.
Since 2003, the team has played in the Toyota Center in downtown Houston, following several years at The Summit.
Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon and New York Knicks center Patrick Ew-ing in the NBA finals in 1994. File photo.
Year Win Loss % Playoffs- 1971 Rockets team relocates to Houston from San Diego1971-72 34 48 .4151972-73 33 49 .4021973-74 32 50 .3901974-75 41 41 .500 lost conference semifinals to Philadelphia 76ers 4-1
The Toyota Center in Houston. Robert Plocheck photo.
Year Win Loss % Playoffs1975-76 40 42 .4881976-77 49 33 .598 lost conference finals to Philadelphia 76ers 4-21977-78 28 54 .3411978-79 47 35 .573 lost first round to Atlanta Hawks 2-01979-80 41 41 .500 lost conference semifinals to Boston Celtics 4-01980-81 40 42 .488 lost NBA finals to Boston Celtics 4-21981-82 46 36 .561 lost first round to Seattle SuperSonics 2-11982-83 14 68 .1711983-84 29 53 .3541984-85 48 34 .585 lost first round to Utah Jazz 3-21985-86 51 31 .622 lost NBA finals to Boston Celtics 4-21986-87 42 40 .512 lost conference semifinals to Seattle SuperSonics 4-21987-88 46 36 .561 lost first round to Dallas Mavericks 3-11988-89 45 37 .549 lost first round to Seattle SuperSonics 3-11989-90 41 41 .500 lost first round to Los Angeles Lakers 3-01990-91 52 30 .634 lost first round to Los Angeles Lakers 3-01991-92 42 40 .5121992-93 55 27 .671 lost conference semifinals to Seattle SuperSonics 4-31993-94 58 24 .707 won NBA finals over New York Knicks 4-31994-95 47 35 .573 won NBA finals over Orlando Magic 4-01995-96 48 34 .585 lost conference semifinals to Seattle SuperSonics 4-01996-97 57 25 .695 lost conference finals to Utah Jazz 4-21997-98 41 41 .500 lost first round to Utah Jazz 3-21998-99 31 19 .620 lost first round to Los Angeles Lakers 3-11999-00 34 48 .4152000-01 45 37 .5502001-02 28 54 .3412002-03 43 39 .5242003-04 45 37 .550 lost first round to Los Angeles Lakers 4-12004-05 51 31 .622 lost first round to Dallas Mavericks 4-32005-06 34 48 .4152006-07 52 30 .634 lost first round to Utah Jazz 4-32007-08 55 27 .671 lost first round to Utah Jazz 4-22008-09 53 29 .646 lost conference semifinals to Los Angeles Lakers 4-32009-10 42 40 .5122010-11 43 39 .5242011-12 34 32 .5152012-13 45 27 .549 lost first round to Oklahoma City Thunder 4-22013-14 54 28 .659 lost first round to Portland Trail Blazers 4-22014-15 56 26 .683 lost conference finals to Golden State Warriors 4-12015-16 41 41 .500 lost first round to Golden State Warriors 4-12016-17 55 27 .671 lost conference semifinals to San Antonio Spurs 4-22017-18 65 17 .793 lost conference finals to Golden State Warriors 4-3
Dallas Mavericks (NBA)
Year Win Loss % Playoffs1980-81 15 67 .1831981-82 23 54 .3411982-83 38 44 .4631983-84 43 39 .524 lost conference semifinals to Los Angeles Lakers 4-11984-85 44 38 .537 lost first round to Portland Trailblazers 3-11985-86 44 38 .537 lost conference semifinals to Los Angeles Lakers 4-21986-87 55 27 .671 lost first round to Seattle SuperSonics 3-11987-88 53 29 .646 lost conference finals to Los Angeles Lakers 4-31988-89 38 44 .4631989-90 47 35 .573 lost first round to Portland Trailblazers 3-01990-91 28 54 .3411991-92 22 60 .2681992-93 11 71 .1341993-94 13 69 .1591994-95 36 46 .4391995-96 26 56 .3171996-97 24 58 .2931997-98 20 62 .2441998-99 14 36 .2801999-00 40 42 .4882000-01 53 29 .646 lost conference semifinals to San Antonio Spurs 4-12001-02 57 25 .695 lost conference semifinals to Sacramento Kings 4-12002-03 60 22 .732 lost conference finals to San Antonio Spurs 4-22003-04 52 30 .634 lost first round to Sacramento Kings 4-12004-05 58 24 .707 lost conference semifinals to Phoenix Suns 4-22005-06 60 22 .732 lost NBA finals to Miami Heat 4-22006-07 67 15 .817 lost first round to Golden State Warriors 4-22007-08 51 31 .622 lost first round to New Orleans Hornets 4-12008-09 50 32 .610 lost conference semifinals to Denver Nuggets 4-12009-10 55 27 .671 lost first round to San Antonio Spurs 2-42010-11 57 25 .695 won NBA finals over Miami Heat 4-32011-12 36 30 .545 lost first round to Oklahoma City Thunder 4-02012-13 41 41 .5002013-14 49 33 .598 lost first round to San Antonio Spurs 4-32014-15 50 32 .610 lost first round to Houston Rockets 4-12015-16 42 40 .512 lost first round to Oklahoma City Thunder 4-12016-17 33 49 .4022017-18 24 58 .293
In 1980, the NBA awarded an expanison franchise to Dallas and millionaire Don Carter, who named the team the Mavericks.
After the 1995-96 sesaon, Carter sold the team to
a group of investors led by Ross Perot Jr. In January 2000, the Perot group sold the Mavericks to internet entrepreneur Mark Cuban, who became one of the best-known professional team owners in sports.
Dallas fans celebrate at the American Airlines Center before Game 1 of the NBA finals in 2006. File photo.
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