When the Houston Rockets followed up a poor effort in Game Three with an even worse one in Game Four there was no reason to think that they would be able to do what only eight other teams have done in NBA history—but they did. With a dominant performance in Game Seven the Rockets became just the ninth team in NBA history to overcome a 3-1 series deficit to win 4-3.
“We just had a lot of guys that played well,” Rockets coach Kevin McHale said. “That’s what it takes. It just takes a lot of guys playing well to be a team. I told our guys, “(being down) 1-3 feels really, really, really bad, especially when they stomp on you in Games 3 and 4. But it was just our guys that just kind of ground it out. Our guys rallied together. They just did a hell of a job....
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