Example Of A Blog Review: The Houston Rockets

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My first blog will be about the the Houston Rockets. The Houston Rockets original name was actually the San Diego Rockets from about 1968- 1971, until in 1972 they renamed the team as the Houston Rockets. The color of there jerseys are red for road games,white for home games, and black as an alternate. From all the 47 and plus years they have been playing, they have only won the champions two times in 1986 and 1995.In 1984, the Rockets drafted center Hakeem Olajuwon who would be paired with 7'4"Ralph Sampson, forming one of the tallest front courts in the NBA. Nicknamed the "Twin Towers", they led the team to the 1986 NBA Finals. The team repeated as champions in 1995 as the sixth seed in the West and swept the Orlando Magic led by a young

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