Why are the Rockets branding themselves as "Clutch City"?

[Nick Young]

Houston Rockets=Clutch City?

Is their marketing team playing an ironic joke or do they actually think this is a good nickname to describe Houston?

[warriorfan]

they are holding onto glory from the 90's when they used to be clutch

now it is just extremely ironic doe

[zizozain]

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"Choke City" was a Houston Chronicle front-page headline in 1994, given to the city of Houston after the Houston Rockets blew two consecutive commanding fourth-quarter leads at the Summit in the first two games of their Western Conference semifinals match-up versus the Phoenix Suns in the 1994 NBA Playoffs. This in effect took the series to Phoenix, Arizona down 0-2 in the best-of-seven series. It was feared at the time that the Rockets would follow the same fate as the city's National Football League (NFL) club at the time (the Houston Oilers) did; the Oilers blew a 32-point lead during a January 3, 1993 NFL playoff game versus the Buffalo Bills; the Bills won the game 41-38 in overtime. During this era, no Houston-based professional sports team from an existing sports league (the NFL, NBA, or Major League Baseball) had won a championship.

WK

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[bobopenguin]

and clutch fans.. damn son, they are all redneck homers.