The 1995 Rudy Tomjanovich-coached Houston Rockets basketball team were defending NBA champions, but they entered the NBA playoffs with a low seed after a poor regular season. The Rockets went on to defeat the top four seeds, winning seven straight games at one point of the playoffs.
“Never underestimate the heart of a champion,” declared Tomjanovich in June 1995, after his team returned as NBA champions. The quotation is still well-remembered in Houston.
