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Rockets release blue City Edition jerseys for 2020-21 season

Made by Nike, the new light blue uniforms — designed with Houston’s era from 1995-96 to 2002-03 in mind — have “H-Town” across the front.

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At 7:13 p.m. on Wednesday night, the Rockets officially unveiled their blue City Edition jerseys for the upcoming 2020-21 NBA season. That time, of course, is a nod to Houston’s oldest area code.

Houston had space-themed City jerseys in 2019-20, but this blue set will replace those for this season. Like the white City uniforms from last year, this blue version has “H-Town” across the front in red lettering.

For a team with red as the primary color throughout most of its history, the choice of light blue certainly draws attention. The Rockets briefly had navy blue uniforms in the late 1990s, but this represents the secondary color from that era, rather than the primary. The light blude also ties in with the former Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL).

In addition to ditching the 2019-20 City jersey, the Rockets will also be losing Nike’s version of the Classic uniforms, which were in place last season as a one-year tribute to the 25th anniversary of the 1994-95 title team. Those will not be replaced in 2020-21.

In all, the Rockets should have four jersey sets (rather than five) next season: the red Icon; white Association; black Statement; and blue City.

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NBA releases uniform schedule for Rockets to begin 2020 playoffs

Houston is scheduled to wear its black Statement jerseys twice, while the white City and red Icon uniform sets will each be worn once.

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The NBA updated its LockerVision website Sunday with details on the specific uniforms to be worn by each team in confirmed playoff games.

All playoff games will be played inside the league’s Disney World “bubble” complex in Central Florida. Four of the eight series will begin Monday, while the remaining four — including West No. 4 Houston versus No. 5 Oklahoma City — will start on Tuesday.

Per Locker Vision, the Rockets will wear their black Nike Statement jerseys, which have “Houston” across the front, in Tuesday’s Game 1 and also for Game 4 on Monday, Aug. 24.

Houston’s red Icon uniforms, which feature the team’s usual red color scheme along with its latest logo and a revised font, will be the choice for Thursday’s Game 2. Finally, the space-inspired City uniforms — white with “H-Town” across the front — will be worn in Saturday’s Game 3. That keeps with Houston’s “Space City Saturdays” theme from this season.

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The Rockets are not scheduled to wear their white Association jerseys, which are similar in design (but not color) to the red Icon set. They are also not scheduled to wear their red Classic jerseys, which they went 0-2 while wearing in recent “seeding” games at the bubble.

The Thunder will wear their orange Statement jerseys with “OKC” across the front in Game 1 and Game 3, while they will don white Association jerseys with “Thunder” across the front for Game 2 and Game 4.

Uniform sets for future playoff games and series will not be released until those game dates and matchups are confirmed.

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NBA releases uniform schedule for Rockets upon league’s restart

The NBA has released the uniform schedule that each of its teams will wear during the upcoming regular-season games in Florida.

The NBA updated its LockerVision website on Monday with information on the specific uniforms that each team will wear in the eight regular-season games to be played at the NBA’s restart location in Florida.

The Houston Rockets will wear their red Icon jerseys upon the 2019-20 season’s resumption on July 31 versus Dallas. In all, the Icon uniforms — which feature Houston’s usual red color scheme along with the team’s latest logo and a revised font — will be worn by the Rockets in four of their eight games in Florida. That’s the most of any jersey set.

Besides the opener versus Dallas, the Icon uniforms will also be worn on Aug. 2 versus Milwaukee; Aug. 11 against San Antonio; and Aug. 14 versus Philadelphia in the regular-season finale.

After Icon, the team’s second-most frequent jersey will be the Classic set, which honors the 25-year anniversary of Hosuton’s most recent championship team in 1994-95. Those throwback-style red uniforms will be worn twice, on Aug. 4 versus Portland and Aug. 12 against Indiana.

For the other two games, the Rockets will wear their black Statement uniforms — which feature “Houston” across the front — on Aug. 6 versus the Los Angeles Lakers. They’ll use the space-inspired City uniforms, which are white with “H-Town” on the front, on Aug. 9 versus Sacramento.

The Rockets are not scheduled to wear their white Association jerseys, which are similar in design (but not color) to the red Icon set.

Houston has already clinched a spot in the upcoming NBA playoffs, but the uniform schedule for those games will not be set until dates and opponents are finalized upon the regular season’s conclusion.

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Rockets release NASA-themed teaser video for City jersey reveal

The Rockets published a NASA-themed video teasing to next Wednesday’s reveal of Houston’s new City uniforms for the 2019-20 NBA season.

The Houston Rockets published a new video teasing to their imminent reveal of new City uniforms for the 2019-20 NBA season.

The City jerseys will be revealed on Wednesday, Nov. 20, and then worn for the first time on Saturday, Nov. 30 at home versus Atlanta. Unlike recent years, these City uniforms will not feature Chinese lettering. The Rockets are then scheduled to wear the City set in all remaining Saturday games this season, home and away.

The video hints at a NASA theme, with the extended compilation including an image of the Earth from outer space; footage of several rocket launches; and astronauts on a mission.

NASA, which is short for the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has extensive history in Houston tracing back to the establishment of the Johnson Space Center (then named the Manned Spacecraft Center) in 1961. It was a key support facility in NASA’s quest (ultimately successful) to put a man on the moon that decade.

Similar to the plan to wear the City uniforms each Saturday, the Rockets also have a special “Flashback Friday” theme for each Friday game this season. In that program, the current Rockets will wear retro-themed Classic uniforms as part of a 25-year anniversary celebration of the 1994-95 NBA championship squad. That promotion began with last night’s win over the Indiana Pacers.

In total, Houston will have five sets of uniforms this season. The Rockets brought back their black “Statement” jerseys from last season, while the red “Icon” and white “Association” jerseys were significantly changed to incorporate a new font, modernized side panels, and the inclusion of black as a core color. Those three sets, along with the aforementioned Classic uniform, were released in June.

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