There are touchstones collected on the way to championships that resonate even decades later. The Rockets’ consecutive championship years brought the birth of “Clutch City.” They culminated with the “Heart of a Champion.” Mario Elie produced the “Kiss of Death,” a triumph that still has him stopped around Houston “all the time.” “It’s pretty cool,” Elie said. “People remember that. They tell me where they were. They don’t call me Mario. They say, ‘Hey, ‘Kiss of Death.’ That’s my new name.”