Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tare da kammalawa mai ƙarfi a cikin kakar 1993-1994, Rockets sun yi ƙoƙari don yin gasa a matakin mafi girma na ƙwarewa. Sun fara kakar wasa ta uku suna alfahari da girman girman tsaro da kuma ƙarfin 'yan wasa tara na NHL. Teamungiyar ta kuma ƙara ƙwarewa da ƙwarewar ɗayan fitattun matasa na Turai, Vaclav Varada, wanda ya ci maki 50 kuma ya daidaita rikodin ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙungiyar. Todd MacDonald, wani
1993 Florida Panthers zaɓaɓɓen zaɓi, ya zama babban mai tsaron gidan ƙungiyar kuma an zaɓe shi don mafi kyawun matsayi a cikin kyautar West. Tsohon sojan Dallas Thompson an nada shi kyaftin din kungiyar, kuma jimillar kayan aikin kungiyar a karshe ta tura Rockets zuwa na biyu a yamma.