The first championship for Houston came in 1994 when now hall of famer Hakeem Olajuwon led them to the a series victory over the New York Knicks. A year later Olajuwon helped the Rockets win a second consecutive title beating the Orlando Magic. This marked the first time in NBA history that a sixth seeded team had won the NBA Finals.  Since then the Rockets have failed to reach the conference finals even with the additions of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady. The Rockets failed to advance past the first round in the play-offs with McGrady and Ming in their team until 2009 when the advanced to the second round to play the Lakers. However McGrady did not take part in the play-offs after injuring his shoulder in the regular season. In game three against the Lakers Yao fractured a bone in his leg and will miss the whole of the 2009/2010 season.