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Year-by-year Houston Rockets history in NBA draft lottery

Year-by-year Houston Rockets history in NBA draft lottery

Since the NBA introduced its annual draft lottery with the 1984-85 season, the Houston Rockets have a .553 winning percentage. From a Houston perspective, the best-case outcome came in 2002, which led to the Rockets drafting Hall of Fame center Yao Ming at No. 1 overall. Here's a year-by-year look (courtesy of RealGM) at how the Rockets have fared in each lottery they've been a part of.