For the 1972 season, the Rockets introduced the famous "mustard and ketchup" logo, so dubbed by fans, featuring a gold basketball surrounded by two red trails, with "Houston" atop the first red trail and "Rockets" (all capitalized save for the lowercase 'E' and 'T') in black surrounding the basketball.
1995–2003
Following their back-to-back championships, the Rockets updated their logo and uniforms, featuring a rocket with a shark face zooming around a red basketball, with "Rockets" in big white and silver letters.