With high hopes for success after making it to the Western Conference finals, the Houston Rockets began their 2015-2016 season with a 4-7 record, resulting in the firing of head coach Kevin McHale.
The Boston Celtics legend joined the Rockets staff in 2011 and spent four full seasons as the team’s head coach. McHale went an impressive 193-130, making him the winningest coach in the franchise’s history. With all of McHale’s success, what went wrong? Why was he fired only 11 games into his fifth season with the franchise?
The obvious reason is that the Rockets got off to an awful start.