Struggling Rockets Fire Chaney as Their Coach
Don Chaney, the NBA coach of the year in 1991, was fired by the Houston Rockets on Tuesday and replaced by assistant Rudy Tomjanovich.
In Chaney’s first three seasons as coach, the Rockets went 45-37, 41-41 and 52-30, and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs each season.
This season, the Rockets are 26-26 and in third place in the Midwest Division, 8 1/2 games behind first-place Utah. In their latest loss, the Rockets blew a 24-pound lead at home Monday night and were beaten by the Minnesota Timberwolves, 124-122, in overtime.
Chaney, a former Clipper coach, was not available for comment, but he called a Houston radio station to say he had been fired.
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