The 2007 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2006–07 season.
 The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs defeating the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals.
 Tony Parker was named NBA Finals MVP, making him the first Spur other than Tim Duncan and the first European-born player to receive the award.
The 1998 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1998 playoffs of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the conclusion of the 1997–98 NBA season.
 The Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls played against the Western Conference champion Utah Jazz, with the Jazz holding home-court advantage with the first 2 games in Salt Lake City.
 In a repeat of the previous year's Finals, the Bulls won the series 4 games to 2 for their third consecutive NBA title and their sixth in eight seasons.
 Michael Jordan was voted the NBA Finals MVP of the series (he also had won the award the last five times the Bulls won the Finals: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, and 1997).
 This would be his sixth NBA championship and sixth Finals MVP award in six full basketball seasons.
 Until 2014, it was the last consecutive Finals rematch between two teams.
The 1987 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1986–87 season.
 The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.
 The Lakers earned their 10th NBA championship, and Magic Johnson was named NBA Finals MVP for a then-record third time.
The 1978 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1977-78 season.
 The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets defeating the Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
 Wes Unseld was named NBA Finals MVP.
 To date, it remains the only NBA title that the Bullets (since renamed the Wizards) have won.
The 1973 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1972–73 season.
 The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.
 The Knicks won their second (and most recent) NBA title.
 Willis Reed became the first player to be named NBA Finals MVP twice.
The 1977 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1976–77 season.
 The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.
 It was Portland's first (and so far , only) NBA title.
 Bill Walton was named NBA Finals MVP.
The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas.
 The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years before being moved to Houston.
 In the Rockets debut season, they won only 15 games.
 However, after drafting Elvin Hayes first overall in the 1969 NBA Draft, they made their first appearance in the playoffs in 1969.
 After Hayes was traded, Moses Malone was acquired to replace him.
 Malone won two MVPs during his time in Houston, and he led the Rockets to the conference finals in his first year with the team.
 He also took the Rockets to the NBA Finals in 1981, but they were defeated in six games by the Boston Celtics.
 In 1984, the Rockets drafted Hakeem Olajuwon, who led them to the 1986 Finals in his second year, where they lost again to Boston.
 In the next seven seasons, they lost in the first round of the playoffs five times.
 They won their first NBA championship in 1994, led by Olajuwon, who won Finals MVP.
 They repeated as champions the next year, and Olajuwon won Finals MVP once again.
 To date, the Rockets have not advanced to the finals again.
 The Rockets missed the playoffs from 1999–2003, and did not make the playoffs again until after they drafted Yao Ming in 2002.
 Since then, the Rockets have had a winning season in all but two of the next 14 seasons and, led by James Harden, advanced to the conference finals in 2015.
Westley Sissel Unseld (born March 14, 1946) is an American former basketball player.
 He spent his entire NBA career with the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988.
The 1993 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1992–93 season.
 The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls defeating the Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.
 Michael Jordan was named NBA Finals MVP for the third straight year.
 This was the Suns' second Western Conference title; they made their first NBA Finals appearance since 1976, losing to the Boston Celtics.
The 1979 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association’s 1978–79 season.
 The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics defeating the Eastern Conference champion Washington Bullets 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.
 The Sonics earned their only NBA title.
 Dennis Johnson was named NBA Finals MVP.

Question: When was the player named NBA FInals MVP in 1978 inducted into the Hall of Fame?
Answer: 1988