1994 NBA Playoffs: Denver Nuggets upsets Seattle Sonics

[texasguy10209]

I believe this was the beginning of the sonic move to Oklahoma

[TheWeirdBananas]

what was 4:12

[funkyflights]

One of the worst moments in my life... As a Sonics fan I was depressed for about a month after this... I think the part that hurt so bad was that Seattle team probably would a made it to the finals had they won this series because Utah or the Rockets Seattle had there number... This Nuggets team was just a tough group that peeked at the right time... I just learned to tip my hat to um and respect what they accomplished...NOT and easy task beating that Seattle team 3 times in a row....

[billslover90]

1:25 kemp nearly got posterized lol

[machine9191]

whats the music called at 1 min 20

[UnionKid15]

great moment thanks so much for posting this video.

[Jeff98177]

If and when Seattle lands a new NBA team, I want to see this uniform design come back. The half basketball with the Seattle skyline was the best logo ever.

[IwasBannedfromYtube]

You know if the NBA today would followed the 1st round playoff with 3 wins, Lakers 2011 would have been out.

[Titanator2010]

Lakers were #2 this year.. I am a Lakers fan. Just letting you know. Spurs lost and so glad.

[GreenLantern501]

@IwasBannedfromYtube Um, why? Lakers won 4-2... If it was 3 wins it would have been 3-2. They may get out the 2nd round though which sucks

[jwsf941]

Could George Karl be on the short end again in this matchup in 2011?

[toadman842]

LOL Kendal Gill. Chockin' ass nig.

[bigdaddymatty17]

If I recall the Miami Heat (as an 8 seeded team) almost upset the 1 seeded Atlanta Hawks that very same year. The Heat took a 2-1 lead but Atlanta barely escaped in game 5.

[david8821]

damn shawn kemp got his ass handed to him by that lil guy robert pack lmao!!

[thegambitking]

...back when the Sonics were good ...or even still in existence, for that matter!

[505outlaw]

this game pissed me the fuck off. i thought the sonics had the championship fo sho

[abysmalatrocious]

@505outlaw I blame Gary Payton for the 1993-94 failures. It wasn't until 2000 or so that our Seattle media exposed what a punk GP was. In 1994-95, I blame George Karl for that failure, because of what he did to Kendall Gill. I thought we were going to win the championchip that year, too.

[acceptthis01]

I bet a lot of women wanted to sex Mutombo after that game.

[bigjoe23465]

LOOK AT MIKE BROWN AT THE END WITH HAIR.

[nuggetsfan0115]

@bigjoe23465 ROFL lol

[sinanyongacoglu]

why only 5 games??

[Galastin]

@sinanyongacoglu Not too long ago, the first round was best of five, while the others were still best of seven. They have since changed it to all best of seven series.

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[bgspsa102ndyear]

LithiumZ2 if you knew Anything about basketball!!!!! you would know that DET is 1 of the 2 best international players ever to lace em up????? 3 words for you from me and a real basketball talent DET.EAT DEES NUTZ

[gavnastyyy]

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[texasguy10209]

From a Rockets fan to the Nuggets..... THANK YOU FOR ELIMINATING THE SONICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That opened the door for The Rockets to win our first NBA in 1994.

Sonics... the only team that gave The Rockets nightmares.

Again thank you Nuggets.

[LithiumZ2]

fuck yeah Detlef Schrempf

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1994 NBA Playoffs: Denver Nuggets upsets Seattle Sonics

[cbaldwinjr]

You cannot climb Mt. Mutombo!

[KidBakz]

Damn what an upset!

[clyde1400]

I have the game 5 on VHS. It's my favorite NBA game ever! The Sonics did not choke,they just got beat....it was a war.

[smackdatpat]

No the sonics choked. They choked big time. That series was the definition of a tank job. That series should've ended in four games. If only Shawn Kemp had made one freethrow in game 4. But he didn't and they lost.

[clyde1400]

Whatever man. Sonics may have choked earlier in the series. But, in game 5 the sonics did not choke. It was a complete war that denver won.

[markofly76]

It wasn't just a choke, it was first George Karl flying back to Seattle and back to Denver between Games 3 and 4, Not adjusting to the sudden up-tempo Nuggets, not guarding Rauf and in game 5, SEVEN goaltending calls against MuDumbo that were never called. WE BLEW IT in '94.

[smackdatpat]

I didn't see any goaltending by Mutumbo in game 5, they were just great blocks as much as I hate to say it. Shawn Kemp got away with some goal tending as well. Typical of a Seattle team to let the opponent hang around like that with plenty of opportunities to put them away, including two overtime meltdowns.

[Aldebaron9]

Fu*K Seattle

[315Nuggets153]

Haha my grams dated one of tha nuggets players back then lol

[elnj4lyfe]

that dikembe moment is priceless.

[Elking55]

wow good stuff

[edmon91]

Denver Nuggets in 1994 were never-say-die team, they survived winning six times when facing elimination.

[slumdogboaz]

mutombo is the best

[KiPwnNubs]

they almost made history again in that very same playoffs..when nuggets were down 0-3 against the jazz..and came back 3-3..but lost the 7th game

[cbaldwinjr]

Exactly...people totally forget that. And how they were down 20 in the first half of that Game 7 and got back to about 6 before Utah finally held them off. They were really fun to watch

[KiPwnNubs]

and they almost made history if they won that 7th game, CUZ no team...has come back to a 0-3 defict

[KiPwnNubs]

and if..they beat utah in that 7th game, THEY COULDa beat the rockets...who knows...and they maybe will be in the finals against the knicks ...but never happened

[lfigueroa13]

@KiPwnNubs i don't think so. the rockets had olajuwon and they had a really good team chemistry. not to mention they had gained momentum from their near-choke against phoenix that year. the nuggets did however wipe out the jazz, they were clearly out of gas when they lost to houston. i think the rockets would have beat them, but it would have been fun to watch.

[dh234]

George Karl coaching the Nuggets now, Ive seen his face too much lol

[liweiwu007]

an irony is that george karl and ricky pierce later joined the nuggets.

[im264shirt]

Even though Seattle was Goliath in that series, Mutombo did seem like Goliath at the end of the final game: the big tall guy falling down and lying on his back, except in celebration with a smile on his face. And a ball in his hands like some prize.

[thomasw78]

Nuggets fan here...

I used to have this game on tape... Unfortunately its been long lost.

I went nuts when they won this game.

[gojira931]

I have this documentary on VHS. This was a very cool segment.

[cuervojones98]

In game 4 the Sonics led by 3 with 40 seconds left and Shawn Kemp (79% FT shooter) at the line. If he had hit just one of those goddamn free throws, the Sonics win in 4 and probably go on to win the title. I was 15 at the time and remember this very vividly.

Of course, he bricks both and Robert Back comes down and nails the 3 to tie the game, because GP tripped trying to defend him.

Nightmare.

[cuervojones98]

Excuse me... Robert PACK, who apparently after the 94 playoffs disappeared off the face of the Earth.

[mikemak13]

they couldnt just choke and lose to the nuggets they had to have the series all but won at 2-0 and then lose the next 3. only the sonics could be the #1 team in the entire league and fail at 3 chances to win one more game.

[DeltronsBET]

George Karl is a bad coach, thats why!

[src1tube]

Mutumbo on the ground is still etched in my head to this day.

[magicuno]

I still remember watching Game 5 in my bedroom back when I was 14. I was shocked a team like Seattle could choke like that.

[trtomkitinholloywood]

I projected this series to the T ask anybody in my High school they thought I was on crack

[narv03]

...this still hurts after all these years. Dikembe embraces the ball.....

[kinfolk441]

This is off the NBA Furious Finishes DVD.

[tejanovet]

dan issel got fired from the nuggets for shouting at Mexicans

[mikemak13]

I was about ten when I watched this and it still pisses me off to this day. The one year a team in my city could have gotten a championship in my lifetime and of course this happens. Seattle is a cursed city, an anti-championship curse. Only there can their team have the best record in the entire league and choke this way. There should have been a banner that said 1994 World champions in the Key arena all this time. But well... the sonics are gone now so whatever.

[coldkid6]

yeah...even UW basketball got cheated out of a possible championship in 2006

[smackdatpat]

An anti-championship curse.

Is there another kind of curse in sports?

[lfigueroa13]

@mikemak13 they did make it to the finals in '96, but they ran to michael jordan.

[mikemak13]

@lfigueroa13 Yeah I know. This was supposed to be their year though. By the time Jordan was back 2nd place was the best anyone was gonna do with that bulls team in the picture. But 1994 should have been a Sonics championship year.

[colaivar]

I still can't get over this series. If Kemp would have made a free throw in games 3 or 4 this would have not gone the distance. Good Series though!!! Sonics were too raw and didn't take care of business. The year before they took Phoenix to 7 games and almost made the finals.

[wdgcguy]

i was 5 when this happened but when i got older and followed more nba and saw this wow what an upset

[samoanseb8]

dan issel looks like goldmember

[StillFrame75]

Lol at Mike Brown at the end.

[crackdahack]

thanks for the vid

i like these nba documentaries