Houston Rockets 1995 2nd Championship Season 3/5

[matacon2]

Now this is Basketball

[matacon2]

This is Basketball

[allu4me]

still mad at how they blamed dennis rodman in san antonio for the loss against houston

[Soundtrack1000]

@allu4me du du dud du mY JAw!:))))

[scr1bbl3r909]

I watched this in the 4th grade, this was the NBA finals that got me into basketball. 

[r0se91]

dammnnn!!!!!!!!!! 4 straight freethrows??. . haha

[256name]

David Robinson was given a clinic... :)

[MACHIN3K1NG]

lol Did that guy just flip the bird at the camera at 3:32 or 3:33?

[jasafj06]

did yall see anderson smiling when he was shooting that freethrow? what a fail

[Soundtrack1000]

@jasafj06 Take the steam uot of the Rockets:))))))))))))) That woman is legend:))

[anythingskim]

i miss these epic center match ups

[AndThePursuit]

@anythingskim shaq olajuwon ewing robinson, man these were good match ups

[000000MJ2345000000]

BORING CHAMPIONSHIP!....BULLS A LOT OF INSPERATION THAN THIS TEAM...

[FuShengAlex]

SMH@000000MJ2345000000 .....The only boring part was watching MJ changing jerseys and still getting ousted by the same team Houston swept on the road. :)

[texasguy10209]

@000000MJ2345000000 Boring championship? I dont see and have never seen the Bulls with MJ win at 6th seed. They lost to Orlando at #5 in 1995. Yeah the Bulls have 6 titles but just like typical Spurs fan you have to admit that they cant win when they are seeded lower then 2.

[xXhtownrocketsxX]

@texasguy10209

lol wtb this year? bulls and the spurs were #1 seeds. spurs out in the first round, bulls out in eastern finals. u make a good point but if mj were still on the bulls during 94 and 95, i think bulls woulda won but michael jordan failed to beat hakeem's rockets throughout his career. so i dont know

[batoattack]

@xXhtownrocketsxX what do you mean mj failed to beat hakeem's rockets? are you retarded? maybe you meant mark jackson. lol. Note: in 1993-94 Bulls owned Houston 2-1 in the season series; that is, without MJ. in 1994-95.

[goldenapple91]

Nick the Brick Anderson deserves a ring for his role in Houston winning the 95 title. If he makes just 1 of those 4 free throws things could have turned out much differently. At the same time the Rockets came back to win the first 2 round after losing game 1, maybe falling behind 1-0 would have made no difference in the end.

[Soundtrack1000]

@goldenapple91 i watcged OLajuwon on my vhs cassete all star 1997 and it's amazing how quickly he lost that supreme domination

[Soundtrack1000]

@goldenapple91 the brick ahhahahaha

[xraistlin83x]

The Dream completely embarrassed the Admiral.

[thatguysaid]

I loved Rudy's play call at the end of overtime, "Clyde you got 5 seconds" *waves hand*

[Paragon231]

"The Orlando magic is the team of the future"

15 years later and STILL no championship!!!!

[alhalies]

Jordan is so over rated, the only reason the Bulls won the championship is that they never played the ROCKETS. The Bulls used to get there ass kicked whenever they played the Rockets. Jordan had to have super stars around him to win Hakeem was the only one

[Warriospwn]

@alhalies So true and Jordan always had trouble with maxwell. I think maxwell was the only if not one of the few ones that could really guard well against Jordan.

I was hoping the Rockets would have beaten the Lakers and maybe we would be champs now. Oh well.

I hope these bad ass playoffs days and championships come back to Houston soon.

[Dmidgette1]

Is it the Bulls fault that the Rockets couldn't get to the finals from 96-99. I don't think so. Blame Seattle for the 96-97 season and blame Utah for the 97-98 season and the 98-99 season.

[Dmidgette1]

Plus you sitting here looking at this and knowing that Clyde Drexler is playing. Clyde is one of the greatest shooting guards to ever play the game and you saying that the Hakeem did it by himself. Then after this season they went and got Barkley. So they had three hall of fame players and still couldn't win from 96-99. Then they picked up Pippen in the 99-00 season and still had three hall of fame players and couldn't win.

[krakerfox]

@alhalies Jordan was always like the only who could win by himself,Hakeem was good but he usually or almost never did the last shot.Hakeem was not the scorer of the year he was a great defender but not a great scorer.A team with superstars is like at the present Boston with Garnett,Pierce,Allen or Orlando with Carter,Howard,Lewis.

Chicago had Jordan and Pippen what other superstar??? i think that the Phoenix suns team of 1992-1993 season was better than HOuston team 1993-1994 and 1994-1995

[Soundtrack1000]

look the fan at 7 49 :))))))))))

[Rasuke11]

what the heeeelllllllllllllllllll jordan overrated????? woooooooooooooooooow

[Elmaln]

WTF was that bitch at 3:20 saying?

[Xboy323]

take the steam out of hakeem, shaq

[Soundtrack1000]

@Elmaln hey this radio legends should take off these upcoming nba playoffs agree?:))))))))

[Xboy323]

how did he miss FOUR STRAIGHT at the line?

[Soundtrack1000]

maybe he was shocked by the these commentators radio:)

[twistedcutie267]

david robinson mvp lol !!!!!!!

[KiPwnNubs]

THAT 1995 SEASON MVP AWARD ...hakeem shoulda got iit.

[tin2975tin]

96-98 bulls 3 peat could be attributed to the trade of dennis rodman. as great as mj was during those years, without his hairness, theres no repeat 3peat. its a fact. rodman made mj and scottie looked good.

[KiPwnNubs]

agreed..rodman averaged 13 rebounds a game...so bulls couldnt win a 3 peat without rodman..

[tin2975tin]

wtf??? who forced mj to quit basketball in the first place? its himself. so dont make it appear that hes been out for almost 2 years playing a game for homos (baseball) and when he came back, he got his ass kicked by an up and coming magic led by a young shaq and hardaway. if he is that good as you made it appear, at least the bulls with the refs on their side could give the magic a good fight. but no. its a mismatch all the way. they couldnt stop shaq. how much more the dream.

[Dmidgette1]

Yeah thats what happened the first year he came back. But what happened the next year. When Jordan had a chance to play a whole season. The Bulls met up with the Magic in the eastern conference finals and swept the Magic. And Dennis Rodman put the clamp down on Shaq. So don't judge it when Jordan only played not even a half of a season.

[shanto719]

i think if jordan didnt retire bulls would have won 8 in a row but you cant take any thing away from the rockets they beat all the best teams that year and hakeem was amazing in the playoffs in 95

[FuShengAlex]

Man please, Houston woulda whupped Bull ass in 95 if they were lucky enough to make the Finals.

If they couldn't beat the Magic then they damned sure weren't touching Houston.

[shanto719]

jordan was off 2 years playing baseball he was rusty as hell he might have played with them in practice couple of times but you know that actuall game and practice is totally different but im not taking away anything from the rockets in 94 and 95 they were a very special team

[FuShengAlex]

Rusty as hell? 30ppg - 47% FG in 95 when he lost, 28ppg 52% FG when he won in 96....Hardly any difference. And besides the Rockets went through a hell lot more than MJ's so called rust, with suspension, trade, injury, no homecourt.

[shanto719]

yea there is he made more shots lol he didnt miss easy shots like he did in 95 he had to learn the offense over again. im not taking anything away from the rockets. but if the rockets were so good how come they didnt get to the finals in 96 97 98 i want to hear your excuse

im not bashing the rockets im not your typical basketball fan i appreciate good basketball and your rockets got screwed by bad calls against the lakers

[FuShengAlex]

shanto710...in 96....we didn't upgrade our team and sign a PF to deal with Kemp/Malone/Chuck. Seattle was a overall better team than us, more athletic and better at more spots on the floor than HOU. 97 Matt Maloney got killed vs. Stockton, and he was a CBA rookie. Then Chuck was a damned cancer. Dream dominated that series, 26ppg, not his fault we lost. 98 Dream only played 1/2 the season with injuries, after 98-99 season he shoulda packed it in, imo.

[shanto719]

you cant say that the rockets would have killed the bulls it would have been a great matchup like i said i have nothing but respect for this team

[FuShengAlex]

We swept Orlando and Orlando beat Chicago, so I'm not buying this "Houston won because MJ retired stuff".

[shanto719]

lol jordan was out of bball for 1 and half years 94 and 95 was charity for the rest of the league so dont worry enjoy your back to back titles and i will enjoy jordans 6

[FuShengAlex]

Lol@ 95 was "charity" for the league? I guess we should pretend that Orlando whupping Chicago with MJ never happened huh?

Jordan wouldn't have no 6 titles with the calibre of teammates Hakeem had in his prime. He would have 0 rings with Dreams 94 or 95 title teams. Not to worry, Hakeem is proud enough having put forth the greatest individual playoff performance in NBA history in 95.

[shanto719]

your fucking retarded seriously the magic did not whoop the bulls. what the fuck do you call drexler hes top 50 player of all time. you want to talk about the greatest team in nba history 1996 chicago bulls untouchabulls

[FuShengAlex]

You're here on a Houston Rocket thread boasting about the Bulls' achievments and then you turn around and say you have "respect" for Houston,LOL. Ok I can clearly see you're a Jordan Jocker trying to sell his agenda.

Learn to read, I said greatest individual playoff performance I didn't say Hakeem did it alone in 95. 96 Bulls GOAT team? LOL. Yeah when they added crap teams like the Raptors/Grizzlies to further dilute the league. The 2peat Lakers were better than the 96 Bulls imo.

[shanto719]

2 peat lakers lol pistons should have beat them in 88 thanks to the phantom call in laimbeer and isiah being hurt

[FuShengAlex]

Oh puhleeze. We need not mention MJ and phantom calls,lol.

[BigdogH201]

@FuShengAlex OMG...the truth!!

[Dmidgette1]

People keep saying that bullshit about the Rockets sweeping the /Bulls. The very next season when Jordan got a chance to get in basket ball shape what did they do to the Magic. They swept that ass. Plus they beat them by 20 point or better each game.

[FuShengAlex]

Yeah please add that they had Rodman in 96 playoffs ad they didn't have him in '95 when Grant/Shaq dominated Chicago. And Grant was injured in the '96 series.

MJ was so "in shape" that he shot a bricklaying 41% in the 96 Finals....thank goodness Rodman was there to grab all his misses.

[Dmidgette1]

So what if they did have Rodman. The fact of the matter is they beat that ass.

[masonvega114]

what the hell are u talkin about. Jordan WAS back in 95 and thet got beat by the MAGIC smart guy.

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@masonvega114: He wasn't... 100% basketball-ready... I guess...

Was he full-time back in '95, I believe Houston vs Chicago would be an EPIC series!!! I believe Chicago would have won in 7 (or maybe Houston could win in 7, since Chicago didn't have Rodman in '95), but it would be the Bulls' toughest championship!!!

[Colidape]

The Magic have been a NBA jokke ever since Shaq left.

[juju100000]

fusheng MJ the Goat get over it your attempts to downgrade MJ ain't working

[lakergreat80]

Damn. Hakeem gave it to Robinson hard. Made him his bitch. LOL

[captaincharisma25]

the best rockets team ever....

[im264shirt]

Actually that was the '94 Rockets. They were 58-24 that year, which was the second-best record in the NBA and best in their history.

[im264shirt]

BTW, that was a response to captaincharisma's comment

[dennydog10]

Team of the Future, boy they sure fell short of that.

[Deadshot089]

Thats what I liked from the players from the 90's they never make excuses Robinson admit he got dominated. Players from now are cry babys alwyas looking for excuses.

[Deadshot089]

Hakeem OWNED like a KING.

[PETROforever]

hakeem the DREAM... this is so emotional... ROCKETS!!!

[FallGuy82]

LOL @ Nick Anderson. Just 1 free throw, man.

[lookluk]

hakeem was taking robinson school.

[jplaya2023]

that's a flat out lie.

if the refs dont rig game 1 between bulls and magic chicago sweeps the series

fact

[jamesanderson26]

they rigged it? how so? there wasnt any investigation of refs rigging anything? so saying fact is false and just you conspiricizing. also how would they have swept orlando? the magic were the better team that year. saying what WOULD HAVE happened is easy to do, you cant erase what DID happen no matter how much you bitch and complain about it.

[jplaya2023]

Nick Anderson fouled jordan on that "steal" and it changed the entire complexion of the series.

[jamesanderson26]

fouled him huh? saying that is like saying jordan fouled russell on that "push off" with jordans last shot with the bulls.

and there was no fould with nicks poke of the ball. so quit your crybabyin

[jplaya2023]

Jordan did not push him off reggie miller threw jordan into the crows and they called no foul or else the bulls beat the pacers in 5..

Byron russel lost his balanced, slipped, and tried to grab MJ to stay up. Jordan just knocked his hand away

[jamesanderson26]

also, mike missed 2 freethrows in the last 2 minutes and shot HORRIBLY all day, 36%. so why dont you blame him for him choking in game 1 when he shouldnt have.

bottom line, orlando was the better TEAM.

[jplaya2023]

that wasn't michael jordan nick anderson even stated so himself.

That was a guy in a #45 jersey.

The next year we seen jordan and orlando seen a 4-0 sweep.

That would of happened in 95 as well had stern not suspended jordan for gambling

[jamesanderson26]

that whole gambling thing is all a conspiracy. nothing has been proven.

even at that michael wore the 45 for his 17 games in the regular season and still averaged 27, 7, 5 and a steal.

he shot poorly that game, GOT STRIPPED from behind, there was no foul, watch the footage, nick didnt even trip him, jordan hesitated in the air and tripped over himself.

he changed back to 23 after that and averaged 31 ppg and shot 46% for the series. if thats not typical jordan numbers idk what is.

[jplaya2023]

It's not a conspiracy. Jordan during the 1993 ECF finals on the morning of game 5 was seen out gambling all night in atlantic city. His gambling problem became chronic. Stern intended on suspending him 2 years but let him come back late due to decreasing ratings with the league.

e put up decent numbers but he was shooting 41% on the season and only ha d that great game vs the knicks with 55.

He put up ok numbers vs orlando but they stole grant from us, plus we didn't have dennis yet.. Fluke

[jamesanderson26]

CONSPIRACY! you really think stern would want to lose millions and millions of dollars by suspending him 2 years?

until something is proven and you have documents of this ACTUALLY being true, its all conspiracy talk.

horace left for money, he already had 3 titles.

like i said, the bulls got beat fair and square.

[jplaya2023]

If the word got out on jordans chronic gambling addiction it would of put the league and stern in shambles. Their best player possibly gambling on his team and other teams. The league would of never been the same again. So Stern suspended for a year and a half to let the story die down. It's been proven by facts that ray charles can see (r.i.p.

Horace left because he was a coward he abandoned us when we needed him the most.

fukk him That's why he won 0 rings in orlando.

[jamesanderson26]

proven? i think not.

go read the 9-11 conspiracies. you probably believe all that too.

clown.

[jplaya2023]

Use your head man.

Stern had to suspend michael to calm the gambling allegations. It would of cooked the league.

Don't be mad at me because the magic have 0 legit playoff series wins against the bulls

[jamesanderson26]

im not mad, i really dont care about the bulls nor the magic.

i've been a rockets fan since i picked up a basketball when i was 3 back in 89, i really do not care.

[jplaya2023]

oh your a rocket fan you should be happy stern suspended jordan or else houston has 0 titles.

Be blessed

[jamesanderson26]

haha, yeah, say all you want, olajuwons rockets were the only team jordans bulls had a losing record to his entire career.

[jplaya2023]

they also choked in the playoffs because they were scared to face the bulls

[jamesanderson26]

haha, yeah they were scared. mmhm.

[FuShengAlex]

Lol.....Hakeem owns the Bulls in his career.

[FuShengAlex]

Funny how the MJ fanboys say Houston is lucky to have "avoided" the Bulls. You put Hakeem in NYC in Patricks place and they'd have beaten the Bulls in the playoffs. Believe that.

[jamesanderson26]

haha yeah they would have.

[lakergreat80]

Bullshit. After the 1990 series loss to the Pistons, nobody could beat the Bulls in the playoffs. I don't care if you had Patrick and Hakeem on the same team, nobody, NOBODY, beats MJ in the playoffs. PERIOD!!!

[FuShengAlex]

"Bullshit. After the 1990 series loss to the Pistons, nobody could beat the Bulls in the playoffs"

Nobody like Shaq and Orlando in 1995? Maybe you slept through this series,lol. ........*awaits the MJ was tired excuse*.

[lakergreat80]

Come on. MJ had been out of the game for nearly two years at that point. Look at what happened in 1996. MJ's Bulls SWEPT the Magic. You're going to tell me you can compare the 1995 MJ to the 1996 MJ??? You're the one who's sleeping.

[FuShengAlex]

U mean the "96" MJ that shot a lousy 41% FG in the Finals? I thought this was what you MJ fans call better.

CHI had Rodman in 96 and Grant who killed CHI in 95 was injured in the "sweep" series. Big difference.

Hou overcame a season ending injury to their starting PF, Dream missed 10 games, Max banned, a midseason trade, a CBA guy signed on a 10day contract and no homecourt advantage.

And you're here telling me about MJ averaging his career numbers vs. Orl bein out of shape?

[lakergreat80]

I didn't say he was out of shape. That's what you keep saying. I'm saying that he was away from the game for nearly two years. I don't know if you even play basketball, but when I'm away from court for two days, my shot gets off a little bit and my timing is off.  Just think, he was away from basketball for 2 YEARS. Come on, you can't tell me he was the same player as in 1996. Physically, yes, but mentally, no.

[FuShengAlex]

Yeah a guy that averages 31.5ppg, 48% FG. 7 rebs, and 5 asts is "off". These are just about his career postseason averages.

He just had a better team and didn't have to carry as big a load in 95/96 compared to 94/95.

[AKA34DREAM]

i bet robinson regrets getting that trophy, the way he got scholled by a REAL MVP!

[HuskerFanatic]

Hakeem = THE REAL 1995 MVP.

[lbj6mj23]

@HuskerFanatic

not realy the playoffs mvp yes but the regular season wasnt that good for houston not hatin hakeem is my favorite player ever

[mozisgod1]

man i miss rudy t

[DominicanLou]

Bwahahah, Nick Anderson's 4 missed free throws! I remember that. I knew things were going our way by then.

[cbaldwinjr]

He was never the same after that moment...that's the sad part

[hok2806]

The Spurs clearly had the best team that season, but they were mostly untested in the Playoffs as a unit. While the team did terrifically in reclaiming home court in the West Semis for game 5 by winning 2 straight games in Houston, they simply couldn't handle Hakeem. Rodman was AWOL for most of the playoffs and no one man ever could have stopped Hakeem in the zone he was.

[mozisgod1]

people dont remember that was a pretty deep spurs team too, i thought we had it that year, and then when we got wilkins i thought for sure we had it but robinson went down

[dennydog10]

and about half that team was still there when they won in '99.

[kabukiboy23]

What Hakeem thought David was a lesson in MVP Basketball-you have the title then play like you possess it.

[kabukiboy23]

I mean taught...Sorry for my grammar.

[LuigiLaker]

I was hoping the young and supremely talented Magic would win the world title that year, but the Rockets showed alot of heart..ya gotta respect that..they earned their repeat, that's for damn sure..

[jwilson770]

The Rockets put on the most gangster playoff run ever in 95'.