I watched this game live. I litterally cried. Knowing the history of Malone-Stockton franchise, this was their ultimate highlight. When the announcer said "you never see this group so happy " this was true!
@guidonyk you don't make your legacy by dominating matt maloney and sedale threatt. you make it by getting your but kicked by gary payton and kevin johnson.
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I was a Rockets fan at the time so this was a very dark moment, But the one thing tha made me sleep better....the Jazz got burned by multiple last second shots the next two years by the Bulls. So I take my solace in that and the fact that Stockton and Malone (two of the dirtiest players alive) never won rings nor did their cheating ways mentor, Jerry Sloan. Poetic justice!
@MasTriste Wow, I'm not sure how you can call Stockton a dirty player. Except that maybe you're bitter that this shot went down. He's a classy man, and a competitive athlete. Malone isn't dirty, either, but calling Stockton dirty is just... asinine.
It's still painful to watch, and Jazz fans everywhere are still bitter about it. That was probably the only chance they'll ever have to win a championship. So yeah, I'm still pissed about it. Game 6 was some of the worst officiating I've ever seen.
As a Knick fan I enjoyed that because Houston lost and because Utah was always a good team never to make it that far. I saw it live also. What a moment.
Even now, the Jazz don't have a center. Okur is just a 7-foot tall wing player who can't play defense. Fesenko is 7' and about 300 pounds, but plays like he's 6'5".
I think the NBA as a whole is drifting away from traditional centers, though. There's honestly only two or three legit centers in the NBA right now. The NBA is getting smaller and quicker.
I remember when the Rockets had their version of the "Big Three," with Olajuwon (my favorite player of all time), Barkley and Drexler. It was a big deal that these guys were playing together at the time.
Ah, I miss the good old days of the NBA. I particularly miss the one-two punch of Stockton and Malone, whom I think is the formidable duo in NBA history.
What a shame for the rockets. it would have been nice to see Rockets vs Bulls that year. They were the only champions of the 90's. Jordan, Pippen,Rodman vs Olajuwon, Drexler and Barkley. Would have been nice to see the Bulls try to stop olajuwon. They never went up against a real big in any of their championships.
Michael Jordan is the sacred cow during that period. By saying this I mean there is no player can take a breath next to him otherwise it`s a foul. That`s also the reason why people view him as god and neglect the rest possibles. He is never the 1st in any case.
Bulls were the Best team of the 90's PERIOD. Houston 2nd followed by New York, Utah, Seattle, Indiana, Phoenix & Miami. Then if you want to talk about best players you go MJ 1st, Olajuwon 2nd followed by Malone, Barkley, Payton, Pippen, Ewing, D.Robinson, Stockton & maybe Miller. I didnt include players that only had a few years of good basketball, we're talking about the whole 90's decade.
man...i remember when ever team was literally nervous about playing the Utah Jazz because of how good they were, i dont care what anyone says, the jazz were the best team to play the game in the 1990's, i will never forget them.
@nosnorma no the utah jazz weren't the best team to play the game in the 1990's you dumb fuck. They were nearly unstoppable on offense because karl malone and john stockton would play the pick and roll and if the defender switched off chances were stockton would draw the wing defender so that he could pitch it to hornacek for 3. Chicago used this to their advantage by shutting down nearly every other player in the jazz to become a nonfactor. Look at how effective Hornacek was in the finals.
@Livinglifehigh stocktons game tier at 100 had ice in his veins, hes gutsy, thats why hes a great even if he did not win a championship. barkley, stockton, malone, threatt, drexler, those were the good old days, threatts three could have gave houston survival but honeycomebed in and out.
@simsdale the previous seasons 94 and 95 , so to beat them and trashtalking barkley in houston was bittersweet, i dont know if barkley brought karma to houston, or was it destiny, houston owned phoenix twice when barkley was there, if u cant beatem jointhem backfired for houston and barkley. i wonder if horry and cassell were a rocket, they would have advanced further. stocktons shot was like a funeral for houston fans, people couldnt leave, they were like a dog with its tail in betweentheirlegs
To say that Mario elie missed three at 0:43, is a huge understatement. Pity the Rockets kind of choked this game away and did not have the opportunity to play for a finals berth in game 7. A Bulls vs Rockets finals? A four time champion vs a two time champion? Another rematch with Barkley for MJ and Pippen.
Stockton would not get away with those running floaters diggin his shoulder into the defender in today's game. One reason I hated the Jazz was because they played so dirty. Malone was the worst. Vengeance belonged to Rodman the way he would beat Malone at his own game.
Charles Barkley's reaction was priceless. Looking on helplessly from the door to the court thinking that was probably the last time he'd ever get that far. And it was.
To those who say the NBA was watered down in the 90s, the 97 Playoffs will show that the talent was huge. Michael Jordan just happened to be at the same time as these guys.
5:32... HHEYEAH!!! Gotta love those Announcergasms...
I really think Utah would have won 2 Championships (97, 98) If they played anyone other than Chicago.. Come to think of it, Indiana came close to beating the Bulls in the 98 ECF, To see the Pacers play the Jazz would have been really good.
5:20. Malone BEAR HUGS Drexler, who is supposed to be on Stockton. Fucking cheaters. That's why you don't have any rings, and why Malone couldn't win with LA.
@emcitymisfit rockets were lucky that jordan left for baseball. that's the only reason hakeem has rings.
also, the sonics would have knocked off the rockets in 94 and 95 if they hadn't fucked up early. they owned houston back then. just owned them. that's the whole reason why the barkley trade happened.
@lakerfiend You're right about the Sonics owning us,but we still beat them, plain and simple.
As for Jordan, check the facts. Houston was the only team in the league with a winning record against MJ during those championship years, and the Bulls never had an answer for Olajuwon. It was a favorable matchup for us, and at the very least, we would have had a shot at winning those rings. Better than the craptacular Jazz.
@emcitymisfit "You're right about the Sonics owning us,but we still beat them, plain and simple."
No. The Rockets did not beat Seattle. Not the champinship (*) Rockets. Seattle owned them, as proven in the 96 playoffs. That's why Houston traded for Barkley.
The Rockets were real lucky to miss Seattle in 94 and 95.
@emcitymisfit How many times did the Rockets face the Dynasty Bulls in the Finals?
Are you asserting that the Orlando Magic and Knicks are the same level as those Bulls teams?
I know that Houston fans aren't the most logical or intelligent, but this is rather sad. Tell me, are you a ClutchFans poster? What an asylum/zoo that place is.
@sunshinebutmorerain I'm a Knicks fan and no way were the Knicks on the same level as the Bulls. Bulls had Jordan who was still at his prime (like he ever fell off), Pippen who could do just about everything from score to steal and rebound and block shots, and a super emerging 6th man in Toni Kukoc who could rest michael or pippen. No one was on the Bull's level, Jazz were the closest
@emcitymisfit 1997 or 98 Jazz>>>>1994&95 Rockets. Too bad about MJ, but the Jazz were the second best team overall that decade. And those Finals teams for Utah were scarier than either of the Houston title winning teams. They pushed the Bulls to their very limits, something no other team did in the Finals.
Malone was, IMO, second only to Michael that decade. Malone would have won 3-4 MVPs, been the league's scoring champ 7 times, and won back to back titles if not for MJ. Poor Karl.
@brettfavre4MVP drexler losing the ball in the final minutes to tie the game 98-98, is inexcusable, nobody is perfect, utah was too good that year, its so sad stockton and malone were the best duo, they went together like filet mignon and a baked potato. Malone is the Dan Marino for the NBA, his stats did not equate toa ring, he was a real great. David Robinson, Olajuwon are all greats, but malone showed it team wise and stats wise.
@emcitymisfit . "It was a favorable matchup for us"
"Us"?!? You were on the team? No wonder you're so biased.
As far as Houston's record against Chi, keep in mind that Utah also had a very good record against the Bulls from Jordan's drafting onward; I think it was a winning record as well.
They also swept Chicago in the regular season of 98. Which kind of disproves the notion that regular season results dictate playoff W/Ls. But don't let cause and effect, or base logic get in your way.
@sunshinebutmorerain see, now you're not even being totally fair -- im not talking about drafting jordan, im talking about the 6 championship years. hakeem owned the bulls. hack a shaq doesnt work on hakeem, and any finals matchup would have been won by the rockets, especially in 94/95 when the rockets were at the top of their game.
@emcitymisfit "see, now you're not even being totally fair -- im not talking about drafting jordan, im talking about the 6 championship years"
As I said, the regular season is not the same as a Finals matchup. In the 98 season, Utah swept Chi. By your standard for Houston, that means that Utah should have easily beaten the Bulls in the Finals.
@emcitymisfit "hack a shaq doesnt work on hakeem, and any finals matchup would have been won by the rockets,"
So the 95 Rockets would beat the 96 Bulls? How about the 97 Rockets versus the 97 Bulls?
Further, beyond hypotheticals, the Sonics owned the mid-90s Rockets. Very lucky to miss them.
Championships require luck. Houston was very lucky, particularly in 95. For instance, both the Suns and Jazz -- AKA Houston's toughest opponents in those playoffs -- had key injuries when playing Houston.
@emcitymisfit "especially in 94/95 when the rockets were at the top of their game."
So the 95 Rockets, you assert, are better than any version of the Chicago Bulls?
It's arguable that Houston wasn't better than a healthy Utah (no starting Center for the playoffs) or Phoenix (Manning out, Barkley with a messed up knee for the last few games against Hou), let alone Chicago at their peak.
The Jazz came within 9 points of winning two championships over Chicago. They were easily Chi's toughest Finals matchup, so the idea that they were "crap" is pretty laughable. All but 3 games in two years came down to the final seconds between those two teams.
So if Utah was crap, so was Chicago. Pathetic "thinking".
And even moreso considering that statement is coming from a Rockets fan. By your own logic, the HOF Rockets=Beneath Shit.
Although I was an MJ fan at this time since I was in my mid-late teens, I always felt bad for Stockton and Malone, because had they not been cursed by having to play against the likes of Michael Jordan the Bulls, I'm 100% they would have won either one if not two of the times they reached the Finals back to back.
Stockton was a phenomenal player, and one of the BEST at his position, not only that, but his shooting was absolutely phenomenal, loved watching him and Malone as a duo.
It looked for sure like this series was going to Game 7 with the Rockets up by 14 with 6 minutes to play! The way the Jazz came back to break Houston's heart was sweet, after the Rockets had broke their hearts in 1994 and 1995!! To see Mario Ellie's face seconds after Stockton's shot is a picture worth a thousand words! I'm not a Jazz fan, nor a Rockets hater, but I love seeing a team get sweet revenge on another after getting their hearts ripped out a few times!
I'm not going to lie, I was a HUUUGE Rockets fan at this point in time and hated the Jazz, but they nasty. Stockton and Malone were skilled as hell. Made everything look easy.
why does it Seem to me like the Rockets Threw this game????at 338 the whole team gives him a open run to the basket with 22 seconds left??dam they got i dont know who on em wtf rockets ??
@Hoopfanify I don't know if you are agreeing or being sarcastic...but a push off, or an elbow "nudge" is not even in the same realm as physically lifting and carrying another player to another location (as malone did to drexler)
@tnc7685 Yea i was serious i was just pointing out that in the 90's there were alot of no calls weird huh? But you are right i never noticed it before but malone did indeed bear hug drexler
@tnc7685 Watch it closely. Malone didn't "bear hug him and carry him away." Look at Drexler's feet. They were pushing against Malone. And not only that, when the Jazz started into their motions, when Stockton broke away, Drexler went the opposite way of Stockton. Watch from 5:25 in the video.
that team of rockets was one of the best teams of 90's after that clyde drexler and akeem olajuwon, was retired!! love utah of the end of the 90's they deserved a ring, but karl malone couldn't handle the preassure of the bulls
Stockton and Malone are some who are among the best in nba in history to fail in winning a championship...and the only reason for them not winning one is Jordan...so I think they must be proud...at least they know even if they have not won one they are still hall of famers rather than have one but not remembered by even one fan or by record book.
So my good friend mikeyvp finally told me how he started dunking, he s shorter than me, he s only 5 6 but leaps over 9 inches higher! Apparently he used the program over at 50inch vertical[dot]com and gained over 15 inches in his vertical jump!
Utah Jazz vs Houston Rockets 1997 (Game 6 West Conf Finals)
@trancexprep84 I know... what happened after Stockton made that runner? The Rockets have the ball with the shot clock turned off... and suddenly the Jazz have the ball with 2.8 left?
I remember watching this game as a teenager and thinking it was the most amazing Jazz moment I ever witnessed! Nostalgia is like the best comfort food.
this was the moment of truth for Utah, they walked the walk, it was so sad to seem them lose to chicago, stockton had ice in his veins. that previous year, the glove made the winning layup for the sonics, utah almost won three straight. talk about not losing your composure for utah, utah understood the concept of team, and putting egos aside, houston pulled a portland trailblazer choke, drexler at least won two years before with the rockets.
utah played such a gr8 game, its so hard to win on the road, jerry sloan is a class act and hope deron williams and boozer can guide him, chicago had a lot of bullshit, and pippen isnt shit without jordan.
i miss the nba on nbc, nba on abc sucks, basketball is not the same without the glove, barkley, malone, stockton, drexler, fuck lebron and dwayne wade, im old school this is basketball at some of its best.
thanks man, this was one of the greatest shot in utah history, its ironic that paxon with the three in the 93 finals ruins it and in 97 stockton is the party pooper to charles barkley and company. absolutely wonderful shot, no matter how good the defense, that ball had arch and parabolic motion great stance by stockton, this was bittersweet, what the jazz had to sweat, its so sad that utah went to the 92 wcf, 94, 96, 97, 98 and came up short. they had 60+ wins several times
this was the best moment of my childhood. you can always argue about a moving screen and people always seem to find ways to argue against the Jazz, but when it comes don to the last few sconds of any team the refs always just let them play.
@kalloused utah deserved it, derek fishers idol is john stockton and fisher was a jazz for one season 2006-2007. this was a breath of relief. jazz should have won the finals, its a shame for stockton and malone, the best duo to never have a ring, its like dan marino not having a SB ring or Barry Bonds not having a World Series ring.
Because Drexler was trying to get out of the mioving screen by Malone, but Malone blocked him with his big body, preventing Drexler to come near Stockton!! Drexler's a SHOOTING guard, Malone's POWER forward, go figure!!!!!
After I saw this game I didn't feel bad of some of the calls the Jazz didn't get in the finals!! After this one, they shouldn't be complaining at calls, just play ball and let the refs handle it!!
You're absolutely right. Malone moved that screen for almost 3 seconds without the one of the refs even spotting it. It can be that the refs themselves were in such tension that they weren't lookin or they just wouldn't give these fouls at the last second (1998 MJ's last shot, if it even WERE a foul, which I doubt). Oh, well. It would've been great watchin Jordan's and Pippen's Bulls play the finals against Barkeyl's, Drexler's and Hakeem's Rockets b/c Houston had won 2 rings in MJ's absence....
observing malone again, its ridiculous how he managed to get away with that shit, i mean he was LITERALLY holding drexler and illegally succesfully made sure that he didnt get around him. But, yeah the refs were probably not paying attention.
I don't see the people complaining about Malone's "moving screen" also complaining about that phantom Ostertag foul on Barkley a minute earlier. Get over it.
Yep, it was a phantom foul on Ostertag, mooseclamps!! But it wasn't a complete phantom foul!! If you look closely, Barkley's clearly pushed off balance by Stockton!! The same kind of foul he made against the Bulls at the end of the 1st half of game 3 in the '98 finals after the Ron Haroer steal in the last seconds. The refs made a good foul call, but they just didn't call it on the right man!!
Ok, if you are watching CLOSELY, you will notice that Stockton was on Barkley's back side and a step or two away from him. Barkley fell to the ground toward John's direction. If you are trying to pin the foul to someone other than Ostertag, then it would might have been Hornacek.
the shot haunted the rockets for years after this. would have loved to see a rockets/bulls finals. even with the rockets age i still think rockets would have put up a good fight. would have been a great to see those two teams against each other in the finals.
ya it did the next season the rockets had almost the same team, but we barly made the playoffs and guess what we played the jazz in the first round. but clyde and hakeem just did not have ne more and malony lost his touch from 3pt range. matt that year his rookie year was just a product of the shorted 3pt shoot.
@thanhsao anybody that says Malone and Stockton are boring are just plain stupid and know nothing about what the game of basketball is all about...today there is NO loyalty from players to their franchise and fans...Malone and Stockton are great exemple especially Stockton who never wore any other uniform
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No way Stockton is the best point guard ever! His credentials dont touch the Magic Man's. At best i'd put him 3rd all time among point guards, behind Magic and Oscar Robertson.
Ummm...Magic Johnson? 5 NBA titles, 3 MVP's, 3 Finals MVP's...probably the #2 player ever. Stockton better like being the #2 PG ever...because Magic is the GOAT
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TristenNielson11 6 days ago
Stockton and Malone were beasts!
RocketZ06801 1 month ago
I am glad this team never won a championship.
davd1986 2 months ago
Now got to find MasTriste Comment.......... Great
GammingExpert2 2 months ago
I watched this game live. I litterally cried. Knowing the history of Malone-Stockton franchise, this was their ultimate highlight. When the announcer said "you never see this group so happy " this was true!
saigondj 3 months ago
haha look at chuck flailing his limbs to try and get to stock
addycorp2 5 months ago
Uh Oh LOL ... Nice call billy
Aquamelli 5 months ago
Sir Charles never won title. He should played for bulls with Michael Jordan.
estalt957 6 months ago
@estalt957
jordan would have never tolerated barkley's laziness if they played on the same team. Read scottie's interviews about playing with barkley in houston
klined 6 months ago
i i i i maybe wrong!!!swish wheres the defense charles funny how stockton miss that game winning three against the bulls in the same spot!
THEJOURNEY92 7 months ago
Wow the refs are BLIND for not calling the moving screen on karl what a shame....pay attention at Malone at 5:25
Malone and Stockton are great players but they are dirty players.
alqutami85 7 months ago
how about stockton dominating the game at the end..this made his legacy
guidonyk 7 months ago
@guidonyk you don't make your legacy by dominating matt maloney and sedale threatt. you make it by getting your but kicked by gary payton and kevin johnson.
hubertus35 3 months ago
What's Karl Malone doing @ 5:27 - 5:29?
jgonz185 7 months ago
haha that was a moving pick and a half on Karl Malone...imagine if they called that, wow!
josespanishfly 8 months ago
-Uh-oh!
-Stockton... open... three...
ebnovaes 8 months ago
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I was a Rockets fan at the time so this was a very dark moment, But the one thing tha made me sleep better....the Jazz got burned by multiple last second shots the next two years by the Bulls. So I take my solace in that and the fact that Stockton and Malone (two of the dirtiest players alive) never won rings nor did their cheating ways mentor, Jerry Sloan. Poetic justice!
MasTriste 9 months ago
@MasTriste you are such an asshole, how can you call out two of the many great players in league history?
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@MasTriste Wow, I'm not sure how you can call Stockton a dirty player. Except that maybe you're bitter that this shot went down. He's a classy man, and a competitive athlete. Malone isn't dirty, either, but calling Stockton dirty is just... asinine.
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CyberIce2000 7 months ago
@MasTriste You couldn't sleep very well over one little game? Were sorry. (LOL)
CyberIce2000 7 months ago
@kool26
It's still painful to watch, and Jazz fans everywhere are still bitter about it. That was probably the only chance they'll ever have to win a championship. So yeah, I'm still pissed about it. Game 6 was some of the worst officiating I've ever seen.
pele1281 9 months ago
Thx barkley. dumbass...
loutcb 9 months ago
@loutcb You wrong, the problem was malone with his moving screen
Evenmixer 1 month ago
edited out rockets last offensive possession?
spacecadet28 10 months ago
If Ostertag could have played some offense, we would have a championship
sack46 10 months ago
@sack46 If there wasn't a guy named Michael Jordan, we would have 2 championships.
basketballjonesobaby 10 months ago
@basketballjonesobaby If it wasn't for the horrible calls in Game 6 of the 98 Finals, the Jazz would at least have 1 title.
Cydonia 9 months ago
@Cydonia
Exactly. Utah got robbed, cause the refs couldn't possibly make calls AGAINST precious cash cow Michael Jordan...
pele1281 9 months ago
....and they lose in the finals lol
Konformation07 10 months ago
As a Knick fan I enjoyed that because Houston lost and because Utah was always a good team never to make it that far. I saw it live also. What a moment.
res340 10 months ago
It's sad that the Jazz had such a useless center during the 90's. Maybe with a legit center, they would have beaten the Bulls...
pele1281 10 months ago
@pele1281 Dude its so true, Jerry Sloan never gave much thought to centers. He was all about the PG and power forward.
THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS 10 months ago
@THEKINGOFMETROPOLIS
Even now, the Jazz don't have a center. Okur is just a 7-foot tall wing player who can't play defense. Fesenko is 7' and about 300 pounds, but plays like he's 6'5".
I think the NBA as a whole is drifting away from traditional centers, though. There's honestly only two or three legit centers in the NBA right now. The NBA is getting smaller and quicker.
pele1281 10 months ago
I remember when the Rockets had their version of the "Big Three," with Olajuwon (my favorite player of all time), Barkley and Drexler. It was a big deal that these guys were playing together at the time.
Ah, I miss the good old days of the NBA. I particularly miss the one-two punch of Stockton and Malone, whom I think is the formidable duo in NBA history.
sdnm86 10 months ago
What a shame for the rockets. it would have been nice to see Rockets vs Bulls that year. They were the only champions of the 90's. Jordan, Pippen,Rodman vs Olajuwon, Drexler and Barkley. Would have been nice to see the Bulls try to stop olajuwon. They never went up against a real big in any of their championships.
Guess it wasn't meant to be.
MR917621 11 months ago
Can someone explain to me why this clip goes from stockton making a great play and tying the game to the jazz getting the ball again at mid-court?
nturelli 11 months ago
@nturelli I guess the Rockets' final possession got cut off.
Sukuun 11 months ago
The PG who was supposed to be guarding Stockton in the final seconds has 15 accounts.
Sukuun 11 months ago
@Sukuun The reason Stockton was wide open was Malone holding Drexler yet the referees didn't call an offensive foul
slayer515 10 months ago
Michael Jordan is the sacred cow during that period. By saying this I mean there is no player can take a breath next to him otherwise it`s a foul. That`s also the reason why people view him as god and neglect the rest possibles. He is never the 1st in any case.
beingivan 11 months ago
Bulls were the Best team of the 90's PERIOD. Houston 2nd followed by New York, Utah, Seattle, Indiana, Phoenix & Miami. Then if you want to talk about best players you go MJ 1st, Olajuwon 2nd followed by Malone, Barkley, Payton, Pippen, Ewing, D.Robinson, Stockton & maybe Miller. I didnt include players that only had a few years of good basketball, we're talking about the whole 90's decade.
hbksteve2002 11 months ago
that was a fucking moving pick by malone, bullshit, fuck the jazz
wiltini1 1 year ago
@wiltini1 and how about Charles Barkley looking into the Utah huddle. That's why he was the closest one to contesting Stockton's shot.
utahjazzfan31 1 year ago
we never seem that kind of emotion from stockton ever, totally true!!, he was an iceman, the best!!
marronazo81 1 year ago
man...i remember when ever team was literally nervous about playing the Utah Jazz because of how good they were, i dont care what anyone says, the jazz were the best team to play the game in the 1990's, i will never forget them.
nosnorma 1 year ago
@nosnorma The Bulls? Are you retarded, they even beat the Jazz in two finals.
DjBEandip 11 months ago
@nosnorma no the utah jazz weren't the best team to play the game in the 1990's you dumb fuck. They were nearly unstoppable on offense because karl malone and john stockton would play the pick and roll and if the defender switched off chances were stockton would draw the wing defender so that he could pitch it to hornacek for 3. Chicago used this to their advantage by shutting down nearly every other player in the jazz to become a nonfactor. Look at how effective Hornacek was in the finals.
karanparekh929 7 months ago
watched this when I was junior high school- one of my best childhood memories...
darrylgirl 1 year ago
this is one of the best wcf games and cf games, along with sacramento la 2002 game 7
omhat 1 year ago
Jazz = under rated
Livinglifehigh 1 year ago
@Livinglifehigh stocktons game tier at 100 had ice in his veins, hes gutsy, thats why hes a great even if he did not win a championship. barkley, stockton, malone, threatt, drexler, those were the good old days, threatts three could have gave houston survival but honeycomebed in and out.
omhat 1 year ago
da good ole nba days
simsdale 1 year ago
@simsdale the previous seasons 94 and 95 , so to beat them and trashtalking barkley in houston was bittersweet, i dont know if barkley brought karma to houston, or was it destiny, houston owned phoenix twice when barkley was there, if u cant beatem jointhem backfired for houston and barkley. i wonder if horry and cassell were a rocket, they would have advanced further. stocktons shot was like a funeral for houston fans, people couldnt leave, they were like a dog with its tail in betweentheirlegs
omhat 1 year ago
Watch 6:20 to 6:27 Moving Pick on Karl Malone no call by refs how sad...
cho7en 1 year ago
moving pick on malone... no call by ref's
lilcrow82 1 year ago
Jerry Sloan smiling??? :O he actually smiled in his life?? nah just kidding that was great shot.
Respect to the 1997 Rockets
UtahJazzFan04 1 year ago
To say that Mario elie missed three at 0:43, is a huge understatement. Pity the Rockets kind of choked this game away and did not have the opportunity to play for a finals berth in game 7. A Bulls vs Rockets finals? A four time champion vs a two time champion? Another rematch with Barkley for MJ and Pippen.
davd1986 1 year ago
Stockton would not get away with those running floaters diggin his shoulder into the defender in today's game. One reason I hated the Jazz was because they played so dirty. Malone was the worst. Vengeance belonged to Rodman the way he would beat Malone at his own game.
lakergreat80 1 year ago
The longet 2.8 seconds ever!
yblocker 1 year ago
@Aggiesalltheway totally agreed it was feirce
excellent shot still get the chills myself
yblocker 1 year ago
Charles Barkley's reaction was priceless. Looking on helplessly from the door to the court thinking that was probably the last time he'd ever get that far. And it was.
To those who say the NBA was watered down in the 90s, the 97 Playoffs will show that the talent was huge. Michael Jordan just happened to be at the same time as these guys.
lexSFC 1 year ago
Can't help but smile a bit watching normally business-as-usual John Stockton hit a crazy euphoria high at 6:11
guysanchez 1 year ago
I was 9 years old when this went down
sabrepictures 1 year ago
that houston team was stacked...
TheAssgas 1 year ago
john stockton. he really is something.
chrisevilmonkey 1 year ago
Yeah go Utah Jazz!! Rockets SUCK!!!!
Masters692 1 year ago
5:32... HHEYEAH!!! Gotta love those Announcergasms...
I really think Utah would have won 2 Championships (97, 98) If they played anyone other than Chicago.. Come to think of it, Indiana came close to beating the Bulls in the 98 ECF, To see the Pacers play the Jazz would have been really good.
SneakFreakOG 1 year ago
Wish Greg Gumbel still did PBP for basketball
ixcuincle 1 year ago
5:20. Malone BEAR HUGS Drexler, who is supposed to be on Stockton. Fucking cheaters. That's why you don't have any rings, and why Malone couldn't win with LA.
emcitymisfit 1 year ago
@emcitymisfit rockets were lucky that jordan left for baseball. that's the only reason hakeem has rings.
also, the sonics would have knocked off the rockets in 94 and 95 if they hadn't fucked up early. they owned houston back then. just owned them. that's the whole reason why the barkley trade happened.
lakerfiend 1 year ago
@lakerfiend You're right about the Sonics owning us,but we still beat them, plain and simple.
As for Jordan, check the facts. Houston was the only team in the league with a winning record against MJ during those championship years, and the Bulls never had an answer for Olajuwon. It was a favorable matchup for us, and at the very least, we would have had a shot at winning those rings. Better than the craptacular Jazz.
emcitymisfit 1 year ago
@emcitymisfit "You're right about the Sonics owning us,but we still beat them, plain and simple."
No. The Rockets did not beat Seattle. Not the champinship (*) Rockets. Seattle owned them, as proven in the 96 playoffs. That's why Houston traded for Barkley.
The Rockets were real lucky to miss Seattle in 94 and 95.
sunshinebutmorerain 1 year ago
@sunshinebutmorerain oh. maybe we should have bear hugged them more. piss off. how many rings with "asterisks" do the jazz have?
emcitymisfit 1 year ago
@emcitymisfit How many times did the Rockets face the Dynasty Bulls in the Finals?
Are you asserting that the Orlando Magic and Knicks are the same level as those Bulls teams?
I know that Houston fans aren't the most logical or intelligent, but this is rather sad. Tell me, are you a ClutchFans poster? What an asylum/zoo that place is.
sunshinebutmorerain 1 year ago
@sunshinebutmorerain I'm a Knicks fan and no way were the Knicks on the same level as the Bulls. Bulls had Jordan who was still at his prime (like he ever fell off), Pippen who could do just about everything from score to steal and rebound and block shots, and a super emerging 6th man in Toni Kukoc who could rest michael or pippen. No one was on the Bull's level, Jazz were the closest
karanparekh929 7 months ago
@emcitymisfit 1997 or 98 Jazz>>>>1994&95 Rockets. Too bad about MJ, but the Jazz were the second best team overall that decade. And those Finals teams for Utah were scarier than either of the Houston title winning teams. They pushed the Bulls to their very limits, something no other team did in the Finals.
Malone was, IMO, second only to Michael that decade. Malone would have won 3-4 MVPs, been the league's scoring champ 7 times, and won back to back titles if not for MJ. Poor Karl.
brettfavre4MVP 1 year ago 2
@brettfavre4MVP drexler losing the ball in the final minutes to tie the game 98-98, is inexcusable, nobody is perfect, utah was too good that year, its so sad stockton and malone were the best duo, they went together like filet mignon and a baked potato. Malone is the Dan Marino for the NBA, his stats did not equate toa ring, he was a real great. David Robinson, Olajuwon are all greats, but malone showed it team wise and stats wise.
omhat 1 year ago
@brettfavre4MVP The MOST important thing, is that they never one the CHAMPIONSHIP AND HOUSTON DID!
MultiTmac123 1 year ago
@brettfavre4MVP Don't forget the over-abundance of phantom fouls. If your team name has anything Utah-related, you WILL be screwed.
RBEO22 11 months ago
@RBEO22 Despite the fact that Jordan is the best player in the NBA, that last pushoff on Byron Russell did go unnoticed. You're right
karanparekh929 7 months ago
@emcitymisfit . "It was a favorable matchup for us"
"Us"?!? You were on the team? No wonder you're so biased.
As far as Houston's record against Chi, keep in mind that Utah also had a very good record against the Bulls from Jordan's drafting onward; I think it was a winning record as well.
They also swept Chicago in the regular season of 98. Which kind of disproves the notion that regular season results dictate playoff W/Ls. But don't let cause and effect, or base logic get in your way.
sunshinebutmorerain 1 year ago
@sunshinebutmorerain see, now you're not even being totally fair -- im not talking about drafting jordan, im talking about the 6 championship years. hakeem owned the bulls. hack a shaq doesnt work on hakeem, and any finals matchup would have been won by the rockets, especially in 94/95 when the rockets were at the top of their game.
emcitymisfit 1 year ago
@emcitymisfit "see, now you're not even being totally fair -- im not talking about drafting jordan, im talking about the 6 championship years"
As I said, the regular season is not the same as a Finals matchup. In the 98 season, Utah swept Chi. By your standard for Houston, that means that Utah should have easily beaten the Bulls in the Finals.
Oops.
sunshinebutmorerain 1 year ago
@emcitymisfit "hack a shaq doesnt work on hakeem, and any finals matchup would have been won by the rockets,"
So the 95 Rockets would beat the 96 Bulls? How about the 97 Rockets versus the 97 Bulls?
Further, beyond hypotheticals, the Sonics owned the mid-90s Rockets. Very lucky to miss them.
Championships require luck. Houston was very lucky, particularly in 95. For instance, both the Suns and Jazz -- AKA Houston's toughest opponents in those playoffs -- had key injuries when playing Houston.
sunshinebutmorerain 1 year ago
@emcitymisfit "especially in 94/95 when the rockets were at the top of their game."
So the 95 Rockets, you assert, are better than any version of the Chicago Bulls?
It's arguable that Houston wasn't better than a healthy Utah (no starting Center for the playoffs) or Phoenix (Manning out, Barkley with a messed up knee for the last few games against Hou), let alone Chicago at their peak.
sunshinebutmorerain 1 year ago
@emcitymisfit "Better than the craptacular Jazz."
The Jazz came within 9 points of winning two championships over Chicago. They were easily Chi's toughest Finals matchup, so the idea that they were "crap" is pretty laughable. All but 3 games in two years came down to the final seconds between those two teams.
So if Utah was crap, so was Chicago. Pathetic "thinking".
And even moreso considering that statement is coming from a Rockets fan. By your own logic, the HOF Rockets=Beneath Shit.
sunshinebutmorerain 1 year ago
charles really wanted a ring
TheEaglesfanindc 1 year ago
As a Bulls fan I do hope you guys could win a tittle for Sloan.
CrazyCubsFan10 1 year ago
drexler has some MJ physical similarity.
gongxia649 1 year ago
combine kidd and nash you'll get stockton
kuleht0518619 1 year ago
@kuleht0518619 all honesty Nash is better
klove20w 1 year ago
Stockton imo was the most efficient pg ever, Dwills got some years before we can start comparing him to stockton
Rza06 1 year ago
Although I was an MJ fan at this time since I was in my mid-late teens, I always felt bad for Stockton and Malone, because had they not been cursed by having to play against the likes of Michael Jordan the Bulls, I'm 100% they would have won either one if not two of the times they reached the Finals back to back.
Stockton was a phenomenal player, and one of the BEST at his position, not only that, but his shooting was absolutely phenomenal, loved watching him and Malone as a duo.
TrueSephiros 1 year ago
It looked for sure like this series was going to Game 7 with the Rockets up by 14 with 6 minutes to play! The way the Jazz came back to break Houston's heart was sweet, after the Rockets had broke their hearts in 1994 and 1995!! To see Mario Ellie's face seconds after Stockton's shot is a picture worth a thousand words! I'm not a Jazz fan, nor a Rockets hater, but I love seeing a team get sweet revenge on another after getting their hearts ripped out a few times!
TheErnie20 1 year ago
I'm not going to lie, I was a HUUUGE Rockets fan at this point in time and hated the Jazz, but they nasty. Stockton and Malone were skilled as hell. Made everything look easy.
DeeSee25 1 year ago
John Stockton and Karl Malone were BOSS! One of the greatest playoff games ever!
sack46 1 year ago
why does it Seem to me like the Rockets Threw this game????at 338 the whole team gives him a open run to the basket with 22 seconds left??dam they got i dont know who on em wtf rockets ??
goongoon9 1 year ago
See Houston coach Rudy Tomjanovich starting at 6:48 at the sidelines. When he saw Stockton get that wide open, he knew the game was over.
Jazz did not win the title, but this will always be one of the truly great moments in NBA playoff history.
Milordvega 1 year ago
OH OHH!
iaminparties 1 year ago
both of those uniforms look a lot better than what the jazz and rockets are wearing nowadays.
slydawg221 1 year ago
And the crowd shuts up!
fudgepacksack 1 year ago
starting @5:27
john stockton hits the open 3...drexler should have been covering him..
why wasn't drexler covering him??? because karl malone pretty much bear hugged drexler and carried him away from stockton
im getting pissed just thinkg about this
tnc7685 1 year ago
@tnc7685 HAHA your right i guess the 90's were filled with all types of no calls remember reggie's push off on jordan or jordan's push off on russell
Hoopfanify 1 year ago
@Hoopfanify I don't know if you are agreeing or being sarcastic...but a push off, or an elbow "nudge" is not even in the same realm as physically lifting and carrying another player to another location (as malone did to drexler)
tnc7685 1 year ago
@tnc7685 Yea i was serious i was just pointing out that in the 90's there were alot of no calls weird huh? But you are right i never noticed it before but malone did indeed bear hug drexler
Hoopfanify 1 year ago
@tnc7685 Watch it closely. Malone didn't "bear hug him and carry him away." Look at Drexler's feet. They were pushing against Malone. And not only that, when the Jazz started into their motions, when Stockton broke away, Drexler went the opposite way of Stockton. Watch from 5:25 in the video.
TheUltimatePike 1 year ago
@TheUltimatePike you're drunk or high. this is simply not true
emcitymisfit 1 year ago
@TheUltimatePike you're drunk or high. this is simply not true at the very least its a moving pick. at the very least.
emcitymisfit 1 year ago
that team of rockets was one of the best teams of 90's after that clyde drexler and akeem olajuwon, was retired!! love utah of the end of the 90's they deserved a ring, but karl malone couldn't handle the preassure of the bulls
marronazo81 1 year ago
Stockton and Malone are some who are among the best in nba in history to fail in winning a championship...and the only reason for them not winning one is Jordan...so I think they must be proud...at least they know even if they have not won one they are still hall of famers rather than have one but not remembered by even one fan or by record book.
Janforth04 1 year ago
you're missing 20 seconds of game time at the end? Houston's final possession.
PJHunterTJ 1 year ago
Malone and stockton were the elites of theyre time,and will always be remembered as the dynamic duo,they were awesome together..
topper2142 1 year ago
Faved. I'll never unfave this
porkramen21 1 year ago
wish i was born ten years earlier to see stockton and malone in their best years
TheMotley6661 1 year ago
Defensive breakdown? How can you guard someone when Karl Malone has you in a headlock?
DejectedPanda 1 year ago
rockets suck
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Utah Jazz vs Houston Rockets 1997 (Game 6 West Conf Finals)
benjaminblair128 1 year ago
@jimg0007 stupid people like you shouldn't be allowed to have a youtube account. An I.Q. test should be a requirement on youtube.
zaguilar1 1 year ago
This is a replay of an old clip. Look at 7:19, Nets vs. Bobcats
trancexprep84 1 year ago
Hey, 20 secs. just disappear
trancexprep84 1 year ago
@trancexprep84 I know... what happened after Stockton made that runner? The Rockets have the ball with the shot clock turned off... and suddenly the Jazz have the ball with 2.8 left?
bbarrus82 1 year ago
@bbarrus82 Drexler missed a jump shot. But this is an ESPN Classic replay so they edit stuff out to fit into their programming schedule.
mitchedmonds 1 year ago
wtf, r u guys stupid?
did u see wut malone did,
he fucking picked drexler up for like 5 feet
ronthezhu 1 year ago
that is the most emotion you will ever see come out of jerry sloan or john stockton haha
kody3333333 1 year ago
"Gahhhhhh!!!!!!!! John Stockton sends the Utah Jazz the NBA Finaled"
IronChef29 1 year ago 2
Awesome commentary by Walton..."uh oh"
JoCrane14 1 year ago
I remember watching this game as a teenager and thinking it was the most amazing Jazz moment I ever witnessed! Nostalgia is like the best comfort food.
BadHairsRevenge1981 1 year ago
this was the moment of truth for Utah, they walked the walk, it was so sad to seem them lose to chicago, stockton had ice in his veins. that previous year, the glove made the winning layup for the sonics, utah almost won three straight. talk about not losing your composure for utah, utah understood the concept of team, and putting egos aside, houston pulled a portland trailblazer choke, drexler at least won two years before with the rockets.
omhat 1 year ago
5:50 says it all for the Rockets :(
Brian77TX 1 year ago
golden age of basketball.
skyline777 1 year ago
the utah team was obious team play and all the energy defense over the three stars stockton malone and hornacek in the other part
ostertag 6/6 pls and russell 6/8 pls
and wth is sedeale taking a shot pls
we would have win that series with a cassell smith combo
thegame2234 2 years ago
utah played such a gr8 game, its so hard to win on the road, jerry sloan is a class act and hope deron williams and boozer can guide him, chicago had a lot of bullshit, and pippen isnt shit without jordan.
omhat 1 year ago
Stockton was the man
UtahJordan23 2 years ago
Damn, the interviews at the end sure made me miss those guys.
1themadbluebird 2 years ago
so sick
freshboat01 2 years ago
i miss the nba on nbc, nba on abc sucks, basketball is not the same without the glove, barkley, malone, stockton, drexler, fuck lebron and dwayne wade, im old school this is basketball at some of its best.
omhat 1 year ago
amen brotha
freshboat01 1 year ago
@freshboat01
thanks man, this was one of the greatest shot in utah history, its ironic that paxon with the three in the 93 finals ruins it and in 97 stockton is the party pooper to charles barkley and company. absolutely wonderful shot, no matter how good the defense, that ball had arch and parabolic motion great stance by stockton, this was bittersweet, what the jazz had to sweat, its so sad that utah went to the 92 wcf, 94, 96, 97, 98 and came up short. they had 60+ wins several times
omhat 1 year ago
it wouldve been cool if some of these 90s guys teamed up to stop jordan.
imagine a utah jazz team with stockton, reggie miller, barkley, malone, and ewing.
theZodiacDigital 1 year ago
Stockton! WOW
BetaD 2 years ago
this was the best moment of my childhood. you can always argue about a moving screen and people always seem to find ways to argue against the Jazz, but when it comes don to the last few sconds of any team the refs always just let them play.
kalloused 2 years ago 10
@kalloused except when dwayne wade has the ball lol
RiceLUMFAO 1 year ago
@kalloused utah deserved it, derek fishers idol is john stockton and fisher was a jazz for one season 2006-2007. this was a breath of relief. jazz should have won the finals, its a shame for stockton and malone, the best duo to never have a ring, its like dan marino not having a SB ring or Barry Bonds not having a World Series ring.
omhat 1 year ago
Classic Jazz. Awesome.
THEADDSHOWRULES 2 years ago
Malone was moving, but where the hell was Drexler going? Nowhere near the ball, totally going the wrong way.
kkbieber365 2 years ago
Because Drexler was trying to get out of the mioving screen by Malone, but Malone blocked him with his big body, preventing Drexler to come near Stockton!! Drexler's a SHOOTING guard, Malone's POWER forward, go figure!!!!!
After I saw this game I didn't feel bad of some of the calls the Jazz didn't get in the finals!! After this one, they shouldn't be complaining at calls, just play ball and let the refs handle it!!
GREGNASTY 2 years ago
HUGE Moving screen by malone wtf
bashmo 2 years ago
You're absolutely right. Malone moved that screen for almost 3 seconds without the one of the refs even spotting it. It can be that the refs themselves were in such tension that they weren't lookin or they just wouldn't give these fouls at the last second (1998 MJ's last shot, if it even WERE a foul, which I doubt). Oh, well. It would've been great watchin Jordan's and Pippen's Bulls play the finals against Barkeyl's, Drexler's and Hakeem's Rockets b/c Houston had won 2 rings in MJ's absence....
GREGNASTY 2 years ago
observing malone again, its ridiculous how he managed to get away with that shit, i mean he was LITERALLY holding drexler and illegally succesfully made sure that he didnt get around him. But, yeah the refs were probably not paying attention.
bashmo 2 years ago
Epic. Stockton forever. Jazz forever.
BinkyTheDoormat628 2 years ago
I don't see the people complaining about Malone's "moving screen" also complaining about that phantom Ostertag foul on Barkley a minute earlier. Get over it.
mooseclamps 2 years ago
Yep, it was a phantom foul on Ostertag, mooseclamps!! But it wasn't a complete phantom foul!! If you look closely, Barkley's clearly pushed off balance by Stockton!! The same kind of foul he made against the Bulls at the end of the 1st half of game 3 in the '98 finals after the Ron Haroer steal in the last seconds. The refs made a good foul call, but they just didn't call it on the right man!!
GREGNASTY 2 years ago
Ok, if you are watching CLOSELY, you will notice that Stockton was on Barkley's back side and a step or two away from him. Barkley fell to the ground toward John's direction. If you are trying to pin the foul to someone other than Ostertag, then it would might have been Hornacek.
TheUltimatePike 2 years ago
illegal screen
bachu332 2 years ago
Why did they edit out Houston's last possession? How did Utah get the ball with 2 seconds left?
coopstar834 2 years ago
Barkley had to've felt like a complete ass after that moment.
BobxLawxBlaw 2 years ago
the shot haunted the rockets for years after this. would have loved to see a rockets/bulls finals. even with the rockets age i still think rockets would have put up a good fight. would have been a great to see those two teams against each other in the finals.
jdp242 2 years ago
ya it did the next season the rockets had almost the same team, but we barly made the playoffs and guess what we played the jazz in the first round. but clyde and hakeem just did not have ne more and malony lost his touch from 3pt range. matt that year his rookie year was just a product of the shorted 3pt shoot.
k7dog 2 years ago
back to those good ald days, when the NBA had viewers.
einerflog 2 years ago 4
stockton is a pretty tight guy
iamkillermonkey 2 years ago
i saw this shit when it happened and I was goin crazy
LogicallyTrueFalse 2 years ago
Anyone who says they were fun to watch must be hardcore Jazz fan
clajdzik 2 years ago
Anyone who says Stockton/Malone Jazz were boring is clueless about basketball.
thanhsao 2 years ago 28
@thanhsao anybody that says Malone and Stockton are boring are just plain stupid and know nothing about what the game of basketball is all about...today there is NO loyalty from players to their franchise and fans...Malone and Stockton are great exemple especially Stockton who never wore any other uniform
PurpleNightButterfly 1 year ago
@thanhsao. If winning basketball is "boring" then I think Malone/Stockton loved being labeled "boring".
JZ2001JC 1 year ago
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great players no doubt but all those pick'n 'rolls -boooring
clajdzik 2 years ago
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Jazz =most boring team ever Malone Stockton =0 rings
clajdzik 2 years ago
Stockton to Malone is a phrase that will never wear out. Having no rings does not mean anything
bebop307 2 years ago 2
John Stockton best point guard ever no one did it like him and no one ever will.
dirtrider9805 2 years ago 21
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No way Stockton is the best point guard ever! His credentials dont touch the Magic Man's. At best i'd put him 3rd all time among point guards, behind Magic and Oscar Robertson.
21jbrou 2 years ago
@21jbrou ...who the hell is oscar robertson? sorry but i'm only 17 so thats probably ahead of me but i have never heard that name in my life.
john stockton-15,806 assist, 3,265 steals.
show me another guy that is even close to all of john stocktons assist records(every assist record he has)
steals too show me who is the closest to his number of steals.
maddude3 2 years ago
@dirtrider9805 the jazz is one of the underatted teams ever
Flubababaxboxgt 1 year ago
@dirtrider9805
Ummm...Magic Johnson? 5 NBA titles, 3 MVP's, 3 Finals MVP's...probably the #2 player ever. Stockton better like being the #2 PG ever...because Magic is the GOAT
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
@dirtrider9805 the best at being a cheating mormon fucker.
emcitymisfit 1 year ago
@emcitymisfit ....what?
BGPOND30 1 year ago