1993 Playoffs Game 7 Rockets vs Sonics 3 Bad Calls

1 called late in the 4th, and the other 2 called late in overtime.

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[funkyflights]

Sonics had the Rockets number back then... I was at this game!!!!... BEST basketball game I've ever watched....

[2008sALINAs]

and some help from the refs. lol

[funkyflights]

Refs did not decide this game... yeah there were some bad calls but in the end it swung both ways.... plus this was not the only series these 2 teams met.... Seattle swept them in 96 .... I"m not saying Rockets were not a great team because they were.... I"m just saying for whatever reason the Sonics owned them at this time... Even Hakeem admitted it...

[2008sALINAs]

Not saying the bad calls were the end all say all but they didnt hurt. In 93', Rockets were still missin two key pieces in Cassell and Elie.

In 96', Rockets were a good team but they were not at the level they were the year before.

They had a bundle of injuries during the season and basically hobbled into the playoffs. Elie missed most of the season that year played in only 45 games, Drexler missed 30 games had mid season surgery, Cassell missed over 20 games that year including 18 in a row.

[2008sALINAs]

Not to mention Kenny Smith going from 95' NBA Finals Hero to 3rd string point guard in 96'.

[2008sALINAs]

The Rockets were able to beat Sonics in 97'. That was a great series though. I have it on tape.

[nintendofan79]

OMG.. had it not been for this BS, rockets woulda won the 93 finals - you know it's true

[crs2333]

it would of been interesting falkner..I think we could of taken the bulls..Mad Max always made Jordan work for everything he got and nobody on the Bulls frontline could guard Hakeem..we were a better defensive team than Phoenix was..I think we could of won

[triklops]

Bad calls aside.....this was INTENSE !!!!

[nugentgl]

this is only one snapshot of bad officiating directed at the Rockets. The Rockets were always on the sh!t end of bad calls yet we still won two titles. We probably would have won another during the McGrady/Ming era if we didn't have such bad and corrupt officiating during the Mav series. Stern has it out for Houston...

[Salva46]

Maybe a Houston Rockets threepeat...

[funkyflights]

@4lifeReagan

Yeah you guy's did... I remember that series went 7 games .. It was close... 99-96 was the final score in game 7.... One big thing that hurt us was getting that weak center Jim MciLvaine... We also signed Terry Cummings that year who was near the end... The Sonics GM Walley Walker started making STUPID decisions... Losing Vincent Askew was a big mistake also... The following year we lost Kemp and got Vin Baker... LMAO... he was so soft... Wally Walker destroyed the team

[4lifeReagan]

@funkyflights We got the Sonics back in 97 though.

[abysmalatrocious]

3:30 That look Rudy T has, reminds me of when I reffed youth girls basketball, dicked a fellow church member's team with bad calls, and he (the coach) looked just like Rudy T did there. As for the Pierce foul call, Rudy T said "Oh, I don't agree with that one." On the Perkins pass, I do that when driving: Put my arms up, then slap the air.

[funkyflights]

@thenintendogamer

Yes you guy's did....

[funkyflights]

@thenintendogamer

NO you wouldn't have.... Seattle got SCREWED in game 7 against Phoenix BIG TIME.... check that game 7 stat sheet and look at the foul differential... Suns had 64 free throw attempts in that game!! Scoring 57 points from the line.... NBA wanted a Barkely -Jordan match-up and Seattle got JOBBED!! I mean it was pathetic

[thenintendogamer]

Shit... Had the Rockets won this we would have beaten Phoenix (we did in '94 and '95 why not '93?) and since we swept the Bulls in '93 regular season, we would have had a chance to steal a ring from MJ and we probably would have been the first to have 3 straight championships.