Houston Rockets 1995 2nd Championship Season 1/5
Posted on | July 29, 2010 | 25 Comments
Double Clutch. 1995 West Conference playoff & NBA Finals.
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Posted on | July 29, 2010 | 25 Comments
Double Clutch. 1995 West Conference playoff & NBA Finals.
25 Responses to “Houston Rockets 1995 2nd Championship Season 1/5”
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July 29th, 2010 @ 7:36 am
xraistlin83x ….Jordan and the Bulls lost to a team that Olajuwon`s Rockets beat. If Jordan wasn`t such a gambling junkie he wouldn`t have retired. All we can say about the Rockets and Bulls is that MJ has a career losing record vs. Olajuwon.
July 29th, 2010 @ 8:09 am
The Bulls had the greatest player of all time and they were just a better all around team. Anyone who can’t accept that is in severe denial. I wish Jordan hadn’t retired then this stupid debate wouldn’t exist.
July 29th, 2010 @ 9:08 am
Here’s an interesting thought (in the hindsight is 20/20 category).
The Rockets could have had Jordan, Hakeem and Drexler at the beginning of their careers if two trades had been made at the start of the ‘86 (or was it ‘85?) season. All they would had to give up was Sampson and some guard that no one remembers (Rodney Mcray, I think) and maybe a draft pick.
Talk about a scary amount of talent on one team. Toss in a few random other players of NBA talent and you get championships all day long.
July 29th, 2010 @ 10:02 am
@FuShengAlex
Hakeem had Ralph Sampson in 86. Da Twin Towers ofcourse back then was the era of the Big Men. Like i Been sayin all on this video just cause Rockets had Bulls #. It s da Regular Season. a Way differetn Season than da Finals. Ya the Rockets had da saem squad in 96. What happened to them that season
July 29th, 2010 @ 10:56 am
im proud of bein a 90s kid, but sometimes i just wish i was an 80s kid..this is a primary reason
July 29th, 2010 @ 11:29 am
The guy with his jersey tucked into his jeans at 2:27 is priceless.
July 29th, 2010 @ 11:57 am
thats because the bulls played better teams in the finals
July 29th, 2010 @ 12:43 pm
I hope this was a fuckin joke
July 29th, 2010 @ 12:55 pm
Regardless of they would’ve won or not if Jordan didn’t retire, this was a great team. They were better than the 91 Lakers, 92 Blazers, 93 Suns, and 97& 98 Jazz (5 of the 6 teams the Bulls faced in the finals). Four of those teams made the playoffs. Imagine what Houston could’ve done to the Bulls. The only Western Conference champion team that could contend with the 93-94/94-95 Rockets team (In the Jordan era) is the 1996 Sonics.
July 29th, 2010 @ 1:47 pm
Maybe they would have, I guess we’ll never know. =(
July 29th, 2010 @ 1:53 pm
Whether or not MJ played the full season Orlando would’ve still beaten them if they didn’t have Rodman. They had Kukoc at the PF and Orlando was able to do whatever they wanted in the paint.
MJ came back in ‘96 and his stats weren’t overly any different compared to the ‘95 playoffs, in fact he had his worst of his 6 Finals performances.
July 29th, 2010 @ 2:29 pm
Yes, winning on the 2 years that MJ didn’t play in full in (just the end of 95 after an 18 month or so hiatus) was just a coincidence, a total fluke. I’m sure it wasn’t because of him retiring at all.
That being said I would have liked to see a Rockets vs Bulls final, pity it didn’t happen as Jordan and Olajuwon are probably my favorite players along with Duncan.
July 29th, 2010 @ 3:14 pm
Yeah….well if I recall Shaq won the scoring title this same year that Hakeem won in ‘95. I didn’t mention 96, because we weren’t good enough, no excuses. And I don’t think the Bulls would’ve been as successful in 96-98 if they didn’t sign Rodman. MJ shot 41% in those Finals, Rodman grabbed a lot of his misses. Orlando killed them on the boards (imo the real series decider) in 95 series.
We didn’t run from MJ, or benefit from him retiring.
July 29th, 2010 @ 3:34 pm
Don’t get me wrong, I think Hakeem was the greatest Center ever, but you’re talking about someone who has had what, 10 scoring titles? Didn’t make the finals in 95, sure, but neither did Hakeem with Drexler on his team in 96. Jordan won all 6 times he got to the finals. Both solid teams, but the Bulls were better I’d say, 6 titles and one 70+ (second was 69) seasons in the same era as the Rockets in question say so.
July 29th, 2010 @ 4:11 pm
Yeah well Hakeem won in as the only star on his team. I never saw MJ make a Finals w/o Pippen. And ‘95 where Jordan didn’t. Looks like changing jerseys and sneaker brands didn’t make a difference. And Hakeem was in the 86 Finals battling arguably the greatest team ever. Why wasn’t MJ “stopping” us in ‘86?
I guess all we’ll have to go on between MJ and Hakeem is that Hakeem had a winning record against him.
July 29th, 2010 @ 5:04 pm
Yeah, except Jordan won 6 times, I don’t see the Rockets doing it. Nice try though.
July 29th, 2010 @ 6:01 pm
Oh please. How many times did MJ in his career SWEEP a team on the road like Hakeem did in the ‘95 Finals
ZERO! Never once in MJ’s career did he sweep a team on the road. None of his Bulls squads swept a Finals even having homecourt advantage in 5 of 6 series, and all with better records than Dream’s 94-95 team did that. Thank goodness MJ had Rodman….who Dream embarrassed the year before.
July 29th, 2010 @ 6:37 pm
What did the bulls do to that same Magic team the 95-96 season. They swept that ass in the eastern conference finals.
July 29th, 2010 @ 7:35 pm
They fucked up getting Charles Barkley.
July 29th, 2010 @ 7:36 pm
The point you made was MJ would’ve won 8 titles, we’re not talking about 97 and 98 (and Dream was injured that year).
The 95 Rockets swept the Magic,….on the road. The Bulls never swept anyone in a NBA Finals. And they lost in 6 games to a team the Rockets swept. You’re spewing garbage here pal trying to downplay our titles.
July 29th, 2010 @ 8:16 pm
What about the Rockets? Couldn’t even get past a Utah team that Jordan and the Bulls beat 2 years in a row.
July 29th, 2010 @ 9:14 pm
Yeah what about 1995? Gonna tell me that “Jordan was rusty” excuse as the reason why the Rockets swept the same Magic on the road that beat the Bulls in 6 games?
96-98 Bulls? Yeah how sad is that, MJ had to go out a team up with ex-Badboys that used to make him cry in playoff ball and slap him around for glory, asking Stern to ban handchecking and introduce the flagrant foul rule.
July 29th, 2010 @ 9:28 pm
‘96 playoffs: eliminated in 2nd round, ‘97 playoffs: eliminated in conference finals, ‘98 playoffs: eliminated in 1st round.
July 29th, 2010 @ 9:44 pm
Yeah poor Jordan…… had to run away from the NBA (and Hakeem…..the one 90s superstar that owned his ass whenever they faced before he retired) due to him being a gambling junkie.
At least Jordan came back in 95, and despite changing jersey numbers, still got beat by a team Olajuwon swept in the Finals.
July 29th, 2010 @ 10:32 pm
They should thank Jordan for taking time off. Or else he would have 8 rings right now.