Chicago finally win in Houston! Bulls @ Rockets 1995-96
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- When they came to Houston in January 1996, The Bulls hadn't won there in several years. They had yet to become 'The 72-win Bulls.' In fact they weren't even the defending champs 'cos they had gotten whooped by Shaq and Penny in the Conference Semis the previous year.
The World Title was held by the Houston Rockets (even though looking at their uniforms you'd never think it!). The common belief before June 1996, was that Hakeem Olajuwon was 'the best player in the NBA,' and that if Chicago was gonna win the title they were gonna have to go through Houston.
Knowing what we know now.. it doesn't seem like a big deal. But here, on the night of this game, Michael Jordan and The Bulls had plenty to prove.
No matter how many times i look at Michael jordan, I have to say that the guy is a beast. You get him going and he's just impossible to stop. He's everywhere not only offensively, but defensively. Just a beast of a player.
MJ and Da Bulls always got it done when they needed to.
The Finals matchup that never happened
For real,
Like lebron and kobe
Well that would have been the result. Bulls4-1 rockets
@@jasonjohnson245 pre rodman bulls had no chance
@@olblue3478 yep
The difference of why you started seeing Jordan beat Hakeem late in their careers is because of matchups. By 95-96 MJ had Dennis Rodman while Hakeem didn’t have Vernon Maxwell anymore. Those two players made the biggest difference in their rivalry.
Mad Max was a tough dude! Didn’t take shit from anyone and brought it every game.
Ha, the reason why Jordan started beating Olajuwon later in his career, has more to do with Olajuwon *and* Drexler's wear and tear and having to carry garbage teams by themselves for years while Jordan had the luxury of having Pippen and Grant, then Rodman on top of adding Kukoc, and defensive stalwart; Ron Harper who was just below Jordan and Clyde in his peak years. In order for Olajuwon to get Drexler, he had to lose Thorpe; who was just as vital to beating Chicago as Maxwell was. Having Maxwell with no Thorpe hurt more than having Thorpe and no Maxwell. When Barkley came, Olajuwon had to lose Horry and Cassell. Olajuwon's career was always about losing a vital piece of his team in order to gain. His 2nd year in the league, he had Sampson, but then lost 2 starters and a 6th man. Now compare that to Jordan, Kobe, Magic, and Lebron who always got help.
@Ben YAH lol always got help? Jordan's first 3 peat was all organic, Jordan didn't get any help in his first 3 peat. Jordan helped make the players better around him that's a simple fact.
I remember this game!! This is the game I said we could take them in the finals!!
i realized they were going to win the title that year when they went to texas and beat houston and san antonio in their homecourt. no doubt.
That overputback dunk and the hook over Dream proves that Jordan would have no problem scoring down low whether Hakeem was there or not.
+HoustonIsImmortal Hakeem was done in 1996. Every aging star gets it handed to him.
+More Cowbell Lol he was on the 1st team the following year you can't be serious, MJ was able to score inside against anyone but against good defensive C's couldn't do it consistently. Same thing with Lebron and the Spurs, he was still able to get to the basket against them at times but most of the time the Spurs made him shoot jumpers.
Chris M Making the all-star team was out of respect for the previous year. Did you watch him in 1996? I did. He couldn't even get off the ground anymore.
More Cowbell He was on the 2nd team the previous year, with only 48 RS wins he still made the 2nd team over Shaq with Orlando having a franchise record winning season. Shows how good he was even not at 100%.
Oh and D-Rob was on the 1st team that year if you wanted to know, D-Rob literally carried the Spurs on his back that year to 59 wins, wouldn't be surprised if all that carrying is what caused him his back injury the following season.
oh man thanks for uploading. i MISS that nba era with super superstars like mj, clyde, pip, hakeem, rodman... i really miss it...
I think it's more often that Rodman doesn't get enough credit. Your are right in that possession they showed, Rodman didn't do anything that great, in fact Hakeem got a very good look. But Rodman was much more effective than Longley on him throughout the game. Rodman's court sense and hoops IQ is phenomenal, and I don't think he got enough credit for what the Bulls were able to accomplish from 96-98.
I mean look at this guy. He's having an off game so what does he do? Take his game inside where against one of the greatest centers of all time. Out rebounding and shooting over him. The entire 4th quarter was MJ vs Hakeem. Amazing gaurd. Perhaps the best of all time.
i remember this game well. mj wasnt the mj himself in this game as his shot was pretty off. i think he was quite frustrated with that too. but then pippen and the rest are just too much for them. and of course mj's tip dunks is nice.
I have this game as well but it was on TBS and I had Danny Ainge and Dick Stockton as the commentators. It confused me hearing Johnny Red Kerr and Wayne as the announcers until the 3:18 mark confirmed that it was a satellite feed.
That was that year where about 5 teams put up disgusting looking floors. Too much, distracting to the eye. Houston only had that for that one season, they evidently figured out what I wrote by themselves.
Fans loved those courts. This court is so cool. Sports entertainment at it's finest.
Yeah that court and them uni's brought a curse on Houston. They got swept by the Sonics the first year they started wearing those uniforms. and they went down hill for the time they wore them.
Real Basketball...pure joy
Man, the way the Rockets face-lifted their jerseys and their court was just sad...the old logo, with the red and gold, was just fine..
It's too bad these teams never met in the finals. It would have been a fitting match up since the common belief is had Jordan not been away in 94 and at half speed in 95, the Rockets would not have any championships. Also if the 1997 Rockets with Barkley had played the Bulls that would have been a great series as well.
+Macho Man Randyll Tarly. Bulls had a better team, though. It was Hakeem and a bunch of role players. He literally had to carry the team. Jordan played with two HOF teammates.
@@morecowbell235 The Jazz had 2 players on the 1st team and the Rockets beat them. The reason the Rockets were so tough to play against was because their offense wasn't completely run by the PG like most teams making it more difficult to game plan against them.
This vide says finally because bulls didnt have a great record against the rockets
Una final con los originales rockets y originales bulls Esa si hubiera sido una verdadera final y No la verguenza de hoy en dia.
the rockets were the only team to really match up with the bulls
But they lost
DreamWarrior those Rocket's kryptonite tho: The Suns, Sonics, etc..
@@copyrightstrikez_bandit143 Especially the Sonics. I don't agree with you on the Suns. The Rockets were the Suns kryptonite They got past them in back to back years.
Nah. Regular season doesn't hold weight.
@@ricotubbs6691 I goT Luv for H-town my Ninjah, buT Lets keep it reaL amigo. The Rocket's kyrptonite has been their own organization. Fell off and wack arse GM's and corny owners ever since. Sorry to bother u on this holiday weekend fam, Whatta Burger on me. #UberEats
I guess Hakeem burned out after the 94-95 season after facing some very stiff competition?
@FuShengAlex Yes, MJ never made excuses.
Mike never showed any fear of, or concern for Olajuwon. He simply took it to whoever was in his way like no guard in the history of basketball has.
Jordan: "Our team simply has no answer for that guy".
Who cares whether Jordan was scared or not, he got swatted aplenty by the GOAT shotblocker Hakeem. No wonder Houston is the only franchise he had a losing record against.
+FuShengAlex who's cares.Jordan would have never lost a finals to the rockets.
+dpistons149 yes he would've. Magic beats Chicago, Houston sweeps the Magic
+FuShengAlex if Jordan never leaves the Bulls don't lose.
dpistons149 woulda coulda shoulda. But he did leave....and then came back and was ousted by Orlando. He and Chicago could thank Houston for showing them how to beat the Magic
i love these vids im subsribing
Jeroel, I'm not going to get into the "cursing" (you're always the muscle on these threads,lol). But must've been nice to have the kinda team that allowed MJ to win shooting 7-26 from the field in this game. Before 95-96 this woulda been another Bulls loss. This video should've been named:
"The Chicago Bulls finally win in Houston.....despite MJ".
The Greatest NBA Finals next to Boston and Lakers, unfortunately, it never happened... points to consider: Bulls' experience, deep bench, Jordan and Pippen could lead them past the Rockets... Bulls' backcourt would eat up Clyde and Kenny... But on the other side, Mario Elie and Vernon Maxwell could have been the big star stoppers... Just like what Raja Bell did to Kobe... and Hakeem would definitely be a monster inside... tough to call, but could've been an exciting series...
Sad we never saw them in the finals😪😪
Why would we when they lost to a better Jazz team both years in the play-offs?
I can’t argue with any Bulls fans. All I do know is that the first 3peat from 91-93 google how many times the Rockets an Bulls played and who won head to head. Jordan said himself he was glad they never saw the Rockets in the finals.
You are damn right. You cant argue with Bulls fans. The Bulls won 6 and the rockets 2.. when MJ wasnt on the team. Reg games, especially bethween different conf. teams doesnt mean a thing. They only play against each other 2 times a season.
The Bulls dominated the Rockets in reg season 5-1from 95 to 96 and that doesnt mean a thing to a Bulls fan, because the Bulls was the team to beat. Just as they were the team to beat from 91 to 93.
Utah won 3 games to 1 in reg season during the ones they meet the Bulls in the finals... and that reg season record didnt mean a damn thing to your dad, the Utah Jazz. xD
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Mazio Sare Bro I’m 45 years old man. I remember the whole bulls dynasty. They were the team of the 90’s. Jordan gave much respect to the Dream & the Rockets. Jordan & Phil Jackson both said they was glad the Rockets didn’t make it out the west cause of that Nigerian. 23 is the goat and that was his thoughts. And it was the Sonics who gave us fits. The Jazz got us in 97, but we smashed them twice before that.
"But it wasnt just Davids fault. Dennis (Rodman) was intent on getting every rebound, but he wouldnt come out and guard anyone. Thats why Robert Horry killed us in that series. Dennis wouldnt guard him!"- Sean Elliott about Hakeem dominating David Robinson and the Spurs.
No NBA-player would call out a teammate like that if he really didn't deserve it, all Rodman did in the 95-series was to grab rebounds, he didn't play defense on Horry for one sec, Horry bombed 3's all series.
Wrong...I said I disagreed with him saying MJ was "overrated". I think people overexaggerate a lot of aspects of his career. But overexaggerate and overrated are 2 different things.
Troll
MJ's career not a overexaggeration. Troll
@5:53 the only time i've ever seen mj use the hook
You haven't seen too much basketball.
this could have been the greatest NBA Finals of the 90s... unfortunately, it never happened... But up to now i am still wondering who could have won the championship had they faced off? for sure its gonna go down to the 7th and deciding game, with the title going to either team... of course, i wish the Bulls would win it...
yea that looked like the one dwyane wade hit against the pistons when he was falling down through the air and flipped it up backwards over his right shoulder, and-1, sickening
lol, I didnt knew they couldn't win in Houston for some years. I got tired of watching the Bulls beat this bicampeon team from 95 to 98. The Bulls won almost all their matches.
They play 1 game a season there & it's usually during the time when the United Center is unavailable for 2-3 weeks due to the circus & disney on ice. They always played the 3 Texas teams in a row, usually 3 games in 5 nights. Typically it's part of a 10-14 game road trip. Not taking anything away from Houston but if they met in the playoffs the Bulls would take their game up a couple notches. Houston fans always seem to think that the same would happen in the playoffs, I don't think it would be any different then any other finals the Bulls were in.
@@rick5976 The Rockets actually were different from the other teams because their system was more diverse. Usually teams rely on the PG to properly run their offense the Rockets relied on team ball movement which made it extremely difficult to gameplan for the plays they ran. The Suns and Sonics were tougher matchups for the Rockets because they used small ball lineups.
@FuShengAlex They did it time and time again.
Indeed MJ dunked on Shaq in the 95 playoffs.....and tired at the end of games in that series, whereas Dream shot a lot of jumpers vs. Shaq and wasn`t tired in that series. Same 2 points.
84'-95'...total domination by Houston. Players getting old after that.
Are you really comparing the Houston Rockets against the most dominant team in the 90s. A 2 times champion that alwais lose against Utahs and Seattle, the same teams that the 6 times champions Bulls beat?.
Cmon, kid... go to the park. xD
@@maziosare2515 The Rockets beat the Jazz twice and only lost to the Sonics the first time they faced off because the refs made some bad calls against them the overtime period of G7 in what was a close game. The Sonics did sweep them the 2nd time they played each other but that Rockets team had a smaller frontline that got exploited with the Sonics having stretch bigs. The teams the Rockets played against the prior year didn't present that problem for them the Suns used small ball lineups too sometimes but were smaller upfront compared to the Sonics.
I said Dream is the most awesome player I ever witnessed, but I never said I believe in him being the GOAT and better than everyone else outside of the center spot. I am content with calling him the greatest center ever. And MJ the greatest SG. I don't rank guys by top10 players ever, how can you do that without flaws? No one compares Larry Bird with say Shaq, so I don't see how you can say a SG is better than a center. I go by top 25, with each position having a top5.
How this Houston team did not make the finals is beyond me!! They were loaded, and with Olajuwon in the middle, he should have dominated! And had these to teams met in the finals, it would have been a great series!
@107331054733826699070 Because they weren't that great defensively, they were in the middle of the pack when they repeated too but they had a chip on their shoulder that year after being a lot of teams punching bag in the regular season and used it as motivation.
Jan Ingar Kida That 2nd championship took a lot out of them. Hakeem in 96 wasnt the same as Hakeem in 94-95.
they were pretty old by this time. 1992-1995 was their prime.
Problem is, it was basically Hakeem by himself and then a bunch of all-star-less teammates
+Jan Ingar Kida They were OLD and past their prime.
More Cowbell bulls were one of the oldest team at that time.. and olajuwon has the same age as MJ.. hes not too old that time..
Otis Thorpe, Clyde Drexler, Charles Barkley, Ralph Sampson
Jeroel....not only no allstars on that 94 team, none of his teamates were even top10 at their position. I said he was the most awesome (but not greatest =ing better than everyone else) player I saw and I stand by it. Imo no player impacted the game AT BOTH ENDS like Olajuwon in the 90s. No basketball upbringing like the other NBA greats, 3 players kicked off his team the same year for drugs, lost a superstar in his prime. Overachieved his whole career. My role model on and off the court.
Dream did indeed get dunked on by Shaq quite a few times in his career.....but then MJ never had to guard a guy that outweighed him by 80 lbs and powerful enough that he twice tore down basketball supports in his career. Btw In 95 playoffs Shaq did dunk on MJ off a rebound in a playoff game in Chicago when MJ was standing under the rim to collect a rebound. .
All Star MVP? You're joking right? 1st team all NBA defence from 1996-98? You're telling me he deserved that being hidden while Pippen and Harper did the dirty work on 'D during this era so he could save himself for scoring at end of games? Dream never had this at the Center spot. 1st team all-NBA, well who was going to usurp him at the SG spot? Hakeem was facing the greatest centers night in and out and they cancelled one another out award wise at that spot. Much tougher.
let's settle this Jordan and Olajuwon only faced each other 21 times in the regular season and never in the Playoffs, with Hakeem winning 12 times and Michael winning 9. Of course would have been very good if jordan would have been around , when he left those two years look at the videos on you tube when houston had maxwell on jordan chicago only won 6 games Olajuwon/Sampson duo, the Rockets beat Jordan's Bulls every time they met in the regular season (4 times). Sampson's departure coincides with the Bulls acquiring Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant, thus forming the nucleus of what would become Jordan's first three championship teams. That season, 1987-88, the Bulls sweep the season series against the Rockets., Regardless, they split the next two season series (88-89, 89-90) with the Bulls. , Scottie Pippen stepped up in the 90-91 season and the Bulls win three straight titles. The one team they have a losing record against? Olajuwon's Rockets, which swept them in two of those three seasons. But Hakeem still didn't have a championship team, and they were slowly building up to it with role players like Kenny Smith and Vernon Maxwell, Chicago's hardest matches always came against teams with strong centers , Olajuwon demolishes David Robinson in the Conference Finals and then sweeps Shaq's Magic in the Finals And really, what Olajuwon did in those two seasons isn't much less impressive. He faced off against the three best players at his position in his generation-not three of the best like Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutumbo, and Rik Smits; the three best in Ewing, Robinson, and Shaq-and beats two elite power forwards in Barkley (twice) and Malone. Combine that with Olajuwon What would have happened if things had been slightly different? What if Sampson didn't get injured and that 86 Rockets team didn't implode? Does the Hakeem/Sampson combo go to more Finals and hold off the Jordan/Pippen combo?
What if Jordan stayed in 93-94 and they'd run into the Rockets that year in the Finals? Remember, no one since Russell had won three straight until the Bulls did, and no one since Russell had won four straight, certainly not in the postmerger era with salary caps. It's hard to bet against Jordan, but if any team had their number, it would have been those Rockets.
What if Jordan came back sooner in 94-95 and had gotten into better basketball shape and figured out a way to beat Shaq's Magic? Do they beat Olajuwon's Rockets, with an aging Clyde Drexler (and would Jordan have gotten into Drexler's head even more)? Or do their weaknesses at the center position rear their ugly heads and get exploited by Olajuwon? Steve Kerr, a member of the second threepeat Bulls, basically said double-teaming Hakeem was impossible and screwed up defensive rotations. Who's on that 94-95 team (no Horace Grant and no Dennis Rodman and no Bill Cartwright) to guard Hakeem? thank you
nothing to settle its a team game tards
hakeem record against jordan in the 80s is irrelevant as it pertains to what would happen in the 90s
lol, crap
tony campos u can’t make much from regular season east vs west teams.. bulls had trouble with Utah also n we seen how that ended up
@@brashadcarr6759 bulls had a losing record even in 91-93
The Bulls had to go through the Rockets? ROFLMAO. Kidding aside, the home floor was aweful and I can't remember them using this one.
@FuShengAlex man he did often enough I think :-)
MJ overrated? I'll disagree here, he did well with the Pistons throwing their whole team at him, he hit many clutch shots when counted on. He always played hard and gave 100%. But there's so much overhype about this guy it's incredible to hear these "experts/former greats" talk as if everyone else isn't remotely compared to him. Dream damned sure doesn't take a backseat to him talent wise I'll tell you that, nor Oscar. And anyone trying to tell me he has better "stats" is biased.
Yes Hakeem was one of the greatest centers but he's not even in the same stratosphere as Jordan. Jordan is not overrated, his numbers speak for themselves. Even if he did "suck" in the 96 finals, he still found a way to make his teammates better. There has never been a more mentally tough player when the pressure is on and the odds are stacked against him. Numbers don't lie
Bozo...the vvideo says finally for a reason...
Bulls mostly lost to the rockets...
And now they finally beat them at the rockets home court 🤣🤣
youre wrong, he didnt have the unreal athleticism that he had when he was younger and just dominated off of hs physical advantages, this is when his fundamental was off thge charts and he dominated with smarts but was still as athletic as hell too to make it work
This could've been the NBA Finals that settled once and for all who really owns the 90s, without destiny just handing it to Chicago on a silver platter... If this could've been the NBA Finals, rest assured, it will go to the full-7 game series, with either winning it...
The Bulls got six banners up in the rafters. The Bulls owned the 90's plain and simple.
2:38 it looks like MJ's chin fouled Drexler's elbow. Great officiating.
Seriously speaking, it seems Stern was more concerned about the entertainment so refs were controling games with some allowances and gave the advantage to the favourites. In this case the Rockets were double-favourites: they were the home team and the defending champs.
Bull shyt!
omg if that shot at 5:43 had went in...
But the Sonic's had the Rockets number, they should've won in 94
that's all well and good...but the Bulls won and Mike has more rings. Over a playoff series please believe that the Bulls would have beat the rockets too. The Bulls had the strengths that the Sonics had (who always gave the rockets fits)...they simply never saw Houston as regularly as the west teams did.
The Rockets had difficulty with the Sonics because Perkins who was a perimeter shooter was usually matched up with Dream which made him not as effective inside. Other problems were the Rockets didn't have a PF and when they had Drexler they were an uptempo team which benefitted the Sonics who played the same style.
Yeah Waffle I like 00:15 of this video. Jordan gets added to one of the hundreds of guys that were foolish enough to think they could score on the NBA's GOAT shotblocker. :)
LOL Jordan made Hakeem look silly many times
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@@CuriusOdus11 geez wasn't that a double digit loss for Jordan and Chicago.......James?
@@CuriusOdus11 Hakeem makes jordan look REALLY silly:
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FuShengAlex So? Jordan’s Bulls best Hakeem in previous years. My point is Jordan showed here he could take him one on one. A shooting guard stealing like that off a center? If you know anything about basketball you’d hold your hands up right there.
Bottom line? Hakeem won his titles when Jordan was out. Jordan comes back at full fitness, Hakeem gets no more titles.
I love Hakeem, greatest center ever but the above is no coincidence. Sorry.
@@CuriusOdus11
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Hakeem GUARDS MJ on a switch @ 2:34 and shuts him down. You'll never see Jordan try to guard Olajuwon 1 on 1 in the post without fouling him or hoping for help D. Olajuwon on the other hand holds his own and forces MJ to miss.
Blocked him 3 other times, one of which was his game winning attempt.
Hakeem won even when Jordan came back, so you aren't really saying much.
Bulls never lost in the finals is all i can say ,every other team in the history of the NBA that has made it to the finals had took a lost. The bulls is the only team that can say they never lost in the finals .ha take that .
They could only made it six time
Your description is laughable and not in a good way
Your so-called GOAT only shot 7-26 in this game.....thank goodness he had all the help in the free world from his teammates especially Rodman grabbing all his misses.
Yawn troll
well is easier to block someone than to dunk on someone.. dont you think?
@jeroel Only Dream was on the downhill. A man who bagged two of the next three MVP awards was sure wasn't degrading. LOL.
In his career.....Olajuwon blocked MJ a hella lot more than he got dunked on.
Some say Hakeem should be thanking Jordan for not being around for getting two rings. At the end of the day, who is better in the 90s?
Bulls 6, Rockets 2
And Let us say that face eachother both years?
Bulls 8, Rockets 0
or
Bulls 7, Rockets 1
Or
Bulls 6, Rockets 2
Bulls win, sorry to make this simple but I am.
I think they would even out 1-1. Not to mention Hakkem got fired up like no other when Robinson got that MVP. Still I think it would end up 1-1
Sorry, but the Rockets were an extremely difficult match-up for the Bulls. Rockets would have taken them to at least 7 games, had they met in the finals before 1996. They probably would've beaten the Bulls. None of the teams that the Bulls faced in the finals had caused them as much problems that the Rockets did.
+random person no way they take the Bulls 7 games. 5-6 game series at best. Bulls were better offensively and defensively. Hakeem was the only matchup problem. Bulls dominated them at the other four positions and Bulls had a better bench with Toni who could have started on that rockets team
Steve Ely They absolutely take the Bulls to seven games and win. No way the bulls beat them in 5 or 6. The Rockets were just that difficult of an opponent for them. Just like the 8th seed Warriors vs the 1st seed Mavericks in 2007.
+random person and you base that off what?? Because the fact is that if they rockets were as good as you "think" they were then try would have been there to play the Bulls! Even when they were won those 2 championships they weren't that great of a team which is why they had a 6th seed in the west. They were to inconsistent. And you are not beating MJ and the Bulls with as many flaws as Houston had. They lucked up because of MJ retiring. Scottie would have dismantled horry, MJ has an easy 40/50 against maxwell. And we all know what he did to Clyde! Ron Harper would kill Kenny smith. Harp was too big and storming defensively. 5/6 games series especially with the Bulls having home court
hakeem looks like he ran out of gas half-way through this one. he wasn't the same player from last year. they needed another legitimate big for rebounding and interior defense. the rockets should have tried to get rodman.
They did get Barkley, for rebounding...and as far as the 1993/94 season, they wanted to sign Drazhen Petrovic from the Nets.
"Horry,Cassell showed up to save Hakeems ass with clutch basket after clutch basket"
Rohoic....this is some sort of joke statement right,lol? Save Hakeems ass? How many times Dream slide over from weakside and erase their many defensive lapses with a block or big steal during those years? hey wouldn't have been in those "game winning shot situations" if Dream was that defensive presence. So MJ never had a teamate hit a clutch open jumper either in the playoffs huh?
Did MJ just did a sky hook?
The Houston Rockets had the lowest-selling uniforms the previous year, so it was fitting that they would come out with something flashy this year. Wow, are these things ugly!
either way..both teams went 5-1... houston had bad matchups against some West teams in the playoffs...but they had terrific matchup against the bulls since the Bulls never had Ron Harper at the point or Rodman in the middle from 91-93....Even rodman cant defend Hakeem because hes too short...and rodman was apart of the 95 spurs team that houston dominated. In 1995...Chicago choked in the playoffs...
Houston has 2 of Mikes rings.....
This was the worst Rockets team ever. Losing Thorpe, Maxwell, Bullard, Herrera and KSmith meant most of the role players were gone and no one to guard MJ. My over 40 pick up team could have beat the Rockets this year.
Then after this season they trade Horry and Cassell for Barkley.
SMH facepalm.
Not the worst rockets team ever. They just couldn't play over their heads as a team like they did during that brief stretch in the 95 playoffs. Other than Cassell many years later for different teams...nobody on that 94-95 roster reached the level they played at in those playoffs again for the remainder of their careers.
They won a championship with this team. That's what made them so special they looked overmatched on paper.
rodman and kukoc makes bulls better
Thorpe and Herrera were gone at this point, plus the Rockets were plagued with injuries throughout the season this wasn't necessarily the same athletic version of the team from prior years.
@@ChrisM07 Rockets won without them in 95 without them genius
bulls are a different animal in the finals rockets no chance against bulls Jordan don't loose finals
cool story
The Rockets won a championship winning 47 games. The Bulls usually had a top 3 record there was very little difference in how they performed in the regular season and postseason.
There's a reason the video says finally...
It's because bulls mostly lost to the rockets...
Anyone that says bulls would have 8peat doesn't know shit...
They needed Rodman
"Not in the same stratosphere as Jordan"? Look pal I'll admit I disagree with the MJ overrated comment, but not in the same stratosphere as Jordan? Are you kidding me, I really don't believe in truly comparing a SG and a C, but Dream imo is as "talented" a player as Bird/MJ/Magic. Magic and Bird didn't have the 'D that MJ and Dream had. And sorry pal but the odds were WAAAAY more stacked against Hakeem than MJ in their careers.
Haha, you're a joke. Rodman is the same guy that one year earlier let Dream absolutely crush David Robinson and he himself got killed by Robert Horry, it's everwhere. And Rodman couldn't defend Shaq, Ewing and Hakeem, are you kidding me?
Yeah he could, the game footage dont lie
As much as I miss these guys....This was the time were the started painting all that ugly shit on the courts like giant rockets....Also the jerseys started getting really bad looking :) Definetely prefered Houston's championship jerseys. Utah is one of those teams that also made those ugly transitions back then.
I love the classic look that the Bulls, Celtics, Lakers, Knicks, Blazers kept with.
@oneman91 THat's my speculation... the Rockets probably would have won if they still had their old uniforms/logo.
What a dumb speculation
Olajuwon got dunked on by MJ.
Nah i truly believe rockets would beat the bulls' ass for several reasons...from 1991-1993..the bulls never won against houston. at home or on the road....houston swept every season series...and now in 1995 when Jordan returned in the middle of the season, they got beat by Shaq and the magic in the playoffs...and we swept the magic...so between 1991-1995 rockets owned the bulls....and 1996-98 bulls didnt own the rockets...but they were better than houston.
``Attach a video MJ and Da Bulls always got it done when they needed to.``
Yeah even in the 95 playoffs too right??
That was a Bulls that had spent the entire season in disarray and got back a baseball-fit Michael Jordan just before the play-offs. The above is what happens when you have a basketball-fit Michael Jordan. Anyone who understand sports science knows how important a full pre-season is, especially if you've been training for an entirely different sport for 18 months.
@@CuriusOdus11 pfft more like the Rockets spent the entire season in disarray.
Vernon charged into the stands and punched a fan and was suspended 10 games. Even the Rockets head coach Rudy T was arrested for DWI and spent a night in jail prior to the season.
Miss me with that!
FuShengAlex Are you denying the Bulls team in 95 weren’t a shambles?
The fact is Jordan between 91-98 had six full seasons with the Bulls and had 6 titles & anyone who has an iota of understanding knows Jordan did not have the physique or conditioning needed to be at his peak in 95.
@@CuriusOdus11 pfft are you not acknowledging the Rockets were even in more shambles than what you are bringing up in Chicago in 94 & 95?
@@FuShengAlex troll
@loutcb Lol what! Go watch the 92 Finals....
Jordan came to sweep Houston the champions Hakeem couldnt three peat
Woulda, coulda, shoulda.
Yeah Bulls did win 6 titles and thats not a woulda coulda shoulda
@@nonamewillbegiven9989 the Rockets won more games vs the Bulls
@@FuShengAlex no one cares troll when the titles are more important. So dumb
This is finals .there playing that way Houston lost.
Olajuwon and drexler were on the decline by that time bulls would of beatin them easily and I'm a rockets fan saying this btw.i miss the old nba
As much as I like Hakeem, he had role players on his team. Jordan played with two HOF's during his champ years.
1995 took everything Hakeem had left in his tank and he should have retired at that point. He was half the player in 1996. Should have came off the bench like Robert Parrish in his later years.
Unlike the other top5 C's ever Russell (Havlicek), Wilt (West & Goodrich), Kareem (Magic & Worthy), Shaq (Wade)...... Hakeem wasn't fortunate enough to play on a team where a younger prime HOFer came along for him to defer to past the age of 30.
The Rockets' record from 92-96 without Hakeem which are considered his best years = 7-27.
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"Jordan played with two HOF's during his [champ years]"
Pippen was his ONLY mainstay during all 6 title seasons. Rodman was only there for the last 3.
And last time I checked, Hakeem won a title with Drexler, who's a HOFmer himself.
blackadam06 "Pippen was his ONLY mainstay during all 6 title seasons. Rodman was only there for the last 3."
lol. Trying to minimize Pippen and Rodman's impact on those titles? Funny. Trying to compare in-their-prime Pippen and Rodman to Drexler's faded end of the career time with Hakeem is even funnier.
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"Trying to minimize Pippen and Rodman's impact on those titles?"
No....trying to add context to a OFTEN stated comment.
Because let you silly a** millennial kids tell it, he played with both of 'em his entire career, given how that statement's often presented.
Too many of y'all seem to LACK the historical perspective on this topic, and tend NOT to know about any damn thing (or anyone) past 5 years ago (if that long ago).
blackadam06 You make many assumptions or you infer quite a bit, all of which are either false or misled. I never said Jordan played with Pippen and Rodman his entire career. However, he did play two HOFers, in their primes. Hakeem played with zero HOFers in their prime. How many all stars did Jordan play with? I don't even know if Hakeem had an all star teammate other than maybe Ralph Sampson or maybe Thorpe had 1 season good enough. Do you understand my overall point yet?
"tend NOT to know about any damn thing (or anyone) past 5 years"
You lack reading comprehension. You do realize that the players and events I am discussing are more than 18 years ago, right?
Feel free to come back for more lessons.
Yeah, that's one of the funnier things I've ever heard. Let's see, Hakeem was bigger, quicker, stronger, more skilled, could jump higher, could jump quicker, had longer arms, had more dexterity...
Rodman couldn't guard Karl Malone much less Hakeem.
Rodman shutting down Olajuwon.
I hope you realize that Rodman played for San Antonio the season prior when Olajuwon roasted the Spurs. No one shutdown Olajuwon. His production slowed as he got older, but no shutdowns. Olajuwon used to bust up the Pistons when Rodman was there as well. If there was an individual medicine for Olajuwon and Jordan in thw NBA, you would have heard about it. San Antonio tried to scapegoat Rodman that year and I'm glad he went to Chicago and affirmed his worth to a team.
@@bolebole5793 you can pull up some games between the Bad Boy Pistons and Rockets and see that was clearly not the case Einstein
@@bolebole5793 Rodman was a distraction in San Antonio and Chicago. Only difference was Chicago being able to deal with it better
Bulls kicked the rockets ass.They never would have beat MJ in a final!!!!!
Actually the Rockets got the better of the Bulls during Hakeem's peak years during the Bulls first threepeat. The Rocket split with the Bulls in 91, swept them in 92, and split again in 93. There is a reason why the win in this video was a big deal...the Bulls had not won there in a while.
The Rockets were easily better than any team the Bulls played in the playoffs during their championship runs. That would have been the one Finals matchup worth remembering like the Celtics/Lakers of the 80s, but it never happened.
Oh, and if they had played, the entire Bulls team would have been there. MJ didn't do it alone.
The Rockets weren't a dominant regular season team when they didn't have a PF they just happened to have a surprise playoff run winning the championship.
I remember how butt ugly that floor was the first year the Rox switched uniforms. DAMN that's ugly.
Clyde totally outplays Jordan!!!!
mikenot stF^
Houston was better with Vernon Maxwell
Drexler replacing him wasn't the difference, it was Thorpe and Herrera not being there that was. Kukoc played well both games that season with those 2 the Rockets would've been a nightmare matchup for him with their athleticism.
@@ChrisM07 nope
@@nonamewillbegiven9989 Kukoc always struggled with athletic players he wasn't known to be physical like that.
@@ChrisM07 Kukoc's not going against Thorpe and Herrera you i/diot
@@ChrisM07 and he's a shooter and a slasher you m/oron
Si jordan le hacia esto a olajuwon que No le hubiera hecho al tal mamarracho lebron..con la pena pero asi es.
00:15....doesn't MJ ever learn?
4:53 Doesn't HAKEEM ever learn
6:00🤣
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I guess MJ didnt "learn" here repeatedly:
ruclips.net/video/TNZN_eHderg/видео.html
Loony troll
@@nonamewillbegiven9989 Looney Jordan sockpuppet
Jordan returned in 1995 and failed against the magic...end of discussion.
@Greg Hubbard That shit dont cont. His conditioning wasnt even all the way there. That magic series was just good for him to gauges his skill lever as to ehat he needed to do in the off season. Dont be ignorant dude. Lol
@Greg Hubbard Sorry Greg. That reply was to rhe person before you.
@@michaelallen3999 his ass still lost period.
Not really cause 3 more NBA titles came and Orlando swept in 96. So thats end of discussion. M/oron
@@FuShengAlex won 3 more titles. Troll
The bulls were a great team in the 90's but the rest of the East sucked and the Bulls were able to coast for a good part of the season. No way the Bulls get all those titles playing full seasons in the WC, nor do they get those 72 wins.
From 1991-2003 the only team from the East to win a title was the Bulls and after those 90s Bulls players retired the East sucked even more winning only 5 titles since 1999.
the east was tough and more physical than the west o yea the bulls beat Seattle easy beat Utah easy beat Portland easy so u know nothin just shutup
that's a lie every team that made the playoffs in the 90s had winning records look it up dumbass
+Glenn Mcgollie true
+More Cowbell cool story
The Bulls were a combined 50-6 vs the Western Conference during the 1995-96 & 1996-97 seasons. They dominated everybody.
No disrespect but that makes no sense. I can see if you were talking about any other team MJ wasn't on but any team with MJ has a chance...