As a Sun's fan this one haunts me a lot. Just with the way that the Rockets executed the poise they showed while the Suns played so tight, especially down the stretch of this one. I think about the "ifs" when thinking about the possibility of having this game won. Like Barkley wouldn't have suffered from a meniscus tear like he did in Game 6 of the series. KJ wouldn't run into hamstring issues from having to carry the team in Game 7, and seeing how the Spurs blew their homecourt advantage in those playoffs I'm certain the Suns would've beaten them. The biggest if is Danny Manning. If Manning hadn't torn his ACL I feel the Suns would've won a championship. So many "ifs" but those Rockets were double tough regardless and deserved that title in both 94&95.
@@MEANDMYDAD2023 Just remember the NBA gave you 1993. Rockets should’ve been playing the Bulls because Jordan begged Thorn to make sure he didn’t have to face Dream! He’s my nightmare!
The Rockets didn't go down, they fought back and did the job of winning this game. Olajuwon was on another level in 94, 95 playoffs. No wonder he's an all-time great.
It’s absolutely amazing how much defense just did not matter against Hakeem. He regularly took the most closely contested, lowest percentage low post and midrange shots, and knocked them down with ease. Jordan flowed around defense or jumped over/used his hang time to avoid it, but Hakeem shot right into it and made shots anyway. Unbelievable skill.
@@DJVijilante I don't mean it as a knock on Jordan though. What he did was just as impressive if not more so, just incredible how each used their frame and skillset to dominate.
Great game! This showed that the Rockets still had that championship heart. And this launched them on their series comeback. As Rudy T says “Don’t ever underestimate the heart of the champion!”
One of the best games people have forgotten about. Rockets were DEAD! But in a fashion completely opposite the sports tradition of their city, they just would not die.
Always wondered how Phoenix would've did against San Antonio in the next series had they gotten by Houston this year? They had a chance in this game, Game 6 and Game 7. They were real close to dethroning Houston this year. Spurs vs. Suns would've been a must watch, awesome series with Barkley vs. Rodman, KJ vs. AJ, The Admiral, Thunder Dan, Sean Elliot etc.
Sure did. They barely made it out of the first round. It was difficult to watch the better team lose. That being said, I don't think Phoenix would have beaten San Antonio. Spurs had the home court advantage. Manning was out and Rodman would have outworked Barkley on the boards. With the right defensive scheme, the Spurs could have taken down the Magic. Olajuwon was a nightmare for O'Neal, though.
@@bubufubu as a 11-year-old back in '95 that would turn 12 during the summertime of that year I was disheartened seeing the Rockets beat the Spurs. Spurs were my favorite team growing up and still is now. Reflecting back on it the Rockets beating the Spurs was terrible and was filled with heartbreak for Spur fans and more heartbreak would follow the next few years. After all that heartbreak the Spurs would end up with Tim Duncan and the rest was history. It's interesting to think if the Spurs somehow won it all in '95 it probably alters the timeline, and they never end up with Tim Duncan. They may win 1 title, but they never win 5 without Duncan.
@@doctorx1924 That's an interesting point about their future success with Duncan. For the better part of 22 years (1977 - 1998), the Spurs suffered a lot of disappointing playoff exits. Those had to be tough years to be a fan.
@@bubufubu I'm not old enough to remember the 80's losses but I remember all the 90's losses the Spurs suffered until they got their first title. '95 really hurt me as a kid that I broke down crying after the Spurs lost game 6. I don't know why but even at that young age of 11 I thought the Spurs would never get back in position to even go back to the WCF. Looking back to me it's always a reminder of sometimes of how you have to lose first before you can win big.
For Phoenix to come that close to closing out Houston in both game 5 and game 7 at home, is gut wrenching if you were or are a Suns fan. I love Charles, but to be honest, as the best player and leader for that Suns team, he let them down in this game. Crucial missed FT's. Kevin Johnson actually played like the Suns best player in this series.
This is the real basketball, this is the real Playoffs. Not shit like today. Today's basketball looks like amateur streetball. No playing in the painted one, only three-pointers.
@@hectorlopez1069 That's why I always cringe when thinking about the Celtics in Game 7 last year or the Rockets in Game 7 in 2018 against the Rockets. They were so reliant on the 3-pointer, and had no other game plan, and wound up shooting themselves out of the game.
Brother, the Rockets shot 32 threepointers in this game, did you not watch it?? That's more than the Denver Nuggets and Orlando Magic (2 teams that did very well) averaged per game last season. And the post ups, you have to understand that the 90s had the illegal defence rule where weakside defenders were not allowed to help out if their man was above the free throw line. This made it much easier to post up than in todays game where teams are allowed to play actual team defence. I'm 41 and I love 90s basketball but I also loves todays game as it is more complicated. If you don't agree with that, you are not really paying attention to what is happening off ball and how team defences have evolved.
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Somebody commented how Barkley deserved a ring and Drexler was just riding Hakeem's coattail and never did anything on his own. Pre-Barkley, the Suns were a 50+ win team that went to the Western Conference Finals and was one KJ Hamstring Injury away from the NBA Finals. Barkley never took any team even to the Conference Finals on his own where Drexler not only did that, but led his team to the NBA Finals!
We won't win nothing with Barkley. Clyde got to the finals in 90 and 92. He was washed when he got to Houston. We should have kept what we had and added a veteran with length
@@guerono50 Right but how much did the NBA have to do with that!? Watch game 7 of the Rockets Sonics semifinals and Suns Sonics Game 7 finals! NBA wanted that Jordan Barley finals. The real 1993 NBA Champs are the Houston Rockets 🚀!
@@DJVijilanteTotally, same as the 98 first round matchup, they wanted the Bulls-Jazz finals rematch so much they did everything to avoid the upset, especially GM2
Gotta be good to be lucky and lucky to be good. Though if the Suns' offense hadn't gone into a coma late in the fourth quarter after going up 91-90 or Barkley makes his FTs, we're not talking about Person's missed three-pointer.
@@hectorlopez1069 if the Magic played the Suns in '95, Magic most likely would have won, Shaq would have killed Joe Klein, Dan Shayes, and Mark West. Penny was bigger and faster than KJ. Anderson and Majerle are similar players. Suns would be too dependent on Barkley
if wesley person made that shot at the buzzer........... so much stuff to re-examine had HOU lost this series in 5 What happens if we get PHX/SAS? What of either team vs ORL? How do we view Drexler without a ring? What of Hakeem with 1 title instead of 2?
1) We wouldn’t be having the debate of MJ’s Bulls vs. the Rockets. 2) Hakeem wouldn’t be considered a top-five center 3) Barkley, Shaq, or Robinson wins their first championship.
As a Sun's fan this one haunts me a lot. Just with the way that the Rockets executed the poise they showed while the Suns played so tight, especially down the stretch of this one. I think about the "ifs" when thinking about the possibility of having this game won. Like Barkley wouldn't have suffered from a meniscus tear like he did in Game 6 of the series. KJ wouldn't run into hamstring issues from having to carry the team in Game 7, and seeing how the Spurs blew their homecourt advantage in those playoffs I'm certain the Suns would've beaten them. The biggest if is Danny Manning. If Manning hadn't torn his ACL I feel the Suns would've won a championship. So many "ifs" but those Rockets were double tough regardless and deserved that title in both 94&95.
Closeup game is always the hardest, and perhaps even more if up 3-1 and have a great chance to complete it in the latter part of Game 5. Missed FTs can go a long way, much like to KJ's near-flawless FTs in G7 but sealed by the "kiss of death." The latter shouldn't even happened should they shoot well their FTs this G5. The Suns had almost put the Rockets in the ropes (even the previous year). Seems the franchise has that "mysterious curse" that includes 0-3 in Finals.
Some of us have known this _since_ 1995. And the Suns were without Manning since February. Person hits that three and Houston loses 4 - 1. All this crap about the Rockets having heart is nonsense. What they were was extremely fortunate. They were a mess the second half of the season and barely even made it to the semis. Phoenix was the better team but blew it. Period.
It wasn't just Barkley. A lot of ignorant people try to lay it all on him. KJ and Green also made mistakes down the stretch in Game 5. The Rockets' fortune wasn't limited to this series, either. Utah blew a 2 - 1 lead and San Antonio changed their defensive scheme for Olajuwon _after_ winning Game 3 and Game 4 in Houston.
@@jrp566 Ignorant meatheads are known to dismiss stating facts as "crying". It's easier for them to simplify things like that. If they actually attempted to engage in critical thought, they'd get a headache.
Very true. The Suns blew it. They beat themselves. To be fair, they lost one of their best players (Manning) in February. Houston was lucky to even be in the semis that year.
Suns choked the Finals in 1993, and choked both of their second round matchups against the Rockets in both 1994 and 1995 And they almost got upset in the first round against the 8-seed-Lakers in the 1993 playoffs, who had a losing record. Suns under the Barkley-KJ era, and Suns under D'Anthony-Nash-Amare era, were the worst home team in playoff history
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As a Rockets fan this is the one game I've been looking for! Game 5 is often forgotten his their championship run. Thank you!
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that 95 rockets Playoff run is unforgetable
As a Sun's fan this one haunts me a lot. Just with the way that the Rockets executed the poise they showed while the Suns played so tight, especially down the stretch of this one. I think about the "ifs" when thinking about the possibility of having this game won. Like Barkley wouldn't have suffered from a meniscus tear like he did in Game 6 of the series. KJ wouldn't run into hamstring issues from having to carry the team in Game 7, and seeing how the Spurs blew their homecourt advantage in those playoffs I'm certain the Suns would've beaten them. The biggest if is Danny Manning. If Manning hadn't torn his ACL I feel the Suns would've won a championship. So many "ifs" but those Rockets were double tough regardless and deserved that title in both 94&95.
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@@MEANDMYDAD2023 Just remember the NBA gave you 1993. Rockets should’ve been playing the Bulls because Jordan begged Thorn to make sure he didn’t have to face Dream! He’s my nightmare!
The Rockets didn't go down, they fought back and did the job of winning this game. Olajuwon was on another level in 94, 95 playoffs. No wonder he's an all-time great.
It’s absolutely amazing how much defense just did not matter against Hakeem. He regularly took the most closely contested, lowest percentage low post and midrange shots, and knocked them down with ease. Jordan flowed around defense or jumped over/used his hang time to avoid it, but Hakeem shot right into it and made shots anyway. Unbelievable skill.
Finally not only somebody understands and respects Hakeem, but sees how Jordan danced around the league to make himself stand out!
@@DJVijilante I don't mean it as a knock on Jordan though. What he did was just as impressive if not more so, just incredible how each used their frame and skillset to dominate.
Hakeem was a bad man! He is kinda underrated to me.
This phoenix team was SO FUN to watch! Majerle, Johnson and Barkley! Love it!
Great game! This showed that the Rockets still had that championship heart. And this launched them on their series comeback. As Rudy T says “Don’t ever underestimate the heart of the champion!”
Don't mistake fortune for heart. They were lucky to even make the semis that year. Houston was a mess the second half of the season.
95 was Sir Charles' best chance to win a ring. The Suns just couldn't get that 4th win against the Rockets
He was hurt
@@Haterboom That's not an excuse
93 was his only chance to win a ring because he was in the NBA Finals with these suns.
@@hectorlopez1069 The Suns would have gone all the way if they beat the Rockets in the semis. The Spurs and Magic were no match for them
@@annie20232 not the magic, that magic team with Shaq and penny would of hammered them in the Finals. Shaq was really good and so was penny.
One of the best games people have forgotten about. Rockets were DEAD! But in a fashion completely opposite the sports tradition of their city, they just would not die.
Always wondered how Phoenix would've did against San Antonio in the next series had they gotten by Houston this year? They had a chance in this game, Game 6 and Game 7. They were real close to dethroning Houston this year. Spurs vs. Suns would've been a must watch, awesome series with Barkley vs. Rodman, KJ vs. AJ, The Admiral, Thunder Dan, Sean Elliot etc.
This was my childhood
KJ was a beast in this series
Certainly, he was a beast
He played his ass off in game 7.
There was a couple games in this series where he took Kenny Smith’s lunch money
The refs helped his ass
21:08 - if Wesley Person's 3-pointer went in, the series would have ended and the Suns win 4-1. What a turning point and what a series.
Put This Game On NBA TV Hardwood Classic On TV
Quality basketball
I think if the Suns had won this, they beat San Antonio to come out of the west and beat Orlando in the finals. These Suns teams were deep.
Not Orlando, magic would figure out a way to beat the suns in the NBA Finals.
And there's big shot Rob doing his thing. Juat playing winning championship ball
KJ vs the Rockets pretty much the entire series
The Suns had the Rockets dead to rights but they let them off the hook and paid for it dearly.
HOU played with fire that year falling behind over and over yet never got burned.
Sure did. They barely made it out of the first round. It was difficult to watch the better team lose. That being said, I don't think Phoenix would have beaten San Antonio. Spurs had the home court advantage. Manning was out and Rodman would have outworked Barkley on the boards. With the right defensive scheme, the Spurs could have taken down the Magic. Olajuwon was a nightmare for O'Neal, though.
@@bubufubu as a 11-year-old back in '95 that would turn 12 during the summertime of that year I was disheartened seeing the Rockets beat the Spurs. Spurs were my favorite team growing up and still is now.
Reflecting back on it the Rockets beating the Spurs was terrible and was filled with heartbreak for Spur fans and more heartbreak would follow the next few years. After all that heartbreak the Spurs would end up with Tim Duncan and the rest was history.
It's interesting to think if the Spurs somehow won it all in '95 it probably alters the timeline, and they never end up with Tim Duncan. They may win 1 title, but they never win 5 without Duncan.
@@doctorx1924 That's an interesting point about their future success with Duncan. For the better part of 22 years (1977 - 1998), the Spurs suffered a lot of disappointing playoff exits. Those had to be tough years to be a fan.
@@bubufubu I'm not old enough to remember the 80's losses but I remember all the 90's losses the Spurs suffered until they got their first title. '95 really hurt me as a kid that I broke down crying after the Spurs lost game 6. I don't know why but even at that young age of 11 I thought the Spurs would never get back in position to even go back to the WCF. Looking back to me it's always a reminder of sometimes of how you have to lose first before you can win big.
Charles didnt step up the way he was supposed to as a superstar, all those missed freethrows cost the Suns the game.
Yep Charles kind of disappeared done the stretch can’t make a free throw good grief. No excuses
Looks like Barkley had money on this game.. he was awful...almost on purpose 😂😂😂
Rockets got a generous whistle this game.
For Phoenix to come that close to closing out Houston in both game 5 and game 7 at home, is gut wrenching if you were or are a Suns fan. I love Charles, but to be honest, as the best player and leader for that Suns team, he let them down in this game. Crucial missed FT's. Kevin Johnson actually played like the Suns best player in this series.
This is the real basketball, this is the real Playoffs. Not shit like today. Today's basketball looks like amateur streetball. No playing in the painted one, only three-pointers.
Exactly, 3 pointers all game long. I can't stand that.
@@hectorlopez1069 That's why I always cringe when thinking about the Celtics in Game 7 last year or the Rockets in Game 7 in 2018 against the Rockets. They were so reliant on the 3-pointer, and had no other game plan, and wound up shooting themselves out of the game.
Brother, the Rockets shot 32 threepointers in this game, did you not watch it?? That's more than the Denver Nuggets and Orlando Magic (2 teams that did very well) averaged per game last season. And the post ups, you have to understand that the 90s had the illegal defence rule where weakside defenders were not allowed to help out if their man was above the free throw line. This made it much easier to post up than in todays game where teams are allowed to play actual team defence. I'm 41 and I love 90s basketball but I also loves todays game as it is more complicated. If you don't agree with that, you are not really paying attention to what is happening off ball and how team defences have evolved.
[20:50]: Hakeem was fouled, but of course no call!
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Somebody commented how Barkley deserved a ring and Drexler was just riding Hakeem's coattail and never did anything on his own. Pre-Barkley, the Suns were a 50+ win team that went to the Western Conference Finals and was one KJ Hamstring Injury away from the NBA Finals. Barkley never took any team even to the Conference Finals on his own where Drexler not only did that, but led his team to the NBA Finals!
Mostly agree, but don't forget that 1993 Bulls-Suns Finals
We won't win nothing with Barkley. Clyde got to the finals in 90 and 92. He was washed when he got to Houston. We should have kept what we had and added a veteran with length
@@guerono50 Right but how much did the NBA have to do with that!? Watch game 7 of the Rockets Sonics semifinals and Suns Sonics Game 7 finals! NBA wanted that Jordan Barley finals. The real 1993 NBA Champs are the Houston Rockets 🚀!
@@DJVijilanteTotally, same as the 98 first round matchup, they wanted the Bulls-Jazz finals rematch so much they did everything to avoid the upset, especially GM2
@@guerono50 yup. Everyone thinks wow 🤩! Bulls threepeated twice, but don’t mean nothing because NBA made it happen.
Is it just me or is Barkley whining almost every play?
He likes to whin alot
Exactly 💯 the same thing Draymond does now😂
Going Any Bulls Suns Rockets Pistons Sonics Heat Jazzs Pacers
Unfortunately, the Phoenix Suns made the mistake of depending on Danny Manning. His versatility would have pushed this series in the other direction.
The rockets got so lucky wesley person missed that 3 pointer at the buzzer, or there would be no back to back for the rockets.
Gotta be good to be lucky and lucky to be good. Though if the Suns' offense hadn't gone into a coma late in the fourth quarter after going up 91-90 or Barkley makes his FTs, we're not talking about Person's missed three-pointer.
Is that the sound of Brent Musenberger?
That's Gary Bender and Dick Versace
do you have anymore Jason Williams highlights
Not a whole lot but hopefully i'll put some up Tyler
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Barkeley made so many mistakes during curcial moments of this game thats why he dont got a ring... Jordan would never have made those mistakes
Exactly 💯 missed free throws, bad fouls, standing in the lane to long etc.
Barkley hadn't missed free throws The Suns would have won this game and series, finals should have been Suns vs Magic
Magic might have beaten them, that magic team was so impressive.
@@hectorlopez1069 if the Magic played the Suns in '95, Magic most likely would have won, Shaq would have killed Joe Klein, Dan Shayes, and Mark West. Penny was bigger and faster than KJ. Anderson and Majerle are similar players. Suns would be too dependent on Barkley
The Magic were bad on the road in 1995, and the Suns would have had home court advantage.
if wesley person made that shot at the buzzer........... so much stuff to re-examine had HOU lost this series in 5
What happens if we get PHX/SAS? What of either team vs ORL? How do we view Drexler without a ring? What of Hakeem with 1 title instead of 2?
1) We wouldn’t be having the debate of MJ’s Bulls vs. the Rockets.
2) Hakeem wouldn’t be considered a top-five center
3) Barkley, Shaq, or Robinson wins their first championship.
With all the HOF PFs and Cs the Rockets faced in 94 n 95 the most problematic player for them was undoubtedly Kevin Johnson
As a Sun's fan this one haunts me a lot. Just with the way that the Rockets executed the poise they showed while the Suns played so tight, especially down the stretch of this one. I think about the "ifs" when thinking about the possibility of having this game won. Like Barkley wouldn't have suffered from a meniscus tear like he did in Game 6 of the series. KJ wouldn't run into hamstring issues from having to carry the team in Game 7, and seeing how the Spurs blew their homecourt advantage in those playoffs I'm certain the Suns would've beaten them. The biggest if is Danny Manning. If Manning hadn't torn his ACL I feel the Suns would've won a championship. So many "ifs" but those Rockets were double tough regardless and deserved that title in both 94&95.
@@MEANDMYDAD2023 HOU waited until their backs were against the wall to seemingly not play tight. The Rockets played with fire and never got burned.
Never happened, so dont waste your time on these mindless scenarios. Be better than that. Lesson in here gentlemen.
Chucky Brown shut down Charles
Closeup game is always the hardest, and perhaps even more if up 3-1 and have a great chance to complete it in the latter part of Game 5.
Missed FTs can go a long way, much like to KJ's near-flawless FTs in G7 but sealed by the "kiss of death."
The latter shouldn't even happened should they shoot well their FTs this G5. The Suns had almost put the Rockets in the ropes (even the previous year).
Seems the franchise has that "mysterious curse" that includes 0-3 in Finals.
Rockets got lucky in this game suns were the better team
Some of us have known this _since_ 1995. And the Suns were without Manning since February. Person hits that three and Houston loses 4 - 1. All this crap about the Rockets having heart is nonsense. What they were was extremely fortunate. They were a mess the second half of the season and barely even made it to the semis. Phoenix was the better team but blew it. Period.
It wasn't just Barkley. A lot of ignorant people try to lay it all on him. KJ and Green also made mistakes down the stretch in Game 5. The Rockets' fortune wasn't limited to this series, either. Utah blew a 2 - 1 lead and San Antonio changed their defensive scheme for Olajuwon _after_ winning Game 3 and Game 4 in Houston.
@@bubufubunow say it without crying
@@jrp566 Ignorant meatheads are known to dismiss stating facts as "crying". It's easier for them to simplify things like that. If they actually attempted to engage in critical thought, they'd get a headache.
@@bubufubuHouston got so lucky person missed that 3. Thank God, he missed it.
bogus technical foul for "hanging on the rim" on Barkley cost the Suns the game
Doesn't matter. They were around 60 percent from the FT line. THEY LOST. THEY CHOKED
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Game 5 Suns lost base off Fts blunders & getting out hustle & lastly just couldn't make shots clutch moments
The better team LOST. The luckier team won.
@@chrisuncleahmad789 Nah man.
@@DJVijilante Yeah, man. Lay off the pipe.
Very true. The Suns blew it. They beat themselves. To be fair, they lost one of their best players (Manning) in February. Houston was lucky to even be in the semis that year.
@@bubufubu shows how little you know about ball.
Suns choked the Finals in 1993, and choked both of their second round matchups against the Rockets in both 1994 and 1995
And they almost got upset in the first round against the 8-seed-Lakers in the 1993 playoffs, who had a losing record.
Suns under the Barkley-KJ era, and Suns under D'Anthony-Nash-Amare era, were the worst home team in playoff history