Robert Horry Says 94-95' Rockets Would Have Beaten The Bulls Even With MJ | ALL THE SMOKE
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Former Rockets forward and 7x champ, Robert Horry, reveals why his 1994-1995 Rockets team with Hakeem Olajuwon would have beaten the Bulls and won the title even if MJ didn't take take that season off.
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Robert Horry smoking the same stuff as Scottie Pippen 😂😂😂
Vernon Maxwell is going to shut down Michael Jordan in the NBA Finals? Robert Horry is delusional.
@anthonyjohnson-dq8ls
Жыл бұрын
MJ GREATEST OF ALL TIME ⌚ 🏀💯
@hatethegamejackson1923
Жыл бұрын
No but he could've done as good of a job as anyone at the time...plus hakeem would've dropped 40 every game n they had the shooters it would've went 7
@anthonyjohnson-dq8ls
Жыл бұрын
@@hatethegamejackson1923 not true
@civilwarwasaninsidejob7405
Жыл бұрын
@hatethegamejackson1923 Hakeem is the greatest big man ever imo, but he never dropped 40 a game on anyone in a playoff series, you think he's all of a sudden doing it against the Bulls???
@hatethegamejackson1923
Жыл бұрын
@@civilwarwasaninsidejob7405 if a team single covered n never sent a double yes I do
Vernon might have held MJ back for some stretches in each game, but he’s not shutting him completely down for 4. But there was NOBODY on the Bulls that was even gonna slow Hakeem down even for a second. I think the winner of this hypothetical series would come down who had an “off night” between MJ and Dream. One sub-par performance and it would cost that series.
@Droselover-hu1gt
11 ай бұрын
People forget the Bulls had Kukoc in 94. The third guy that they didn't have in 91-93
@lightingbolt8148
2 ай бұрын
Hakeem gets his but the rest they could shut down
ESPN need to do a 30 for 30 about the 94 & 95 Rockets so ppl can see. Houston in 90s had great teams that’s 92/93 should of been a finals appearances
@derekstewart6704
Жыл бұрын
Shoulda coulda woulda...let's talk about what they did, not what they "should've" done. Alot of teams "should've" done alot of things.
@MiskeenPrince
Жыл бұрын
NbaTV already did one its called clutch city
@gymreaper1728
Жыл бұрын
Man they couldn’t 3 peat not even a dynasty..maxwell ain’t stopping Mike,Hakeem was trash after the b2b
@malakigaminuniverse
Жыл бұрын
Yeah 92/93 they're legit and the 96/97 ROCKETS would've gave the bulls fits m.less
@cjbrown420
Жыл бұрын
@@derekstewart6704 well we can say the same about the bulls when MJ retired we won 2 chips and still don’t get the credit
I think the Rockets would have beaten the bulls in the finals but thinking Maxwell could stop or compete against Jordan is mind boggling.
@TravisAndrews-lb1kk
Жыл бұрын
Jordan would beat maxwell
@ryanhansen1325
Жыл бұрын
Nobody could stop Jordan, not even little remembered Vernon Maxwell.
@iambarryallen
Жыл бұрын
Jordan cant drive and dunk much, Hakeem is waiting at the rim. Even all the way to mid range Hakeem can guard MJ. Hakeem is pretty much MJ on a Centers body with better footwork.
@TravisAndrews-lb1kk
Жыл бұрын
@@iambarryallen yes he can bro
@Droselover-hu1gt
11 ай бұрын
Bro, the Rockets struggled to beat the Knicks. Jordan woulda wiped the slate with them.
That back to back Rockets championship team was amazing. Watched all those games during Covid quarantine. Hakeem was unguardable, his low to high post game was immaculate & defended the rim at a high level. Clyde was an amazing athlete running the floor and attacking the rim. Kenny smith was a very good 3ball shooter, & Robert Horry is such a clutch, sensational ball player who takes NO plays off, both ends of the floor. But I believe Jordan’s bulls would win
@RPYMCMB
Жыл бұрын
Win is an understatement. He would destroy these young pups. I wish we had a time machine just to watch them eat their words.
@wills2140
Жыл бұрын
I am so glad that you got to watch those great games with the Rockets. I watched both seasons live at the time. I am a life long Chicago fan, now I live in Orlando area, and can honestly say that first '94 - '95 Houston team would compete and probably beat the Bulls. The Rockets were ready, lucky, and had the right combination of depth and Dream to stress the Bulls. They were great, its fine to speculate and say the Rockets *could* beat M J and the Bulls - because they did not have to. Then seeing the... unready and very young Magic take the beating from Houston was not exactly what I can say was "fun", lol. ( though I did get to see M J play game 2 in the 'Orena' ! )
@joethompson8542
Жыл бұрын
@@RPYMCMB Young pups? dawg most of those players were experience veterans. Plus Its as simple as this. Those rockets teams were the worst possible matchup for the bulls. You can see that as a fact by looking at the record between the two teams in the early-mid 90's. Not to mention don't forget MJ and the bulls got beat by the magic in the 94-95 playoffs and that magic team got swept by the rockets in the finals that same postseason.
@Kuroganemk2
Жыл бұрын
People forget that Jordan lost to the magics and try to excuse it by saying that he wasn't warmed up by then. This wasn't really true as his stats were actually better than his next season that they won a ring. The break actually saved Jordan's legacy as everyone thinks they would have just won 8 in a row lol
@frankwhite6073
Жыл бұрын
Most definitely the 🐂 would have won
He can't say in '94 because the Bulls are still solid at that time. He said '95 because Horace left Chicago for Orlando. Listen to what these former Rockets were saying, all of 'em said in '95
@toryou6
Жыл бұрын
Definitely agree, plus I think they were better with Clyde in 95
@Macaxeira432
Жыл бұрын
He said 94-95 are u deaf? 😆
@alum7601
Жыл бұрын
Horace probably would not have left if MJ was still there and they were winning.
@Mike_G737
Жыл бұрын
MJ was there in 95 bro y'all need to stop it saying he was retired 2 seasons. He came back the last quarter of the regular season and was avg 31.5 ppg in the playoffs so he wasn't rusty either that's an excuse.
@josephnicholas9152
Жыл бұрын
@@Mike_G737 it's not an excuse, it just points to how great Michael was anyway. Even with that being said, everybody knows what happened The following season when Michael was able to play the full season. Remind me what happened in 1996 again? 🤔😂😂😂😂
The Bulls never beat the Rockets in the Finals. They just beat all of the Western Conference teams that beat the Rockets to get to the Finals.
@4lmightygee212
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha 😆
@RellH00pin
Жыл бұрын
Whose fault is that?
@shilmanmartin
Жыл бұрын
@joceja23 that's why they struggled with the knicks. That Jordan beated
@josephnicholas9152
Жыл бұрын
@joceja23 this happened because Michael was getting his teammates the ball and they were missing the shots. I remember one very specifically, where Michael got the ball down low to luc longley they're big 7footer wide open right at the basket and he blew the layup in one of the games in that series where they played the magic. There's no way Hakeem olajuwon would have been able to stop big fella luc longley down low. And Scottie pippen with a locked up Robert Horry. I'm just saying. 😎🏀
@lordsupreme4206
Жыл бұрын
@@josephnicholas9152 that’s ridiculous to say Luc Longley 👀would stop Hakeem. He gave shaq the business he would’ve looked like Jokic playing against Luc, like shaq wasnt 7 feet tall and big ass hell🤣😂🤣
Dream was at another level those two years. And Kenny Smith nailed it. The Bulls first three peat team was too short. It's the second three peat team with Rodman that may be better than the Bill Russell Celtics.
@Droselover-hu1gt
11 ай бұрын
What? The first Bulls three peat team had Horace Grant, Bill Cartwright, Will Perdue. All were big enough to guard Hakeem, but Hakeem would have probably dominated them.
This man just said maxwell would stop Jordan 😂😂😂😂😂😂he must be high
@hectorlopez1069
8 ай бұрын
Watch the regular seasons between the rockets vs the bulls, you will know what he is talking about.
Preparation for random regular season meeting are very different from preparing for playoff match up . I remember the Last Dance year of Jordan and the Bulls 97- 98, Bulls lost both regular season games to Utah Jazz, when they met in the Finals it is a different story.
I’m writing this comment before even finishing the video. Anyone who thinks Bulls would’ve lost in 1994 needs to go watch the 1993 Finals against the Suns again. MJ was at the peak of his powers when he retired the first time. No way does he lose the following season if he kept playing & team was intact
@co30walkk
Жыл бұрын
Retired rusty Mike yes fresh Mike nope.
@gentrewilliams2513
Жыл бұрын
No Horace Grant or Dennis Rodman, Hakeem and Otis Thorpe would have had a field day. People don't realize how tenacious Vernon Maxwell was as well. Rockets in 5.
@MrSilus2000
Жыл бұрын
Barkley vs Hakeem? No no no
@needtocomment
Жыл бұрын
@@gentrewilliams2513 if MJ stayed, they would have signed or traded for someone to replace Horace. Hakeem would have gone nuts, but no way is Vernon Maxwell stopping MJ. C’mon now
@needtocomment
Жыл бұрын
@@MrSilus2000 I’m talking about MJ. Neither Barkley or Hakeem guard him so I’m not sure what your point is. Hakeem was a beast, but MJ was better. Pippen was superior to Hakeem’s sidekicks at that time too
Played the 94 Bulls with MJ unretired and the '94 Rockets. Went 7 games. Top 10 plays: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aJ2gzJmwYNjKidY.html
@malakigaminuniverse
Жыл бұрын
But you are a BULLS fan right?All ur videos are geared toward the BULLS WINNING no matter who they're playing!! IT Should be different in the GAMIN world because NBA is RIGGED.
THIS ISNT AS OFF BASE THAN ALOT OF YA THINK. THE KNICKS GAVE THE BULLS FITS WITH A DOMINANT CENTER AND DEFENSE ON THE WING. DONT KNOW IF THE ROCKETS WOULD WIN BUT THIS IS THE FINALS WE MISS GETTING
@optimalpowersimracing6625
Жыл бұрын
yup. its pathetic how one sided people think the game is, you cabt even have a discussion with them
@Droselover-hu1gt
11 ай бұрын
The Knicks really didn't give the Bulls fits except for the 92 series. The next series was a 4-2 win. Furthermore, Scottie Pippen was in his prime.
@Droselover-hu1gt
11 ай бұрын
Nope, because Kukoc came in and Pippen was in his prime. Plus Horace Grant hit his prime in 94-95. So did BJ Armstrong.
@FuShengAlex
11 ай бұрын
@@Droselover-hu1gtChicago couldn't deal with Shaq and Penny
Rockets from 1992-1995 had a great record against the Bulls. One of the few bad match ups for Bulls
@lockejr
Жыл бұрын
Playoffs hit different, especially the Finals.
@pstephens__
Жыл бұрын
@@lockejr 😂😂😂😂 not for that matchup. The rockets were washing those guys and the games weren’t close. Now when the bulls got Rodman and Harper it was over for the rockets. That team was also different for the rockets.
@lockejr
Жыл бұрын
@@pstephens__ Thats what they said about Kareem’s Bucks against Golden State in 73. Bulls defense would have neutralized them and MJ would impose his will on the game. Those Rockets couldn’t even do nothing with the Jazz or the Sonics.
@andrewwebster7185
Жыл бұрын
Why do people use the regular season as a barometer of how a series would go??? Hasn’t this years finals showed y’all anything? Cmon man
@ludwigvanvlogs5205
Жыл бұрын
not having horace or rodman would have been a problem for the bulls back then specially in the paint and even spurs rodman couldnt stop dream in 95....... plus the bench of the rockets was deep as compared to 94-95 bulls...
The Maxwell running into the Portland stands in Feb 1995 has some interesting fallout. He gets a 10 game suspension and during it Houston trades Thorpe for Clyde Drexler, who essentially takes Maxwell's starting SG spot. VM held onto that grudge until game 1 vs 3rd see Utah. He quits the team after that loss. Houston goes on to repeat as a 6th seed anyway. Maxwell signed w/ Philly in '95-'96 during Stackhouse rookie year, and then w/ San Antonio in '96-'97 (the team that sold him to Houston in '90) in the 'tank' year before Duncan. '97-'98 he signed a bunch of 10 days, and then lockout '99 he's a key cog on the Webber/Jason Williams Kings team that takes Utah to the limit. He wraps it up w/ Seattle, Dallas, and Philly again.
Already knew what the title was before I opened it all the way
The 1994 Bulls were going to be the best of all the Bulls team. They were reloaded with Kukoc Kerr Luc etc. Bulls win 70+ and Vernon would tell you he’d get dragged.
@santoscinemas1032
Жыл бұрын
94???? Lol smh
@mannyneva1760
Жыл бұрын
@@santoscinemas1032 Pippen Grant BJ MJ Kukoc 3 headed monster with Luc etc etc..tht 94 team was reloaded so I see you don’t even know what it was..they made it to the second round because of the roster improvement..you a fan boy?
@Mike_G737
Жыл бұрын
Did this ngga just say they were reloaded and say Tony Kukoc, Steve Kerr and Luke fckn Longly in the same sentence!!?? Dawg Rockets would of beat them, it would of gone 6 games but Rockets win.
@optimalpowersimracing6625
Жыл бұрын
literally said reloaded and named 3 players who were defensive liabilities okay lol
@mannyneva1760
Жыл бұрын
@@optimalpowersimracing6625 they had the defense already cornball and adding another big and 2 outside shooter and a true facilitator on Kukoc improved the Bulls in 94..if they don’t make them moves the Bulls don’t make the playoffs my guy..you’d delusional if you think the Bulls didn’t get better from 93 to 94 minus MJ..stupid is what stupid does
Vernon Maxwell my fav all time!
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
Good player to play for Houston.
Makes me want to watch Last Dance again
This is laughable that Vernon would have shut down MJ , I agree the Dream was the truth but the even the Pistons couldn’t stop MJ that’s why they started playing football against Chicago. I hear Isaiah Thomas talk about the Pistons a lot and if the truth be told they was the dirtiest team in the history of the NBA, they could win fare so they started a new way to play and that was football/basketball. I felt sorry for Joe Dumas because he never played like the rest of those guys.
@FuShengAlex
11 ай бұрын
Orlando didnt shut Jordan down and they still won the series.
all those mj fanatics who never saw the bulls play or werent alive in the 90s is hilarious. MJ himself openly said he was happy he didnt have to play hakeem in the finals because he was too much of a problem but you casuals who never saw these teams play out here sayin the rockets had no chance. the rockets used to smack the bulls on the regular yall just exposing yourself as casuals.
@milltymefresh
Жыл бұрын
🎯🎯🎯
@charlespendley6360
Жыл бұрын
All 90% of these people have seen is highlights. A lot more to the game then highlights
@datsapaddlin
Жыл бұрын
The Magic beating them was the best thing for that finals undefeated streak because that woulda been worst Bulls team in the finals given all the circumstances.
@flashh6919
Жыл бұрын
It’s always the nerds and scrubs who never played typing in all caps thinking they official
@gilalcala2038
Жыл бұрын
Thank you MJ said it himself The Bulls had no answer for Dream
Only chance Rockets had was how impossible it is to 4 peat
@optimalpowersimracing6625
Жыл бұрын
The season he is talking about the 94-95 season... that would have been a 5 peat at that point... Its crazy how many people are in this comment section talking about the season directly after they beat the suns, which was 93-94! They beat the suns in the 92-93 season!...
@cardinalj
Жыл бұрын
@Optimal Power Sim Racing you type so fast!!
@thegigisup007
Жыл бұрын
Man... if you told Jordan you guys can't win 4 Championships in a row... you honestly think he wouldn't make it happen??? Let's be real ! Btw even after their 6th ring... if they never broke up the season after it was the "lock out" season. Short and sweet lol they would've won that one too
@FuShengAlex
11 ай бұрын
@RiberyGDL It was impossible for Jordan to go undefeated vs Orlando in the playoffs
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
Rockets won't 4 peat, 3 peat, back-to-back, but they get 1 championship from the bulls if he never retired.
He has to say this now, but he sure as hell didn't want to play them then.
MJ is the GOAT… but if you watch those games in the first 3 peat- the Rockets was a TERRIBLE matchup for those Bulls teams… the game is about matchups. The rockets couldn’t beat the SuperSonics during those years…. Most people not agreeing with Horry apparently never watched the Rockets but hold MJ as a god…it would’ve been the hardest series MJ would have experienced during that run
Best team to use on NBA Jam ..
I’m still stuck on him saying he would have shut Pippen Down, 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
No one stops Hakeem on that Bulls team
He right. Mike was tired and plus he played in 95 with no luck. It’s not like Mike won every year he played.
Vernon Maxwell was a beast I wish that I heard more about him he really could score whenever
@AndyTheDriverFools
Жыл бұрын
You don't hear much about him because he was a hopeless nobody that averaged 12 points per game...............................
@bizzobg
Жыл бұрын
He could score whenever? Are you on crack?
@challenger516
Жыл бұрын
Every NBA players could score whenever in practice
@busydem6161
10 ай бұрын
Listen to mad max himself describe how it was to guard mj
I could imagine that because the Rockets were hungry and the Bulls going for a 4peat is very hard and that winning fatigue could catch up. If it was just the Bulls' going for a back to back I don't see the Rockets winning
@eddieG667
Жыл бұрын
💯 people forget how hard it is getting 3 let alone 4. I personally think they would’ve fizzled out as that wasn’t motivation enough to chase 4 in a row. Plus, i’m 100% sure there would’ve been locker room issues with Jordan’s personality by then. People don’t realize how timely that first retirement was. It gave him a new core when he came back and a nice break. Even Magic’s Lakers eventually imploded in 1990. That’s a long time to be going deep in the playoffs with the same teammates
Morale of the story no one could stop Hakeem and his defense would have been too much
Lol, I guess Robert missed seeing that game on 3/25/1991 for what Jordan did to Hakeem. People forget how good MJ was on defense when he was ready to lock someone up.
@FuShengAlex
11 ай бұрын
Lol....Chicago lost that game by double digits at home.
@Spud_E_Buddy
11 ай бұрын
@@FuShengAlex That’s true. They won the NBA Championship that season, so…
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
@@FuShengAlexoh yeah, even with Jordan amazing performance, he's still lost the game.
No one woulda stopped Dream, but im takin MJ... Cuz its F*UCKIN MJ!!!
Vernon didn't need to "shut down" MJ. He just needed to do enough. You couldn't put MJ on any team and him win a championship everytime. There's every chance that the Rockets may have beaten them.
When they discuss this, nobody ever acknowledges if jordan didnt retire, they probably make a trade or free agent signing in off-season or before deadline
Prime jordan vs prime hakeem damn. Would've been the best player jordan played in the finals. Sorry magic.
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
1 ring for prime Hakeem, 1 ring for prime Jordan. That makes 7 rings for Jordan, 1 ring for Hakeem if Jordan was still playing those two seasons he missed.
Lol Vernon's sweating right now hearing Robert Horry talk about MJ like that lol. A couple other things: Horry's talking about 93-94 season, not 94-95, where MJ did come back and the Magic beat up the Bulls after they had lost Horace Grant and really had no bigs who could play defense (which is why they went after Rodman during the off-season). Horace Grant was a way better post defender than Horry ever was, so though I doubt he would have shut down Hakeem, he would've done a way better job than Horry would have.
Vernon never stop him NEEEEEVEEEEER
@malakigaminuniverse
Жыл бұрын
But Vernon as all about getting in his opponent's head that's his GAME. Go back and look at ROCKETS VS. Bulls 90 to 93 and you will see that lol
@coachjoelportillo
Жыл бұрын
@@malakigaminuniverse Yeah go and get yours Air Maxwell hahahaha
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
Not true, Vernon did stop him in the regular season.
You know what’s crazy ? Earlier in robert horry’s career with the rockets he almost seemed like a poor man’s Scottie Pippen … but when he got older he didn’t shape or molded out in the same structure like Scottie .. or maybe I’m tripping ..
@tonyjohnson4347
10 ай бұрын
Sean Elliot was more of a poor man's Scottie Pippen than Robert. That's was Pistons traded for him with the hopes of building a team around him before drafting Grant Hill.
This is what im talking about ...why i wont watch the full interview...delusional great role player...it would have been 8 - 0 and you would have 5 rings...instead thank the man for giving you your first opportunity to win and leave it at that
@MarcusStinney
Жыл бұрын
That role play accomplished more than you have.
@FireAngelChris
Жыл бұрын
I think it’s delusional to think a team was going to win 8 straight lol
Big shot bob also says Hakeem was better than Timmy too but hakeem only made it out of the first round 6 times in his entire career. Timmy made it 19 times lol and played 16 of them with one leg in a brace and couldn't run anymore. Timmy literally put up a HOF career after blowing his knee out (2 MVPs, 4 more rings, 2 more FMVPs, dozen or so All nba 1st teams). When Hakeem blew his knee out, he got shipped to another country to play backup minutes for Keon Clark lol.
@FireAngelChris
Жыл бұрын
lol I agree Timmy was better but few corrections here Hakeem made it out first round 7x he also really didn’t have no talent around him after Ralp Sampson got hurt. Lol technically Tim Duncan only played in 18 post season appearances even though his teams made it 19 years he got hurt in 2000 so he sat out for the playoffs. He lost in the first round 3x. Also the spurs develop Tony,Manu then Kawhi implementing load management to cut down Timmy minutes & games played. So he was able to extend his window of greatness. Spurs management was just better at surrounding tim Duncan wit talent in comparison to Hakeem
@Tmoney7994
Жыл бұрын
Y'all need to stop using team accomplishments to determine individual skill. You didn't use any individual stats in your argument for Duncan over Hakeem. You sound like you would fit perfectly at ESPN.
@mysterC58
Жыл бұрын
@@Tmoney7994 Right. It ain't boxing.
maxwell stopping jordan no way. jordan averaged 33 ppg against maxwell in playoffs.
Madd Maxx & Dream 👋🏿HUUUPAT "I challenge you to a duel" Looney Tunes 🤣 I can only imagine
Rockets had the time to prove they could beat the Bulls on their second 3peat but couldnt get out of the Western Conference lol,Supersonics and the Jazz were all over them.
A best of 7 is completely different from 2 random regular season meetings a year.
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
It would of went to 7 games in both NBA Finals. 1 to the Rockets, the other to the Bulls.
But we will never know. How come you never made it to the Final when Jordan did comeback, the league was not the same when he was there as to when he wasnt there
@rhyministermc
Жыл бұрын
This is an important question. They seemed to just happen to be ready righr when MJ retired, and only for that moment. Meanwhile, the Bulls won 3 rings precisely on either side of those two seasons where Houston won. Sure, the Bulls would not have been able to handle them . . . right?
@rachaad
Жыл бұрын
You right but I would say this . The injuries kill that team 3-4 starters were out most of the season. They turn it around later in the season
@maxmx767
Жыл бұрын
They went 7 games against the Knicks and the Bulls spanked the Knicks every time. Actually the Knicks needed 6 games to beat the Bulls without Jordan in 94. Logic tells me Bulls in 6
@datsapaddlin
Жыл бұрын
@@maxmx767 The Knicks in the early 90s actually gave the Bulls runs with Jordan on the team though. The best thing to happen was the Bulls not making the finals in 95 because they wasn’t a championship team with a rusty MJ and no Rodman or Grant because they definitely woulda lost.
@maxmx767
Жыл бұрын
@@datsapaddlin Do you understand this conversation actually revolves on the hypothetical that Jordan didn’t retire in 1993, right? So the 1995 Bulls roster would not have been what is was IF Jordan haven not retired
so question? why did they not before jordan left the first time, and why did they not after he came back, not the year joprdan played 17 games but the year after hustons second championship
He was thinking about Randy Woods
The Knicks took them to 7 in the 94 finals. Starks and Derek Harper had a great series against Kenny Smith and Maxwell going into game 7, but everyone remembers Starks poor shooting in the 7th game. Pippen and Grant would have had their way with Thorpe and Horry. Maxwell would have lost his mind after 2 games against Jordan. I don't think he would have kept his head in the game for a seven game series if it even went that far. Hakeem would get his, but those Bulls teams always carried 3 tough nosed centers. Cartwright was still there. He would not have been a pushover, even if he was older The only way the Bulls lose, in my opinion would be due to burnout. 4 finals in a row is tough.. I don't agree with Horry, but he's backing his team..
@bolebole161
Жыл бұрын
The Knicks lost in 7 to the Bulls...😏
@toryou6
Жыл бұрын
Plus the Bulls utilized full court pressure during that time in playoffs heavy. They gave several PG guards problems during that time. The Rockets players lived off doubling Hakeem. They couldn't just be spot up
@g24deez
Жыл бұрын
@bolebole161 nope the Bulls lost. The so called phantom call was in game 5 and Pippen still had 2.1 seconds left to make a play but Pippen wasn't built like that he's not clutch. Then Pippen still had game six and seven to win and Pippen won game six and came up short in game seven lol. So yeah the Bulls lost fella 😅😅😅😂
@rollinstonemoula9689
11 ай бұрын
@@g24deezpip killed tha NYK
@g24deez
11 ай бұрын
@rollinstonemoula9689 how did Pippen kill the Knicks when if it wasn't for Kukoc hitting the shot in game three the Bulls possibly could've got swept fella? How could Pippen kill the Knicks if he didn't beat them when Jordan wasn't there fella?
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Let me quote Paul Pierce....If Black Jesus didn't retire you would only have 5 rings…
@anthonyjohnson-dq8ls
Жыл бұрын
MJ GREATEST OF ALL TIME ⌚ 💯 🏀🏀🏀🏀
0:55 ... Horry played for San Antonio in the 2004 season, not LA. All good, though! lol
The supporting cast of the Rockets LOVE TO BRAG about how they would have beaten the Bulls, but NONE OF THEM AVERAGED OVER 10 PPG to help Olajuwon. They all sat around like this: 👀 BULLS IN 4 in 1994. BULLS IN 6 in 1995.
@coolmoe3289
Жыл бұрын
No Lies Detected Here.. 😂🤣
Of course he's going to say that. He's lucky he didn't have to go against Pippen and Rodman. He'd have scored little points. He's lucky he joined the Lakers after that '91 schlacking
so just in perspective, rockets werent even making the finals until those two years... they had play a knicks team that probaly not in the finals if jordan is playing, just having hakeem didnt make it a closed case win, as bulls were beating knicks with ewing, and every other team with a big guy on it.. they literally got lucky he retired
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
They are not lucky, no way, they could of handle them in the Finals just like they handle them in the regular season.
@arlichar11
9 ай бұрын
@@hectorlopez1069 did ever think that maybe bulls took off those nights, like it wasnt an important win at time, but would be diffrent in playoffs ?
93-94 Bulls win in 6 games tops. It’s the 94-95 season I’m worried about. Would Horace have left if Jordan stayed? If so, who would have replaced him? Was San Antonio ready to trade Rodman before the 94-95 season? Also, the Rockets had a worse record in 94-95(worst for a champion I believe), but their level of basketball in the playoffs was peak Rockets basketball. They just got hot at the right time. 94-95 is the season Houston could have won.
As a Jordan fan, Jordan wins. Considering Jordan's record in the finals he wins in 5 or 6. Jordan is just another beast in the finals.
This man said he was a better defender than all the players on the Bulls? Boy gtfoh lmao😂
Pippen would eat Horry alive like Jordan vs Maxwell😒
That's the real GOAT
It’s wild how y’all in the comments acting like the players on the Rockets who won titles shouldn’t believe they could beat those guys. Y’all talking about the bulls winning 8 straight is crazy to me. Even Jordan them talked about how tired they were after the first 3. Steve Kerr said Noway they would of won 8 straight chips.
Not in 94 but 95 absolutely
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
That's the opposite, 94 absolutely, but not in 95
@fun-vids6669
2 ай бұрын
Both years the Rockets win
@fun-vids6669
2 ай бұрын
95 the Bulls could not beat the Magic well the Rockets swept the Magic
I actually think they’d split. Bulls win it one year Rockets win it the next.
The Bulls lacked the frontline in 94-95 to be able to compete with any legit team. They had lost 2 key starters ( Cartwright, Grant) and even though Jordan had come back he wasn’t in basketball shape.
MICHAEL JORDAN GREATEST OF ALL TIME ⌚🏀🏀🏀💯🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
@anthonyjohnson-dq8ls
Жыл бұрын
@@MysticMungusSlungus 💯 facts
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
Hakeem olajuwon greatest of all time and don't forget, he was picked before Jordan and nobody has a problem with that.
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
I wish Olajuwon won the rookie of the year award. He deserved it, he put more numbers than sorry ass Jordan.
@anthonyjohnson-dq8ls
9 ай бұрын
@@hectorlopez1069 u need to stop 🛑 smoking 🚬🚭 crack
All the former Rockets know that their championships come with asterisks because the goat wasn’t around to put them in bodybags.
@FireAngelChris
Жыл бұрын
Lol he was there in 95 they just lost
@JonSnowsGhost
Жыл бұрын
@joceja23 He was showing respect. Do you actually think he would’ve been afraid once the the game started? C’mon. And if the Rockets were like that why didn’t they win any of the years he did play?! Don’t answer that we all know why.
@JonSnowsGhost
Жыл бұрын
@joceja23 Cool. But in the game he’s still would’ve played like Mike. And Mike is better than Hakeem.
@chris.t.389
Жыл бұрын
@joceja23 I appreciate ppl who watch bball and dont have revisionist history. This is EXACTLY what happen. I also agree that the rockets would have beat them those years. They always gave the bulls problems. but ppl "forget" that.
@hectorlopez1069
8 ай бұрын
@@JonSnowsGhostHakeem was first pick in the 84 draft before Jordan and nobody doesn't say anything. Hakeem was better than MJ.
94-95 bulls roster was mix of old team and team btw . So it wouldn’t of been as easy and most ppl would like to think
@FuShengAlex
11 ай бұрын
They didnt even beat Orlando who Houston swept.
All I have to say for Chicago Bulls fans is that if the Houston Rockets did play the Chicago Bulls is the return of the Jordan Rules!!!
Gotta have Vernon Maxwell on here
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
He did very well guarding Jordan
The Dream and Mad Max was the best defenders in the League huh
Kenny smith said the same
Where were the rockets in 91,92,93?
the 2nd year, very likely they would have lost, but that first chip team was something else..the perfect timing/team. I believe they would have won regardless
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
Rockets won't win back to back, but they probably get 1 ring from Jordan.
Horry wouldnt even be out there on thee floor.. idk why he talking.. definition of "Riding the Bus"
hahahaha, he said he could stop Pippen
I expect him to say that but horry know dam well !!!!!
I disagree. Those Rockets had a hard, hard time with the Seattle Supersonics. Got embarrassed almost every time against them. What makes you think they were going to beat the Bulls with MJ at the height of his Peak?
@nursemcfarlane6655
10 ай бұрын
Akeem Olajawon
They must’ve smoked some bomb ass weed before this one. Horry high as hell
OMG…what is it with all of this U.S. History
Thanks game rigging David, we never found out
G.o.h with that black Jesus buffoonery
So what happened when he returned??😊
maxwell was injured in the 1994-95 playoffs.
This dude talks about sweeping Chicago in the regular season and goes on to say they will beat them in the Finals? Dude Miami also swept Chicago in the regular season, what happened when they faced them in the playoffs? Miami got swept! Thinking regular season and playoffs are the same is just not it. Stop it, get some help. 😫
It would have been a good match, but what broke them up?
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
Stupid Jordan wanting to play another sport, instead of playing basketball all the time.
Idk if they would’ve won that. Jordan averaged 41.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 6.3 assists in finals the year before & was in is athletic prime
when jordan came back he beat this same team over and over again.
Houston Rockets would have not won in 1994 and 1995 if MICHAEL JORDAN, would not have retired after the first 3 peat to go play baseball ⚾ 💯🤔that is a FACT.....!!!!!!!
@user-bi1tn8kl3r
Жыл бұрын
This guy doesnt know what a fact is
@anthonyjohnson-dq8ls
Жыл бұрын
@@user-bi1tn8kl3r what guy are you talking about your delusional self 😴🤦♂️SMH 🤦♂️
@datsapaddlin
Жыл бұрын
MJ was kinda over basketball and had to leave to gain his love of the game back. I can’t say it was fact because his heart wasn’t in it after the 93 championship.
@anthonyjohnson-dq8ls
Жыл бұрын
@joceja23 don't worry I will, cause he the greatest of all time ⌚
@flashh6919
Жыл бұрын
1 man don’t win against 5.. everyone around mj would have fold
It will take game 7 still 3 or 2 pts lead.... But cant decide who wins.. i love hakeem prime mvp but i love airness mj cant decide
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
You got to go with prime Hakeem, he would be too much for prime Jordan in the Finals.
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
Olajuwon handle starks in 94, he can do it again, this time to Jordan.
Your deaming...😂😂😂
Without a doubt, the Bulls win at least one of those championships. I think the Rockets' inexperience would have lost the first championships. The second one, they have a chance, but I still think the Bulls will win both titles.
@frankytarheel
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely, they would have competed but Bulls would have handled business as usual
@FuShengAlex
11 ай бұрын
How ironic considering the inexperienced Orlando team ran Chicago outta the playoffs lol.
@jimmy6886
11 ай бұрын
@@FuShengAlex What an ignorant comment. Jordan was back a few weeks, the next year they created the greatest team of all-time. Educate yourself first on the situation before speaking. That was a very ignorant comment
@FuShengAlex
11 ай бұрын
@@jimmy6886 Pfft and what any of that got to do with Houston? The NBA just supposed to erase 95 from the record books just because Jordan lost huh? Lol. Horace Grant killed Chicago and that can't be blamed on Jordan playing a few weeks. Orlando was better anyways. Yeah how'd they create their team next season? Only because Hakeem and Horry kicked Rodmans behind from pillar to post he didn't wanna play in SA anymore.
@jimmy6886
11 ай бұрын
@@FuShengAlex 6-0 with 6 FINAL MVPS.
Teams played with a different kind of confidence once MJ was out of the picture, so of course they’ll say they would’ve beat the Bulls in a hypothetical scenario after they didn’t have to face them lol.
@FuShengAlex
11 ай бұрын
Puhleeze....even when Jordan was in the picture Hakeem did whatever he wanted. Jordan before he retired: "we have no answer for that big African....we haven't been able to figure that team out for some time".
Watch The Last Dance and LISTEN to the man himself. But ive already talked to Jordan Stans that dont believe him and still say he would have won 8 straight. And think he answered that question in HIS doc incorrectly. Go Rockets!!
Bulls in 7 games vs rockets 🚀 Jordan & pip was unstoppable rt
@hectorlopez1069
9 ай бұрын
Olajuwon would of handle Jordan & pippen, just like he handle Ewing & starks in the 94 NBA Finals without an all-star teammate helping him.
No where on earth was horry a better player than Scottie who is on the 50 greatest player list 7 time all star I don’t remember him ever being an all star lol🤦🏾♂️🚶🏾
1:47 Sorry, Rob... Jordan averaged 30.6 points per game versus Vernon Maxwell in his career.
LMFAO
Team Bulls but Vernon doing a better job on MJ than Bill Cartwright would do on Dream
Horry shouldn't be talking, he's the luckiest player in Nba history.
@alum7601
Жыл бұрын
Facts