Some of that also had to do with the Rockets suffocating defense, Starks hitting a lot of outside shots under that kind've pressure in the 4th quarter was extremely low in general.
Some takeaways: 1. Kenny Smith really could play. They go at him on inside the NBA but he ain't a scrub haha. 2. The Dream was way ahead of his time with those post moves. Ewing looks stiff compared to him, although I understand that they have different playing styles. 3. As many people have said here, the defense was insane! Dudes was going at it!
Hakeem was one of a kind skill set wise for a post playing big men until like dirk...and the difference between dirk and hakeem is one could actually defend at the highest of levels...that's why people put hakeem so high up there...he had shaq level scoring rim protecting with robinson level versatility and duncan level post defense...he wasn't just another moses karl kg or barkley....he was the whole package
Those were the days. Much respect to those 90's Knicks teams. They were mean as hell and Ewing had a wet jump shot. He's underrated. But Hakeem came through. My favorite player of all time. I always wanted the Rockets to play the Bulls. The 95 Rockets were a better team than this team and it definitely would've went 7 games. Seeing The Summit again warms my heart. Born and raised in the H.
The 95 Rockets weren't really better they just played at a faster tempo with Drexler. This Rockets team had more depth overall and a stronger frontline the Rockets needed Thorpe and Herrera to beat the Knicks they weren't there the following year.
not sure why the knicks chose to let xavier and wilkins go...it took 7 games to beat a mj less bulls team in 94 without them and in 93 they lost in 6 easily without them to mj cause they simply couldn't guard him....during the bulls dominant 90's run the only teams to take them to 7 games were the pistons in 90 and knicks in 92...that 92 knicks team was the only one built to take them out post them winning their first title in 91...cause they could of still had doubts in 92 due to the lakers injuries in 91...and suns in 93...92 was the year to best them to prove it was a fluke...had they kept the roster together I feel the 93 knicks would of beaten them with xavier and wilkins as the lesser guys from the 91 squad got better from starks to mason to charles and ewing was still athletic enough...by 95 he was washed athletically
@@ChrisM07 hererra was on the 95 rockets doe and by going small they matched up better with the magic than the 94 team would of...thorpe carl and hakeem were slow and didn't benefit each other cause they both played down low in the post causing space issues...they actually benched vernon come playoff time and played more sam and elie...going small with horry at pf and drexler at sf....that's why they swept the magic who tried to play with grant at pf who couldn't space the floor from 3 playmake run or dribble like horry could...seeing as penny grant shaq didn't shoot many threes combined and that magic team didn't have a bench they were kind screwed trying to match up with the small ball rockets who knew how to shoot and were better built to play three playmake run and gun and d ball...the magic were easier to guard cause it was always shaq in the post or penny handling...more traditional offense...rockets could give horry or sam the ball heck even at times kenny and plays would be made
@@razkable Herrera got injured during the regular season, he played 1 game in the 1st round and was off the roster after the playoffs. Maxwell also played only 1 game in the 1st round and walked out because he was upset Drexler took his spot. Also all of the Rockets frontcourt players on the original clutch city team (pre Drexler) were pretty athletic and versatile, Thorpe even handled the ball sometimes when the Rockets were fastbreaking. When Rockets started using the inside-outside system they didn't run plays for Thorpe as often he was playing off the ball more so the Rockets usually did have good spacing in their offense even before getting Drexler. I honestly believe the 95 Rockets had some luck go their way they did have to play in 5 elimination games the first 2 rounds alone so there were signs of vulnerability, that version of the team wouldn't have matched up as well with the big forward lineup of the Knicks compared to this team with Thorpe and Herrera.
Bro it’s crazy to think The Goat Robert Horry got his 1st of 7 rings!!!! 🐐 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐. And if you think about it if your an nba player who is reliable in the clutch like him or a Klay Thompson it’s a lot less superstar pressure you just hoopin!!
One of the toughest games I've ever seen. I don't just mean in terms of who won or lost, but dedication, emotion, and physical play. Who knows what may be if John Starks was able to hit a few more shots, but credit to the Rockets for keeping them down all game.
Why would they? The reason the Bulls had a longer championship window in the first place was because they had better management. The Rockets had a bad habit of constantly trading away core players, they even wanted to trade Horry their 1st championship season which would've backfired big time if that actually ended up happening. The Bulls on the other hand always kept their core together.
Hakeem could of won a title first had his pg Lucas not gotten suspended for the 86 playoffs...as good as the 86 Celtics were had Houston been healthy that's a toss up finals...like the 88 finals between LA and Detroit...could of gone either way
Lowry is an all-star, Siakam should have been an all-star (if people cared about defense more), Gasol, Ibaka and Green were top-tier role players who could play some serious defense (especially Gasol) also u had Fred as very good back-up pg. What Kawhi did was highly impressive and he was great in that run but he wasn't a lone star
@@milto2269 on please don't do that when dirk had jason terry, 6th man, jason kidd, allstar & tyson chanlder future dpoy, shawn marion all star/ all defensive team of course they can't do it allow but the dirk was a lone star also kawhi too; duncan had tony manu, & david robinson do yeah they were the lone star
@@milto2269 kyle lowry is such an overachiever man mike conley, jrue holiday, kemba are better them him plus if conlry and jrue in the east kyle lory woul have made the all star team once and every team that wins a championship has a great supporting cast
Little fun fact for those who don’t know, The Dream is still the only player in NBA history to win a league MVP, Defensive player of the year, and a finals mvp 🏆
@@laconfidential8504 he should atleast run a different strategy on offense..starks was already ice cold and even after the final timeout he kept shooting the ball like nothing happened.. Riley should protect his player..
bloody_outlaw One of the biggest flaws of the early 90s Knicks. They only had one guy who could get his own shot off the dribble. By the time they got Sprewell and Houston, Ewing was old and they had lost some of that defensive identity.
@@laconfidential8504 yeah you are right but im talking about this particular game..none of the 84 points they've scored were from starks 3pointers ..they proved that they can score without him so why he took so many shots..if a guy is cold or having a bad night its most likely going to stay that way, the opposing team leaved him open for a reason ..
My God, the amount of defense played in this game is immeasurable. You dont see that amount of defense played in today's era. Now THIS is a game ladies and gentlemen.
@Thomas Sankara Hakeem is the best center of all time but he did his part to keep the rockets in it of course no one can stop him but the Knicks also let the other 11 guys out play and out grit them they wasn't up 3-2 for no reason buddy they was supposed to win Hakeem won his match up of course but the Knicks was the better team they chocked.
@Thomas Sankara because he was a lot smaller he was 294 in Orlando he weighed over 350 in LA. He was far bigger in LA and domainted people with his size
Horry is not the typical role player...he was always clutch af and played big when he needed to...at least for his first 6 titles...dude was a huge part in those teams winning multiple rings
It has been 20 years and I still carry the trauma of this game. I cried like a baby in the fourth quarter, and those tears have been tattooed on my heart. It is Greek tragedy at its deepest pathos. The heartbreaking gaze of John Starks searching for courage under the heavy weight of expectations and repeated failure, remains imprinted in my memory. It needs to be carved into marble, and his tale told by bards to children. I understood Riley's insistence - one successful 3-pointer would have pulled Starks out of his psychological hellhole, save the game and save the man. Riley, Starks, Ewing, Mason, the New York Knicks, heck the city of New York, at its finest moment, a love and loyalty that never quit even as the cauldron of glory was slipping from their fingertips. Shakespeare could not have written a more heart-rending script. Houston can keep it gaudy trophy, just another cold metal cup for its boastful cabinet, but New York acquired a legendary story that burns and continues burning on forever in the hearts of those who loved them.
Starks was ice-cold from the field that game, yet they were still dishing him the rock. Even if he made 40% of his shots that game, New York may have won. And Ewing was no match for Olajuwon all series.
Ever since the 95 championship against the Magic, Houston sports have been cursed. I will forever cherish these 2 championships. We may not get another
Facts We should have won in 2018. And Would be extremely historic to See Harden and CP beat the Invisible 17-18 Warriors. but We missed nearly 30 3s in game 7. I would like to believe if Cp ain’t get hurt and we have Capela. we would have won in 6. Also, I feel Like Tmac and Yao were cursed. I doubt we could have won a title considering 2000’s were stacked like 90s. but Them two definitely could have made some deep playoff runs (a finals appearance or two if we’re lucky) at the minimum.
Man I loved this team. I've often heard it said the 94 team wasn't as good as the 95 team but I disagree, I think they were both on equal footing in different areas. This 94 team was hitting on all cylinders when they beat the Jazz in 5 games, it's just they had to wait on the Knicks who went 7 games with the Pacers and the Rockets cooled off a little bit. Plus New York was a great team and they played very physical in the 90s, and would beat the heck out of their opponents. In 95 the Rockets played up tempo but I'm not so sure that style would've worked so good against this particular team like it did against Orlando. Against these Knicks the Rockets really needed a bruiser like Otis Thorpe to help with Mason and Oakley to win the finals.
The big difference was this Rockets team played the EC style which was extremely defensive minded while with Drexler they played at the standard WC pace. Also it wasn't just Thorpe but Herrera also played a huge factor against the Knicks. Horry moving over to PF was actually what really won the Rockets the 2nd championship because he would force his defender to go further out to defend him. However with the big lineup the Knicks used I don't know if Horry at PF would work against them. Mason would've been guarding Horry the majority of the time so Oakley would've been able to do major damage inside against Pete Chilcutt and Chucky Brown.
@@ChrisM07 what makes me look back and shake my head is how we traded away key components of a championship team to get Barkley. The main reason they did that is because they needed a true power forward to get by Seattle and all they really needed to do was keep the team together and pick up Willis. While it's true Barkley helped to get passed Seattle in 97 we then didn't have the right match ups to get passed Utah, whom we beat in 94 and 95, and Utah pretty much had the same lineup in 97 as 95.
@@elbertbass9259 Apparently Barkley realized the Suns championship window was closed and wanted to go to a contending team. I think the main reason he didn't really fit the Rockets system was because he sometimes took too long to shoot which caused the offense to stall he needed a KJ type guard to compliment his style of play.
@@NickIntoTech The Sonics were relentlessly double teaming him and the Rockets didn't have a PF near the basket to make the Sonics pay for doing it everyone else was usually standing around on the perimeter.
@@summeronio9751 he was slashing and getting to the line maybe that's why he remained what I don't get is why did he kept shooting knowing he was not making it...
@Blue Skeptic How? He went a respectable 17/10 against the DPOY/MVP. Starks on the hand literally threw away over a dozen possessions with his god awful shot jacking.
I always imagined today’s Rockets with Hakeem. He would easily be the center and should dominate except D’Antoni and Morey don’t want him doing dream shakes and instead he would jacking up 8 threes a game. Today’s Knicks with Ewing would be dope. They got a million power forwards but not a true center so Ewing should translate seamlessly and putting up elite numbers. But the Knicks are terrible and it’s gonna take more than just Ewing to turn it around.
This makes me cry as a Knicks fan, if Starks didn't catch fire in game 6 at Indiana we would've lost that series and never made the finals. As a coach you put faith in your players to give them confidence, especially if you've seen him kill it before and win games. Ewing was more to blame for the finals cuz he didn't come close to his averages but also without him we don't get there either. We should've won at least 1 title in the 90s though SMH
As a rockets fan I feel bad for the Knicks since they got so close so many times, but.. I’m quite Stingy about our 2 rings 😂 I wouldn’t give anyone One of them 😂 not even To the suns (who if I had to give a ring to, it would be the Suns with Charles Barkley) That’s just what happens when The greatest player of all time (Micheal Jordan) gets put on a borderline Superteam especially in the second three peat with Ron Harper Dennis Rodman and Steve Kerr. - P.S literally no one could stop the Dream in his Two best years, 94 and 95 the only player to Preform better in the playoffs than Regular season,
@@NickIntoTech even tho I hate the Rockets MJ did say he didnt wanna face them in the Finals cuz they had no answer for Hakeem, even tho Rodman could've gave him problems since he did shut down Shaq a few games but if Ewing played to his averages we would've beat you guys in 6. I dont hold it againtst him tho if it wasnt for him we wouldn't have gotten there
@@ScottFree973 Rodman was effective against Shaq because Shaq had other problems like his inability to block out on defense and also not getting back fast enough in transition, remember the Rockets were able to handle Rodman down the stretch in 95 and that was with Thorpe and Herrera not with the team by then.
Olajuwon has 2 rings, but I think he would've had more if he played in his prime today. I also think Ewing would've had at least 1 ring if he played in his prime today. But that is just my opinion.
1:42:22 how is that possibly a foul? Anybody talking about how it was more physical back didn't watch all the games like I did. Today's ball is way more body to body contact, but back then the did more flagrant fouls, but that doesn't mean more physical in general.
Stop talking basketball. Vince Carter even comments on how the game back n the late 90s and early 2000s was more physical. Harder screens, and handchecking.
@@handlebucket6285 everyone says that shit. It's like your grandpa saying he had to walk 100 miles up hill both ways. How stupid can you be. These guys body up way more today than back in those days grandpa.
@@handlebucket6285 Bru, I've played back then and watched the games live. They get hit inside more when they drive to the hoop, but there is WAY LESS chest to chest body contact from defenders. You must just watch those hyped up videos showing a lot of hand checking and rim contact. That is way less physical than the body contact of these days. YOU WATCH the games and find out (not just bloody highlights). And reference what I'm explaining when you watch it rather than just assume there wAs MOrE coNTaCt without defining what you mean.
had Ewing entered the draft in '84 he would have gone #1 overall over Olajuwon & MJ (& Bowie) making him one of the greatest prospects in NBA history... Knicks outscored Rockets in '94 Finals, Pacers tied Knicks in points scored, Bulls outscored Knicks in '94 Playoffs; very even level of talent at the top in '94... Pippen was 5th best player in '94 behind Olajuwon, David Robinson, rookie Shaq, and Patrick Ewing; but better then Barkley and Kemp and Karl Malone; Scottie played PG while scoring 20+PPG with elite athleticism and defense... fax!!!
Knicks had this finals in the palm of their hands. If Starks makes only 3 three pointers and free throws, they would have won. They had it….. Knicks had it…
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If John Starks was the shooter then Tupac and Biggie would still be alive
Lmao underrated
It was hurt like hell
WAIT WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY
hahaha hit it right on the head....
Ha lol RIP Tupac and Biggie
That boy Starks picked the absolute worst time to have the worst game of his life. Mans was ICE COLD ❄🌨
Joey Thompson ice cold from the field! Lol but yeah I know what u mean
And I appreciate it.
Some of that also had to do with the Rockets suffocating defense, Starks hitting a lot of outside shots under that kind've pressure in the 4th quarter was extremely low in general.
😢
No. I’m a ROCKETS fan. He picked the perfect time to go cold.
All the legends playing. Robert Harry, Charles Oakley, Hakeem Olajuwon, John Starks, Kenny Smith, etc. Classic game
You failed to mention Patrick ewing
Calling Kenny Smith John Starks Robert Horry and Charles Oakley legends is a joke....
@@razkable You don't have to be a scorer or in the HOF to be considered a legend.
@@razkable what have you done with your life that people will even remember YOUR name? Your comment was the joke.
@@marcoslaureano5562That was cruel.....
But, 🤷
Houston we have a CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!! 🚀🏆🚀🏆🚀🏆🚀🏆🚀🏆🚀
Welcome to the Hall Of Fame Rudy T. congratulations 😉👍.
Some takeaways:
1. Kenny Smith really could play. They go at him on inside the NBA but he ain't a scrub haha.
2. The Dream was way ahead of his time with those post moves. Ewing looks stiff compared to him, although I understand that they have different playing styles.
3. As many people have said here, the defense was insane! Dudes was going at it!
I mean those are some top 50 players ever taking a piss out of Kenny, everyone is a scrub to Shaq Chuck or Isiah
He was the 2nd Best player on the Rockets
@@nagboinfi lol
@@nagboinfi hell no 😂 Otis Thorpe and Mad max were better than Kenny and In 1995 Comparing Clyde Drexler to Kenny is blasphemy 💀
Hakeem was one of a kind skill set wise for a post playing big men until like dirk...and the difference between dirk and hakeem is one could actually defend at the highest of levels...that's why people put hakeem so high up there...he had shaq level scoring rim protecting with robinson level versatility and duncan level post defense...he wasn't just another moses karl kg or barkley....he was the whole package
That Robert Horry alley op from the inbound was lightweight disrespectful 😂.. nowadays, that’s a tech for sure. Miss this type of basketball
Those were the days. Much respect to those 90's Knicks teams. They were mean as hell and Ewing had a wet jump shot. He's underrated. But Hakeem came through. My favorite player of all time. I always wanted the Rockets to play the Bulls. The 95 Rockets were a better team than this team and it definitely would've went 7 games. Seeing The Summit again warms my heart. Born and raised in the H.
The 95 Rockets weren't really better they just played at a faster tempo with Drexler. This Rockets team had more depth overall and a stronger frontline the Rockets needed Thorpe and Herrera to beat the Knicks they weren't there the following year.
not sure why the knicks chose to let xavier and wilkins go...it took 7 games to beat a mj less bulls team in 94 without them and in 93 they lost in 6 easily without them to mj cause they simply couldn't guard him....during the bulls dominant 90's run the only teams to take them to 7 games were the pistons in 90 and knicks in 92...that 92 knicks team was the only one built to take them out post them winning their first title in 91...cause they could of still had doubts in 92 due to the lakers injuries in 91...and suns in 93...92 was the year to best them to prove it was a fluke...had they kept the roster together I feel the 93 knicks would of beaten them with xavier and wilkins as the lesser guys from the 91 squad got better from starks to mason to charles and ewing was still athletic enough...by 95 he was washed athletically
@@ChrisM07 hererra was on the 95 rockets doe and by going small they matched up better with the magic than the 94 team would of...thorpe carl and hakeem were slow and didn't benefit each other cause they both played down low in the post causing space issues...they actually benched vernon come playoff time and played more sam and elie...going small with horry at pf and drexler at sf....that's why they swept the magic who tried to play with grant at pf who couldn't space the floor from 3 playmake run or dribble like horry could...seeing as penny grant shaq didn't shoot many threes combined and that magic team didn't have a bench they were kind screwed trying to match up with the small ball rockets who knew how to shoot and were better built to play three playmake run and gun and d ball...the magic were easier to guard cause it was always shaq in the post or penny handling...more traditional offense...rockets could give horry or sam the ball heck even at times kenny and plays would be made
@@razkable Herrera got injured during the regular season, he played 1 game in the 1st round and was off the roster after the playoffs. Maxwell also played only 1 game in the 1st round and walked out because he was upset Drexler took his spot. Also all of the Rockets frontcourt players on the original clutch city team (pre Drexler) were pretty athletic and versatile, Thorpe even handled the ball sometimes when the Rockets were fastbreaking. When Rockets started using the inside-outside system they didn't run plays for Thorpe as often he was playing off the ball more so the Rockets usually did have good spacing in their offense even before getting Drexler.
I honestly believe the 95 Rockets had some luck go their way they did have to play in 5 elimination games the first 2 rounds alone so there were signs of vulnerability, that version of the team wouldn't have matched up as well with the big forward lineup of the Knicks compared to this team with Thorpe and Herrera.
in the 1995 playoffs 33.8 points per game were averaged by legend hakeem olajuwon
As much as I loved Rudy as Rockets coach, it should say Olajuwon leads Rockets To First NBA Championship.He was MVP, DPOY and Finals MVP that year.
Really underrated Game 7, what a game.
The 30 year anniversary 94 ,95 belongs to Houston
Bro it’s crazy to think The Goat Robert Horry got his 1st of 7 rings!!!! 🐐 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐. And if you think about it if your an nba player who is reliable in the clutch like him or a Klay Thompson it’s a lot less superstar pressure you just hoopin!!
For Real cuz he was mega cluch
Ben Deuitch horry is called big shot after all
He wasn't the GOAT, but Horry was a great player who was clutch in key moments.
One of the toughest games I've ever seen. I don't just mean in terms of who won or lost, but dedication, emotion, and physical play. Who knows what may be if John Starks was able to hit a few more shots, but credit to the Rockets for keeping them down all game.
Hakeem was picked before Jordan yet Houston will never regret that. #dream's team
Why would they? The reason the Bulls had a longer championship window in the first place was because they had better management. The Rockets had a bad habit of constantly trading away core players, they even wanted to trade Horry their 1st championship season which would've backfired big time if that actually ended up happening. The Bulls on the other hand always kept their core together.
Hakeem could of won a title first had his pg Lucas not gotten suspended for the 86 playoffs...as good as the 86 Celtics were had Houston been healthy that's a toss up finals...like the 88 finals between LA and Detroit...could of gone either way
But I think the Blazers regretted picking Sam Bowie at #2.
So the NBA allowed two mafia bosses to coach teams back then?
Yes 😌
That’s “real basketball” for you folks
Yeah now they let little snowflakes
Walton 1977, Hakeem 1994, Duncan 2003, Dirk 2011, Kawhi 2019 just some of the great individual playoff run by a lone star
Also Jordan 1992.
Stanlen Faucher I would love to add Jordan into the category but I still have to say pippen was it was legit star though
Lowry is an all-star, Siakam should have been an all-star (if people cared about defense more), Gasol, Ibaka and Green were top-tier role players who could play some serious defense (especially Gasol) also u had Fred as very good back-up pg. What Kawhi did was highly impressive and he was great in that run but he wasn't a lone star
@@milto2269 on please don't do that when dirk had jason terry, 6th man, jason kidd, allstar & tyson chanlder future dpoy, shawn marion all star/ all defensive team of course they can't do it allow but the dirk was a lone star also kawhi too; duncan had tony manu, & david robinson do yeah they were the lone star
@@milto2269 kyle lowry is such an overachiever man mike conley, jrue holiday, kemba are better them him plus if conlry and jrue in the east kyle lory woul have made the all star team once and every team that wins a championship has a great supporting cast
1995 “never underestimate a heart of a champion”= 2021
Vernon Maxwell was quality on both ends of the floor!
The knicks lost cause of starks the rockets won cause of vernon...he won that match up easily
@@razkableThe Knicks lost because Pat Reilly didn't play his bench!
@@Interscope100 And even for those times, the spacing was awful
That kid from Stranger Things grew up and now hes wearin no 30 and calls himself The Jet❤
Houston got screwed in 86 against Boston so I was happy they got the title they deserved
How so?
@@KalinbuggsWatch JUST game 1. You think the bird and magic rivalry that saved the NBA was a coincidence?
@@Pswayze23 which game?
@Kalinbuggs game 1 against boston
Little fun fact for those who don’t know, The Dream is still the only player in NBA history to win a league MVP, Defensive player of the year, and a finals mvp 🏆
Dpoy is overrated...lebron and mj both could of done the trifecta if they wanted and if the voters paid attention to how important switching is on d
@@razkable blablabla
Well, Giannis is now apart of that 🤷🏽♂️
You forgot to mention that he achieved that in one season.
I will forever remember that Maxwell 3. 🚀
The back breaker that iced the championship
Which 3?
good to see sam cassell
NBA on NBC nothing like it
No doubt about it
i blame more pat riley than starks ..he should have subbed him out
When they asked Pat why he didn’t he said that Starks had been the reason they got there in the first place, so he was gonna ride or die with him.
I’m also guessing he was just waiting for his shot to start falling, it just never did
@@laconfidential8504 he should atleast run a different strategy on offense..starks was already ice cold and even after the final timeout he kept shooting the ball like nothing happened.. Riley should protect his player..
bloody_outlaw One of the biggest flaws of the early 90s Knicks. They only had one guy who could get his own shot off the dribble. By the time they got Sprewell and Houston, Ewing was old and they had lost some of that defensive identity.
@@laconfidential8504 yeah you are right but im talking about this particular game..none of the 84 points they've scored were from starks 3pointers ..they proved that they can score without him so why he took so many shots..if a guy is cold or having a bad night its most likely going to stay that way, the opposing team leaved him open for a reason ..
Man Vernon Maxwell was that dude
Doc Rivers being in the Top 15 Coaches list and Rudy T. not being in there is an ULTIMATE TRAVESTY.
My God, the amount of defense played in this game is immeasurable. You dont see that amount of defense played in today's era. Now THIS is a game ladies and gentlemen.
This really sums up the Knicks they had no business losing this series and came out and laid down🤦🏾♂️ Pat Ewing should have a ring
John Starks 2/18
Everybody Else 29/50
Tuff Nite
What do you mean, this was almost the same team/lineup that knocked Shaq out the finals in a Jordanless era.
@Thomas Sankara Hakeem is the best center of all time but he did his part to keep the rockets in it of course no one can stop him but the Knicks also let the other 11 guys out play and out grit them they wasn't up 3-2 for no reason buddy they was supposed to win Hakeem won his match up of course but the Knicks was the better team they chocked.
@Thomas Sankara he would have no answer for LA shaq he was too small for him
@Thomas Sankara because he was a lot smaller he was 294 in Orlando he weighed over 350 in LA. He was far bigger in LA and domainted people with his size
Robert Horry's like Forrest Gump... You watch something great happen and... yep, there he is again
Horry is not the typical role player...he was always clutch af and played big when he needed to...at least for his first 6 titles...dude was a huge part in those teams winning multiple rings
He was actually 2nd on the team in postseason ws and vorp that year.
Big Pat vs Hakeem!!! 💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥
The day before my 15th birthday! I could not have got a better gift!!!
I was 16.
REALLY PROUD OF CARL HERRERA VENEZUELAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
University of Houston own...his home town could be proud of him
Vernon Maxwell was so slept on
Rockets Orlando 1995 finals next?
John Starks is my all-time favorite player. But this still hearts.
💓💓💓
A grind out game and series
It has been 20 years and I still carry the trauma of this game. I cried like a baby in the fourth quarter, and those tears have been tattooed on my heart. It is Greek tragedy at its deepest pathos. The heartbreaking gaze of John Starks searching for courage under the heavy weight of expectations and repeated failure, remains imprinted in my memory. It needs to be carved into marble, and his tale told by bards to children. I understood Riley's insistence - one successful 3-pointer would have pulled Starks out of his psychological hellhole, save the game and save the man. Riley, Starks, Ewing, Mason, the New York Knicks, heck the city of New York, at its finest moment, a love and loyalty that never quit even as the cauldron of glory was slipping from their fingertips. Shakespeare could not have written a more heart-rending script. Houston can keep it gaudy trophy, just another cold metal cup for its boastful cabinet, but New York acquired a legendary story that burns and continues burning on forever in the hearts of those who loved them.
Starks need to stop shooting... damn he kept missing 2 for 17.
14:05 Marv Albert with the dad jokes.
Rockets-Knicks series sought to find John Starks choking in game 6
Prime HAKEEM
😂😂😂 man sports are funny. Man in Game 6 Starks was Steph like from 3. In Game 7 the pressure got to him and he began to press. Clutch City was born!
I feel so so so bad for John Starks man
Still Houstons biggest sports moment. Now Space City has 4 sports titles.
I don’t care about shooting 3s and the dunks this is way better. I mesmerized by the court and how simple and wide it was
1:41:56 Rudy's reaction lmfao
Scott Brooks decided right then to become a coach one day.
Starks was ice-cold from the field that game, yet they were still dishing him the rock. Even if he made 40% of his shots that game, New York may have won.
And Ewing was no match for Olajuwon all series.
Ever since the 95 championship against the Magic, Houston sports have been cursed. I will forever cherish these 2 championships. We may not get another
Yeah. Bill O'Brien is trying hard to not give Watson the tools to win.
@@THERobertL2000 I do count it, but if I say I do, then the mob will come at me, so I tend to keep that one to myself.
Facts We should have won in 2018. And Would be extremely historic to See Harden and CP beat the Invisible 17-18 Warriors. but We missed nearly 30 3s in game 7. I would like to believe if Cp ain’t get hurt and we have Capela. we would have won in 6.
Also, I feel Like Tmac and Yao were cursed. I doubt we could have won a title considering 2000’s were stacked like 90s. but Them two definitely could have made some deep playoff runs (a finals appearance or two if we’re lucky) at the minimum.
Astros have 2 titles since then...calm down...
Let's forget the Comets' 4-peat in the WNBA or the Dynamo winning MLS cups. Still, championships rarely come to any team.
J. Starks hits the 3 and Knicks win it all!
Man I loved this team.
I've often heard it said the 94 team wasn't as good as the 95 team but I disagree, I think they were both on equal footing in different areas.
This 94 team was hitting on all cylinders when they beat the Jazz in 5 games, it's just they had to wait on the Knicks who went 7 games with the Pacers and the Rockets cooled off a little bit.
Plus New York was a great team and they played very physical in the 90s, and would beat the heck out of their opponents.
In 95 the Rockets played up tempo but I'm not so sure that style would've worked so good against this particular team like it did against Orlando.
Against these Knicks the Rockets really needed a bruiser like Otis Thorpe to help with Mason and Oakley to win the finals.
The big difference was this Rockets team played the EC style which was extremely defensive minded while with Drexler they played at the standard WC pace.
Also it wasn't just Thorpe but Herrera also played a huge factor against the Knicks. Horry moving over to PF was actually what really won the Rockets the 2nd championship because he would force his defender to go further out to defend him. However with the big lineup the Knicks used I don't know if Horry at PF would work against them. Mason would've been guarding Horry the majority of the time so Oakley would've been able to do major damage inside against Pete Chilcutt and Chucky Brown.
@@ChrisM07 what makes me look back and shake my head is how we traded away key components of a championship team to get Barkley.
The main reason they did that is because they needed a true power forward to get by Seattle and all they really needed to do was keep the team together and pick up Willis.
While it's true Barkley helped to get passed Seattle in 97 we then didn't have the right match ups to get passed Utah, whom we beat in 94 and 95, and Utah pretty much had the same lineup in 97 as 95.
@@elbertbass9259 Apparently Barkley realized the Suns championship window was closed and wanted to go to a contending team. I think the main reason he didn't really fit the Rockets system was because he sometimes took too long to shoot which caused the offense to stall he needed a KJ type guard to compliment his style of play.
Kenny smith......Nba on TNT
30 years ago today!!
6:30 quite the way to open a game!
Rockets baby 🚀
LMFAO at the digital Squarespace logo on the court 🤦🏽♂️
AK Sour God ‘The Summit’ logo
Erix7810 So it’s not Squarespace?
Erix7810 or did ‘The Summit’ become Squarespace? Because it’s the exact same logo
The Dream dominated 1994 NBA Playoffs
He also dominated 95 playoffs and held his own in the 97 playoffs (in 96 He had no answer against the Sonics)
@@NickIntoTech The Sonics were relentlessly double teaming him and the Rockets didn't have a PF near the basket to make the Sonics pay for doing it everyone else was usually standing around on the perimeter.
damn starks. He was cold and he also allowed maxwell to shoot that three
The commentators calling the death of the hand check is crazy around 10:00 mark
John Starks was MJs best guard competition in the 90s in the East remember that
Yeah Reggie Miller was a few decades away
So Clyde Drexler, Reggie Miller, Mitch Richmond, Latrell Sprewell and Joe Dumars didn’t exist?
Man i see why knicks fans are so disappointed lol. They were great on defense though
At least terry rozier bounced back after costing game 7 vs bron in 2018
Do Isaiah Thomas 53 point game vs wizards game 2
You mean Bullets?🤔
17:19 "falling out of bounds" no he was standing holding ball with one hand and just threw it on him lol
masas911 lmfaoo I said the same thing
*YEET*
to me, John Starks lost that Championship...
Yeah in game 6
@Blue Skeptic yes, as the franchise player he takes blame as well
Pat Riley is to blame for not pulling Starks early in the game
@@summeronio9751 he was slashing and getting to the line maybe that's why he remained what I don't get is why did he kept shooting knowing he was not making it...
@Blue Skeptic
How? He went a respectable 17/10 against the DPOY/MVP. Starks on the hand literally threw away over a dozen possessions with his god awful shot jacking.
Where is curry?
You should try to find some Showtime Laker basketball to replay
2016 nba finals game 7 please
Watching this makes it hard to watch current nba
Yes Starks was off but this was all on Pat Riley not putting Herbert Davis in! This still haunts me today lol.
Hakeem the Dream 🐐
Imagine what type of stats Hakeem and Ewing would put up in today’s systems??!
I always imagined today’s Rockets with Hakeem. He would easily be the center and should dominate except D’Antoni and Morey don’t want him doing dream shakes and instead he would jacking up 8 threes a game.
Today’s Knicks with Ewing would be dope. They got a million power forwards but not a true center so Ewing should translate seamlessly and putting up elite numbers. But the Knicks are terrible and it’s gonna take more than just Ewing to turn it around.
This makes me cry as a Knicks fan, if Starks didn't catch fire in game 6 at Indiana we would've lost that series and never made the finals. As a coach you put faith in your players to give them confidence, especially if you've seen him kill it before and win games. Ewing was more to blame for the finals cuz he didn't come close to his averages but also without him we don't get there either. We should've won at least 1 title in the 90s though SMH
As a rockets fan I feel bad for the Knicks since they got so close so many times, but.. I’m quite Stingy about our 2 rings 😂 I wouldn’t give anyone One of them 😂 not even To the suns (who if I had to give a ring to, it would be the Suns with Charles Barkley)
That’s just what happens when The greatest player of all time (Micheal Jordan) gets put on a borderline Superteam especially in the second three peat with Ron Harper Dennis Rodman and Steve Kerr.
- P.S literally no one could stop the Dream in his Two best years, 94 and 95 the only player to Preform better in the playoffs than Regular season,
@@NickIntoTech even tho I hate the Rockets MJ did say he didnt wanna face them in the Finals cuz they had no answer for Hakeem, even tho Rodman could've gave him problems since he did shut down Shaq a few games but if Ewing played to his averages we would've beat you guys in 6. I dont hold it againtst him tho if it wasnt for him we wouldn't have gotten there
@@ScottFree973 Rodman was effective against Shaq because Shaq had other problems like his inability to block out on defense and also not getting back fast enough in transition, remember the Rockets were able to handle Rodman down the stretch in 95 and that was with Thorpe and Herrera not with the team by then.
@@ChrisM07 yeah that’s true too but as far as 95 I’m pretty sure if you put an MJ that never left the league on the team they win
@@ScottFree973 Not with Kukoc at PF that wasn't getting them out of the East regardless.
I pray to God I live to see just ONE Knicks championship!!
HAKEEM THE GOAAAT
Rip David stern
Y’all getting on starks while Ewing fucking up everything as well
The feels
4:25 what's the background songs name?
The hey song
Pat Riley blew this by not playing Blackmon or Davis off the bench.
To this day, when John Starks hears Phil Collins' song 'I Missed Again' , he just has to shut it off in disgust.
Anyone know the name of the song played right before tipoff??
Gary glitter- Rock n roll part 2
always knew john starks was overrated af
10:00 look at that physical handchecking. There’s no way today’s point guards could score on Derek Harper. They don’t make defenders like him anymore.
thelegendsqb1 kyrie would
thelegendsqb1 it’s not that they don’t make defenders like that it’s just that the rules won’t allow it
And the whistle blows..
Good, Harper style hand checking isn't basketball we a knew it back then so the rules got changed.
0:06:21 Opening Tip-Off
Anyone know the name of the song played right before tipoff??
that herrera dude is like every black man in anime
LMAOOOOOO. Nigga look like Captain Black n dragonball
Now all these players are in their 50s and 60s.
Olajuwon has 2 rings, but I think he would've had more if he played in his prime today. I also think Ewing would've had at least 1 ring if he played in his prime today. But that is just my opinion.
1:42:22 how is that possibly a foul? Anybody talking about how it was more physical back didn't watch all the games like I did. Today's ball is way more body to body contact, but back then the did more flagrant fouls, but that doesn't mean more physical in general.
Stop talking basketball. Vince Carter even comments on how the game back n the late 90s and early 2000s was more physical. Harder screens, and handchecking.
@@handlebucket6285 everyone says that shit. It's like your grandpa saying he had to walk 100 miles up hill both ways. How stupid can you be. These guys body up way more today than back in those days grandpa.
@@J.J.J.J.J.J.J They don't. Watch any game from the mid to late 90s.
@@handlebucket6285 Bru, I've played back then and watched the games live. They get hit inside more when they drive to the hoop, but there is WAY LESS chest to chest body contact from defenders. You must just watch those hyped up videos showing a lot of hand checking and rim contact. That is way less physical than the body contact of these days. YOU WATCH the games and find out (not just bloody highlights). And reference what I'm explaining when you watch it rather than just assume there wAs MOrE coNTaCt without defining what you mean.
had Ewing entered the draft in '84 he would have gone #1 overall over Olajuwon & MJ (& Bowie) making him one of the greatest prospects in NBA history... Knicks outscored Rockets in '94 Finals, Pacers tied Knicks in points scored, Bulls outscored Knicks in '94 Playoffs; very even level of talent at the top in '94... Pippen was 5th best player in '94 behind Olajuwon, David Robinson, rookie Shaq, and Patrick Ewing; but better then Barkley and Kemp and Karl Malone; Scottie played PG while scoring 20+PPG with elite athleticism and defense... fax!!!
Pls do the Devin Booker's 70 Point Game...😁
Back when the Knicks were good...
John Starks is the rea son I stopped Being A Knicks Fan in 1994.
Why
When Knicks were good
Damn Starks was building with them bricks I feel bad for the Knicks man
I can never forgive the knicks for losing this game.😔
44:00 damn kenny 😂😂😂
Why Rudy versus Hakeem? No one writes Riley over Magic?
Knicks had this finals in the palm of their hands. If Starks makes only 3 three pointers and free throws, they would have won. They had it….. Knicks had it…
Bruhhh the knicks have 3-2 series then the NBA are making NBA Champions Caps then suddenly Houston Rockets won. NBA: Take this price tag cap instead