RIP Steve Jones www.basketball-reference.com/... SO: 29p/16r/3a/1s/1b 13/24 FG 3/7 FT AH: 28p/13a/2r/4s/1b 10/17 FG 5/6 FT HO: 30p/11r/5s/2a/2b 13/28 FG 4/6 FT CD: 20p/8r/3a/3s/ 6/13 FG 8/9 FT
@@TheRealPoPorter Same here. I especially loved the part where the main hook/flow part was over and it lulled down to the part where they would show the stadium, the people flowing into the stadium, and then the alpha leader of each team in the locker room. Got me so hyped!
I remember when even Jordan picked Olajuwon when asked about his all time Team he’d put together. Shaq was big & dominant, but even that speaks volumes when Michael Jordan says he’d chosen Hakeem over any other Center.
How is this more exciting than launching a constant barrage of 3-pointers? Sure only 35% of them go in and there's no consistent flow to the game and no one defends the rim and everyone carries but, like, you know, crossover step-back fadeaway 30 footers are sick, bro.
@@UpTheDown7 step back fades... you mean guys stopping their dribble and tap dancing backwards to get the shot off.. or in other words.. travelling to get their shots. And no a constant barrage of 3's is not exciting... it's boring as hell just watching them trade baskets.. Modern NBA is a joke
@@bwclark7758 Modern NBA is the peak of competitive sports and the 12th man on an NBA roster today is more talented and athletic than anyone who played any professional sport before 2003. Also, you're terrible at detecting sarcasm.
I am 43 years old now. When this game aired live in 1996 I was 15 yrs old. I remember this game and the feeling of excitement watching this game and wanting to go and shoot hoops after. Watching this game like a lot of the old o ones, and I still feel that excitement as I did back then. I watch today's game and feel like meh. Let me not even get started about the all star game. It was a pur disgrace to the game of basketball.
That's exactly how I felt, everybody's passion from the players to the people in the arenas was contagious, after the games I had the urgency to grab a basketball and try to emulate them, today there's no emotion and no passion, just as boring as a soccer match 😑 Days long gone...
Nobody respects the game like they used to. Players don't give a shit, fans don't watch it, the magic and the energy of NBA basketball has been lost. I remember growing up in the 2000s and watching an old DVD from my Wheaties cereal of some of the best NBA rivalries. I remember being do amazed by Hakeem's dream shake and Dr. J's up and under move I spent so many hours trying to replicate it in the park.
only him and tim duncan could stop shaq 1v1 in the paint. just look how he bullied him with fast hands and blocks.on top of that he is their main scorer
Of the greatest what ifs, unfortunately. At least he gave us a memorable first four years (though I prefer the first three). Years after retiring, he revealed he experienced a “pop” on his knee against Detroit (1996 first round). Who’ve thought it was the gradual beginning of the end?
Those rockets pinstripe uniforms were sooo cool. Everybody had one at my school when i was a kid. They looked great on Scottie Pippen and Steve Francis. THOSE UNIFORMS WERE COOL !!!!
I watched the whole video thinking it was the NBA finals. Turned out it was just a regular season game. Can't believe the level of intensity I was seeing.
I was a big penny hardaway fan back in 96 this authentic blue white pin strip jersey I always wanted penny jersey back then and Allen Iverson jersey them things was 👍 fire in 96 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hakeem was so good. I haven't seen a center with an array of post moves since. Plus he had a good mid range jumper and elite defense. He was taking Shaq to school. Shaq had no answers defensively.
@cheetahturner4576 What happened when they met in the NBA Finals when it mattered, you know...on the biggest stage? Hakeem took Shaq out to the woodshed and won the title in the process lol
Penny’s career has to be the worst loss for the game of basketball in the last 50 years 😢 if not for the injuries, he would’ve been one of the best in the history of this sport
Man, how in the world do casuals of today can say that this type of basketball is boring?? All these plumbers and firemen are way more skilled than today's divas that just run the court like runaway horses or make it a 3 point contest. They know nothing about basketball, really.
One huge difference between Shaq and the other 3 great centers of the 90s is that David, Hakeem and Patrick could make shots Shaq could never dream of making. Shaq just ran people over.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE JUST A SHAQ HATER 😂 SHAQ DOESN'T NEED THOSE KIND OF SHOTS BECAUSE HE'S THE ALL TIME STRONGEST CENTER OF THEM ALL POUND FOR POUND SO HE WILL JUST RUN THEM OVER AND BULLY HIS WAY AROUND THE BASKET 🤣🤣🤣
@@dsc5754 NAH YOU'RE FACTS ARE TWISTED, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A FINIEST TYPE OF PLAYER.LIKE OLAJUWON BECAUSE HE WAS BUILT TO BE A BRUISER, YOU DONT HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO UNDERSTAND THAT DUDE 😂
I miss this game. The motion with the ball from player to player the matchups on every position hoping your guy out hustles the defender for the bucket. Watching these guys use their skill set their handles and feet work....in today's game its all about 3 point shots and flopping with load management.
It’s insane watching how much better these teams were before the modern garbage era of the NBA. They still ran fast breaks all the time but EVERYBODY ran the floor and they all PASSED THE BALL once, twice, even three times on a fast break breaking down the defense until the guy who had the highest percentage shot got the ball. Totally selfless, no one guy keeping the ball all the way down the floor and then running into a crowd of defenders to draw a foul or just jacking up a 3 with 20 seconds left on the shot clock.
People have the nerve to say shaq is better than Hakeem. Niggah has a jump hook and that's it, did the same thing forever, while Hakeem is versatile. Top 20 in points, rebounds, steals, and blocks. That means offense and defense, no weakness.
Great game with great match ups. After 9 years dominating the paint alone (without help from Ralph Sampson) while more than overcoming a slight size disadvantage, Hakeem’s injuries finally started taking their toll.
He did have interior help from Thorpe who averaged nearly 16 ppg with the Rockets. It was the season and a half when the Rockets were without a legitimate PF where what you said is probably accurate.
@@ChrisM07I can't speak for the guy you responded to, but help from Thorpe and help from Sampson is 2 different helps. Help from Sampson is like Jordan getting help from Scottie. Help from Thorpe is like getting help from Rodman. Sampson could do what it took Thorpe and Vernon Maxwell to do combined. Thorpe's 16 were more junk yard dog points. Still a solid player tho
@@benyah3390 Thorpe was more of defensive minded player that could score occasionally Rudy Tomjanovich's system was the reason he didn't have as many plays ran for him. His presence (along with Carl Herrera) played a major factor going up against the Knicks big frontline in their championship series. Remember the Rockets after trading him didn't have a legitimate PF for a while which eventually got exploited by the Sonics who had forwards that all played in the low post. That's why the Sonics shot such a high % against them in both the regular season and postseason the Rockets had to double team the forwards often giving the Sonics constant open looks. When the Rockets actually had a strong frontline in between that period (Thorpe/Herrera and later Barkley/Willis) the Sonics shooting % average was significantly lower.
@@ChrisM07 I'm aware, which is why I said having Thorpe was like Jordan having Rodman. But at the end of the day, let's be honest; we're taking a prime healthy Sampson over Thorpe.
@@benyah3390 I'm just saying Thorpe did provide paint help he had a low post game also. Thorpe used to have plays ran for him often before Rudy changed that somewhat making him more of an off the ball scorer. With all the shooters the Rockets had Thorpe didn't have to score all the time to be effective on the floor he could do the other little things.
Back when Basketball was Basketball. Everything today is twisted to shit. Men are women women are men, basketball is a 3-point contest, Baseball has timers, I can keep going but I blame todays crazy generation. Everything is falling apart
Penny was such a gangster. Show me the defender that stopped him his first 5 years in the league. Not Jordan, not the glove GP, not Pippen, not anyone! Was the complete player and a natural. A true natural baller and athlete. He might've lifted weights but it didn't show. I don't believe there has been a more talented player than him all around. Lebron but like I said, Penny is a true natural. Lebron is a very talented beast.
There's no way you can watch this & think today's game is even close to being better. You can feel the diff in intensity & excitement in the crowd thru the screen. ..Smh. What a shame.
Omg defense…. Half court basketball. Bigs playing in the post with their backs to the basket. Gah I miss this style of play. Hakeem and Shaq were some of my favorite player duals to watch in the 90’s.
What a great game! Both teams wore such beautiful uniforms back then, compared to the ugly stuff they wear today. That Rockets floor was awesome, and now is so generic.
Two really talented 90s teams with just as good of duos as the Bulls. They just didn't have Michael Jordan as one of their two stars 🤷♂ that year. Also, Clyde or Hakeem has to get that last shot...
It’s about the uniform. Why change if the previous has acquired championship pedigree? Ironically, Seattle Sonics changed theirs and went all the way to the Finals (including dethroning Houston). Sweeping regular season series don’t mean a thing, eventually. Chicago Bulls is back; the Magic has waned.
What if kept this young rockets team with Cassell and Horry instead of trading them for Barkeley? Could replace Drexler later with another AS guard or scoring SF
But Shaq still has 4 NBA Championships and 3 Finals MVPs and for a Big Man moving like a Cat the way Shaq did and played 19 years he held his weight very well... YOU WILL NEVER SEE ANOTHER SHAQ.. Zion hasn't done anything but keep the bench warm for 4 years
Basketball used to be beautiful.
This was real Basketball
it was😢
It was fantastic
And used to be physical
@@DynamicVibeCraft just imagine the rules of the 90’s with the skills of today. It would be unbelievable
I miss the NBA on NBC
That intro music will forever be stamped into my brain lol it used to get me hyped to watch the game
@@TheRealPoPorter Same here. I especially loved the part where the main hook/flow part was over and it lulled down to the part where they would show the stadium, the people flowing into the stadium, and then the alpha leader of each team in the locker room. Got me so hyped!
@@TheRealPoPorter timeless sound of a great era. It's stamped on my head too lol
@@DoloGomez I liked the intro music for the NBA even better on CBS. Did you gentleman know that the intro music on NBC was created by John Tesh?
Bill Walton says, "I think Shaq will become a terrific free throw shooter". Great take, Bill! 🤭
😂😂😂
Yes, I mute the games he is announcing. He's annoyed us all for too long! @@ikedougenhouser3585
Hakeem's face up game vs other big men was unstoppable. Footwork, mid range jumper he had everything
Hakeem is the GOAT C
I remember when even Jordan picked Olajuwon when asked about his all time Team he’d put together. Shaq was big & dominant, but even that speaks volumes when Michael Jordan says he’d chosen Hakeem over any other Center.
More remarkable, because he had none of those things at Univ of Houston. Crafted that complete low post game from very hard work.
and Defensive Player of the Year
More exciting than any 130-140 game.
No lies detected. What the NBA is today is tragic.
How is this more exciting than launching a constant barrage of 3-pointers? Sure only 35% of them go in and there's no consistent flow to the game and no one defends the rim and everyone carries but, like, you know, crossover step-back fadeaway 30 footers are sick, bro.
@@UpTheDown7 step back fades... you mean guys stopping their dribble and tap dancing backwards to get the shot off.. or in other words.. travelling to get their shots. And no a constant barrage of 3's is not exciting... it's boring as hell just watching them trade baskets.. Modern NBA is a joke
@@bwclark7758 Modern NBA is the peak of competitive sports and the 12th man on an NBA roster today is more talented and athletic than anyone who played any professional sport before 2003. Also, you're terrible at detecting sarcasm.
Penny was a cold cold dude☝🏾
Yeah he's awesome!
Yup he still sophomore that yr
I am 43 years old now. When this game aired live in 1996 I was 15 yrs old. I remember this game and the feeling of excitement watching this game and wanting to go and shoot hoops after. Watching this game like a lot of the old o ones, and I still feel that excitement as I did back then. I watch today's game and feel like meh. Let me not even get started about the all star game. It was a pur disgrace to the game of basketball.
That's exactly how I felt, everybody's passion from the players to the people in the arenas was contagious, after the games I had the urgency to grab a basketball and try to emulate them, today there's no emotion and no passion, just as boring as a soccer match 😑 Days long gone...
Well said.
Nobody respects the game like they used to. Players don't give a shit, fans don't watch it, the magic and the energy of NBA basketball has been lost. I remember growing up in the 2000s and watching an old DVD from my Wheaties cereal of some of the best NBA rivalries. I remember being do amazed by Hakeem's dream shake and Dr. J's up and under move I spent so many hours trying to replicate it in the park.
Same
Couldn’t agree more with everything . Born in ‘84 and used to do the same , shoot hoops right after. Nothing will ever be the opening of NBA NBC
Better than today’s NBA… hands down.
MAN WE NEED THE NBA BACK ON NBC.. ONCE THAT MUSIC HITS I GET FLASHBACK OF MY CHILDHOOD
Back when the NBA was great.
Penny was my guy back in the day
🏳️🌈
Magic were a tough team in the 90s when they got Shaq. They were magical in basketball.
Plus Scott and Anderson as 3-point threats.
Omg..Olaujawan was insanely good. Sheesh!
The GOAT C
He was better before 1992 much faster before he had back injury
@@KidDynamite25No
@@Maal7432 yes. Shut up
That NBA on NBC theme song goes hard as a mf 😤
Always did. Miss that jingle
Put This Game On NBA TV Hardwood Classic On TV
Olajuwon is too goood!! I did't know he was this good! Thanks to TH-cam!
👍 you can check my Olajuwon playlist here for more: th-cam.com/play/PL1H9_Ayp7Wi0UjSJRDtTtaO6ePE_2Yd5G.html
only him and tim duncan could stop shaq 1v1 in the paint. just look how he bullied him with fast hands and blocks.on top of that he is their main scorer
Beautiful era! So now you see youngsters !!!!, how defence is being played in regular season.
Penny was legit. Four careers most curtailed by injuries - Penny, Larry Johnson, T-Mac and Grant Hill.
True. And later D-Rose, too.
@@dmdasoriginal2714 Brandon Roy has entered the chat.
Andrew Toney aka the Boston Strangler. Charles Barkley said he was the best he ever played with.
Great call. James Toney, no balony, Sixers all the way.
@@tchai91 that 76ers team was stacked. Dr. J, Moses Malone, Andrew Toney, Maurice Cheeks, Bobby Jones, then Barkley a few years later.
my one and only favorite player of all time Penny Hardaway until now …no one else.
same
Of the greatest what ifs, unfortunately.
At least he gave us a memorable first four years (though I prefer the first three).
Years after retiring, he revealed he experienced a “pop” on his knee against Detroit (1996 first round).
Who’ve thought it was the gradual beginning of the end?
Now these were ballers back then!!
Put Penny in the Hall of Fame!!!
I hear they are putting Draymond in HOF. If they do that, they gotta put Penny.
He was an excellent player until injuries bit him in the butt.
He Didnt Do Much For The Game Other Than Having Crazy Looking Shoes But Thats About It...
@@jhernandez3183helped the magic go to the finals twice brotha.. also brought plenty of excitement
@@russoulfree🤣🤣🤣🤣 Back In My Prime! Lmfao Hopefully Banchero Can Do Something For You Guys...
Those rockets pinstripe uniforms were sooo cool. Everybody had one at my school when i was a kid. They looked great on Scottie Pippen and Steve Francis. THOSE UNIFORMS WERE COOL !!!!
I'm taking that as sarcasm dude.. they were awful.. weren't they ?!!! 😂
Those uniforms belonged on a Gallery Furniture children's bedroom display.
🤣🤣🤣@@damonsonnier34
@@user-jh3rx3ej7h Are you from Houston too?
looks like clowns
I watched the whole video thinking it was the NBA finals. Turned out it was just a regular season game. Can't believe the level of intensity I was seeing.
When it was real.
When ten players battle in the paint.
This was a rematch of the previous years finals. So assuming both teams played really hard.
lol, yeah some teams had their own personal battle . doesnt matter it was regular season or not.
I was a big penny hardaway fan back in 96 this authentic blue white pin strip jersey I always wanted penny jersey back then and Allen Iverson jersey them things was 👍 fire in 96 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Young shaq was more than just power
When he got to the Lakers, all Shaq did was juice and charge.
Say it to my face chump yea it's me
They , Orlando had that finals series sweep in their minds. I miss this defensive intensity with today’s game. Those were the days!!!
Damn olajuwon was working shaq
Beautiful play, i miss this game
Hakeem was so good. I haven't seen a center with an array of post moves since. Plus he had a good mid range jumper and elite defense. He was taking Shaq to school. Shaq had no answers defensively.
But somehow shaq won more matches lol u fool
Joel Embiid is literally the baby Olajuwon in the post..
@cheetahturner4576 What happened when they met in the NBA Finals when it mattered, you know...on the biggest stage? Hakeem took Shaq out to the woodshed and won the title in the process lol
Hey look at this……real actual men, pride, and DEFENSE. All things missing from today’s NBA.
Penny’s career has to be the worst loss for the game of basketball in the last 50 years 😢 if not for the injuries, he would’ve been one of the best in the history of this sport
"It was too physical'
Silver, Preciousss, Adam.
Everything are perfect in the 90s
Nice i have this game on VHS. The Bulls And Pistons played before. Damn I miss the NBA on NBC
Has to be better clarity than this bs
So much better than the glorified 3pt contest that is the current NBA
Man, how in the world do casuals of today can say that this type of basketball is boring?? All these plumbers and firemen are way more skilled than today's divas that just run the court like runaway horses or make it a 3 point contest. They know nothing about basketball, really.
Penny is my goat and god bless Steve snapper Jones
No one can tell me this doesn't look 10 x more intense and difficult than today's NBA.
This is the game i miss..
Those were the days, so much offensive variation, physical defense. These days is a 3 point context with no D and BS refs.
One huge difference between Shaq and the other 3 great centers of the 90s is that David, Hakeem and Patrick could make shots Shaq could never dream of making. Shaq just ran people over.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE JUST A SHAQ HATER 😂 SHAQ DOESN'T NEED THOSE KIND OF SHOTS BECAUSE HE'S THE ALL TIME STRONGEST CENTER OF THEM ALL POUND FOR POUND SO HE WILL JUST RUN THEM OVER AND BULLY HIS WAY AROUND THE BASKET 🤣🤣🤣
@@riderfkc2835 Shaq is favorite player but facts are facts 💯
@@dsc5754 NAH YOU'RE FACTS ARE TWISTED, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A FINIEST TYPE OF PLAYER.LIKE OLAJUWON BECAUSE HE WAS BUILT TO BE A BRUISER, YOU DONT HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO UNDERSTAND THAT DUDE 😂
Shaq had a post game. It was unstoppable. What Shaq wasn't great at, that David, Olajuwon, and Ewing were, is defense.
Duh, they don't call him Shaq Diesel for nothing.
I saw those games.
I love today's basketball.
But i really miss those games.
Likely never see it played that way again.
These games are still good to watch
👍
Damn miss this kind of game
We used to have the best player on one team going up against the other team’s best player…😢
The NBA today is almost unwatchable because it ain't like the old days.. Everything is all 3 pointers now... Also you will never see another Shaq
NBA on NBC intro was classic greetings from Queens, New York ✌
👍
🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽
The game was so good.
I miss this era of NBA basketball 🏀 growing up now basketball 🏀 is totally different they changed the game a lot but I still love the game tho 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I miss this game. The motion with the ball from player to player the matchups on every position hoping your guy out hustles the defender for the bucket. Watching these guys use their skill set their handles and feet work....in today's game its all about 3 point shots and flopping with load management.
Thays when basketball was basketball it suck now
Everyone who dislikes the current a million 3 pointers era should thank the Golden State Cupcakes for ruining the game.
It’s insane watching how much better these teams were before the modern garbage era of the NBA. They still ran fast breaks all the time but EVERYBODY ran the floor and they all PASSED THE BALL once, twice, even three times on a fast break breaking down the defense until the guy who had the highest percentage shot got the ball. Totally selfless, no one guy keeping the ball all the way down the floor and then running into a crowd of defenders to draw a foul or just jacking up a 3 with 20 seconds left on the shot clock.
Back when teams had centers with a post game.
People have the nerve to say shaq is better than Hakeem. Niggah has a jump hook and that's it, did the same thing forever, while Hakeem is versatile. Top 20 in points, rebounds, steals, and blocks. That means offense and defense, no weakness.
Dude u fool lol game is put bal in basket u don't get extra pts for prettiness
@@cheetahturner4576 you're obviously an idiot
Penny Hardaway’s Game was like MJ and Magic mixed together. Still the biggest What If To me.
The Houston rockets court was just incredible:
What a game!!!💪🏾
Great game with great match ups.
After 9 years dominating the paint alone (without help from Ralph Sampson) while more than overcoming a slight size disadvantage, Hakeem’s injuries finally started taking their toll.
He did have interior help from Thorpe who averaged nearly 16 ppg with the Rockets. It was the season and a half when the Rockets were without a legitimate PF where what you said is probably accurate.
@@ChrisM07I can't speak for the guy you responded to, but help from Thorpe and help from Sampson is 2 different helps. Help from Sampson is like Jordan getting help from Scottie. Help from Thorpe is like getting help from Rodman. Sampson could do what it took Thorpe and Vernon Maxwell to do combined. Thorpe's 16 were more junk yard dog points. Still a solid player tho
@@benyah3390 Thorpe was more of defensive minded player that could score occasionally Rudy Tomjanovich's system was the reason he didn't have as many plays ran for him. His presence (along with Carl Herrera) played a major factor going up against the Knicks big frontline in their championship series. Remember the Rockets after trading him didn't have a legitimate PF for a while which eventually got exploited by the Sonics who had forwards that all played in the low post. That's why the Sonics shot such a high % against them in both the regular season and postseason the Rockets had to double team the forwards often giving the Sonics constant open looks. When the Rockets actually had a strong frontline in between that period (Thorpe/Herrera and later Barkley/Willis) the Sonics shooting % average was significantly lower.
@@ChrisM07 I'm aware, which is why I said having Thorpe was like Jordan having Rodman. But at the end of the day, let's be honest; we're taking a prime healthy Sampson over Thorpe.
@@benyah3390 I'm just saying Thorpe did provide paint help he had a low post game also. Thorpe used to have plays ran for him often before Rudy changed that somewhat making him more of an off the ball scorer. With all the shooters the Rockets had Thorpe didn't have to score all the time to be effective on the floor he could do the other little things.
Back when Basketball was Basketball. Everything today is twisted to shit. Men are women women are men, basketball is a 3-point contest, Baseball has timers, I can keep going but I blame todays crazy generation. Everything is falling apart
Penny was such a gangster. Show me the defender that stopped him his first 5 years in the league. Not Jordan, not the glove GP, not Pippen, not anyone! Was the complete player and a natural. A true natural baller and athlete. He might've lifted weights but it didn't show. I don't believe there has been a more talented player than him all around. Lebron but like I said, Penny is a true natural. Lebron is a very talented beast.
Nope you have been brainwashed to believe the bum hype
There's no way you can watch this & think today's game is even close to being better. You can feel the diff in intensity & excitement in the crowd thru the screen. ..Smh. What a shame.
Thank goodness Penny didn't show up like this in the Finals. Wouldve been a more competitive series.
Penny is just brilliant
Omg defense…. Half court basketball. Bigs playing in the post with their backs to the basket. Gah I miss this style of play. Hakeem and Shaq were some of my favorite player duals to watch in the 90’s.
a time when 3 ball existed but game sill awsome
sick matchup
Back when NBA Live reigned....2K who
Good clip
ah that court design is heaven
that was payback! I loved that Orlando Team. #TeamPenny
I remember this game. The Magic ended up winning on a Shaq putback
Real basketball
What a great game! Both teams wore such beautiful uniforms back then, compared to the ugly stuff they wear today. That Rockets floor was awesome, and now is so generic.
The clarity is fk'd
The Rockets never went to the NBA Finals ever again after 1995.
Orlando NEVER won a championship.
Today’s fan “ hey I want to watch this video without fast forwarding !”
It’s not fast forward
If Shaq stayed in Orlando, the East was their after MJ's run.
If Shaquille had that outside jumper like Hakeem, he would have been really rough to deal with
Hakeem, Akeem. I don’t care what you call him, he was the best to ever play the 5
What happened to the game of basketball???😢
To this day I don't think there's been a player as "smooth" as Clyde the Glide
George Gervin
Remember. These are the “scrubs and janitors” that MJ played against.
I miss those days, todays nba is boring compared
Theres nothing like the NBA on NBC in the 90s
Magic had a squad back then couldn't keep them together tho
Walton with the worst take of all time 😂 "I do believe Shaq will become a great FT shooter" 3:51
Even as a Piston's fan, 80's basketball was too physical & dirty, modern basketball is too soft & reliant on 3-pt shooting. 90's era was just PERFECT!
You know its over when rockets had this jersey.
Their best jersey.
"I think that Shaq will become a terrific free throw shooter" lol man people were nieve in the 90's
Two really talented 90s teams with just as good of duos as the Bulls. They just didn't have Michael Jordan as one of their two stars 🤷♂ that year.
Also, Clyde or Hakeem has to get that last shot...
As great of an addition as Glide was, they certainly missed Otis Thorpe's presence at the 4 spot
It’s about the uniform.
Why change if the previous has acquired championship pedigree?
Ironically, Seattle Sonics changed theirs and went all the way to the Finals (including dethroning Houston).
Sweeping regular season series don’t mean a thing, eventually.
Chicago Bulls is back; the Magic has waned.
Drexler and Olajuwon punked these guys in the ‘95 Finals
Drexler, otro que se escapó a un súper equipo para poder ganar su primer anillo de campeón......al igual que Shaq, Lebron etc etc
What if kept this young rockets team with Cassell and Horry instead of trading them for Barkeley? Could replace Drexler later with another AS guard or scoring SF
Shaq is a hypocrite when it comes to Zion gaining weight because from 92 until this game he was getting fat with some muscle like Zion.
But Shaq still has 4 NBA Championships and 3 Finals MVPs and for a Big Man moving like a Cat the way Shaq did and played 19 years he held his weight very well... YOU WILL NEVER SEE ANOTHER SHAQ.. Zion hasn't done anything but keep the bench warm for 4 years
Hakeem the GOAT Center 💪🖤
Golden times of Nba,
Gilbert Arenas needs to watch this video
Arenas is an idiot! 😂😂😂
Arenas is boastful and arrogant