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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- 1995 NBA Finals Game 1 (Rockets at Magic)
The Magic have a 3 point lead with less than a minute remaining in Game 1 of the 1995 NBA Finals. Nick Anderson is sent to the line to seal the deal for Orlando with about 10 seconds left in the game. The rest is history.
I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING
One of the biggest chokes in NBA history. Changed NBA history forever.
Horace Grant had the easy put back layup to extend the lead to 5.
Nick Anderson missing those 4 free throws really deserves a deep rewind. By missing those 4 free throws some how created a weird domino effect, (Them getting swept in the series, Shaq leaving for la the next year, Brian hill getting fired two years later and etc). Now if he had made one, (They win this game, Win this series in 7, There confidence is sky high going into next season as champions, Even if they don't repeat, Shaq probably gets the contract he deserves, The penny & Shaq era goes well into the Millennium, There's no Kobe & Shaq, No lakers dynasty, etc. Him missing the free throws really was the catalyst for things to come in the future and beyond!!!
Why do you say Orlando takes the series in 7 if they would've won this game?
@Tamir Hall You're speaking the truth. We've been preaching this for 25 years: The only thing Nick making those throws would've accomplished was to keep Orlando from being swept.
This was game 1. It is the tone setter.
Just like Cle wins 18' chip
So does orl.
@@jakerojas4942 Yes, game 1 does set the tone. But a team with a Championship mentality doesn't cave in for the series. Houston didn't:
1st round vs Jazz (in a five game series), Houston was down 0-1, Rockets win in 5.
2nd round vs Phoenix: Rockets down 0-2, win in 7.
In WCF: Hakeem humiliated David Robinson (the MVP), Rockets win 4-2.
Even Shaq has admitted that Olajuwon was not gonna lose that series.
@Johnny Paycheck I totally agree. During the regular season the Rockets were always digging themselves into holes and then coming back to win the game. My friends and I jokingly said "the Rockets like it from Behind."
They could've gone down 0-2 just like they did in the 2nd round vs the Suns. It wasn't gonna matter.
Not considering the moment and nerves, there was a 0.46% chance that Nick Anderson would've missed all 4.
Even Shaq could've probably made 1 if given 4 chances
You belong on ESPN with your dumb percentages.
@@coreyrowe2598lol
The odds of a 70.4% free throw shooter missing 4 consecutive free throws is 0.77% (29.6%^4)
Who came here from Shaq's rant on the couch?
Meeeee!!
Me😭😭😭
Me hahahaha
Yeah I did.
Me just now
I always come back and hope maybe this time he'll make one. Tragic
What I wanna know is,how in the hell do you miss a free throw? Lol When I played basketball in high school,I hardly ever missed. It was so simple. There's nobody guarding you lol
Don Scott You did not play in the fucking NBA Finals with all the pressure on you
Tragic Bronson alert, tragic Bronson alert
Lmaooo
One day he will make the free throw!
I think him doing those turns and overreactions made him lose focus.
Yeah, he LITERALLY beats himself up after the first one. Not a healthy approach. I think most athletes today know how to refocus, let go of the past, and stay in the present.
probably made him dizzy
for shure :(
I believe it's the exact opposite. Things first happen from the inside and outward. Nick's overreactions that we see on the outside, are only manifesting what was already happening to him on the inside.
@@ATLienForLife yea he turns around after every miss and they should have fouled houton.
This probably one of the most underrated moments in NBA history...everything in the league went bottom up after the Magic lost this game
why'd the league go bottom up? The 90s were a good decade for the NBA
What about there finals run in 09
I was in the 5th grade, I'm 35 yrs old right now and remember this like it happened yesterday 🤦♂️ I still can't believe it
Should’ve gave it to Penny Hardaway..
It was surreal to watch!
You're at home, up by 3 with less than a minute to go. Got 3 offensive rebounds. Given 4 free throws. Still lost. This game showed who the champ really is.
You speak facts. Hell, it was only game 1 of a 7-game series.
The Orlando Magic completed a historic 3-peat from 94-96. Three straight years of being swept in the playoffs.
Shaq got swept 5 times from 1994-1999.
1994 1st round Indiana swept Orlando 3-0
1995 Finals Houston swept Orlando 3-0
1996 ECF Chicago swept Orlando 3-0
1998 WCF Utah swept LA 4-0
1999 Semis San Antonio swept LA 4-0
The only year of this 6 year stretch where Shaq didn't get swept was 1997 and even that was a pretty weak defeat as Utah beat LA 4-1 in the Semis that season.
@@coreyrowe2598 at 95 & 96 only first round that used best of 5
Yeah. Shaq then went to LA, lost 4-1 to jazz, in 98 4-0 to jazz, in 99 4-0 to spurs. Didn't finally break through til 2000...
@@coreyrowe2598 then I believe it was T-Mac who’s like I don’t know about y’all but I ain’t getting beat like that.
@Corey Rowe 1995 finals are 4-0 not 3-0
0:15 Hardaway had clean layup 0:18 Grant had an open look ! 0:32 shaw had an open 3 ! 0:53 Anderson had 2 FT ! 2:04 Anderson had 2 FT. They missed everything, its almoust imposible to loose that game :( some part of me died that day to :( magic fan for life :(
In that situation they didn’t want to shoot right away, they wanted to wind down the shot clock. That’s why grant dribbled away from a pretty open layup. Still crazy and unfortunate about Anderson though...
How did Horace Grant not lay the ball in? He was WIDE OPEN!!
dude, imagine being a magic fan. I was crushed whenever my team lost a close REGULAR SEASON GAME this year. This was GAME 1 OF THE NBA FINALS, 4 straight free throws. This is why I have anxiety when people shoot free throws. Anything can happen. Anything
Even if Orlando would've won game 1,Houston still would have defeated the Magic and got the title. Look back on what kind of fight they put up with the Knicks a year prior to this,back in the 1994 Finals.
@@Donscottmusic this Houston team throughout these playoffs kept finding themselves in deep holes on the verge of collapsing.
In game 5 elimination vs Utah they were down 13 points with 6 minutes left. A Person 3 pointer that missed at the buzzer wouldve seen them lose 4-1 to Phoenix
As Elie said: "We're the Harry Houdini of the NBA" Lol.
Im sorry to hear that bro..I feel your pain
Ugh for some reason I had remembered this game as being tied-totally forgot they were up by three and grabbed TWO offensive rebounds... so painful
Horace Grant passing the ball out after grabbing a rebound at the rim instead of taking it up for what probably would've been an easy put back and 5 point lead is painful to watch.
Hakeem was completely out of the picture. He had a wide open layup/dunk.
I was a young Nick Anderson fan living in Portland Oregon. I was a fan from the time he got drafted. I even had a Nick Anderson jersey back then! I was devastated when this happened, and the hard time I got from friends couldn't be nearly as traumatic as what Nick went through. His career never recovered, and I am sure to this day he thinks about it. He was a good guy, and a good teammate.
I was a huge Orlando Magic fan back then watched every game of these finals, I was just stunned when Nick missed them free throws still haven't recovered from it to this day!
One of the worst choke jobs in the history of the NBA finals
One guys choke, Not the team..
Not just the finals. The WHOLE history of basketball. You can never choke more than what this guy did.
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@@mauricedavis1740 Exactly, that was the worst.
@@mazdakmina9493 He choked harder than anyone else on that team. missed 4 free throws then made a terrible mistake in OT
He's still thinking about those free throws
He was never the same after this.
No kidding. Career 70% free throw shooter until that point 8 years into his career. Next season .404 from the line, crazy!
He was really nervous, thumping his chest after first miss, then after the rebound on second miss, yelled out loud to get over it. On his third, he was smiling after he missed, thinking maybe smiling can loosen his nerves and the fourth attempt looks hurried, biting his lips showing anxiety ok I'll shoot it now hope it's goes in and get a relief. He should have taken his time on those 3rd and 4th, took some deep breaths, regain his form, get to that rhythm that he used to in his fts, he could have at least got a friendly bounce and get one to go in.
😂😂😂
It’s sad that this is his legacy, he was one hell of a player in his day
He was a terrific player.
Hell no did he ever make all star
I really don't know why I revisit this once in a while. I will always remember this day. It taught 12 year old me a lot. It's amazing how that flood of childhood feelings can come back. Seeing how unreal this was.
Not the first time Anderson failed to deliver in a big moment. 6 years earlier in the final 4 with Illinois, Anderson failed to box out on a missed 3 pointer by Michigan which lead to an offensive rebound and game winning put back. Michigan, who Illinois had beaten twice that season. went on to win the championship.
Arkansas won the title in 1994. Michigan won years before that.
@@billystockfish7457 Michigan won in 89 that's the year I was talking about. Anderson was at Illinois and they lost to Michigan in the semifinals. That was 6 years prior to 95 NBA finals
The Sean Higgins putback smh. Illinois was the best team in the country that year. Beat Michigan by 12 & by 16 at Michigan. He didn't block out then Nick Anderson announced he was coming back to school. Then left for the NBA
@Mongo Slade yep. I'm someday going to write a book on college basketball in the 90s. I have the intro done and it opens with game 1 of the 95 NBA finals then segways into that 89 ncaa semi concluding with the end of the 80s and start of the greatest decade of college hoops... the 1990s.
With the 2nd foul it’s almost like the basketball gods was giving him a 2nd chance and saying “C’mon you can make these, you HAVE to” 😭
There is one God.
This still hurts even tho I was just a boy watching this. Nick the Brick never was the same. My Magics never were the same
I was 15 and I recorded this match on a vhs tape in Germany. I still have it - 😂
Orlando Magic has never recovered from this...
I wonder Nick Anderson watches this on TH-cam🤔
Hopefully with Xfinity internet a solid connection lol
Yes.
Yes I do
He is regular hier
Jordan does 😁
Man, if it wasn't for Kenny's 3 point at the end to tie the game, the rockets might have lost the game 😂
Series was over after this game. I know this was game 1 but the Magic never recovered from this.
Shaq & Penny could have been legendary. They were swept in '95 by Hakeem's Rockets, thanks to Nick Anderson's monumental choke job in game 1. The following year they were swept by Jordan's Bulls in the conference finals. Shaq went to the Laker's afyer that, where it took him 4 years to win his 1st title. Something he could have accomplished with Orlando if he had stayed put in Orlando. But, a last,
we'll never know.
😮😮😮
I still to this day believe Anderson threw that game on purpose. People forget, he didn't just miss four straight free throws. He also failed to take a delay of game that his coach asked him to do. It shocked the whole Orlando defense because they were expecting him to step out of bounds and delay the game. He didn't.
So yeah, something was always bizarre about that first game, and despite putting on a nice acting job, none of his frustration looked sincere.
K o Makes sense maybe sports were rigged than to
Bull
@@TheCarlson25 Yeah, this was back when the NBA had their crooked felon refs calling games for them. And we all know one conviction alone means it was more widespread than we'll ever know. The NBA and its teams are corporations "too big to fail." Chances are for every two convictions, there were three, four, five, six refs actually participating, and some players had to be a part of that.
I have zero proof other than just the tape of that game and his performance the rest of the playoffs that year. These are professionals. Anderson's free throw percentage was 70% in 94-95, and 68% in the playoffs. Missing four straight in a playoff game like that, that's fantasy island even for Shaquille O'Neal. Anderson wasn't a rookie either, he was 27 that year, the age most players throw off playoff jitters.
@@KWCline91 Could be man. I have no proof at all and wasn't even rooting for the Magic (I hated Shaq), but the whole scenario was about as fishy as Chicago's 1998 miracle against Utah (one I celebrated). There were a whole lot of questionable player flops and sudden jitters in the mid-late 90s.
@@ko7577Add the Lakers vs Blazers 2000 game 7 series to that list and 2002 Lakers vs Kings game 6 and 7
Is 2019 and I still cry this game out ...
Olajuwon was really calm and collected in a such a chaotic situation!
After this game, he was never the same
This is like watch a mental breakdown unraveling in front of my eyes
The mysteries of life
THE MAGIC MADE EVERY POSSIBLE MISTAKE THEY COULD MAKE TO LOSE IN REGULATION....
Nick Anderson makes a free throw and they win the game, and the series…. There may or may not have been the back end of the bulls take over on the 6 ring journey either.
I come here because of Paul George, who missis the two free throws in Western Conference Final Game 2.
They don’t call him Pandemic P for a reason
nah, Demarcus Cousins takes the cake for me. lol
The 4 free throw misses weren't the only blunder from Nick Anderson. On the following play, he failed to take the delay of game during the out of bounds right before Kenny Smith hit the game-tying 3-pointer to send the game into overtime. On the Clyde Drexler drive to the basket in the closing moments of overtime, Nick didn't keep Drexler from driving right, which was his dominant-hand. This triggered Shaq coming over to help with a double-time. The result was a game winning tip-in from Olajuwon and a 120-118 Rockets victory.
Not sure if anyone else knows this but after this he shot 40% at the line the following season. This really wrecked this dude
That's what happened to the Orlando Magic in the Shaq, Penny, and Brian Hill era from 1994 to 1996: one bad moment that snowballs to them being eliminated in a sweep.
1994: Bryon Scott hit a game-winning three-pointer for the Indiana Pacers with two seconds left in Game 1 and won another game decided by three points or less in Game 2. Pacers swept the Magic in three games in Round 1.
1995: Nick Anderson missing four three throws where the Magic could've sealed Game 1 of the 1995 NBA Finals and allowed the Houston Rockets to claw back and force overtime to win Game 1. Rockets swept the Magic in four.
1996: The Magic blew a 18-point third-quarter lead in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Chicago Bulls and lost. Bulls swept the Magic in four.
This, JR smith, 2013 spurs are some of the biggest chokes in finals history.
The Spurs did redeem themselves the very next year.
@Ro 2 Well, the Warriors did make up for the 2016 NBA Finals collapse with the best postseason in NBA history at 16-1 with a title in 2017.
The Orlando Magic have yet to win a title to overcome their heartbreaks in the Shaq and Penny era from 1994 to 1996.
@Ro 2 There's one thing you forgot: KD was an unrestricted free agent on the Fourth of July in 2016. That means KD can choose which team he wants to sign and play for and he chose the Golden State Warriors.
As for 2018, the Rockets did well with their gameplan in Game 7 without CP3 until the Rockets shot themselves right through their own foot by living by the three and dying by the three and in 2019, the Dubs beat the Rockets despite CP3 healthy and having a banged up squad.
So by your logic, the L.A. Lakers' three-peat from 2000 to 2002 was a farce because Shaq signed with the Lakers instead of re-signing with the Orlando Magic after the 1996 season.
You're just a dynasty hater.
Biggest Choke Job in NBA Finals history
John Starks
2 for 13 from the field
1 for 7 from the three point line
Game 7
Rockets 🚀 Knicks 🏀
1994 NBA Finals
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@globalicon2012 So by your logic, Shaquille O'Neal also took the easy way out when he bolted for the L.A. Lakers from the Orlando Magic?
LeBron James took the easy way out with his Decision 1.0?
Yep, another dynasty hater.
2:14 shows magic free throw shooting season 67%, playoffs 67%, tonight (right before he shoots his 4th FT) 12/17 71%, then missed which made it 12/18.. which made it.. 67%! Meaning before that 4 straight missed FT's they were 12/14, just law of averages doing its "magic" (pun intended) Mind. Blown.
I hate to be that guy but yeah, that is not how law of averages or regression to the mean works lol
Edit:
technically it is law of large numbers and you are probably being ironic but whateves lul
Imagine getting back to back #1 picks in the NBA draft, hitting on both only to have it end like this. Mind Blown!
Remember exactly where i was when this went down. 12 years old in my bedroom playing nerf basketball with my brother. When this happened we couldn't believe it. Ill never forget it. It was so improbable.
Those free throws looked fixed.
Most improbable ending in NBA history for what was at stake.
One thing that's going to live forever on TH-cam is, Whenever you type in Nick Andersons name, (misses 4 free throws) is going to come right behind it. Not something like "Nick Andersons greatest Moments". Poor Nick probably lives with this moment everyday. I know I would.
This legit ruined my childhood. Nick was having a great playoffs until that point.
Nick Anderson should be a case study for people studying to get a psychological degree.
Those poor free throws made such an impact that not only turn the series around but impacted the future of the Orlando Magic and Shaq eventually leaving.
Not to mention Nick was never the same player again. He went from being one of the best small forwards in the league to avg around 3pts a game. Talk about tragic.
His body language during the whole thing is just horrible.
Went from the 75 percentile from the free throw line to like 40%
Nick anderson four miss free throws represents first miss Utah Jazz failed to defeat Houston Rockets, second miss Phoenix Suns failed to defeat Houston Rockets, third miss San Antonio Spurs failed to defeat Houston Rockets and fourth miss Orlando Magic failed to defeat Houston Rockets.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE HEART OF A CHAMPION!
Glad this was in 1995 and not 2024. Social media would have roasted him like no tomorrow.
"It ain't even about Nick missing 4 free throws, it's Kenny walking around like he some legend, " Shaq. At 2:52 Kenny made a legendary shot though.
i wonder what barkley would say if they bring this up on inside the nba
But Kenny was a legend that game. Had a then-Finals record 7 three-pointers. To tie it up with less than 2 seconds in the game was just massive.
@@0nfiRe "Shaq you just butt hurt yall got swept", Chuck, maybe
@@bigworm2129The 3 point line was 2 feet shorter in 1995. That "record" always had an asterisk. His shot was on that night. He should send nick anderson a bottle of scotch every year for letting him be open to hit the tying 3
I feel sorry for him. He went from making a big time crucial steal against a returning MJ and the Bulls to this. Seeing him miss those 4 free throws is not only tough to watch but also that was the moment where he started to decline.
He was not the same anymore.
The mental part of the game that rarely gets discussed, yet is so important.
If you missed one free throw the anxiety creeps in and try not miss again instead of try to make one
Got blown by on the Rockets' winning score, too.
that hakeem turn around is so cold
NBA's Version of Ray Finkle!
Don't know why so negativity was given to Nick Anderson. It's not like it was a game 7, and the championship is on the line. Magic got swept. It was talented youth vs Experience.
Still hurts to this day.
One of the biggest "what if..? moments in NBA history. This was the reason Orlando got swept in that series. A great team that didn't deserve to go out like that.
This series would've been completely different had Orlando won Game 1, as well as, the future of the NBA at that point...
When one game defined a series...
What If...
Lived in Orlando my entire life. I met Nick once at a game had box VIP seats. I asked him about that night. He gave me the dirtiest look and said fuck off and walked away. After that I don’t associate him with the magic. He definitely threw that game and/or had money on that game.
The Rockets would have won the series in 5 instead of 4.
@@jeremyr5196 dude is obviously still upset about that night. Your take is terrible.
Man…. I remember this game. Such a tough loss for the magic
One of the best games in NBA history. Tragic for Orlando
Orlando Tragic
After missing the first 2 free throws, the Magic should have called a timeout. Coach should have taken Nick aside, and tell him just to relax and be cool. In Nick's mind, he thought his team won before the game was over.
Nah. You don't wanna freeze your own shooter
He was too fuckin emotional
Grant was wide open after that rebound
Sucka will be always known for those bricks!
Nick Anderson mocks Jordan saying him "he is playing as 45 years old". He shouldn't mock Jordan, karma strikes so painfully.
Pfft Jordan said before the playoffs: "Orlando is not a problem".
He had it coming.
@@FuShengAlex ahah he wanted to say that in 1996 ahah...
Totally true ! Jordan won 3 straight NBA Titles, Anderson 0...
Jordan says "Nick? Nick who?"
@@FuShengAlex nick Anderson had the biggest choke moment in history. That's what happens if you disrespect the GOAT
This game was beyond nick Anderson and four free throws
“It ain’t about Nick though. It’s about Kenny walking around thinking he a legend”
You can tell he was thinking “fuck it imma yeet this one just like every other one I’ve drained” after the third misses. He was smiling and shot that so quickly and make any mental preparation for a free throw that huge.
Damn even Shaq would have made at least 1 out of 4 free throws Lmao
yet he didn’t he went 6-9 in a two point loss
All those offensive rebounds and it didn't mean squat. Crazy.
Wow, that was pontentially the tensest I've ever seen someone taking FTs. Dude seemed to be hyping himself up after that first miss
What a shot by Kenny Smith
It wasn’t just Anderson who was never the same after this. Aside from Shaq EVERYONE on that Magic team pretty much went into free fall. Penny Hardaway would have one more epic season after this but the injuries started pulling up. Dennis Scott suddenly started playing like a 40 year old (he was 24) and got traded two seasons later. Horace Grant stayed with the Magic for a few years after this but that’s only because the Magic could not find a team to trade him to with that huge contract of his, he pretty much started dropping off after 96-97 (yes he did win with LA a few years later, but I would hardly even call him a role player on that squad)
They really overachieved that year in 1995. When you think about the landscape in the NBA, specifically in the Eastern Conference, the tradition was an up and coming team learned to lose in the playoffs for a few years before they would go on to be successful. The Celtics learned to lose to the Sixers before they beat them. The Pistons did the same thing to the Celtics before they won against them. Then it was the Bulls' turn against Detroit. The Magic never really had to go through that process, which might've been the reason why they faltered down the stretch in the Finals.
@@KWCline91 in the NFL its different. Brady won 3 Superbowls before he lost a playoff game. Montana won a lot early and with little struggle. And Cowboys rose to the top quickly in 90s. The NBA ia boring and teams have to "pay their dues" before they win anything.
@@vulcanraven9701 that’s different. I’m saying there was a trend there in the Eastern Conference for a while that teams lost in the playoffs and learned before they won. It’s not as common as before now, but that’s what happens.
@@KWCline91 It still holds up in the sense that young teams never win NBA Finals unless if injuries happen (2015 finals). But veterans are chasing rings so their new team often has success initially and then they collapse quickly after they dump team to join other superstars
@@vulcanraven9701So the Warriors who was 67-15 in 2015 only won the championship bc of injuries?!?! Wow.
Damn nick
I was 14 damm time flys
Jaime Castro I was 7 when this game happened. I'm 31 now lmao.. Crazy how time flies. I remember watching this game with my dad not understanding anything that was going on lol. I only liked it because I knew he did and I wanted to be just like him lol.. It just made me feel cool to be able to stay up late and watch sports with my dad.
I was -3
Ultra Instinct Vegeta yeah enjoy your life
I was 16 and remember i just got my first tattoo and had to fake a arm injury so i could wear a sling to hide it from my visiting grandfather!
Now that Nick Anderson of the rays blew game 6 of the world series Nick Anderson of the Magic is no longer the biggest goat in Florida sports history.
im here because of usa vs turkey fiba 2019!
me too! LOL
yep haha
@@zorp7934 deja vu
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im 14 years old when this happened and im 40 years old now.. still hurts like hell.
The power of sports
I’m 14 and I knew this
I was in 5th grade. I was a huge Magic fan just like everyone else back in the day.
I can't watch this. Cut the interview.
Don't care what no one says. Horace had a wide open layup, and should have went back up. Had he gone up and made the layup, that would have pretty much sealed the game. Youth cost the Magic this series.
The fact that he got the offensive board and another chance is heart breaking
He was probably pissed he didn't get the ball away before getting fouled again lol.
he knew he missed the 4th if he doesn’t crash he probably gets the offensive board again after it was tapped out..... of course to miss 2 FTs again.
I was a Magic fan I remember that night fans were cheering,I'm thinking Orlando's got this he'll make at least one or some of these Free Throws. Afterwards they were supposed to be saying Nick Anderson was the difference in the Magic in game 1 in winning,NOT Nick Anderson was the reason Magic lost game 1. It was expected he made Free Throws fans celebrating the game 1 Magic victory, teammates are happy ,coach pleased. Nick Anderson screwed all that up. It's been 26 yrs now still one of the biggest finals chokes in history.
I met the most incredible woman I've ever known in 1995 over AOL, was going to move to Oregon to be with her, had $1,400 to my name, needed $1,700 to do it right, so I bet $300 on Orlando to win the series. Oh well. (had women at home too didn't cry or anything).
Those old Magic jerseys were so tough, man.
This will constanly haunt Brick Anderson for is entire life he will have to carry this to his grave⚰⚰⚰😭😭
This almost same exact situation happened the year before with my SuperSonics in game 4 of the first round when they were the #1 overall seed and the chip was theirs for the taking. Kemp who was a 70 something percent ft shooter had a chance in the final minute of regulation up 3 to close it out if he could just make 1 of his 2 free throws but missed both then the nuggets went back down and hit a 3 sending it to ot and then beat us. Kemp makes one of them and one of the biggest choke/upsets in nba history never happens. Sucks how things can go sometimes.
Yeah. Those misses could've have closed out the series but I don't think it's the same thing. The Sonics lost the deciding game 5 At Home. In Overtime. They weren't ready
Yeah maybe, but that’s kinda my point too. There never should’ve had to even be a game five. I’ve always felt that the fact that there even had to be a deciding game 5 after they all but had them in game 4 had to be so deflating and in their heads that it’s kinda the reason they blew it. Cause now all the pressure was on them and none on Denver. Even GP said in an interview that when that game went into OT he just wasn’t confident they’d win. Something about those earlier 90s Sonics.. they’d have these great regular seasons but then it’s like they’d have some kind of mental block when it came to the playoffs. Could be they hadn’t established a true leader? Who knows.
Wow I wasn’t alive for this but this must have been the craziest game 1 of a finals ever crazy series opener wow
I called the local Orlando sports talk station that morning. They asked who was winning the series, and who to watch in game one. I told them Rockets in Six and Jenny Smith. They scoffed at the idea of Smith saying hed just been benched in favor of Sam Cassell. I told them he was due and hed light it up. I didnt exoect him to drop 7 3 pointers.
Thing of beauty being a Rockets fan for the 93/94 & 94/95 seasons. It's been painful ever since.
this is how heroes are made
Or scapegoats
I watched this game and the series live. It was literally men against boys.
Literally? No, it wasn't.
Damn was this bad! I remember there being a documentary about this team with the Rockets saying there wasn't going to be a Game #5 after the way they came back and somehow won this game, against such long odds, when not one thing had to go wrong in order for that to happen. Yet what I don't get is why the hell did the Magic not foul in the final seconds, and give the Rockets the chance to even get the game tying three off for that matter too?
Orlando coach told the team to take a delay of game penalty so they could see Houston's play. Then after the dead ball they were going to foul. Marie Elie was inbounding so his man NICK ANDERSON was supposed to step outta bounds to get the delay of game call. He Didn't. Look & see how surprised the Orlando defense was when the ball was in bounded. The defense wasn't ready and Kenny Smith hit the 3 to tie the game
The odds of a 70.4% free throw shooter missing 4 consecutive free throws is
This is just incredible. Could have changed the whole thing. This is how pressure works.
In an alternate universe, he made at least 1.
Brick Anderson lol, cost Orlando their championship
Nope! The Rockets earned it that year. Even if Nick made the free throw, it was still one game. Houston that year had a tendency to overcome 0-1 deficits in the playoffs.
@@KWCline91
Rockets in 6
70 % was considered good as a free throw shooter?
Yes
A game like this is why the Golden State Warriors losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers the way that they did, caused them to call for Kevin Durant to join team because they were never gonna be the same after losing and needed someone to help them get to where they needed to be