Never Forget About the 2018 Rockets (the greatest team to never make the finals)
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- Never Forget About the 2018 Rockets (the greatest team to never make the finals)
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As a diehard Chris Paul fan I’ll never forget that 2018 season. He was Shimmying against Curry shortly after all hope was lost
that shimmy on curry was one of the greatest basketball moments of the 2010's
IF HE DIDNT GOT INJURED MAYNE
@@Tupadre97 Then gets hurt immediately after and watched his team brick themselves out of the game
CP is the king of “Cougin’ It”
Looks great for most of season then manages to go & snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
@@Tupadre97 rockets missing 27 straight 3’s was the greatest basketball moment of the 2010’s
So early the Rockets didn't blow a 3-2 lead yet
@Raytheslay hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣
Paul hurt his hamstring right after you said this
@Raytheslay hell no
@Raytheslay u must be a 10 year old kid in 3rd grade😂😂
@Raytheslay you don’t know basketball
As a rockets fan game 6 and 7 where the 2 hardest nba games for me to watch ever, knowing that we where 1 win away from beating the greatest team ever
Otl the lillard buzzer beater in 2014 hurt just as much
@@Kmon4y yeah well that was when the rockets had no shot at winning the chip in 2018 whe definitely would’ve beaten the cavs in the finals had we won either game 6 or 7 vs the warriors
Game 6 against the warriors in 2019 for me. No Kd and Harden 4 turnovers in the last 5 mins were the nail in the coffin for the Harden/Rockets era.
Ur team is dumb for splitting up cuz as a warriors fan they gave us a run for our money and i was worried one year they would get their revenge
maybe thats proof the warriors were not the greatest team ever?
2018 Rockets really the only team that scared the warriors. It's funny because if you watch interviews from Draymond and KD you see that Draymond evokes this false confidence as if they were never scared, and KD keeps it real and talks about how the rockets really surprised them and were really a threat.
How can it be false confidence when rockets didn't beat warriors even once in the playoffs?i get what u mean by draymond not expressing doubt or surprise but he explained why rockets played ISO ball more often than not and draymond didnt think warriors could be beat by playing isoball.kd on the other hand thinks ISO ball can beat a team.he made a comment too that at top tier playoffs system doesn't work as effectively.so he believes ISO ball has its place and can beat teams.thats the difference between what kd and draymond said
@@chaithanyachaithu5826 They were never down 3-2 facing elimination to the Rockets. CP3 stays healthy and they would've represented the West in 2018.
@@carteebrown4845 Next year that wasn't the case even without KD. Also Iggy wasn't available in the last four games in 2018
@@kohsmoger1567 not the same team at all
The 2019 rockets’s defense completely evaporated
Capela turned from a rim protector into a pick and roll liability
Plus ariza and Mbah a moute left in free agency
The rockets defense was top 5 in 2018 and for the first 30+ games or so in 2019 they were ranked LAST.
@@carteebrown4845 u can make that argument but next year kd got hurt in game 5 and series 2-2 scores also down 3 but rockets couldn't win .so thats why no one believes rockets would have won.
I used to love playing as them in 2K18. Still hoping they become a classic team eventually.
Don't you mean a classic team
@@captainsimp8864 yeah my bad
I used to spam pick and roll with clint he had 20+ every game
@@aaronhxu2026 It's fine
@@captainsimp8864 yeah
I agree. Rockets were deep, versatile, and great on both sides of the ball. If they had Mbah a Moute and CP3 for game 7 vs Warriors, I think the Rockets go to the NBA Finals and may have won.
Think, think, think
As a warriors fan if they beat us I don’t see how they lose to lebron and the rest
@@yvnggoat4739 Agreed.
May they would have swept Cleveland as well
@@tristantyree2191 Possibly
Watching this WCF as a rockets fan hurt in a way that I cannot describe especially looking back now since everything blew up. I remember game 6 & 7 being up at half and both times just being flattened in a way I don’t know I’ll experience again lol
Game 5 was such an amazing high. My whole family was screaming at the TV. It was a bittersweet win, with cp3s injury right at the end that ultimately cost them the series.
@@johnnymarin5035 yall people like to talk about cp3 being injured but if igoudala wasn't injured that series would've went 5 warriors win anyways
@@DaxSports1 We also had Mbahmoute injured. He was an immediate x factor in the regular season. He made clutch threes and clutch defensive moves all year. They were a worse team without him.
As a fellow Rockets fan, I will never forgive the Rockets for trading CP3 for Westbrick after he had one off year. If we had CP3 at the level he was playing at on the Thunder in 2020 I think we give the Lakers a run for their money in the bubble. Not saying we win for sure but it’s sure as hell going longer than 5 games
@@johnnymarin5035 He wasn't injured in 2019 and KD (best player on the Warriors )was. Can you remind us what happened that year?
As a die hard rockets fan when we got eliminated I cried hard it was so close it felt that it was right there at the grasp of our hands after we got eliminated I knew we wouldn’t be the same and knew rebuilding was around the corner
This rockets team was soooo beautiful to watch. Every game was fun you could feel from the tv the comradery between em. They were just an amazing all around team that wasn’t reliant on gimmicks like the year after or on a one man offense. They were a TRUE unit. Breaks my heart to remember that
Not really a fan on how they ran their offense though. It essentially has Harden or CP3 control possessions where they take their shot or give their teammate an open one. Not a lot of movement to speak of and aside from CP3, everyone else avoids the mid range like the black plague. Still, it did give them an elite offense and it worked for their team (mostly) so meh
@@ja4309 basically it’s not the brand of basketball that you like got it lol honestly this was the best brand of Hardens basketball, hit the necessary balance without him being a ball hog or overly possessing the ball too much
@@beastyboy101bo Yeah I prefer an offense that moves a lot more 😂. I do have to say though, their "boring" offense did make them elite and with a good mix of 3 and D players, they were hell to be against.
Not really even Kobe said it was a good style for regular season but the playoffs us different
@@DennisYKTV_- he said this about Harden for the following year when CP was injured and Harden was going ballistic and tied his record of consecutive 40 pt games. Harden wasn’t playing that style for THIS PARTICULAR year. That was year after after so check your facts first. That’s why I say gimmicks like the year after this one. This year alone they actually had a great balance of Hardens iso with CP floor general play and their sharing of PG duties along with a plethora of 3D guys. It wasn’t just revolved mainly on Harden but they actually played as true team. However that was sadly only for this particular year/season 2017-2018.
1988 pistons. Should’ve been their first in a three peat but the refs gave la the infamous phantom foul on the last shot of game 6 which extended it to game 7. And even with isiah Thomas being injured and being pretty much ineffective, LA still only won by a couple points. Without that call and the injury, Detroit would’ve won 3 straight
ye let me just punch my defender rq
FACTS
🖨🖨🖨
Facts. Harden n co choked. Never won a chip. Was watching him at Philly. No movement without ball. Just a statue. Can't win anywhere. Unfortunate.
As a rockets fan, the amount of pain I feel is insane. I remember I used to lie to myself saying bron was gonna come in the following off season. Basically did everything I could to cope. It hurts so bad
LOL
That was a rumor too. Not that it was very likely but I think that would’ve been crazy. I was disappointed at the time when bron chose the lakers. I thought the move was boring and predictable
we all knew he wasn't coming. But Copium was in high demand after that legendary season.
bron should have came to houston, he would have won way more championships with harden and cp3, then AD
Lol 💀
I was obsessed with the 2017 rockets offense lol straight shooters until the Collapse vs Spurs
that 2017 spurs team with kawhi were very good, so don't blame them
@@theonlygoodonehere2259 Kawhi didn’t even play game 6 which made it worse 😂
@@troyrountree4924 harden apparently went drinking at the club before game 6, so they performed bad ultimately, so yeah thats enough to expose how bad that game was
2019 Raptors, one of the most underrated TEAMS in NBA history. Because everybody only talks about Kawhi (yes in that Sixers series, he carried). But that team was ELITE, produced a lot of talented players that are still hooping today and it was built without a single lottery pick.
Overrated
And always will be because you beat a injured warriors team
@@jacobswiney9977 just like how the warriors beat an injured cavs team in 2015, injuries are apart of the game deal with it
FR...yeah kawhi was a beast...even compared to mj in that run...but real ones know the team is like almost 10 man deep
james harden my favourite player. just think about how many miles he put on his body for houston he really was the entire team
@Raytheslay 💀
@Raytheslay nah that’s dame time 😂
That was such a juggernaut team. No question when you push KD warriors to game 7. Everything felt like starrs aligned but then injury and game 7 … kinda feels like a curse at that point .
-- YES. CP3 has choked before including '22 playoffs. BUT he also has shown up more times than not. This hamstring injury really took the wind out of his GOAT status.
I hate that he flops, but he is still an incredible player. This HOU victory would have washed away any hint of his choking status.
real 💯
it was so sad to see CP3 go down in that game bc I do really think if he doesn't get hurt Houston doesn't lose their momentum and Harden and CP3 both have a ring and possibly run it back a couple more years.
The 94-95 rockets were a great team, had one of the most difficult roads to a championship ever.
i wasnt alive for that shot bro i cried when cp3 got hurt if god turned injuries off we woulda beat the warriors
Actually Jordan was retired this year ! If he was there and the rockets beat them then it was the most difficult championship the rockets ever won
I was rooting so hard for them to make the finals that year it was all coming together until the CP3 injury
Wouldnt really have mattered much even if CP3 wasn't injured since he is a generational choke artist, I'm willing to bet my grandma's house on the fact he'd have a game like the game 7 against Mavs against the Warriors as well had he not been injured
@@doctorsam5771 Imagine being so broke that youre willing to bet your grandma's house
@@doctorsam5771 far too many times Cp3 has come short. Just has a a curse of losing, apparently
@Jordan Sharpe up to 2-0 against the bucks. Up 3-2 against the Mavs. He had the talent, Cp3 just tends to disappear from the team
@@doctorsam5771 Nah but Cp3 played consistently well for that series putting up 20,6,5 in the Mavs series after Game 2 he was awful and turning it over 4-5 times
As a Houstonian this year really felt like our best shot at a title… this series was just a final heartbreaker from some seriously underrated rockets teams. Dope vid!
2001 Bucks Squad was so good it's crazy they didn't get to finals. Ray Allen, Glenn Robinson and Sam Cassell made a lethal trio!!
Make a whole video about the 2001-02 Sacramento Kings please. They were so close to dethroning the kobe shaq lakers in the 2002 western conference finals.
I believe if the officiating wasn’t poor in game 6 Sacramento would have won it all in 2002. They would not have been a dynasty but I believe they would have won at least one more championship
Game 6 was rigged. I watched it live. As far as I'm concerned, Kobe is 4x champion.
Surely Rig. One of the referees of that game was proven guilty of game fixing. Tim Donaghy. And what's worst is he admitted it in front of the jury.
@@caduceus2256 Tim Donaghy didn’t ref the 2002 WCF. The refs for Game 6 were Dick Bavetta, Bob Delaney, and Ted Bernhardt.
They SHOULD have dethroned the Kobe-Shaq Lakers. That series was rigged
As a rockets fan, that cp3 injury will forever traumatize me 😭😭😭
The warriors dominated all my time in Highschool from 2016 to 2019 and I'd say that pre and post kd there were only 2 teams I believe could've stopped the warriors
1. My San Antonio Spurs with Kawhi ( ik we suck now lol ) but I genuinely believe if kawhi hadn't gotten hurt we could've beat them in 7 because we played good defense and kawhi and Aldridge were on fire in 2017, we took it to the kd warriors and had them beat alot that season and we were both competing for the west 1 seed, maybe with a few free agent moves warriors vs spurs would've been the rivalry
2. The 2018/2019 Houston Rockets. They're match ups with the warriors was literally a gun show to see who was gonna out shoot the other, but tbh I compare the warriors vs Rockets to the first fight between goku and vegeta in Dragon Ball Z, for Those who know goku wasn't as strong as vegeta but when he used kaioken he closed the gap in the fight and pushed him but ultimately vegata won that because he was superior. Similarly the Rockets could box with the warriors and their "live by the 3 die by the 3" nothing but offensive style helped them get far and they gave the warriors their hardest fight, but when the shots didn't fall they're falls gor exposed, they made their non stop offense their defense, but when they're offense wasn't working they literally had no defense
@Raytheslay same with the Clippers and blazers
Yeah no the spurs are not beating GS because if a super team is so good then how are they getting beat like that makes no sense
@@AJ-nf3bn I just believe we had a shot if healthy I don't think we would've won easily but they are my team and before kawhi got hurt in game one we had them down by 25 points half way through the third quarter
@@dj2k460 oh ok
rockets were a great defensive team , that’s what made them a possible threat to the warriors. Obv their offense was great too, but that defense was there as well
Great vid as always💯 here’s some suggestions on who you can do next:
2004-05 Heat: Wade rib injury costed them a finals appearance
2008-09 Cavs: Dwight prevented a Kobe and Bron Finals matchup
2015-16 Thunder: Russ and KD choked away a chance for a Bron rematch in the finals
The pistons were still the better team even with healthy Wade
@@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope If dwade was healthy, the Heat would of smoked the pistons in 05
The 09 Celtics…
2007 Suns!
@@ace2niceabsolutely no chance, this tells me your very uneducated. Wade only missed 1 game.... and the pistons were great facing elimination. Pistons >>>
As a diehard rockets fan, this was THE year we should’ve won. I will die on the hill that if cp3 never got injured we would’ve beat the warriors. Even if we missed the amount of 3’s we did, CP would realize that and start to play a different way knowing that that wasn’t working. Watching this video made me nostalgic because that was my favorite rockets team ever lol
No one disagrees with you brother. I watched "every" game of that series in full. That was the Rockets year for a finals appearance and most likely ring. I remember so many gasps when Chris Paul got injured. And i will never forget the record reaching "most missed consecutive 3 pointers in NBA history". I always remember being completely speechless what I was witnessing. It is as if no one knew what to do like a deer in the headlights but continually following up with shooting 3s. Most likely a documentary will be released about that Rockets season
If Iggy is completely healthy that series would've been over with a gentleman sweep 😞
@@regalhunt8496 if both teams were completely 100 rockets win either way
@@jacksonbashiri8118 Agreed. People overhype Iggy but ignore that Mbah a Moute was injured too and can do the things Iggy does. Even if Iggy played, he doesnt make KD and Curry hit shots when the Rockets had multiple defenders throwing at them. Also, Rockets could foul Iggy and he isnt a good free throw shooter. Warriors still had multiple defenders and playmakers even without Iggy so the Iggy excuse isnt valid compared to CP3 and Mbah a Moute because Gerald Green isnt a good defender, Ariza and PJ were older. If you have CP3 and Mbah a Moute on the court, those are 2 extra defenders, CP3 can playmake and create his own shot, Mbah a Moute can also hit the 3 and set good screens to get guys open.
I completely agree swish, but I also believe this team and the 2019 Sixers team were legit contenders and should have made a finals run
Hahhahahahah ok sure, sure😂😭. On paper they had all the superstars but they had no chemistry
@@benperez8291 which one, 2018 rockets or 2019 sixers? the 2019 sixers were a kawhi shot away from getting to ecf and since the raps beat the bucks the sixers for sure could cause remember jrue wasnt a buck at this time. the rockets were a possibly cp3 injury away from making the finals and a game away
What if Kawhi didn’t make that shot
@@saz19s8 they go into overtime and I still believe the raptors win in OT.
2019 sixers team is a good one. Lots of talent
As a die hard rockets this was undoubtedly my most favorite sports team off all time this was just a major moment for everyone Chris Paul James rockets and nba we showed that it was possible to beat the warriors I sadly cried when it didn’t happen
If we had Chris Paul for game 7 there's no doubt in my mind we win that game. The team went 42-3 when CP3, Harden, and Capela played that szn. Truly saddening we went out the way we did with all the missed 3's and blatant miss calls.
As a James harden fan the 2018 playoffs really hurt we was so close
Loving the beginning of this series! Teams to recommend: the 04-05 &06-07 Rockets. The 2013 Pacers. 2008 Spurs. 2008 Lakers
Keep up the great work!
That pacers team would be a good video
08 lakers ??
08 Lakers made the finals, they just didn't win it. Ngl tho, had they had won it, and the Lakers completed the 3 peat in 2010; whether it's correct or not, many people would have argued that Kobe was at least top 3 all time.
17 spurs?
@@vexm5427 yeah, almost forget about that Kawhi team. Gave the warriors the business in the 2017 west conf finals. For all of one game. Would have loved for that series to have played out with Kawhi healthy
What a time to be alive in houston in 2017 and 2018. God I wanna go back to those harden & astroworld album days😪
BRO thank you for making this. This team is going to go down as one of the biggest what if's just because of the fact that they almost dethroned the 4 headed monster, technically 5 if you count boogie.
You really inspired me to make video swish, I appreciate you for that.
Boogie wasn’t even on this team…. Also if iggy is healthy y’all would’ve forgotten this team no lie but whatever
@@AG30 boogie was on the roster in 2018…
Boogie was the 2019 warriors not the 2018. Seriously google exists and yet y’all still giving out false information
@@silas6663 Boogie was on the 2019 Warriors 🤦🏻♂️
@@forgottenson3411 he signed July 6th 2018
Man I always think about how much I would have loved and was rooting for that 2018 rockets team.
As a Rockets Fan looking back at this Team I have so many good Memories it’s so sad that CP3 got injured we would’ve won it all
I remember thinking for sure the Rockets was going to win this series. They for sure blew it. i would give the greatest team to never make the finals to those early 2000's kings.
I remember this series far too well.
Thank you for talking about all the supporting guys on the team also. Its going to be a while before we get a team like that again.
Real talk swish I was rooting for Houston hard af during that GS conf finals lmao
To me, that was his best chance at winning a ring!! They were that close to being there and him getting injured!!
I mean he was 2-0 in the finals last years
@@bayenkg And Then Giannis Antetokounmpo Happened
Thank you for this video, I talk about this team all the time! Especially the underrated impact Luc Mbah Moute had on that squad.
It's always something. We took Shaq and Kobe to 7 games without Yao and TMac and then we take the Warriors to 7 games without CP3 in game 7 and missing the most 3s in NBA history.
rockets are very unlucky, lol, they used up all their luck in their hakeem the dream era
People love to claim Harden can’t win as the best player but tend to forget this year where they were ONE GAME and ONE INJURY away from the NBA Finals 😂😂
Ehh
they got robbed by refs so many times
had cp3's hamstring not exploded, they might have pulled off the greatest feat of all time
there was a ref that came out and said they had to rig it for warriors, because lebron vs kd and steph does better for ratings
I agree this team was underrated one of my favorite things ever.
Most tragic part is that they weren’t able to keep it together for the two Warrior down years. Very likely to be back to back finals appearances with a potential back to back championships.
As a Warriors fan the ‘18 Rockets were a scary matchup cause of their length. Sucks that injuries were the biggest contributor to that year’s playoffs.
I loved this team back in the day this was my go to team in 2k
this really could have been an all time great team, they just had the massive misfortune of playing the single best team to ever exist
that can describe harden's entire career, his prime matched perfectly with the warriors dynasty
That Warriors team being the "best team to ever exist" is HIGHLY debatable
@@whodat787 the warriors team is at worst a top 3 team ever
@@jacksonbashiri8118 maybe
@@user-dr8nc6jq3y bro what? i said they were a top 3 team oat
@@whodat787 That Warriors Team Would've Been Another Of Michael Jordan's Victims In The 90's There's No Stopping Jordan
I will never forget this roster. The energy in Houston was amazing around this time.
Great video man! Im a Rockets fans and unfortunately for me I remember every minute of game 7. Fml we were so close. I’ll never forget that team and it’ll always haunt me forever… the one that got away.
I still can’t believe they were that close with that team mostly fully healthy!! Two chances to eliminate that dynasty!!
beatable team, don't let the lebron apologists say otherwise
@@simple45679 another commenter said maximizing durant was limiting steph, klay and draymond. While I disagree, and spacing the floor for Durant was probably the best way to play with that team, especially when you could still hunt steph on defense...in 2018 we also saw kd try leading the warriors without steph, and they were hanging around .500
I guarantee you d'antoni and the rockets noticed that and made sure they targeted steph. It almost worked, and I think we agree it should've. Those warriors weren't immortal, and clashing egos became a thing the very next year for them too.
@@manuprasad5354 you guys should have known they were not immortal when spurs with kawhi and no tony parker had them down 25 in game 1 with healthy warriors at their homecourt, mind you, kawhi came back from an injury, and they had undersized patty at starting pg, and an important fact is, warriors were down by that many in their homefloor in a game 1 playoff series before like that, that was enough to raise my eyebrows whether this team was really as unbeatable as people say
As a Rockets fan that was the most painful playoff exit. The Rockets were world beaters that year they had GSW nearly beaten, but had an epic collapse. 😔
Hell The 1995-96 Bulls Would've Done Something The Rockets Couldn't Do Which Was Beat Those Warriors
@@jonathanwashington9199 we all know 96 bulls would beat 2018 warriors, but we wanted to see a team from our era with 2 top superstar guys with bad reputations do it
Top shelf production and story. Thank you for such fine off season work.
This video brings back the pain and misery being a Rockets fan. This was our chance at a ring and we just gave it away. It was a fun year though for us to enjoy and it just didnt happen. Great video man but dammmmmn.... the pain to relive it. It hurts
Maybe I am a bit bias cause I am a Kings fan (I know suprising we exist). But I would say the best team to not make the finals would be the 2002 Sacramento Kings. You had an overall great team, a good floor general in Bibby, a 3 and D player in Doug Christie, a 3 point specialist in Peja, an amazing athletic PF in Webber, and a good traditional center in Vlade, and the bench was amazing with Bobby Jackson, Gerald Wallace, Scott Pollard, and a young Hedo.
2002 Kings were a great team but the 2018 Rockets were just different sorry 🔥
2002 kings had a slower pace than the rockets, but like 12 times the defense
@@benperez8291 and Rockets had 20x the offense
@@almightyyeezydab5149 It was well documented that the Kings got cheated out of the finals by the refs. Not even a Kings fan, but they truly deserved to go. If you weren't alive during that time, you wouldn't know.
@@almightyyeezydab5149 I will say the rockets had an amazing offense for the time now, but I do believe the Kings offense was pretty great especially with the motion and getting everyone involved. I do respect though the offense and how well they adapted of the Rockets.
as a rockets fan this hurts … we shoulda won this year.
As a Rockets fan this hurts to watch, game 5 of the west conference finals was so hype I was convinced we were actually going to beat the warriors. Harden gets so much hate but we miss him in Houston.
Was so hyped this year for my rockets. Cried at the end of the journey
Great series! I’d love to see a breakdown of the 2016 Warriors. To me they were the best team to NOT win a finals and I still think they should have.
Greatest team what if in NBA history.
If they won KD prolly wouldn't have signed with gs. The course of nba history would be heavily changed.
@@Depressedwarriorsfan6238 yea, but I think its a good what if as well. Warriors might've signed PG13 in 2016 if they won.
They only lost cuz injuries rigged series and lebron crying to Adam silver
@@stretch3744 you only wanna talk about injuries for 2016 and 2019 right? Not 2015
This season is what made me a James Harden fan and start watching basketball forreal
Casual
@@regalhunt8496 Do you really think I really care? Its just basketball this shit not paying me or my bills
Really good video, listening to it while at work and definitely like the format you have. Was able to follow along through just the audio
Great video! Love the intro & breakdown. As a Houston Rockets fan it hurt me to watch this. The city was devastated. We was so close. Anyway keep up the great content! 🏀🔥
Man I would have loved to see a rockets-cavs final tho...
Ppl wanna argue, yourself included, they have so many great co stars to Harden yet he couldn’t get it done but only that one year were they able to actually give a great contending team around Harden. The next year they loose Trevor Ariza, and Fertitta went stupid cheap so we couldn’t get good player then the momentum was lost from the year prior along with CP3 missing 40+ games. That damn hamstring
you guys also lost mbah a moute, so important
preaching this for years
Great vid g brought back so many memories as a rockets fan
The real best team that never won a championship
Rockets in 2019 has a healthy Chris paul against GSW having KD injured. The same scenario happened. Curry owns the rockets franchise.
Chris Paul was not healthy at all lmao
@@hasitdhanoa9852 He was playing doe
@@hasitdhanoa9852 he was playing in that elimination game. Tf you talking about.
@@koi4477 I believe game 6 was his highest scoring game that series with 27 points.
I had severe depression when when cp3 got injured and we lost the western confer finals 😭😭
Outstanding videos man
I'd actually like a nuanced video, not a wolves clowning or that Jimmy practice story, of the Wolves from 2018-2020. Or more specifically, the arrival of Jimmy until the day he left and how spectacularly little the wolves got for him
Life time rocket fan, it def should’ve been our year but injuries and gs was too stacked. Was ashame and I was so sad when we lost
They were not "too stacked", that team was beatable, rockets showed that
@@simple45679 I mean yes and no end of the day rockets lost so
Gerald green was the home town hero. One of my favorite if not my favorite role player ever
As a Houstonian, this hits home every time.
I feel like anytime Chris Paul starts saying cocky stuff in his interviews, his team starts becoming the worst team ever
d book and cp3 are the best couple in the league 😂
It’s his calling card.
Everyone seems has this bizarre love affair with this guy. Not me.
He’s a talented guy without the winner’s grit. Can’t get out of the way of his own inflated ego .
You’re right. But the 2001-02 Kings and 2010-11 Bulls are right there.
Miami Gentleman swept the Bulls... You might as well add the 2017 Cavs to the list they at least made the finals
@@persistentlypathetic6820 but the video says greatest teams to not make the finals. That eliminates the cavs. It doesn’t matter if they were swept. That Bulls won 62 games and was deep. “They had the mvp of the league. IF” they won it all we would talking about them being one of the greatest teams ever. But they just ran into Lebron, Wada, and Bosh.
That churchill Downhills...Fire🔥🔥🔥
love this video, and your Kobe/KD comparison. you've earned a new fan.
I also hear a Future song in the beginning of the video :)) great song choice honestly. Too Comfortable is one of his best.
And Kendrick at 15:07 :))))
This is probably the closest James harden will ever be to winning a championship
Please do a video on the 2018-19 Philadelphia 76ers. That team was a shot away from the ECF, and if the Warriors had the same injuries, a NBA Finals Championship.
I agree with you on this. If Kawhi missed that shot, the Bucks might've gone to the Finals, and GS would win it all and three-peat.
@@jdapaul1351 76ers beat bucks, and beat warriors
Im very excited to see how the 76ers look this year with so many of the guys back together
Harden taking a pay cut was a big move too. Not even a sixers fan but I would root for y’all if my Celtics fall in the playoffs because I’ve always liked harden.
Great video, I would like to see one about the 2016-2017 Spurs, Tim Duncan had retired it's now Kawhi's team. They won 61 games and they made to the WCF and were smacking the Warriors with KD in game 1 and up by 20+. Then Kawhi sprained his ankle and I just watched the wheels fall of that game and the rest of the series.
Ight first things first. Fire your editor. Because you need better transitions. Those ackward cuts of silence be throwing people off. Get rid of those plain black screens in between clips.
Being a rockets fan hurt so bad this year, I know we could of beat GSW and got a title but CP3s hamstring is less reliable than a Russell Westbrook pull up jumper.
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Man the worst part is he decides to focus on conditioning after he leaves us 🙄🙄
Or a Damian Lillard block lol
nah 💀
@@Jorbum were up on them TWICE before cp3 injuries, ain’t a coincidence. We were the only team giving them issues
Really hurts as a die hard Rockets fan that they could not do it, probably will hurt for a long long time. So so much respect for CP3
I love the way you phrased, "went to call Houston's bluff next" that's fire
Yep, timing is everything. There are a lot of great teams who never got the chance to play for a title for all sorts of reasons.
The fact that If cp never got injured in that series they would of ended up going to the finals imo
Great video! It made clear how valuable the surrounding team was to the Rockets besides just Paul and Harden
16:37 haha that's a nice bluff by Draymond Green. He recently talked about how they had been battle planning the Rockets for months. Hilarious that he trash talked the Rockets by saying he wasn't thinking about them.
a couple of things about this team always gets under my skin. number 1, whenever any rational basketball fan says the rockets would've won if cp3 didn't get hurt, warriors fans keep saying if iguodala wasn't hurt the warriors would've won. I've never seen any fan base make as many excuses about a role player being hurt than warriors fans make about iguodala. laker fans don't talk about bynum being hurt in 2008, celtics fans don't make excuses about perkins being hurt in 2010, i can go on. second, if you think the 2019 rockets losing to the warriors without KD disqualifies the argument about how the warriors would've won in 2018 even with a healthy chris paul, you don't understand basketball. 2019 was nothing like 2018, that's like the 2011 lakers when they got swept vs 2010 when they won the finals. the chemistry completely fell apart because cp3 was hurt most of the year and harden got used to doing 90% of everything and forgot how to play with another star
Thank you. Warriors still had Nick Young, David West, Quinn Cook, Kevon Looney, Shaun Livingston, and etc... Besides, GS was 12-6 without Iggy so they had enough depth to win anyway. Also, Curry, Dray, Klay, and KD were inconsistent in the series so Iggy doesnt change that. Besides, Warriors won games 6 and 7 without Iggy for a reason because they already had enough playoff experience to win. I dont respect that opinion that had Iggy played, Warriors win earlier. Warriors still had enough talent to win the series earlier even without Iggy. Plus, Iggy isnt a great shooter so it is likely he doesnt consistently hit outside shots in that series. Plus, Rockets didnt have Luc Mbah a Moute for certain games and he does the things Iggy does except playmaking and athleticism. Rockets did win by 22 in game 2 and Iggy played so it wasnt like Iggy is this superstar player. Also, Curry, Klay, and KD were struggling for most of the series so Iggy doesnt change that series if the Warriors were being careless and missing open shots in games 2, 4, 5, and parts of game 7. Also, CP3 could have figured Iggy out by hitting midrange, getting steals, and get Iggy in foul trouble. If Mbah a Moute and CP3 were healthy, the Rockets win that series in 7 because Mbah a Moute would have set proper screens to get Harden and CP3 open and play lock down defense and hit the 3. Iggy is good but he was older in 2018 and wasnt the same player that year. Also, great teams like the MJ Bulls, Kobe and Shaq Lakers, Big 3 Heat, and etc.. had to go 7 games in certain years to win it all so at some point, a team was going to push the Warriors 7 games and the Rockets were equipped to do that. Plus, 8th seed Clips took the Warriors with Iggy 6 games and won 2x in GS in 2019 so the Rockets would have at least pushed the KD Warriors 7 games even if Iggy was healthy because Warriors lacked depth off the bench while Rockets had depth. Even, Capela could have protected the rim even if Iggy played and Tucker, Ariza, CP3, Mbah a Moute would have closed out on shooters and closed out on Iggy too. Without Mbah a Moute and CP3, Rockets rotation was messed up worse because you lose 2 key defenders in CP3 and Luc. Also, CP3 can exploit mismatches and get guys involved. Mbah a Moute can defend, hit the 3, and set good screens to get guys open shots.
Warriors talk about Iggy being out in 2018 but Mbah a Moute was out for the Rockets in 2018 and Raps didnt have OG Anounby in 2019 when the Raptors won. Mbah a Moute and OG does the same thing Iggy does but Warriors fans ignore that. Warriors fans make some of the dumbest excuses I ever heard.
I agree with you. Also, Rockets lost Ariza and Mbah a Moute in the same offseason and got Rivers and Faried so the Rockets were totally different in 2019 and lost defensive players.
@@gideonamankwah6491 Iggy was a starter though before he got injured. West, cook, looney, and Shaun were reserves and there were games were cook and west didn’t even play.
@@michealbanksjr.3630 I get that but Iggy is reserve too. Yes, he can start but my point is that Warriors had productive role players and they were already had great defenders in KD, Klay, Green, West, Looney, McGee, and etc. Also, Harden was inconsistent anyway and Warriors did a great job containing him even without Iggy. Yes, Iggy is a good player but he is only a role player and they had other good playmaker too in Curry, Dray, KD, and Livingston on the team. Mbah a Moute was our for the Rockets and he was key for them too.
Love this type of videos!!
The 2019 raptors will always be worth talking about
The one thing I'll say is the Warriors made hard work of that Houston team even as great as they were...that was when KD and Steph started to ISO a lot more and not move the ball as much....First season KD Warriors would have spanked them with ease....but as it turns out injuries did that...
Nice videos man, caught me up a bit.
I feel like since James Harden is not playing in Houston anymore, everybody feels nostalgic about him
Your videos keep getting better and better bro keep it up
When those rockets teams were good my life was so dope 💯 on of the reasons I’m a James harden fan while being a laker fan
Im not a rockets fan but I honestly do feel bad for Houston not getting to raise a banner that year they were a lot of fun to watch
As a Warriors fan, this was a great video
Always a great day when Swishout uploads
Hard azz video Swish🔥🔥🔥🔥 I will never forget the 2018 Rockets., Easily the greatest team imo of all time to never win a championship 💔💔💯💯💯