How the 1994 Nuggets Did the Impossible!
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you should’ve mentioned how denver took utah to 7 games after being down 3-0 in the following round
Mark Guemo what the fuck r u talking sbout
jplzzios yooooo I didn’t know this lol that’s so awesome to know that this team was goat tier backs to the wall
@Mark Guemo its ok
Mike The Scott tying a series down 3-0 is pretty damn impressive
Mike The Scott you know what's also impressive? Shut the fuck up
George Karl still looked old asf back then too 😂
George Karl was born looking like he was in his 80s.
I remember NBC reporting on what a big baseball cap fanatic he was; I’ll never forget his Tar Heel cap since I have the same one
Mutombo is a legend. Loved him when he was at Houston, even though he was past his prime.
Yeah he was drafted at age 25 which I always found mysterious; I believe I understand now that he was recruited once scouts discovered him and he must’ve been 21 at the time but I suppose he harbors a great underdog story with that being said and it’s not too late to follow your dream as a metaphor
Brian Williams was the X factor in that series. Brian Williams was awesome in that series RIP Big Man never forgotten
As a Rockets fan, thank you, Nuggets. Rockets always struggled against those Sonics teams.
I disagree in 1993. It took overtime and a missed three pointer in Game 7 for the Sonics to beat the Rockets.
the sonics in 94 weren't ready....hakeem was..the sonics dont beat the rockets imo in 94...
Asmosis Jones the rockets would have won that year. They still had Robert Horry. Lol
Mahdi Knicks Joe Ingles scored more PPG this year than Horry’s career high. He’s an accomplished player who made a career out of being in the right place at the right time, but you can’t use his name as a series decider
Kentavious Caldwell-GOAT how many game winners? Smh ur not old enough to debate with me kid.
Dude how did you not bring up how Denver in the 2nd round went down 3-0 vs the jazz and forced a game 7. First NBA team to ever force a game 7 down 3-0 they were the comeback kids.
Andy22 actually they are the 2nd team, first team was Rochester royals in 1951 nba finals, the 3rd one is 2003 blazers who forced a game 7 against mavs
And the bulls beat both the sonic and the jazz in the finals
Then in 2020 the franchise finishes the comeback
A lot of people say that the Warriors over Mavericks was the biggest upset in NBA history. But imo the Nuggets beating the Sonics in 94 still is. On paper, matchup wise Denver had no business winning that series. Just remarkable.
NO
Nuggets were a nightmare match up for Sonics. They even split them in the regular season 2-2. The only western teams that split the top seeded Sonics were the Rockets and the Nuggets. Everyone in the West was run over by the Sonics
If the Nuggets woke up early about the match up problems they easily could have 3-0 the Sonics.
Same can be said to GSW vs the Mavs. Mavs could easily swept everyone else in the playoffs except for GSW
True!!!
How the 2011 Grizzlies pulled the impossible
Honestly this is one of the most underrated 8-1 upsets and probably the one with the least external factors/ excuses for why the 1 lost
crazy thing about that 94 Nuggets team is the next round against the Jazz they managed to push that series to 7 games. So a team that had no business being the playoffs was a game away from the western conference finals.
I remember that series very very well. I am from Houston and a big Rockets fan. Sam Perkins was Hakeem's kriptonite. The Rockets did bring Seattle to game 7 in 1993 and lost game 7 by 2 points so who knows if Seattle would have beat the Rockets in 1994. But the bookends of the Rockets 2 championships resulted in losses to Seattle in both 1993 and 1996. The Rockets won 5 of 6 against the early 90's championship Bulls as the Bulls could not guard Hakeem and Vernon Maxwell did very well matching up against Jordan, so it is possible that Houston had more problems vs Seattle than Chicago. The Rockets finally overcame Seattle when they got Charles Barkley, so that felt good. End result of 1994 and 1995, Dreams that last forever if you are a Houston fan!!!
The Sonics lowest shooting and scoring averages were actually against the Rockets out of all the West teams the first 2 seasons Rudy T was coach. The 2nd season only 2 teams in the conference held the Sonics below 45% shooting, the Rockets and Nuggets. I feel with the defense the Rockets had they would've probably gotten out of the West regardless in the the 7 game series the Sonics won it was the 2 possessions they got in overtime when the Rockets should've had possession that ended up making the difference. The Sonics really became the kryptonite of the Rockets when they were an uptempo team with Drexler and they didn't have a PF, the Sonics in that period averaged over 105 ppg and shot nearly 48% overall against the Rockets, those were significant increases.
I’m a nuggets fan and those were the days
I was at that game 3. Mcnichols Arena was going berzerk. The best NBA game I’ve ever been to.
Mdj thank u so much for making such great NBA vids man, u have inspired me so much that I have decided to make my own sports UA-cam channel so thank u so much for the content and motivation and keep it up!👍
The Warriors beat the Mavs in 6 not 7.
#mffl
i think he meant on in a 7 game series
I watched that series live and u could see what Denver’s game plan was since they knew if u allowed Seattle trapping d to force a bunch of turnovers which lead to open baskets u basically didn’t stand a chance. They also knew that Seattle half court offense was mostly a detlef post up and Sam perk spotting up since kemp hadn’t developed a jump shot at that time.
How the 2016 warriors did the impossible
By becoming the first team to win and lose after being down and up 3-1 in back to back seasons? 😂
@@jonathanparker1774 by having 73 win season and blowing 3 1 lead against cavs
Jonathan Parker LoL read the question he said “How the Warriors made THE NBA history” they didn’t make NBA history but they made THE NBA history. It’s a joke lol
Lol he even changed the video title because of my comment
@Vukasin Perisic How did the 2017 Warriors did the redemption?
Game 4...I remember the Sonics rightfully crying foul over that zone. Back in 1994, zone defenses were illegal in the NBA.
Bison Dele...sounds like Daylay. He was known as Brian Williams before the name change in 1998 to honor his Native American heritage. Mahmoud (sounds like Mock-mood) Abdul-Rauf was previously known as Chris Jackson. I saw this in 94 and it was the coolest thing.
Spoiler alert, 8th seed beat the 1st seed.
I wish there were f1 UA-camrs as good as MDJ, Dom2k..etc
There is Aldas
@@im_Smitty yh I watch Aldas but apart from him there aren't channels like this as good
@@sergeantsupreme4395 Yeah I know what you mean, there are a ton of NBA channels but barely other sports
Wats f1?
The exposing Penguin formula one racing
up until till our 4-1 Finals Win over The Heat this year this was our most notable post-season achievement
Clips beating Dubs this year would top them all
They need one more injury for that too happen
@@usernotfound00118 it sounds so bad but so true lmfao
one thing weird is how the 2012 76ers 2011 grizzlies and 1994 nuggets all took the conference ssemi finals to 7 games and the knicks in 99 won the east but it was a lockout so they weren't a true 8th seed since they were 6 games out of first when the playoffs started out east so thats just funny to me that the 2007 warriors are the only team to lose in 5 the next round as a 8th seed upset team..the 94 sonics lost cause it was a 5 game series same for the 99 knicks the 2012 76ers won cause of injury same for the 2011 grizz but the 07 warriors did something no one expected cause the mavs won 25 more games than them and they won in 6 without any injuries or luck .they just own flat out
Nathan Bixby boy did this age horribly!
How the 2019 Tampa Bay Lightning made history.
Sports n' Anime Entertainment ayy, blues finna win it all this year
Lol the first thing i thought of
@Stiopic Dumbass
Sports n' Anime Entertainment thanks for not letting Marchand win another, he doesn’t deserve it. As a totes fan I am just hoping for playoffs next year
Don’t forget the Vegas Knights’ first year!
I wasn’t even alive for this 😂 but this was the better upset than the Wariors
I remember watching that game thinking
The impossible was made possible
Thanks for making something different
Thumbeds up and shared
Good video I was 13 at the time and stunned that what seemed like the cream of the crop team in the Sonics whom I believed was the best were eliminated ; you’re obviously younger so I really tip my hat off to you putting this together; I’m sure you must’ve put in countless hours doing your homework; I subbed on the first video this one
I know people are already pointing it out, but the story of this Nuggets team can’t be told without mentioning their second round playoff series against the Jazz. They fell behind 3-0, and managed to force a Game 7 before finally losing.
Denver won six games that postseason, ALL of them were elimination games. That’s legitimately incredible. Even if they didn’t make it to the conference finals, the 93-94 Nuggets are without a doubt the most resilient team in NBA history.
Good background music keep making the videos the way they are.
MDJ the GOAT
Mutombo the reason why I got into basketball....good memories this 🙌
if it's the nuggets team in 2k19 then its awesome cause dikembe is also awesome
Dele was still called Brian Williams at that time I think. Pack and Rodgers did well along with Brian Williams.
Ny knicks achived more than nuggets in 1999, from 8seed position at eastern conf. They reached the nba finals
Pff “ThE wArRiorS bLeW a 3-1 LeAd.”
Never forget the ‘94 Supersonics blew a 2-0 lead
Yo Marc how u been. I was here since the NBA way lol. If yk yk
I'll never forget that crazy nba season the sonics were favorite to win it all. Jordan if i'm not mistaken retired the first time that year. And the nuggets who know one expected upset the sonics which shocked the hell out of me even still to this day.
i mean a lot of people expected houston seattle conference finals and sonics in 7 due to home court but hakeem was mvp so a lot of people had them winning...I think the rockets would of found a way the way they did vs the blazers suns jazz and knicks that year...just a thought....they beat the suns down 3-1 so...
this is the year the 3 point line was like 2 ft shorter so everyone learned how to shoot 3's to take advantage and shooters were signed to use it yet only the rockets really utilized it correctly....also it wasn't that shocking...they took the jazz 7 so that Denver team had heart and talent..ellis dikembe williams rauf pack dele stiff rogers...the sonics weren't ready
@@razkable The 3 pt line was shortened the following season.
This is a great video.
1994 NBA Playoffs had the potential to be exciting, can you imagine in the eastern conference finals Magic vs Knicks 🤔 and then Western Conference finals Suns vs Sonics back to back years this time Sonics having home court advantage.
mdj lowkey a comedian
I really enjoy this vid
Bison Dele (pronounced day-lay) was known as Brian Williams at the time, he changed his name towards the end of his career. Minor nitpick on an otherwise sweet vid.
And murdered by his own blood brother; despite that I admire him for being able to live a Bohemian life after basketball; lots of people would do anything to have a few years just wandering and enjoying and seeking the meaning of life
Lol you sounded serious about the NBA League pass engraving 😂
So this is the only reason this nugget team is a classic team on 2K 😂😂😂😂😂
That 5 o'clock shadow looks nice bro
Aye this was a nice video.
You should make a video on the Grizzlies’ 8th seed upset in 2011
Denver was down 3-0 to Utah n forced game 7
最喜欢你的视频了，信息量总是很大，也看得出你花了很多时间做研究
I guess you're uploading more frequently now
i wanted the sonics to win that series because i always played as the Kemp and Schrempf in NBA Jam
NBA Jam was good on Nintendo in the 90s.
Damn mdj u really like making videos about 8 seeds beating 1 seeds lmao
I remember Pack...good player
Please, tell me more about the watch..
Mutombo made 31 blocks in that series... 31 !!!
Before that, olajuwon had that too against those same sonics team in 1993.
Seattle had been making progress leading up to this with Kemp and Payton.
1991- make playoffs
1992- win a playoff series
1993- win 2 playoff series
Each year,, going farther,
But in 1994, when it seemed like they would take that final step, they instead went backwards.
To think an inexperienced Nuggets team beat a SEA team that had made it to Game 7 of the ‘93 West Finals.
Heck, Seattle has been in a first round game 5 the prior year with Utah so it’s not like this was unfamiliar territory
Think about this, the rockets were this close of beating the sonics in the last second in 1993, and they eliminated the sonics in 1997.
They need to go back to the 1st round being best of 5
They won’t it’s all about the Benjamin’s
5:57 *sunk
Idk why but people don’t talk enough about Memphis upsetting the #1 seed Spurs
Well for me, it’s both the one in 2006 and this one here in 1994.
But can I use the code multiple times ?
Fun fact that this video just taught me. Both 8th seeds who upset the number 1 seeds both lost to the jazz in the second round
not the 2011 grizzlies 2012 76ers or 99 knicks lol..
@@razkable your right!lol
What happened at 2:10?
Go Nuggets !
Hahaha marc u changed the title of the video coz of my comment hahaha
Both Dallas and warrios knew warriors will win before they played. think baron Davis talked about it
Game 4, roughly 30 seconds left in regulation, Sonics up 3. Shawn Kemp gets the sh*t hacked out of him going to the hoop and goes to the line to shoot two. If he makes just one of them this upset never even happens. As a Seattle fan I’m still not over it. Sonics would have rolled to the finals after that and most likely handled NY in the finals IMO. Their next two playoff opponents would have been teams they had beat the year before. Denver despite having 21 less regular season wins than Seattle was just a really bad matchup specifically for the Sonics. Had they drawn anyone else at the 8 spot in round one they’d have been just fine.
Nuggets were a menace
The only team to do the impossible was the '94 Nuggets. The 8th seed beating the 1st seed was downgraded to improbable.
Let's hope Clippers can win against the Warriors
Girlfriend?? 1:44 Keep it up Marc!
The Knicks are the first 8th seed to reach NBA Finals.
Yes you’re right it was the Spurs first chip but the East was abysmal that year and many after
Here after the nuggets came back from 3-1 lead against the clippers
1999 knicks (8th seed) also they upset against the Miami in first round during that day
2:09 Chicago Bows
2:12 October “Siff”
1:26 Damn lay off the caffeine brotha
😂😂 3:10 Enver
bro pls no more medival music xd
My 2k hero Robert pack!!! Hahaha
Nuggets were a bigger upset imo especially since they were down 2-0 in a 5 game series n 94 Sonics were stacked
If it was 7 game series would they still been upset?
No they would have won game 6 in a close one and get momentum then blow them out in game 7
JUST any #1 seed losing in the first round is an upset
yes cause they took the jazz to 7 the next round....the sonics were mentally weaker..took them 2 years to get to the finals cause of that loss...
5 more appearances after 94? Kemp was traded after the 97 season for baker
0:40 I'mma let you finish, but I don't think the result of that series changed either team's future very much.
Nitpick, it's pronounced "Bison DAY-lay".
11:15 Payton and Kemp could not possibly have led the Sonics to five more playoff appearances, since Kemp was traded to Cleveland after the 1996-97 season.
@@RicardoAGuitar Exactly, they just had 3 more runs before their disbanding
The Sonics were what I like to refer to as a matchup casualty, like rock, paper, scissors. They were a dynamite team but as it turned out, a flawed team. It's hard to tell looking back if it was a fatal flaw that would have manifest itself regardless of the opponent or if Denver was the only team structured in a way that they could exploit it. I'm leaning toward the latter so although there was no guarantee the Sonics would've taken it all the way, I think they'd have had a far better shot of beating Utah and would've been the more dangerous opponent against the Rockets than either Denver or Utah. Or the Knicks for that matter. And in case anyone is wondering, the Sonics and Rockets split 4 head to head games in the regular season that year with the home team winning all 4 games.
The Sonics achilles heel was playing in the halfcourt, that's why the Rockets before Drexler joined them matched up well with them. They played the halfcourt style and had a legit PF, Drexler turned them into an uptempo team and not having a PF made the Rockets vulnerable inside. Perkins being a shooter that played the C position made it difficult for Dream in the paint.
@@ChrisM07 Perkins was a part of it, yeah, I agree with that. His perimeter game was often clicking against the Rockets, which often drew Hakeem farther away from the basket, allowing guys like GP and Kemp more opportunities to get to the hoop than other teams normally had against them. I'll tell ya who the Sonics had a lot of trouble with throughout those years though and that's Barkley. Barkley killed them in the '93 conference finals and I believe it was his first year with the Rockets in '97 when they finally broke through against the Sonics in the playoffs that year after losing to them in '87, '93 and '96.
@@madcapper6 Right again. Barkley with that 44 & 24 in game 7 of the western conference finals vs Kemp. It's mental vs Barkley. Shawn Kemp had no problems with Otis Thorpe and Carl Herrera from Houston. I think that's why they beat the Rockets in 1993
@@mongoslade277 False, Kemp actually had more good games against Barkley than he did against the Rockets with Thorpe/Herrera there. Barkley was simply a scorer, Thorpe on the other hand was a defensive minded player he was probably the best defensive PF the Rockets ever had. Carl Herrera was like Thorpe a very tough defensive player and extremely agile both guarded Kemp pretty well usually. The Sonics weren't even the team to beat in the West the Suns were considering they were the conference champions. They also led the league in scoring and the Rockets not only beat them after dropping the first 2 games at home they held the Suns almost 10 points below their season average, that Rockets team was much stronger compared to the 96 team that looked overmatched against the Sonics.
Kemp's scoring and shooting averages in 97 against Barkley weren't that much different from the prior year, the big difference in the Rockets getting swept and winning the following year was having Barkley and Kevin Willis on the frontline to matchup better with the Sonics forwards. Barkley had 1 game that entire series where he dominated down the stretch (G4), G3 he had 0 fgs (only 3 points off freethrows) in the 4th and G7 didn't score at all the last quarter.
@@madcapper6 Barkley didn't really kill the Sonics in 97 outside of G4. 2 of the games the Rockets won he didn't have a fg in the 4th quarter at all (G3 3 points off freethrows and G7 scoreless in the 4th).
Video starts at 2:01
In 98 they shot better from 3 than they did this year
am I the only one interested in the grizzlies’ upset over the spurs in 2011
1999 Knicks? Beat the Heat in Game 5 on a last second Allen Houston floater and trekked all the way to the Finals where they lost to the Spurs in 5. This Knicks team should be the biggest #8 seed upset cause they went onto the Finals without a healthy Patrick Ewing who missed 1/2 the post season.
1994 was only a 5 game series while the 2007 series was 7 so I have to give my nod to the 2007 Warriors.
Sinked
The Warriors upset the Mavericks in 6 games, not 7. They eliminated them at home.
The '99 Knicks did the same, right?
Zamppa86 we made it to the finals 2. It was the lockout season so they would have had a better record if we played more games.
One of those years the Knicks was am 8 seed and beat their archrivals the Miami Heat the 1 seed
The majority opinion is dead wrong the Nuggets upset is the greatest.
The watch ad ends at 2:03 :)
Listen to “The Best Show” talking about the 94 Nuggets. Absolutely hilarious
It was an upset if you talk about seeding
The nuggets were a nightmare match up for the Sonics. The Sonics were lucky to even win 2 games straight. They would beat the rest of the conference except the Nuggets
This Nuggets team didn't have any playoff experience though. The Nuggets made them play in the halfcourt which was their achilles heel if the Sonics had that much trouble with the Nuggets the Jazz and Rockets wouldn't have been any easier. That Rockets team had a stronger frontcourt compared to the one they had when Drexler was with them, there was also the Knicks out East the Sonics would've more than likely ran into a roadblock regardless.
@@ChrisM07
Even if the Jazz and the Rockets forced halfcourts, it would have been easier. Already demonstrated on 1993/1996 Sonics beat them. You can see the competitiveness on both. win one lose one. There is a diffference when Nuggets were winning 3 straight.
Not even Olajuwon/Malone/Ewing had the total blocks of Dikembe. The main problem they had with the Nuggets is speed. Nuggets was able to outrun them as well. Not only that, the right amount of bodies they put on Kemp. Young Rodgers/Smith/Dikembe was just too much. It countered Kemp's athleticism. A match up from hell.
If there was too blame, it was Dan Isle who had the right tools to beat the Sonics and the Jazz. Playoff experience falls into place but Dan Isle mindset wasnt there.. Even in his mind they had no chance. They started off 0-2 vs Sonics and 0-3 vs Jazz.
Rockets/jazz/Knicks/Magic can always force half courts but Sonics was just quicker overall. The Nuggets were the only team that could have beaten them in a series that year.
@@oneyedthing That doesn't mean the Sonics would've beaten them in 94. Those series went to a deciding game it wasn't like the Sonics breezed through them with little trouble, the Sonics got knocked out by the Lakers in the 1st round too they were beatable. The Rockets with Drexler was the only team the Sonics handled fairly easily and that was when their frontcourt wasn't as strong as the one they had when they won their 1st championship.
The Sonics also didn't have a true leader on the team yet. Payton eventually took the leader role later on when he emerged as a top 10 player that's why I said the Sonics would've likely ran into a roadblock regardless.
@@ChrisM07
Still considering a 3 zip win by the Nuggets. Sonics didnt have a clue.
In my opinion with a lesser talent in 1996 Sonics reached the finals.
Im not saying they would beat the Rockets/Jazz 94-95 like a sharp knife cutting into butter, rather they had the edge. Then again.. The Sonics beating them in 93 and 96 proved it otherwise.
Now getting 3 zipped by the 94 Nuggets and and worse by the 95 Lakers posed a lot of similarities. Young team with a backcourt/frontcourt. Match up problems doenst really matter if your with a superstar or not. A right amount of role layers can beat a top team. All it needed was a regular season match up. and right seeding in the post season.
2007 Dallas with MVP Dirk also infamously proved that.
Contrary to popular belief they didnt "choke".
Great video, great team, music sucks big time :P
I like your videos, but I’ve never liked this background music. It sounds completely out of place.
I like it okay even though it’s only one who thinks so
Then in 95 Lakers did the same
Yes you’re right I believe the Lakers were seeded fifth against a fourth seed Sonics; really was a great time to be a Laker fan; the years that followed IMO did not compare to this team until the first championship team to follow