Jordan & The Bulls vs Hakeem & The Rockets 1991/92
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2009
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30 January, 1992. Chicago at Houston.
For a long time... I've avoided putting this game up because.. well, you'll see.
It's just soooo annoying. For so many reasons. But it's also really cool.. for ONE reason!
I don't wanna spoil anything. So that's all I'll say. - Спорт
this game happened decades ago but it still gave me anxiety
I was a Bulls fan before and during the Jordan era. The Rockets were the one team in the West that we all feared. And it was because of Hakeem!
They called him The Dream. But to the rest of the league, dude was an effin NIGHTMARE!
It's hard to compare across generations of players. But I still think Hakeem had the greatest assortment of athleticism, strength and skills of any center who have ever played the game.
He was a tap dancing Queen that's why he's the Dream
Hakeem was as quick as most small forwards and his timing & footwork were incredible. He was also a bit small - during the 80’s and 90’s - for a center at 6-10” and 255. But he’s definitely a top 4 or 5 center in NBA history.....
Well said.
@@alecsanderhamilton9224 Shut yo bitch ass up
Used some of my metaphors , the 1 team that may have beaten Chicago. Would have been a treat to see
Back when regular season matches was played as playoffs. Full of intensity.
I miss those games.
It wasn't
@Tyler Hingleton so why does Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, scottie pippen, IT, Magic Johnson, and Shaq all say it wasn't?
@Tyler Hingleton that's not true u just have nostalgia glasses on and are being influenced by media that always has to find something to complain about.
@Tyler Hingleton so basically this is your opinion based on what u saw. It doesn't matter that players who were actually on the court and played those games agree with me because of what u saw with limited games and media.
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I have seen a lot of Jordan games, and Hakeem always gave the Bulls problems.
and MJ was everyone's problem
@@TheTariqibnziyad exactly he's viewing it from top down. He's using an MJ filter for his thoughts and he doesn't even know it. He has to give credit to Hakeem for just not being a little bitch against MJ but I got sum for him... Stats
This is only to question Rockets fans logic not disrespect them or Hakeem. This is also to question Kenny Smith, Vernon Maxwell, Robert Horry and the very talkative others of Houston because Hakeem has never been so naive to say what they have said and none of the Bulls dismiss the ridiculous notion proposed by Rockets fans out of respect for themselves as champions and for the Rockets as champions. The Bulls of Steve Kerr, Scottie Pippen and the Bulls others have been modest and gracious when met with the delusions of the Houston Rockets others and their beliefs on the championships of the 1990's.
These are records:
Hakeem vs David Robinson in the regular season is 12-30. Hakeem is 4-2 vs David in postseason.
Hakeem vs Michael Jordan is 13-10 in regular season.
Hakeem vs Pippen is 10-16 in regular season. Including 0-1 vs Scottie in 1994. 1-1 vs Scottie in 1995. This includes a 2 for 18 shooting slump thats .111 % being defended by Longley, Perdue, Blount, Pennington and Simpkins.
Hakeem vs Horace Grant is 10-19 in regular season. 4-0 in postseason. 1-1 in 1994. 0-2 in 1995 regular season.
The answer is yes to did the Bulls have an answer for Hakeem, it's called we can beat you anytime anywhere anyplace.
christian white based on your logic, one of the great and legend player who always have more numbers against favorite and dominant team is the one who's better and no.1 in the league.
And why did he and his team struggle against another team. For example sonics.
Btw regular season is not the playoffs games.
Tyler Hingleton and yet they never made to final against the Bulls 3 years in a row.
Playoffs totally different than regular season.
there is a reason MJ got dream in his top 5....
EveryDayIsAGoodDay correction he has 200 blks and 200 stls in a season. he is the only player to ever do that.
Harri v'Jah I also think it's because Dream was picked ahead of him in 1984
Imagine if olajuwon played under phil jackson in the east. Even jordan admitted that it was good that olajuwon rockets could not get out of west during his time. Jordan is the greatest shooting guard because of weak east and phil jackson. Some are saying that lebron lost against poppovich duncan spurs as if poppovich is nothing. Look at spurs now still winning without duncan. Jordan an kobe has phil jackson and duncan has poppovich.
ronald get your lebron outta here 😂😂😂
This is only to question Rockets fans logic not disrespect them or Hakeem. This is also to question Kenny Smith, Vernon Maxwell, Robert Horry and the very talkative others of Houston because Hakeem has never been so naive to say what they have said and none of the Bulls dismiss the ridiculous notion proposed by Rockets fans out of respect for themselves as champions and for the Rockets as champions. The Bulls of Steve Kerr, Scottie Pippen and the Bulls others have been modest and gracious when met with the delusions of the Houston Rockets others and their beliefs on the championships of the 1990's.
These are records:
Hakeem vs David Robinson in the regular season is 12-30. Hakeem is 4-2 vs David in postseason.
Hakeem vs Michael Jordan is 13-10 in regular season.
Hakeem vs Pippen is 10-16 in regular season. Including 0-1 vs Scottie in 1994. 1-1 vs Scottie in 1995. This includes a 2 for 18 shooting slump thats .111 % being defended by Longley, Perdue, Blount, Pennington and Simpkins.
Hakeem vs Horace Grant is 10-19 in regular season. 4-0 in postseason. 1-1 in 1994. 0-2 in 1995 regular season.
The answer is yes to did the Bulls have an answer for Hakeem, it's called we can beat you anytime anywhere anyplace.
That last attempt three-point rejection of Jordan was no fluke by Hakeem. He did it again the following year in the 94 finals against the Knicks. Starks was red hot and Hakeem shut him down at the last second. He was an absolute beast on both ends of the Court.
he did it on starks and Jordan
The Knicks would have won the chip with that shot too. One of the most clutch blocks of all time. And underappreciated and forgotten.
@Devin Woods Truth. And we'll never know of course, but I'm pretty sure Starks would have made that 3-pointer ... he had been on fire that whole game, particularly in the 4th quarter. So that block by Hakeem IMO pretty much cannot be overrated as it almost certainly saved the 1994 title for the Rockets.
@@deja.vunathan yep. I bet Starks still has bad Dreams from that game. His performance in game 7 was the complete opposite of game 6.
@@devinlwoods Truth. I know Starks was a notoriously streaky shooter, but c'mon ... 2-18 from the field and 0-11 from 3-point range in Game 7?! Worst shooting game of his career in the very next game ... coincidence?! I think not.
This video makes up for my regret of never having MJ and Dream meet in the finals. Hakeem's rejection of MJ's final shot is so classical lol
Yutao Tan moo
Yutao Tan that moment was supposed to happen in 94 finals
Imagine if olajuwon played under phil jackson in the east. Even jordan admitted that it was good that olajuwon rockets could not get out of west during his time. Jordan is the greatest shooting guard because of weak east and phil jackson. Some are saying that lebron lost against poppovich duncan spurs as if poppovich is nothing. Look at spurs now still winning without duncan. Jordan an kobe has phil jackson and duncan has poppovich.
Ronald Ronald it was the weak west ...
Ronald Ronald The weak east was only during this current NBA time period. It was not weak during Jordan’s time.
This is classic, MJ and Dream balling out. It's definitely nothing like them in today's game.
jokic giannis rivalry is just as good
Wow, Hakeem the Dream with so many great plays, blocked 2 of MJ's shots, including the last one... I think 1 on 1 the Dream beats anybody, just the most harmonious combo of size, speed, strength, great post up game with endless number of moves, and a killer fade away jump shot... and on top of all a great defender...
what about shaq and wilt? you think he can overpower thier size and strength? I bet on wilt 1on1 because wilt can do track and field and he is a giant stronger than shaq.
dota leavers wilt is terrible if hes not directly by the basket. And even then he played against midgets.
hollowhostile01 no he didn't
Mir Ser 100 percent agree
hakeem was the best post player I've seen, then comes mchale and duncan. all three were amazing
True greatness on display. Olajuwon blocking Jordan's three pointer at the buzzer. Dream can give you clutch blocks, clutch steals, and ofcource clutch shots AGAINST ANYONE.
Hakeem is always the focal point of those early Rockets teams and rightfully so, but Vernon Maxwell gets overlooked a lot because he was one of the few guys in the NBA who could go after Mike and give him a lot of problems on both ends.
I remember when Rudy took over, he would play 4 corners offense and let Mad Max go one on one. He was so hard to stop. He would just take it to the hoop every time.
😂😂😂 I know right. He had a long successful career. But if open your eyes you may see Olajuwon helping on D and dominating Cartwright was the reason Rockets looked good occasionally against early 90s Bulls.
@@billybrooks1 never even made an all star team nigga stfu
Connor Murphy Jordan owned the Rockets 84 - 98'. Period! Twin Tower's era, and this one
@@copyrightstrikez_bandit143 Check Jordan;s record vs the Rockets. Rockets had a winning record. No he did not own them. get some basketball knowledge before u post.
A lot of people say that the Rockets would have never won their championships if MJ would have stayed but I don't think that is true. If you look at the record between both teams in the early 90s, Houston held its own just fine against jordan. It was the sonics and the jazz that gave us hell.
Então porque isso não aconteceu na temporada 95/96 ?
Keith Glass where did anyone say they'd get raped? all that was stated was that the rockets match up well with the bulls. it would have been interesting to see what would have happened, but i think the rockets could have won, although if they did, it would be in 7 games.
***** i do. the bulls always had trouble with the rockets; look at the stats just before he retired. vernon maxwell and him matched up well together. not to mention jordan came back and was part of the 95 play offs, only to be beaten by orlando in 6.
I beg to differ. Taking on An experienced Bulls is a lot different than defeating an inexperienced Orlando Magic team. Bulls had 3 titles and they were not about to be dethroned by the Rockets.
Marx Aur the magic beat the bulls with mj that year in 6 games, and got swept by the rockets.
basketball now isn't no where near as exciting as it was back then. this had my heart racing, and this was just highlights. lol
That move Maxwell at 0:32 was incredible! Jordan-esque for sure
Young Peeper and no better person to do it to than jordan himself. although dr j had similar moves.
+Young Peeper mad max could defend jordan better than anyone. i don't understand how this rocket team didn't make it to the finals. they had more overall athleticism than the bulls. bulls had no answer for the dream.
+AAF-CC Executive Director i think its about the individual match-ups. i think the match ups would have favored the rockets in a playoffs series.
+AAF-CC Executive Director: It seems that the Rockets didn't have enough around Hakeem before '93, & his scoring average started skyrocketing that year (from 21.2 & 21.6 in '91 & '92 to 26.1 in '93). They just couldn't get past the Sonics (which was a bad matchup for them). They would've played the Suns in the Western Conference Finals, which I think the Rockets would've won. (They had the Suns' number, & Hakeem actually had a better season than MVP Barkley.). The Rockets could've won 3 straight titles (& maybe 4 in 5 years if they had gotten past the Jazz in the '97 WCF).
had to rewind that a few times
man I wish I would have seen Jordan vs. The Dream in the Finals!!! would have been epic!!
The nba made so you didn't. Stern didn't want his poster boy's image tarnished and his biggest money making team.
M Martinez what? Stern control which team is gonna win or lose?
Source, prove?
Tyler Hingleton source? proof? Everyone can says that, even children can speaks nonsense whatever they like.
Rockets were usually Choke City back then tho. Vernom Maxwell was very inconsistent too.
Tyler Hingleton hell 2 tha nah. Rockets choked and folded like they tend to do every yr. The back 2 back champion yrs only happened cause Jordan retired. Sonics, Suns, Lakers, etc typically beat Rockets, cause they would fold in the end. The BuLLs were a bonafide Final's contender. The Rockets weren't, cause u didn't kno what Rocket's team would show up back then.
2:14
A Centre with a crossover?
Yeah..that's Hakeem.
Yo! Rambo! That was so clean I had to look at it 3 times.
Nothing special nowadays.
@Brew J centers in Hakeem's era had a fraction of his skills
@@mobetta2092 they still had more than centers today.
Today: I go set a pick. I run to basket and jump. If the ball hits my hands I put it in hoop.
Before. Get me the rock. Let me maneuver around this guy through skill and touch
@@ohdaUtube there are centers today who can maneuver around the basket, on the exterior, and both.
Drummond, Embiid, Antetekumpo, Anthony-Towns, Cousins, Anthony Davis, The Joker, Gasol, Lopez, Whiteside, Nurkic, Aldridge, and others
Boy, MJ wouldn't give up. Even in defeat he was amazing in the closing minutes.
He took the L tho
@@johnwitherspoon1545 its an honourable L compare to the wanna be in this era who took shameful Ls 🤣🤣
@@jeffness88 nahh bro a loss is a losing not hearing that
@@johnwitherspoon1545 i know loss is a loss but losing but never gives up is better than quitting coz you know you're losing. Let me guess you a millenial that's why you dont know the weight of the 2 🤷🤷
@@jeffness88 like I said a Loss is a loss lol ur trying to make a lose sound better but at the end of the day he took the L period wend of discussion
V max always did play on another lvl when he played MJ. ahh i miss those dream shake days.....
He sure did
MadMax will do the dirty job for his team
Salvador Garcia yeah, but MJ still embarrassed daT Arse often mY ninjah.
Most people tried to bring their A game when Jordan was in town
I miss these greats. The from the mid-80's to the late 90's is definitely the golden age of basketball. They play smart and physical game. Ball is always moving and minimal isolation.
Totally agree.
Such amazing basketball. Just look at how effortless Olajuwon plays.
Tom Arnold Jordan owned Hakeem 84 - 98' tho. Especially during the TWin Towers era, The GOAT dominated OLajuwon on both ends like no other player in history.
@@copyrightstrikez_bandit143 jordansexual
No wasted movements. Just like MJ
@@farid0567 Yeah what about it
@@copyrightstrikez_bandit143 8:30 chew on that 🤣
Two of the best teams of the 90s...And two of my all time favourite players, Air Jordan and The Dream Olajuwon! The best guard ever to play the game and the most versatile and most skilled center of all time! :)
Love seeing Hakeem block Mike's shot at the end and then slam the ball down, like, "This is My House "!!!
Besides the brilliance of Akeem, the other player who impressed me in this fine game was Vernon Maxwell. His all around game was quite good and he played head up with Jordan fairly well.
Exactly. Did you see his quickness, he was a great player.
Great player, don't know why he just faded away. He had that jordan type athletics
Jordan wasn't having a good game particularly, but 4th he always turned it up. Almost no game was over for the Bulls, you'd never turn from the game or leave the stadium until the buzzer went off.
The NBA Finals match-up we deserved in 1995 and 1996 but never got.
It would have probably happened '93 if Kenny Smith had hit that last second jumper against the Sonics in game 7.
Loved Michael & Hakeem. The best guard and Center & 2 way players in the last 30 years of the NBA...almost teammates if Houston would have gave up Sampson for Portland's #1 pick and Clyde Drexler in '84 draft.
intense game! these houston teams are the only ones that really tested jordan
yo uau michael Jordán the gamer
Jordan was a sissy compared to Olajuwon.
lol..
Power Gear tested jordan? this game was the toughest of the 5 of six they won during the bulls 1st 3 peat. the others the bulls forced 20+ turnovers and still lost by double digits home or road. only reason why it was that close was the rockets sat players out and the bulls kept starters in to narrow the score. this team owned jordan. lucky he did retire or that myth wouldn't have started.
tor howell suuuuure
If i had a team i take jordan & the dream 2 best in history my favorite players.
What a fitting ending --Hakeem block on the best clutch player.
While thats true, Phil Jackson called a terrible play. He shouldve had Scottie or Horace set the pick for MJ. Same strategy to use with Mutombo - you know he's gonna go for the block, so why use the guys he's guarding to set that pick?
This is real basketball. Not like today's NBA, which is a joke!
soft league, Rodman would be ejected every game with 5 fouls and 2 technicals, its disgusting to basketball, a real man's sport
AGREED SO MUCH.TODAY NBA SUCKS.PLAYERS PLAY ONLY FOR MONEY...NOT THE PASSION OF 9OS...
That's not true at all. Today game you need a different level of skills. The game evolve into trying to play basketball and not freaking football.
That's a lie, today's NBA is by far better with more skillful superior talent. Back in the day the nba was full of physical less talented players.
@@tmo9701 Either most people don't understand skill level or don't care. I know alot of players would be in the nba today just being a big body and physical. Alot of those players from then would being playing overseas or in G league. To sum it up for alot of you it's called evolution.
I love that mj isnt perfect. Hard work make legends..
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To be honest, Hakeem"s Defense is overrated.
ua-cam.com/video/ifx_gRF-ouU/v-deo.html - *Even 6"1 Kevin Johnson destroyed Hakeem Olajuwon.*
@@allanhouston6759 Kevin Johnson destroyed Hakeem Olajuwon....a highlight reel dunk at the end of the 4th in a losing effort with the game result already decided.
I watched that game live....it looked like a carbon copy of most of Jordan's games vs Hakeem 😆
@@allanhouston6759 go tell that to MVP David Robinson
2:33 Hakeem guards Jordan. No other center in NBA history could guard Jordan like that. Amazing player. Hakeem is #1 all time in blocks, #8 in steals, #9 in points, and #12 in rebounds. He is the most versatile player ever.
damn, didn't know vernon maxwell had such a quick first step; he blew by prime all-defense first team MJ twice in this video!
Vernon Maxwell was definitely on the all dark alley team. There's some great, wild stories about him.
hulksmash54 lmao the all dark alley team. Is it “players you wouldn’t want to run into in a dark alley?”
😳 are we still talking basketball? Or do I just have a sick mind?
Damn Kenny Smith was fast
Yes Indeed young Kenny had some speed.
The jet.
Da Kingz lounge show brought me here! Omg time has really changed in the game of basketball. Miss the 80-90s 😞
0:39 what a move by Maxwell it was so Jordan like.
The final two defensive plays in crunch time by Olajuwon on Pippen and Jordan showed how great defensive player he really was ..
Exactly, Olajuwon was so fast and quick to blocked shots.
Olajuwon was always a problem for everybody, even MJ. He was so quick on both ends of the court. Great hands, footwork, etc. Best center all time, IMHO....
it's a crime for you to not mention how good his defense was before all else
This a championship series that should have happened. I think the rockets had a good chance. Mad Max gave Jordan fits.
Mad Max really was crazy. It even freaked MJ out. MJ said there wasn't something right about the guy. That's the only guy who would have gotten inside MJ's head and affected his playing. But then again, MJ and Phil Likely would have put the pressure on the NBA for that type play, and likely would have resulted in more fouls over a 7 game series.
Agreed. MJ and Phil would have probably put pressure on the NBA and resulted in more fouls. Such a move would have somewhat muffled Mad Max's impact.
+mikem987 Starks played Jordan even better except when it mattered ....Starks was an all-pro version of Maxwell. People forget that because Michael would hit him for 50 when it mattered. Playing against crazy people can shake you. Jordan would shoot 35% against Starks in reg season But, after first retirement 1st game in Garden Jordan said his familiarity with Starks was why he hit them with a "double nickle. He usually could never score 50 on that Knicks team on the Road. Houston's only was that Bulls did not see them often...When Bulls got in trouble again Knick.....Jordan-Pippen full court trapping all game...Houston would wilt.
Yeah, but back then the NBA wasn't fixed. Oh, wait, what on Earth am I saying? Disregard that comment, slip of the tongue. Silly me.
@@at1212b No player ever "got in MJs head"....
This wasn’t even prime dream. His offensive game exploded the next few years
Would have loved to have seen that match in the finals in 93 and 94!!! Man it would have been good.
1 nba finals the rockets get from Jordan bulls. I don't think they win twice.
"Todays players are more athletic..." gtfo just look at Jordan, Maxwell, Pippen, Olayuwon they are crazy fast.
Ivan123 and 💪🏿
You named 4 players, there are 4 players on every team now that are that fast and can jump, shoot, and dribble. It's called evolution.
@@KingAmaniImani Show me one on par with Hakeem?
@@KingAmaniImani So you're saying players are just going to get faster and fasterafter each succeeding generation ? And basketball is not just speed , strength and toughness count too
@@outlander234 giannis
Thanks for posting this. For me, it's a game of mixed feelings. If I had to put one team out there as the greatest, it'd be the Jordan-Pippen Bulls (both 3peats)...but my first and favorite basketball hero was Hakeem. Those two Rockets championship teams played above their level whenever it counted, and I love that. Playing above one's level is to me the most inspiring thing in sports.
I hadn't seen Hakeem's final block of Jordan until tonight (since I was a bit of a late bloomer), so thank you again!
What a Game!!! The 93-94 Rockets team is my childhood and still is my favorite team.Olajuwon was my childhood hero I love that guy he is the best center EVER!!
The 1 man that Jordan couldn't stop.
yes sir yes sir people think Jordan isn't human he ain't God, it's just he never face a great center who had the pieces around him.
And Maxwell wasn't scared of Jordan.
Only problem in a 7 gm series if it goes to Chicago it be hard to win in that building.
and because mad max was a hot head Jordan would use that against them smh.
But it would be a great great series!
billy30001000 true and it would most definitely go to the 7th game.... I want to say the 50/50. I think the rockets with drex would win in a 7 game series though.
7 games indeed, but the thing about Jordan, you never bet against Jordan when the money's on the line
scorpionJB Jordan said it himself, he didn't want to see Hakeem in the finals.
scorpionJB but yeah I understand Jordan is the greatest, but these rockets were no joke. and we had the clutch player in NBA history. BIG SHOT BOB!! lmao
The Bulls Dynasty won three consecutive victories twice, but the Houston Rockets dynasty collapsed in just two years.
It is the same as Pistons.
6:01
Damn. That was soooo crazy. Gadamn!!!
Thank you for the classic video 👍
Thanks for posting this. What's interesting is this Rockets team is a SLIGHT example of the difficulties the Bulls may have faced dealing with a dominant big man in a playoff series. Akeem being able to get out on the wing to challenge Jordan's shot is another example a dominant big man with a good power forward would have made it more difficult for the Bulls!
Greatness on greatness at 2:30.
Good game. Hakeem was that x-factor. He made things happen and was great under pressure. He was the one guy I believe could have led a team past the Bulls. A catalyst/leader who I don't believe the Bulls had an answer for. This is a good picture of the way the series would have been if they met in the championship. Still leaning towards the Bulls, but the Rockets had a bigger chance then any of the teams they faced on their championship years.
You're right. The Hakeem match-up plus 3 guards would have posed problems as their front line defenders of Pippen and Grant would have largely been not as effective.
Too bad the Rockets always lost before making it to the Finals when the Bulls were on top.
But one thing about Chicago though was they were excellent in adjusting over a 7 games series. So as much as the regular season matters, it's not the same as the playoffs.
Good insights. The Bulls were amazing at making adjustments. Agree. They would have found a way to defeat the Rockerts, but I believe it would have been a close 7-game series. It's possible if there was a rematch, the following year, with Clyde joining the Rockets, the Rockets might have gotten past the Bulls, with Clyde playing like a man possessed.
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I think a lot of Bulls fans breathed easier when Rockets were eliminated; they went 5-1 vs Bulls during 1st three-peat, with a couple blowouts. Maybe Phil Jackson & his staff saved best adjustments for June & Series would be over before Don Cheney caught up, but we'll never know.
Houston's forwards look fast enough to keep up; Phoenix & Richard Dumas only Bulls Finals opponent who could. Mental lapses like the one that allowed Jordan to slam a missed free throw in final minutes might have made a difference; Bulls were very opportunistic. Nice crossover by The Dream @ 2:12. Bill Cartwright didn't become a center to defend crossovers.
mikem987 The Bulls had a pretty tough time with the Suns and that was a much better matchup for the Bulls since they were a small team. The Rockets success against the Bulls wasn't a fluke, the Rockets were definitely a bad matchup for them because Pippen was matched up against a PF who was just as good as him on the defensive end.
What made Phoenix a tougher matchup by Games 5 & 6 was their depth wearing down a Bull team that no longer had Craig Levingston coming off the bench. Houston didn't get their till '94 & regular season doesn't reveal enough to forecast a seven-game series.
Back when i was a teen watching this as a Chicago fan i got upset and my mood was so off when the Bulls lost. But now looking back at Hakeem i have respect for that player and the Rockets team.
Always fun to see the Bulls vs the Rockets. Thanks for sharing.
6:00 best foul line rebound dunk. Not sure why some other less spectacular Jordan free throw rebound dunks get all the exposure.
No player take that gracious moves, fly and dunk
I remember these games. Bulls would always struggle on their trips to the Texas triangle. They called it that because they'd play San Antonio, Dallas and Houston in back to backs when the Circus took over the Chicago stadium for a week. When the Bulls played those teams at home the games weren't as close.
Well, they still lost to Rockets twice at home during their first three-peat years...
Man that brings back such great memories.. My favorite team the Rockets vs my favorite player Jordan and the bulls... Seems like yesterday.. I’m getting old lol
pretty cool this was in my recommended videos.. i had just made a comment yesterday on how i wanted to see THESE two teams against each other in the 90s regular season since they never met in finals.
Heh. Dayum, at Scott's spinning drive at 50 secs. Nice.
Who thinks the Rockets would beat the Bulls in the finals?
Anyday 🏀🏀🏀 rockets!!
I think that Houston would have beaten the Bulls 1 out of 2.
***** Your way of typing to strangers proves that you resemble that comment.
***** The Magic Beat the Bulls with Jordan and Pippen in 1995. The Rockets then swept the Magic. The Olajuwon Rockets also had a winning record versus the Jordan-era Bulls.
Did you know that Hakeem was Jordan's pick at center when asked to build a team for a pickup game?
Yea. I think they would beat the Bulls.
That crossover dribble at 2:15 is just insane... The GOAT center.
Everybody was talking about "The Dream but Wow the Mad Max was one tough S.O.B. He was freakishly athletic and never backed down from MJ.
That block on Jordan to end the game by Hakeem reminds me of his block on Starks in the 94 finals. Hakeem one of the best defensive centers ever moving his feet and running out on shooters.
@Bread And Circuses center is Kareem and player is MJ. Deluded troll
I wish they would have played in the finals! Just to see who would have one.
Obviously the Rockets. The Trailblazers got lucky. Olajuwon was having a bad season.
I don't know I think the Bulls. This is regular season the bulls were another animal in the playoffs so it would be hard to tell.
The Dream was a beast! Definitely in my top 10! 💪🏾
Hey bladheadkid... your video editions are pretty cool, mixin sound with image... it's looks professional!!!
Congrats!!!!
look at DREAM locking up on mike AND scottie!
Imagine if olajuwon played under phil jackson in the east. Even jordan admitted that it was good that olajuwon rockets could not get out of west during his time. Jordan is the greatest shooting guard because of weak east and phil jackson. Some are saying that lebron lost against poppovich duncan spurs as if poppovich is nothing. Look at spurs now still winning without duncan. Jordan an kobe has phil jackson and duncan has poppovich.
@@ronaldronald5808
*Prime Lebron James lost to a team whose best player was 38-years-old Tim Duncan.*
Lebron is the most overrated player of all-time.
@@allanhouston6759 Bill Laimbeer>>>>>>>Michael Jordan
This is when the NBA was the shit. Now it s flat out pathetic in today's game.
Go get that Dream in my Kenny Smith voice..lol Nice video.
OMG, Hakeen was an absolute monster! His footwork was impressive! That's a Shame that he had a trash last year at Toronto
Yo I argue with people all the time, I believe this rocket team,would have been the team too beat Jordan in the final.
Sad it never happen but this would have been a war. Cause Maxwell was never scared of Jordan.
Andrew Silver
yes sir yes sir people think Jordan isn't human he ain't God, it's just he never face a great center who had the pieces around him.
And Maxwell wasn't scared of Jordan.
Only problem in a 7 gm series if it goes to Chicago it be hard to win in that building.
and because mad max was a hot head Jordan would use that against them smh.
But it would be a great great series!
billy30001000 actually the first time Jordan faced a team that had a great Center with pieces around him.....his Bulls were sent packing.
Then the Rockets should've made the Finals then. But they didn't so what If scenarios are just that so go grab your What If championship trophy LOL
There's no if, facts is facts. Rockets never beat Bulls in finals.
The dream would have beat any bulls final team
Imagine if olajuwon played under phil jackson in the east. Even jordan admitted that it was good that olajuwon rockets could not get out of west during his time. Jordan is the greatest shooting guard because of weak east and phil jackson. Some are saying that lebron lost against poppovich duncan spurs as if poppovich is nothing. Look at spurs now still winning without duncan. Jordan an kobe has phil jackson and duncan has poppovich.
Doubt it. What ifs couldas wouldas akeem=2rings mj=6 lololz
This post is AMAZING!! I was 7yrs old during this game. I wish Jordan and Hakeem would have went at it in the finals. I think between 94' and 95' Hakeem would have been his biggest challenge. Maxwell was a baller too
This is real basketball!! Todays playoff is not same level as competitive like this game
superman very impressive at the six min mark
Jake Pappalardo No its pronounced Hakeem olajuwon.
@ 4:38 I don't think MJ was use to getting his shot blocked like that.
It was extremely close to goldtending. I love it. Back when defense existed.
@@meg-k-waldren not only was it close to goaltending but olajuwon was so much taller than mj but not better at anything that mj did
That move at 0.30 by Vernon Maxwell was amazing!
The clutch defense down the stretch by both teams was amazing, players nowadays simply don't have the smarts to pull off good team defense like that when needed most. Jordan, Pippen, Olajuwon and later Rodman make up some of the best defensive players of all time. What a beautiful era of basketball...
jordan was having a hard time playing againts olajuwon back then
who wasn't ;)
So you're just going to go by one game?
It is only one game. They had other face offs. Jordan and his team winning those
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SC Challenger... MJ and Bulls were 1-5 against Olajuwon and Rockets during ‘91-‘93 seasons. Rockets were the one team Bulls could not match up well against during their first three peat years. That’s why MJ said in an interview that his best starting 5, he’d pick Olajuwon first.
Hakeem the dream is the greatest basketball player ever. He faced Shack, Robinson, Ewing, Barkley, Malone, and Shawn Kemp in their prime and dominated them all. Not one player could guard him one on one. Not one
Imagine if olajuwon played under phil jackson in the east. Even jordan admitted that it was good that olajuwon rockets could not get out of west during his time. Jordan is the greatest shooting guard because of weak east and phil jackson. Some are saying that lebron lost against poppovich duncan spurs as if poppovich is nothing. Look at spurs now still winning without duncan. Jordan an kobe has phil jackson and duncan has poppovich.
Hakeem was the man! But man these rockets were a solid team! Loved watching them play in the early 90s! Thanks for the video
Houston went 2-10 this season in the games Hakeem missed as they fell outta the playoff picture. Shows how valuable he really was those years.
I remember my dad was telling me how maxwell use to give jordan hard time. From watching this video this is really true.
Maxwell owned Jordan In almost every matchup. As a fan Im sad that Jordan got scared and had to retire for 2 years to dodge Maxwell.
Maxwell is the greatest player of all time.
Cathalo nobody
Shame we never got to see the Bulls play the other great team of the 90s in the Finals. They never had to face a beast like Hakeem.
The bulls always had a better team in the finals, always!
Kiking Olivo
That's true. They always got to play good teams...not great ones. Not a single one of the teams the Bulls played ever won a title in that era....even when the Bulls weren't there. Just a different sub-standard team every year for the Bulls to beat.
Kiking Olivo than who!? The Rockets!? Not.
DJVijilante they didn't face the Rockets in the finals, but MJ himself said "we have no answer for Hakeem", but Old and dismantled Lakers, Blazers, Suns, Sonics and Jazz they weren't better than the Bulls at the time, not even close...
Kiking Olivo yes I know they didn't face the Rockets as the NBA made sure of it.
This is why nobody brings up Hakeem being picked 1st before Jordan in the Draft
Sheeeesh …. That man was a Beast
The NBA never wanted the Rockets and Bulls to play each other in the finals because if they would've met in the 1995 the Rockets would've got em! That was the year the magic with penny & o'neal eliminated the bulls and got swept by the Rockets in the finals. Jordan would've been 5-1 in the finals instead of 6-0. That Rockets team matched up with them perfectly. Olajuwon would've been the difference because no one would've stopped dude. On both ends of the floor He would've dominated the bulls front line with ease.
Bronsexual : Mj hAd nO cOmPeTiTioN ...
yeah he had no comp, he played in a big man era, in 2000s and 2010s mj would have to face AI Kobe T mac Vince Carter Lebron Melo KD Harden Westbrook Steph Curry, mj barely played in the 2000s
🤷🏾♂️not Jordan. Fault Hakeem and rockets never took care of business to face bulls in finals
This was a great game boy!!Wow. My favorite Jordan vs Olajuwon contest. this game was playoff intense and Maybe the way Rockets vs Bulls match-up would've felt in '94. Greatest Player/Scorer/2Guard/Athlete vs Greatest Shot Blocker/Center?/Defender/Post Player
Record set straight ‼️🙏🏼
in 94-95, with the Bulls @ their weakest during the Jordan/Pippen "6peat years", 87-88 to 97-98: the Bulls split with the Rockets 1-1. This, without Horace Grant 🏆🏆🏆(Orl), without Cartwright 🏆🏆🏆(Sea), without Scott Williams 🏆🏆🏆(Phi). This, against the 1994 defending champion Rockets pre-Drexler for Thorpe trade. This, with Perdue 🏆🏆🏆, who was discarded in 94 because Williams, Cartwright, Longley, and Wennington were all more useful. This, also with Longley (0 rings by 95), with Corie Blount (no Rodman or Grant), with Wennington and Simpkins. The Bulls had a combined 3 trophies amongst their big men in 95, as compared to 12-15 trophies amongst their 94 big men. These center-challenged '95 🐂Bulls🐂 held Hakeem to 2/18 shooting, .111 % ‼️‼️‼️1 ast, 1 stl, 1 blk and won 100-83.
Meanwhile the Bulls retarded tandem of Purdue, Blount, Longley, Wennington and Simpkins went for 27 pts, 23 rebs, 8 assists and 4 steals vs Hakeem, Thorpe and Herreras combined 27 pts ,15 from Hakeem, 23 rebs, 2 asts, 1 stl, 1 blk.
Not to mention 1993-94 , the biggest year in question for the Jordan and Chicago vs Hakeem and Houston "what if?"... The Bulls were again 1-1 with Houston and they were 1-0 with Pippen vs Hakeem, 0-1 with Grant vs Hakeem. The Grant game: when Houston was in the middle of their 22-1 1993 start to the 94 season and playoff.
Houston didn't really own Chicago in 94 or 95. In the only two seasons in the 90's where Houston proved they were even good enough to challenge Chicago, they were 2-2 vs a transitional Bulls team without Jordan for all 4 games, without Pippen for 1, Pippen 2-1 vs Hakeem & Houston, and without Grant for 2 games, 1-1.
Another major caveat is that the 94 Bulls were adding Kukoc to Jordan, Pippen and Grant. Which is the second best 4some Chicago would have ever had with potential to be no.1 because it is only arguable that Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Kukoc are better than the former (but 72-10 and 🏆🏆🏆 is hard proof to surpass 🤣).
The 1994 Bulls with Airness, Scottie, Horace and Toni, may have been the best Bulls team of the 90's and maybe their best offensive team ever as Kukoc / Grant > Rodman on offense.
The 1994 Rockets were not facing the 1993 Bulls. It would have been 1993 Bulls plus Kukoc and Airness back for a 4 peat. The Rockets would have played a different Bulls team in 94 and 95 finals then their regular season foe from 91-93 in Chicago... in regards to those seasons of 91 and 92, and the 61-21 and 67-15 Bulls vs 52-30 and 42-40 Rockets... in the playoffs? Good luck to Houston even winning a game.
The only realistic chance when it counted, that Houston ever had was in 1993 when Houston was 55-27, and Chicago was 57-25 (still Chicago has home court 🤣) . The 1993 Bulls were already fortunate enough to upset NY and PHX teams with home court advantage. Not saying Houston wouldn't have done the same upsetting of Chicago in a 93 series, just saying no guarantee and that Chicago already climbed greater mountains in 93 playoffs than facing Houston would have been.
Just saying that the Bulls 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 proves their pedigree really well. And if they faced Houston in every final from 91-95 with Airness in all finals, with Kukoc in 94 and 95, Pippen in all finals, Grant in all finals, the Bulls would have been the favorite. They would have had home court, and they would have had the better team with question mark over 93.... All that considered, the Bulls are @ worst 4-1 vs Houston in finals from 91-95, potential to be 5-0 like 60's Celts on Lakers tip, and had they gone to 8 straight from 91-98, and with combinations of rosters with Grant, Rodman, Kukoc, Harper, Airness, Armstrong, Cartwright, Pippen, the Bulls would most likely be 7-1, if not 8-0 vs Houston in all finals.
But this myth that the 5-1 reg season records of Houston vs Chicago in 91-93 affects the 94 Bulls or even upsets 91 and 92 Bulls teaams is ridiculous, far-fetched, short-sided and ultimately disrespectful and ignorant.
Which is why Maxwell and Horry woofing is as annoying as a Trump rally. It's called being wrong and not caring how stupid you sound.
And Scotti Pippin said that the Bulls would win against the Rockets LMFAO Pippin must of forgot this video and the other games were the Houston Rockets beat Bulls from 1990-1993 Rocket's won 5-1 from 1990-1998 Rockets have beaten the Bulls more times then any other NBA team of the 90's Rocket's owned Bulls
Hakeem and Roberts Horry owned Jordan and Pippin
Aldine Westfield the regular season is one thing...but them meeting in the finals playing in a seven game series would’ve been something totally different.
@@Renegade-jk4uxRocket's in the NBA finals where a whole different level team as while so Rocket's would still win in the finals
Then why were the Rockets absent from 1991-93 and 1996-98 if they were that good?
Rockets had the Bulls number, no doubt. Vernon Maxwell shut MJ down.
Jacob Cuevas indeed. but its something thats never talked about and often overlooked. i guess they dont want to hurt all the folkore that follows the perfect michael jordan. And get ready for the million comments complaining about our comments.
hollowhostile01 Right LMAO same goes for the whole who's better SHAQ OR HAKEEM debate when Shaq himself said Hakeem is the center to go to, though Shaq saying himself is the last of his dying breed.
that move by maxwell in this game is just as nice as any move I've seen Jordan do, Jordan was great but people overlook that certain players shut him down, no one more than larry bird, he did drop 60 on the celtics but Jordan rarely won any games against bird. jordan even says he was trilled larry was retiring because he ruined so many of his game. the league wants certain myths to remain youll never hear about jordan being bested, especially by maxwell
+Jim26D Jordan still had 20 something points bro. That's far from being shut down. 10 points or less= shut down. There's no conspiracy about the league either lol Jordan is the greatest of all time and Damn near every hall of famer especially the ones who played against him call him the greatest
Tim Gwaltney remember Jordan by the 3rd was 6 for 20
Bulls vs Rockets is the biggest what-if Finals matchup in history
The Rockets a few years later were better compared to here with Horry, Elie, and Cassell.
Thrilling....scintillating....good stuff!!
8:31 Chew on that MJ,lol.
FuShengAlex right. I guess Jordan can cry on his SIX.... championship rings over 1 blocked shot to lose a game. The rockets couldn’t do anything with Jordan in the league. Proven!
payne couldn't do anything with Jordan in the league? Didnt they eliminate a NBA champion before he even had a +.500 record?
Oh yeah they swept a Orlando team he faceplanted in crunch time against in the playoffs.
@@FuShengAlex I should have specified...once they won their first championship. They won of course when he retired the first time. But when he came back, bulls dominated again (not just Houston).
@@PayneTrain2006 actually when he "came back", he and Chicago lost to Orlando in 6 games.
@@FuShengAlex This is true. But I think Orlando caught the Bulls at that right time when MJ was still rusty from baseball. And yes The Dream is a beast. And Houston gave them fits. Wish I could have seen them in the playoffs.
Its a good thing MJ was not in the finals when Hakeem won it twice . MJ might have a loss or two on his record . F-ing Houston was loaded with some great players Sleepy Floyd ,Otis Thorpe, Kenny Smith, Robert Horry,Hakeem etc.and they got better the following years Where was MJ then
Lol, It is a good think MJ left so houston can get its rings? where where they before and after the 2 rings? that is where jordan and scottie shines because they are the only two consistent player...
playing baseball, and it's lucky for Hakeem because had he not been playing baseball he would have been playing basketball and if he had been playing, hakeem would not have those championships.
tee duke Just for information Jordan has a losing record against Hakeem in head to head match ups. Hakeem and one other teams has a winning record against a Jordan and the Bulls.
Coppydoublelopp Kliem maybe you're right, that's nothing though. i have a lot of respect for Hakeem, so do Jordan.
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it's called match ups. they couldn't get past the sonics. sam perkins could shoot the three and spaced it out. sorta neutralized hakeem. just like mad max scared jordon and messed him up. probably said some truth.... oh wait sorry, crazy stuff in his ear about a gambling debt or some sorta marital infidelity.
As a Bulls fan, I always hated it when they take that Texas trip. The Rockets as well as the Spurs always gave them a run for their money. Maybe it's coz of those two incredible centers Hakeem and David. Almost won 70 games that season, 67 ain't bad though. Even though they didn't win, this is still a great upload. Thanks.
this game is way more exciting than games these days
If Rockets did not get home cooked by the Sonics, they would have beat the Bulls in the finals. They beat the Bulls by an average of 12 points that year. Maxwell+Olajuwan = Jordan shutdown.
You rockettes fans live in a dream world
Alain Laroche How so? Maxwell always did a good job on Jordan and the Bulls had no answer for Olajuwon.
Alain Laroche sounds like youre living there down the street buddy. facts dont lie.
I don't know where you got your "average of 20 points" idea from, but the Rockets and Bulls only played each other twice that season. The first game was in Chicago and the Bulls won by 14. The second was this game, where the Rockets won by 3. Jordan wasn't shut down in either game. He shot 44% for 35 points in the first game, and 34% for 22 points in this game. Olajuwan shot 38% for 17 points in Chicago and 57% for 27 points in this game.
IamTheSherm the year that the Rockets lost to the Sonics in the playoffs 92, they beat the Bulls by an average of 12 points (correction) per game. www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/1993_games.html?mobile=false
The Rockets are the greatest team of all time. Hakeem is the greatest player of all time. He makes Lebron look like a bowler and Michael look like a balloon twister.
TARD.
yes and they won 2 championship...... when mj retired?
+hendra tw No they won their 2nd title when Mike was sent packing by Orlando
+hendra tw You do realize the Rockets and Bulls were in different conferences, right? MJ's retirement is irrelevant.
C'mon, he just don't had the challenge anymore, he allready did what magic and bird cannot accomplish, win 3 straight tittles, you compairing THE MJ, GOD IN BASKETBALL..., how many times rockets go to final, with additional teammate like barkley, drextler, and ooo i forget pippen.... they are good ( the rockets) but i never heard they win 72 in a season...
Classic basketball right here! I can’t even watch the game that’s played today.
Man this is gold!