No matter what happens, this is the most satisfying win I've ever experienced

Hack-a-Asik or Hack-a-Omer is officially Hack-a-whatever-his-name-is now thanks to Durant.

 

Dwight doesn't deserve the Rockets

 

agreed. WB's stock is rising slightly in this series as he's somewhat of a polarizing figure, like Lin, whom a lot of people felt might have been holding the Thunder back. The past 3 games have shown just how much they need WB.

 

Little known fact: we won because of the ketchup and mustard. It is a must for the potential game 7.

 

This +1billion

 

Asik over Dwight Howard!

 

Take your troll somewhere else. Rockets fan?

 

Favorite Rockets teams since the Sura, Barry, Mike James days.

 

Ever? Nah. Probably not in the top 25 satisfying wins. Great win though!

 

Ya, Rockets fan born and raised in the H. How about you take your only desires for Linsanity and beat it pal.

 

We need brooks to play more.

 

Don't defend Rockets Pride. He had already been banned by Clutch in March, the other name had a join date of March 2013. Obviously he has two different screennames.

 

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"Gonna go back to the desert!"

Man that line always gives me chills..

 

It was definitely a nice win, but like others said the Elie shot was much better as far as a "game experience" goes. Definitely 100000X better for so many reasons:

-It was a Game 7
-Extremely tight game the whole way
-Crap Talk by Barkley and Butt kicking Inc.
-Coming back from being down 3-1
-Win put us in West Finals with HUGE momentum

If we win this series it will probably be pretty close to the Phoenix win, but it still won't match it. No way, no how.

 

Great win, GREAT WIN, however...

HOU vs LAC 1993 1st round Game 5
HOU vs PHX 1994 2nd round Game 7 - after being down 0-2
HOU vs NYK 1994 Finals Game 6 & 7 - Hakeem's block on Starks, coming home to win 2 in a row after getting down 2-3 in the series for 1st championship

1995 Playoffs in general:
vs Utah Game 1 = HOU 140pts in 4 quarters, Game 4 Olaj/Drex each score 40+, Game 5 win on road to advance
vs PHX Game 7 - ... kiss of death, coming back from 1-3 and on the road!!!
vs SA - Olajuwon becomes legend
vs Magic Game 1 - may somehow be my favorite ever. Kiss of death is close, but coming back from down 20 on the road, Kenny Smiths 3(s), Nick Andersen's 4 straight FT misses, overtime, and Hakeem's tip-in? Incredible.

HOU vs SEA 1997 Game 7 - finally defeating the Sonics in a playoff matchup
HOU vs UTA 1997 Game 4 - the next Game is a terrible memory, but that Eddie Johnson 3 still sends shivers down my spine.

HOU vs LAL 2004 Game 3 - like this current series, a couple games could've gone either way. Unfortunately, HOU only pulled out 1 playoff win in the Yao/Francis era, and this was it against the would-be WCFinalists.

HOU vs DAL 2005 Games 1 & 2 - nothing much more satisfying than going on the road and beating the Mavs twice to start a series. We won't even go into the garbage that happened after. This series made me a ref complainer.

HOU vs UTA 2007 Games 1 & 2 - again... up 2-0, this time against the Jazz. Pretty damn satisfying. Then...facepalm.

HOU vs UTA 2008 Game 3 - Rockets down in the series, but Landry's play and game-ending block left a great memory for fans. However, botching another homecourt advantage series left a bad taste in our mouths again.

HOU vs POR 2009 Game 6 - many people thought the Blazers would win this series, especially with Tmac out. First series win for the Rockets in 12 years. Way too long.
HOU vs LA 2009 every win... yes, the losses were terrible (although the first 2 could've gone either way), but the drama with Yao, Deke, and then taking it to a Game 7? Not the best memory, but one of the best current ones.

and then comes these two wins, and however sweet they are, it is truly tainted by the loss of Westbrook and overall not seeing truly what the Rockets are made of vs the Western Conference's best. I'm not saying its not AWESOME to be here and forcing a Game 6 (and 7??), there's just a lot of playoff memories that ring a little louder to me. That being said... if we can win in Game 6, it will probably start climbing my list, and if we win Game 7 then it may be one of the better memories for Rockets fans for a long time (however, never topping the championship era).


Honorable mention (non-playoff):

HOU vs SA 2005 Tmacs 13 in 35
HOU vs LAL 2008 22 game win streak to go from 10th seed to #1.

 

Great post.

 

WHy is this video backwards?

 

Pissed off they had Harden shoot that tech instead of ASIK.