Greatest individual performances in a game in Rockets history

Wow this is awesome! Haven't watched the video except for the first few seconds.

I hope you do several more of these. SO much knowledge in that room.

 

t-mac owns.

i'm glad to see such knowledgeable rockets fans give t-mac respect and recognition.

 

"That was just an incredible, special moment I think that Rocket fans will always remember."

- Clutch

yup! t-mac sure does own!

 

Why yall gotta mention that 13 in 35? I was there and left the arena seconds before the craziness began.

Still cry myself to sleep.

 

lol only fake fans leave before a game ends

 

Me too, heard the end of it on the radio after I pulled out of the parking garage.

 

You got me. I've been faking being a Rockets fan since (at least) 2004.

I was at the game with my dad. He drove. He wanted to leave well before then, because even though the margin wasn't huge, the Spurs controlled the game. I fought to get him to stay that long.

Right as I was exiting I heard the crowd erupt for what I later learned was T-Mac's first 3. By the time we got in the car and turned on the game, I heard our radio guy absolutely losing his sh** because the final buzzer had just sounded.

If someone could find audio of our radio broadcast of I'd like to hear it. I remember the radio guy taking a second to rip on those of us who left early and how he hoped we were listening right then so we could know what we missed. But, it's been so long that I can't say if that's what really happened or if that's a memory I created in my own personal hell.

Anyway... back to the main topic here...

 

I'm going to watch this when I get home but right off the bat I could say:
- 13 in 35 (of course)
- whichever game was the most mauling in the Dream vs The Admiral playoff series
- Vernon Maxwell game against the Suns
- Josh Smith Rd2 Game 6

 

Maxwell better be in the convo! 30 points in a quarter, 22-1 game or Suns turnaround

 

Thing about Tmac, as great as that was and as memoral, seeing it live was not as excitimg as you want to remember it. We had to foul after every shot. It seemed to last for 30 minutes. BCheerleaders and Clutch just going through the motions. Laughing cheers as TMac hits another, then another foul. But the main thing is you never reeally believed we could actually win, so never felt suspense as Spurs drained every free throw.

Not until Parker falls down.

Then
e v e r y t h i n g
s l o w e d
d o w n

It was great to witness, but there have been much funner and suspencedul performances, imo

 

Akeem going against David Robinson in the Western Conference finals was my favorite moment in Rocket history. That's all I have thus far, but I think that performance was unbelievable.

 

So that's what Clutch looks like lol

 

I'm surprised the Yao Ming game against Washington wasn't in the Honorable mentions. Yao was simply the best player in the world in that game. Unstoppable on D and hitting fadeaways from close to the 3pt line.

 

Totally agree.the only game I ever left was with my pops and Olajuwon hit a game winner in the early 90s. I told my dad were gonna win this and I didn't talk to him for a long time after. Now I gotta look it up, can't remember who we played.

 

So which moments are discussed? Which players?

 

Surprised no one mentioned Harden's 45 pt game in WCF

 

Other than the championship series, the '86 WCF series was the most memorable series to me.

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I think there should be two list. A playoff list and a regular season list. The 94&95 teams had so many amazing playoff moments.

I love all the ones you have listed above but I can remember a couple of regular season performances that was amazing as well.

Olajuwon had 18 points, 16 boards, 11 blocks and 10 assists vs the Bucks back in 1990. Like 3 weeks later, he missed another quadruple double by 1 assist.

Robert Horry had an amazing night versus the Kings one year.

 

beautiful post