The year the Rockets repeated Jordan came back. Every bulls fan said that the bulls would have beat the Rox. I think not. Down below is what I think would have happened. These are merely predictions of what I think would have happened. Game 1. Chicago Hakeem dominates and goes off for 38 as Elie and Horry shut down the Bulls stars. Houston wins in stunning fashion. 98-91 Game 2. Chicago Micheal Jordan and the Bulls adjust and despite Drexlers 4th Quarter heroics. Bulls win 97-86 Game 3. Houston The Rox are to much as Olajuwon blocks 6 shots to go along with 14 rebounds and 27 points. Jordan has first single digit point game in playoffs with 8. Drexler score 18 including 14 in the second half. Houston wins 104-96 Game 4. Houston Olajuwon seems to toy with the bulls. Longley isnt enough. Hakeem scores 32 with 5 blocks and 10 rebounds. Jordan scores 40 but no one else over 10. Rockets win on last second Dream shake. 102-101 Game 5. Chicago The series shifts back to Chicago as Pippen goes for 22 second half points to make 28 total. Olajuwon again scores 30 but Drexler scores only 4. A dominant second half gives the Bulls the win. 99-84 Game 6. Chicago Drexler goes for 13 in the first quarter as the Rox jump out early. In the second, Kukoc leads the bulls to a 4 point halftime lead. Unfortunately for the Bulls Olajuwon owns the second half. He score 23 points in the last two quarters to go along with 12 rebounds 7 assists and 3 blocks. Olajuwon blocks a last second Pippen drive at the buzzer. Rockets win the Championship 103-102. I truly believe the Rox would have won. We had a great team that year. Olajuwon was too good. No one could have stopped him. NO matter what. The Rox would have won. ------------------ Rocketfan
Man, what are you on??? I dunno bout your game by game records, but I do believe that we coulda beat the bulls. But still, you can never underestimate the power of Jordan. ------------------ treasurer of the moochie norris fan club
I dont underestimate the power of Jordan, I just remember he would have Olajuwon swatting his overrated a** every time down the lane. Or Drexler on him. ------------------ Rocketfan
I dont know about Jordan scoring eight points. I think the Rocks would have won in 5 but Jordan would not have scored 8. ------------------
I also agree the Rockets would of beaten the Bulls. Plus if Stock didn't hit that shot I feel the Rocks could of won the Jazz series. Then they would of played with Barkley against the Bulls. The matchup shows it would of been tough but the Rockets could of won. C-OLAJUWON PF-BARKLEY SF-ELIE SG-DREXLER PG-MALONEY vs. C-LONGLEY PF-RODMAN SF-QUITTEN SG-JORDAN PG-HARPER Seeing Chuck and the Dream blast the Bulls weak down-low would of been great. Even though they had Dennis he couldn't stop Bark and Hakeem. The best part would be Chuck getting his ring. ------------------ THE DEAN
I do know one thing, the Rockets can handle "Da Bulls" this year............well, so can everyone else, but thats another story. ------------------ Really a member since March 1999.
The Bulls would have been tough after our championships, but the case can be made that the rockets would have beat the bulls if they had faced in any of the first 3peat years for the bulls in the early nineties. During this time the rockets were 5 - 1 against the bulls. The only lost in chicago with Vernon in foul trouble most of the night and fouling out late in the game. I believe OT fouled out too. My point being the rockets defense was forcing Jordan to play like the early Iverson. Score a lot but score less per possesion than the average player does. Jordan couldn't create for his teamates as usual so their production dropped. The Bulls had a .441 FG%. Jordan averaged 1.16 pts/FGA while Pippen was taken out by Buck or Horry to average less than a point per FGA. For reference, Hakeem has scored 1.08 P/FGA and is in the bottom 20 in this stat this season. The Bulls didn't have the point guard play to attack Kenny. On the other hand, the tighter the Bulls defense got around Hakeem, the better he created for his teamates. The rockets shot over 52% as a team in these games (Over tem percent more). In the 6 games played including thge loss, the rockets outscored them by nearly 8 pts a game. ------------------ "You've got 6 fouls, use them well" -Derrick Coleman
I hate to have to be the guy to admit this, but I don't think anyone in the history of this world could ever beat Jordan in the Finals. We were dominant...don't get me wrong. We would have even given the Bulls hell during a series. But how can we say we would have beaten Jordan? No one beats Jordan. It sucks for us, but no one does. ------------------ Jazzkiller
Thank you!! I've always said the same thing about the Rockets championship years. The first year Olajuwon was simply awsome. The Bulls would've never matched up, and we know is a league of matchups. The second year maybe, a slight maybe that the Bulls could've done something, but the Rockets two championships years where no fluke, with or without Jordan. ------------------ the Heat suck!!
slcrocket... someone did beat Jordan in the playoffs, it was the Magic. and don't give me that he didn't play a whole season crap. he had some pretty good games, scoring 55 against the Knicks and 47 against the Hawks (including the game winner). he averaged over 25ppg... so what happened? how come when he had those big games, everyone was saying "now he's back"... but when he loses, everyone says "he can't come back in such a short time"... people are always making excuses for him. ------------------
how long will it take before people stop talking about how great the Bulls were? People dont talk much now about the Lakers or the Celtics, so how enduring will the fame of the Bulls be? The Rockets would have smashed the Bulls. no doubt. ------------------ ------------------ [This message has been edited by CriscoKidd (edited April 25, 2000).]
What I am trying to say is that the Bulls never proved they could beat the rockets in the early nineties when I think they were at their best. After the rockets champiuonships, I think the rockets weren't good enough to cut it except maybe in 95-96 but even that year is too close to call. That Jordan unstoppable bull**** doesn't work. The rockets "stopped" him in 5 of 6 games before he retired. I don't care that the Bulls are masters of beating teams without a center or a center without a team. ------------------ "You've got 6 fouls, use them well" -Derrick Coleman
I don't understand you, rocket fans. I don't even want to admit I'm a Rockets fan with this kind of WHINING. Why is there this big chip on your shoulder about whether or not the Rockets could have beaten the Bulls? It doesn't matter! And I don't see how Rockets fans always think they would have beaten the Bulls in the playoffs guaranteed. "During this time the rockets were 5 - 1 against the bulls. " SO....The regular season means JACK! So what if the Spurs won 5 out of 6 games against the Rockets in the 1994-1995 season. The Spurs didn't exactly roll over the Rocks in the playoffs. I don't see why ya'll have to discredit what the Bulls did. Winning 6 championship in 8 years is reason for worship. I'm just happy and appreciative that we won two. I'm not sitting around and saying, "Oh yeah, we would have won more if only we had met them in the finals!" "I also agree the Rockets would of beaten the Bulls. Plus if Stock didn't hit that shot I feel the Rocks could of won the Jazz series." Like I said in another thread, I'm sure there is some rockets fan out there still b****ing that if the Rocks would have beaten the Jazz in 97, they would have taken out the bulls. "someone did beat Jordan in the playoffs, it was the Magic. and don't give me that he didn't play a whole season crap. he had some pretty good games, scoring 55 against the Knicks and 47 against the Hawks (including the game winner). he averaged over 25ppg..." I can see how MJ not playing a whole season crap could be a very legitmate argument. It was obvious he wasn't in his usual basketball shape. The guy wasn't as dominant as he used to be. The guy had been training over a year and a half for baseball. That's not going to put him in top basketball game shape when he comes back 2 months before the playoffs. And when you mentioned him averaging only over 25 ppg, right there it shows that he wasn't on top of his game. The next year, he was over 30 ppg and he swept that exact same Orlando Magic team in the playoffs(none of the games were even close). But once again, does that detract from the fact that the Rockets won 2 championships. NO! Be happy that we won it. Don't be bitter that some critic thinks otherwise. WHO CARES!!! ------------------
Da Man, I am basically saying that there isn't an asterisk on the rockets championship years, because the Bulls have never proven they could beat the rockets. Winning 6 of 8 championships doesn't mean they would beat the rockets because they never faced a rocket type team. The Jordan losing to the Magic was better than Olajuwon was after the second ring. ------------------ "You've got 6 fouls, use them well" -Derrick Coleman
DA MAN: GREAT POST! I never have and never will understand the concern over whether or not we could have or would have beaten the Bulls. By the way, who put the asterisk by the Rockets championships anyway? Last time I checked, the trophies were the same as the Bulls'. If you guys are so concerned about the perception that the Rockets got a pair of gift championships when MJ left, then you are more worried about it than 99.9% of the NBA fans out there who could care less. Arguing over whether or not we were the best team in the league those two years with OR without Jordan is pointless. The fact is that those days are LONG gone. That was then and this is now. If you want to worry over that, fine, but you are wasting your time. Stop living in the past and concern yourself with what is going on now! ------------------ "No one gets out ALIVE!" SaveOurRockets.com [This message has been edited by Jeff (edited April 25, 2000).]
The Rockets never proved that they could beat the Bulls in the playoffs either. WHO CARES!!! I'm sure the Rockets never proved they could be a Clipper type team in the finals either. These are all hypotheticals. WHO CARES!!! Get over it! ------------------
