1995 Playoffs 1st Round GAME 5 Jazz Rockets on NBA-TV

Let me known when my man Chucky Brown nails those free throws at the end.

 

Damn, I'd love to watch this game. Is someone recording it so they can upload it?

 

Don't be confused, Direct TV thinks its a Bulls/Heat game from 1992. I guess they anticipated Bulls/Heat going more than four games, hee hee hee...

 

Jazz fans still haven't forgiven Sloan for playing Benoit over Bryon Russell... this game (and specifically his 18-something straight missed shots in the 4th quarter) is their mantra.

 

Bryon Russell didn't really become a player til the '96 playoffs. Remember, the Jazz signed Chris Morris to take Benoit's minutes until Russell came out of nowhere and started knocking down shots.

 

1995 NBA Playoffs, First Round
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockets-Jazz_rivalry#1995_NBA_Playoffs.2C_First_Round

The next year, the two rivals faced off again, this time in the first round of the 1995 NBA Playoffs. Houston struggled throughout much of the 1994-1995 season, finishing with a record of 47-35 for the sixth seed in the West. On Februrary 14, 1995, the Rockets unexpectedly traded forward Otis Thorpe to the Portland Trail Blazers for guard Clyde Drexler and forward Tracy Murray. Carl Herrera gets injured forcing him to miss most of the second half of the season and the entire postseason leaving the power forward position vulnerable. The addition of Drexler into the starting lineup made former starting shooting guard Vernon Maxwell frustrated enough to take a leave of absence. These issues provided fuel for critics of the Thorpe-Drexler deal.

The Jazz, on the other hand, ended the season on a high note with a record of 60-22, then a franchise record thanks partly to a 15-game winning streak on the road in December and January, the second-longest such streak in NBA history. The starting five of Malone, Stockton, Hornacek, David Benoit, and Felton Spencer, was solid, and the bench possessed key contributors in Adam Keefe, Antoine Carr, James Donaldson, Tom Chambers, and Blue Edwards. The major setback came on January 13, when Spencer suffered a torn left Achilles tendon, which took him out for the rest of the season and the entire postseason. Spencer was not an all-star, but he was still crucial to the Jazz's championship chances because he was a big body who could hold his own against the great centers in the Western Conference, especially against Hakeem Olajuwon. With the second best record in the Midwest Division to the San Antonio Spurs, the Jazz ended up with the third seed in the West.

The Jazz barely win the first game in the Delta Center 102-100, but the Rockets stun the Jazz in Game 2 140-126 for a split in Utah. The series moves on to Houston, where the Jazz prevail 95-82, going up in the series 2-1 over Houston. The Rockets regroup to win Game 4 123-106 to force a Game 5 at the Delta Center. In a tightly fought contest, the Houston Rockets emerge victorious over the Utah Jazz 95-91, eliminating the Jazz for the second straight year. The Rockets would go on to repeat as champions, becoming the lowest-seeded team to win the championship.

Someone show game 2. Rockets scoring 140 points...140 points!

 

Yes... and that's exactly the Jazz fan's argument... he would have always "come out of nowhere" had they started using him earlier.

Also, Charles Jones was our version of Mutombo back then... but he could play at the same time as Hakeem due to the Dream's agility.

 

I remember that game. The Rockets just smoked Utah from beginning to end. The final score is not indicative of how badly we dominated them. Everyone was hitting 3's in that game, especially Kenny.

 

The game was much better with illegal defense/no hybrid zones.

 

Yeah, Time Warner said this game would be on yesterday. I happend to have the day off, so I switched to it as soon as I saw the guide, but they were showing some fluff piece on Deng from the Bulls.



And I remember watching Game 2 thinking "damn, save some of these points for the rest of the series!"

 

I agree.

 

i know thats right



oh and thx for the post i got to it just in time

 

Kenny dropped 32 points on Utah.

only newbs think that the Rockets championships were about 1 hero, when there were many.

 

will somebody please guard Jeff Hornacek

 

Man, I'm watching the game right now, brings back a lot of memories. Do you guys see how easily the post entry pass to Hakeem is done? We just don't have the personnel to do that for Yao!

 

It's not as easy as it looks. Just so happened that we had some guys on that team who were great at it (Smith, Cassell, Horry, Elie).

 

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Agreed! That's why I said we don't have the personnel now to feed it to Yao. All those guys we had back in 95 were so good, they made it look easy!

 

zone defenses now adays make it harder for post entry passing....although rafer and luther have their fair share of mistakes