That's correct. KJ just torched the Rockets in that game. They couldn't keep him off the foul line and he couldn't miss until finally in the last minute he bricked his 21st free throw attempt leaving the game tied. What I didn't expect was for Mario Elie of all people to take a 3-pointer and make it. He was almost a non-factor in the '94 playoff run.
Really? I've seen them quite a bit, with the 86 game vs. the Lakers being the one that gets the most play.
It probably never even occured to Barkley that they (suns) could lose that series until it was over. After all, they were "in the butt kicking business and business was good" remember?
Dang. I must miss them all the time then. I know they always play the sampson shot, but i never see other rockets playoffs games. The only other rockets game ive seen is game 1 rockets magicand that was before i had tivo
yeah they hardly play games from a TNT brodcast. ive only seen a couple of all star games and dunk contests...
So the question is, for the replays of the Rox championship games that year, do they also show those endless hours of interruptions showing OJ in his damn Bronco? Man even now I am STILL annoyed that that dude chose THAT time to chop on his wife.. GRR.. couldn't he have waited one more week???
Last month they showed old NBA games for a whole weekend and showed 1987 vs. the Sonics as well as one from a few years later vs. the Sonics (both losses ). NBA TV shows them from time to time but I don't get that channel anymore so Idon't know what theyve been doing lately.
if they had the rockets playoff games for sale, i'd buy all of them (the ones we win). i want to see game 3 vs phoenix again, the birth of clutch city 94. http://www.nba.com/rockets/history/lookingback_94finals.html CHOKE CITY. A newspaper headline blared this new title for Houston after the Rockets blew a 20-point lead to the Phoenix Suns in the fourth quarter in Game Two of the Western Conference Semifinals. It was the biggest blown fourth-quarter lead in the history of the NBA playoffs and came on the heels of the Rockets losing an 18-point lead in Game One, putting them down 0-2 to the Suns. "We traveled directly to Phoenix after the game," Hakeem Olajuwon said. "That was a terrible flight. It was silent on the plane, as if somebody had died. Nobody was prepared for what had happened." The Phoenix fans had their brooms out in full force as the teams took the court for Game Three, and after the first half, the Rockets looked as though they were about to be swept out of the playoffs as the Suns took a nine-point lead. Then the Rockets put the ball in the hands of Vernon Maxwell and went into attack mode. Maxwell responded with a Rockets' playoff record for points in a half with 31 as the team rolled up 77 second-half points to win 118-102. The Rockets ditched their "dump the ball into Olajuwon and have three players spot up for three-pointers" offense in favor of letting Maxwell, rookie Sam Cassell and Mario Elie drive to the basket on every possession. "Penetration is just hard work," Olajuwon said. "Max, Elie and Cassell ... they were willing to work for the win. Anybody can settle for the outside jumper. We didn't take the easy way out."
the early nineties rockets are getting a lot more respect from league historians that when they were around. nbatv loves the rockets.
kiss of death baby have it on video tape somewhere, the last quarter anyway which is always great to watch
Is there anyway you can make a torrent out of that for all of us to download? I'll seed for as long as I have to.
For Tinman and CreepyFloyd and other Rox fans, i posted this link in another thread in the Hangout: http://www.pontel.com/nbashop/ Sorry to say that if you live in the USA, i don't think they deliver thre. But this place has Rockets playoff games for sale on DVD, including game 7 against Phoenix. There are some terrible ommissions such as the 95 WCF against the Spurs, but also some classic series eg. Against Boston in '86. I am purchasing these soon, (they are $$ive) and i will gladly make these into torrents. I just can't guarantee when.
the freaking british have all the nba games and we dont? shame on david stern! god save the queen! if you make these torrents, you would be ranked #1 clutchfan.. in the world.
I'm actually Australian....its the least i could do, this site gives so much to me. Like i said, i can't guarantee when, but hopefully sometime during this offseason.
