Evidence that Hakeem and Akeem whipped Jordan's Bulls

Your argument falls flat because the Bulls did stopped a dominant center by sweeping the magic in 96. And also beat the team that swept the Rockets 4-2 in the finals. This is coming off after the Rockets had won the championship the year before. Proof again that the Bulls championship teams were better.

 

Except that was the year that Shaq and Grant had significant injuries, if you want to talk about teams not being at their maximum. The comparison is flawed.

Again the match ups would have favored Houston. All evidence points to that.

 

Quit making excuses. That team won 60 games that year. When they enter the playoffs Shaq and Horace was healthy. As a matter of fact that team made all the way to the conference finals and got swept by the Bulls. So you're flawed, excuse maker.

 

that says (at best) that the 96 bulls were = 95 rockets. it's not proof that they were better. proof has to be based on hard evidence. what you've provided is pure speculation. it was already mentioned that houston always matched up badly with the sonics. just like the bulls matched up badly with the rockets.

where is your hard evidence? games in the playoffs where they beat the rockets? you have none because it never happened.

 

All you doing is making excuses as to why the rockets didn't make it to finals (96) to play the bulls. That's the same team that won it in 95. Here was their chance to prove it in the playoffs. But they came up short and got swept. They weren't good enough, except the fact. Excuses are for losers.

 

that isnt an excuse. it's a fact. we couldn't handle the sonics. just like the bulls couldn't handle us. and everything you state is "except the fact." why can't you accept the facts that tinman has produced?

 

The bulls six championships says they handle every team that could step up to the plate. Apparently the Rockets were not good enough to step up to the plate.

 

The correct version of what you said:

 

Who me? Sure, we got tangled up in TMac arguments but Team > Player.

Also, damn Tinman. 150ish posts in this thread. I wonder if that's some kind of record?

 

You're not very bright.

 

Using your argument why do you guys claim that the there is "evidence that the Rockets beat Jordan's Bulls". The context of the argument really is that the Rockets never faced the Bull in the finals so how can anyone conclude that the Rockets would beat the Bulls had they met?

If folks base their argument on the regular season record against the Bulls, well, during the regular season the expansion Raptors swept the Bulls, the Knicks regularly beat the Bulls, the Pacers too, and don't forget the Cavs with Mark Price, Brad Daugherty, Larry Nance and Ron Harper. Like the Rockets, they had better regular season records head to head vs. the Bulls. Could you argue then that the Raptors could have beaten the Bulls in the playoffs? What happened to the other teams when they met the Bulls in the playoffs, they were all whipped. So there goes your silly argument about the Rockets beating the Bulls in the finals. I have said it over and over again, give it a rest. The head to head series never happened but the Bulls had six championships vs. two for the Rockets. The Bulls beat five WC champs and the Rockets beat two EC champs. The Bulls beat the Jazz twice in the finals, a Jazz team that beat the Rockets twice in the playoffs.

To make you folks feel better, just keep playing your video games so you could keep beating Jordan's Bulls in your fantasy/virtual reality world.

 

Zing. You got me there... Now what?

 

You seem to think you have your world tied up in a nice little bow..

Here are two facts that you seem to have built your little world on:
1. If A beats B and B beats C --- then A must beat C.
2. Winning a championship implies that you can beat any team in the league in a 7 game series.

Think about those, and don't bother responding, since you already said you're tired of straining the hypothetical part of your mind.

 

Exactly! Good post The head to head never happen because the bulls were better. And there's 6 championship trophys to prove it.

 

Whoever wins the finals in the end is all what matters. Your honor I have no futher questions. He is guilty on all accounts of regular seasoning.

 

It is what matters.... if we're talking championship. I (and I daresay we) are not taking anything away from Jordan's legacy. However if we're talking about how two teams matched up, that couldn't be more irrelevant.

Your honor, he's not even considering the point in question. I rest my case.

BTW - maybe you can propose another way to predict how two teams will face in the playoffs, since real facts don't suit your style.

 

forget about how teams matched in the regular season. Nothing is accomplished there. The proof comes in the playoffs. The last team standing is the best regardless of whether certain teams meet head to head

 

The Rockets championship in '95 says that Jordan and his Bulls couldn't handle every team that stepped up to the plate. The Bulls and couldn't make it.