In 92-93 the Sonics were 3-1 against the rockets in the regular season and 4-3 in the playoffs. In 93-94 the Sonics were 2-2 agains the rockets in the regular season In 94-95 the Sonics were 4-0 aginst the rockets in the regular season In 95-96 the Sonics were 4-0 against the rockets in the regular season and SWEPT them 4-0 in the playoffs. There was a stretch where the Sonics beat the Rockets 13 STRAIGHT TIMES from 1994 - 1996. That is total domination.
You are absolutely correct I agree with you. I don't deny facts like you. The toughest part of the Rockets victory's against the Bulls is find which one is my favorite. The one when Maxwell gets him all mad, or the one when Hakeem just obliterates their front line. My favorite Sonics series is the one CHARLES BARKLEY plays in. A ROCKET HERO.
Please do. In general, you should look that evidence up first, don't you think? The Rockets were 2-2 that season against the Sonics (whoops!). Each team won at home. That season came after the Rockets went 7 games with the Sonics... the final game in Seattle going to overtime. That season, the Rockets were pretty evenly matched against Seattle. True, had the Sonics beaten Denver (then won another series), they would have had homecourt against Houston ... but the Rockets were a pretty fierce road animal by then as "Clutch City" had started the series before against Phoenix. It wasn't until 1994-95 that the Sonics started to dominate the Rockets in the regular season. They were 4-0 that season (and 4-0 the next year and 4-0 in the playoffs... which led to the Rockets getting Barkley in 1996, which worked for that purpose at a minimum). But back to '95, the Rockets were also 0-4 against the Lakers, and 1-5 against the Spurs, who they handled in the postseason, winning every road game in the series. To me, the Rockets-Bulls debate is not one of taking titles away from the 6 the Bulls got (which is what you're trying to do with Seattle-Houston), but rather defending the two the Rockets won. Many like to think had Jordan never left that he would have won 8 titles in a row... sorry, but Houston would have been a tough matchup. Not saying Houston was a lock to win, but certainly neither was Chicago. Not to mention Jordan was active in '95... but had no power forward to speak of. The Rodman deal was huge in getting Jordan and the Bulls back on top. tinman 1, Desert_Sonic 0.
Man, I'm glad we got Charles Barkley. He's came to the Rockets with heart. No real Rocket fan can hate him cause he played so hard for us to finally beat Seattle. and who can forget the Charisma Charles brought us!
Nice. That is how I feel. I am a rockets fan too, but I don't ignore "facts" as tinman says. "IF" MJ were around the Rockets split and "IF" the NBA had gone to a 7 game first round series in 93-94 then the Sonics beat the Nuggets and knock the rockets out that year.
I posted the stats, I was aware of the 2-2 record in 93-94 and am aware of the 7 game series the previous year. They had the Rockets number, they had the best record in the entire NBA, and they had home court advantage. The sonics would have been huge favorites in a 7 game series agains the Rockets at home in 93-94. D_R 1 Tinman 0 Clutch .5
Since we on the IF kick... If the Rockets had Sam Cassell in 97, we would have beaten Utah...thats my story and i'll stick to it!!!!!!!!!
So you are admitting that they Rockets had to do something drastic like trade away Cassell and Horry just so they could beat the hapless Sonics?
The Mavericks fans had the best record in the NBA last year and the MVP. They are doing the Desert_Rocket every day. Clutch -Infinity Tinman -Infinity minus one Desert Rocket - 0
yeah, kinda like the Bulls getting Rodman when they realize they were getting out rebounded by the bigger teams in their conference. Oh Hapless Teams don't make the NBA Finals. Sonics weren't so hapless.
I'm plenty old enough. We started off 15-0 that year. Sure, Kemp was a beast, but the real reason Seattle was so difficult for us to beat was Sam Perkins. He stretched Hakeem out of the paint. Back to the point, I don't think anyone was scared of Seattle. I expected us to beat them. We needed to exact some revenge from the season before.
Each team won at home that year. The playoff series that year would have been the Sonics home court advantage. Favor for the Sonics as for that argument. In that first road game against the rockets in 93-94, Kendall Gill was injured and only played 3 minutes. The Rockets won 82-75. It is safe to say that with Kendall Gill paying healthy, then the Sonics win that game and the season series is more like 3-1.
You are admitting what most Rocket fans will not admit. They all felt the same way at that moment and all had a serious rooting interest in the Denver/Seattle series. People in Houston were partying at that very moment. A friend of mine went and jumped into his pool fully clothed. People in Rocketland breathed a sigh of relief, you said that right.
Uh, no. Not even close. I'll admit that I was ecstatic when Denver knocked out our nemesis, opening the door for us... but they were our nemesis because of the illegal defense. They doubled Dream without the ball. What do you call that?
Of course the Sonics (had they beaten Denver and beaten Utah) would have been favored because of home court, but again, the previous year's Rockets-Sonics series went 7 ... with the final game going overtime. The regular season was split, and the Rockets had just won two critical road games in Phoenix. The Sonics were hardly a lock to beat the Rockets that season. Very safe to say. After all, Gill shot 35% and 12.5% from three-point range against the Rockets that season. Seattle was wise to throw in the towel right then and there. Desert_Sonic slipping into desperation.
