Well, it's been a while, so my memory's probably off. But I remember that the Rockets won mainly because Utah had absolutely no answer for Hakeem in either of those years. For some reason, I seem to remember vividly that Stockton NEVER had a bad game against us. That he can always get that open mid-range jumper whenever he wanted, or find someone for a layup under the basket. Maybe it's because of the more recent memories in the Barkley/Pippen era.
Everything that needed to be said was said. Dude was an excellent basketball player, but I hate him and Karma caught up with him when he joined the Lakers.