Crazy to think this was the only Finals Game 7 that NBC broadcasted! These intros were legendary.
@jaylenbah1009
2 жыл бұрын
That really is wild😂
@ILoveOldTWC
Жыл бұрын
Because when Michael Jordan played, which half the time NBC had the contract with the NBA, he never played in NBA finals series that went to a game 7. This was actually the first time in 6 years the finals went to a game 7. The previous time was in 1988 with the Lakers and Pistons. Marv Albert pointed out that this was only the 3rd time in the past 15 years that the finals went to a game 7.
@eagletrippin
12 күн бұрын
All these years and I've never thought about that😂 12 or so year-stretch dominated [largely] by the Bulls & Lakers, dispatching teams in 6 games or less.
@ygt_nba_podcasts
9 күн бұрын
They did not do shady business like Disney is doing together with the NBA to extend games to game 7
@chrislykk
2 ай бұрын
Finally! The NBA is back on NBC, where it belongs. Roundball Rock!
@michaellischio7617
5 жыл бұрын
25 years ago today. Saddest sports day of my life. Still hurts.
@Juanito825
4 жыл бұрын
Mine was Stockton’s game winner
@nicholassmith277
2 жыл бұрын
@@Juanito825 mine was James harden Missing 20 something straight 3s 😭
@michaellischio7617
2 жыл бұрын
@@nicholassmith277 got bad news for you. The pain never goes away. It’s been 28 years.
@TheAcer1981
Жыл бұрын
Same year, mine was Mutumbo embracing the ball while lying on floor...
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
Knicks were done after game 6, it was not the same after that game 6.
@alikagalwalla1014
4 жыл бұрын
This was apex Hakeem. What a legend. Wish we got to see Rockets vs. Bulls finals in the 90s
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
Rockets in 7 games. The team that can beat the bulls in the Finals.
@bigwes2020productions
6 жыл бұрын
Just an amazing intro to a game 7 of the NBA Finals. Man i miss NBC!
@brianmears3388
6 жыл бұрын
What's the music in the intro? Not the NBA on NBC theme.
@bumblebity2902
5 жыл бұрын
@@brianmears3388 Vagnelis- conquest of the paradaise.
@fernandoifill-ruiz6410
5 жыл бұрын
Why did the NBA on NBC stopped showing it on tv after 2002?
@Tyrunner0097
4 жыл бұрын
@@bumblebity2902 It's the Opening Titles music from the movie Gettysburg.
@FUBLU3
4 жыл бұрын
@@fernandoifill-ruiz6410 : Because ABC/ESPN signed an exclusive deal with the NBA that year.
@wacojohnnydean1777
3 жыл бұрын
As a native Texan and Houston sports fan, witnessing all the disappointments from the Oilers in the late 80’s/early 90’s, the Astros in ‘86 and other years, and of course all of the disappointments from the Rockets, this was unequivocally the best day of my sports life! Houston’s first major Chip! It’s safe to say we deserved it...👌👍😎
@jasonboileau8542
Жыл бұрын
It also probably helped them out that Michael Jordan left to go play baseball during that time, but Olajuwon and company were deserving of a championship nonetheless.
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
@@jasonboileau8542 Jordan still won't beat olajuwon and those rockets.
@KWCline91
11 ай бұрын
@@jasonboileau8542Bulls were 1-5 against the Rockets from 91-93.
@myfight23
7 жыл бұрын
I didn't care who won this series, about the OJ Simpson drama, or how low scoring the games were. This series doesn't get the credit it deserves for being gritty, competitive, dramatic and fun to watch because of the effort these two teams put in. I was slightly pulling for the Knicks for the sole purpose of Ewing and Starks. Especially since Starks played really well in Games 2-6 and nearly won it for them in Game 6 and had a nightmare a few nights later.
@razkable
6 жыл бұрын
Every game between knicks and rockets were won by less than 10...closest finals ever...2 equally matched teams...the rockets just hit more fts and 3s ..and hakeem was too special and Ewing just wasnt the same on offense....
@myfight23
6 жыл бұрын
If Starks would've hit just a handful of the shots he missed in Game 7, Knicks come out of Houston with the title, despite Ewing not being at his best on offense for most of the series until Game 5
@manuginobilisbaldspot424
6 жыл бұрын
myfight23 it was boring. You know why the 2003 Finals are forgotten despite being competitive? They were BORING! Revisionist history don’t change that
@myfight23
6 жыл бұрын
Well sorry if you favor players and teams who always jack up 3's and play no damn defense.
@blueblur2329
5 жыл бұрын
Derek Harper would have won MVP had the Knicks won the series and while Ewing did get outplayed offensively by The Dream, Ewing did outplay him defensively and outrebound him.
@sportsguy1981
Жыл бұрын
Between 1988 and 2005 this was the only Finals G7
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
Of the 90s. Wow.
@rideshareadvice-nj4mv
Жыл бұрын
Only one broadcasted by NBC.
@altfactor
7 жыл бұрын
New York came very close to becoming the fist city to win both the NBA and NHL championships in the same year. The New York Rangers won the 1994 Stanley Cup (ending a 54-year championship drought), but the Knicks lost Games 6 and 7 of the NBA Finals, preventing the Big Apple from scoring a historic first in North American professional sports.
@robertdredden5474
3 жыл бұрын
Fast forward LA Dodgers and Lakers both won in 2020
@jasonlandy3491
3 жыл бұрын
also at the time before the strike the Yankees were leading their division as well, totally titletown!
@swoosh2835
2 ай бұрын
@@robertdredden5474fast forward to 2024 and I’m here to tell you you’re retarded because the Dodgers are not in the NBA or NHL 🤡
@frankdavis8386
Жыл бұрын
Rip to my boy #NYKNICKFORLIFE#WILLISREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED WE LOVE YOU RIP
@martyklestadt6766
Ай бұрын
Watching this on the 30th anniversary!
@brianblackwell1263
6 жыл бұрын
Hakeem showed up in a bad ass Benz and locked his car from the outside with his key and no alarm. Ha
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
He loved his car. He made sure nobody breaks into it.
@charlesingleton1213
6 жыл бұрын
To think my Knicks were this close to a championship! Who knows if we will ever be this close again. I know they made the finals in 1999, but they had no chance and were dismissed quickly.
@brianmears3388
5 жыл бұрын
With no Michael Jordan, you were able to get past the Bulls. If the Knicks - Nets first round series went to 5 games, New York would've had 26 playoff games that season. I think Ewing, well into his 30s, was a little beyond his prime, though he was still very good, especially with a Pat Riley - coached team. They had a nice playoff run during Pat Riley's time of 1992 to 1995.
@favsa5015
3 жыл бұрын
brings back such good memories growing up
@jasonlandy3491
5 ай бұрын
I still love this team as much as ever to this very day! Go Knicks!
@jameskreisler6083
3 жыл бұрын
It's so depressing watching this as a Knick fan knowing what comes next
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
What comes next is Knicks getting hammered by 6 points to the Rockets.
@michaelastorga3187
Жыл бұрын
After 28 years later. 2 NBA championship and 2 World Series for the Astros. Yes Houston is now a Title Town USA
@deshawndodd7883
8 күн бұрын
AND ALSO CHEATERS
@Ozziemints
3 жыл бұрын
Knicks were right there man. Damn. Smh.
@Lettersfromhome18
Ай бұрын
30 years ago today - June 22, 2024.
@chrisguardiano6143
3 жыл бұрын
Weird that the NY Rangers & Knicks both were not only in the finals of their leagues but also in game 7's as well. However only the Rangers were able to finish off their series and give NY a title.
@dumisatonyjohnson8145
6 жыл бұрын
Olajuwon’s best basketball was 1994 League MVP Defensive player of the year Finals MVP NBA championship Houston beats Utah in 6 games in the western conference semifinals Houston beats Phoenix in 7 games in the Western Conference finals Houston beats Patrick Ewing and the New York Knickerbockers in the Finals in 7 games to win a championship
@demitirusmcneal1327
3 жыл бұрын
You forgot about the Rockets beat the Trail Blazers in western conference 1st round
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
Houston beats Utah in 5 games, not 6 games.
@Juanito825
4 жыл бұрын
Ewing is a legend and absolutely deserved a ring, but as a Rockets fan I had to say not today
@jamw8022
3 жыл бұрын
yup Knicks fan all the way, started watching in 94 for the playoffs.. but always respected everyone else's game...always loved Olajuwon, Kenny Smith, Horry, Cassell....these games will always be a huge landmark in my memory
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
Not that nba finals, not on Olajuwon.
@YuriyKhasidov-ee8zd
9 ай бұрын
Ewing should have been the defensive player of the year this season. Led the league in defensive win shares and defensive rating. Played better on the defensive end than Hakeem. Finished top 5 in mvp voting. Meaning he was a top 5 player that season and still didn’t make not a single all nba team or a defensive team. That season 4 of the top 5 best players where all centers!
@350mack
2 ай бұрын
Who else misses these days? 😢❤
@ashleyrod23ar
7 жыл бұрын
this is way better then the GSW/CAVS game 7 intro
@StylistecS
7 жыл бұрын
Ashley Rodriguez meh. Not really
@Brenyon
6 жыл бұрын
Less ego-driven. You don't know the history of this Game 7, you got to take a second look at the game. There is much more to this Game 7. Know that ball history.
@FUBLU3
4 жыл бұрын
@@Brenyon : The history between Dream & Ewing from college championships to pros alone made this one of the best Game 7 Finals ever!
@danielmagg1990
6 жыл бұрын
Why is Hakeem dressed like a waiter at an outdoor restaurant?
@Goph327
Жыл бұрын
As a knick fan this game hurts my soul but loved the intro
@DASCO2136
Жыл бұрын
Curious about this as an outsider: As a knicks fan during this era, which game was worse: This, the Charles Smith game or Reggie scoring 8 points in 9 seconds?
@demitirusmcneal1327
3 жыл бұрын
Game seven went to the Houston Rockets of 1994.
@amorris525
5 жыл бұрын
Hakeem looks like a casino dealer
@michaelastorga3187
Жыл бұрын
Clutch City. What era for the NBA. Back to Back Champs for Htown
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
Rockets still beat the bulls in those finals too.
@marquishoward3529
Жыл бұрын
This aired on my 16th birthday
@michaelastorga3187
Жыл бұрын
The Original title town in Houston before the Astros would give the town a championship run from 2017- now
@ILoveOldTWC
Жыл бұрын
What did Bob mean when he said the Rockets had a near miss?
@ILoveOldTWC
Жыл бұрын
This was the only season that it was only Marv Albert and Matt Guokas being the color analyst covering the finals. The following year, Bill Walton joined them as another color analyst (and was terrible at it).
@sportsguy1981
3 жыл бұрын
27th anniversary of the best opening in broadcasting history
@smithyamiami
Жыл бұрын
You could not be more right.
@philliphamilton4516
3 жыл бұрын
Wow. Starks looked scared at 3:20. A precursor of what was to come.
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
I think that nervous look definitely destroyed his confidence in that game 7. He was done and over.
@kaijudirector5336
Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the name of the track that plays in the first part of the video? The one with the sweet guitar riffs.
@gregoryjohnson7756
Жыл бұрын
It’s the soundtrack from “1492” by Vangelis
@kaijudirector5336
Жыл бұрын
@@gregoryjohnson7756 Actually I was thinking more of 0:01-0:12. Thanks for the other identification though!
@michaelastorga3187
2 жыл бұрын
HTown's glory years.
@jeremyjman2009
5 ай бұрын
The Knicks play in 25 playoffs Game which was challenge there
@AlbanianMan
4 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the cheesy Jim Fagan voiceover @ 2:02
@sportsguy1981
2 ай бұрын
30th Anniversary
@methodical_paragon
Ай бұрын
Costas nearly single handedly ruined these finals. He was a rockets and Knicks hater. Even ended the finals with “the rockets are champions… for now”
@youtuber3328
Жыл бұрын
superstar did does and will describe patrick ewing while legend did does and will describe hakeem olajuwon
@145inA
2 ай бұрын
Dang opening gave me chicken skin!
@sportsguy1981
Жыл бұрын
Peak Costas
@shibbyjim
4 жыл бұрын
If only Jordan didn't retire
@KWCline91
4 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't have mattered. The Bulls were 1-5 against the Rockets in the three-peat seasons.
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
Rockets played so better than the bulls. They still do that to Jordan and the bulls in the Finals.
@serge014
Жыл бұрын
If the Knicks were to have won the series, who would've been the Finals MVP? I think Hakeem would've had a case to winning MVP for the losing team, as he was still spectacular in this series, and Ewing was not great. (No other Knicks played great either).
@brianwilliams6167
2 жыл бұрын
Wish the Knicks wulda won.....the was a great series.... lotta pple dis this series cuz it wasn't "exciting".....but it was very competitive
@Humtuer2
9 жыл бұрын
I wanted ewing to win.
@KWCline91
8 жыл бұрын
Well it's tough cause Hakeem and the Rockets were better that year. Still, Ewing deserved at least one. He just lost to better teams in two finals appearances and he was hurt in 99.
@smithyamiami
8 жыл бұрын
The Rockets weren't that much better. Ultimately, the series probably came down to three things: (1) Houston had a better record by the slimmest of margins (one game), which gave them homecourt; (2) they won Game 3 in the last seconds; and (3) they won Game 6 in the last seconds. If one thing goes differently in that series, the Knicks win.
@KWCline91
8 жыл бұрын
Yaneek Smith I didn't say they were much better, but the Rockets did beat the Knicks both times during the regular season.
@alyssalemus4462
5 жыл бұрын
@@smithyamiami the rockets were better in the season and in the finals rockets outplayed kincks plain and simlle truth
@crazykayz3
5 жыл бұрын
@@alyssalemus4462 Wow!! Thanks for your expert analysis that the rockets outplayed the Kincks plain and simlle truth. Looking at things plain and simlle truth is the clueless & easiest way to answer questions that have deeper scenarios. So if Ewing played his usual self on offense, the Kincks would've won plain and simlle truth, since he outplayed Olajuwon on the defensive side. And if Smith, Maxwell, and Cassell didn't get outplayed by Harper and Starks then it wouldn't have gone to seven games plain and simlle truth. But you won't know these things looking at this series plain and simlle truth. You may have been half right about the Rockets outplaying the Knicks in the regular season..but the playoffs/Finals are a whole different story. Yaneek Smith knows how close this series really was and how close it came to...definitely not a sweep like the regular season, which is just a way to look at things..plain and simlle truth.
@josephmartin9538
Жыл бұрын
Guarantee of Michael Jordan would have been on the bulls that they would have had the rockets versus the bulls in the finals that year
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
Rockets still win it with Jordan on the bulls. Jordan had problems with Houston.
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
Rockets had Jordan's numbers
@robocock475
2 жыл бұрын
Signing with the Knicks was the worst decision Pat Riley ever made
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
Not winning anything like he did with the Lakers in the 80s.
@tylongkicks8821
2 жыл бұрын
OJ
@nasien
4 жыл бұрын
94 or 95 Bulls vs Rockets would have been amazing finals. Im a Rockets fan but I think it would be Bulls in 7
@KWCline91
4 жыл бұрын
Well, I think otherwise
@ChrisM07
Жыл бұрын
The Sonics were really the team that gave the Rockets the most problems with their constant trapping low post defense, the Bulls on the other hand preferred using single coverage like most teams which would've been a good matchup for the Rockets. I actually feel this Rockets team would've been able to beat the Sonics with their halfcourt defense if they had faced off so they definitely have a strong chance against the Bulls.
@hectorlopez1069
Жыл бұрын
Come on, rockets in 7. Rockets were the nemesis of tbe bulls. I wish the rockets were in the east with the bulls.
@brianmears3388
6 жыл бұрын
Series never would've been if Michael Jordan hadn't retired.
@quentincampbell612
5 жыл бұрын
Brian Mears yeah. Jordan was too afraid of facing Olajuwon and the Rockets in the Finals. He said "We wouldn't have had an answer for him" in regards to Olajuwon. Jordan also quit due to gambling problems. He took part in a gambling game where whoever won,got to take former MTV personality Kennedy upstairs to their room.
@charismatic9904
4 жыл бұрын
Retired lol. He was suspended
@mrsportsguy134
4 жыл бұрын
@@charismatic9904 David Stern denied that theory years ago.
@charismatic9904
4 жыл бұрын
@@mrsportsguy134 and you believe that? Lmao. You believe everything everyone says?
@AdrianHoliday
3 жыл бұрын
I still think the Bulls may have dropped one in 94 or 95 if Jordan didn't retire
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