January 18, 1998 Bulls vs Rockets highights

[@monolithgeometry3221]

Ain't nobody could do what Jordan does . His focus , fundamentals, athleticism, and I.Q. overmatch anyone who has ever played the game and probably will EVER play this game. And man, Chuck, when he was leading the break and getting his teammates involved he was really a special player

[@NameCallingIsWeak]

Wilt

[@seveneleve7-11]

​@@NameCallingIsWeakWilt played against plumbers in an eight team league. Sit the fuck down kid

[@Wardfolio]

@@NameCallingIsWeak Nope

[@Jerry-tv4bg]

A few weeks after my brother 😢died he loved the bulls

[@walterscott-wp8dw]

Kevin Willis was a beast for the rockets

[@eddie-ws6ns]

isiah, my blood still boils when they turn off the lights for the intros😂

[@dsc5754]

Back when Barkley and Jordan were on speaking terms.

[@Wis_Dom]

Back when Pippen wasn't a backstabbing liar.

[@coreyrowe4119]

Rockets fell off big time in 97-98 from how good they were in 96-97.

[@TheSands83]

Yeah they got old just in one season just like that.. it happens

[@rooseveltdarbey9493]

Exactly Corey Rowe they barley made the playoffs as an 8th seed. They just got old real quick, Hakeem's last great season was they year before 1996-97.

[@monolithgeometry3221]

Yeah, trade half of your team for fat chuck

[@TheSands83]

@@monolithgeometry3221 they made the wcf in 97 with chuck. The year b4 they got swept in the second round.

[@monolithgeometry3221]

@@TheSands83 The Bulls had their own endgame chapter Phil called the last "dance "....so it's only appropriate though a little harsh the Houston Rockets had their own final chapter it would've been titled the last "gasp"

[@kennybegeske8824]

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[@Wis_Dom]

The Bulls were the oldest team in the league at that time. Hakeem was drafted the same year as Jordan. People trying to act like they would have beat the Bulls, when they almost lost to the Knicks in the finals by ONE shot, LMAO! Plus, The Bulls were in the harder division. The Rockets were never as good as the Bulls..it's just that simple.

[@mickeyjohnson5247]

💯💯💯

[@rooseveltdarbey9493]

Wis Dom for some reason Hakeem, Charles and Clyde didn't age as well as Michael, Scottie and Dennis. Well we know why Charles didn't age well 🤣🤣.

[@fortynights1513]

I wouldn't argue Houston could have beaten Chicago in a playoff series personally. But I have heard some people say that Chicago's weakest position was center, and that player would have been facing Hakeem (96-97 was his last all star year I believe).

[@Wis_Dom]

​@@fortynights1513 People say a lot of BS. Real old school NBA fans know, there is a difference between analytics and reality. The Bulls are a swarming defense, best in the league. It's not one player versus one player for an hour. Just put a body on him. Bill Cartwright was nowhere NEAR as good a Patrick Ewing, and he didn't need to be. Hakeem is not beating the Bulls by himself. Let him score his points, stop the rest, game won. They beat Hakeem in the regular season plenty of times. What makes the Bulls great is that their pieces are interchangeable. Jordan, Pippen, Harper etc, would all be coming to help block shots and swipe balls from the weak side.

[@leoaleman3696]

Basketball is a game of matchups. The Rockets did not matchup well against the Super Sonics, the same way the Bulls did not matchup against the Rockets well. Any defender the Bulls had for Hakeem would’ve been eaten alive, in foul trouble and out of the game quickly, especially in the playoffs. If the Bulls meet the Rockets in the finals, the Bulls would have won 3.

[@Silvereagledude]

Good stuff

[@RussellMills1877]

January 18 is my birthday and this is why this man is on the Mount Rushmore of basketball players because he court do it all on the court and make you look stupid at the same time. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017 to find me.

[@chaunseybillings5381]

I miss theses guys the NBA sucks today

[@hectorlopez1069]

Hakeem didn't play this game, what happened to him?

[@Norma1250]

I believe he was injured for alot of the season

[@keithnone6860]

Pippin kept his weight off real good after Jordan left but seemed like he got a little weaker when it game to strength. But by 2001 Pippin was weak like he ain't been to the weight room in long time and stoped working his legs and started getting skinny!!

[@mickeyjohnson5247]

Great observation...

[@millypoo7713]

Pippen

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

his back problems was probably the big reason he had to cut off his weight

[@keithnone6860]

Why was Barkley's points down from 23 to 15 and Jordans points down under 30 points?? Simple weight gain and didn't left weights as much for upper and lower body! I don't know how it goes something like for every 2 or 3 pounds you put on you can take away a whole point averaged

[@Nirnek]

4:51 JJ Reddick's father!

[@meg-k-waldren]

Huh?

[@leoaleman3696]

Why show a game with no Hakeem. These were not the Championship Rockets. They had lost too many players by this time.

[@meg-k-waldren]

I came to watch MJ not Olajuwon.

[@leoaleman3696]

@@meg-k-waldren I wouldn’t want to watch Hakeem against the bulls if there were no Jordan, same difference, not much of a challenge.

[@MrDotaleavers]

Hakeem won without another superstar... the team around him on that championship was built different, it centered on his offense... These team is centered on barkley and drexler... hakeem never had that dreamshake again when MJ was back... coaches and teams prob had figured out how to prevent that...

[@keithnone6860]

That's why it didn't work with Pippin Barkley and oyhkam olygwian cuz the weight gain! Pippin went after Barkley but olygwan had put on as much or maybe more than Barkley but Pippin ain't gonna say nothing to oykaeem!! When Jordan came back to wizards it was like he stopped lifting weights with his legs altogether and had the weight gain! Weight gain and loss of strength on strength maxes hurt you in all sports but it hurts you most in basketball

[@RGF91]

what if the rockets met the bulls in the finals in 97-98?

[@joseaaronleojeruta2122]

They'd still get beaten. They lost to the jazz. Jazz lost to the bulls..

[@joepermenter7228]

The what if is either 96 or 94 or 93 because nobody counts 95 for one reason or another.

[@meg-k-waldren]

That was impossible. No way they beat the Jazz or the Lakers that year. Frankly I remember being shocked when the Jazz beat the Lakers.

[@joepermenter7228]

@@meg-k-waldren It was more or less impossible because the Jazz and The Bulls had the whistle and The Rockets had finally reached past prime Hakeem.

[@MrDotaleavers]

the millenials left the group... mj cannot shoot 3, he shoot 3s. mj cannot pass, he pass. mj has no left, doesnt matter he scores at will. This is the same team that lost to john stockton in game 7 of WCF.

[@mikemcgrath6150]

Isiah very complimentary until Jordan decided to take swipes at him.

[@x-man9473]

No. Isiah was being fake complimentary because he had a job in the NBA. Once he was no longer employed by the NBA, he immediately took shots at MJ in order to prop up LeBron.

[@meg-k-waldren]

MJ merely said what everyone already knew, that Isiah didn't shake hands after the L in 1991. I dunno why in this bizarre era people get triggered over crap that is already public knowledge.