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title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a></td> <td>4</td> </tr><tr class="vcard" style=""> <td class="fn org" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Orlando_Magic_season" title="1994–95 Orlando Magic season">Orlando Magic</a></td> <td class="agent"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Hill_(basketball_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brian Hill (basketball coach)">Brian Hill</a></td> <td>0</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">June 7–14</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a><br />(Houston Rockets)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Rockets:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a> (2004)<br /><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> (2008)<br /><b>Magic:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> (2016)<br /><b>Coaches:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a> (2020)<br /><b>Officials:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Dick Bavetta</a> (2015)<br /><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Evans_(basketball)" title="Hugh Evans (basketball)">Hugh Evans</a> (2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_conference_finals" title="NBA conference finals">Eastern finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Orlando_Magic_season" title="1994–95 Orlando Magic season">Magic</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1994–95 Indiana Pacers season">Pacers</a>, 4–3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_conference_finals" title="NBA conference finals">Western finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1994–95 Houston Rockets season">Rockets</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1994–95 San Antonio Spurs season">Spurs</a>, 4–2</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Finals" title="1994 NBA Finals">1994</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA finals">NBA finals</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_Finals" title="1996 NBA Finals">1996</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1995 NBA Finals</b> was the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">championship series</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>'s (NBA) <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1994–95 season</a>, and the conclusion of <a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_playoffs" title="1995 NBA playoffs">the season's playoffs</a>. The series pitted the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Orlando_Magic_season" title="1994–95 Orlando Magic season">Orlando Magic</a> against the <a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Finals" title="1994 NBA Finals">defending NBA champion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1994–95 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a>. The pre-series hype and buildup of the Finals was centered on the meeting of the two <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">centers</a> opposing each other: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> of the Magic and <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> of the Rockets. Going into the series the matchup was compared to the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a>–<a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> matchup of the 1960s. </p><p>The Rockets became the first team in NBA history to beat four 50-win teams in a single postseason en route to the championship. The Rockets would win a playoff-record nine road games in the <a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1995 NBA Playoffs">1995 playoffs</a>. It was the second NBA Finals sweep in the 2–3–2 Finals format (after the <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1988–89 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a> did so against the <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> in <a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a>). The Rockets also became the first repeat NBA Champion in history to keep the title with a sweep. In addition, the Rockets became the first team in NBA history to win the title without having home-court advantage in any of the four playoff rounds since the playoffs was expanded to a 16 team format in 1984. Coincidentally, this feat would also be achieved in the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a> by the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a> that same year, when they won the <a href="/wiki/1995_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1995 Stanley Cup Finals">Stanley Cup</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a>. This is also the first time in both the NBA and NHL history where both finals consist of the heavily favored number one seeded team both being swept. </p><p>The Orlando Magic, making their first NBA Finals appearance, began the series at home, hosting the defending champion Houston Rockets. With the Magic up 110–107 late in Game 1, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Nick Anderson (basketball)">Nick Anderson</a> missed four consecutive <a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">free throws</a> in the closing seconds of the game, and <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Smith" title="Kenny Smith">Kenny Smith</a> hit a <a href="/wiki/Three-pointer" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-pointer">three-pointer</a>, tying the game and sending it to overtime as well as setting a new Finals record, with the most three-pointers in an NBA Finals game with seven (later broken by <a href="/wiki/Ray_Allen" title="Ray Allen">Ray Allen</a>, who hit eight three-pointers during Game 2 of the <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010 NBA Finals</a>). The more experienced Rockets went on to win in overtime and eventually swept the Magic, winning their second consecutive NBA Championship. In achieving this, they earned the distinction of being the only team to win both championships during <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>'s first retirement (although Jordan did return in the closing months of the 1994–95 season), in addition to being the only team other than the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> to win multiple championships in the 1990s. This was also the second consecutive 90s championship series not featuring the Chicago Bulls, a streak the Bulls would end in 1996. </p><p>The season-ending documentary <i>Double Clutch</i> by Hal Douglas, was released by <a href="/wiki/NBA_Entertainment" title="NBA Entertainment">NBA Entertainment</a> to coincide with the Rockets' championship season. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Houston_Rockets">Houston Rockets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Houston Rockets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1994–95 Houston Rockets season">1994–95 Houston Rockets season</a></div> <p>The Rockets entered the 1994–95 season as defending champions. They had won their first eight games of the season,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first defending champions to have won their first eight games of their season since the <a href="/wiki/1987-88_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers season">1987-88 Lakers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, they struggled to maintain last season's form due to injuries and off-court-distractions. On February 14, the Rockets acquired <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a> from the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1994–95 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a>, but the trade of a hometown hero (Drexler was a teammate of Olajuwon at the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars_men%27s_basketball" title="Houston Cougars men's basketball">University of Houston</a>) did not improve matters, and the Rockets settled for the sixth seed with a 47–35 record. </p><p>However, Houston once again lived up to its <a href="/wiki/Clutch_City" title="Clutch City">Clutch City</a> reputation come playoff time. En route to the Finals, the Rockets defeated three teams with 55 or more victories. They began by ousting the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1994–95 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a> in five games (the Rockets trailed 2–1 after three games), then repeating last season's comeback effort over the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1994–95 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a> (wherein the Rockets trailed 3–1 after four games). In Game 7 of that series, Phoenix led Houston 51–42 after the first half before Houston mounted a comeback to get the series win, 115–114.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After dispatching the Suns, the Rockets outclassed the top-seeded <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1994–95 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a> in six games of the conference finals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orlando_Magic">Orlando Magic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Orlando Magic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Orlando_Magic_season" title="1994–95 Orlando Magic season">1994–95 Orlando Magic season</a></div> <p>The Magic were only in their sixth season of existence, but they were a team on the rise. Led by All-Stars <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Penny_Hardaway" title="Penny Hardaway">Penny Hardaway</a>, new acquisition <a href="/wiki/Horace_Grant" title="Horace Grant">Horace Grant</a>, and franchise cornerstones <a href="/wiki/Nick_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Nick Anderson (basketball)">Nick Anderson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Scott_(basketball)" title="Dennis Scott (basketball)">Dennis Scott</a>, the Magic rolled through the Eastern Conference, winding up with a then-franchise best 57–25 mark. </p><p>Orlando's road to the Finals began with a convincing 3–1 series win over the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1994–95 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a>. They followed it up with a six-game ouster of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (returning from an 18-month retirement) and the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1994–95 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a> in the second round, and in the conference finals, they vanquished the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1994–95 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a> in a tough seven-game series. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road_to_the_Finals">Road to the Finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Road to the Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a 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<tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>y</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1994–95 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a></td> <td>59</td> <td>23</td> <td>.720</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1994–95 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a></td> <td>60</td> <td>22</td> <td>.732</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1994–95 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle SuperSonics</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>25</td> <td>.695</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1994–95 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td> <td>48</td> <td>34</td> <td>.585</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"> <th>6 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1994–95 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a></td> <td>47</td> <td>35</td> <td>.573</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1994–95 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a></td> <td>44</td> <td>38</td> <td>.537</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1994–95 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a></td> <td>41</td> <td>41</td> <td>.500</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="1994–95 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a></td> <td>39</td> <td>43</td> <td>.476</td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1994–95 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a></td> <td>36</td> <td>46</td> <td>.439</td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1994–95 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>56</td> <td>.317</td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Minnesota_Timberwolves_season" title="1994–95 Minnesota Timberwolves season">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>61</td> <td>.256</td> <td>41 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td> <td>17</td> <td>65</td> <td>.207</td> <td>45 </td></tr></tbody></table>6th seed in the West, 11th best league record </td> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">Regular season</a> </th> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="width:35em; font-size:95%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5%" rowspan="2"># </th> <th colspan="5" style="text-align:center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1045256916"><div class="navbar-header"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_East_standings" title="Template:1994–95 NBA East standings"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_East_standings" title="Template talk:1994–95 NBA East standings"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_East_standings" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1994–95 NBA East standings"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th width="35%">Team </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games won"> W </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games lost"> L </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage"> PCT </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind"> GB </abbr> </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"> <th>1 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>c</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Orlando_Magic_season" title="1994–95 Orlando Magic season">Orlando Magic</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>25</td> <td>.695</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>y</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1994–95 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a></td> <td>52</td> <td>30</td> <td>.634</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1994–95 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a></td> <td>55</td> <td>27</td> <td>.671</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Charlotte_Hornets_season" title="1994–95 Charlotte Hornets season">Charlotte Hornets</a></td> <td>50</td> <td>32</td> <td>.610</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1994–95 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a></td> <td>47</td> <td>35</td> <td>.573</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1994–95 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></td> <td>43</td> <td>39</td> <td>.524</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1994–95 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a></td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>.512</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1994–95 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a></td> <td>35</td> <td>47</td> <td>.427</td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc"> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1994–95 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td> <td>34</td> <td>48</td> <td>.415</td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Miami_Heat_season" title="1994–95 Miami Heat season">Miami Heat</a></td> <td>32</td> <td>50</td> <td>.390</td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1994–95 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey Nets</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>52</td> <td>.366</td> <td>27 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1994–95 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>54</td> <td>.341</td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1994–95 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td> <td>24</td> <td>58</td> <td>.293</td> <td>33 </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1994–95 Washington Bullets season">Washington Bullets</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>61</td> <td>.256</td> <td>36 </td></tr></tbody></table>1st seed in the East, 4th best league record </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the (3) <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1994–95 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a>, 3–2 </td> <th colspan="2">First Round </th> <td>Defeated the (8) <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1994–95 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a>, 3–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the (2) <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1994–95 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a>, 4–3 </td> <th colspan="2">Conference Semifinals </th> <td>Defeated the (5) <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1994–95 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a>, 4–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the (1) <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1994–95 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a>, 4–2 </td> <th colspan="2">Conference Finals </th> <td>Defeated the (2) <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1994–95 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a>, 4–3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season_series">Regular season series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Regular season series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> won both games in the regular season series: </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">November 23, 1994</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> 94, <b><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a></b> 117 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlando Arena">Orlando Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 2, 1995</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a></b> 107, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> 96 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1995_NBA_Finals_rosters">1995 NBA Finals rosters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1995 NBA Finals rosters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Houston_Rockets_2">Houston Rockets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Houston Rockets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color:#00285E; color:#FFFFFF; text-align: center;"><b>1994–95 Houston Rockets roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #CE1141; color: #FFFFFF;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141; color: #FFFFFF;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">SF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001150000000000000♠">15</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Breaux" title="Tim Breaux">Breaux, Tim</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1970–09–19 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Wyoming" title="University of Wyoming">Wyoming</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">SF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001520000000000000♠">52</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Chucky_Brown" title="Chucky Brown">Brown, Chucky</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">214 lb (97 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1968–02–29 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University" title="North Carolina State University">NC State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">PG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001100000000000000♠">10</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Cassell" title="Sam Cassell">Cassell, Sam</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">185 lb (84 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1969–11–18 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Florida_State_University" title="Florida State University">Florida State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">PF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001320000000000000♠">32</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Chilcutt" title="Pete Chilcutt">Chilcutt, Pete</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000208279999999999♠"></span>6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1968–09–14 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">North Carolina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">SG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001220000000000000♠">22</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Drexler, Clyde</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1962–06–22 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">Houston</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">SF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001170000000000000♠">17</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mario_Elie" title="Mario Elie">Elie, Mario</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000195580000000000♠"></span>6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1963–11–26 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/American_International_College" title="American International College">American International</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">PF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000700000000000000♠">7</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Herrera" title="Carl Herrera">Herrera, Carl</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1966–12–14 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">Houston</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">PF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001250000000000000♠">25</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Horry" title="Robert Horry">Horry, Robert</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">220 lb (100 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1970–08–25 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">Alabama</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">PF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001270000000000000♠">27</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Jones_(basketball,_born_1957)" title="Charles Jones (basketball, born 1957)">Jones, Charles</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1957–04–03 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Albany_State_University" title="Albany State University">Albany State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">SG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠">11</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Maxwell" title="Vernon Maxwell">Maxwell, Vernon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000193040000000000♠"></span>6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">180 lb (82 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1965–09–12 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">Florida</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">SF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001310000000000000♠">31</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tracy_Murray" title="Tracy Murray">Murray, Tracy</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">225 lb (102 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1971–07–25 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001340000000000000♠">34</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon, Hakeem</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000213360000000000♠"></span>7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">255 lb (116 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1963–01–21 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">Houston</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">PG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001300000000000000♠">30</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Smith" title="Kenny Smith">Smith, Kenny</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">170 lb (77 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1965–03–08 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">North Carolina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001550000000000000♠">55</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/%C5%BDan_Tabak" title="Žan Tabak">Tabak, Žan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000213360000000000♠"></span>7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">245 lb (111 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1970–06–15 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Assistant coach(es)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Berry_(basketball)" title="Bill Berry (basketball)">Bill Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Boylen" title="Jim Boylen">Jim Boylen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_Dawson" title="Carroll Dawson">Carroll Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Smith_(basketball,_born_1958)" title="Larry Smith (basketball, born 1958)">Larry Smith</a></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li><b>(DP)</b> Unsigned draft pick</li><li><b>(FA)</b> Free agent</li><li><b>(S)</b> Suspended</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span> Injured</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orlando_Magic_2">Orlando Magic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Orlando Magic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color: #0077C0 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; !important;; text-align: center;"><b>1994–95 Orlando Magic roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0077C0, inset -2px -2px 0 #0077C0; !important;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0077C0, inset -2px -2px 0 #0077C0; !important;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">SG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001250000000000000♠">25</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Nick Anderson (basketball)">Anderson, Nick</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">205 lb (93 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1968–01–20 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign">Illinois</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">PF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">00</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Avent" title="Anthony Avent">Avent, Anthony</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">235 lb (107 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1969–10–18 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Seton_Hall_University" title="Seton Hall University">Seton Hall</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">SG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001140000000000000♠">14</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bowie" title="Anthony Bowie">Bowie, Anthony</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">190 lb (86 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1963–11–09 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma" title="University of Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">PF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001540000000000000♠">54</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Horace_Grant" title="Horace Grant">Grant, Horace</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000208279999999999♠"></span>6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1965–07–04 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Clemson_University" title="Clemson University">Clemson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">PG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠">1</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Penny_Hardaway" title="Penny Hardaway">Hardaway, Penny</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">195 lb (88 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1971–07–18 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Memphis" title="University of Memphis">Memphis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001320000000000000♠">32</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal, Shaquille</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000215899999999999♠"></span>7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">325 lb (147 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1972–03–06 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">LSU</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001300000000000000♠">30</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tree_Rollins" title="Tree Rollins">Rollins, Tree</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000215899999999999♠"></span>7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">235 lb (107 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1955–06–16 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Clemson_University" title="Clemson University">Clemson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">SF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠">5</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Royal" title="Donald Royal">Royal, Donald</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1966–05–22 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">Notre Dame</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">SF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Scott_(basketball)" title="Dennis Scott (basketball)">Scott, Dennis</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">229 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1968–09–05 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Institute of Technology">Georgia Tech</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">PG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001200000000000000♠">20</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Shaw_(basketball)" title="Brian Shaw (basketball)">Shaw, Brian</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">190 lb (86 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1966–03–22 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara" title="University of California, Santa Barbara">UC Santa Barbara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">PG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001220000000000000♠">22</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Thompson" title="Brooks Thompson">Thompson, Brooks</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000193040000000000♠"></span>6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">193 lb (88 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1970–07–19 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_State_University%E2%80%93Stillwater" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma State University–Stillwater">Oklahoma State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">PF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001310000000000000♠">31</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Turner" title="Jeff Turner">Turner, Jeff</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1962–04–09 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_University" title="Vanderbilt University">Vanderbilt</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Hill_(basketball)" title="Brian Hill (basketball)">Brian Hill</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Assistant coach(es)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richie_Adubato" title="Richie Adubato">Richie Adubato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tree_Rollins" title="Tree Rollins">Tree Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Sterner" title="Tom Sterner">Tom Sterner</a></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li><b>(DP)</b> Unsigned draft pick</li><li><b>(FA)</b> Free agent</li><li><b>(S)</b> Suspended</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span> Injured</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series_summary">Series summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Series summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Road team</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Home team </th></tr> <tr> <td>Game 1</td> <td>June 7</td> <td><b>Houston Rockets</b></td> <td>120–118 (OT) (1–0)</td> <td>Orlando Magic </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 2</td> <td>June 9</td> <td><b>Houston Rockets</b></td> <td>117–106 (2–0)</td> <td>Orlando Magic </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 3</td> <td>June 11</td> <td>Orlando Magic</td> <td>103–106 (0–3)</td> <td><b>Houston Rockets</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 4</td> <td>June 14</td> <td>Orlando Magic</td> <td>101–113 (0–4)</td> <td><b>Houston Rockets</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This was one of only two NBA Finals in which the team who did not have home court advantage swept the series, (the other being the <a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_Finals" title="1975 NBA Finals">1975 Finals</a>, in which the <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1974–75 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a> swept the <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1974–75 Washington Bullets season">Washington Bullets</a>). </p> <dl><dd><i>All times are in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern Daylight Time</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a>).</i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_1">Game 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Game 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_NBC" title="NBA on NBC">NBC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 7<br /><small> 9:00 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></b> 120, <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> 118 (OT) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 19–<b>30</b>, 31–31, <b>37</b>–19, 23–<b>30</b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> <b>10</b>–8</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> 31<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Smith" title="Kenny Smith">Kenny Smith</a> 9</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Penny_Hardaway" title="Penny Hardaway">Hardaway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a> 26 each<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Horace_Grant" title="Horace Grant">Grant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a> 16 each<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Houston leads the series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlando Arena">Orlando Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 16,010<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 27 Dick Bavetta</li> <li>No. 17 Joe Crawford</li> <li>No. 29 Steve Javie</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>Orlando led 110–107 with 10.5 seconds left, when <a href="/wiki/Nick_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Nick Anderson (basketball)">Nick Anderson</a> was intentionally fouled to send him to the free-throw line. Normally a respectable free-throw shooter (70.4 percent in the regular season), Anderson missed both of his free throws, but was able to grab the offensive rebound after the second miss and was fouled again. Anderson shockingly missed the next two free throws, and Houston grabbed the rebound, and would tie the game with 1.6 seconds left on <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Smith" title="Kenny Smith">Kenny Smith</a>'s 3-point shot. The shot was one of Smith's seven made 3-point shots, setting a then-Finals record. In overtime, <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> tipped in a missed finger roll by <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a> with three-tenths of a second left to win the game. Hakeem Olajuwon finished the game with 31 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks while Kenny Smith recorded 23 points and 9 assists. The four consecutive missed free-throws by Nick Anderson would haunt him for the rest of his career. After the Finals, Anderson would shoot only 60.5% on free-throws for the rest of his career. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_2">Game 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Game 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_NBC" title="NBA on NBC">NBC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 9<br /><small> 9:00 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></b> 117, <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> 106 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>28</b>–19, <b>35</b>–22, 27–<b>30</b>, 27–<b>35</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> 34<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 33<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Penny_Hardaway" title="Penny Hardaway">Penny Hardaway</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Houston leads the series, 2–0<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlando Arena">Orlando Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 16,010<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 43 Dan Crawford</li> <li>No. 42 Hue Hollins</li> <li>No. 4 Ed T. Rush</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> recorded a double-double with 34 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Rockets to a 117–106 victory and a 2–0 series lead. The Magic, on the other hand, became the 2nd team in NBA Finals history to lose the first two of their four home games. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_3">Game 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Game 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_NBC" title="NBA on NBC">NBC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 11<br /><small> 7:00 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> 103, <b><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></b> 106 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>30</b>–28, 23–<b>26</b>, <b>22</b>–21, 28–<b>31</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> 28<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Nick Anderson (basketball)">Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horace_Grant" title="Horace Grant">Grant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a> 10 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Penny_Hardaway" title="Penny Hardaway">Penny Hardaway</a> 14</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> 31<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Drexler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a> 7 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Houston leads the series, 3–0<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 16,611<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 25 Hugh Evans</li> <li>No. 13 Mike Mathis</li> <li>No. 15 Bennett Salvatore</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Robert_Horry" title="Robert Horry">Robert Horry</a> hit a three-pointer to give Houston a 104–100 lead with 14.1 seconds left. Orlando's Anfernee Hardaway then missed a three-pointer, and the rebound deflected off Dennis Scott and out of bounds with 6.8 seconds left, turning the ball over to Houston. Clyde Drexler was immediately fouled. He missed his first free throw and made the second for a 105-100 Rockets lead with 5.9 seconds left. Nick Anderson hit a three-pointer with 2.7 seconds left to bring the Magic within two points, and then Sam Cassell was immediately fouled. He needed to make both free throws to likely seal it, but missed the first. He made the second to give the Rockets a three-point lead with 2.2 seconds left. After a timeout to advance the ball to midcourt, the Magic had one last chance to tie the game and force overtime, but Hardaway missed a three-pointer as the buzzer sounded. The Rockets held on for a 106–103 win in Game 3 to take a 3–0 series lead and were one win away from their second consecutive NBA title. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_4">Game 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Game 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_NBC" title="NBA on NBC">NBC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 14<br /><small> 9:00 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> 101, <b><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></b> 113 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 21–<b>23</b>, <b>30</b>–24, 25–<b>30</b>, 25–<b>36</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Penny_Hardaway" title="Penny Hardaway">Hardaway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a> 25 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Horace_Grant" title="Horace Grant">Grant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a> 12 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Penny_Hardaway" title="Penny Hardaway">Penny Hardaway</a> 5</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> 35<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> 15<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Houston wins the NBA Finals, 4–0<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 16,611<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 17 Joe Crawford</li> <li>No. 20 Jess Kersey</li> <li>No. 21 Bill Oakes</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>At the end of the first half, the Magic had a 4-point advantage over the home team, Rockets. However, the Rockets had another notable comeback as they outscored the Magic 66–50 in the second half, thus winning their second consecutive NBA championship. Olajuwon outscored O'Neal by 10 points and capped off the sweep by hitting a memorable yet uncharacteristic 3-pointer in front of O'Neal. When accepting the <a href="/wiki/Larry_O%27Brien_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Larry O'Brien Trophy">Larry O'Brien Trophy</a> on the floor of <a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a>, Rockets head coach <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a> said "Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion!"<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Olajuwon, with his 35-point and 15 rebound performance, was named Finals MVP for the second straight year. </p><p>Game 4 remains the most recent NBA Finals game played in Houston to date. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Olajuwon_v._O'Neal"><span id="Olajuwon_v._O.27Neal"></span>Olajuwon v. O'Neal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Olajuwon v. O'Neal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although both centers played well, Olajuwon outscored O'Neal in every game of the series and became one of the few players in NBA history to score at least 30 points in every game of an NBA Finals series:<sup id="cite_ref-holly_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-holly-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>1995 NBA Finals </th> <th>Gm 1 </th> <th>Gm 2 </th> <th>Gm 3 </th> <th>Gm 4 </th> <th>Totals </th></tr> <tr> <td>Hakeem Olajuwon </td> <td>31 </td> <td>34 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>32.8 <a href="/wiki/Points_per_game" title="Points per game">ppg</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shaquille O'Neal </td> <td>26 </td> <td>33 </td> <td>28 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>28.0 ppg </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>By winning his second straight NBA Finals MVP award, Hakeem Olajuwon became the sixth player to win the award on multiple occasions, joining <a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Willis Reed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>. Jordan and Olajuwon at the time were the only players to win the award consecutively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_statistics">Player statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Player statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="min-width:40em; white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minute_(basketball)" title="Minute (basketball)">Minutes</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free-throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a> per game </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Houston Rockets</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Houston Rockets statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GS </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">MPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FG% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">3P% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FT% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">RPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">APG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">SPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">BPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Brown, Chucky"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chucky_Brown" title="Chucky Brown">Chucky Brown</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>9.5</td> <td>.455</td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>2.8</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Cassell, Sam"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Cassell" title="Sam Cassell">Sam Cassell</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>23.3</td> <td>.429</td> <td>.467</td> <td>.833</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>14.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Chilcutt, Pete"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Chilcutt" title="Pete Chilcutt">Pete Chilcutt</a></span></span></span></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Drexler, Clyde"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>40.5</td> <td>.450</td> <td>.154</td> <td>.789</td> <td>9.5</td> <td><b>6.8</b></td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>21.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Elie, Mario"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mario_Elie" title="Mario Elie">Mario Elie</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>40.3</td> <td><b>.649</b></td> <td>.571</td> <td>.900</td> <td>4.3</td> <td>3.3</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>16.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Horry, Robert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Horry" title="Robert Horry">Robert Horry</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>46.8</b></td> <td>.434</td> <td>.379</td> <td>.667</td> <td>10.0</td> <td>3.8</td> <td><b>3.0</b></td> <td><b>2.3</b></td> <td>17.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Jones, Charles"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Jones_(basketball,_born_1957)" title="Charles Jones (basketball, born 1957)">Charles Jones</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>14.3</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>1.8</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1.0 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FDE910;"> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Olajuwon, Hakeem"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>44.8</td> <td>.483</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>.692</td> <td><b>11.5</b></td> <td>5.5</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>2.0</td> <td><b>32.8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Smith, Kenny"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Smith" title="Kenny Smith">Kenny Smith</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>26.3</td> <td>.379</td> <td>.421</td> <td>.000</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>7.5 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Orlando Magic</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Orlando Magic statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #0077C0 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #0077C0 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #0077C0 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GS </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #0077C0 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">MPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #0077C0 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FG% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #0077C0 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">3P% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #0077C0 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FT% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #0077C0 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">RPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #0077C0 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">APG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #0077C0 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">SPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #0077C0 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">BPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #0077C0 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Anderson, Nick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Nick Anderson (basketball)">Nick Anderson</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>40.3</td> <td>.360</td> <td>.323</td> <td>.300</td> <td>8.5</td> <td>4.3</td> <td><b>2.0</b></td> <td>0.5</td> <td>12.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Bowie, Anthony"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bowie" title="Anthony Bowie">Anthony Bowie</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>6.5</td> <td><b>.600</b></td> <td><b>.500</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>3.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Grant, Horace"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Horace_Grant" title="Horace Grant">Horace Grant</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>42.0</td> <td>.532</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.800</td> <td>12.0</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>13.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Hardaway, Penny"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Penny_Hardaway" title="Penny Hardaway">Penny Hardaway</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>43.0</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.458</td> <td>.913</td> <td>4.8</td> <td><b>8.0</b></td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>25.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="O'Neal, Shaquille"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>45.0</b></td> <td>.595</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.571</td> <td><b>12.5</b></td> <td>6.3</td> <td>0.3</td> <td><b>2.5</b></td> <td><b>28.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Royal, Donald"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Royal" title="Donald Royal">Donald Royal</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Scott, Dennis"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Scott_(basketball)" title="Dennis Scott (basketball)">Dennis Scott</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>37.5</td> <td>.310</td> <td>.241</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>3.5</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>10.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Shaw, Brian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Shaw_(basketball)" title="Brian Shaw (basketball)">Brian Shaw</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>21.0</td> <td>.426</td> <td>.385</td> <td>.000</td> <td>3.3</td> <td>3.3</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>12.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Turner, Jeff"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Turner" title="Jeff Turner">Jeff Turner</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>10.8</td> <td>.200</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.000</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1.5 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_coverage">Media coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Media coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the United States, the NBA Finals was broadcast on <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_NBC" title="NBA on NBC">NBC</a> television, with <a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Guokas" title="Matt Guokas">Matt Guokas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a> calling the action. <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Rashad" title="Ahmad Rashad">Ahmad Rashad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hannah_Storm" title="Hannah Storm">Hannah Storm</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gray (sportscaster)">Jim Gray</a> served as sideline reporters, and studio coverage was handled by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Costas" title="Bob Costas">Bob Costas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Vecsey_(sports_columnist)" title="Peter Vecsey (sports columnist)">Peter Vecsey</a>. The games aired locally on NBC affiliates <a href="/wiki/KPRC-TV" title="KPRC-TV">KPRC-TV</a> (Houston) and <a href="/wiki/WESH" title="WESH">WESH</a> (Orlando). </p><p>National radio coverage was provided by the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Radio_Network" title="NBA Radio Network">NBA Radio Network</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Joe_McConnell" title="Joe McConnell">Joe McConnell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Wes Unseld</a> on the call. After the season, NBA Radio was dissolved and subsequent national radio broadcasts of the NBA Finals would be handled by <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN_Radio" title="NBA on ESPN Radio">ESPN Radio</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Rockets' title reign ended in <a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_playoffs#(1)_Seattle_SuperSonics_vs._(5)_Houston_Rockets" title="1996 NBA playoffs">1996</a>, when they were swept by the <a href="/wiki/1995-96_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1995-96 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle Supersonics</a> in the second round. The Sonics were also the last team to beat the Rockets in the playoffs prior to their championship run, having eliminated them in the second round in <a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_playoffs#(2)_Houston_Rockets_vs._(3)_Seattle_SuperSonics" title="1993 NBA playoffs">1993</a>. During the subsequent offseason, the Rockets made a blockbuster acquisition in the offseason by securing the services of former NBA MVP and 9-time All-Star <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a>. But age and injuries would take its toll on Barkley as this led to the Rockets falling short of being unable to replicate their previous success after their two-year consecutive championship reign, with their closest achievement being a six-game defeat to the <a href="/wiki/1996-97_Utah_Jazz_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1996-97 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_playoffs#(1)_Utah_Jazz_vs._(3)_Houston_Rockets" title="1997 NBA playoffs">1997 Western Conference Finals</a>. As of 2024, this marks the most recent appearance by the Rockets in the finals. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1995-96_Orlando_Magic_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1995-96 Orlando Magic season">Magic</a> won a franchise-record 60 games during the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season" title="1995–96 NBA season">1995–96 NBA season</a>, but were swept by the <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>-led <a href="/wiki/1995-96_Chicago_Bulls_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1995-96 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_playoffs#(1)_Chicago_Bulls_vs._(2)_Orlando_Magic" title="1996 NBA playoffs">1996 Eastern Conference Finals</a>. During the offseason, <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> signed with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>, with whom he went on to win three championships; he later added a fourth title to his resume with the <a href="/wiki/2005-06_Miami_Heat_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2005-06 Miami Heat season">Miami Heat</a> in <a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_Finals" title="2006 NBA Finals">2006</a>. The Magic would not return to the Finals until <a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">2009</a>, guided by rising star <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a>, but they were ultimately defeated by the <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a>-led <a href="/wiki/2008-09_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2008-09 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> in five games. 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title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_Finals" title="1991 NBA Finals">1991</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_Finals" title="1992 NBA Finals">1992</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_Finals" title="1993 NBA Finals">1993</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Finals" title="1994 NBA Finals">1994</a></td> <td 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<dl><dt><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Regional_Networks" title="NBC Sports Regional Networks">NBC Sports Regional Networks</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Bay_Area" title="NBC Sports Bay Area">Bay Area</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Golden_State_Warriors_announcers" title="Category:Golden State Warriors announcers">Golden State Warriors</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Boston" title="NBC Sports Boston">Boston</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Celtics_broadcasters" title="List of Boston Celtics broadcasters">Boston Celtics</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_California" title="NBC Sports California">California</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Sacramento_Kings_announcers" title="Category:Sacramento Kings announcers">Sacramento Kings</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Philadelphia" title="NBC Sports Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Philadelphia_76ers_announcers" title="Category:Philadelphia 76ers announcers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>)</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1950s" title="NBA on television in the 1950s">1950s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1960s" title="NBA on television in the 1960s">1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1990s" title="NBA on television in the 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2000s" title="NBA on television in the 2000s">2000s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_NBC_broadcasters" title="List of NBA on NBC broadcasters">Commentators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of NBA All-Star Game broadcasters">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of NBA Finals broadcasters">NBA Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of WNBA Finals broadcasters">WNBA Finals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Key figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Breen" title="Mike Breen">Mike Breen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Costas" title="Bob Costas">Bob Costas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Criqui" title="Don Criqui">Don Criqui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Enberg" title="Dick Enberg">Dick Enberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Gumbel" title="Greg Gumbel">Greg Gumbel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hammond" title="Tom Hammond">Tom Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Hicks_(sportscaster)" title="Dan Hicks (sportscaster)">Dan Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Lampley" title="Jim Lampley">Jim Lampley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Meyers" title="Joel Meyers">Joel Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Neal_(Atlanta_sportscaster)" title="Bob Neal (Atlanta sportscaster)">Bob Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Sunderland" title="Paul Sunderland">Paul Sunderland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Buckner" title="Quinn Buckner">Quinn Buckner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._J._Carlesimo" title="P. J. Carlesimo">P. J. Carlesimo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Chuck Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Dunleavy_Sr." title="Mike Dunleavy Sr.">Mike Dunleavy Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Cotton Fitzsimmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Fratello" title="Mike Fratello">Mike Fratello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Guokas" title="Matt Guokas">Matt Guokas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Dan Issel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lapchick" title="Joe Lapchick">Joe Lapchick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Meyers" title="Ann Meyers">Ann Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Rothstein" title="Ron Rothstein">Ron Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Beck" title="Bruce Beck">Bruce Beck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gray (sportscaster)">Jim Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Johnson_(commentator)" title="Lewis Johnson (commentator)">Lewis Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Jones" title="Marion Jones">Marion Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Joyce" title="Andrea Joyce">Andrea Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Malosky" title="Lisa Malosky">Lisa Malosky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Rashad" title="Ahmad Rashad">Ahmad Rashad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summer_Sanders" title="Summer Sanders">Summer Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Storm" title="Hannah Storm">Hannah Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Wragge" title="Chris Wragge">Chris Wragge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Croce" title="Pat Croce">Pat Croce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Kevin Johnson (basketball)">Kevin Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Salley" title="John Salley">John Salley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tolbert" title="Tom Tolbert">Tom Tolbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Vecsey_(sports_columnist)" title="Peter Vecsey (sports columnist)">Peter Vecsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayson_Williams" title="Jayson Williams">Jayson Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play <small>(<a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_NBA_season" title="1954–55 NBA season">1954</a>–<a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_NBA_season" title="1961–62 NBA season">62</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Doggett" title="Jerry Doggett">Jerry Doggett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Glickman" title="Marty Glickman">Marty Glickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gordon (sportscaster)">Jim Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Donnell_(sportscaster)" title="Bill O'Donnell (sportscaster)">Bill O'Donnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Palmer" title="Bud Palmer">Bud Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Nelson" title="Lindsey Nelson">Lindsey Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wolff" title="Bob Wolff">Bob Wolff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1955_NBA_Finals" title="1955 NBA Finals">1955</a> (Games 2, 6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_NBA_Finals" title="1956 NBA Finals">1956</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_NBA_Finals" title="1957 NBA Finals">1957</a> (Games 1, 7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_NBA_Finals" title="1958 NBA Finals">1958</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_Finals" title="1959 NBA Finals">1959</a> (Games 1–2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_NBA_Finals" title="1960 NBA Finals">1960</a> (Games 1, 3–4, 7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_NBA_Finals" title="1961 NBA Finals">1961</a> (Games 1, 3–4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_NBA_Finals" title="1962 NBA Finals">1962</a> (Games 1–2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_Finals" title="1991 NBA Finals">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_Finals" title="1992 NBA Finals">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_Finals" title="1993 NBA Finals">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Finals" title="1994 NBA Finals">1994</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_Finals" title="1996 NBA Finals">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_Finals" title="1997 NBA Finals">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_Finals" title="1998 NBA Finals">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_Finals" title="1999 NBA Finals">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_Finals" title="2000 NBA Finals">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Finals" title="2001 NBA Finals">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_Finals" title="2002 NBA Finals">2002</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="WNBA_Finals" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals" title="WNBA Finals">WNBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_WNBA_Championship" title="1997 WNBA Championship">1997</a> (single game)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_WNBA_Championship" title="1998 WNBA Championship">1998</a> (Games 1–2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_WNBA_Championship" title="1999 WNBA Championship">1999</a> (Games 2–3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_WNBA_Championship" title="2000 WNBA Championship">2000</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_WNBA_Championship" title="2001 WNBA Championship">2001</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_WNBA_Finals" title="2002 WNBA Finals">2002</a> (Game 2)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1959 NBA All-Star Game">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1991 NBA All-Star Game">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1992 NBA All-Star Game">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1993 NBA All-Star Game">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1994 NBA All-Star Game">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1995 NBA All-Star Game">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1996 NBA All-Star Game">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1997 NBA All-Star Game">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1998 NBA All-Star Game">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2000 NBA All-Star Game">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2001 NBA All-Star Game">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2002 NBA All-Star Game">2002</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Roundball_Rock" title="Roundball Rock">Roundball Rock</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Christmas_games" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association Christmas games">Christmas Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder_trial_of_O._J._Simpson" title="Murder trial of O. J. Simpson">O.J. Simpson's low-speed freeway chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Clock_Incident_(1994)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Clock Incident (1994)">The Clock Incident (1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clutch_City" title="Clutch City">Clutch City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_6_of_the_1998_NBA_Finals" title="Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals">Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day_Miracle" title="Memorial Day Miracle">Memorial Day Miracle</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Rivalries" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Bulls–Knicks rivalry">Bulls–Knicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Bulls–Pistons rivalry">Bulls–Pistons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heat%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Heat–Knicks rivalry">Heat–Knicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazz%E2%80%93Rockets_rivalry" title="Jazz–Rockets rivalry">Jazz–Rockets</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s_Championship" title="McDonald's Championship">McDonald's<br />Championship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1990 McDonald's Open">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1991 McDonald's Open">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1993 McDonald's Open">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_McDonald%27s_Championship" title="1995 McDonald's Championship">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_McDonald%27s_Championship" title="1997 McDonald's 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