1994–95 Houston Rockets season

The 1994–95 NBA season was the Rockets’ 28th season in the National Basketball Association, and 24th season in Houston. [1] After winning their first tournament, the Rockets went on to win their first nine games of this year. However, with increased competition from the West, management felt that a change was required to win another name. On February 14, the Rockets traded Otis Thorpe into the Portland Trail Blazers to get All-Star guard Clyde Drexler, a former teammate of Hakeem Olajuwon in the University of Houston. However, following the trade, the Rockets fought in the second half of the year posting a record of 17–18 on their way to finishing third at the Midwest Division with a 47–35 record. Olajuwon was selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game.
In the playoffs, the Rockets faced the 3rd-seeded Utah Jazz in the first round. The Jazz would take a 2–1 series lead, however, the Rockets went on to win the series in five games. In the semifinals, they confronted the Phoenix Suns for the 2nd consecutive year. The Rockets was able to conquer the Suns in seven games ahead of the Western Conference Finals. In Texas Western Conference, they confronted the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs. Both teams lacked home court advantage in the series, just winning on the road before the Rockets won Game 6 in The Summit and advanced to the NBA Finals. From the event, they drifted the Orlando Magic in four consecutive matches, and won their second consecutive championship. Following the year, Vernon Maxwell signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers, and Tracy Murray left at the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft.

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Jimmy Hanna

Entreprenör och skådespelare som älskar att underhålla. Nyfiken och lite rastlös, vill uppleva allt. Sätter upp min första pjäs 2.0 om livet efter döden och artificiel intelligens på fotografiska i Stockholm.

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