1994–95 Houston Rockets season

1994–95 Houston Rockets season
NBA champions
Conference champions
Head coach	Rudy Tomjanovich
General manager	Bob Weinhauer
Owner(s)	Leslie Alexander
Arena	The Summit
Results
Record	47–35 (.573)
Place	Division: 3rd (Midwest) Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	NBA Champions (Swept Magic 4–0)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KTXH Prime Sports Southwest (Bill Worrell, Calvin Murphy)
Radio	KTRH
< 1993–94 1995–96 >

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 championship, the Rockets went on to win their first nine games of the season. However, with increased competition in the West, management felt a change was needed to win another title. On February 14, the Rockets traded Otis Thorpe to the Portland Trail Blazers for All-Star guard Clyde Drexler, a former teammate of Hakeem Olajuwon at the University of Houston, and three-point specialist Tracy Murray.^[2] The team also signed free agent Chucky Brown midway through the season.^[3] However, after the trade, the Rockets struggled in the second half of the season posting a record of 17–18 on their way to finishing third in the Midwest Division with a 47–35 record.^[4] Olajuwon averaged 27.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.8 steals and 3.4 blocks per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, and selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game. Drexler averaged 21.4 points per game in 35 games with the Rockets, and was also named to the All-NBA Third Team.^[5]

In the playoffs, the Rockets faced the 3rd-seeded Utah Jazz in the Western Conference First Round. The Jazz would take a 2–1 series lead, but the Rockets went on to win the series in five games.^[6] In the Western Conference Semifinals, they faced the Phoenix Suns for the second consecutive year. After trailing 3–1, the Rockets managed to defeat the 2nd-seeded Suns in seven games to advance to the Western Conference Finals.^[7] In the all Texas Western Conference Finals, they faced the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs. Both teams lacked home court advantage in the series, only winning on the road until the Rockets won Game 6 at The Summit and advanced to the NBA Finals.^[8] In the Finals, they swept the Orlando Magic in four straight games, and won their second consecutive championship, with Olajuwon being named Finals MVP for the second straight year.^[9] As the 6th seed in the 1995 playoffs, the Rockets are the lowest-seeded team to win an NBA championship.^[10]

Following the season, Vernon Maxwell, who left the team during the playoffs after being replaced with Drexler in the lineup at shooting guard, signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers,^[11] while Murray signed with the newly expansion Toronto Raptors, Carl Herrera signed with the San Antonio Spurs, and rookie center Žan Tabak left in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft.

NBA Draft[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	53	Albert Burditt	PF	United States	Texas

Roster[]

1994–95 Houston Rockets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F 15 Breaux, Tim 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1970-09-19 Wyoming F 52 Brown, Chucky 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1968-02-29 North Carolina State G 10 Cassell, Sam 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1969-11-18 Florida State F 32 Chilcutt, Pete 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1968-09-14 North Carolina G 22 Drexler, Clyde 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1962-06-22 Houston G 17 Elie, Mario 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1963-11-26 American International F 7 Herrera, Carl  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1966-12-14 Houston F 25 Horry, Robert 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1970-08-25 Alabama F 27 Jones, Charles 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1957-04-03 Albany State G 11 Maxwell, Vernon  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1965-09-12 Florida F 31 Murray, Tracy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1971-07-25 UCLA C 34 Olajuwon, Hakeem (C) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1965-09-12 Houston G 30 Smith, Kenny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1965-03-08 North Carolina C 55 Tabak, Žan 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1970-06-15 Croatia

Head coach Rudy Tomjanovich Assistant coach(es) Bill Berry Jim Boylen Carroll Dawson Larry Smith Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: April 22, 1995

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Midwest Division v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	62	20	.756	—	33–8	29–12	20–6
x-Utah Jazz	60	22	.732	2	33–8	27–14	17–9
x-Houston Rockets	47	35	.573	15	25–16	22–19	13–13
x-Denver Nuggets	41	41	.500	21	23–18	18–23	13–13
Dallas Mavericks	36	46	.439	26	19–22	17–24	11–15
Minnesota Timberwolves	21	61	.256	41	13–28	8–33	4–22

#	Western Conference v t
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-San Antonio Spurs	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Phoenix Suns	59	23	.720	3
3	x-Utah Jazz	60	22	.732	2
4	x-Seattle SuperSonics	57	25	.695	5
5	x-Los Angeles Lakers	48	34	.585	14
6	x-Houston Rockets	47	35	.573	15
7	x-Portland Trail Blazers	44	38	.537	18
8	x-Denver Nuggets	41	41	.500	21
9	Sacramento Kings	39	43	.476	23
10	Dallas Mavericks	36	46	.439	26
11	Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	36
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	21	61	.256	41
13	Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	45

Record vs. opponents[]

1994-95 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–1	2–2	1–4	1–4	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–4	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0
Boston	1–3	—	1–3	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–3	2–0	2–3	0–5	2–3	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	3–1	—	2–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	5–0	2–0	0–2	1–4	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1
Chicago	4–1	4–0	2–2	—	2–3	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–4	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2
Cleveland	4–1	2–2	2–3	3–2	—	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1
Dallas	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	—	1–4	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–4	3–1	2–2	2–3	0–4	2–4	1–1
Denver	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	—	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	6–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–4	2–0
Detroit	2–3	1–3	0–5	0–5	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1
Golden State	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	—	0–4	0–2	3–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–5	1–3	1–4	2–2	2–0
Houston	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	4–0	—	1–1	3–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–5	0–4	2–3	2–0
Indiana	4–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1
L.A. Clippers	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	2–3	1–3	0–2	—	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–5	1–4	0–4	0–5	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	4–0	1–1	3–2	—	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	3–2	1–3	4–1	2–2	2–0
Miami	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	—	4–0	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–1
Milwaukee	3–1	3–1	1–4	4–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–4	—	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–6	1–1	3–1	2–3	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–5	0–4	1–4	1–1
New Jersey	0–4	3–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	—	1–4	2–2	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–3
New York	2–2	5–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	—	2–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0
Orlando	3–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	—	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–3	1–1	3–2	0–4	1–4	—	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–3	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	5–0	4–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–0	4–1	3–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–5	—	3–2	1–3	2–3	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	5–0	1–3	0–2	4–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	—	0–4	3–2	0–4	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	5–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	—	2–2	3–2	2–0
Seattle	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	4–0	1–1	5–0	1–4	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–4	3–2	2–3	2–2	—	1–3	2–0
Utah	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	2–3	3–1	—	2–0
Washington	0–4	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–4	1–3	1–1	3–2	0–4	2–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Game log[]

Regular season[]

1994–95 game log Total: 47–35 (Home: 25–16; Road: 22–19)
show November: 10–3 (Home: 4–2; Road: 6–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 November 8 @ Cleveland W 100–98 Gund Arena 3–0 4 November 9 @ Indiana W 109–104 Market Square Arena 4–0 5 November 11 @ Boston W 102–82 Boston Garden 5–0 8 November 17 Chicago W 106–83 The Summit 8–0 11 November 23 @ Orlando L 94–117 Orlando Arena 9–2 12 November 26 Seattle L 94–98 The Summit 9–3
show December: 8–6 (Home: 5–3; Road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 15 December 2 @ L.A. Lakers L 89–107 Great Western Forum 11–4 16 December 6 @ Seattle L 90–103 Tacoma Dome 11–5 17 December 8 Charlotte W 101–95 The Summit 12–5 18 December 10 San Antonio L 96–108 The Summit 12–6 20 December 15 L.A. Lakers L 94–97 The Summit 13–7 21 December 17 Boston L 109–112 The Summit 13–8 22 December 22 Phoenix W 114–106 The Summit 14–8 23 December 23 @ San Antonio L 96–98 Alamodome 14–9 27 December 30 @ Utah W 111–103 Delta Center 18–9
show January: 8–6 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 30 January 7 Indiana L 83–88 The Summit 20–10 32 January 13 San Antonio W 103–100 The Summit 22–10 35 January 19 New York L 77–93 The Summit 22–13 37 January 22 @ Chicago L 81–100 United Center 23–14 39 January 26 @ San Antonio L 100–103 Alamodome 24–15
show February: 9–5 (Home: 5–1; Road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 42 February 2 Utah W 121–101 The Summit 27–15 43 February 5 @ Phoenix W 124–100 America West Arena 28–15 48 February 16 @ Charlotte W 105–89 Charlotte Coliseum 31–17 50 February 19 @ New York L 117–122 Madison Square Garden 32–18 51 February 21 San Antonio L 97–98 The Summit 32–19 54 February 27 Cleveland W 86–78 The Summit 35–19
show March: 7–8 (Home: 3–5; Road: 4–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 56 March 2 Orlando L 96–107 The Summit 35–21 58 March 5 @ San Antonio L 103–124 Alamodome 35–23 59 March 7 Phoenix L 102–113 The Summit 35–24 65 March 21 Seattle L 102–104 The Summit 40–25 66 March 23 Utah L 104–112 The Summit 40–26 67 March 24 @ Phoenix W 99–97 America West Arena 41–26 68 March 26 @ L.A. Lakers L 96–107 Great Western Forum 41–27 69 March 28 L.A. Lakers L 96–106 The Summit 41–28
show April: 5–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 80 April 19 @ Utah L 96–115 Delta Center 47–33 81 April 20 @ Seattle L 101–111 Tacoma Dome 47–34 82 April 23 Utah L 97–103 The Summit 47–35
1994–95 schedule

Playoffs[]

1995 playoff game log
show First Round: 3–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 27 @ Utah L 100–102 Hakeem Olajuwon (45) Pete Chilcutt (9) Hakeem Olajuwon (9) Delta Center 19,911 0–1 2 April 29 @ Utah W 140–126 Kenny Smith (32) Olajuwon, Horry (7) Kenny Smith (9) Delta Center 19,911 1–1 3 May 3 Utah L 82–95 Hakeem Olajuwon (30) Hakeem Olajuwon (10) Horry, Smith (5) The Summit 16,611 1–2 4 May 5 Utah W 123–106 Clyde Drexler (41) Clyde Drexler (9) Drexler, Smith (6) The Summit 16,611 2–2 5 May 7 @ Utah W 95–91 Hakeem Olajuwon (33) Olajuwon, Drexler (10) Olajuwon, Cassell (4) Delta Center 19,911 3–2
show Conference Semifinals: 4–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 9 @ Phoenix L 108–130 Hakeem Olajuwon (18) Chucky Brown (6) Kenny Smith (10) America West Arena 19,023 0–1 2 May 11 @ Phoenix L 94–118 Hakeem Olajuwon (25) Robert Horry (8) Clyde Drexler (7) America West Arena 19,023 0–2 3 May 13 Phoenix W 118–85 Hakeem Olajuwon (36) Hakeem Olajuwon (11) Clyde Drexler (8) The Summit 16,611 1–2 4 May 14 Phoenix L 110–114 Hakeem Olajuwon (38) Robert Horry (17) Sam Cassell (9) The Summit 16,611 1–3 5 May 16 @ Phoenix W 103–97 (OT) Hakeem Olajuwon (31) Hakeem Olajuwon (16) Kenny Smith (7) America West Arena 19,023 2–3 6 May 18 Phoenix W 116–103 Hakeem Olajuwon (30) Olajuwon, Drexler (8) Hakeem Olajuwon (10) The Summit 16,611 3–3 7 May 20 @ Phoenix W 115–114 Olajuwon, Drexler (29) Hakeem Olajuwon (11) Sam Cassell (7) America West Arena 19,023 4–3
show Conference Finals: 4–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 3–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 22 @ San Antonio W 94–93 Hakeem Olajuwon (27) Clyde Drexler (12) Hakeem Olajuwon (6) Alamodome 33,337 1–0 2 May 24 @ San Antonio W 106–96 Hakeem Olajuwon (41) Hakeem Olajuwon (16) Elie, Cassell (7) Alamodome 35,888 2–0 3 May 26 San Antonio L 102–107 Hakeem Olajuwon (43) Hakeem Olajuwon (11) Clyde Drexler (9) The Summit 16,611 2–1 4 May 28 San Antonio L 81–103 Hakeem Olajuwon (20) Hakeem Olajuwon (14) Hakeem Olajuwon (5) The Summit 16,611 2–2 5 May 30 @ San Antonio W 111–90 Hakeem Olajuwon (42) Robert Horry (13) Sam Cassell (12) Alamodome 35,888 3–2 6 June 1 San Antonio W 100–95 Hakeem Olajuwon (39) Hakeem Olajuwon (17) Clyde Drexler (7) The Summit 16,611 4–2
show NBA Finals: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 June 7 @ Orlando W 120–118 (OT) Hakeem Olajuwon (31) Clyde Drexler (11) Kenny Smith (9) Orlando Arena 16,010 1–0 2 June 9 @ Orlando W 117–106 Hakeem Olajuwon (34) Hakeem Olajuwon (11) Clyde Drexler (5) Orlando Arena 16,010 2–0 3 June 11 Orlando W 106–103 Hakeem Olajuwon (31) Hakeem Olajuwon (14) Drexler, Olajuwon (7) The Summit 16,611 3–0 4 June 14 Orlando W 113–101 Hakeem Olajuwon (35) Hakeem Olajuwon (15) Clyde Drexler (8) The Summit 16,611 4–0
1995 schedule

Player stats[]

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season[]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tim Breaux	42	2	8.1	.372	.240	.653	.8	.4	.26	.10	3.0
Scott Brooks	28	0	6.6	.538	.471	.857	.5	.8	.29	.04	3.4
Chucky Brown	41	14	19.9	.603	.333	.613	4.6	.7	.27	.34	6.1
Adrian Caldwell	7	0	4.3	.250	.000	.500	1.4	.0	.14	.00	.7
Sam Cassell	82	1	23.0	.427	.330	.843	2.6	4.9	1.15	.17	9.5
Pete Chilcutt	68	17	19.8	.445	.407	.738	4.7	1.0	.37	.63	5.3
Clyde Drexler	35	34	37.1	.506	.357	.809	7.0	4.4	1.77	.66	21.4
Mario Elie	81	13	23.4	.499	.398	.842	2.4	2.3	.80	.15	8.8
Carl Herrera	61	26	21.8	.523	.000	.624	4.6	.7	.66	.62	6.8
Robert Horry	64	61	32.4	.447	.379	.761	5.1	3.4	1.47	1.19	10.2
Charles Jones	3	0	12.0	.333	.000	.500	2.3	.0	.00	.33	1.0
Vernon Maxwell	64	54	31.8	.394	.324	.688	2.6	4.3	1.17	.20	13.3
Tracy Murray	25	0	8.1	.400	.422	.625	.9	.2	.28	.12	3.5
Hakeem Olajuwon	72	72	39.6	.517	.188	.756	10.8	3.5	1.85	3.36	27.8
Kenny Smith	81	81	25.1	.484	.429	.851	1.9	4.0	.88	.12	10.4
Žan Tabak	37	0	4.9	.453	.000	.614	1.5	.1	.05	.19	2.0
Otis Thorpe	36	35	33.0	.563	.000	.528	8.9	1.6	.61	.36	13.3

Playoffs[]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Chucky Brown	21	1	15.5	.447	.500	.676	3.1	.3	.43	.10	4.5
Sam Cassell	22	0	22.0	.438	.400	.835	1.9	4.0	.95	.09	11.0
Pete Chilcutt	20	15	16.2	.484	.389	.824	2.9	.9	.35	.20	4.5
Clyde Drexler	22	22	38.6	.481	.303	.786	7.0	5.0	1.50	.68	20.5
Mario Elie	22	6	28.9	.504	.431	.795	2.8	2.5	.95	.05	9.1
Carl Herrera	1	0	6.0	1.000	.000	.000	.0	1.0	.00	.00	2.0
Robert Horry	22	22	38.2	.445	.400	.744	7.0	3.5	1.45	1.18	13.1
Charles Jones	19	0	12.5	.385	.000	.333	2.3	.0	.21	.53	.7
Vernon Maxwell	1	0	16.0	.143	.000	1.000	3.0	1.0	.00	.00	3.0
Hakeem Olajuwon	22	22	42.2	.531	.500	.681	10.3	4.5	1.18	2.82	33.0
Kenny Smith	22	22	29.6	.438	.442	.900	2.2	4.5	.64	.14	10.8
Žan Tabak	8	0	3.9	.400	.000	1.000	.1	.1	.12	.38	.8

Playoffs[]

West First Round[]

(3) Utah Jazz vs. (6) Houston Rockets: Rockets win series 3-2

• Game 1 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (April 27): Utah 102, Houston 100
• Game 2 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (April 29): Houston 140, Utah 126
• Game 3 @ The Summit, Houston (May 3): Utah 95, Houston 82
• Game 4 @ The Summit, Houston (May 5): Houston 123, Utah 106
• Game 5 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (May 7): Houston 95, Utah 91

Last Playoff Meeting: 1994 Western Conference Finals (Houston won 4-1)

West Conference Semifinals[]

(2) Phoenix Suns vs. (6) Houston Rockets: Rockets win series 4-3

• Game 1 @ America West Arena, Phoenix (May 9): Phoenix 130, Houston 108
• Game 2 @ America West Arena, Phoenix (May 11): Phoenix 118, Houston 94
• Game 3 @ The Summit, Houston (May 13): Houston 118, Phoenix 85
• Game 4 @ The Summit, Houston (May 14): Phoenix 114, Houston 110
• Game 5 @ America West Arena, Phoenix (May 16): Houston 103, Phoenix 97 (OT)
• Game 6 @ The Summit, Houston (May 18): Houston 116, Phoenix 103
• Game 7 @ America West Arena, Phoenix (May 20): Houston 115, Phoenix 114

Last Playoff Meeting: 1994 Western Conference Semifinals (Houston won 4-3)

West Conference Finals[]

(1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (6) Houston Rockets: Rockets win series 4-2

• Game 1 @ Alamodome, San Antonio (May 22): Houston 94, San Antonio 93
• Game 2 @ Alamodome, San Antonio (May 24): Houston 106, San Antonio 96
• Game 3 @ The Summit, Houston (May 26): San Antonio 107, Houston 102
• Game 4 @ The Summit, Houston (May 28): San Antonio 103, Houston 81
• Game 5 @ Alamodome, San Antonio (May 30): Houston 111, San Antonio 90
• Game 6 @ The Summit, Houston (June 1): Houston 100, San Antonio 95

Last Playoff Meeting: 1981 Western Conference Semifinals (Houston won 4-3)

NBA Finals[]

1995 NBA Finals Roster[]

Head Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich
Hakeem Olajuwon | Clyde Drexler | Kenny Smith | Robert Horry | Sam Cassell | Mario Elie | Carl Herrera | Vernon Maxwell | Chucky Brown | Pete Chilcutt | Tracy Murray | Tim Breaux | Žan Tabak | Charles Jones | Adrian Caldwell |

Olajuwon vs. O'Neal[]

Although both centers played well, Olajuwon is generally considered to have outplayed O'Neal. 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:^[12][13]

1995 NBA Finals	Gm 1	Gm 2	Gm 3	Gm 4	Totals
Hakeem Olajuwon	31	34	31	35	32.8 ppg
Shaquille O'Neal	26	33	28	25	28.0 ppg

By winning his second straight NBA Finals MVP award, Hakeem Olajuwon became the sixth player to do so on multiple occasions, joining Willis Reed, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan. Olajuwon also joined Jordan as the only two players to win the award consecutively as of that time.

Series Summary[]

Game	Date	Home Team	Result	Road Team
Game 1	June 7	Orlando	118–120	Houston
Game 2	June 9	Orlando	106–117	Houston
Game 3	June 11	Houston	106–103	Orlando
Game 4	June 14	Houston	113–101	Orlando

Rockets win series 4–0

Award winners[]

• Hakeem Olajuwon – NBA Finals Most Valuable Player
• Hakeem Olajuwon – All-NBA Third Team

Transactions[]

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References[]

• Rockets on Database Basketball
• Rockets on Basketball Reference