This Rockets vs Jazz game in 1997 is so sad brehs

[Kings County]

It was an illegal screen

super illegal bruh is mauling that nikka
but im not sure what the rules were back then

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

It was an illegal screen

I was at that damned game and all I saw was Karl Malone bear hugging Drexler right in front of the ref. I'm still pissed about this 20 years later! This is why Rockets fans STILL hate the Jazz.

super illegal bruh is mauling that nikka
but im not sure what the rules were back then

The rules damn sure didn’t allow big men to block like offensive linemen. I never paid attention to Malone on the play until this. Holy shyt that’s the most obvious illegal screen I’ve ever seen. I can’t even recall KG getting away with one in Boston. He was moving, he grabbed Drexler, and then he kept moving while holding him too

 

[DrexlersFade]

The rules damn sure didn’t allow big men to block like offensive linemen. I never paid attention to Malone on the play until this. Holy shyt that’s the most obvious illegal screen I’ve ever seen. I can’t even recall KG getting away with one in Boston. He was moving, he grabbed Drexler, and then he kept moving while holding him too

The refs cheating for Utah was very real!

 

[UserNameless]

some were corny as hell though, they got mountains jersey featuring the name jazz fukk where you finding jazz in mountains

them rocket jerseys not a good look either, looking like a bootleg version of orlando magic jersey, now those were fly

Matter fact, a lot of the 90s and early 2000s jerseys were atrocious

I’m all for nostalgia but let’s not get too far off base


Low key we might be in the best OVERALL jersey age.

 

[premier58]

Barkley cried in the car


Had he came to the sixers a year earlier he could have gotten a ring with the 83 team

A year earlier wouldve 83-84, not 82-83 when they won.

 

[10bandz]

some were corny as hell though, they got mountains jersey featuring the name jazz fukk where you finding jazz in mountains

them rocket jerseys not a good look either, looking like a bootleg version of orlando magic jersey, now those were fly

the fact some of them were so ugly is part of the allure


Magic jerseys were definitely one of the best ever

 

[GunRanger]

Seems poetic that Barkley was the one who tried the close out

I’m biased obv, but I feel like he’s the most disappointing case of not being able to get a ring. Malone would be #1, but he’s probably a pedophile

Pippen called him fat butt, lazy, and said MJ knew he would never win a ring

 

[b. woods]

Yep that is so true on everything you said. Getting rid of smith, horry and cassell was tough because outside of drexler and mario......those were your clutch shooters. I mean cassell, horry and smith made soooooo many clutch shots in that 2 championship run. I don't think I have ever seen a group of players make that many clutch shots for a team in a 2 year span

And even though they went all in with barkley his body was breaking down at that point. He had hip and knee problems and missed like 20 games that year.

And yes that western conference was a war. Utah ended up beating the rockets 3-2 in the first round the next year 1998 (as the rockets did to them in 1995). I think that was clides last year and then houston traded for Pip.

Correct.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

Barkley put up a helluva fight vs prime MJ. Never forget. He looked washed on that closeout.

 

[Illuminatos]

Those 90s Jazz jerseys are so fly.

 

[Damnshow]

the fact some of them were so ugly is part of the allure


Magic jerseys were definitely one of the best ever

them charlotte hornets joints hella fly too, early to mid 90s had the best jerseys

then they got cocky as hell adding corny ass colors and corny ass logos

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

them charlotte hornets joints hella fly too, early to mid 90s had the best jerseys

then they got cocky as hell adding corny ass colors and corny ass logos

Pinstripes is always a good look

 

[XannyWarbucks]

them charlotte hornets joints hella fly too, early to mid 90s had the best jerseys

then they got cocky as hell adding corny ass colors and corny ass logos

Breh, to this day I'm still trying to hunt for a 90's Hornets Starter Jacket.

 

[Rigby.]

Pippen called him fat butt, lazy, and said MJ knew he would never win a ring

Well those two could’ve made those statements about everyone who played in their era and wasn’t shyt they could say back

 

[jadillac]

still remember where I was when I saw this.

and Greg Gumbel on the call.