2018 Houston Rockets | The Best NBA Teams to Never Win a Title 

91-92 Cavs or 93-94 Knicks. Im showing my age lol

2002 Kings, the og Beam Team😭

2016 Thunder🙏

@@shawncharles6077 92-93 knicks not 94

@@tj5180 94 to. They didn’t win. Should’ve but didn’t. It’s team to never win a title not appearance. That Knicks team was scary.

Bro we lost by 9 and missed 27 straight 3s this was our year

@@Renz0K More context into this game 7. So many missed calls the rockets didn’t get that ruined the momentum and caused them to lose

@@uhm4026 yall missed 27 straight 3s and ur gonna blame the refs. cry harder

@@Renz0Kit was out year

5 years on it still hurts like hell knowing what we had and how close we were and comparing it to where we are now we were really one game away from the finals…

Leave my baby girl Harden alone, Trevor Ariza went 0 for 10 from 3 it's his bum asses fault

Kinda of unfair to blame that entire meltdown on him. The entire team lost

@@BrothaGoneBased Yea but he’s the main guy, and as much as i loved harden then, i can’t deny that he failed as our leader multiple times

The better team won that series . It's really that simple.

27 missed three’s. You could have built an orphanage with all those bricks. It was so surreal watching it at the time because I’ve never seen a team miss so much.

For real I know we would’ve crushed the Cavs

heres a comment to remind yall of this moment. it stings but its ours to cherish. clutch city will rise again 🔥🔥🔥

rigged

Both teams played well early in the series and put themselves in a position to win...then they shit the bed. Rockets fans bemoan Game 7 but never mention they got blown out in Game 6. Kings fans never shut up about Game 6 but seem to forget they folded in Game 7. The better team won both of those series.

@@mjwbulich in game 6, warriors just played a better game with all the momentum as rockets were impacted on cp3 going down, game 7 rockets had a chance to respond, but the 27 missed 3s, and terrible officiating made them lose, so that is valid, and same for game 6 for kings, after they were screwed out of the game, they lost lost hope and were crsuehd and feared that game 7 would be the same, you had to be there to actually know, so they are both valid excuses after all

Just saw it! 😂😂😂😂😂 Nice!

I seen those signs alot

Lmao, they would have won that series

If they had made their shots and adjusted their defense in game 6&7 they would’ve won that series and also losing Chris Paul

@@DamnWhoAsked Yeah, they were the only team that can match with the Warriors' pace at that time in the West. It was so sad that they came up short.

The only team that took KD’s Warriors to a Game 7. Well that probably is their highest achievement, had they won that series they’d face up with LeBron’s Cavs which was very much beatable 🗿

@@JackahoonaLaGunathat probably would have been a better series, I don’t see it being 4-0. Rockets probably still win, but most likely in 6 or 7.

Yeah Curry’s greatest playoff series all time are all against Portland.

They were also really good. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Acting like they weren't beating those teams either way. Lebron beat many injured teams too but you'll complaining on one team says about how hypocrite you'll. 😆

@@BullyMaguire387 nah my dude, every team/player gets appropriate criticism from me. I don’t cherry pick fool 😂 like some people. And you thinking I just complain about one team just because I didn’t include it in my previous comment shows how ignorant you are my man

Straight up embarrassing

Though I'm biased as a warriors fan, I feel like the 2018 game 7 was a bigger choke cause of how it happened. Like, in 2016, that game was basically a one or two score game the entire time. It was an absolute slugfest that wasn't decided until literally the last few seconds. In 2018, the rockets had over an entire half of basketball to adjust away from the three. But nah, they decided to keep shooting them and missed 27 in a row. All they had to do was drive to the basket a few times instead of jacking up threes and they probably win. shit was goofy

i honestly believe if chris paul played they wouldnt have missed 27 straight 3s, he would shut that shit down

@Bruce Deng imo comes to show Harden is not a leader because there's no way you see your team and yourself missing 3s, and you don't shoot mid-ranges or attack the basket.

Stop it we were not the same team in 2019

@@Renz0K Neither were the Warriors when KD got injured

They got ABSOLUTELY ROBBED in game 1 2019

Lmfaoo the warriors were not the same team they were in 18 bro 😂😂😂

Mannn they really lived and died by the 3 point line

Not really you had teams like the 2009 magic who ran their offense through 3pt shooters and Howard being the main point of their offense

It was acc started by 1994 rockets

All three of y'all are just talking lmao. Watch the games. The 2005 Suns were the first team to do that. Then the 2018 Rockets.

​​​​@@supachef_dmoney_4 Prior it was Run TMC (Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullen) in Golden State in the early 90s with Don Nelson ironically I believe Mike was an assistant there as well That's why I knew it would work with Paul and Harden , since Richmond and Hardaway were both ball handling point guards

@@Chuck_EL Oh wow! I never knew D'Antoni was on that staff. Nelly is a dawg of a coach fr. Thank you for the knowledge my guy 🙏🏿

Hmmmmmm some bad mvp

They weren't playing at that level. Not even close to one of the best to not win

Nah, I think of them like the Demar Derozan and Kyle Lowry Raptors, aka Lebronto.

Housteph Rockets

true i feel the only ones in recent years you could call luck are 2015 and 2020 one the pandemic like who saw that coming then 2015 russ got hurt in round 1 and kyrie and k love went down

​@@username-mf4muI'd say that's fair for the most part. Although for 2015, the warriors were pretty young, and they were the first team in YEARS where nobody on the team had ever even played in an NBA final. Like, the thunder had kendrick Perkins, the magic had Ty Lue, then it was the spurs and nets and pistons and stuff. The warriors in 2015 might've been the first team since the 90s to win the title without having a single player on the team who had ever previously made one. To me, THAT'S pretty big. Sure, the cavs were missing some important players. But they also had LeBron James and a bunch of veterans like Jr Smith and Richard Jefferson, guys whod either been in the finals before or played for eons in the league. Those warriors had none of that. It was the first time in decades we really saw an entirely new collection of guys, a truly new squad, make it to the finals their first time, figure things out, and seal the deal. So while it was certainly fortunate that the cavs were missing guys, the cavs had championship pedigree, and it's hard to remember all the way back then cause the warriors are legends now, but in 2015 we'd done NOTHING yet, and there were still questions about whether or not a jump shooting team could win it all. The 2020 finals tho, that feels like A LOT of luck imo. I mean, c'mon, you get a several month break where you don't have to worry about injuries or travel, then when you get into the bubble, you don't have to worry about flying, time zones, checking into hotels, opposing arenas, fans, etc. There was no home court advantage or anything. And the lakers had a bunch of old guys like Dwight, Rondo, and danny green along with vets like kcp. So the lack of travel and stuff benefitted THAT team more than anyone else, cause the old guys would get more out of not having to fly and travel than a young team like the heat were at the time

Pacers and spurs would’ve been a good matchup

I feel like the only reason why he gets a pass and Doc doesn’t is that docs teams are usually overwhelming favorites and at times blow 2-0 leads while Dantoni has ran into historic teams like Golden State, Spurs, and Dirks Mavs.

Dantoni hasn't blown as many 3-1 leads and most people do believe his offense is gimmicky and does get criticized for his defense. without a good defense a revolutionary offense ahead of its time can only do so much. Doc was hyped as a championship level coach on the same level as pop, phil and kerr despite his only championship coming off a team with one of the worst win-loss percentages for a championship team. Dantoni is not regarded as seriously and people know what he brings to the table. But Doc is considered an example of excellent coaching with infuriates fans given his blown leads in the playoffs. And despite his offense being ahead of its time, the personnel to execute it didn't really have a true superstar during the Suns days. If he was given the warriors roster from 2016-2019 then there would be more talk about him. Sometimes a superstar will boost your legacy tremendously like Ty Lue with Lebron and Bud with Giannis. We all know how bad Bud's halfcourt offense is but the talent of Giannis has carried him. Most of Dantonis teams didn't have the star power and names some of Docs have. Doc has had the privilege of working with the Celtics big 3 + rondo and competent role players, Lob city and Kawhi and PG but out of all the seasons only got 1 ring. In recent years more people have credited their offense to PP and Ray Allen all being elite shooters and Rondo an elite passer with insane court vision, while on defense it was Thibs making the defensive schemes and KG anchoring the defense along with role players like Tony Allen and Kendrick Perkins.

He also get criticized. I remember him as no ‘D’antoni and putting much pressure into the minutes of Kobe that probably led him to his injury. RIP Kobe.

one thomas was off that hip injury and was traded to clevland and sucked in 18 and cp was easily the best passer and floor general in the league better than steph no but better than kyrie who as injury prone this year and still is

Also that rockets team also put the Lakers to the limit. I can’t imagine if Yao was not injured, they could beat the Lakers.

27 straight missed 3s with a big lead

​@@kinglightning5256 well I mean they were missing there floor general who was running the offense

@DJ missing a floor general or not missing 27 straight 3s and kept shooting them is inexcusable. You would think your superstar or your coach will tell you to attack the basket or do better plays.

@@kinglightning5256 exactly plus they lost the following year when cp3 was healthy in 2019

@@kinglightning5256 well yes I agree mike dantoni should have stepped in and made adjustments but they depended on Paul to set up there buckets and hit them the offense flowed through him he generated most of there points with his elite passing when you take away a center piece in how the offense flows it messes it up.

Yeah right lebron team was garbage

That was not the same team

@@mrdarkshoe CP3 Harden Capela? Etc. K buddy

@@RealJMCproductionsNeither Harden nor CP3 played up to the same standard that they did in 2018. They also lost depth with no Trevor Ariza or Mbah a Moute to juggle on defensive switching. Roster doesnt always indicate consistency, a year makes a large difference.

no way ur pretending stockton is mvp caliber

@@zomboss-xb1st He had seasons dropping 17 and 14, if Steve Nash can go back to back with 15 and 14 points 10 years later while contributing less to his team, then John Stockton can win MVP

@@MePersonally499 50/40/90 plus being the facilitator of a legendary offense > pick and roll merchant.

@@zomboss-xb1st 1st team all defense also being the facilitator the offensive abilities of a 2 time MVP competing against Michael Jordan, cause he couldn't do that without Stockton(see the Lakers)+ Bringing his team to the finals twice>Everything you just said All of that means nothing if the Jazz can go 64-18 with those two and Nash and Stoudemires 61-21 isn't even the best record in their franchise. Barkley was more effective than the "Legendary Offense" you cling to.

@@MePersonally499 karl malone averaged 13 and 9 at age 40 on the Lakers ur so unserious

Wrong

@@TheBBCSlurpee nah

never hits game winners or even go ahead points in the last minutes thats why kd took em