Never Forget About the 2018 Rockets (the greatest team to never make the finals) 

that shimmy on curry was one of the greatest basketball moments of the 2010's

IF HE DIDNT GOT INJURED MAYNE

@@Tupadre97 Then gets hurt immediately after and watched his team brick themselves out of the game

CP is the king of “Cougin’ It” Looks great for most of season then manages to go & snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

@@Tupadre97 rockets missing 27 straight 3’s was the greatest basketball moment of the 2010’s

@Raytheslay hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

Paul hurt his hamstring right after you said this

@Raytheslay hell no

@Raytheslay u must be a 10 year old kid in 3rd grade😂😂

@Raytheslay you don’t know basketball

How can it be false confidence when rockets didn't beat warriors even once in the playoffs?i get what u mean by draymond not expressing doubt or surprise but he explained why rockets played ISO ball more often than not and draymond didnt think warriors could be beat by playing isoball.kd on the other hand thinks ISO ball can beat a team.he made a comment too that at top tier playoffs system doesn't work as effectively.so he believes ISO ball has its place and can beat teams.thats the difference between what kd and draymond said

@@chaithanyachaithu5826 They were never down 3-2 facing elimination to the Rockets. CP3 stays healthy and they would've represented the West in 2018.

@@carteebrown4845 Next year that wasn't the case even without KD. Also Iggy wasn't available in the last four games in 2018

@@kohsmoger1567 not the same team at all The 2019 rockets’s defense completely evaporated Capela turned from a rim protector into a pick and roll liability Plus ariza and Mbah a moute left in free agency The rockets defense was top 5 in 2018 and for the first 30+ games or so in 2019 they were ranked LAST.

@@carteebrown4845 u can make that argument but next year kd got hurt in game 5 and series 2-2 scores also down 3 but rockets couldn't win .so thats why no one believes rockets would have won.

Think, think, think

As a warriors fan if they beat us I don’t see how they lose to lebron and the rest

@@yvnggoat4739 Agreed.

May they would have swept Cleveland as well

@@tristantyree2191 Possibly

Otl the lillard buzzer beater in 2014 hurt just as much

@@Kmon4y yeah well that was when the rockets had no shot at winning the chip in 2018 whe definitely would’ve beaten the cavs in the finals had we won either game 6 or 7 vs the warriors

Game 6 against the warriors in 2019 for me. No Kd and Harden 4 turnovers in the last 5 mins were the nail in the coffin for the Harden/Rockets era.

Ur team is dumb for splitting up cuz as a warriors fan they gave us a run for our money and i was worried one year they would get their revenge

maybe thats proof the warriors were not the greatest team ever?

Don't you mean a classic team

@@captainsimp8864 yeah my bad

I used to spam pick and roll with clint he had 20+ every game

@@aaronhxu2026 It's fine

@@captainsimp8864 yeah

Not really a fan on how they ran their offense though. It essentially has Harden or CP3 control possessions where they take their shot or give their teammate an open one. Not a lot of movement to speak of and aside from CP3, everyone else avoids the mid range like the black plague. Still, it did give them an elite offense and it worked for their team (mostly) so meh

@@ja4309 basically it’s not the brand of basketball that you like got it lol honestly this was the best brand of Hardens basketball, hit the necessary balance without him being a ball hog or overly possessing the ball too much

@@beastyboy101bo Yeah I prefer an offense that moves a lot more 😂. I do have to say though, their "boring" offense did make them elite and with a good mix of 3 and D players, they were hell to be against.

Not really even Kobe said it was a good style for regular season but the playoffs us different

@@DennisYKTV_- he said this about Harden for the following year when CP was injured and Harden was going ballistic and tied his record of consecutive 40 pt games. Harden wasn’t playing that style for THIS PARTICULAR year. That was year after after so check your facts first. That’s why I say gimmicks like the year after this one. This year alone they actually had a great balance of Hardens iso with CP floor general play and their sharing of PG duties along with a plethora of 3D guys. It wasn’t just revolved mainly on Harden but they actually played as true team. However that was sadly only for this particular year/season 2017-2018.

Game 5 was such an amazing high. My whole family was screaming at the TV. It was a bittersweet win, with cp3s injury right at the end that ultimately cost them the series.

@@johnnymarin5035 yall people like to talk about cp3 being injured but if igoudala wasn't injured that series would've went 5 warriors win anyways

@@DaxSports1 We also had Mbahmoute injured. He was an immediate x factor in the regular season. He made clutch threes and clutch defensive moves all year. They were a worse team without him.

As a fellow Rockets fan, I will never forgive the Rockets for trading CP3 for Westbrick after he had one off year. If we had CP3 at the level he was playing at on the Thunder in 2020 I think we give the Lakers a run for their money in the bubble. Not saying we win for sure but it’s sure as hell going longer than 5 games

@@johnnymarin5035 He wasn't injured in 2019 and KD (best player on the Warriors )was. Can you remind us what happened that year?

LOL

That was a rumor too. Not that it was very likely but I think that would’ve been crazy. I was disappointed at the time when bron chose the lakers. I thought the move was boring and predictable

we all knew he wasn't coming. But Copium was in high demand after that legendary season.

bron should have came to houston, he would have won way more championships with harden and cp3, then AD

Lol 💀

that 2017 spurs team with kawhi were very good, so don't blame them

@@theonlygoodonehere2259 Kawhi didn’t even play game 6 which made it worse 😂

@@troyrountree4924 harden apparently went drinking at the club before game 6, so they performed bad ultimately, so yeah thats enough to expose how bad that game was

@Raytheslay 💀

@Raytheslay nah that’s dame time 😂

ye let me just punch my defender rq

FACTS

🖨🖨🖨

Facts. Harden n co choked. Never won a chip. Was watching him at Philly. No movement without ball. Just a statue. Can't win anywhere. Unfortunate.

Wouldnt really have mattered much even if CP3 wasn't injured since he is a generational choke artist, I'm willing to bet my grandma's house on the fact he'd have a game like the game 7 against Mavs against the Warriors as well had he not been injured

@@doctorsam5771 Imagine being so broke that youre willing to bet your grandma's house

@@doctorsam5771 far too many times Cp3 has come short. Just has a a curse of losing, apparently

@Jordan Sharpe up to 2-0 against the bucks. Up 3-2 against the Mavs. He had the talent, Cp3 just tends to disappear from the team

@@doctorsam5771 Nah but Cp3 played consistently well for that series putting up 20,6,5 in the Mavs series after Game 2 he was awful and turning it over 4-5 times

Overrated

And always will be because you beat a injured warriors team

@@jacobswiney9977 just like how the warriors beat an injured cavs team in 2015, injuries are apart of the game deal with it

FR...yeah kawhi was a beast...even compared to mj in that run...but real ones know the team is like almost 10 man deep

-- YES. CP3 has choked before including '22 playoffs. BUT he also has shown up more times than not. This hamstring injury really took the wind out of his GOAT status. I hate that he flops, but he is still an incredible player. This HOU victory would have washed away any hint of his choking status.

real 💯

That pacers team would be a good video

08 lakers ??

08 Lakers made the finals, they just didn't win it. Ngl tho, had they had won it, and the Lakers completed the 3 peat in 2010; whether it's correct or not, many people would have argued that Kobe was at least top 3 all time.

17 spurs?

@@ProfesorM. yeah, almost forget about that Kawhi team. Gave the warriors the business in the 2017 west conf finals. For all of one game. Would have loved for that series to have played out with Kawhi healthy

i wasnt alive for that shot bro i cried when cp3 got hurt if god turned injuries off we woulda beat the warriors

Actually Jordan was retired this year ! If he was there and the rockets beat them then it was the most difficult championship the rockets ever won

@Raytheslay same with the Clippers and blazers

Yeah no the spurs are not beating GS because if a super team is so good then how are they getting beat like that makes no sense

@@AJ-nf3bn I just believe we had a shot if healthy I don't think we would've won easily but they are my team and before kawhi got hurt in game one we had them down by 25 points half way through the third quarter

@@dj2k460 oh ok

rockets were a great defensive team , that’s what made them a possible threat to the warriors. Obv their offense was great too, but that defense was there as well

The pistons were still the better team even with healthy Wade

@@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope If dwade was healthy, the Heat would of smoked the pistons in 05

The 09 Celtics…

2007 Suns!

@@ace2niceabsolutely no chance, this tells me your very uneducated. Wade only missed 1 game.... and the pistons were great facing elimination. Pistons >>>

Boogie wasn’t even on this team…. Also if iggy is healthy y’all would’ve forgotten this team no lie but whatever

@@AG30 boogie was on the roster in 2018…

Boogie was the 2019 warriors not the 2018. Seriously google exists and yet y’all still giving out false information

@@silas6663 Boogie was on the 2019 Warriors 🤦🏻‍♂️

@@forgottenson3411 he signed July 6th 2018

I believe if the officiating wasn’t poor in game 6 Sacramento would have won it all in 2002. They would not have been a dynasty but I believe they would have won at least one more championship

Game 6 was rigged. I watched it live. As far as I'm concerned, Kobe is 4x champion.

Surely Rig. One of the referees of that game was proven guilty of game fixing. Tim Donaghy. And what's worst is he admitted it in front of the jury.

@@caduceus2256 Tim Donaghy didn’t ref the 2002 WCF. The refs for Game 6 were Dick Bavetta, Bob Delaney, and Ted Bernhardt.

They SHOULD have dethroned the Kobe-Shaq Lakers. That series was rigged

Hahhahahahah ok sure, sure😂😭. On paper they had all the superstars but they had no chemistry

@@benperez8291 which one, 2018 rockets or 2019 sixers? the 2019 sixers were a kawhi shot away from getting to ecf and since the raps beat the bucks the sixers for sure could cause remember jrue wasnt a buck at this time. the rockets were a possibly cp3 injury away from making the finals and a game away

What if Kawhi didn’t make that shot

@@saz19s8 they go into overtime and I still believe the raptors win in OT.

2019 sixers team is a good one. Lots of talent

rockets are very unlucky, lol, they used up all their luck in their hakeem the dream era

No one disagrees with you brother. I watched "every" game of that series in full. That was the Rockets year for a finals appearance and most likely ring. I remember so many gasps when Chris Paul got injured. And i will never forget the record reaching "most missed consecutive 3 pointers in NBA history". I always remember being completely speechless what I was witnessing. It is as if no one knew what to do like a deer in the headlights but continually following up with shooting 3s. Most likely a documentary will be released about that Rockets season

If Iggy is completely healthy that series would've been over with a gentleman sweep 😞

@@regalhunt8496 if both teams were completely 100 rockets win either way

@@jacksonbashiri8118 Agreed. People overhype Iggy but ignore that Mbah a Moute was injured too and can do the things Iggy does. Even if Iggy played, he doesnt make KD and Curry hit shots when the Rockets had multiple defenders throwing at them. Also, Rockets could foul Iggy and he isnt a good free throw shooter. Warriors still had multiple defenders and playmakers even without Iggy so the Iggy excuse isnt valid compared to CP3 and Mbah a Moute because Gerald Green isnt a good defender, Ariza and PJ were older. If you have CP3 and Mbah a Moute on the court, those are 2 extra defenders, CP3 can playmake and create his own shot, Mbah a Moute can also hit the 3 and set good screens to get guys open.

I mean he was 2-0 in the finals last years

@@bayenkg And Then Giannis Antetokounmpo Happened

there was a ref that came out and said they had to rig it for warriors, because lebron vs kd and steph does better for ratings

That Warriors team being the "best team to ever exist" is HIGHLY debatable

@@whodat787 the warriors team is at worst a top 3 team ever

@@jacksonbashiri8118 maybe

@@user-dr8nc6jq3y bro what? i said they were a top 3 team oat

@@whodat787 That Warriors Team Would've Been Another Of Michael Jordan's Victims In The 90's There's No Stopping Jordan

Ehh

Greatest team what if in NBA history.

If they won KD prolly wouldn't have signed with gs. The course of nba history would be heavily changed.

@@Depressedwarriorsfan6238 yea, but I think its a good what if as well. Warriors might've signed PG13 in 2016 if they won.

They only lost cuz injuries rigged series and lebron crying to Adam silver

@@stretch3744 you only wanna talk about injuries for 2016 and 2019 right? Not 2015

beatable team, don't let the lebron apologists say otherwise

@@simple45679 another commenter said maximizing durant was limiting steph, klay and draymond. While I disagree, and spacing the floor for Durant was probably the best way to play with that team, especially when you could still hunt steph on defense...in 2018 we also saw kd try leading the warriors without steph, and they were hanging around .500 I guarantee you d'antoni and the rockets noticed that and made sure they targeted steph. It almost worked, and I think we agree it should've. Those warriors weren't immortal, and clashing egos became a thing the very next year for them too.

@@manuprasad5354 you guys should have known they were not immortal when spurs with kawhi and no tony parker had them down 25 in game 1 with healthy warriors at their homecourt, mind you, kawhi came back from an injury, and they had undersized patty at starting pg, and an important fact is, warriors were down by that many in their homefloor in a game 1 playoff series before like that, that was enough to raise my eyebrows whether this team was really as unbeatable as people say

you guys also lost mbah a moute, so important

Hell The 1995-96 Bulls Would've Done Something The Rockets Couldn't Do Which Was Beat Those Warriors

@@jonathanwashington9199 we all know 96 bulls would beat 2018 warriors, but we wanted to see a team from our era with 2 top superstar guys with bad reputations do it

Casual

@@regalhunt8496 Do you really think I really care? Its just basketball this shit not paying me or my bills

2002 Kings were a great team but the 2018 Rockets were just different sorry 🔥

2002 kings had a slower pace than the rockets, but like 12 times the defense

@@benperez8291 and Rockets had 20x the offense

@@almightyyeezydab5149 It was well documented that the Kings got cheated out of the finals by the refs. Not even a Kings fan, but they truly deserved to go. If you weren't alive during that time, you wouldn't know.

@@almightyyeezydab5149 I will say the rockets had an amazing offense for the time now, but I do believe the Kings offense was pretty great especially with the motion and getting everyone involved. I do respect though the offense and how well they adapted of the Rockets.

Chris Paul was not healthy at all lmao

@@hasitdhanoa9852 He was playing doe

@@hasitdhanoa9852 he was playing in that elimination game. Tf you talking about.

@@koi4477 I believe game 6 was his highest scoring game that series with 27 points.

d book and cp3 are the best couple in the league 😂

It’s his calling card. Everyone seems has this bizarre love affair with this guy. Not me. He’s a talented guy without the winner’s grit. Can’t get out of the way of his own inflated ego .

Miami Gentleman swept the Bulls... You might as well add the 2017 Cavs to the list they at least made the finals

@@persistentlypathetic6820 but the video says greatest teams to not make the finals. That eliminates the cavs. It doesn’t matter if they were swept. That Bulls won 62 games and was deep. “They had the mvp of the league. IF” they won it all we would talking about them being one of the greatest teams ever. But they just ran into Lebron, Wada, and Bosh.

They were not "too stacked", that team was beatable, rockets showed that

@@simple45679 I mean yes and no end of the day rockets lost so

I agree with you on this. If Kawhi missed that shot, the Bucks might've gone to the Finals, and GS would win it all and three-peat.

@@jdapaul1351 76ers beat bucks, and beat warriors

😂😂😂😂

Man the worst part is he decides to focus on conditioning after he leaves us 🙄🙄

Or a Damian Lillard block lol

nah 💀

@@Chef_curry_30. were up on them TWICE before cp3 injuries, ain’t a coincidence. We were the only team giving them issues

Thank you. Warriors still had Nick Young, David West, Quinn Cook, Kevon Looney, Shaun Livingston, and etc... Besides, GS was 12-6 without Iggy so they had enough depth to win anyway. Also, Curry, Dray, Klay, and KD were inconsistent in the series so Iggy doesnt change that. Besides, Warriors won games 6 and 7 without Iggy for a reason because they already had enough playoff experience to win. I dont respect that opinion that had Iggy played, Warriors win earlier. Warriors still had enough talent to win the series earlier even without Iggy. Plus, Iggy isnt a great shooter so it is likely he doesnt consistently hit outside shots in that series. Plus, Rockets didnt have Luc Mbah a Moute for certain games and he does the things Iggy does except playmaking and athleticism. Rockets did win by 22 in game 2 and Iggy played so it wasnt like Iggy is this superstar player. Also, Curry, Klay, and KD were struggling for most of the series so Iggy doesnt change that series if the Warriors were being careless and missing open shots in games 2, 4, 5, and parts of game 7. Also, CP3 could have figured Iggy out by hitting midrange, getting steals, and get Iggy in foul trouble. If Mbah a Moute and CP3 were healthy, the Rockets win that series in 7 because Mbah a Moute would have set proper screens to get Harden and CP3 open and play lock down defense and hit the 3. Iggy is good but he was older in 2018 and wasnt the same player that year. Also, great teams like the MJ Bulls, Kobe and Shaq Lakers, Big 3 Heat, and etc.. had to go 7 games in certain years to win it all so at some point, a team was going to push the Warriors 7 games and the Rockets were equipped to do that. Plus, 8th seed Clips took the Warriors with Iggy 6 games and won 2x in GS in 2019 so the Rockets would have at least pushed the KD Warriors 7 games even if Iggy was healthy because Warriors lacked depth off the bench while Rockets had depth. Even, Capela could have protected the rim even if Iggy played and Tucker, Ariza, CP3, Mbah a Moute would have closed out on shooters and closed out on Iggy too. Without Mbah a Moute and CP3, Rockets rotation was messed up worse because you lose 2 key defenders in CP3 and Luc. Also, CP3 can exploit mismatches and get guys involved. Mbah a Moute can defend, hit the 3, and set good screens to get guys open shots.

Warriors talk about Iggy being out in 2018 but Mbah a Moute was out for the Rockets in 2018 and Raps didnt have OG Anounby in 2019 when the Raptors won. Mbah a Moute and OG does the same thing Iggy does but Warriors fans ignore that. Warriors fans make some of the dumbest excuses I ever heard.

I agree with you. Also, Rockets lost Ariza and Mbah a Moute in the same offseason and got Rivers and Faried so the Rockets were totally different in 2019 and lost defensive players.

@@gideonamankwah6491 Iggy was a starter though before he got injured. West, cook, looney, and Shaun were reserves and there were games were cook and west didn’t even play.

@@michealbanksjr.3630 I get that but Iggy is reserve too. Yes, he can start but my point is that Warriors had productive role players and they were already had great defenders in KD, Klay, Green, West, Looney, McGee, and etc. Also, Harden was inconsistent anyway and Warriors did a great job containing him even without Iggy. Yes, Iggy is a good player but he is only a role player and they had other good playmaker too in Curry, Dray, KD, and Livingston on the team. Mbah a Moute was our for the Rockets and he was key for them too.

Harden taking a pay cut was a big move too. Not even a sixers fan but I would root for y’all if my Celtics fall in the playoffs because I’ve always liked harden.