NBA Live 95 (PC) (Rockets vs Suns WC Semifinals Game 7) (May 20th 1995)

Описание: All right, here we go! Game 7! The Rockets and Suns made it up to Game 7 in real life, well, so did I! Up until Game 6 and now, I have been pulling my punches because I WANTED to get into Game 7, now playtime is over, the Rockets' championship title defense is on the line, and it is time for me to get serious and get the Rockets into the Western Conference Finals so they can face the San Antonio Spurs like they did for real years ago!


Fun fact: This is the Western Conference Semifinal game famous for #17 Mario Elie hitting the game winning 3 point shot and blowing a kiss of death at #35 Joe Kleine who was sitting at the Suns bench in the final seconds of the game's 4th quarter. If Mario Elie missed that shot, the Rockets would have likely lost the game and been eliminated from the Playoffs.

Fun fact #2: In real life, the Suns were so confident that they would beat the Rockets in Game 7 that they were planning their trip to San Antonio before the game started.

Fun fact #3: At the time in 1995, the Houston Rockets became the first team in 13 years that have won a Game 7 in the opponent's home court since the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Boston Celtics in The Garden during the 1982 Playoffs.


(Final scores on the Rockets vs Suns Semifinals Game 7 in real life)
Rockets won and advanced to the Western Conference Finals
Rockets - 115
Suns - 114


Houston Rockets 1994-1995 Roster
Lineup
#34 Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon
#7 Carl Herrera
#25 Robert Horry
#11 Vernon "Mad Max" Maxwell
#30 Kenny Smith (Today he is a basketball commentator of Inside the NBA on TNT with Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal)

Bench
#22 Clyde Drexler (Traded from the Trail Blazers)
#10 Sam Cassell (Today he is the assistant coach of the 2020-2022 Philadelphia 76ers)
#31 Tracy Murray (Traded from the Trail Blazers, and cousin of Lamond Murray of the 1995-1999 L.A. Clippers)
#32 Pete Chilcutt (Traded from the Kings to the Pistons in 1994)
#17 Mario Elie
#15 Tim Breaux
#55 Zan Tabak
Head coach: Rudy Tomjanovich



Phoenix Suns 1994-1995 Roster
Lineup
#35 Joe Kleine
#45 A.C. "Iron Man" Green
#15 Danny Manning (Traded from the Clippers, son of Ed Manning of the 1968-1970 Baltimore Bullets, the 1970 Chicago Bulls, the 1971 Portland Trail Blazers, the 1975 New York Nets and the 1976 Indiana Pacers, and today the coach of the Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team)
#11 Wesley Person (Brother of Chuck "The Rifleman" Person of the 1987-1992 Indiana Pacers, 1993-1994 Minnesota Timberwolves, and 1995-1998 San Antonio Spurs)
#7 Kevin Johnson
(#34 Charles Barkley is not in the game)

Bench
#9 Dan "Thunder Dan" Majerle
#2 Elliott Perry
#23 Wayman Tisdale (R.I.P.) (Traded from the Kings)
#22 Danny Ainge (Known today as the former executive of the Boston Celtics)
#24 Danny Schayes (Traded from the Bucks, then the Lakers, son of Dolph Schayes (R.I.P.) of the 1950-1963 Syracuse Nationals and the 1964 Philadelphia 76ers)
#8 Trevor Ruffin
#21 Antonio Lang
Head coach: Paul Westphal (R.I.P.)