But all the Magic did during their playoff run that ’95 season was close the famed Boston Garden with a defeat of the Celtics and whip the Bulls thanks in part to an iconic knock-away steal by Anderson on Jordan in Game 1. If we had won Game 1 our team would have had a whole different mindset. League Champion: Houston Rockets. Why not now?’’ in reference to the Magic being good enough to defy the odds and get to the NBA Finals. … That haunted me for a very long time.’’ The Magic led the then-defending NBA …

... the franchise's fourth championship in six seasons in an easy Game 6 victory as the Bulls returned to the top of the NBA.

``I remember sitting there thinking, `Oh boy, (then-NBA Commissioner) David Stern is not going to be happy if this series turns into a rout. And Orlando would stay comfortably ahead down the stretch, holding a three-point edge in the final minute. 1st round The Rockets championships were also part of a run that saw 4 teams win consecutive titles (The Lakers 1987–88, Pistons 1989–90, Bulls 1991–93 and 1996–98, Rockets 1994–95). After all, O’Neal was 24 years old, Hardaway was 23 and the rest of the core remained in place. As of 2019, the 1995 Rockets are the lowest-seeded team to win the NBA Championship.Houston became the eighth team to win back-to-back titles (after the Minneapolis Lakers of 1949 and 1950, and again 1952–54, and the Celtics dynasty of 1959–66 and again in 1968–69, as the LA Lakers of 1987 and 1988, Pistons of 1989 and 1990 and Bulls of 1991, 1992 and 1993). Teams in bold advanced to the next round.

The following players were named NBA Player of the Week. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Rockets winning the first meeting. We couldn’t figure out any way to stop him. But the fateful sequence that still haunts Anderson to this day, happened like this: Payton had this to say: "We feel great. And it was an absolute crushing. Houston Rockets 1995 NBA Champion NBA Finals Houston Rockets 4 - 0 Orlando Magic. By John Denton June 5, 2015. ``But let’s not minimize Houston because they were awfully good and Olajuwon was at the peak of his career. ``Shaq put the Orlando Magic on the map – not just in the state of Florida or in the United States; he was this global phenomenon,’’ said Fox Sports Florida play-by-play commentator David Steele, one of just three Magic employees to work for the franchise all 26 years of its existence.

Gli NBA Playoffs 1995 si conclusero con la vittoria degli Houston Rockets (campioni della Western Conference) che sconfissero i campioni della Eastern Conference, gli Orlando Magic.

The following players were named NBA Player of the Month. O’Neal went on to win four titles with the Lakers and Heat and Horace Grant also won four times with the Bulls and Lakers. After all, the Knicks and Pacers had far more experience and Jordan had returned from baseball to make the Bulls a contender again in the stacked Eastern Conference. 1995 NBA lockout. NBA 1995 Playoffs Information: Playoff Brackets Information about the 1994-1995 NBA Playoffs, including Champion, Finals MVP award and playoffs brackets with all the series. Summary and statistics for the 1995 NBA Finals - Rockets vs. Magic ``I still believe that to this minute. But the Magic’s hopes would be crushed again when O’Neal and Grant came over to contest a Clyde Drexler layup attempt and Hakeem Olajuwon tipped in the game-winner. ``There we were, flying home after a four-game sweep, and I remember the city of Houston exploding with joy and glee. I remember thinking, `This is supposed to be happening in Orlando, not Houston,’’ Williams said. It was such a great time for our community.’’ In the victory, Dennis Rodman tied an NBA Finals record with 11 offensive rebounds. Every business in town had a sign in their window or up on their billboard.

We still had the game in hand and then comes the famous moment in Magic history and Nick Anderson was right in the middle of it.’’ Les Finales NBA 1995 ont lieu du 7 au 14 juin 1995, pour déterminer le gagnant de la saison 1994-1995, et conclure les séries éliminatoires de la saison.Les champions de la conférence Est, le Magic d'Orlando, rencontrent les champions de la conférence Ouest, les Rockets de Houston.Les Rockets ont battu le Magic 4-0 sur la série et glanent leur 2 e titre NBA. That was also a time when legendary owner Rich DeVos uttered the phrase, ``Why not us?