How amazing it would have been to read that headline. To be able to stop Jordan’s initial 3-peat and bring the H its first title would have been in a word, perfect.
As if the Houston Rockets win wasn’t storied enough, defeating the Bulls would have silenced the asterisk argument* (see bottom) before it even started. Now, obviously being from that great city I have a bit of bias upon reflecting, but the point of this article is to discuss, from a statistic standpoint, how the Rockets fared the year prior (92-93) to MJ’s retirement.
First and foremost we are going to agree on a few things:
The Evidence:
During the 92-93 season the two teams played each other twice and Houston won both times.