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- 1994_NBA_Finals abstract "The 1994 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1993–94 National Basketball Association season, featuring the Western Conference's Houston Rockets defeating the Eastern Conference's New York Knicks.This matchup was Hakeem Olajuwon's second NBA Finals series appearance, his other being in 1986, where Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics defeated the Houston Rockets four games to two. The series was Patrick Ewing's first NBA Finals appearance. The Rockets came in with strong determination to win not only the franchise's first NBA championship, but the city's first championship in a league that still existed, all while the Knicks were looking to add a third NBA championship trophy, as the Knicks' last trophy came from the 1973 NBA Finals. The Knicks also hoped to impress their new owners Viacom, who had just bought Paramount Communications (formerly Gulf+Western), their longtime owners (after the series however, Viacom sold the Knicks and the rest of the Madison Square Garden properties).The series was hailed as a meeting of the two great centers who had previously played for a championship in college. In 1984 while Olajuwon was with the University of Houston and Ewing was with Georgetown University, Georgetown had beaten Houston 84–75 in the 1984 NCAA Championship game. In this series, however, Olajuwon is generally considered to have definitively outplayed Ewing, outscoring him in every game of the series and posting numbers of 26.9 ppg on 50.0% shooting compared to Ewing's 18.9 ppg on 36.3% shooting. However, Ewing set an NBA finals record in the series with a total of 30 blocks, and he tied the single-game record of 8 blocks in Game 5. Dwight Howard would surpass this record with 9 blocked shots in Game 4 of the 2009 Finals while with the Orlando Magic.During the series, the Houston Rockets played seven low-scoring, defensive games against the New York Knicks. After splitting the first two games in Houston, the Knicks won two out of three games at Madison Square Garden, which also hosted the Rangers first Stanley Cup celebration in 54 years during the series.In Game 6, however, Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon blocked a last-second championship-winning shot attempt by John Starks, giving the Rockets an 86–84 victory and forcing a Game 7, which made Knicks Coach Pat Riley the first (and to this date, the only) coach in a Game 7 NBA Finals on two different teams, having been with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1984 and 1988. In addition, the Knicks set a record for most playoff games played in one season, with 25. The Detroit Pistons tied this record in 2005. The Boston Celtics, coached by Doc Rivers, would surpass it during their championship season of 2008 when they played 26.The Rockets beat the Knicks in Game 7, 90–84, enabling the city of Houston to not only celebrate its first NBA and fifth professional sports championship (first in an existing league), but also deny New York from having both NBA and NHL championships in the same year. It is also the first time a Houston team won a championship in a league that still exists. For his efforts Olajuwon was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. For the Knicks, Riley had the unfortunate distinction of having become the first (and to this date, the only) coach to lose a Game 7 NBA Finals on two different teams, having lost to the Celtics in 1984. It also denied him the distinction of being the first coach to win a Game 7 NBA Finals with two different teams, having defeated the Detroit Pistons in 1988.NBC Sports used Ahmad Rashād (Knicks sideline) and Hannah Storm (Rockets sideline).Hal Douglas narrated the season-ending documentary Clutch City for NBA Entertainment.".
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- 1994_NBA_Finals announcers "Marv Albert and Matt Guokas".
- 1994_NBA_Finals assist "Derek Harper 10".
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- 1994_NBA_Finals assist "Hakeem Olajuwon 7".
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- 1994_NBA_Finals assist "Kenny Smith 5".
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- 1994_NBA_Finals assist "Otis Thorpe 6".
- 1994_NBA_Finals assist "Robert Horry 6".
- 1994_NBA_Finals assist "Sam Cassell 5".
- 1994_NBA_Finals attendance "16611".
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- 1994_NBA_Finals champion Houston_Rockets.
- 1994_NBA_Finals championCoach Rudy_Tomjanovich.
- 1994_NBA_Finals championGames "4".
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- 1994_NBA_Finals date "1993-12-02".
- 1994_NBA_Finals date "1994-02-24".
- 1994_NBA_Finals ecfResult "Knicks defeat Pacers, 4–3".
- 1994_NBA_Finals hasPhotoCollection 1994_NBA_Finals.
- 1994_NBA_Finals hofers Hakeem_Olajuwon.
- 1994_NBA_Finals hofers Patrick_Ewing.
- 1994_NBA_Finals hofers "Coaches:".
- 1994_NBA_Finals hofers "Knicks:".
- 1994_NBA_Finals hofers "Pat Riley".
- 1994_NBA_Finals hofers "Rockets:".
- 1994_NBA_Finals list "1".
- 1994_NBA_Finals list "3".
- 1994_NBA_Finals list "Assistant coaches Berry Boylen Dawson Smith".
- 1994_NBA_Finals list "Coach Tomjanovich".
- 1994_NBA_Finals mvp Hakeem_Olajuwon.
- 1994_NBA_Finals name "Houston Rockets 1993–94 NBA Champions".
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- 1994_NBA_Finals place Texas.
- 1994_NBA_Finals place "Madison Square Garden, New York City".
- 1994_NBA_Finals place "The Summit, Houston, Texas".
- 1994_NBA_Finals points "Derek Harper 21".
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- 1994_NBA_Finals points "John Starks 19".
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- 1994_NBA_Finals rebounds "Charles Oakley 14".
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- 1994_NBA_Finals rebounds "Hakeem Olajuwon 10".
- 1994_NBA_Finals rebounds "Hakeem Olajuwon 11".
- 1994_NBA_Finals rebounds "Olajuwon, Thorpe 10 each".
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- 1994_NBA_Finals rebounds "Otis Thorpe 13".
- 1994_NBA_Finals rebounds "Otis Thorpe 16".
- 1994_NBA_Finals rebounds "Patrick Ewing 12".
- 1994_NBA_Finals rebounds "Patrick Ewing 13".
- 1994_NBA_Finals rebounds "Patrick Ewing 15".
- 1994_NBA_Finals referee "* No. 10 Darell Garretson * No. 4 Ed T. Rush * No. 27 Dick Bavetta".
- 1994_NBA_Finals referee "* No. 10 Darell Garretson * No. 4 Ed T. Rush * No. 42 Hue Hollins".
- 1994_NBA_Finals referee "* No. 11 Jake O'Donnell * No. 20 Jess Kersey * No. 14 Jack Madden".
- 1994_NBA_Finals referee "* No. 11 Jake O'Donnell * No. 20 Jess Kersey * No. 21 Bill Oakes".
- 1994_NBA_Finals referee "* No. 17 Joe Crawford * No. 14 Jack Madden * No. 27 Dick Bavetta".
- 1994_NBA_Finals referee "* No. 25 Hugh Evans * No. 17 Joe Crawford * No. 13 Mike Mathis".
- 1994_NBA_Finals referee "* No. 25 Hugh Evans * No. 17 Joe Crawford * No. 4 Ed T. Rush".
- 1994_NBA_Finals referees Darell_Garretson.
- 1994_NBA_Finals referees Dick_Bavetta.