1994 NBA Finals#Telecast interruption

{{main|1993–94 Houston Rockets season}}

The Rockets chose Hakeem Olajuwon as the first overall pick in the 1984 NBA draft. Olajuwon's first nine NBA seasons included numerous All-Star, All-NBA and All-Defensive selections, but the closest he got to a championship was in {{nbafy|1986}}, when the Rockets fell two games short of a title against a powerful Boston Celtics team.

By his tenth season, Olajuwon became a more complete player, and he led the Rockets to a 15–0 start en route to a 58–24 record. But after a four-game defeat of the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round, they blew a pair of big fourth-quarter leads at home and lost to the Phoenix Suns to begin the second round (in the process earning the derisive nickname "Choke City" from the Houston Chronicle).

In response, the Rockets used the headline as motivation, overcoming a 0–2 deficit to defeat the Suns in seven games (earning the nickname '"Clutch City"). In the conference finals, Houston defeated the Utah Jazz in five games to claim their third conference title. Olajuwon won the MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards at season's end.

{{main|1993–94 New York Knicks season}}

Like Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing was a first overall pick of the NBA draft. Ewing was picked by the Knicks in the 1985 draft, and won Rookie of the Year that season. But despite earning All-Star accolades of his own, the Knicks teams he played with only made it past the first round twice during his first six seasons (in 1989 and 1990).

In the 1991 offseason, the Knicks hired Pat Riley as head coach. In contrast to the fast paced style of Showtime he used with the Los Angeles Lakers, Riley took a more deliberate and physical approach in New York. Aided by the likes of Charles Oakley, Anthony Mason, John Starks and Charles Smith, Ewing and the Knicks rose to prominence under Riley, and in 1994, they won 57 games to finish second in the Eastern Conference.

Their playoff run began with a 3–1 victory over their cross-river rival New Jersey Nets. They had a hard time disposing of a Chicago Bulls team that had lost Michael Jordan to retirement (which lasted until the final months of the following season), but managed to win all four home games to advance. In the conference finals, they were pitted against the upstart Indiana Pacers, led by Reggie Miller. The Pacers gave the Knicks a scare, but the latter's experience proved too much as they won the series in seven games.

{{Main article|1994 NBA playoffs}}

The Houston Rockets won both games in the regular season series:

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| date = December 2, 1993

| team1 = Houston Rockets |score1=94

| team2 = New York Knicks |score2=85

| place = Madison Square Garden, New York City

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| date = February 24, 1994

| team1 = New York Knicks |score1=73

| team2 = Houston Rockets |score2=93

| place = The Summit, Houston, Texas

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{{player2 | num = 11 | first = Vernon | last = Maxwell | pos =SG | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 180 | college = Florida | DOB = 1965–09–12 }}

{{player2 | num = 34 | first = Hakeem | last = Olajuwon | pos =C | ft = 7 | in = 0 | lbs = 255 | college = Houston | DOB = 1963–01–21 }}

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{{player2 | num = 33 | first = Otis | last = Thorpe | pos =PF | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 225 | college = Providence | DOB = 1962–08–05 }}

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| head_coach =

• Rudy Tomjanovich

| asst_coach =

• Bill Berry
• Jim Boylen
• Carroll Dawson

}}

{{NBA roster header|team=New York Knicks|season=1993–94

}}

{{player2 | num = 50 | first = Greg | last = Anthony | pos =PG | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = 176 | college = UNLV | DOB = 1967–11–15 }}

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{{player2 | num = 4 | first = Anthony | last = Bonner | pos =SF | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 215 | college = St. Louis | DOB = 1968–06–08 }}

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{{player2 | num = 33 | first = Patrick | last = Ewing | pos =C | ft = 7 | in = 0 | lbs = 240 | college = Georgetown | DOB = 1962–08–05 }}

{{player2 | num = 7 | first = Corey | last = Gaines | pos =SG | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 195 | college = Loyola Marymount | DOB = 1965–06–01 }}

{{player2 | num = 11 | first = Derek | last = Harper | pos =PG | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 185 | college = Illinois | DOB = 1961–10–13 }}

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{{player2 | num = 34 | first = Charles | last = Oakley | pos =PF | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 225 | college = Virginia Union | DOB = 1963–12–18 }}

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{{player2 | num = 32 | first = Herb | last = Williams | pos =C | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 242 | college = Ohio State | DOB = 1958–02–16 }}

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| head_coach =

• Pat Riley

| asst_coach =

• Dick Harter
• Jeff Nix
• Bob Salmi
• Jeff Van Gundy

}}

:Note: Times are EDT (UTC−4) as listed by the NBA. For games in Houston, the local time is also given (CDT, UTC−5).

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|team2=Houston Rockets |score2=85

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|points1=Patrick Ewing 23 |points2=Hakeem Olajuwon 28

|rebounds1=Charles Oakley 14 |rebounds2=Otis Thorpe 16

|assist1=Derek Harper 5 |assist2=Kenny Smith 5

|attendance=16,611

|referee=

• No. 17 Joe Crawford
• No. 14 Jack Madden
• No. 27 Dick Bavetta

|series=Houston leads the series, 1–0

}}

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|report=[https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199406100HOU.html Box score]

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|rebounds1=Patrick Ewing 13 |rebounds2=Otis Thorpe 12

|assist1=John Starks 9 |assist2=Kenny Smith 6

|attendance=16,611

|referee=

• No. 10 Darell Garretson
• No. 4 Ed T. Rush
• No. 42 Hue Hollins

|series=Series tied, 1–1

}}

{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=June 12 |time=7:00 pm|place=Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York|TV=NBC, Ten, GMA

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|team2=New York Knicks |score2=89

|report=[https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199406120NYK.html Box score]

|Q1=26–18 |Q2=19–20 |Q3=24–25 |Q4=24–26

|points1=Hakeem Olajuwon 21 |points2=Derek Harper 21

|rebounds1=Hakeem Olajuwon 11 |rebounds2=Patrick Ewing 13

|assist1=Hakeem Olajuwon 7 |assist2=John Starks 9

|attendance=19,763

|referee=

• No. 11 Jake O'Donnell
• No. 20 Jess Kersey
• No. 21 Bill Oakes

|series=Houston leads the series, 2–1

}}

{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=June 15 |time=9:00 pm |place=Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York|TV=NBC, Ten, GMA

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|report=[https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199406150NYK.html Box score]

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|points1=Hakeem Olajuwon 32 |points2=Derek Harper 21

|rebounds1=Otis Thorpe 10 |rebounds2=Charles Oakley 20

|assist1=Sam Cassell 5 |assist2=Derek Harper 5

|attendance=19,763

|referee=

• No. 25 Hugh Evans
• No. 17 Joe Crawford
• No. 13 Mike Mathis

|series=Series tied, 2–2

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|report=[https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199406170NYK.html Box score]

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|points1=Hakeem Olajuwon 27 |points2=Patrick Ewing 25

|rebounds1=Otis Thorpe 13 |rebounds2=Patrick Ewing 12

|assist1=Robert Horry 6 |assist2=Derek Harper 7

|attendance=19,763

|referee=

• No. 10 Darell Garretson
• No. 4 Ed T. Rush
• No. 27 Dick Bavetta

|series=New York leads the series, 3–2

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|report=[https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199406190HOU.html Box score]

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|points1=John Starks 27 |points2=Hakeem Olajuwon 30

|rebounds1=Patrick Ewing 15 |rebounds2=Olajuwon, Thorpe 10 each

|assist1=Derek Harper 10 |assist2=Otis Thorpe 6

|attendance=16,611

|referee=

• No. 11 Jake O'Donnell
• No. 20 Jess Kersey
• No. 14 Jack Madden

|series=Series tied, 3–3

}}

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|report=[https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199406220HOU.html Box score]

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|points1=Derek Harper 23 |points2=Hakeem Olajuwon 25

|rebounds1=Charles Oakley 14 |rebounds2=Hakeem Olajuwon 10

|assist1=Derek Harper 5 |assist2=Hakeem Olajuwon 7

|attendance=16,611

|referee=

• No. 25 Hugh Evans
• No. 17 Joe Crawford
• No. 4 Ed T. Rush

|series=Houston wins the NBA Finals, 4–3

}}

This was the first professional championship for the city of Houston since 1975.

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Although most fans in New York, and some members of the national media, considered John Starks, who shot 2-for-18 from the field in Game 7, a contributing factor in the Knicks' loss in the series, another important factor was Olajuwon's performance. Olajuwon outscored Ewing in every game of the series, while Ewing outblocked (4.3 to 3.9 bpg) and outrebounded him (12.4 rpg to 9.1 rpg). Ewing set a then NBA Finals record with a total of 30 blocks.

{{NBA roster statistics legend}}

;Houston Rockets

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|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Matt|Bullard}} || 2 || 0 || 13.5 || .200 || .286 || .500 || 3.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 4.0

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Sam|Cassell}} || 7 || 0 || 22.6 || .422 || .438 || .926 || 3.1 || 2.9 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 10.0

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Earl|Cureton}} || 1 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Mario|Elie}} || 7 || 0 || 11.3 || .250 || .400 || .833 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 2.4

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Carl|Herrera}} || 7 || 0 || 17.3 || .579 || .000 || .750 || 3.6 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 7.1

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Robert|Horry}} || 7 || 7 || 37.9 || .324 || .306 || .619 || 6.1 || 3.7 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 10.3

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Chris|Jent}} || 3 || 0 || 2.3 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Vernon|Maxwell}} || 7 || 7 || 37.7 || .365 || .225 || .682 || 3.3 || 2.9 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 13.4

|-! style="background:#FDE910;"

| align="left" | {{sortname|Hakeem|Olajuwon}} || 7 || 7 || 43.1 || .500 || 1.000 || .860 || 9.1 || 3.6 || 1.6 || 3.9 || 26.9

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Kenny|Smith}} || 7 || 7 || 25.4 || .389 || .357 || 1.000 || 1.4 || 3.1 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 5.6

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Otis|Thorpe}} || 7 || 7 || 39.6 || .519 || .000 || .500 || 11.3 || 3.3 || 0.9 || 0.0 || 9.3

{{s-end}}

;New York Knicks

{{NBA roster statistics start|team=New York Knicks}}

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Greg|Anthony}} || 7 || 0 || 11.4 || .323 || .125 || 1.000 || 0.9 || 2.4 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 3.3

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Anthony|Bonner}} || 2 || 0 || 5.5 || 1.000 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.0

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Hubert|Davis}} || 5 || 0 || 7.6 || .200 || 1.000 || .500 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 1.6

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Patrick|Ewing}} || 7 || 7 || 44.0 || .363 || .200 || .714 || 12.4 || 1.7 || 1.3 || 4.3 || 18.9

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Derek|Harper}} || 7 || 7 || 38.0 || .467 || .436 || .824 || 3.0 || 6.0 || 2.4 || 0.1 || 16.4

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Anthony|Mason|dab=basketball}} || 7 || 0 || 29.3 || .468 || .000 || .640 || 6.9 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 8.6

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Charles|Oakley}} || 7 || 7 || 40.7 || .484 || .000 || .833 || 11.9 || 2.4 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 11.0

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Charles|Smith|dab=basketball, born 1965}} || 7 || 7 || 26.7 || .441 || .000 || .684 || 4.3 || 1.7 || 0.6 || 1.0 || 9.3

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|John|Starks|dab=basketball}} || 7 || 7 || 41.9 || .368 || .320 || .769 || 3.1 || 5.9 || 1.6 || 0.1 || 17.7

|-

| align="left" | {{sortname|Herb|Williams}} || 4 || 0 || 1.8 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.0

{{s-end}}

During Game 5, most NBC affiliates split the coverage of the game between NFL Hall of Famer O. J. Simpson's slow speed freeway chase with the Los Angeles Police Department. At the time, Simpson was an NFL analyst on NBC.

NBA studio host Bob Costas acted as the anchor for both events, tossing to Marv Albert for the game and then to Tom Brokaw of NBC News for updates on the chase. Costas, a colleague of Simpson's on the network's NFL coverage, later learned that Simpson had called 30 Rockefeller Plaza during the chase and asked to speak to him but Costas had been on site at the Garden.{{cite news |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-nbc-broadcaster-bob-costas-remembers-o-j-simpson-called-infamous-bronco-car-chase-his-character-defamed |title=NBC broadcaster Bob Costas remembers why O.J. Simpson called during the infamous Bronco car chase: "His character was being defamed" |work=Sportskeeda |date=April 12, 2024 |access-date=April 12, 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/bob-costas-recalls-o-j-180810382.html |title=Bob Costas recalls O.J. Simpson car chase following his death: 'It was surreal, to put it mildly' |work=Yahoo! Sports |date=April 12, 2024 |access-date=April 12, 2024}}

KNBC in Los Angeles, serving the media market where the police were tracking Simpson, left the Game 5 broadcast completely for the chase with local coverage narrated by Paul Moyer and Colleen Williams; the station did not put up a split screen until the end of the game, which was still close. By that point, Simpson had returned to his mansion in Brentwood and surrendered to police.

A complete re-broadcast of Game 5, with natural crowd audio substituting for the parts for which NBC did not provide audio, is part of the DVD release of this series from Warner Home Video.

The Rockets repeated as NBA champions in 1995 although their season record was worse. Plagued by a lack of chemistry, the Rockets were stuck in the middle of the conference standings most of the year. Then, as the NBA's trading deadline approached, on February 14, 1995, the Rockets acquired Olajuwon's "Phi Slama Jama" teammate Clyde Drexler. The Rockets finished the regular season as the 6th seed but the team on the court at season's end was clearly better than its 47–35 record. The new Rockets team had only had about two months to gel. The playoffs started rough for Houston, the team down 2 games to 1 to Utah in the first round. But the Rockets battled back and won that series, stealing the deciding Game 5 in Utah. The Rockets' ability to overcome adversity became more evident as the postseason wore on. They beat four 50-win squads (Utah, Phoenix, San Antonio and Orlando) to win the championship, becoming the lowest seed ever to win it all.

During the Finals, Viacom stepped up in trying to sell their Madison Square Garden properties, which included the Knicks and the New York Rangers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1994/06/14/viacom-steps-up-efforts-to-sell-rangers-knicks/|title=VIACOM STEPS UP EFFORTS TO SELL RANGERS, KNICKS|date=June 14, 1994|accessdate=February 11, 2024}} In August 1994, Viacom sold the Knicks to Cablevision Systems and the ITT Corporation (the latter sold its shares years later).{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/28/nyregion/itt-cablevision-deal-reported-to-buy-madison-square-garden.html|title=ITT-Cablevision Deal Reported To Buy Madison Square Garden|first=Murray|last=Chass|date=August 28, 1994|accessdate=February 11, 2024|via=NYTimes.com}} Also in 1995, the Knicks enjoyed another strong season, with 55 wins, but were eliminated in seven games by the Indiana Pacers during the second round as Pacers guard Reggie Miller's "Knick Killer" legacy continued. After the season, Pat Riley left the Knicks after they balked at his request for a stake in ownership and the role of team president in negotiations for an extension.{{Cite news |last=Herring |first=Chris |date=January 18, 2022 |title=How Pat Riley Quit On the Knicks |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/sports/basketball/chris-herring-knicks-pat-riley.html |access-date=February 17, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}} He departed for the Miami Heat, with whom he won three championships, one as head coach and two as president. The Knicks made the NBA Finals again in 1999 as the first eighth seed to make the Finals, but fell to the Spurs in five games, and have not returned since.

Before this victory, the Houston Oilers' AFL two championships at the close of the 1960 season and 1961 season and the Houston Aeros' two WHA Avco World Trophies in 1974 and 1975 represented Houston's only professional championships. The 1994 NBA Championship represented the city of Houston's first professional championship since those two teams, and the first in a league that did not later merge.

This was the last NBA Finals for three of the league's longest-tenured and most recognizable referees: Darell Garretson, Jack Madden and Jake O'Donnell. Garretson and Madden retired after the 1994 Finals, while O'Donnell worked the 1994–95 season, but did not work past the second round of the playoffs, marking the first time since 1971 he did not officiate in the championship series. O'Donnell retired in December 1995 following the end of a lockout of NBA referees by Commissioner David Stern.

Overall, as of 2019, Houston's teams in the "Big Four" major professional sports are 6–1 over their New York City counterparts in playoff series. The Rockets, in addition to their 1994 triumph, also defeated the Knicks in the 1975 Eastern Conference first round. The NFL's Houston Oilers (now Tennessee Titans) followed with a victory over the New York Jets in the 1991 AFC wild card round, and the Houston Astros later prevailed over the New York Yankees in three MLB postseason series during the 2010s (the 2015 ALWC, 2017 ALCS, and 2019 ALCS). The only New York-based team that prevailed over Houston was the New York Mets, who won over the then-NL member Astros in the NLCS in their {{wsy|1986}} championship season.

• 1993–94 New York Knicks season
• 1993–94 Houston Rockets season
• 1994 NBA playoffs
• 1994 Stanley Cup Finals

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