1994 NBA Finals

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The 1994 NBA Finals was the championship series in which the Houston Rockets, led by Hakeem Olajuwon and coached by Rudy Tomjanovich, defeated the New York Knicks in seven games to win the NBA title.

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1994 NBA Finals canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA Finals
basketball championship series
broadcastNetworkUS NBC
champion Houston Rockets
cityGame1 Houston
cityGame2 Houston
cityGame3 New York City
cityGame4 New York City
cityGame5 New York City
cityGame6 Houston
cityGame7 Houston
conferenceChampionEastern New York Knicks
conferenceChampionWestern Houston Rockets
country United States
featuredPlayer Hakeem Olajuwon
John Starks
Otis Thorpe
Patrick Ewing
Robert Horry
Vernon Maxwell
finalsMVP Hakeem Olajuwon
followedBy 1995 NBA Finals
game1Winner Houston Rockets
game2Winner New York Knicks
game3Winner New York Knicks
game4Winner Houston Rockets
game5Winner New York Knicks
game6Winner Houston Rockets
game7Winner Houston Rockets
KnicksFinalsAppearanceNumber 7
league National Basketball Association
locationGame1 The Summit
locationGame2 The Summit
locationGame3 Madison Square Garden
locationGame4 Madison Square Garden
locationGame5 Madison Square Garden
locationGame6 The Summit
locationGame7 The Summit
losingCoach Pat Riley
notableEvent O. J. Simpson freeway chase interrupted Game 5 broadcast
numberOfGames 7
precededBy 1993 NBA Finals
RocketsFirstNBATitle true
RocketsTitleCount 1
runnerUp New York Knicks
season 1993–94 NBA season
seasonNumberForLeague 48
seriesResult Houston Rockets won 4–3
winningCoach Rudy Tomjanovich

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Rudy Tomjanovich championshipWonAsCoach 1994 NBA Finals
1995 NBA Finals precededBy 1994 NBA Finals
John Starks playedIn 1994 NBA Finals