According to Sam, he and Bulls great Scottie Pippen always got into playful arguments about this particular scenario, as the latter believed he and his team would have easily handled the Rockets. But the chatty guard always pushed back against the notion. “Pip, my man. Pip always argues about this. Pip’s like, ‘Boy, we would have kicked your a*s.’ I’m like, How?’ Because back then, the game was a half-court game. No running, no shooting threes—it was a half-court game, inside-outside game. So, I think we had the best inside player in the league,” the former NBA guard said.