Hakeem Olajuwon vs. Spurs 1995 West Final Game 2

[woutakasinistra]

Along with Jordan, Russell, Wilt, Magic, Bird, Kobe, Shaq, the Big O, Jerry West, Tim Duncan and Kareem, Hakeem is in the top 15 off all-time. He was a great player, but moved into this list right there and then, just abusing David Robinson, the reigning MVP. David Robinson afterwards said, that was the first time ever he didn't know what to do on the court. Hakeem I love you, such a great person and player

[michalusOG]

Legend vs NBA Star

Hakeem vs David

[yowyOw69]

@michalusOG I consider Hakeem the best center ever and one of the best 10, if not top 5, best players ever. But man, David Robinson is definitely a legend. He's a HOF and, to me, top10 centers ever.

[lbj6mj23]

wtf was wrong with robinson in this series i am not talking about defense couse hakeem was just to good but david made some high school mistakes lol

[Dkouts57]

good job by bob hill sitting Rodman to discipline him. i see a lot of rebounds the rockets got in a tight game that they would never had have.

bob hill = loser

[Ajibafe]

That move at 2:11 was simply unstoppable.

[2222busdriver]

I still think Hakeem was the most complete Center in NBA history. Therefore I believe he was the best Center of all time. Bill Russell the best winner and Kareem was the best offensive player. But, Hakeem, without a doubt, is the best Center in the history of the NBA.

[rodeo179]

Jordan agrees: "If I had to pick a center [for an all-time best team], I would take Olajuwon. That leaves out Shaq, Patrick Ewing. It leaves out Wilt Chamberlain. It leaves out a lot of people. And the reason I would take Olajuwon is very simple: he is so versatile because of what he can give you from that position. It's not just his scoring, not just his rebounding or not just his blocked shots. People don't realize he was in the top seven in steals. He always made great decisions on the court.

[2222busdriver]

@rodeo179 Great minds think alike :) haha

[Civsuccess2]

Robinson never jumps. If he jumps he gets fake out.

[champion909]

Hakeem>Dwight Howard

Thumbs up if you agree!!!!

[AdamChase87]

@champion909 I think Dwight knows that too seeing as how Olajuwon trains him

[Shuffledaddy]

I wonder if this WCF set a record for most nicknames in a series: The Dream, The Glide, The Admiral, The Rifleman, The Jet, Big Shot Bob, The Worm, and Doc. I might have forgotten a couple lol.

[teesteven]

@Shuffledaddy mario elie was known as the junkyard dog,but i think that was only here in houston

[stacksondeck34]

David Robinson disliked this video.

[PJHunterTJ]

The Spurs had a much better looking court back then.. Better crowd aswell. It's just not the same at San Antonio games now.

[simsdale]

da good ole nba days

[politburo]

the dream took a three at the end lool

[hailhopes]

ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS IN ALL THE BULLS CHAMPIONS SEASON THE ONLY TEAM TO HAVE A WINNING RECORD IN THE REGULAR SEASON AGAINST ALL THOSE BULLS TEAMS WERE MY VERY ON AND BELOVED HAKEEM THE DREAM AND THE HOUSTON ROCKETS! NUFF SAID

[dj021680]

"Hakeem Olajuwon has David Robinson bamboozled!"

[FuShengAlex]

``Jordan don't give a damn about the presence of Hakeem,``

And vice versa....all that tongue wagging, trash talking acrobatic play from MJ never threw Dream off his game. It only got under the skin of weaker Centers like Daugherty, Zo, Ewing and Dikembe.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex and you woke the fuck up......Hakeem playing in a 95-96 team with a gangsta ass squad with Drexler, who lead the blazers team to th championship TWICE and failed, as the sidekick of Hakeem with one of the best three point shooters of all time in Kenny Smith and still can't subdue a undersized Seattle Supersonics....and you bragging against Alonzo Mourning, the same guy who defensively dominated the young Dallas Mavericks in the NBA FInals, who had a total of 9 blocks....

[80s90sRealBasketball]

...coming off the bench and had 5 blocks alone as the heat clinches the game....and this is a old man...so imagine how much more a more younger and efficient alonzo mourning would have done...at least those centers had a pretext in losing in a game vs the bulls, with the excess talent the Rockets had in 1996 and 1997, when they had Sir Charles, what was their pretexts!! Hakeem is without a doubt a beast..but he just couldn't get over the hump...shit it ain't his fault neither!!..

[FuShengAlex]

Yeah they also had a undrafted CBA rookie Matt Maloney running their team that got killed by HOFer Stockton, not to mention a blown call on a illegal screen by Malone on the series winner. But MJ never had ref probs. Care to show me how many times MJ ever won a title with a rookie starter? Here`s your answer: ZERO! He had some guys that won titles elsewhere before him, and had Bison Dele who was a capable double-double guy without the mental issues join in mid 97 coming off the bench.

[FuShengAlex]

Yeah you call playing alongside Mark Bryant, Eldridge Recasner and Sam Mack, Chucky Brown a `gangsta ass` squad ? Certainly nothing compared to having the NBA`s best SF, leading rebounder and best 6th man, 2 1st all-NBA DEF guys like MJ. Clyde missed almost half the season with injuries at age 33, relying on jumpshooting more than ever and you`re bringing up his Por days when he was a lot younger and injury free?....Kenny Smith one of the best 3 pt. shooters of all-time? Yeah ok.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex I call Having, Hakeem, Clyde Drexler, Robery Horry, Mr, Big Shot Rob, Mario Elie, as well as Kenny Smith a gangsta squad, yes THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M FUCKIN SAYING!! And When Horry departed from The Rockets squad and included Sir Charles, they was even more gangsta at least on paper, so don't create no fuckin pretext and doctor their squad as if they wasn't competitive to suit your personal campaign to distort Jordan's legacy which will result in a horrific failure anyway!!

[FuShengAlex]

``your personal campaign to distort Jordan's legacy which will result in a horrific failure anyway!!``

Yeah just throw players together and you should win a title according to your laughable logic, Chuck feuded with everyone when he played in HOU. This is like saying: ``Why didn`t MJ and Pippen win a title right off the bat?`` Wrong, I do not care what Jordan`s legacy is or isn`t.....I am just not buying into what the Jordan Jocker media tries to overraw us openminded fans with.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex it's laughable because you know my logic stand correct..you know damn well if Jordan had a dominant big man in Hakeem and they still couldn't win championships even with a solid supporting cast, you would be grilling every jordan fan here on you tube....i don't know what the fuck iz your beef here...you made they same weak arguments with colton and MJisKing now you come to me with this shit......if you would have just stayed the fuck away from the convo between men and the other....

[80s90sRealBasketball]

....typo: between ME and the other guy i was conversing with.....

[FuShengAlex]

You`re making the WEAK arguments here: `Kenny 10ppg Smith` was his 2nd option. You`re obviously a Jordan Jocker. I do not troll on Jordan threads talking about how Hakeem would`ve beaten him in the playoffs, which is why I am here addressing your TROLL like behaviour. If you post this on MJs tribute threads, you will surely not find me there..... But because you are here on a thread unrelated to MJ .....boasting of what he`d have done. Well I guess I`ll have my say,lol.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex i'm brought up his portland days because i was indicating that Hakeem had a rare commodity in Clyde Drexler to play in the same unit as him you asshole! Don't make it seem like Hakeem won his rings by being the lone superstar because before the rockets required Drexler in 1995, who was a 10 time NBA All Star player, lead his Portland team to 2 championship appearances, shoot a carrer average of 47.2 percent from the field which is somewhat identical to pippen's 47.3%...

[FuShengAlex]

80s90sRealBasketball: ``Don't make it seem like Hakeem won his rings by being the lone superstar because before the rockets required Drexler in 1995``

Yeah so what ``superstar`` did Hakeem have with him in 1994 when he won his first title? He led the Rockets in ALL 5 statistical categories, yes even assists. Or maybe you weren`t watching this happen given MJ was playing baseba- ahem hiding from his gambling probe. lol.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

...came in 2nd in MVP voting in the 1991-1992 season compared to Pippen's #3 in voting in the 1993-1994 season, not to mention they had Charles Barkley, number 2 in MVP Voting in the 1989-1990 season, who was the 1993 League MVP, lead his team to the Finals in 1993, 11 Time NBA All Star, All Star MVP in 1991, Hall of Famer of 2006, and i forgot to mention that Drexler was Hall of Famer in 2004, back to Barkley, Barkley as a Rocket averaged 12.0 Rebounds Per Game as a 6'6'' Forward from 1996-2000

[80s90sRealBasketball]

...Hakeem averaged only 8.7 Rebounds per game from 1996-2000 so don't fuckin tell me that did guy didn't have a luxurious team that could have won championships!! Before Barkley came in the rocket uniform, Hakeem averaged 12.24 rebounds per game!!! The rockets had two dominant rebounding players compared to the bulls only one in Dennis Rodman! As far as the "superstar" status in 1994, Hakeem didn't have a superstar, BUT HE HAD A SECOND OPTION IN KENNY SMITH, who came through in the clutch for..

[80s90sRealBasketball]

....the rockets in the post season...fuck he wasnt' no pippen, but he was a very reliable source at times in the clutch just like he was in game one against the orlando magic in the 95 finals when he hit 7 three pointers....

[FuShengAlex]

LOL.....Kenny Smith a 2nd option. Hakeem`s ``second option```in 1994 was 13ppg 37% FG MadMax. Hakeem is the only player in NBA history that averaged more than double the offensive output of his 2nd best teamate to win a title. He even averaged more ASSISTS than 10ppg Smith the starting PG. 1996-2000. Dude did you not see the injuries Hakeem played with from 97-98 on? He had bloodclots in his legs.

You obviously didn`t watch Rocket basketball when you make such absurd claims.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex my point exactly....you denied kenny as a legit helper just like you did with Pretty boy boxing......Kenny Smith shot at 48% from the field as a starting point guard and averaging 11.6 points per game shooting at 40.5% from the three point line and shooting at 87 percent from the field in 1994, their championship year..in the 1994 post season, he shot at 44 percent from the three point line, shooting at 45.5 percent from the field and averaging 11 points per game...

[80s90sRealBasketball]

....not that ain't scottie pippen numbers, but who said that pippen or kobe established the standard of what type of numbers a player should distribute to determine whether or not that person was qualified to be a 2nd option or not!! Your funin problem is that you are setting a standard of what type of numbers a second option should be distributing, that's why you claiming that my arguments are weak!! BITCH I'M COMING WITH FACTS IN CONTEXT!! you just basing your argument on impulse.....

[80s90sRealBasketball]

..like a lil female...my arguments are very strong, my persective is unique and that's why your ass is in denial...Kenny may not be hall of fame material, but for the time being, he was definitely a compliment to hakeem not not to mention robert horry...tell me other wise....

[FuShengAlex]

Kenny Smith at virtually NO point of his career in any given year ever established himself as even one of the top 7 PG`s in the NBA, in 94 and 95 he wasn`t even a top 10 calibre pg.....and you`re laughably elevating him to thie second option that Hakeem had,lol

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex...did you hear a word i said? i said that he didn't have to have the accomplishments that a pippen, kobe, drxler had, all he needed to do was to be a complementary vessel for the number one option of that team!!.....Derek Fisher was the number 2 option for Kobe Bryant before they had Gasol and Fisher has no all star appearance, never in the top ten in League MVP, no defensive player of the year honors, etc, but he was the most consistent player next to kobe.....

[80s90sRealBasketball]

..i know, i know, they didn't win a ring that year, but my point is that you don't need a individual honors to be a sidekick to the number one player of the team...look at mo Williams, he only received 1 individual honors as a all star as far as i know and that was because ray allen got injured for the 2008-2009 season, but other than that, we was technically lebron's second man....i'll tell you one thing, i'll take smith over Williams anyday in the post-season because smith will come thru....

[FuShengAlex]

`` all he needed to do was to be a complementary vessel for the number one option of that team!!``

80s90sRealBasketball .....so let me get this straight Kenny Smith, the Rockets 5th leading scorer in the 94 playoffs was their 2nd complementary vessel according to you.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex.....that's my stance and i'm gonna stick to it...if i can find something different, i'll change my stance....

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex derek fisher wasn't of the top two scoring leader of the playoff team in the 2009-2010 post season but he was more clutch than kobe bryant...kobe was absent in clutch situtations especially against the thunder in game 6, the jazz in game 3, the suns in game 5, and the celtics in games 2,3,4,5, and 7....my point is you have to look at the stats in context, not just from face up!!

[FuShengAlex]

While that may be true about Fisher but it isn`t something that is parallel to Smith`s role on the Rockets. That was Hakeem and a band of role players in 93-94. There was no real `go-to` guy outside of him, or someone else to consistently shoulder the load offensively. He had guys take turns stepping up in key moments, but no one guy that overly stood-out offensively, outside of him. His blocking-rebounding created a lot of FB points. And they needed him to create space for their shots.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

..typo....your "fuckinf" problem..

and i still stand corrected.....

[FuShengAlex]

``is that you are setting a standard of what type of numbers a second option should be distributing``

A real second option should be a consistent `go-to` guy on offence or defence that can carry the load when a 1st option throughout a series when things go wrong a la Pippen in 93 vs. the Knicks when MJ struggled or Rodman grabbing 14rpg when MJ shot lousy vs. Sea. All you are doing is cherry picking a good game or two from Smith, he could not consistently create his shot....he needed Dream.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex aren't you doin the same thing with Jordan with Rodman? What about when the Bulls lost to the sonics in game 5 where Jordan played terrible, rodman had 6 points, 12 rebounds with 5 PERSONAL FOULS! wasn't much of a factor wasn't he? Now who's doing the cherry pickin...you ain't talking to a novice...

Rodman needed Jordan just like Jordan needed Pippen and Rodman to win his next three rings....i'm not denying that Kenny has had shitty games...but so did pippen, jordan..and rodman...

[FuShengAlex]

No one can be expected to dominate every game they play, but Rodman was CONSISTENTLY good throughout those 96 Finals and throughout those playoffs..

Kenny Smith was inconsistent on offence and his defence was atrocious vs. PG`s THROUGHOUT the playoffs in 94.........there`s the difference.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex i'm not denying that he has had shitty moments...rodman was one dimensional in the 96 finals and that was when he was contributing from the rebounding standpoint. Shawn Kemp Averaged 23 Points Per Game, shooting at 55.5% from the field, grabbing 10 Rebounds and 2.0 Blocks per game and he had a total of 12 Blocks in 6 games.....Rodman did his best trying to contain him but Kemp was too much for him in the overall individual standpoint, although rodman did held his ground...

[FuShengAlex]

``rodman was one dimensional in the 96 finals and that was when he was contributing from the rebounding standpoint.``

Well as far as I`m concerned Rodman was the difference between the Bulls being a 50+ contending team to being a unstoppable team that no one could handle. I am not buying that `rust`` excuse as reason for loss to Orlando. That team was overall better than CHI, and would`ve beaten CHI again if they didn`t sign him. W.O him their frontcourt would`ve gotten bullied again.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex...well i'm not buying the bloodclot injury of hakeem shit then..it can go both ways...as far as jordan's "rust excuse" is concern i read Michael Jordan's book, "Driven From Within" and he mentioned that when he came back to the NBA in 1995, he was still in his physical baseball shape, where your most focus is the forearm and strengthening the forearm....while in basketball, it's the broad shoulders, the foot work and the rest of the works....i'm not making any pretext for mike...

[80s90sRealBasketball]

....i'm makin my point about how he wasn't in total basketball shape when he came back...could the rockets have been them in the championship? maybe, maybe not..you can't say that the rockets can beat the bulls because the magic defeated the bulls..that's a pre-k argument..i remember earlier this year in January, a idiot mentioned that the Vikings will whip on the Saints because the Defeated the Cowboys in a blowout 34-3 and the Cowboys defeated the Saints 24-17..so that mean that....

[80s90sRealBasketball]

....the Viking will whip on the Saints 72-3 and silly shit like that....that's not how it works...it's all about matchups..and perhaps on paper the Rockets have the advantage because the bulls don't have a player on the deep front that can at least shut down Hakeem, but Phil was always good at using his PF/C's in the switch to make a effort in rotation to at least contain Hakeem when/if that's possible....

[FuShengAlex]

Yeah i am saying we would beat them. ....The Magic beat the Bulls and we beat the Magic. Swept them....on the road, only happened one other time in NBA history. None of the 6 Bulls title teams swept a Finals. I cannot say we lost to Seattle in 96 and insist we would`ve beaten Chicago. Same goes for 95.

Frontcourt domination of Chicago`s soft frontcourt was why Orlando won. And if they hadn`t addressed this in the offseason, Orlando would have the same adv in 96.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex i'm cool with that perspective...

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex other than that i agree to a degree that kenny was shit crumbs at times in the post season....

[FuShengAlex]

LOL...I `KNOW` Your logic is correct. You have a opinion which you`re entitled to. Definitely don`t agree with it. But I have quite a chuckle at you believing Kenny Smith was ever a 2nd option. Especially how KJ tore him to pieces 2 years straight HE COULDN`T GUARD his own shadow, and you`re posting me his stats,lol. He couldn`t even dish more assists than Hakeem despite being the PG. He lived off of the space Hakeem created, ..show me a title team who`s 2nd option averaged 11ppg,LOL.

[aha3e1]

yea i feel you....just imagine if the Rockets with Dream and Sampson went up against da Bulls. That would have been a crazy NBA finals.

[aha3e1]

I actually believe that the 93' Rockets were a better team than the 94' and 95' Rockets (mainly due to Maxwell's presence). Had the officials not been paid by David Stern to rig game 7 in Seattle, I honestly believe the Rockets beat the Bulls in 1993. And this is coming from someone who is a die hard MJ fan.

[karabinas]

Funny how you don't hear Hakeem's name much in discussions of great centers...yet when he was in his prime, there wasn't one person playing with him or against him who didn't recognize he was the best player on the court...

[freddiego60]

hakeem was poetry in motion

[80s90sRealBasketball]

come to think of It, the Bulls did play against a team with a dominant center, Shawn kemp......now i know he played power forward also, but he definitely was a truer center than Ervin Johnson...the only reason Ervin Johnson played center because he was a inch taller at 6'11'' and we weight more pound that Kemp, but Kemp had the better proficiency to play at the center position than Johnson...look up basketball reference web site and type in Shawn Kemp and you will see that he played.......

[80s90sRealBasketball]

.....forward and CENTER! if you type in imdb [internet movie data base] and typr,in 1996 NBA Finals or Shawn Kemp, they list him as "Seattle Supersonics Center"!! In Game 6 of the 96 Finals, Bill Walton compared Shawn Kemp to Bill Russell who was also 6'10'' and played center when he had the size of a power forward!! Shawn Kemp was what I call a "Center-Forward" where he plays the 4 and the 5 like Pau Gasol and Tim Duncan....so yes the Bulls did played against a dominant center in the finals....

[TonyTX]

6:53 sick

[goodools]

Robinson is no match to Hakeem. . .

[eppeone]

What are you gonna do when it's the 4th period, and the same guy who turned your team into a jump shooting team is throwing down 20 on the other end?...

LOL... Olajuwon was un-freaking real, and yes, I think the 93-94 team would have taken down the Bulls.. The Dream, Horry, Otis Thorpe, Kenny Smith, Mario Ellie, Cassell, Carl Herrera, Mad Max...

That team could beat you about 12 different ways..

[jrobinson78]

The footwork of Hakeem is insanely sick in this clip. And his dream shake that "Bamboozeled" Drob would become that of legend. Man there were some great centers back then. Who we got now? Dwight Howard and an injurded Yao Ming, maybe Brooks Lopez??? bleh...

[mt883]

That '95 Rockets team was nasty. I laugh when dopes act like it was all Hakeem. Drexler/Elie/Horry/Smith/Casse­ll is a hell of a supporting cast.

[Paragon231]

I feel bad for D-Rob, his team was atrocious

[TBryant20]

4:07-4:15 oh my goodness...he had david robinson on skates! i saw this clip thanks 2 bill simmons book lol

[ry3304]

olojauwon was just so good.

the guy didn't have a single weakness at all. he was just such a fuckin rock. i mean, i love that guy, how can you not right?

he's a devout muslim, good dude, and the funny thing is - Drob actually defended him pretty well.

I don't think the Rockets would've beaten the Bulls, BUT - the one thing Jordan never faced was a truly dominating Center. They always seemed to face a great PG/PF combo, but never a HOF Center.

I could see that series goin 7..

[HonoreT35]

@ry3304 you kidding?? They faced Patrick Ewing every damn playoffs. Pat was no push over

[3koboy]

I miss this rocket team. Role players playing their role and clyde and dream doing work. What could have been if they played their whole career together.

[stevechen1991]

I JUST FUCKIN LOVE THE DREAM SHAKE IT LOOKS SOOO NICEEEE!

no one can do that nicer than Hakeem!

[cybill234]

vinny!!!!

[jonatbaylor]

Jordan was amazing, no doubt. But you know the 1992-1993 Rockets would have given the Bulls a major run for their money...that was the year that the were screwed by the refs in Game 7 vs. the Sonics in Seattle and still only lost by a few in OT.

Hakeem was very much in his prime and was a terror in the paint. The Bulls would have had a tough time indeed.

[uberathlete]

Yeah that would've been a wicked series had it happened.. Pure joy for a true basketball fan.

[cbaldwinjr]

I completely agree with that, but I don't think that the '93 Rockets beat that Suns team. It's a shame how bad that Game 7 was...the Rockets got whistle whipped

[jonatbaylor]

but Definitely, michael was the man so it would have been a fun series to watch. too bad it never happened. one of the biggest what-ifs that never were. For all I know the series could have sucked. maybe jordan and the bulls would have won 4-2 or something lol

[HuskerFanatic]

I'm convinced that $tern hates Houston. Houston ruined his precious Lakers/Celtics finals in 86 and ever since then he's had it in for the Rockets. I'm also convinced he's been on the phone with Vince McMahon for many a year with ideas on how to script games for certain teams.

[thekurtman31]

There will never be another Dream.

[mgreen27]

No sir it won't. Just amayzing. He was enjoyable to watch with his great foot work. Unfortunatly you don't see too many big men with good footwork.

[hirudold]

4:10 - 4:16

One of the most replayed non-MJ highlights in the 90s

[ssyssou]

yes

Hakeem is the best player after MJ in the 90's

he could dou amazing plays

waw

[BlackCatAllday]

Lol @ ppl saying this is a weak era, Dream, Robinson, Ewing, Zo, Shaq, Mutombo. This era was overflowing with elite centers.

[liweiwu007]

in today's nba there ain't many dominant centers anymore

[datNiggaSchmale]

Couldn't agree with u more which is what made Michael Jordan THAT much more incredible. He (Jordan) was the only guy on any of those teams who could break down someone on the post. This was an incredible era of basketball

[HuskerFanatic]

For as much as guards have dominated the college game (history proves this out) CENTERS dominate the NBA (history proves this out as well). That theory is proven out too. Any team with 3 GOOD big players will always have a chance to win a title.

[freelancepimp]

@BlackCatAllday Are people actually saying that? From 2000 to 2010 did any center other than shaq lead his team in scoring. That was a weak era.

[rayosha]

4:15,,, 4:16..hakeem just kicked his ass...

[liweiwu007]

that's probably the greatest move of his career

[TracyMacAddidas]

Definition of Domination.

Domination: The act of such control or power over someting or someone, see Hakeem Olajuwon on David Robinson 1995 playoffs.

[honoretchou]

the dream was awesome. Those were great center days, The Dream, The Beast from the East (Ewing), the Admiral, and the upcoming Shaq Attack.

Thanks MJ for leaving for 2 years so we could see some Centers go at it. But of course, when he came back, all those great centers just had to bow down to him again. But dude, did he have to rub it in by winning championships with Luc Longley and Bill Wennington? Those 2 were the worst centers. Only useful for 10 points combined.

[pickzkickz]

not so fast! MJ's first 3 rings...record vs houston in those years...1-5! so much for that theory guys. Mike knew when to leave, nobody beats houston those 2 years! nobody. yall better look up some games where he blocked MJ about 4x including at the freakin' buzzer for the win! not in my house chump.

[liweiwu007]

jordan even said if the bulls played the rockets in the finals, they might have lost. no one could guard olajuwon

[hupat77]

hell YEA!! rockets should have won FOUR straight titles.they would have beaten the bulls for SURE!

[liweiwu007]

jordan only faced ewing, mourning, smits, and mutombo. he never had to face robinson and olajuwon. in fact in the six finals he won, the teams didn't have dominant centers.

[pickzkickz]

what centers did the BULLs beat in the finals again? none! Bowing down my ass . As a matter of fact the Magic (Shaq) destroyed MJ and the Bulls when he did come back then Got Swept against the Dream and the Rockets just weeks later. Mj's Bulls had a lot of peoples numbers...not Dream's Rockets!

[liweiwu007]

the bulls definitely would not have beaten the rockets with the trio of hakeem, barkley, and clyde. rodman can contain barkley, pippen or jordan can contain drexler, but olajuwon can't be stopped.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

It's true that the bulls didn't faced dominant centers in the championship, the grand stage but what difference would that have made because it's not like he never faced any dominant centers in the big stage. Yes the bulls went 1-5 against the rockets in Jordan's first three ring, but check out this stat when the Miami Heat with D-Wade ('03-'06) Played against the Dallas Mavericks in the Reg. Season prior to the championship in 06:

(1-5) They won one game against the Mavs an this took place....

[80s90sRealBasketball]

...Mar. 26, 2004 and the score was HEAT - 119, Mavericks - 118 | AmericanAirlines Arena. And look what happened in the championship in '06, the tables have turned and the Heat ended up winning in 6, so I see what you're you're saying, but down the stretch, your arguement is not profitable because everybody knows that the regular season don't mean nothing. The Utah Jazz swepted the Chicago Bulls in the reg. season in '98, but in the finals, the bulls ended up beating them. So one again the reg...

[80s90sRealBasketball]

...season don't mean much. If Jordan had never retired in '93 and kept playing with the bulls with Toni Kukoc and Steve Kerr in 1994, they would have beat the Rockets because one thing you have to realize, with Jordan dominating on the inside and takin' it to the rim, that would have cause problems for them for one and two, Jordan would have never allowed a game 7. As a matter of fact, the The News press critized the Rockets victory in game 7 by saying their championship was a fluke because...

[80s90sRealBasketball]

..they beat a knick team who defeated the Jordan-less bulls and it took game 7 to win it all. I will find the source later on, but I just disagree, not saying you're wrong, but just disagree.

[aha3e1]

@80s90sRealBasketball how do you know Jordan would have dominated on the inside? When the Rockets went 5-1 against the Bulls from 91-93, MJ, Pippen, and given white center almost always had to play from the perimeter because of Olajuwon's dominating defensive presence. Upon close examinations of the Bull's and Rockets' teams in the 90's, I truly believe that the Bulls would have taken the championship in 1994 (in 6 or 7), and the Rockets take it in 1995 (in 6 or 7).

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@aha3e1 O know because I have studies Michael's game to make that judgement call. Michael Jordan attacking the rim was his signature move. Yes of course he was a good perimeter shooter, but as he indicated in a interview after the Bulls blew the Blazers out in Game 1 of the NBA Finals that even though he was on fire, he didn't want to divert himself from his greatest strength on the offensive end of the court!! Jordan don't give a damn about the presence of Hakeem, as long he can score....

[80s90sRealBasketball]

.....his simple two points. I'm not denying the presence of Hakeem which is why I wish The Bulls and The Rockets met up so we can see the results of the championship as you pointed out.....I'm not buying the idea that the rockets could have been the bulls..it's like what Hubie brown always say, it's all about match ups.....i don't allow the regular season fool me because i know from history that whatever takes place in the reg. season is TOTALLY DIFFERENT in the post season......

[80s90sRealBasketball]

....Dwayne Wade's Miami Heat was 1-5 against The Dallas Mavericks in the Reg. Season from 2003-2006, the only game they won was in the 2003-2004 season when the defeated dallas at home....and the mavs dominated from that point on until they met in a much different atmosphere..because of course the heat reversed te drought against these mavs and happen to stomp them in 6 games and D Wade shot at a impressive 47% from the field, averaging 34 ppg in his debut, so the same could apply with the bulls

[FuShengAlex]

80s90sRealBasketball ....Yeah whatever. The Rockets beat a Magic team that beat the Bulls. They swept and destroyed that same team that ousted the Bulls in the Finals in a manner that MJ never did in any of his 6 appearances ..and don`t try to sell this ``MJ was rusty`` excuse, because it isn`t working. And Hakeem had experience beating a defending champion in the playoffs in his career that had dominated the previous regular seaon matchups....LA in 86.

[aha3e1]

@80s90sRealBasketball well he shot way below his season averages from 91'-93' when playing the Rockets this was primarily due to mad max and of course Olajuwon who blocked his shot almost every game when he drove to the hole....

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@aha3e1 i agree wit cha on that, you get no argument here, but my point was that the intensity level alters in the post-season where teams of both sides gets their weight up and the results usually differs from the reg. season.....but who knows you know?

[FuShengAlex]

80s90sRealBasketball ....why don`t you continue your usual trolling on the Kobe threads with your Jocker friends to boost your egos and make yourselves feel special belittling the teen Kobe homers?

This video is part of the greatest individual playoff performance ever, Hakeem dominating his competition mano y mano, not like Jordan needing a truckload of all-defensive help vs. his competition.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex look here you faggot bitch...i didn't respond to your bullshit in the first place because you didn't proposed any real fuckin challenge. MJ Is King, Pretty Boy straight owned you bitch ass on his account you don't want to go head to head with me...you will get fuck clean over..i ain't no push over like some of them fuckas you deal with...i'm the real deal...you want to go a couple of round with me?...i'll put yo ass to rest!!

[FuShengAlex]

Yeah........ how were the Bulls going to beat our Rockets when they couldn`t even beat the Magic who we swept on the road?...lol.

[FuShengAlex]

aha3e1 ...this guy is a Jordan Jocker troll. Notice you don`t find much footage of MJ bossing Hakeem around in the manner that he used to do to Ewing, Zo and other Centers of that time,lol.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

@FuShengAlex you ain't nothin but a bitch in wild boar's clothing!!! you come to me directing insults, making no arguments that's intellegent...i was talkin to the dude aha3e1, who i feel so far is a respectable dude, but i've been scopin you bitch ass for over a year and you ain't nothng but a Jordan despiser, You always get yo' pussy handed to ya....as far as the bulls playing against the rockets in the finals, i believe that the bulls will prevail and that's just my take on that.....

[80s90sRealBasketball]

...i never said it was fact, it was just my perspective....you must have forgot that Jordan and the bulls did something that no other team has done in the post season and that was do defeat teams with a dominant center/big man in the 1995-1996 season...the defeated Alonzo Mourning's Miami Heat in round 1, the Defeated Ewing's New York Knicks in Round 2, They Defeated Shaq's Magic in Round 3, and They Defeated Kemp's Sonics in The NBA Finals!! and yes that's right, Kemp played center also!!...

[FuShengAlex]

SMH@80s90sRealBasketball ....Who`s the one coming in here cursing up a storm. Only one insulting is you,lol. How did Pretty hand my ass to me.....with laughable arguments like Wilt in `67 won a title singlehandedly, despte having multiple HOFers on his team, and not even leading his team in scoring while someone else averaged 27ppg? Is that winning a title singlehandedly. Why should I continue to argue nonsense like that.....

[pickzkickz]

we all have opinions, so it's all good. Shaq didn't play for the Heat in 03' and they won in the Finals when they played Dallas anyway. The Big center won the series. Now when Shaq played for Orlando in 94-95', they beat MJ in the first round and got swept in the Finals by the better center. The Bulls beat on Ewing all the time and he's no Olajuwon by a long shot. #1 pick > #3 pick was the right pick imo. No one ever accuses Houston of passing on MJ.

[80s90sRealBasketball]

You = Thumb Up! I like that you can spread yo opinion/facts without name callin' LOL I do agree that the bulls may have lost against the rockets in 95, because the bulls was just not ready. good call pickzkickz!!

[bushbush2]

one of the greatest performances in dream's career..

[bushbush2]

it's amazing a 7 footer can run and spin like that...incredible foot work

[Bigmark902]

nobody could fuck with my rockets not even the spurs. We was toooo deep in those two years, horry,smith,cassell, thorpe,maxwell,drexler,elie, and of course ''THE DREAM''.

[quacmayer]

el movimiento del 2:10 es extraodinario Olajuwon es el mejor

[Hernia901]

Hakeem and Robinson are two of my favorite players of all time. This series makes Robinson look a lot worse than he actually was, which is a testament to Hakeem's greatness.

[jayhov15]

you are looking at the 7 foot tall version of Michael Jordan!!!

[FuShengAlex]

....or maybe MJ's the 6'6" version of the Dream. :)

[NyquilNunu]

CHUCK WAGON!

[Persian274]

i didnt know robert horry used to play for houston

[dbadefense1990]

You didn't? Wow, how old are you?

[tdvu]

so i guess you didnt know the origin of "big shot bob" before this?

[adidas01003]

cant believe horry's still playing.

[nickstarks]

lol chucky brown.... he was like 6 or 7 years old.....

he was a leap year baby.. random fact....

[radio187]

CASH...MONEY.

[LuigiLaker]

NBA world title bound..

[crs2344]

Robinson didn't know what the hell to do

[dgendvil]

Could the #3rd seed Spurs stun the Lakers this year & probably stun the Celtics, which had been the 1st seed in East, but they've been doing better at home. But the Spurs are a dangerous team & can beat anybody in the clutch, like the '95 Rockets.

[zoabeh]

i wouldnt call it a 'stunner' if the spurs beat the lakers or the celtics. all four teams left are championship caliber, so nothing would be a really big upset.

that being said, i dont think the spurs can beat the lakers. but if they do, they're probably better than both the celtics and the pistons.

[nickstarks]

ahhh. not qutie...

[AnamnesisX]

Yeah... Clutch City!

Never underestimate the heart of a champion, baby!!

[TJfromLP]

GOAT

[AceroySangre]

Not only his bitch but also Sir Charles`s. A 6.4 and 5/8 Powerforward Owned him in scoring, rebounding and shot the final clutch game winner in 1993 Wester Confernce Semi Finals XD

[HuskerFanatic]

Hakeem = G.O.A.T and the Admiral will always be his bitch. Renew the I-10 rivalry this playoffs, please!