Hakeem Olajuwon in the 94 Finals

[OldSchoolBBall]

Game 4
Hakeem Olajuwon
32 pts, 14-20 fgs, 8 rebs, 3 asts, 5 blks

Amazing that a CENTER only got 4 FTA in the Finals on a night when he was on fire, especially given the level of contact in the series. Goes to show you how times have changed.

[AirJordan23]

Wait until you see game 4. Best center I ever saw play.

I second that.

[Da_Realist]

I second that.

It's so close. Shaq at his best definitely has an argument. I just think the versatility of Hakeem's game puts him over the top. He could handle like a guard, post up, shoot jump shots...hook shots...fadeaways...FREE THROWS, had such great anticipation on the defensive end, great footwork, etc.

Even when he wasn't shooting that well, he was such a presence on the defensive side of the ball that he was a factor every single night. What Shaq was able to do is amazing, but here in the 94 Finals, Hakeem put an hall-of-famer on LOCK (just above 30 fg% and basically intimating him from taking it inside). Hakeem's the best 5 I've seen play.

[chocolatethunder]

Well to be fair, he did have a very bad temper and demeanor back in his early days in the league. Back when his name was just Akeem. But when he converted to Islam, his demeanor changed and he took his game to an entire new level. Even as a Lakers fan, I enjoyed him and like you, he was one of my favorite players ever. I mean the guy was in a league by himself in 1994 and 1995. Skills he had as a big man just left you in awe.

He was born a Muslim he didn't convert to anything. He just became a more devout Muslim when he corrected the spelling of his name.

[Lebron23]

He's the most skilled NBA Center that I have ever seen.

[Showtime]

Amazing that a CENTER only got 4 FTA in the Finals on a night when he was on fire, especially given the level of contact in the series. Goes to show you how times have changed.

And that despite people's perception of him, he tended to take mid range jumpers more than do dirty work down low.

[HighFlyer23]

hakeem dropped some sick stat lines

[Da_Realist]

Game 5
Hakeem Olajuwon
27 pts, 12-21 fgs, 8 rebs, 1 ast, 3 stls, 2 blks

[Qdouble]

Da_Realist, thanks again for the upload. Do you have any of Hakeem's regular season games from 93-96? I'm looking for the one where he juked the hell out of Ronny Seikaly (maybe the 95 season) and hit the game winning shot over him.

[Da_Realist]

Da_Realist, thanks again for the upload. Do you have any of Hakeem's regular season games from 93-96? I'm looking for the one where he juked the hell out of Ronny Seikaly (maybe the 95 season) and hit the game winning shot over him.

I doubt it. I mostly only collected playoff games (especially Finals games -- I think I have every finals game through various means from 84 - 98, and at least one or two from 80 - 98 and 00 - 05). Unfortunately, I didn't save a lot of regular season games, and the ones I do have were collected exclusively afterwards (i.e. NBA TV or from online sellers).

[ElPigto]

I love Olajuwon. Brought beauty to the game of basketball.

[Da_Realist]

Game 6
Hakeem Olajuwon
30 pts, 11-21 fgs, 10 rebs, 2 asts, 1 stl, 4 blks

[Da_Realist]

Game 7
Hakeem Olajuwon
25 pts, 10-25 fgs, 10 rebs, 7 asts, 1 stl, 3 blks

[Lebron23]

Thanks for uploading these Videos.

[All Net]

Thanks for uploading those videos.