Hakeem Olajuwon schools David Robinson in the 1995 Western Conference Finals: "Imma get my MVP!" 

Sorry guys, I wrote eastern finals to headline at first lol

Hakeem should be in the GOAT conversation

Those Rockets and Suns series in 94 and 95 were incredible.

Hakeem is among top Players that ever played the game - he was so skilled and his play such a beauty to watch…

There will never be another Hakeem 👍👍👍

Kenny: an instigator back then and now

Some of the best memories of my life. 44 years

For centers, Hakeem had better footwork then Admiral.

It's interesting how olajuwon outplayed every single one of the mvp candidates in front of him during the playoffs...i didn't know david robinson was that nice. I always knew he was a top center but i didn't know he was that talented....having robinson & rodman on the boards wasn't fair but personalities got in the way. Something about robinson was missing...he had all the muscles & talent but lacked the toughness & intangibles. Robinson deserved that award even tho i would've gave it to shaq. That shot of robinson at 8:38 is iconic even tho he lost...

Rudy Tomjanvoich changed the lineup in Game 5 by inserting Mario Elie at the 3 and moving Robert to the PF.

It really was obvious Hakeem was the better player, but some fans had to see head-to-head clear evidence in order to detect it

Hakeem MVP stomp. He beat first place, second, third, sixth, eighth, and 10th on the list in the Playoffs.

the most impressive #6 seed that I ever seen that successfully defended their NBA title in 1995 and not this #6 seed of this year who failed to beat the Lakers and was softened by the Kings😅

New standard set "An MVP never looked as helpless as Joel Embiid during game 7 against the Celtics in the ECSF"

For some perspective: Leading up to that series, Robinson in his first 9 playoff games in 95 averaged 26.3 points and 12.7 rebounds It's not like Robinson played badly or was slumping going into this series. Hakeem simply played THAT well these 6 games.

1995 NBA Western Conference Finals

Hakeem Olajuwon need to go to Jordan House and get his DPOY award!

Robinson and ewing were absolute beasts in the 90s. I am sick of them getting their legacies annihilated just because hakeem got the best of them!

Kenny Smith : "David (Robinson) mentioned everyone but Dream (previous MVP)"

I don’t think he ever said [“I’m going to his house to get my trophy.” Hakeem basically said all of this (him talking trash about David’s MVP) isn’t true. He said David had the better year and deserved it.

Back then I couldn’t rewatch this series, but I watched the finals against Shaq. Shaq has always been my favorite player. But that finals I was stunned. I was so fascinated to see such artistry footwork. In my mind until that point was big man dominates like Shaq, bulldozing opponents, that’s what is fun to watch. I followed the dream afterwards and admired his footwork even with Shaq being my favorite. I loved it even more when Kobe picked up and improved upon dreams footwork.

Western conference finals* but I bet you made that title so people would click just to correct you😂😂

Those old school ketchup and mustard Rockets jerseys were the best.

David had a better jump shot than all of the centers. He shot at a high clip.

This tells me an important lesson. Even if you have more good games than bad games, it is no guarantee that you'll be the MVP. Olajuwon's focus was winning games to get to the championships. I had no idea Olajuwon came in 5th place in MVP voting in 1995, that's disrespectful, even Giannis hasn't been disrespected that bad. My point is, Embiid's focus was on the MVP award. He got it, and he lost focus on the higher goal, the championship. To him, the MVP award was the championship, that's why the Sixers fell short against the Celtics.

This is the series that established Olajuwon and the top center alltime. NEVER has a HOF center been made to look as foolish as Robinson was against Hakeem. And he did a job on Ewing the year prior in the finals.

The end say it all…😂

That’s the thing with players like Hakeem and joker , they will talk that humble shxt all day to media about respect their peers , it’s all about winning sure but deep down they want to kill you on the court , it also gets personal for them. The killer mentality we praise Jordan and Kobe for we even termed it “Jordan /mamba mentality” these have it , it’s just they’re graceful with it , it’s very subtle. Hakeem lost mvp to david Robinson but played out of his mind got the championship,jokic lost mvp to Embiid but played out of his mind and won the championship

Hakeem was drafted before Jordan in 1984… And people say that wasn’t a bad pick!!

The man is fenaminal

This is one of the biggest farces in NBA history. The Rockets double and triple teamed Robinson and knocked down twice as many 3's. The floor was spread wide open for Hakeem in that series.

iN 1995 to beat Hakeem you could started Wilt Chamberlin, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird, Micheal Jordan, and John Stockton and YOU STILL WOULD HAVE LOST! David has nothing at all to be ashamed of ROCKETS fan who was so happy to see you get that ring David!

OMG LOL DO YOU SEE THOSE MOVES LOL YOU COULDN'T STOP THAT MAN WITH A GUN

Hakeem is the best defender all time. Top 5 centers all time. 1. Bill russ 2. Hakeem 3. Wilt 4. Kareem 5. Shaq/jokic

if u are a better center than these super 7 centers who are almost all pretty much drafted #1 and #2's in Moses, Shaq, Ewing, Robinson, Parish, Alonzo, Mutombo etc AND you are not a top 10 player of all time THEN, those doing the rankings have some serious basketball amnesia !! Tell that to the fake ESPN & YAHOO sports !!

Olajuwan straight ended the Admiral in 95. The Spurs covered for him by blaming Rodman, but DR never really recovered though.

If david Robinson was more assertive and aggressive, he would've been a true force in nba history..he just didn't have the intestinal fortitude nor resolve All those muscles and military background yet timid & lacking dominance..good #s but misleading without context

Just show the highlights you didnt need to talk

Because the spurs were first in the west is why robinson got the MVP

Yea and no baseball, MJ got both ya rings

The idiocy of the MVP voting that year. Not only did Hakeem not win but was 5th with that stat line .

Why the creepy music?

Kevin Garnett

"Western Conference finals"

That's was my team but please don't act like terry Cummings or the rifleman had anything and Jr Reid was a bust we had Robinson rodman Elliott del negro and Anderson that's it Avery Johnson had no shot!

Still not the shrug

The dream was robbed