NBA Greatest Duels: Scottie Pippen vs Hakeem Olajuwon (1994) 

Pippen should have been MVP that year. No one expected the Bulls to be as competitive as they were without Jordan in 93-94. They held their own as defending champs without the GOAT

1:25 what a dunk by Pip! 94 was one of my fav seasons

Wow I was overseas missed this, Scottie was the man! !

6:08 Hakeem, totally unguardable

The Pippen-led Bulls actually played better against the Rockets without Jordan.

Hakeem is just unstoppable every time you just can’t guard him

Pippen owned Horry.

Thx for these videos !!

Pippen was always Jordan's mvp, no other honor needed.

If the bulls had a decent SG-eg ron harper for retired MJ instead of pete myers, they could have gotten to the finals..

goodness how many times did hakeem just turn for the fade

Pip should be MVP this year

Great footage

This was of course WGN-TV Channel 9

Bulls were that stupid "phantom foul" away from the Finals. Even the ref admitted it that summer. SMH, Pippen was torching the league that year. This woulda have been a great series

They had fun without the mighty one. I miss these guys.

There's no way that horry could shut down pip for an entire 7 game series

Very good video, that was the 1990s basketball, the greatest era in the history of NBA. So many great players playing in all the clubs and their focus was to win the title. The love of game was at its peak and you only have to watch each game played in NBA and the 'dream teams' in the Olympics in 92, 96 and 2000 to appreciate the caliber and the class of the 1990s players. The current crop of players, they moved around from club to club looking for bigger pay packet. They demanded on the fans to appreciate their game, no way. There only few who have earned fans respect Steph Curry is the first name that comes to mind but LeBron will never be in that list.

NBA Jam 1994 Jordanless Edition Pippen 1-0 vs Hakeem in 1994

1:21 OOOPH!

This was supposed to be the '94 finals matchup.

if that is thee Larry the Legend from Indiana/Boston?! what up& God bless!

Hold up. Robert Horry said that HE would lock up PIPPEN? Lie number one Then Kenny Smith says that the rockets could BEAT the Jordan led bulls? YOU could not even beat the PIPPEN led bulls!

this was when scottie still had a field goal percentage

4:15 watch this play

0:31 I like that dunk that Robert Horry does.

Pip play like mini MJ that year!!!

So no Pippen, you would not have guarded Hakeem in the finals. They were double and tripling him here and he made these shots. Great defender, but that would have been asking to lose.

Robert Horry completely was goaltending

Why does this game looks like a 1988 or 1989 game

It was in the Chicago Stadium

Jordan just played well talent wise against Maxwell but Jordan didn't have malice against and I don't know why...Maxwell is a John Starks some times great some times not ...

WTF. Bulls won this game or not?? Anyway they played well against this very tough, packed Houston!! Even without MJ. Pippen played very well!!!

there is no doubt that olajuwon would give the bulls a fit in the paint, even with the 2nd 3 peat team hakeem was superior ( far superior than the early shaq the bulls faced). but to say the rockets could beat this bulls is a bit exaggerated. hard to imagine any guys from rockets could contain both pippen and jordan at the same time.

This NBA Jam edition : No Jordan

0:31 Damn, what the fuck.

The Jet was not that good, don't let him fool you on TV

Pippen jukes Olajuwon twice on the perimeter

wow I never knew the bulls beat the rockets without Jordan! The bulls would have won without A doubt in 94 and 95 if Jordan never retired; and I would even pick the Bulls to win in 99,00 and 01 if the team stayed intact boy were they great

Horry would have locked up Pip. Right.... not.

Record set straight ‼️🙏🏼 in 94-95, with the Bulls @ their weakest during the Jordan/Pippen "6peat years", 87-88 to 97-98: the Bulls split with the Rockets 1-1. This, without Horace Grant 🏆🏆🏆(Orl), without Cartwright 🏆🏆🏆(Sea), without Scott Williams 🏆🏆🏆(Phi). This, against the 1994 defending champion Rockets pre-Drexler for Thorpe trade. This, with Perdue 🏆🏆🏆, who was discarded in 94 because Williams, Cartwright, Longley, and Wennington were all more useful. This, also with Longley (0 rings by 95), with Corie Blount (no Rodman or Grant), with Wennington and Simpkins. The Bulls had a combined 3 trophies amongst their big men in 95, as compared to 12-15 trophies amongst their 94 big men. These center-challenged '95 🐂Bulls🐂 held Hakeem to 2/18 shooting, .111 % ‼️‼️‼️1 ast, 1 stl, 1 blk and won 100-83. Meanwhile the Bulls retarded tandem of Purdue, Blount, Longley, Wennington and Simpkins went for 27 pts, 23 rebs, 8 assists and 4 steals vs Hakeem, Thorpe and Herreras combined 27 pts ,15 from Hakeem, 23 rebs, 2 asts, 1 stl, 1 blk. Not to mention 1993-94 , the biggest year in question for the Jordan and Chicago vs Hakeem and Houston "what if?"... The Bulls were again 1-1 with Houston and they were 1-0 with Pippen vs Hakeem, 0-1 with Grant vs Hakeem. The Grant game: when Houston was in the middle of their 22-1 1993 start to the 94 season and playoff. Houston didn't really own Chicago in 94 or 95. In the only two seasons in the 90's where Houston proved they were even good enough to challenge Chicago, they were 2-2 vs a transitional Bulls team without Jordan for all 4 games, without Pippen for 1, Pippen 2-1 vs Hakeem & Houston, and without Grant for 2 games, 1-1. Another major caveat is that the 94 Bulls were adding Kukoc to Jordan, Pippen and Grant. Which is the second best 4some Chicago would have ever had with potential to be no.1 because it is only arguable that Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Kukoc are better than the former (but 72-10 and 🏆🏆🏆 is hard proof to surpass 🤣). The 1994 Bulls with Airness, Scottie, Horace and Toni, may have been the best Bulls team of the 90's and maybe their best offensive team ever as Kukoc / Grant > Rodman on offense. The 1994 Rockets were not facing the 1993 Bulls. It would have been 1993 Bulls plus Kukoc and Airness back for a 4 peat. The Rockets would have played a different Bulls team in 94 and 95 finals then their regular season foe from 91-93 in Chicago... in regards to those seasons of 91 and 92, and the 61-21 and 67-15 Bulls vs 52-30 and 42-40 Rockets... in the playoffs? Good luck to Houston even winning a game. The only realistic chance when it counted, that Houston ever had was in 1993 when Houston was 55-27, and Chicago was 57-25 (still Chicago has home court 🤣) . The 1993 Bulls were already fortunate enough to upset NY and PHX teams with home court advantage. Not saying Houston wouldn't have done the same upsetting of Chicago in a 93 series, just saying no guarantee and that Chicago already climbed greater mountains in 93 playoffs than facing Houston would have been. Just saying that the Bulls 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 proves their pedigree really well. And if they faced Houston in every final from 91-95 with Airness in all finals, with Kukoc in 94 and 95, Pippen in all finals, Grant in all finals, the Bulls would have been the favorite. They would have had home court, and they would have had the better team with question mark over 93.... All that considered, the Bulls are @ worst 4-1 vs Houston in finals from 91-95, potential to be 5-0 like 60's Celts on Lakers tip, and had they gone to 8 straight from 91-98, and with combinations of rosters with Grant, Rodman, Kukoc, Harper, Airness, Armstrong, Cartwright, Pippen, the Bulls would most likely be 7-1, if not 8-0 vs Houston in all finals. But this myth that the 5-1 reg season records of Houston vs Chicago in 91-93 affects the 94 Bulls or even upsets 91 and 92 Bulls teaams is ridiculous, far-fetched, short-sided and ultimately disrespectful and ignorant. Which is why Maxwell and Horry woofing is as annoying as a Trump rally. It's called being wrong and not caring how stupid you sound.

i thought Horry said he would lock Scottie up?

How come Rockets never won a championship in 91 92 93 96 97 98, they only won when Jordan retired 2 years, some comments here about Rockets having the Bulls number ?

hue hollins was sweating Knicks gave Hubert Davis a call that was supposed to be no call corny F. k

tell Kenny Smith that kukoc 6:11 pippen were not guradable ..Thorpe horry couldn't guard both . so no way rockets win

Rockets lucky bulls best them ..easy ....kukoc Kerr pippen we're spots Houston had no answer for

And the Rockets fans still believes they can defeat Bulls with Jordan.....NO WAY

where is MJ?

Pip couldn't hold a candle....actually neither could MJ.

Too bad pip aint have one more piece that year other then pete meyers. Even if they had ron harper that year they prolly wouldve beat the rockets in the finals, barring that bullshit ass call against the knicks in game seven

not even close. olajuwon is a great Player, pippen is a supporting good player to Jordan. that's pippen's legacy.