For some perspective on this: 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 had played badly or was slumping going into this series. Hakeem simply played THAT well
Also it seems like Hakeem game is tailored to take advantage of Dave I wasn't around til 10 years after this so I never watched full games but whenever I watch videos about this length, Robinson bites on an awful lot of fakes. Regardless of who it is And obviously Hakeem is the best there has ever been for a big man with footwork and fakes
Drexler's family did even own a BBQ restaurant in Texas but perhaps they did a Louisiana barbecue recipe, which is where he and his family had come from.
3:44 I just realized something. What was Kenny talking about when he said, “He (David Robinson) mentioned everyone but Dream.” Robinson was only talking his team, family, friends, etc. Hakeem was not supposed to be apart of his speech.
Lol destroyed? Olajuwon took advantage of the fact that he was being guarded one on one that’s all really. Robinson on the other hand needed to be doubled and tripled frequently. Rockets were a great defensive team Spurs not so much especially if Rodman was being benched.
@@mythtek1 The Rockets had a lot of shooters that's why the Spurs didn't double much, they were double teaming sometimes though considering the single coverage defense obviously wasn't working throughout the series. 4 of the top 10 players that postseason in defensive ws were from the Spurs they were a great defensive team. The Magic tried to do the same thing in the finals, didn't work for them either.
@@mythtek1 It doesn't work that way, AJ and Sean Elliott were in the top 10 because of their individual defense, as a matter of fact Drexler in the first 5 games wasn't much of a factor offensively in the 4th because of how well Elliott was guarding him. AJ being a good defender was his ability to get steals being a smaller player doesn't mean they aren't a good defender, Doc Rivers was a pretty good defensive player himself. G5 Cassell went off for 30 which caught the Spurs off guard, that's one of the things that made the Rockets such a dangerous team was Cassell catching fire out of nowhere every once in a while. He did the same thing to the Magic in the finals w/a 31 point game.
This is the one series as a huge Robinson fan I wish the outcome of the series was different or at least if he won the individual match up. Although some like to rewrite history Robinson and Olajuwon were neck and neck back in those days and it’s crazy how this series changed that and now ppl think that Hakeem regularly did this to Robinson when really they both had similar stats head to head.
@@billagap3213 I agree with you no doubt Dreams that dude I just feel ppl make it seem like Robinson was a scrub and was a bum when really he’s had great games against Hakeem unfortunately for him Dream had the better series
In the biggest games is what mattered. They canceled each other out in most regular season games. Also the NBA embraced Robinson as the all American boy. They completely shoved Dream aside when Robinson got to the league
Joel's pretty good, but Nothing like Hakeem. This was real basketball and Hakeem is one of the greatest centers ever. Joel's is nothing like him. Good scorer, rebounder, but nothing like Hakeem.
They should’ve kept John Lucas as the head coach in the 1994-95 season Bob Hill was mediocre the best coaches in Spurs history are Greg Poppvich John Lucas and Larry Brown
Hill did make adjustments after G2 Rudy just happened to adjust himself the last 2 games. He was the best "x and o" coach in the WC during that era he should get more credit than Hill simply getting the blame.
Hakeem won this one on one matchup in scoring and defense. He also generated at least 49 points by scoring 41, and passing 4 times. He almost generated half of the Rockets points.
