North Carolina vs Houston 1982. Jordan/Worthy/Perkins/Olajuwon/Drexler 

Worthy going to the basket at 1:30 with one hand like that reminds me of the late great Connie " The Hawk " Hawkins, someone i remember Worthy speaking very highly of in an interview.

No one closed like Worthy.

yeah he became the number one pick only because during that era, everybody wanted a good center. If wasn't as tall as he was he would have been passed.

@@wallacesharpe196 lmao he was the college player of the year his last season with the cougars and was a rebounding, shot blocking, steals monster! That's why he was in the Finals his second season taking those Celtics that swept Jordan to game 6 of the Finals!

Yeah it's almost like a embiid story but olajuwon better on defense

You preach knowledge and he'd never been to Houston. His plans arrived in New York and when he felt the cold he went right back into the airport and came to Houston. The weather in Houston was more like Africa and he stayed

it's NOT right to be biased and i did do and will COMPLETELY admit the blocks from legend hakeem olajuwon didn't equal the points from legend michael jordan

Coach Lewis made his players wear even numbers in the home uniforms and odd numbers in the away uniforms except 00

Actually in 92 NBA finals Worthy and Perkins played against Jordon when MJ won his first title..and the commentator said Dean S.ith had to be proud his national title team was on the court competing.

​@@michaelfitzpatrick7107 It was the 1991 NBA Finals when Worthy and Perkins were with the Lakers against Jordan and the Bulls.

Wrong! Rob's pro career never took off because he reported to Denver's camp 30lbs overweight. On top of that he was lazy and had a self-entitled attitude that had been perpetuated by Guy V. Then he got into drugs. His pro career was never going to take off. Story is that he was out partying the night before the Carolina game which is why he was a no show in that game. I will agree with you that IF he had returned for his senior year in '83 AND lived up to his potential UH would've been unbeatable. Rob is, to this day, the most talented player to ever play at UH.

They came up short in those 3 final fours in a row.

While jordan and unc only went to 1.

@@darrylnelson05 And they won that one so they had one title to Houston’s ….. Zero

@@alanaldpal950 Yes but any team can make a final and win it, but if they don't make it back again, then anyone can argue it a Cinderella run. No one can make an argument about Ewing and the Georgetown Hoyas being Cinderellas since they appeared in 2 or 3 finals, and winning 1 of them.

@@jcpenny3606 I hope you are not saying Jordan’s UNC championship team was a Cinderella team

You actually thought you were saying something by claiming FIVE Hall of Fame players, four of which made the NBA Top 50 Ever with one being the GOAT, would dominate today’s NBA. What a genius you are. That five would dominate any era of the NBA.

Glyde never thought that

Well contrary to your belief, Jordan thought he was as good as him. Jordan didn't do anything at this point that showed he was better.

@@benyah3390 tell that to Bob Knight and Hubie Brown..beat it😂✌🏽

​@@mannyneva1760sure, tell it to 2 people who are apart of the "Golden Goose" hype machine. Yeah, ok.

@@benyah3390 fk outta here fan girl truth hurts

Houston Cougars used to alternate numbers when they played at home and on the road. When they were home, they wore even numbers and odd on the road. If you noticed Hakeem (then Akeem) was wearing #35.

⛶ interesting... 22 and 23 for Drexler Akeem 34 & 35

I'm still baffled as how Drexler fell to #14 In the draft? Even a casual fan could see he was a top 2 talent in the draft along with Sampson. Drexler went head to head with Rodney McCray in the 1983 tournament and was clearly the better more dynamic player by a mile. Sure his jumpshot needed some polishing, but Jeez

@@ckobo84 I call it the Jordan conspiracy.

Great comment! But Sampson? Nah. Never liked him.

@@JoeKoOhNo I never liked Jordan, but I can't deny his greatness. Love him or hate him; Sampson and Olajuwon were those dudes. Throw in Drexler running with The Twin Towers, who's stopping them?

@@ckobo84 the answer to that depends on if you're stuck in the matrix or not, and a lot of it is due to Jordan already being selected as the nba's golden goose to carry on from Magic and Larry.

Rob Williams was their leading scorer, but Drexler and Dream were their best all around players.

@@ckobo84 Not true. Rob is the best player to ever suit up for UH. Period. More talent than any player on the court. Rob was just lazy and self-entitled which is why he never amounted to anything.

Olajuwon only played 20 minutes this game and had just learned basketball in Africa like a year before this

Houston could've drafted Clyde Drexler a year before in the '83 draft. It could've been Sampson, Drexler, and Olajuwon the following year.

@@benyah3390 Portland offered Drexler and the 2nd pick to Houston for Ralph Sampson. The Rockets could have had Jordan, Clyde and Olajuwon. But Houston turned it down. At that point, who could blame them. But OMG, just imagine.