Hakeem Olajuwon is one of the most dominant centers of all time, and that was on full display in 1994 when the Rockets reached the Finals to try to win their first NBA championship.
Olajuwon led the Rockets to the Finals, where he would face another rising big man, Patrick Ewing of the New York Knicks. The Knicks had a great defensive plan against “The Dream.”
“I was struggling a little bit to get into the flow of the game. I was tired. New York is a very physical team. They did a good job on me, and I didn’t have the energy to fight back, ” Olajuwon admitted at the time via the New York Times…