Hakeem’s legendary 1995 playoff run.

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Ok let’s get some context first going into this.

In 95’ the rockets finished as the 6th seed.

Why? They battled injuries.

Clyde and Thorpe (2nd and 3rd leading scorers) only played 34/35 games.

The 4th leading scorer was the goat @VernonMaxwell11 who only played 54 games.

So.. The rockets knew they had to face some tough teams to win.

Since they were the 6th seed... (lowest seed ever to win a chip)

Now let’s look at how Hakeem performed in that run.

Round 1:

Utah Jazz: 60 wins. (Lol)

Hakeem’s stats:

35 PPG
8.6 RPG
4.0 AST
0.8 STL
2.6 BLK

57 FG%
60.6 TS%

Game 7 stats:
33/10/4 on 66.5 TS%

2nd Round:

Phoenix Suns: 59 wins.

Hakeems stats:
29.6 PPG
9.0 RPG
3.7 AST
0.9 STL
2.3 BLK

51 FG%
53 TS%

Kept Charles Barkley on:
22.3 on 53 TS%

WCF:

San Antonio Spurs: 62 Wins.

Hakeem stats:
35 PPG
12.5 RPG
5.0 AST
1.3 STL
4.2 BLK

56 FG%
59 TS%

Game 6:
39/17/3/2/5 on 64 FG%

Finals

Orlando Magic: 57 Wins.

Hakeem’s stats:
32.8 PPG
11.5 RPG
5.5 APG
2.0 STL
2.0 BLK

48.3 FG%
51.4 TS%

S.W.E.E.P

Game 4:
35/15/6/3 on 50%

So basically. Put some respect on the dream’s name.

The 2nd best player in the 90’s.

And I’m as a rockets fan, so proud to say I had Hakeem on my team.

and I hope 1 Day Harden could be just like Hakeem.

A champ for the city of Houston

Oh and also Thorpe was traded for Drexler that was my bad

Thx @BangoBucksFan