If you do a casual search of O'Neal and Olajuwon, then you will get a whole bunch of photos of the two of them hooking up and back-to-back, yes, the two have always maintained a very good relationship, O'Neal once said that the people he admires the most are two and a half, half of himself, Michael Jordan in second place, and Hakim Olajuwon in first place, it was the "big dream" that taught young O'Neal how to be a real team leader.

The Rockets with Olajuwon and the Magic with O'Neal have met since the Finals in the 1994-1995 season, when the Magic, in addition to O'Neal, the big killer on the inside who leads the scoring list, also has the high hopes of young guard Tim Hardaway, the tough guy on the inside, Hores Grant, the two guns on the periphery, Nick Anderson and Dennis Scott, and of course, Brian Shaw on the bench, they always seize the opportunity obtained by the double package of O'Neal.

The first game between the two teams set the tone for this series, in the first quarter, the Rockets didn't play like a defending team at all, scoring only 19 points in the whole quarter, while the Magic team was imposing, they scored 30 points, in the first half of the second quarter, the Magic stretched the score to 20 points at most, Hardaway burst inside, and the outside shot reached the opposing Drexler to reach the sieve, and at the critical moment, Kenny Smith suddenly broke out, he actually threw in five three-pointers in the third quarter, leading the team to a wave of 37: 19 attack wave, rocket 7 points ahead! The Magic began to fight back, they hit consecutive shots, and suppressed the Rockets to score, in the last minute, the Magic held a three-point advantage, thinking that the overall situation was decided, but at the critical moment, Nick Anderson missed both free throws, but the Rockets did not seize this opportunity, Grant desperately grabbed this frontcourt rebound and passed to Anderson again, and the Rockets had to foul Anderson again!

First Penalty Anderson slapped the ball, took a deep breath, and threw it hard!

"Dang!"

In the second penalty, Anderson was obviously nervous, his wrists trembled a little, and he threw the ball again!

"Dang!"

At the most critical moment of the game, the sharpshooter, who hit 40% of his three-point shooting rate, failed to hit four consecutive free throws! This can't but be said that God has pressed the winning chips on the side of Team Rocket!

Looking back, the Rockets attacked, and Kenny Smith, who felt hot in the second half, made a three-pointer 1.6 seconds before the end of the game, which was his ninth three-point shot of the game, and his seventh hit, becoming the man who made the most three-pointers in a single game in the Finals.

With 1.6 seconds left, the NBA is nothing short of miracles! Can the Magic team stage a counter-lore! But Robert Horry let that illusion come to naught when he blocked the Magic's shot and the game went into overtime.

In overtime, the two teams fought evenly again, and in the last 30 seconds, the Rockets trailed by three points 118:115, and then no one could have imagined that the magical script would repeat itself again! It's just a whole flip this time! Dennis Scott, who had previously hit just one shot from beyond the three-point line, hit a crucial three-pointer 5.5 seconds before the end of overtime, and the game was tied at 118 again! Do you want to play a second overtime?

What will happen in 5.5 seconds, no one can guess, the head coach of the Rockets arranged a blocking and dismantling tactic, Drex Rey did not share the ball with Olajuwon after blocking the latter, but went straight into the heart of the Magic team by himself, where can O'Neal allow him to go wild! roared and pounced, the "glider" had to raise the angle of the shot, the basketball knocked on the rebound, fell on the edge of the basket, and was about to fall out of the basket, at the critical moment Olajuwon reached out to make up the basket, and the ball was put into the basket, and the red light turned on at the same time, the game was over, the referee said that he could not determine whether the ball was effective or not, and he had to discuss with the two linesmen, the fans were silent, the players of the Rockets and Magic were very nervous, and the referee watched the replay and determined that Olajuwon made a basket at a quarter of a second before the end of the game! The goal works!

Olajuwon killed the Magic with a rebound! The Rockets led 1-0.

After the match, O'Neill gave Olajuwon a nickname, "The Diver Man", O'Neill complained to the media, "Olajuwon's TMD is too slippery, it's like wearing diving gear, and before you have time to react, he swoops into the sea." ”

On the offensive end, Olajuwon used his experience, his footsteps, and his ability to teach the second-year O'Neale not too much of a problem, even in the face of the Magic's entire double-man package, Olajuwon also played with ease, and the most headache for the Rockets was on the defensive end, O'Neal's strong body and domineering strength even Olajuwon couldn't bear it, and O'Neal frequently used his strength to beat Olajuwon to win.

But the Rockets are the defending division, and soon found a solution, that is, to keep pinching O'Neal and Hardaway, changing the method of pinching and only using a small pinch, at that time, O'Neal's skills were not perfect not long after entering the league, especially the inside and outside are almost not, and Hardaway's offensive ability is very strong, but the passing is not very stable, and it is not good to feed the big man inside, and the whole round of the series is down, O'Neal can pass an average of 6.3 assists per game, but the turnover is 5.3 per game, while Hardaway's turnovers are 3.8, these two technical loopholes are seen at a glance by the old and spicy Tang Shuai, and then keep sending people to make people O'Neal and Hardaway, as long as the ball is stolen, quickly defend and convert to a three-line fast attack, O'Neal is physically strong, but he runs slowly, not as flexible as Olajuwon, and when he runs to his camp, the Rockets have successfully dunked and made celebratory actions.

In the first game of the finals, Olajuwon shot 13 of 26, scored 31 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 4 blocks, Robert Horry once again showed the "characteristics of Mr. Key," he scored 19 points, 14 points were scored in the second half and overtime, Magic O'Neal shot 10 of 16, scored 26 points, 16 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 blocks and 7 turnovers, in the first game, the Rockets trailed the Magic a lot in rebounds, 41:57, a full 16 rebounds!

The Magic led by 20 points in this game, but ultimately lost, and it is undeniable that this bad influence spread among the young Magic team, and the whole team was filled with a sense of sadness, Nick Anderson was blamed for missing the last four free throws of the game, and finally he scored 11 points on 4-of-13 shooting and 1-of-5 three-pointers in Game 2.

The second game of the finals was a completely one-sided game, in the first half, Horry used a strong defense to suppress the Magic team, and repeatedly launched an attack from the opponent's direct steals in the backcourt, under Horry's defense, the Magic team did not have a fast break in the entire first half, he scored 11 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 7 steals and 2 blocks in the whole game, of which 7 steals in a single game is a new record in the finals!

In the first game, the Rockets' three-point shooting was very smooth, and in the second game, the Magic expanded the defensive range to strengthen the three-point shot, who knew that expanding the defense allowed Sam Cassel, who has a very accurate mid-range hand, to get a chance, he frequently hit mid-range shots, and finally he made 12 shots, hit 8 shots, and scored 31 points! Although O'Neal and Hardaway both combined for 65 points on more than 60 percent shooting, others were limited in their help to the Rockets, and in the end, the Rockets defeated the Magic again 117-106, with Olajuwon scoring 34 points and 11 rebounds on 14-of-30 shooting from the field.

In the third game, the cloud of defeat still hung over the heads of the Magic players, but this group of young people still played very hard, and when the game ended with 35 seconds left, the Magic team was only 1 point behind and turned the tables? Don't even think about it, Horry hit a crucial three-pointer with 14 seconds left to end the game, completely extinguishing the Heat's comeback!

The fourth game became the last game of the season, and the game was unusually stale, with the Rockets leading the Magic by only one point at 77:76 in the first three quarters, and O'Neal grabbed consecutive rebounds in the front court to make up for the basket! The score was about to go in the opposite direction of the Rockets, when another role player suddenly exploded!

He is Mario Alley who gave away the "kiss of death"!

Avery felt hot in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter, scoring 8 points in a row, scoring 22 points in the whole game, playing the best game in the finals, and Horry also began to explode, scoring 21 points and 13 rebounds in the game, led by these two role players, the Rockets actually played a wave of 22:9 scoring climax! O'Neal did his best, scoring 25 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks on 11-of-19 shooting, Hardaway also scored 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on 8-of-14 shooting, and Brian Shaw played a representative game, scoring 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 6-of-15 shooting! Olajuwon hit 15 of 30 shots to score 35 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists, Glider scored 15 points, Kassel scored 13 points, and finally the Rockets defeated the Magic 113-101 and swept the Magic 4-0 to win two consecutive championships! The FMVP was once again awarded to Olajuwon, who averaged 32.8 points, 11.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks per game! Olajuwon became the first player to win a back-to-back FMVP since Jordan!

The Rockets at this time, Olajuwon at this time reached the peak of his career!

If a dynasty is limited to three years, the Rockets, who won the NBA championship for two consecutive years, did not open up a dynasty of their own in the end, Jordan who resumed basketball training was unstoppable again, he averaged 30 points per game in the 1995-1996 season, and in the playoffs, the Heat, Knicks, Magic, and SuperSonics finally won the first championship in the second Bulls dynasty, and the Rockets, this year still maintained the original team of the championship team, Olajuwon averaged 26.9 points and 10.8 rebounds per game in the second round of the playoffs, but this was also his last season averaging more than 25 points per game.

In the 1996-1997 season, the Rockets decided to bring in the Trident, and exchanged Sam Cassel, Matt Bryant, Robert Horry, and Chaggy Brown from the Suns for Barkley, intending to let go and make a last-ditch effort!

But at this time, Barkley has long been no longer the courage of the year, the injury-ridden state has declined significantly, and the replacement of Kassel has left the team without a competent starting No. 1 position, and has to use Matt Maloney, who has handed over 6.9% three-point shooting rate in a single season, Olajuwon is carrying the team into the playoffs alone, this time Olajuwon swept the Timberwolves with an average of 18 points and 11 rebounds per game, In the Western Conference semifinals, Olajuwon handed over 21.7 points and 12.3 rebounds and finally won the game, and in the Western Conference Finals, facing the Jazz, Olajuwon averaged 27 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, six big games, and finally the Rockets fell under the Jazz sword, and from this time on, the Rockets began to go into a slump.

In the 1997-1998 season, the Rockets entered the playoffs again under the leadership of Olajuwon, but in the first round of the playoffs, they were eliminated by the old rival Jazz 3:2, in this round of the series, Olajuwon still averaged 20+10 per game, but the shooting percentage was less than forty percent, after the end of the season, "Glider" Drexler announced his retirement.

In the 1998-1999 season, Jordan announced his second retirement, the Bulls dynasty collapsed, and the Bulls' second leader Scott Pippen joined the Rockets as a free agent, in this shortened season, the Rockets won a total of 31 victories and entered the playoffs, the opponent in the first round was the Los Angeles Lakers, the O'Neal in the team was no longer the young boy who was played by Olajuwon, but transformed into a real league's No. 1 center, in this series, O'Neal averaged 30 points and 11 rebounds per game, In addition to O'Neal, there are veteran shooter Glenn Rice, and Kobe Bryant, who has already made a name for himself on the guard line, while the Rockets, Olajuwon averaged only 13 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, and the Rockets lost after four games against the Lakers. After the season, Pippen was traded to the Trail Blazers.

In the 1999 draft, the Grizzlies drafted a point guard named Steve Francis with the second pick in the first round, but he was unwilling to play for the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies had to trade him to the Rockets. Olajuwon averaged only 10 points and 6.3 rebounds per game this season, and the Rockets gradually became the world of guards, and in the end, the Rockets only won 34 games this season, missed the playoffs, and Charles announced his retirement after this season.

In the 2000-2001 season, Olajuwon averaged 11.9 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, and the Rockets won 45 games, but missed the playoffs again.

The dry and boring stats are no longer listed, Olajuwon was the greatest center of his era, maybe not one of them, his offense, his defense is impeccable, he is also the only player in the Jordan era to lead the team to a championship alone, this is the great Olajuwon, a great 18-year career.