Shawn Kemp eliminates Hakeem Olajuwon
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- Опубликовано: 23 окт 2010
- Shawn Kemp in his prime...leading the Sonics in a sweep against the back-to-back champions Houston Rockets.
The Sonics control most of the game and build up a 20 point lead with just over 8 minutes left in the 4th quarter...until the Rockets make a furious comeback to send the game into OT...Classic NBA Playoff game of the 1990's 
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People don't realize how great of a player Kemp was in his prime; he brought excitement to the game. Kemp is one of my favorite NBA players, thanks for all the memories Shawn cause as a teenager my friends and I tried to do all of your dunks on a eight foot rim, lol.
That is a nice story. Lots of people say payton is better than Kemp. No way, Kemp was more better.
kemp was the best power forward in the league the 95-96 season. ive never seen anyone dismantle the dream, and hakeem is my fav center of all time. kemp had a complete game!!!
Kemp just wouldn't get the championship from Jordan.
Kemp was just better against the Rockets.
Shawn Kemp had one of the best playoff runs of all time this year.
Outplayed Hakeem in the 96 WCSF, the only time Hakeem had a poor playoff series before his 98 knee injury, and swept the 2x defending champ Rockets
- Kemp 21.8 - 13.8 - 1.5 - 0.5 - 2.3 on 50%
- Hakeem 18.3 - 9.8 - 4.3 - 1.3 - 2.0 on 48%
Played amazing against Karl Malone, shot almost 70%
20.0 - 9.7 - 1.3 - 0.9 - 1.3 on *69% FG*
- Even Shaquille O'Neal never shot better than 66% FG in a playoff series (1995 ECF), and all his shots came at the rim
- and Kemp hit the sealing FTs in Game 7 after Malone choked
and dropped 23-10-2-1-2 on 55% on the best team of all time in the 1996 Finals, which is better than Dirk's 2006 or 2011 Finals numbers
if Kemp kept his 96 peak for a long time, he could have been a top 3 PF of all time behind Duncan and KG
+Nobody Touches Jordan I don't care if KG has a ring, he still isn't better than Malone.
+Nobody Touches Jordan
Nice stats comparison. Shawn Kemp to those who witnessed him should be in the HOF. NBA has been eluding him for the longest time to avoid connection with drug, domestic and alcohol problems.
+oneyedthing Agreed,Shawn Kemp is the most spectacular big man of all time together with Hakeem, he deserve to be a HOF
I think because the secound half of Shawn Kemp's career declined so sharply is why he won't be in the hall of fame rather then politics.There is no question that his career didn't have the longevity of Kevin Garnett and Karl Malone. The criticism of Kemp's game is relied so much on his athleticism that when he lost those skills through age/weight issues there was not much else left in the repertoire.
Don't forget, Kemp was playing better than Mj during The 96finals... where is a time machine when you need one.
Kemp is underrated because he is the fastest big man ever!
"I'm the first guy to say that somebody is better than me. I was the first guy to say Hakeem Olajuwon beat me in the [1995] NBA finals. He killed me. He dominated me. I didn't go, 'Oh, he's traveling. They had experience. Wah-wah-wah.' I'm a man. Hakeem Olajuwon dusted my butt."~Shaquille O'Neal
this playoffs performance by shawn kemp was legendary, too bad the sonics didn't win the title
MrBear too true. Alot more people need to remember Kemp's ( 1996 playoffs performance ) in which Kemp played better than Hakeem, Malone, Pippen and even MJ.
MrBear too true. Alot more people need to remember Kemp's ( 1996 playoffs performance ) in which Kemp played better than Hakeem, Malone, Pippen and even MJ.
Stopped dead by Mutombo and Robert Pack. I was heartbroken that year.
Not against the 96 bulls
Shawn Kems finest playoff game in my opinion- 32 points 19 rebounds! great game
Excellent game by kemp. He was brilliant.
Rockets were lucky to have not faced Seattle in 1994 and 1995. The Sonics had Dream and the Rockets number throughout his career, from back when they had Tom Chambers and X-Man to the Payton and Kemp years.
sportjames23 please don't include the 87 series. Had Sampson not suffered those dehabilitating injuries and drug suspensions the Sonics then wouldn't have been a afterthought then. They'd destroyed champion LA the year before.
And some bogus calls in 93 against Houston in game 7 probably was the difference between winning and losing.
Houston loss to Seattle 13x straight including 9 straight before the 1996 playoffs😂😂😂. 1989 Houston loss to Seattle 3-1. With Dale Ellis & X-man they best players. 😂😂😂😂😂
Truuuuue! They had the Rockets number but couldn't handle business and lost in the first rd those 2 years when the Rockets won. The Sonics should've had both of those championships.
The Rockets struggled against them when they were an uptempo team with Drexler when they were a half court team with Thorpe they had stronger defense to match up with them.
Olajuwon was untouchable in the 87 playoffs though. He putting up ridiculous numbers.
Kemp was a beast. Blocking Hakeem going to the basket? BEAST MOVE!
Thee Houston Rockets seemed to always have problems with thee Seattle Super Sonics.
The Sonics lowest averages in scoring and shooting % out of all the West teams were actually against the Rockets the first 2 seasons Rudy T was head coach. Those averages went up significantly for the Sonics when Rockets were an uptempo team with Drexler.
All the time
Shawn Kemp was a total package and would have been a true legend if his career was not underminded by drug addiction. At the end of the day it was his fault. Kemp was well within Hakeem's league and nearly every other legend of that era, not quite as good but by no stretch outmatched and he held his own every time.
Houston had match up problems with Kemp and Payton. Kemp was too athletic and was able to bother Olajuwon when doubling him. And Payton was able to bother Kenny and Maxwell. Sonics had the Houston's number 1993 -1996
Seattle didn't really become a bad matchup until after they lost Thorpe. When they had Thorpe they were a half court team and afterwards they played a bit more uptempo which was also the Sonics style.
when ppl bring up the rockets only won cuz MJ left, as a fan, we owned chicago, but to be fair, sonics had out number
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Houston lost in 1993. And in the following season 1994 it got worse swept in Reg season with Thorpe still in the line up. Sonics just got Rockets by the throat 1993-1996
@@oneyedthing That series went the full 7 though and there were 2 possessions the Sonics got early in overtime that should've gone to the Rockets which affected the outcome of the last game. The following season they split 2-2, that Rockets team played the half court style which was a known achilles heel of the Sonics in that era. The Rockets with Drexler played more open court like the Sonics and they didn't have a standard PF for a while so they were more vulnerable in the interior which the Sonics were able to exploit more than other teams that played the Rockets with Perkins being a stretch 5.
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You're right i was thinking of the 1995 reg season sweep. Still If you combine both 1993 and 1994 season with Thorpe the record stands 5-3 in the favor of the Sonics. 9-6 including the playoffs. Which is statistically saying the Sonics got the Rockets number
hate how Shawn wasn't rewarded by Seattle with a higher paying contract. It wasn't Kemp who failed against Denver. GP and others missing free throws hurt the most. Against the Lakers SK was awesome but Nick Van Exel out played GP and G.Karl got out coached. Then Shawn has 4 great series in 96 and gets shafted. Hou brought in Barkley and Willis to help v SK and Detlef and Hou still needed 7 games to move on.
+Nathan Wells Kemp would have gotten his big contract had he just stuck with Seattle. Also, Kemp missed two huge free throws against Denver in Game 3 that would have given the Sonics a sweep.
+kennd but that didn't lose a series he wasn't perfect but come on
Wally Walker, should have never given Shawn's money to Jim Fucking McIlvaine. That was the apple in the Sonics garden of eden.
7:40 "Payton to the baseline... OH! Shot by Payton along the baseline!!" Classic! I remember that play by the Glove and the call by Gumbel like it was yesterday. At that point in the postseason that year I thought the Sonics were playing at a higher level than the Bulls, who were mired in a tough scrap against the Knicks. Minority opinion no doubt but I always felt the Sonics might've beaten the Bulls had they played them then rather than a few weeks later.
George Karl should of put Gary Payton guarding Michael Jordan from the start of the series. From memory he moved Payton to guard Jordan after Sonics were down 3-0. To be fair to Karl I can see why he was reluctant for Payton to guard Jordan despite Payton being a great defender. Chasing Jordan around takes up alot of energy that is needed on offence. Payton is a really good help defender as well and you can't really help others guarding Jordan.
Hopefully this video provides definitive proof that Kemp did indeed have a jumpshot, and was not just a dunker.
Excellent edit.. thank you!!! I hate all these other videos where people just cut together clips of their favorite player scoring. Much more exciting to watch a vid like this :)
houston talks about being able to beat chicago in a series but got dominated by seattle. 13 straight losses from 1994, until 1996. between 1993 & 1996 houston won 3 regular season games out of 16.
They didn't have a real PF here they traded away Thorpe who could guard Kemp effectively they also traded Herrera who was another athletic foward and Maxwell who was a good perimeter defender.
1997 Barkley was still fine. They eliminated the Sonics in 7 games. They also forgot how important Sam Cassell and Kenny Smith was in the backcourt. They did not expect the Jazz Hornacek and Bryon Russell.
I was rooting for Rockets vs Bulls Finals that year. Hakeem, Clyde & Barkley vs Jordan, Pippen & Rodman
Yes 😒 the finals we never saw. Big mistake losing key players barkley helped but bench was weak
Kenny Smith was washed up in the 1995-96 season. The problem is the Rockets replaced him with Brent Price(aka "Price Krispie") who promptly blew out his knee. They were lucky Matt Maloney played as well as he did in the Sonics series. As for Cassell, unfortunately they had to give up value to get Barkley.
Forever Shawn "THE REIGN MAN" Kemp fan.
Well let's just say the rockets were lucky that the Sonics were choked out in the 1st rounds of both 1994 & 95. Otherwise the Rockets wouldnt make it to the finals.
In 1993 & 1996 they got ousted by the Sonics. From 1992 -1996 Sonics got their numbers. They have match up problems with the Sonics line up. That's why in 1997 they got Barkley to match up with Kemp.
Thee Houston Rockets still played like thee Clutch City Champions they were, Even though they ended up losing this game.
Kemp was not fucking around. He dominated Hakeem! He embarrassed him.
Perkins and Schrempf were bigger players that could stretch the floor which neutralized Dream defensively in the paint and that allowed Kemp to wreck havoc inside with the Rockets being undersized in the interior.
Thanks for posting! great video even if my Rockets lost.
Shawn had an outstanding run in those playoffs helping Seattle beat Sacramento,Houston and Utah getting to the NBA Finals vs mighty Chicago Bulls he actually played well against Chicago all series.
Slid off just to reminisce on my old team (miss thm Sonic's)
What moves! He can dunk and hit people! What a repertoire!
Big Shot Bob always being clutch.
Wow... Blake Griffin is the true second coming of Shawn Kemp, and he has a chance to surpass his "master". But not yet. Kemp was a bloody beast. How many dunks were there, seven? That's just not fair.
that man was ballin!!!!
Can't believe there's no more Supersonics....Kemp is going to go down as one of the most underrated players of all time.
Me too. I can remember a interview with Jordan when he was asked which team caused them the most trouble. His answer was "the Rockets"
we got em back in 97!
I was living in Seattle when they went to the finals that year. Ans IMO I believe the 93 team that made it to the conference finals was a better team. Just couldn't steal one in Phoenix.
@ThePLANxZ Send me that link.
He was already good at mid range even in his rookie year. What he failed to develop was the post up game.
Can we get some cleaner footage of this game?? Damn...
The game Big Shot Bob was born
@ThePLANxZ thank you, i believe the same thing. Both of these teams were GREAT. Lets just leave it at that! No one will ever know if the 80's lakers were better than the mid 90's rockets or bulls and so on. Its a fun argument until people take it to far.
Goes to show how good the Bulls were to beat this Sonic team while Dream got his ass handed to him.
@ThePLANxZ Your guarantee is not built on solid ground. Orlando beat the Bulls during season, but got sweep by Bulls in Playoffs. Teams like Portland and Lakers beat the bulls during season, but go beat down in playoffs. Playoffs are different. The fact the Sonics sweep the Rockets then went on and almost got sweeped by the Bulls in the finals is all the guarantee we need!
is it me, or were crowds way more hyped back in the day than now?
he was a great player period for years, just never a ball hog where you will see him shoot the ball 30 times per game like Durant. Rose, Jordan, Bryant etc etc ect
well judging by the vid...he did lol
Kemp was a monster in his prime
Kemp coulda been the best PF ever.... such a waste. Too many issues off the court. He was the total package....
Wally Walker, should have never given Shawn's money to Jim Fucking McIlvaine.
That was the apple in the Sonics garden of eden.
But for me he is the best PF
NO ANSWER FOR KEMP OF SHRIMPF
Schrempf, bitte
monster kemp!
He was not a monster. He was a really good player.
AMEN!!!
Rockets were swept due to injury :( The year after they were healthy and knocked out the Sonics, but fatigue got to the Rockets they had 3 well-aged players and fell to the Jazz.
kemp never got the calls esp on defense. Some silly fouls sure but hey you get 6 nasty as well use 5 atleast lol. He would have defended harder more often if he wasn't getting whistled so often. SK is a physical player, so unselfish and raw. A understandably quiet rookie year then 10 really good years and 3 blowout seasons. focus on his 10 good years and enjoy.
Right then you realize he did have a post game. I think they have the Jazz vs Sonics game 7 finals from this exact year . If they still have that here watch his post moves.
Hakeem is actually playing good defense. He's really contesting Kemp's shots and staying in front of Kemp, the shots are just going in. Sometimes there's nothing you can do in basketball. Offense has the advantage in basketball like no other sport.
Shaq said hakeems the greatest center ever.
@HymanKaplan Yep. Exactly.
How about that posterization of shaq by MJ.....lmaooooo...Hakeem is LAUGHING
@ThePLANxZ But we will never know for sure, so no point in arguing over it.
U mean the Sonics...
SHAWN KEMP and the SUPERSONICS (not the "Thunder") for life!
yep
D Wade gets to the line more than Mike Miller because he drives to the basket and posts up, while Mike Miller at this point in his career is a spot shooter.
It's not letting me post it, I'll send in a message
Wow first time I saw just a solid star defeat a nba mega legend. It's like Javale McGee defeats Dwight Howard
Robert Horry was just incredible.
Incredible with his three and getting good.
The player that had a better record against olajuwon in his career. Sonics were the nemesis of the rockets.
The only reason we lost is because we changed our logo, uniform, and we got swept because of that awful court! XD At least we still won 2 champs unlike the Sonics who only won 1 in 1979.
We cleaned up the court and made it look a bit less embarrasing the next year and we made it to the conference finals, but we also traded our championship team for Charles Barkely and thats why we lost to the Jazz. I seriously think if we had not changed our uniforms/logo that the Rockets had been wearing since 1974 we would gone all the way, and I forgot too we traded 3-point master Vernon Maxwell right after the 2nd chip so we shouldn't have done that too.
"There has been no answer for either Kemp or Shrimp..." 1:34
Hakeem was in his prime during his 2 title runs where he swept shaq and the magic and beat the knicks.
Hakeem was in his prime when the Lakers swept him in 1990 & held his overrated ass to 18pts a game 😂😂😂. 1992 Scottie Pippen averaged more pts than he did. 1990 & 1991 Lakers destroyed Houston were was the Dream 🤣🤣. By 1990 Magic was still MVP, in 1991 he was 2nd to Jordan. Where was the overrated Dream??????
Robert Horry used to light us up. We got the best of them in the end tho
3:22 HOLY SHIT
i no man, seattle played their hearts out in 96 but i reckon seattle deserved that ring
They sucked vs Jordan and his bulls in the 96 NBA finals, 4-2.
Right and Shawn Kemp shot the ball around 12 times. Last time I checked 20 plus times per game is more than 12 times. Jordan also got away with alot of pushing off so his field game percetange is kind of based on this. You can add every popular player with the media how they get away with things that the average player cant get away with.
Bro You're funny.
exactly...houstons the luckiest team to ever make the finals.
if the sonics had played their best in all the 90s playoffs, they woulda won back to back titles.
they woulda gone to three straight finals!
@MANIACOSCC back in the 90's everyone knew him. people just forgot about him now
@MANIACOSCC Yeah, but for the most part, he was the one that underated himself with the choices he made in his life
they added charles barkley to keep kemp checked
@Yet and still he has 2 rings with an asterik beside them.
ridiculous!
Yeah, I was a Rockets fan but Kemp was pretty good.
kemp shoots too...
Typical 90s. Sonics had one good season and made it to the finals and were never seen again.
@FuShengAlex Also you are talking about a player that missed a lot of time from the court and jumped back into the game with mixed results, funny thing is look what happened the year after this after having the proper time to train and get back into the groove of Pro basketball...just saying
I know they got swept, the Sonics earned it, don't reply to me with a bunch of hate-posts lol Plus since my name is Shawn, when we were kids I always pretended I was Shawn Kemp. Just really wish we could have seen the Rockets/Bulls matchup.
He didn't check him very well, if you look at the box scores.
kemp had great potential. Too bad he got mixed up in the wrong things later in his career.
hey I'm not a this era was better than that era guy, but nobody today is throwin up fanga rolls like1:22. One of the best in game finger rolls*. it deserves it's own video. That's a normal shot for my man.
*a lot of the Ice Man's game were not recorded.
+Texbullnettle oh 5:22
Shawn Kemp was a true man child
¡ Robert Horry + Sam Casell !
And the don't want Kemp to integrate the Hall of Fame ?!
Most people consider a man's prime to be in his 20s; not 33. Especially with his medical history at that point.
@RohoicRamz94 On a sliver platter LMAO
I was saying that as in hakeem destroying shaq and pat Ewing. But the Rockets as a whole won those titles.
240p... we meet again
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The Rockets overestimated their team by not adding anyone while their stars got older. Even the Bulls added a few pieces to go along with MJ.
They couldn't add anyone after 1995. They were capped out and had no draft picks. The best they could do was Mark Bryant and Eldridge Recasner.
And to compound matters, they were plagued by injuries in the 1995-96 season and were exhausted after 2 straight title runs.
They reloaded after 1996 by trading for Barkley and signing Kevin Willis, but the edge that gained them against Seattle was erased by the talent deficit they suddenly had vs Utah.
@ThePLANxZ U mad cuz my boy Jordan got 6 and Dream got 2 with a * beside them.
HOF 🏆
I was so happy when the Rockets ended Seattle's curse the following yr in the 97 WCSF! I hated Seattle!!!
Why!!! Those Sonics deserved at least one ring in the nineties!!!
A Rockets fan?
Yeah it only took a bunch of bandwagon Superstars on their Last legs to do it too...
They could've ended it earlier if they kept Thorpe after Houston traded him their achilles heel at PF got exploited by Seattle they made Dream leave the paint often giving them the opportunity to get to the basket easily.
You know very little.
@thenintendogamer vernon didn't want to back up clyde. he was immature about that. i think he eventually would've taken kenny smith's pg spot had he waited and been a pro about it.