Hakeem Olajuwon 1996-97 Advanced Game Log

Pronunciation: \ah-KEEM ah-LAH-zhoo-wahn\

Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon ▪ Twitter: DR34M

(formerly Akeem Olajuwon)

(The Dream, Little Moses)

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right

7-0, 255lb (213cm, 115kg)

Born: January 21, 1963 in Lagos, Nigeria ng

College: Houston

High School: Muslim Teachers College in Lagos, Nigeria

Draft: Houston Rockets, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1984 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: October 27, 1984

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2008 (Full List)

Career Length: 18 years

Hall of Fame
12x All Star
2x TRB Champ
3x BLK Champ
2x NBA Champ
12x All-NBA
9x All-Defensive
1984-85 All-Rookie
2x Def. POY
2x Finals MVP
1993-94 MVP
NBA 75th Anniv. Team

SUMMARY

Career

1238

PTS

21.8

TRB

11.1

AST

2.5

FG%

51.2

FG3%

20.2

FT%

71.2

eFG%

51.3

PER

23.6

162.8

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1996-97 Regular Season

1996-97 Regular Season Table
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
1	1	1996-11-01	33-285	HOU		SAC	W (+11)	1	38:38	.489	.385	7.5	34.2	18.8	26.5	3.7	2.1	18.7	21.7	100	81	16.9	4.6
2	2	1996-11-02	33-286	HOU	@	PHO	W (+15)	1	35:30	.632	.632	16.7	8.8	12.5	18.3	0.0	0.0	17.4	27.9	117	109	17.2	2.1
3	3	1996-11-04	33-288	HOU	@	UTA	W (+3)	1	35:58	.482	.421	10.5	13.9	12.4	30.0	1.5	4.0	7.7	35.1	101	83	16.2	12.9
4	4	1996-11-05	33-289	HOU	@	SAC	W (+22)	1	33:28	.592	.522	6.8	16.9	11.8	23.5	5.9	5.9	12.2	41.6	113	73	27.8	14.8
5	5	1996-11-07	33-291	HOU	@	DEN	W (+2)	1	42:10	.554	.440	5.3	17.7	11.6	5.2	1.3	1.7	11.0	39.0	108	105	23.2	2.6
6	6	1996-11-09	33-293	HOU		UTA	W (+6)	1	33:01	.589	.519	12.6	16.9	14.7	30.2	1.6	2.2	3.0	43.6	131	93	28.7	20.0
7	7	1996-11-12	33-296	HOU		LAL	L (-11)	1	32:10	.597	.545	3.8	23.6	13.5	17.9	1.8	9.9	3.7	38.5	128	112	24.7	13.8
8	8	1996-11-14	33-298	HOU		IND	W (+2)	1	30:46	.636	.538	14.4	31.0	22.4	34.1	1.7	9.7	19.5	29.9	115	85	20.1	13.6
9	9	1996-11-16	33-300	HOU		GSW	W (+12)	1	41:00	.652	.600	7.8	15.5	12.7	14.4	2.3	5.9	28.4	25.7	103	99	18.6	1.1
10	10	1996-11-19	33-303	HOU		MIN	W (+29)	1	18:19	.556	.556	7.2	19.8	14.7	16.8	0.0	0.0	25.0	29.3	90	98	6.0	-5.5
11		1996-11-21	33-305	HOU		PHO	W (+10)	Did Not Dress
12		1996-11-23	33-307	HOU	@	GSW	W (+5)	Not With Team
13		1996-11-24	33-308	HOU	@	LAL	W (+5)	Not With Team
14	11	1996-11-26	33-310	HOU		POR	W (+1)	1	40:38	.522	.429	0.0	20.4	9.7	0.0	2.7	6.8	10.4	33.1	98	99	17.2	2.9
15	12	1996-11-29	33-313	HOU	@	BOS	W (+26)	1	28:05	.504	.500	14.7	35.0	26.5	16.4	0.0	0.0	15.1	31.0	106	97	11.6	-5.4
16	13	1996-11-30	33-314	HOU	@	WSB	W (+4)	1	39:10	.625	.600	17.6	41.0	31.2	10.0	1.3	0.0	12.8	39.1	115	106	25.6	3.3
17		1996-12-02	33-316	HOU	@	TOR	L (-11)	Not With Team
18	14	1996-12-04	33-318	HOU		BOS	W (+5)	1	39:45	.512	.462	6.3	10.5	8.8	14.0	1.2	7.2	30.9	24.1	79	89	11.0	0.9
19	15	1996-12-07	33-321	HOU		PHI	W (+15)	1	29:04	.434	.364	4.5	22.8	15.7	0.0	1.7	5.2	28.6	31.9	65	101	4.4	-15.4
20	16	1996-12-10	33-324	HOU	@	MIN	W (+2)	1	36:59	.574	.500	7.2	16.2	12.4	5.6	2.8	4.8	7.3	34.1	113	97	23.0	8.2
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
21	17	1996-12-12	33-326	HOU		DET	W (+19)	1	33:59	.680	.667	5.0	17.2	12.3	20.3	1.6	0.0	16.3	27.3	119	109	16.3	2.0
22	18	1996-12-14	33-328	HOU	@	SEA	W (+9)	1	36:34	.507	.500	14.8	19.0	17.1	12.6	3.0	2.3	36.0	17.8	89	109	7.0	-4.9
23	19	1996-12-15	33-329	HOU	@	POR	W (+10)	1	40:41	.553	.450	4.5	22.9	16.3	20.0	2.6	1.9	11.3	32.6	106	93	19.1	2.3
24	20	1996-12-17	33-331	HOU	@	VAN	L (-1)	1	40:37	.564	.500	15.8	27.7	21.9	18.3	1.4	4.1	19.7	30.9	107	108	18.2	-0.9
25	21	1996-12-19	33-333	HOU		SAS	L (-14)	1	31:40	.327	.333	10.7	29.2	19.2	35.0	0.0	4.8	17.9	23.4	87	122	6.5	-5.8
26	22	1996-12-21	33-335	HOU		MIA	L (-20)	1	42:14	.458	.382	9.0	25.7	16.3	21.2	7.1	5.0	12.1	29.0	95	87	18.7	12.1
27	23	1996-12-23	33-337	HOU		MIL	L (-5)	1	44:27	.516	.514	8.4	28.6	17.4	21.3	1.3	10.1	10.0	42.0	98	83	27.5	15.1
28	24	1996-12-26	33-340	HOU	@	MIL	W (+11)	1	37:24	.786	.778	5.2	19.1	13.2	0.0	0.0	7.1	17.8	31.3	119	101	20.3	4.0
29	25	1996-12-28	33-342	HOU		GSW	W (+9)	1	31:35	.763	.737	14.7	14.1	14.4	16.9	1.7	6.4	12.9	32.9	137	102	27.6	15.5
30	26	1996-12-30	33-344	HOU		SEA	W (+8)	1	39:06	.496	.455	3.1	27.0	15.2	19.9	0.0	2.7	0.0	30.5	113	105	17.9	3.0
31	27	1997-01-02	33-347	HOU		POR	L (-16)	1	37:00	.509	.500	5.4	22.2	12.5	5.3	0.0	2.2	16.2	27.3	97	124	10.2	-2.9
32	28	1997-01-04	33-349	HOU		LAC	L (-4)	1	37:36	.438	.400	14.4	14.4	14.4	16.9	5.6	8.0	17.4	40.5	87	93	16.6	2.0
33	29	1997-01-07	33-352	HOU	@	MIN	W (+9)	1	39:49	.429	.370	8.8	22.0	16.0	10.7	4.1	9.2	10.5	32.3	96	93	17.2	2.4
34	30	1997-01-08	33-353	HOU	@	CLE	W (+3)	1	41:24	.567	.467	9.8	15.0	12.5	14.8	1.4	2.5	29.2	32.5	88	97	10.6	-3.6
35	31	1997-01-10	33-355	HOU	@	PHI	W (+21)	1	29:35	.568	.545	4.0	8.4	6.6	10.1	3.0	4.4	11.6	34.6	104	91	18.0	1.3
36	32	1997-01-11	33-356	HOU	@	CHI	L (-24)	1	37:44	.533	.500	2.8	20.6	11.5	9.8	1.4	3.6	0.0	34.4	105	117	20.6	8.4
37	33	1997-01-14	33-359	HOU		NYK	W (+20)	1	28:40	.519	.500	5.7	20.3	14.9	12.5	7.0	0.0	29.4	32.7	77	81	7.9	-5.6
38	34	1997-01-16	33-361	HOU		SAC	W (+9)	1	38:38	.662	.588	0.0	14.8	8.0	5.9	2.7	1.7	23.4	32.0	95	88	16.9	1.5
39	35	1997-01-17	33-362	HOU	@	DAL	W (+10)	1	40:14	.498	.435	2.8	30.0	16.6	21.8	2.7	14.0	7.1	32.1	105	73	24.4	13.4
40	36	1997-01-19	33-364	HOU		CHI	W (+16)	1	38:35	.579	.560	5.9	32.5	20.7	19.1	5.5	9.0	6.7	35.3	115	72	32.4	19.2
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
41	37	1997-01-21	34-000	HOU	@	CHH	L (-6)	1	43:30	.437	.393	6.8	21.8	14.7	15.0	0.0	1.8	11.8	36.3	92	124	12.2	-9.1
42	38	1997-01-23	34-002	HOU		NJN	W (+7)	1	37:02	.498	.412	3.2	22.5	14.1	28.1	0.0	3.6	4.7	25.7	119	107	18.7	3.6
43	39	1997-01-25	34-004	HOU		UTA	L (-5)	1	46:23	.583	.500	7.7	28.8	18.6	36.6	2.4	3.1	16.6	43.2	106	100	31.8	11.8
44	40	1997-01-30	34-009	HOU		DEN	L (-4)	1	43:05	.600	.600	7.0	19.5	12.7	15.1	0.0	3.4	7.0	42.1	115	120	33.1	6.4
45	41	1997-01-31	34-010	HOU	@	IND	L (-26)	1	31:01	.231	.231	3.4	7.2	5.3	19.1	3.4	2.5	13.3	22.3	55	109	1.0	-8.0
46	42	1997-02-02	34-012	HOU	@	ORL	L (-13)	1	32:31	.555	.571	6.6	18.6	12.8	21.3	0.0	6.5	20.7	25.6	99	105	11.7	3.4
47	43	1997-02-04	34-014	HOU	@	NYK	L (-4)	1	43:17	.662	.588	3.5	11.8	8.0	26.8	1.2	2.0	20.3	26.1	112	110	19.0	4.2
48	44	1997-02-06	34-016	HOU	@	DET	L (-9)	1	30:24	.461	.375	3.9	9.1	6.3	8.2	1.8	2.5	13.3	36.6	86	108	8.3	-4.4
49	45	1997-02-11	34-021	HOU		VAN	W (+9)	1	36:03	.535	.500	17.5	8.9	13.7	13.2	3.0	6.9	22.0	29.5	100	109	14.3	-5.4
50	46	1997-02-14	34-024	HOU	@	SEA	L (-20)	1	28:42	.381	.429	9.5	17.4	13.6	6.1	1.9	5.1	27.6	18.0	66	115	3.4	-5.7
51	47	1997-02-15	34-025	HOU	@	POR	L (-4)	1	35:19	.574	.500	0.0	15.2	8.8	19.3	0.0	10.9	10.9	38.1	104	111	19.3	2.2
52	48	1997-02-17	34-027	HOU		ATL	W (+29)	1	24:29	.735	.700	25.6	18.7	21.6	29.5	2.0	3.1	31.5	27.3	121	101	14.4	5.5
53	49	1997-02-20	34-030	HOU		TOR	W (+10)	1	37:51	.699	.706	4.4	19.6	13.7	9.8	2.6	4.2	14.4	25.2	113	95	20.9	5.7
54	50	1997-02-21	34-031	HOU	@	ATL	L (-2)	1	38:33	.353	.273	15.0	20.1	17.8	0.0	1.5	10.8	35.4	24.5	58	83	4.3	-5.8
55	51	1997-02-23	34-033	HOU		SAS	W (+10)	1	40:41	.480	.476	2.8	16.0	9.5	17.8	1.5	8.2	4.4	29.5	100	102	17.9	2.2
56	52	1997-02-25	34-035	HOU		LAL	W (+4)	1	39:19	.566	.474	3.3	34.3	20.0	28.5	2.6	4.0	24.1	34.0	95	92	18.2	3.5
57	53	1997-02-27	34-037	HOU		CHH	L (-11)	1	41:37	.465	.429	8.0	21.6	14.3	18.5	1.3	1.8	14.5	29.4	96	117	14.4	-0.2
58	54	1997-03-01	34-039	HOU		DAL	W (+9)	1	39:26	.400	.400	18.6	22.4	20.5	22.7	7.2	4.5	16.7	30.8	87	81	15.2	0.9
59	55	1997-03-04	34-042	HOU	@	LAC	W (+4)	1	42:20	.703	.615	7.9	36.4	25.0	33.8	3.6	3.6	20.4	21.2	139	102	28.3	13.6
60	56	1997-03-05	34-043	HOU	@	GSW	W (+5)	1	35:27	.637	.652	14.4	22.3	18.6	20.4	4.6	6.5	17.1	41.2	102	84	24.5	8.1
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
61	57	1997-03-07	34-045	HOU	@	LAL	W (+21)	1	36:46	.566	.526	11.1	25.4	19.2	25.1	2.9	10.0	12.9	28.3	122	89	24.0	10.9
62	58	1997-03-09	34-047	HOU	@	DAL	W (+5)	1	38:25	.328	.294	8.6	27.0	17.6	19.0	2.8	8.3	5.2	23.8	83	84	11.5	-0.4
63	59	1997-03-11	34-049	HOU	@	SAS	W (+24)	1	27:44	.507	.467	9.8	21.9	16.7	24.5	8.0	2.4	15.2	34.1	103	76	15.8	5.7
64	60	1997-03-12	34-050	HOU		ORL	L (-1)	1	35:13	.621	.583	9.6	28.1	18.9	6.3	1.6	0.0	10.4	38.5	116	105	23.1	6.9
65	61	1997-03-16	34-054	HOU	@	MIA	L (-21)	1	39:15	.498	.471	3.1	10.7	7.2	5.6	2.8	0.0	9.1	28.5	95	116	10.3	-2.9
66	62	1997-03-18	34-056	HOU	@	NJN	W (+8)	1	37:12	.467	.467	11.8	26.9	20.1	8.7	2.7	0.0	16.7	22.3	88	87	10.8	-6.3
67	63	1997-03-20	34-058	HOU		WSB	W (+6)	1	40:29	.623	.600	13.0	13.3	13.2	15.9	2.6	1.6	22.3	30.3	102	95	19.1	3.4
68	64	1997-03-22	34-060	HOU		PHO	L (-5)	1	40:58	.603	.581	2.2	19.0	9.1	16.8	2.5	0.0	3.0	35.1	124	110	29.7	11.9
69	65	1997-03-25	34-063	HOU		MIN	W (+9)	1	40:53	.635	.520	9.2	18.4	14.5	19.7	1.3	8.7	8.9	37.6	125	103	35.0	13.1
70	66	1997-03-27	34-065	HOU		CLE	W (+18)	1	36:13	.701	.583	8.3	17.8	13.9	30.0	3.0	7.0	19.6	26.6	131	93	22.5	11.1
71	67	1997-03-29	34-067	HOU		DEN	W (+15)	1	39:07	.715	.604	2.9	31.6	16.7	19.1	0.0	4.3	6.0	39.7	136	104	37.3	10.9
72	68	1997-04-01	34-070	HOU	@	DEN	W (+17)	1	26:38	.510	.400	0.0	34.9	17.5	19.1	0.0	2.7	25.4	28.1	91	104	6.6	-7.7
73	69	1997-04-02	34-071	HOU	@	PHO	L (-13)	1	39:53	.641	.625	2.5	21.0	10.9	5.7	2.5	1.9	7.2	30.2	119	109	25.2	10.3
74	70	1997-04-04	34-073	HOU	@	SAC	W (+14)	1	40:58	.572	.471	2.9	17.4	10.6	10.3	2.6	6.7	12.1	27.3	115	95	19.9	5.7
75	71	1997-04-06	34-075	HOU	@	VAN	W (+9)	1	32:31	.500	.500	6.9	13.5	10.3	0.0	1.7	8.8	16.7	17.3	91	96	7.0	-6.0
76	72	1997-04-08	34-077	HOU	@	LAC	W (+10)	1	37:40	.660	.667	0.0	12.6	8.2	11.9	2.5	0.0	38.3	24.9	82	116	8.6	-5.2
77	73	1997-04-10	34-079	HOU		VAN	W (+8)	1	31:44	.429	.467	6.8	38.5	21.7	10.5	1.7	7.4	5.8	25.6	91	99	11.4	-4.2
78	74	1997-04-11	34-080	HOU	@	UTA	L (-21)	1	33:54	.660	.500	5.0	20.2	12.1	15.7	0.0	0.0	29.4	25.9	100	113	11.3	0.7
79	75	1997-04-13	34-082	HOU		SEA	W (+40)	1	27:09	.500	.500	0.0	20.1	11.3	5.4	1.9	4.9	16.7	18.1	91	71	6.6	-1.0
80	76	1997-04-15	34-084	HOU		LAC	W (+4)	1	37:05	.629	.563	3.2	25.9	14.4	12.8	1.3	4.3	9.5	24.7	126	119	20.8	1.5
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
81	77	1997-04-18	34-087	HOU		DAL	W (+10)	1	44:55	.610	.600	5.9	15.6	11.4	11.3	2.4	4.7	25.9	23.7	98	97	15.0	-0.8
82	78	1997-04-20	34-089	HOU	@	SAS	W (+4)	1	36:47	.676	.563	5.8	16.2	11.2	16.0	0.0	5.6	9.1	26.2	138	108	22.8	9.7

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