Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Hakeem Olajuwon and Vitaly Potapenko

This is the detail of NBA games in which Hakeem Olajuwon and Vitaly Potapenko played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

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They faced each other a total of 7 times in NBA games. Hakeem Olajuwon has a 4-3 winning record over Vitaly Potapenko. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Hakeem Olajuwon:
1984-85 to 2001-02
Vitaly Potapenko:
1996-97 to 2006-07
7 Games played
7 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Hakeem Olajuwon
4
4
0
Vitaly Potapenko
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Hakeem Olajuwon 12.9 6.9 1.9 0.91.9
Vitaly Potapenko 6.3 5.3 0.40.70.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Hakeem Olajuwon 23 10 6 23
Vitaly Potapenko 11 10 1 11
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Hakeem Olajuwon 5

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5

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5

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3

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6

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Vitaly Potapenko 2

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2

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1

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2

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0

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Both had same stat 0

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0

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1

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1

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1996-97 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 08, 1997
1. Rockets 81   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 8 2 1 1 8 4 41 7-15 .467 0-0 - 8-10 .800
Cavaliers 78   Vitaly Potapenko 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 14 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 27, 1997
2. Rockets 107   Hakeem Olajuwon 23 8 6 2 3 4 5 36 7-12 .583 0-0 - 9-10 .900
Cavaliers 89   Vitaly Potapenko 10 6 1 1 0 3 4 29 3-4 .750 0-0 - 4-5 .800
2000-01 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 22, 2000
3. Rockets 81   Hakeem Olajuwon 11 6 0 0 3 2 1 21 4-13 .308 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Celtics 96   Vitaly Potapenko 9 8 1 1 0 3 1 17 4-6 .667 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Feb. 20, 2001
4. Rockets 101   Hakeem Olajuwon 13 4 1 1 2 1 0 30 5-8 .625 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Celtics 84   Vitaly Potapenko 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 26 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
2001-02 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 23, 2001
5. Raptors 91   Hakeem Olajuwon 4 7 3 0 1 4 2 24 2-4 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Celtics 89   Vitaly Potapenko 6 2 1 1 0 1 3 15 3-5 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 02, 2001
6. Raptors 69   Hakeem Olajuwon 5 5 1 2 1 2 0 27 2-5 .400 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Celtics 85   Vitaly Potapenko 11 10 0 1 1 1 2 30 3-6 .500 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Jan. 21, 2002
7. Raptors 97   Hakeem Olajuwon 12 10 0 0 2 2 2 29 5-7 .714 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Celtics 106   Vitaly Potapenko 8 5 0 0 0 0 2 24 3-3 1.000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000