Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Hakeem Olajuwon and Kenny Smith

This is the detail of NBA games in which Hakeem Olajuwon and Kenny Smith 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 14 times in NBA games. Hakeem Olajuwon has an 8-6 winning record over Kenny Smith. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Hakeem Olajuwon
vs.
Kenny Smith
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Hakeem Olajuwon:
1984-85 to 2001-02
Kenny Smith:
1987-88 to 1996-97
14 Games played
14 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Hakeem Olajuwon
8
8
0
Kenny Smith
6
6
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Hakeem Olajuwon 27.7 13.6 2.1 1.63.5
Kenny Smith 13.9 2.0 6.11.60.0
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Hakeem Olajuwon 48 24 4 48
Kenny Smith 23 4 12 70
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Hakeem Olajuwon 13

games		 14

games		 3

games		 4

games		14

games
Kenny Smith 1

game 		0

games		 11

games		 4

games		0

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 6

games		0

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 12, 1987
1. Rockets 116   Hakeem Olajuwon 18 10 1 3 3 1 6 35 9-19 .474 0-0 - 0-0 -
Kings 114   Kenny Smith 11 2 12 3 0 3 2 42 5-10 .500 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Jan. 19, 1988
2. Rockets 104   Hakeem Olajuwon 23 11 2 2 8 4 5 33 8-13 .615 0-0 - 7-9 .778
Kings 107   Kenny Smith 8 2 1 2 0 5 2 29 3-8 .375 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Mar. 05, 1988
3. Rockets 105   Hakeem Olajuwon 24 13 2 0 3 1 4 37 9-14 .643 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Kings 94   Kenny Smith 10 0 5 1 0 5 2 27 4-8 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 19, 1988
4. Rockets 104   Hakeem Olajuwon 29 12 0 3 3 0 2 34 11-21 .524 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Kings 121   Kenny Smith 20 2 5 7 0 3 3 39 7-15 .467 0-0 - 6-7 .857
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 13, 1988
5. Rockets 129   Hakeem Olajuwon 34 9 0 3 4 3 6 32 12-19 .632 0-0 - 10-12 .833
Kings 127   Kenny Smith 21 2 11 3 0 2 5 46 8-16 .500 0-1 .000 5-6 .833
Dec. 20, 1988
6. Rockets 105   Hakeem Olajuwon 20 14 0 3 1 5 4 39 8-21 .381 0-0 - 4-8 .500
Kings 104   Kenny Smith 22 3 7 2 0 2 3 40 10-19 .526 0-1 .000 2-4 .500
Jan. 17, 1989
7. Rockets 109   Hakeem Olajuwon 17 12 2 1 2 4 5 39 6-17 .353 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Kings 123   Kenny Smith 11 2 6 1 0 3 1 28 5-12 .417 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Mar. 14, 1989
8. Rockets 90   Hakeem Olajuwon 40 24 4 1 4 4 2 42 14-28 .500 0-0 - 12-16 .750
Kings 95   Kenny Smith 12 4 10 0 0 1 3 40 5-15 .333 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 22, 1989
9. Rockets 103   Hakeem Olajuwon 29 21 1 4 5 3 3 44 9-21 .429 0-0 - 11-14 .786
Kings 92   Kenny Smith 16 4 5 0 0 0 2 39 7-16 .438 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
Jan. 11, 1990
10. Rockets 90   Hakeem Olajuwon 27 18 2 2 4 4 4 46 11-24 .458 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Kings 87   Kenny Smith 23 1 6 0 0 4 4 42 9-13 .692 1-1 1.000 4-4 1.000
Feb. 24, 1990
11. Rockets 96   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 19 4 1 7 4 2 46 5-22 .227 0-0 - 12-14 .857
Hawks 104   Kenny Smith 8 1 6 1 0 3 2 20 4-7 .571 0-0 - 0-0 -
1996-97 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 30, 1997
12. Rockets 109   Hakeem Olajuwon 48 10 3 0 2 3 3 43 24-40 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nuggets 113   Kenny Smith 8 3 1 1 0 0 0 18 3-9 .333 2-3 .667 0-0 -
Mar. 29, 1997
13. Rockets 120   Hakeem Olajuwon 45 11 4 0 2 2 5 39 14-24 .583 1-1 1.000 16-17 .941
Nuggets 105   Kenny Smith 18 1 8 0 0 2 0 32 5-10 .500 3-5 .600 5-7 .714
Apr. 01, 1997
14. Rockets 116   Hakeem Olajuwon 12 7 4 0 1 4 4 27 4-10 .400 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Nuggets 99   Kenny Smith 7 1 2 1 0 3 0 26 2-9 .222 0-2 .000 3-3 1.000
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