Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Rick Carlisle and Hakeem Olajuwon

This is the detail of NBA games in which Rick Carlisle and Hakeem Olajuwon 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. Rick Carlisle has a 6-1 winning record over Hakeem Olajuwon, including a 2-1 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Rick Carlisle:
1984-85 to 1989-90
Hakeem Olajuwon:
1984-85 to 2001-02
7 Games played
4 in Regular Season
3 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Rick Carlisle
6
4
2
Hakeem Olajuwon
1
0
1

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rick Carlisle 1.1 0.3 0.6 0.00.0
Hakeem Olajuwon 21.0 12.4 1.41.61.9
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rick Carlisle 4 1 2 00
Hakeem Olajuwon 32 18 3 48
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rick Carlisle 0

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Hakeem Olajuwon 7

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1984-85 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 28, 1984
1. Celtics 110   Rick Carlisle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 02 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Rockets 100   Hakeem Olajuwon 14 18 0 0 1 2 2 36 6-18 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 17, 1985
2. Celtics 134   Rick Carlisle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 120   Hakeem Olajuwon 12 9 1 0 2 1 4 34 5-12 .417 0-0 - 2-3 .667
1985-86 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 24, 1986
3. Celtics 114   Rick Carlisle 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 04 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 107   Hakeem Olajuwon 29 14 3 3 1 5 5 39 12-22 .545 0-0 - 5-9 .556
1986 Playoffs - NBA Finals
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 29, 1986
4. Celtics 117   Rick Carlisle 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 03 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 95   Hakeem Olajuwon 21 10 3 1 1 1 4 37 8-16 .500 0-0 - 5-10 .500
Jun. 05, 1986
5. Celtics 96   Rick Carlisle 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 03 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 111   Hakeem Olajuwon 32 14 3 2 8 4 3 47 13-25 .520 0-0 - 6-9 .667
Jun. 08, 1986
6. Celtics 114   Rick Carlisle 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 2-2 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 97   Hakeem Olajuwon 19 13 0 4 0 5 5 37 6-14 .429 0-0 - 7-10 .700
1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 18, 1987
7. Celtics 122   Rick Carlisle 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 03 0-3 .000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 99   Hakeem Olajuwon 20 9 0 1 0 3 4 32 8-13 .615 0-0 - 4-6 .667