How many times did Jordan play Kareem?

Kareem played 1560 games. Jordan played 1072 games. When you look at Kareem’s numbers through that same number of games (okay, so through 1090 games, but I had to round it off at the end of a season), the numbers are comparable. Kareem sits at 24.6 points per game, 11th all-time.

Who is better Kareem or MJ?

No matter which accolades there is, Jordan won it. MJ has 6 Finals MVPs, Kareem has 2. Jordan has 10 scoring titles, Kareem has 2. To argue for Kareem, he has the edge in All-Star games (19 to 14), All-NBA Teams (15 to 11), All-Defensive Teams (11 to 9), and even Season MVPs (6 to 5).

Was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s skyhook ever blocked?

J and Ralph Sampson block the skyhook. The Artis play would be called goaltending today. Bill Willoughby was a 6′8″ journeyman with 47″ vertical. His claim to fame is blocking Kareem’s skyhook as a member of Houston Rockets.

Did Wilt Chamberlain ever block Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

A normal hook shot can be fairly easily blocked by a good defender. But Kareem at 7′2″ already had a big advantage, and the way he shot it made it almost impossible to block. The only player I ever saw block it was Wilt Chamberlain, who recorded about 5 blocks of the shot.

How did Kareem have an advantage over Wilt in games?

Kareem’s main advantage over Wilt during the years they played against each other (1971, 1972, and 1973, Wilt was injured for just about all of Kareem’s rookie 1970 season) was age. He was about 11 years younger than Wilt. They faced each other 27 times in those three years, with Wilt’s Lakers owning a 14-13 advantage over Kareem’s Bucks.

How did Kareem and Wilt compare in their first 11 meetings?

In their first 11 meetings, Chamberlain was still able to (i.e. inclined to) score with Jabbar. In those first 11 games, Wilt averaged 22.8 ppg and 17.6 rebounds, while Kareem averaged 26.0 ppg and 15.6 rebounds. In the 1972 season, Kareem outscored Wilt 201-70 in their five regular season games.

How good was Kareem Jabbar as a basketball player?

Jabbar’s 39 points and 20 rebounds led the Bucks to a 120-104 victory on Jan 9, 1972…this ended the Lakers’ record 33-game winning streak, the longest winning streak in the history of professional sports… Jabbar might have a slight edge in “clutch” play—his skyhook was the most unstoppable shot in the history of the NBA, by far.

Were Michael Jordan’s Bulls or Magic Johnson’s Lakers more dominant?

Take Magic Johnson’s Lakers teams and Michael Jordan ’s Bulls, for instance. Even though they met in the 1991 NBA Finals with Chicago being victorious, one cannot easily proclaim Jordan’s teams to be more dominant. First, one of the main staples of the Lakers dynasty—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar—had retired a few seasons earlier.