Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Greg Ballard and Hakeem Olajuwon

This is the detail of NBA games in which Greg Ballard 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 9 times in NBA games. Hakeem Olajuwon has a 5-4 winning record over Greg Ballard. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Greg Ballard:
1977-78 to 1988-89
Hakeem Olajuwon:
1984-85 to 2001-02
9 Games played
9 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Greg Ballard
4
4
0
Hakeem Olajuwon
5
5
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Greg Ballard 10.3 4.4 2.3 1.00.3
Hakeem Olajuwon 23.0 11.3 2.81.44.7
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Greg Ballard 20 7 6 41
Hakeem Olajuwon 34 22 7 411
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Greg Ballard 0

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0

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4

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2

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0

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Hakeem Olajuwon 9

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7

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4

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4

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8

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Both had same stat 0

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2

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1

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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
%
Feb. 23, 1985
1. Bullets 123   Greg Ballard 20 6 4 0 1 3 2 46 9-14 .643 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Rockets 115   Hakeem Olajuwon 29 6 2 1 1 2 4 41 9-16 .563 0-0 - 11-14 .786
Mar. 15, 1985
2. Bullets 120   Greg Ballard 11 4 3 4 1 2 3 33 5-10 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 114   Hakeem Olajuwon 15 13 0 0 2 2 1 37 4-7 .571 0-0 - 7-15 .467
1985-86 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 26, 1985
3. Warriors 108   Greg Ballard 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 14 1-2 .500 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Rockets 130   Hakeem Olajuwon 21 10 2 0 4 5 3 31 8-16 .500 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Jan. 02, 1986
4. Warriors 115   Greg Ballard 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 18 0-4 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 120   Hakeem Olajuwon 22 5 0 0 3 3 5 27 11-15 .733 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Jan. 07, 1986
5. Warriors 115   Greg Ballard 20 7 1 2 0 0 4 36 7-15 .467 2-3 .667 4-5 .800
Rockets 124   Hakeem Olajuwon 26 12 7 2 11 3 4 40 11-18 .611 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Apr. 01, 1986
6. Warriors 121   Greg Ballard 20 7 6 1 0 1 5 38 5-14 .357 2-2 1.000 8-8 1.000
Rockets 125   Hakeem Olajuwon 34 22 5 4 7 4 3 43 16-21 .762 0-0 - 2-7 .286
1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 06, 1987
7. Warriors 118   Greg Ballard 6 4 5 0 1 1 4 22 3-7 .429 0-1 .000 0-1 .000
Rockets 100   Hakeem Olajuwon 15 15 4 3 3 5 4 44 2-11 .182 0-0 - 11-16 .688
Feb. 05, 1987
8. Warriors 110   Greg Ballard 6 3 1 0 0 0 4 11 2-3 .667 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 120   Hakeem Olajuwon 21 11 2 0 9 4 2 36 8-11 .727 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Mar. 05, 1987
9. Warriors 105   Greg Ballard 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 14 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 96   Hakeem Olajuwon 24 8 3 3 2 4 6 36 9-14 .643 0-0 - 6-8 .750