Peak Shaquille O'Neal vs. Peak Hakeem Olajuwon!

"Shaq still seemed to be having a hard time against Hakeem Olajuwon!"

"Just as expected! Regular-season Hakeem Olajuwon and playoff Hakeem Olajuwon were players on entirely different levels! The Dream Shake! Even after putting on weight, O'Neal still had no good answer for stopping it!"

Veins bulged on O'Neal's forehead!

Damn it!

He had failed to stop him again!

He had still been fooled. Even though he had rehearsed countless ways to defend Olajuwon's Dream Shake with Kobe in practice, he had still been beaten for an and-one!

"It's fine. Get it back!"

From the moment Barkley had been played off the court by Kobe, the Lakers' offense had held an overwhelming advantage over Houston!

O'Neal caught Kobe's high lob beneath the basket and went straight at him!

He bulldozed his way inside!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

With the force of some ancient beast, he slammed into Hakeem Olajuwon's chest.

Olajuwon's ribs ached sharply!

Olajuwon had faced countless legendary stars from earlier eras, but he had never encountered a player with strength like O'Neal's!

Shaquille O'Neal had shattered the ceiling of what a basketball player's strength could be! In an interior battle, the side with an absolute strength advantage held every edge!

He pinned Hakeem Olajuwon with his left arm and spun violently!

Relying on pure arm strength, he simply wrenched Olajuwon aside!

"Boom!" O'Neal hung from the rim, his legs raised high!

Olajuwon had been shoved aside and could only watch as O'Neal completed that tyrannical dunk!

"He can't stop him! It looks like Hakeem has absolutely no way to stop O'Neal's offense either."

"A mutual shootout? Is that the result of peak Shaquille O'Neal versus peak Hakeem Olajuwon?"

"O'Neal is the strongest power center, while Hakeem is the strongest skill center."

"Strength versus skill—which is stronger?"

O'Neal did not