1. Hakeem Olajuwon: Won a trifecta of major awards… MVP, Finals MVP and Defensive Player of the Year.
He was first team All-NBA and starting Center for the West All-Star team (19 pts, 11 rbs, 5 blks) and first team All-Defense.
He was third in the NBA in scoring (27.3), 4th in rebounding (11.9), and 2nd in blocks (3.7).
He shot 52.8% and was 2nd in the league in Field Goals made, and posted a career high 3.6 assists per game.
In the playoffs “The Dream” raised his averages in 29 (tops in the NBA)-11-4 and 4 blocks in his 22 games played.
In the conference semis, he put away Phoenix in Game 7 with 37-17-5 and carried Houston to win the series after trailing 2-0.
He helped the Rockets save their season with a 30-10 and five block Game 6 vs New York in the Finals.
His 25-10-7 performance led Houston in the championship clinching Game 7.
Houston won 58 games, and the Midwest Division. They rolled past Portland, survived against Phoenix, handled Utah in five to win the West. They came from 3-2 down to beat New York for the NBA crown.
2. David Robinson: Was second in the MVP voting. He was 2nd team All-NBA and All-Defensive. He was an All-Star (19 points).
He led the NBA scoring (29.8) by scoring 71 points (3rd most in history) on the final day of the season.
He also led the league in free throws and finished 3rd in blocks (3.3).
The Admiral shot over 50% from the field and grabbed over 10 boards per game.
Against Detroit he put a rare quadruple-double.
He had 25-8-7 and 3 blocks in a Game 1 win over Utah in round 1.
The Spurs won 55 games in the regular season but fell in four games to Utah in the playoffs.
3. Karl Malone: Was first team All-NBA. He finished 5th in points (25.3) and 8th in rebounding (11.5).
He was third in minutes and played all 82 games. Malone was 2nd league in free throws , nearly 50% from the field and four assists.
He put up 60 dbl-dbls in the 93-94 season.
He was a starting forward for the West All-Star team.
In the playoffs he raised his averages in to 27-12.4 in 16 games.
He had 31-12 in the clincher vs. the Spurs and 31-4-6 in Game 7 win over the Nuggets.
Utah won 53 games and the 5th seed in the West. They knocked out San Antonio and Denver to get to the West Finals, where they fell to Houston in five games.
