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  1.                                 led the league in re-
  2.                                 bounding and blocks six
  3.                                 times. He was elected to 
  4.                                 the All-Star team nine times
  5.                                 and to the NBA All-
  6. Defensive Team seven times. He became the
  7. first player in league history to have 200
  8. blocks and 200 steals in the same season. 
  9. In 1994, he led the Rockets to the NBA
  10. championship -- over Patrick EwingΓÇÖs New
  11. York Knicks. 
  12.  
  13. "The Dream" was the first NBA player to be
  14. named regular season MVP, NBA Finals 
  15. MVP, and Defensive Player of the Year.
  16. Hakeem led the Rockets to back-to-back
  17. NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. 
  18. "The Dream" was named Finals MVP 
  19. both times.