On February 19 , 1995 1995: Playing on an empty stomach, Houston Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon grabs the 10,000th rebound of his NBA career in a 122-117 loss to the Knicks this afternoon at Madison Square Garden. He is the 21st player to get 10,000 rebounds. During Ramadan, the 30-day Muslim fasting period, Olajuwon doesn’t eat or drink from sunup to sundown. He has breakfast before the sun comes up, but doesn’t sip water during the game. At halftime, he merely rinses out his mouth. “I was sapped,” he says. Still, he scores 27 points and has nine rebounds in 43 minutes.
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