<page_title> Hakeem Olajuwon </page_title> <section_title> NBA career statistics </section_title> <table> <cell> 1995–96 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> 26.9 <col_header> PPG </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1996–97 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> 23.2 <col_header> PPG </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1997–98 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> 16.4 <col_header> PPG </col_header> </cell> </table>
After averaging 26.9 and 23.2 points in 1995–96 and 1996–97, Olajuwon's point production dipped to 16.4 in 1997–98.