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Ralph Sampson to face off against Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tonight on ‘Feud’

It’s been a little over 30 years since Ralph Sampson’s Rockets got the best of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Lakers in the 1986 Western Conference Finals.

The Rockets lost the 1986 Finals in six to the Celtics, and the Lakers would win the next two titles in Kareem’s final two years in the league.

But now, Kareem will finally have the chance to exact revenge on the guy that beat him out of the 1986 title, even if it is on a different court and a different game.

Tonight at 8/7c, on ABC, Ralph Sampson’s family will feud against Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s family on “Celebrity Family Feud.