1987 NBA Western Conference Semifinals
SuperSonics vs. Rockets

League Champion: Los Angeles Lakers

Finals MVP: Magic Johnson (26.2 / 8.0 / 13.0)

1987 Playoff Leaders:

PTS: Larry Bird (622)

TRB: Larry Bird (231)

AST: Magic Johnson (219)

WS: Magic Johnson (3.7)

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#7 Seattle SuperSonics (4-2) vs. #6 Houston Rockets (2-4)

Game 1, May 2
Seattle SuperSonics	111	Final
Houston Rockets	106

PTS	D. Ellis-SEA	34
TRB	H. Olajuwon-HOU	16

Game 2, May 5
Seattle SuperSonics	99	Final
Houston Rockets	97

PTS	D. Ellis-SEA	30
TRB	2 tied	13

Game 3, May 7
Houston Rockets	102	Final
Seattle SuperSonics	84

PTS	H. Olajuwon-HOU	33
TRB	H. Olajuwon-HOU	11

Game 4, May 9
Houston Rockets	102	Final
Seattle SuperSonics	117

PTS	T. Chambers-SEA	38
TRB	A. Lister-SEA	17

Game 5, May 12
Seattle SuperSonics	107	Final
Houston Rockets	112

PTS	D. Ellis-SEA	27
TRB	R. McCray-HOU	10

Game 6, May 14
Houston Rockets	125	Final
Seattle SuperSonics	128

PTS	H. Olajuwon-HOU	49
TRB	H. Olajuwon-HOU	25

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Seattle SuperSonics Basic Stats

Seattle SuperSonics Basic Stats Table
			Totals																		Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Dale Ellis	26	6	6	250	74	151	9	23	14	18	16	24	40	12	4	2	15	22	171	.490	.391	.778	41.7	28.5	6.7	2.0	0.7	0.3
2	Tom Chambers	27	6	6	221	53	131	3	10	42	51	15	35	50	16	8	5	14	19	151	.405	.300	.824	36.8	25.2	8.3	2.7	1.3	0.8
3	Xavier McDaniel	23	6	6	229	42	92	0	2	10	18	19	26	45	13	7	6	16	27	94	.457	.000	.556	38.2	15.7	7.5	2.2	1.2	1.0
4	Kevin Williams	25	6	0	115	23	41	0	1	11	13	6	5	11	7	3	1	4	20	57	.561	.000	.846	19.2	9.5	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.2
5	Maurice Lucas	34	6	0	133	20	45	0	1	8	13	8	23	31	11	9	3	11	21	48	.444	.000	.615	22.2	8.0	5.2	1.8	1.5	0.5
6	Danny Young	24	6	0	108	10	20	3	8	8	8	2	6	8	26	10	0	2	10	31	.500	.375	1.000	18.0	5.2	1.3	4.3	1.7	0.0
7	Alton Lister	28	5	3	107	8	24	0	0	12	16	15	14	29	2	3	7	7	18	28	.333		.750	21.4	5.6	5.8	0.4	0.6	1.4
8	Eddie Johnson	31	6	0	57	8	20	0	3	9	10	2	1	3	24	3	0	0	4	25	.400	.000	.900	9.5	4.2	0.5	4.0	0.5	0.0
9	Nate McMillan	22	6	6	149	8	22	0	0	4	6	7	17	24	49	8	3	7	15	20	.364		.667	24.8	3.3	4.0	8.2	1.3	0.5
10	Clemon Johnson	30	6	3	108	5	18	0	0	4	8	8	8	16	1	3	2	0	9	14	.278		.500	18.0	2.3	2.7	0.2	0.5	0.3
11	Russ Schoene	26	6	0	33	1	5	1	2	2	4	1	5	6	0	0	0	0	6	5	.200	.500	.500	5.5	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
12	Curtis Kitchen	23	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1.000			1.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	26.1	6		1515	253	570	16	50	124	165	100	165	265	161	58	29	76	172	646	.444	.320	.752	252.5	107.7	44.2	26.8	9.7	4.8

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Houston Rockets Basic Stats

Houston Rockets Basic Stats Table
			Totals																		Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Hakeem Olajuwon	24	6	6	245	71	118	0	1	41	58	24	52	76	8	3	23	24	23	183	.602	.000	.707	40.8	30.5	12.7	1.3	0.5	3.8
2	Ralph Sampson	26	6	6	195	42	83	1	1	22	26	17	38	55	5	1	8	21	27	107	.506	1.000	.846	32.5	17.8	9.2	0.8	0.2	1.3
3	Rodney McCray	25	6	6	274	36	62	0	2	28	36	20	27	47	40	4	5	16	10	100	.581	.000	.778	45.7	16.7	7.8	6.7	0.7	0.8
4	Robert Reid	31	6	6	264	30	89	0	8	11	17	3	19	22	32	5	2	15	22	71	.337	.000	.647	44.0	11.8	3.7	5.3	0.8	0.3
5	Allen Leavell	29	6	6	219	15	51	1	7	30	38	1	13	14	33	9	2	17	25	61	.294	.143	.789	36.5	10.2	2.3	5.5	1.5	0.3
6	Jim Petersen	24	6	0	100	16	30	0	0	7	10	9	19	28	3	3	1	4	11	39	.533		.700	16.7	6.5	4.7	0.5	0.5	0.2
7	Steve Harris	23	6	0	77	14	34	0	0	5	6	2	3	5	5	3	0	2	9	33	.412		.833	12.8	5.5	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.0
8	Cedric Maxwell	31	6	0	108	9	17	0	1	13	19	4	12	16	6	1	0	6	15	31	.529	.000	.684	18.0	5.2	2.7	1.0	0.2	0.0
9	Dirk Minniefield	26	4	0	20	4	6	0	0	6	6	2	0	2	2	1	0	2	7	14	.667		1.000	5.0	3.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.0
10	Richard Anderson	26	3	0	3	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.333	.500		1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
11	Dave Feitl	24	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2			1.000	1.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
12	Buck Johnson	23	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000			2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	26.2	6		1515	238	494	3	22	165	218	82	184	266	134	30	41	108	151	644	.482	.136	.757	252.5	107.3	44.3	22.3	5.0	6.8

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