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1988-89 Houston Rockets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 45-37, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Don Chaney (45-37)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 108.5 (13th of 25) Opp PTS/G: 107.5 (9th of 25)

SRS: 0.22 (15th of 25) Pace: 101.8 (8th of 25)

Off Rtg: 105.7 (19th of 25) Def Rtg: 104.8 (4th of 25) Net Rtg: +0.9 (15th of 25)

Expected W-L: 44-38 (15th of 25)

Preseason Odds: Championship +4000

Arena: The Summit Attendance: 680,728 (9th of 25)

NBA 1989 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-3) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
6	Walter Berry	PF	6-8	215	May 14, 1964	us US	2	St. John's
35	Tony Brown	SG	6-6	185	July 29, 1960	us US	3	Arkansas
3	Derrick Chievous	SF	6-7	195	July 3, 1967	us US	R	Missouri
21	Sleepy Floyd	PG	6-3	170	March 6, 1960	us US	6	Georgetown
1	Buck Johnson	SF	6-7	190	January 3, 1964	us US	2	Alabama
15	Frank Johnson	PG	6-1	185	November 23, 1958	us US	7	Wake Forest
30	Allen Leavell	SG	6-1	170	May 27, 1957	us US	9	Oklahoma City University
40	Tim McCormick	C	6-11	240	March 10, 1962	us US	4	Michigan
52	Chuck Nevitt	C	7-5	217	June 13, 1959	us US	5	NC State
34	Hakeem Olajuwon	C	7-0	255	January 21, 1963	ng NG	4	Houston
10	Purvis Short	SF	6-7	210	July 2, 1957	us US	10	Jackson State University
25	Bernard Thompson	PF	6-6	210	August 30, 1962	us US	4	Fresno State
33	Otis Thorpe	PF	6-10	248	August 5, 1962	us US	4	Providence
42	Mike Woodson	SG	6-5	195	March 24, 1958	us US	8	Indiana

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

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Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Otis Thorpe	26	82	82	38.2	6.4	11.7	.542	0.0	0.0	.000	6.4	11.7	.543	.542	4.0	5.5	.729	3.3	6.3	9.6	2.5	1.0	0.5	2.7	3.2	16.7
2	Hakeem Olajuwon	26	82	82	36.9	9.6	19.0	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	9.6	18.9	.511	.508	5.5	8.0	.696	4.1	9.4	13.5	1.8	2.6	3.4	3.4	4.0	24.8
3	Sleepy Floyd	28	82	82	34.0	4.8	10.9	.443	1.3	3.6	.373	3.5	7.3	.478	.504	3.2	3.8	.845	0.6	3.1	3.7	8.6	1.5	0.1	3.1	2.4	14.2
4	Mike Woodson	30	81	79	27.9	5.1	11.6	.438	0.4	1.1	.348	4.7	10.5	.447	.455	2.4	2.9	.823	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.5	1.1	0.2	1.7	2.4	12.9
5	Buck Johnson	25	67	51	27.6	4.0	7.7	.524	0.0	0.1	.111	4.0	7.6	.532	.525	1.5	2.0	.754	1.7	2.6	4.3	1.9	1.0	0.5	1.6	3.2	9.6
6	Walter Berry	24	40	14	20.0	3.7	6.8	.541	0.0	0.1	.500	3.6	6.7	.541	.543	1.4	2.0	.713	1.4	2.5	3.8	1.4	0.5	0.9	1.2	2.9	8.8
7	Derrick Chievous	21	81	1	19.0	3.4	7.8	.437	0.1	0.3	.208	3.4	7.5	.446	.441	2.4	3.0	.783	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.0	9.3
8	Purvis Short	31	65	16	17.8	3.0	7.4	.413	0.1	0.5	.273	2.9	6.9	.423	.422	1.2	1.4	.865	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.8	7.4
9	Tim McCormick	26	81	0	15.5	2.1	4.3	.481	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	4.3	.487	.481	1.1	1.6	.674	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.8	2.4	5.2
10	Frank Johnson	30	67	0	13.1	1.6	3.7	.443	0.0	0.1	.167	1.6	3.6	.450	.445	1.1	1.4	.806	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.7	0.6	0.0	1.5	1.4	4.4
11	Allen Leavell	31	55	3	11.4	1.2	3.4	.346	0.1	0.7	.122	1.1	2.7	.408	.359	0.8	1.1	.733	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.1	3.3
12	Bernard Thompson	26	23	0	9.7	0.9	2.6	.339	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	2.5	.351	.339	1.0	1.1	.846	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.4	2.7
13	Tony Brown	28	14	0	6.5	1.0	3.2	.311	0.1	0.6	.222	0.9	2.6	.333	.333	0.4	0.6	.750	0.5	0.6	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.6
14	Chuck Nevitt	29	43	0	5.3	0.6	1.4	.435	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.4	.435	.435	0.3	0.4	.688	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.5

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Hakeem Olajuwon	26	4	4	40.5	10.5	20.3	.519	0.0	0.0		10.5	20.3	.519	.519	4.3	6.3	.680	3.5	9.5	13.0	3.0	2.5	2.8	2.5	4.3	25.3
2	Sleepy Floyd	28	4	4	40.0	5.5	11.5	.478	2.0	3.8	.533	3.5	7.8	.452	.565	2.5	3.5	.714	0.8	3.8	4.5	6.5	2.0	0.3	2.5	2.5	15.5
3	Otis Thorpe	26	4	4	38.0	6.0	9.3	.649	0.0	0.0		6.0	9.3	.649	.649	4.0	5.3	.762	1.5	3.5	5.0	3.0	1.3	0.3	3.8	4.3	16.0
4	Mike Woodson	30	4	4	34.3	4.3	12.3	.347	0.8	2.3	.333	3.5	10.0	.350	.378	2.5	3.0	.833	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.5	1.0	0.5	2.3	1.8	11.8
5	Buck Johnson	25	4	4	29.5	4.8	10.0	.475	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	9.8	.487	.475	2.0	3.5	.571	1.8	2.0	3.8	3.3	0.8	0.5	1.5	3.8	11.5
6	Walter Berry	24	4	0	14.3	3.3	6.5	.500	0.0	0.0		3.3	6.5	.500	.500	1.8	2.0	.875	0.8	1.5	2.3	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.5	2.0	8.3
7	Tim McCormick	26	4	0	13.3	1.8	3.3	.538	0.0	0.3	.000	1.8	3.0	.583	.538	2.0	2.3	.889	0.5	2.8	3.3	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.0	2.3	5.5
8	Derrick Chievous	21	4	0	10.0	1.3	4.3	.294	0.0	0.0		1.3	4.3	.294	.294	2.0	2.5	.800	1.3	0.3	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	4.5
9	Purvis Short	31	4	0	9.3	2.0	5.3	.381	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	4.8	.421	.381	0.8	1.3	.600	1.5	0.8	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.8	4.8
10	Frank Johnson	30	4	0	9.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	1.3	.400	.333	1.5	2.5	.600	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.8	2.5
11	Allen Leavell	31	2	0	2.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.5	.333	.333	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
12	Chuck Nevitt	29	2	0	1.5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Otis Thorpe	26	82	82	3135	521	961	.542	0	2	.000	521	959	.543	.542	328	450	.729	272	515	787	202	82	37	225	259	1370
2	Hakeem Olajuwon	26	82	82	3024	790	1556	.508	0	10	.000	790	1546	.511	.508	454	652	.696	338	767	1105	149	213	282	275	329	2034
3	Sleepy Floyd	28	82	82	2788	396	893	.443	109	292	.373	287	601	.478	.504	261	309	.845	48	258	306	709	124	11	253	196	1162
4	Mike Woodson	30	81	79	2259	410	936	.438	31	89	.348	379	847	.447	.455	195	237	.823	51	143	194	206	89	18	136	195	1046
5	Buck Johnson	25	67	51	1850	270	515	.524	1	9	.111	269	506	.532	.525	101	134	.754	114	172	286	126	64	35	110	213	642
6	Derrick Chievous	21	81	1	1539	277	634	.437	5	24	.208	272	610	.446	.441	191	244	.783	114	142	256	77	48	11	136	161	750
7	Tim McCormick	26	81	0	1257	169	351	.481	0	4	.000	169	347	.487	.481	87	129	.674	87	174	261	54	18	24	68	193	425
8	Purvis Short	31	65	16	1157	198	480	.413	9	33	.273	189	447	.423	.422	77	89	.865	65	114	179	107	44	13	70	116	482
9	Frank Johnson	30	67	0	879	109	246	.443	1	6	.167	108	240	.450	.445	75	93	.806	22	57	79	181	42	0	102	91	294
10	Walter Berry	24	40	14	799	146	270	.541	1	2	.500	145	268	.541	.543	57	80	.713	54	98	152	57	19	35	49	114	350
11	Allen Leavell	31	55	3	627	65	188	.346	5	41	.122	60	147	.408	.359	44	60	.733	13	40	53	127	25	5	62	61	179
12	Chuck Nevitt	29	43	0	228	27	62	.435	0	0		27	62	.435	.435	11	16	.688	17	47	64	3	5	29	22	51	65
13	Bernard Thompson	26	23	0	222	20	59	.339	0	2	.000	20	57	.351	.339	22	26	.846	9	19	28	13	13	1	19	33	62
14	Tony Brown	28	14	0	91	14	45	.311	2	9	.222	12	36	.333	.333	6	8	.750	7	8	15	5	3	0	7	14	36
			82		19855	3412	7196	.474	164	523	.314	3248	6673	.487	.486	1909	2527	.755	1211	2554	3765	2016	789	501	1569	2026	8897

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Hakeem Olajuwon	26	4	4	162	42	81	.519	0	0		42	81	.519	.519	17	25	.680	14	38	52	12	10	11	10	17	101
2	Sleepy Floyd	28	4	4	160	22	46	.478	8	15	.533	14	31	.452	.565	10	14	.714	3	15	18	26	8	1	10	10	62
3	Otis Thorpe	26	4	4	152	24	37	.649	0	0		24	37	.649	.649	16	21	.762	6	14	20	12	5	1	15	17	64
4	Mike Woodson	30	4	4	137	17	49	.347	3	9	.333	14	40	.350	.378	10	12	.833	4	5	9	18	4	2	9	7	47
5	Buck Johnson	25	4	4	118	19	40	.475	0	1	.000	19	39	.487	.475	8	14	.571	7	8	15	13	3	2	6	15	46
6	Walter Berry	24	4	0	57	13	26	.500	0	0		13	26	.500	.500	7	8	.875	3	6	9	5	2	1	6	8	33
7	Tim McCormick	26	4	0	53	7	13	.538	0	1	.000	7	12	.583	.538	8	9	.889	2	11	13	0	3	2	0	9	22
8	Derrick Chievous	21	4	0	40	5	17	.294	0	0		5	17	.294	.294	8	10	.800	5	1	6	2	1	1	3	7	18
9	Purvis Short	31	4	0	37	8	21	.381	0	2	.000	8	19	.421	.381	3	5	.600	6	3	9	1	0	0	1	7	19
10	Frank Johnson	30	4	0	36	2	6	.333	0	1	.000	2	5	.400	.333	6	10	.600	1	4	5	7	1	0	4	3	10
11	Allen Leavell	31	2	0	5	1	3	.333	0	0		1	3	.333	.333	2	2	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
12	Chuck Nevitt	29	2	0	3	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Otis Thorpe	26	82	3135	15.4	.591	.002	.468	9.5	17.6	13.6	9.3	1.2	0.7	16.3	17.7		4.6	4.1	8.7	.133		0.5	0.1	0.6	2.1
2	Hakeem Olajuwon	26	82	3024	25.2	.552	.006	.419	12.2	27.2	19.8	8.2	3.3	5.5	13.0	28.2		4.6	7.8	12.4	.197		2.7	2.9	5.5	5.7
3	Sleepy Floyd	28	82	2788	16.4	.565	.327	.346	1.9	9.9	5.9	35.5	2.1	0.2	19.7	18.5		4.4	3.3	7.7	.133		2.1	0.1	2.2	2.9
4	Mike Woodson	30	81	2259	12.0	.503	.095	.253	2.5	6.8	4.6	13.5	1.9	0.5	11.6	20.9		1.1	2.3	3.5	.074		-1.7	0.1	-1.6	0.2
5	Buck Johnson	25	67	1850	11.4	.559	.017	.260	6.7	10.0	8.4	9.5	1.6	1.1	16.1	14.9		1.5	2.1	3.6	.094		-1.3	0.7	-0.6	0.7
6	Derrick Chievous	21	81	1539	11.6	.506	.038	.385	8.1	9.9	9.0	7.4	1.5	0.4	15.5	22.9		0.0	1.6	1.6	.050		-2.1	-1.1	-3.3	-0.5
7	Tim McCormick	26	81	1257	9.3	.521	.011	.368	7.6	14.9	11.2	5.9	0.7	1.1	14.3	15.2		0.6	1.4	2.0	.075		-3.2	-0.1	-3.3	-0.4
8	Purvis Short	31	65	1157	11.4	.464	.069	.185	6.1	10.6	8.4	13.4	1.8	0.7	11.9	20.5		0.0	1.4	1.4	.058		-2.0	0.1	-1.9	0.0
9	Frank Johnson	30	67	879	10.4	.512	.024	.378	2.7	7.0	4.9	28.0	2.3	0.0	26.2	17.8		-0.3	1.0	0.6	.034		-2.7	-0.3	-3.0	-0.2
10	Walter Berry	24	40	799	14.4	.573	.007	.296	7.4	13.2	10.3	10.5	1.1	2.6	13.8	17.8		1.1	1.0	2.1	.125		-0.3	1.1	0.8	0.6
11	Allen Leavell	31	55	627	7.7	.417	.218	.319	2.3	6.8	4.6	26.8	1.9	0.5	22.4	17.7		-0.8	0.7	-0.1	-0.009		-3.4	-0.4	-3.8	-0.3
12	Chuck Nevitt	29	43	228	8.1	.471	.000	.258	8.1	22.1	15.2	1.8	1.0	7.5	24.2	16.1		-0.4	0.5	0.1	.022		-7.0	2.4	-4.5	-0.1
13	Bernard Thompson	26	23	222	5.5	.440	.034	.441	4.4	9.2	6.8	7.6	2.8	0.3	21.2	16.2		-0.3	0.3	0.0	.000		-5.4	1.0	-4.3	-0.1
14	Tony Brown	28	14	91	4.7	.371	.200	.178	8.4	9.4	8.9	7.8	1.6	0.0	12.6	24.5		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.064		-6.5	-2.6	-9.0	-0.2

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Hakeem Olajuwon	26	4	162	24.1	.549	.000	.309	9.9	26.8	18.4	12.9	3.0	4.2	9.8	26.2		0.3	0.4	0.6	.182		4.0	2.9	6.9	0.4
2	Sleepy Floyd	28	4	160	15.3	.594	.326	.304	2.2	10.7	6.4	23.4	2.4	0.4	16.1	16.1		0.2	0.2	0.4	.122		1.2	0.5	1.7	0.1
3	Otis Thorpe	26	4	152	13.0	.692	.000	.568	4.5	10.5	7.5	11.7	1.6	0.4	24.5	16.7		0.1	0.1	0.3	.092		-0.9	0.9	0.0	0.1
4	Mike Woodson	30	4	137	8.7	.433	.184	.245	3.4	4.2	3.8	18.5	1.4	0.9	14.2	19.2		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.009		-1.6	-1.1	-2.7	0.0
5	Buck Johnson	25	4	118	11.6	.498	.025	.350	6.8	7.7	7.3	16.4	1.2	1.1	11.5	18.4		0.1	0.1	0.2	.061		-1.2	0.1	-1.0	0.0
6	Walter Berry	24	4	57	15.1	.559	.000	.308	6.1	12.0	9.0	14.5	1.7	1.1	16.9	25.9		0.0	0.1	0.1	.066		-0.6	0.5	-0.2	0.0
7	Tim McCormick	26	4	53	17.6	.649	.077	.692	4.3	23.7	14.1	0.0	2.8	2.4	0.0	13.3		0.2	0.1	0.3	.241		0.7	3.3	4.0	0.1
8	Derrick Chievous	21	4	40	8.3	.421	.000	.588	14.4	2.9	8.6	7.1	1.2	1.6	12.3	25.3		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.017		-3.8	-2.6	-6.5	0.0
9	Purvis Short	31	4	37	10.0	.409	.095	.238	18.6	9.3	13.9	4.4	0.0	0.0	4.1	27.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	.001		-2.6	-4.1	-6.7	0.0
10	Frank Johnson	30	4	36	8.5	.481	.167	1.667	3.2	12.7	8.0	25.0	1.4	0.0	27.8	16.6		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.005		-3.6	-1.4	-5.0	0.0
11	Allen Leavell	31	2	5	24.1	.515	.000	.667	0.0	0.0	0.0	31.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	32.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	.229		2.2	-3.5	-1.2	0.0
12	Chuck Nevitt	29	2	3	5.2				0.0	38.1	19.1	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	.078		-0.5	0.2	-0.3	0.0

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