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1984-85 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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48-34, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (48-34)

Points Per Game: 111.2 (9th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.5 (10th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 45-37 (9th of 23)

Arena: The Summit ▪ Attendance: 569,018 (6th of 23)

SRS: 1.38 (9th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 102.2 (11th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 107.9 (12th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.3 (4th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus Utah Jazz

1984-85 Houston Rockets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
3 Craig Ehlo G-F 6-6 180 August 11, 1961 1 Washington State University
1 Phil Ford G 6-2 175 February 9, 1956 6 University of North Carolina
9 Lionel Hollins G 6-3 185 October 19, 1953 9 Arizona State University
30 Allen Leavell G 6-1 170 May 27, 1957 5 Oklahoma City University
32 Lewis Lloyd G-F 6-6 205 February 22, 1959 3 Drake University
5 John Lucas G 6-3 175 October 31, 1953 8 University of Maryland
22 Rodney McCray F-G 6-7 220 August 29, 1961 1 University of Louisville
8 Hank McDowell F-C 6-9 215 November 13, 1959 3 University of Memphis
40 Larry Micheaux F 6-9 220 March 24, 1960 1 University of Houston
34 Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 January 21, 1963 R University of Houston
43 Jim Petersen F-C 6-10 235 February 22, 1962 R University of Minnesota
33 Robert Reid F-G 6-8 205 August 30, 1955 6 St. Mary's University
50 Ralph Sampson C-F 7-4 228 July 7, 1960 1 University of Virginia
15 Mitchell Wiggins G 6-4 185 September 28, 1959 1 Florida State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19830 3748 7440 .504 41 186 .220 1581 2261 .699 1325 2395 3720 2239 683 597 1605 2033 9118 111.2
Opponent 82 19830 3500 7274 .481 90 258 .349 1887 2425 .778 1159 2222 3381 2117 773 415 1495 1903 8977 109.5

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Ralph Sampson 24 82 82 3086 753 1499 .502 0 6 .000 303 448 .676 227 626 853 224 81 168 326 306 1809
2 Hakeem Olajuwon 22 82 82 2914 677 1258 .538 0 0 338 551 .613 440 534 974 111 99 220 234 344 1692
3 Rodney McCray 23 82 82 3001 476 890 .535 0 6 .000 231 313 .738 201 338 539 355 90 75 178 215 1183
4 Lewis Lloyd 25 82 58 2128 457 869 .526 2 8 .250 161 220 .732 98 133 231 280 73 28 177 196 1077
5 Mitchell Wiggins 25 82 24 1575 318 657 .484 6 23 .261 96 131 .733 110 125 235 119 83 13 90 195 738
6 Robert Reid 29 82 0 1763 312 648 .481 1 16 .063 88 126 .698 81 192 273 171 48 22 101 196 713
7 Lionel Hollins 31 80 60 1950 249 540 .461 3 13 .231 108 136 .794 33 140 173 417 78 10 170 187 609
8 John Lucas 31 47 21 1158 206 446 .462 21 66 .318 103 129 .798 21 64 85 318 62 2 102 78 536
9 Allen Leavell 27 42 0 536 88 209 .421 8 37 .216 44 57 .772 8 29 37 102 23 4 51 61 228
10 Jim Petersen 22 60 0 714 70 144 .486 0 0 50 66 .758 44 103 147 29 14 32 71 125 190
11 Larry Micheaux 24 39 0 394 74 122 .607 0 3 .000 17 26 .654 44 55 99 17 12 14 28 49 165
12 Craig Ehlo 23 45 0 189 34 69 .493 0 3 .000 19 30 .633 8 17 25 26 11 3 22 26 87
13 Hank McDowell 25 34 0 132 20 42 .476 0 1 .000 7 10 .700 7 15 22 9 3 5 8 22 47
14 Phil Ford 28 25 1 290 14 47 .298 0 4 .000 16 18 .889 3 24 27 61 6 1 17 33 44

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Ralph Sampson 24 82 82 37.6 9.2 18.3 .502 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 5.5 .676 2.8 7.6 10.4 2.7 1.0 2.0 4.0 3.7 22.1
2 Hakeem Olajuwon 22 82 82 35.5 8.3 15.3 .538 0.0 0.0 4.1 6.7 .613 5.4 6.5 11.9 1.4 1.2 2.7 2.9 4.2 20.6
3 Rodney McCray 23 82 82 36.6 5.8 10.9 .535 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.8 .738 2.5 4.1 6.6 4.3 1.1 0.9 2.2 2.6 14.4
4 Lewis Lloyd 25 82 58 26.0 5.6 10.6 .526 0.0 0.1 .250 2.0 2.7 .732 1.2 1.6 2.8 3.4 0.9 0.3 2.2 2.4 13.1
5 John Lucas 31 47 21 24.6 4.4 9.5 .462 0.4 1.4 .318 2.2 2.7 .798 0.4 1.4 1.8 6.8 1.3 0.0 2.2 1.7 11.4
6 Mitchell Wiggins 25 82 24 19.2 3.9 8.0 .484 0.1 0.3 .261 1.2 1.6 .733 1.3 1.5 2.9 1.5 1.0 0.2 1.1 2.4 9.0
7 Robert Reid 29 82 0 21.5 3.8 7.9 .481 0.0 0.2 .063 1.1 1.5 .698 1.0 2.3 3.3 2.1 0.6 0.3 1.2 2.4 8.7
8 Lionel Hollins 31 80 60 24.4 3.1 6.8 .461 0.0 0.2 .231 1.4 1.7 .794 0.4 1.8 2.2 5.2 1.0 0.1 2.1 2.3 7.6
9 Allen Leavell 27 42 0 12.8 2.1 5.0 .421 0.2 0.9 .216 1.0 1.4 .772 0.2 0.7 0.9 2.4 0.5 0.1 1.2 1.5 5.4
10 Larry Micheaux 24 39 0 10.1 1.9 3.1 .607 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.7 .654 1.1 1.4 2.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.3 4.2
11 Jim Petersen 22 60 0 11.9 1.2 2.4 .486 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 .758 0.7 1.7 2.5 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.2 2.1 3.2
12 Craig Ehlo 23 45 0 4.2 0.8 1.5 .493 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.7 .633 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.6 1.9
13 Phil Ford 28 25 1 11.6 0.6 1.9 .298 0.0 0.2 .000 0.6 0.7 .889 0.1 1.0 1.1 2.4 0.2 0.0 0.7 1.3 1.8
14 Hank McDowell 25 34 0 3.9 0.6 1.2 .476 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.3 .700 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.4

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Ralph Sampson 24 82 82 3086 8.8 17.5 .502 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 5.2 .676 2.6 7.3 10.0 2.6 0.9 2.0 3.8 3.6 21.1
2 Hakeem Olajuwon 22 82 82 2914 8.4 15.5 .538 0.0 0.0 4.2 6.8 .613 5.4 6.6 12.0 1.4 1.2 2.7 2.9 4.2 20.9
3 Lewis Lloyd 25 82 58 2128 7.7 14.7 .526 0.0 0.1 .250 2.7 3.7 .732 1.7 2.3 3.9 4.7 1.2 0.5 3.0 3.3 18.2
4 Mitchell Wiggins 25 82 24 1575 7.3 15.0 .484 0.1 0.5 .261 2.2 3.0 .733 2.5 2.9 5.4 2.7 1.9 0.3 2.1 4.5 16.9
5 John Lucas 31 47 21 1158 6.4 13.9 .462 0.7 2.1 .318 3.2 4.0 .798 0.7 2.0 2.6 9.9 1.9 0.1 3.2 2.4 16.7
6 Craig Ehlo 23 45 0 189 6.5 13.1 .493 0.0 0.6 .000 3.6 5.7 .633 1.5 3.2 4.8 5.0 2.1 0.6 4.2 5.0 16.6
7 Allen Leavell 27 42 0 536 5.9 14.0 .421 0.5 2.5 .216 3.0 3.8 .772 0.5 1.9 2.5 6.9 1.5 0.3 3.4 4.1 15.3
8 Larry Micheaux 24 39 0 394 6.8 11.1 .607 0.0 0.3 .000 1.6 2.4 .654 4.0 5.0 9.0 1.6 1.1 1.3 2.6 4.5 15.1
9 Robert Reid 29 82 0 1763 6.4 13.2 .481 0.0 0.3 .063 1.8 2.6 .698 1.7 3.9 5.6 3.5 1.0 0.4 2.1 4.0 14.6
10 Rodney McCray 23 82 82 3001 5.7 10.7 .535 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.8 .738 2.4 4.1 6.5 4.3 1.1 0.9 2.1 2.6 14.2
11 Hank McDowell 25 34 0 132 5.5 11.5 .476 0.0 0.3 .000 1.9 2.7 .700 1.9 4.1 6.0 2.5 0.8 1.4 2.2 6.0 12.8
12 Lionel Hollins 31 80 60 1950 4.6 10.0 .461 0.1 0.2 .231 2.0 2.5 .794 0.6 2.6 3.2 7.7 1.4 0.2 3.1 3.5 11.2
13 Jim Petersen 22 60 0 714 3.5 7.3 .486 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.3 .758 2.2 5.2 7.4 1.5 0.7 1.6 3.6 6.3 9.6
14 Phil Ford 28 25 1 290 1.7 5.8 .298 0.0 0.5 .000 2.0 2.2 .889 0.4 3.0 3.4 7.6 0.7 0.1 2.1 4.1 5.5

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Hakeem Olajuwon 22 82 2914 21.1 .564 .538 16.9 20.4 18.7 5.3 1.6 4.3 13.5 23.5 112 103 5.3 4.9 10.2
2 Rodney McCray 23 82 3001 15.5 .576 .535 7.5 12.6 10.0 15.0 1.4 1.4 14.8 15.9 117 107 5.3 3.3 8.5
3 Ralph Sampson 24 82 3086 17.4 .533 .502 8.2 22.6 15.4 10.4 1.2 3.1 16.1 25.9 102 104 1.4 4.8 6.2
4 Lewis Lloyd 25 82 2128 15.2 .558 .527 5.1 7.0 6.1 18.0 1.6 0.7 15.5 21.2 110 109 2.8 1.9 4.7
5 Mitchell Wiggins 25 82 1575 14.0 .516 .489 7.8 8.9 8.3 10.2 2.5 0.5 11.2 20.2 109 107 1.7 1.8 3.5
6 John Lucas 31 47 1158 17.4 .533 .485 2.0 6.2 4.1 35.8 2.5 0.1 16.9 20.6 113 108 2.0 1.2 3.2
7 Robert Reid 29 82 1763 11.8 .507 .482 5.1 12.2 8.6 12.6 1.3 0.7 12.6 18.0 106 108 1.2 1.8 3.0
8 Lionel Hollins 31 80 1950 11.1 .508 .464 1.9 8.0 5.0 26.2 1.9 0.3 22.1 15.6 103 109 0.7 1.9 2.5
9 Larry Micheaux 24 39 394 15.4 .618 .607 12.5 15.6 14.0 5.7 1.4 2.0 17.3 16.2 114 106 0.6 0.5 1.1
10 Allen Leavell 27 42 536 11.4 .487 .440 1.7 6.0 3.9 24.4 2.0 0.4 17.9 21.0 100 109 0.1 0.5 0.6
11 Jim Petersen 22 60 714 6.6 .549 .486 6.9 16.1 11.5 4.8 0.9 2.5 29.1 13.5 90 106 -0.5 0.9 0.3
12 Hank McDowell 25 34 132 9.8 .506 .476 5.9 12.7 9.3 8.6 1.1 2.1 14.7 16.3 103 107 0.0 0.1 0.2
13 Phil Ford 28 25 290 6.4 .401 .298 1.2 9.2 5.2 23.5 1.0 0.2 23.6 9.8 98 110 0.0 0.2 0.2
14 Craig Ehlo 23 45 189 12.8 .529 .493 4.7 10.0 7.4 18.0 2.7 0.9 21.1 21.8 98 106 0.0 0.2 0.2

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Hakeem Olajuwon 22 5 187 42 88 0 0 22 46 33 65 7 7 13 11 22 106 .477 .478 37.4 21.2 13.0 1.4
2 Ralph Sampson 24 5 193 43 100 1 1 19 37 25 83 7 2 8 17 23 106 .430 1.000 .514 38.6 21.2 16.6 1.4
3 Lewis Lloyd 25 5 174 38 77 0 0 10 14 15 29 25 7 8 10 12 86 .494 .714 34.8 17.2 5.8 5.0
4 John Lucas 31 5 152 26 80 2 14 14 22 7 21 27 6 0 7 14 68 .325 .143 .636 30.4 13.6 4.2 5.4
5 Rodney McCray 23 5 181 19 34 0 0 15 23 9 30 11 6 1 13 17 53 .559 .652 36.2 10.6 6.0 2.2
6 Robert Reid 29 5 87 19 45 0 4 0 0 3 17 5 4 2 6 22 38 .422 .000 17.4 7.6 3.4 1.0
7 Mitchell Wiggins 25 5 45 9 18 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 4 0 3 6 18 .500 9.0 3.6 0.8 0.2
8 Lionel Hollins 31 5 94 8 26 0 0 1 1 1 9 18 4 0 7 16 17 .308 1.000 18.8 3.4 1.8 3.6
9 Larry Micheaux 24 5 57 6 19 0 1 4 10 12 21 0 0 2 3 8 16 .316 .000 .400 11.4 3.2 4.2 0.0
10 Allen Leavell 27 5 16 2 6 0 2 2 2 1 3 3 0 0 1 2 6 .333 .000 1.000 3.2 1.2 0.6 0.6
11 Craig Ehlo 23 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 4 1.000 1.000 2.0 1.3 0.0 0.0
12 Jim Petersen 22 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 1.000 2.7 0.7 0.7 0.3

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Lewis Lloyd 25 5 174 18.4 .517 .494 7.4 8.0 7.7 21.3 1.9 2.8 10.7 20.0 114 101 0.3 0.4 0.6
2 Hakeem Olajuwon 22 5 187 19.7 .490 .477 15.2 17.1 16.1 5.6 1.7 4.3 9.2 23.8 107 97 0.1 0.5 0.6
3 Rodney McCray 23 5 181 9.6 .601 .559 4.3 11.6 7.7 7.7 1.5 0.3 22.8 11.8 105 103 0.0 0.3 0.4
4 Ralph Sampson 24 5 193 15.2 .456 .435 11.1 30.1 19.9 5.4 0.5 2.6 12.8 25.7 96 97 -0.2 0.5 0.3
5 John Lucas 31 5 152 11.0 .379 .338 4.0 9.2 6.4 24.7 1.8 0.0 7.2 23.7 96 103 -0.1 0.3 0.2
6 Craig Ehlo 23 3 6 47.7 1.064 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.8 0.0 0.0 11.7 227 45 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 Mitchell Wiggins 25 5 45 10.4 .500 .500 5.7 2.2 4.1 3.2 4.1 0.0 14.3 17.4 98 100 0.0 0.1 0.1
8 Robert Reid 29 5 87 7.7 .422 .422 3.0 16.1 9.0 8.5 2.1 1.4 11.8 21.8 89 99 -0.1 0.2 0.1
9 Larry Micheaux 24 5 57 7.0 .342 .316 18.1 15.8 17.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 11.4 17.3 86 103 -0.1 0.1 0.0
10 Lionel Hollins 31 5 94 3.7 .321 .308 0.9 8.5 4.4 23.7 2.0 0.0 20.9 13.3 79 103 -0.2 0.2 0.0
11 Allen Leavell 27 5 16 10.7 .436 .333 5.4 12.5 8.7 24.5 0.0 0.0 12.7 18.4 105 106 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Jim Petersen 22 3 8 8.8 1.000 1.000 10.8 12.5 11.6 16.3 0.0 0.0 50.0 9.3 106 105 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Ralph Sampson $1,300,000
2 Hakeem Olajuwon $780,000
3 Rodney McCray $360,000
4 Robert Reid $320,000
5 John Lucas *$227,600
6 Lewis Lloyd $150,000
7 Lionel Hollins $135,000
8 Allen Leavell $130,000
9 Mitchell Wiggins $130,000
10 Larry Micheaux $100,000
11 Jim Petersen $100,000
12 Craig Ehlo $80,000
13 Hank McDowell $65,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)