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1985-86 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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51-31, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (51-31)

Points Per Game: 114.4 (6th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 111.8 (13th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 48-34 (4th of 23)

Arena: The Summit ▪ Attendance: 604,644 (5th of 23)

SRS: 2.11 (6th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.5 (7th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 110.1 (5th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.6 (14th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Denver Nuggets
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Sacramento Kings

1985-86 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 2 Washington State University
20 Steve Harris G 6-5 195 October 15, 1963 R University of Tulsa
30 Allen Leavell G 6-1 170 May 27, 1957 6 Oklahoma City University
32 Lewis Lloyd G-F 6-6 205 February 22, 1959 4 Drake University
5 John Lucas G 6-3 175 October 31, 1953 9 University of Maryland
22 Rodney McCray F-G 6-7 220 August 29, 1961 2 University of Louisville
8 Hank McDowell F-C 6-9 215 November 13, 1959 4 University of Memphis
34 Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 January 21, 1963 1 University of Houston
43 Jim Petersen F-C 6-10 235 February 22, 1962 1 University of Minnesota
33 Robert Reid F-G 6-8 205 August 30, 1955 7 St. Mary's University
50 Ralph Sampson C-F 7-4 228 July 7, 1960 2 University of Virginia
31 Granville Waiters C 6-11 225 January 8, 1961 2 Ohio State University
15 Mitchell Wiggins G 6-4 185 September 28, 1959 2 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 19755 3759 7671 .490 85 310 .274 1776 2434 .730 1316 2434 3750 2318 745 551 1374 1991 9379 114.4
Opponent 82 19755 3638 7402 .491 87 268 .325 1802 2406 .749 1190 2389 3579 2196 683 386 1464 1977 9165 111.8

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 Hakeem Olajuwon 23 68 68 2467 625 1188 .526 0 0 347 538 .645 333 448 781 137 134 231 195 271 1597
2 Ralph Sampson 25 79 76 2864 624 1280 .488 2 15 .133 241 376 .641 258 621 879 283 99 129 285 308 1491
3 Lewis Lloyd 26 82 82 2444 592 1119 .529 3 15 .200 199 236 .843 155 169 324 300 102 24 194 216 1386
4 John Lucas 32 65 65 2120 365 818 .446 45 146 .308 231 298 .775 33 110 143 571 77 5 149 124 1006
5 Robert Reid 30 82 5 2157 409 881 .464 6 33 .182 162 214 .757 67 234 301 222 91 16 96 231 986
6 Rodney McCray 24 82 82 2610 338 629 .537 0 3 .000 171 222 .770 159 361 520 292 50 58 130 197 847
7 Allen Leavell 28 74 12 1190 212 458 .463 24 67 .358 135 158 .854 6 61 67 234 58 8 88 126 583
8 Mitchell Wiggins 26 78 0 1198 222 489 .454 1 12 .083 86 118 .729 87 72 159 101 59 5 62 155 531
9 Jim Petersen 23 82 20 1664 196 411 .477 0 3 .000 113 160 .706 149 247 396 85 38 54 84 231 505
10 Steve Harris 22 57 0 482 103 233 .442 1 5 .200 50 54 .926 25 32 57 50 21 4 34 55 257
11 Craig Ehlo 24 36 0 199 36 84 .429 3 9 .333 23 29 .793 17 29 46 29 11 4 15 22 98
12 Hank McDowell 26 22 0 204 24 42 .571 0 1 .000 17 25 .680 12 37 49 6 1 3 10 25 65
13 Granville Waiters 25 43 0 156 13 39 .333 0 1 .000 1 6 .167 15 13 28 8 4 10 11 30 27

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 Hakeem Olajuwon 23 68 68 36.3 9.2 17.5 .526 0.0 0.0 5.1 7.9 .645 4.9 6.6 11.5 2.0 2.0 3.4 2.9 4.0 23.5
2 Ralph Sampson 25 79 76 36.3 7.9 16.2 .488 0.0 0.2 .133 3.1 4.8 .641 3.3 7.9 11.1 3.6 1.3 1.6 3.6 3.9 18.9
3 Lewis Lloyd 26 82 82 29.8 7.2 13.6 .529 0.0 0.2 .200 2.4 2.9 .843 1.9 2.1 4.0 3.7 1.2 0.3 2.4 2.6 16.9
4 John Lucas 32 65 65 32.6 5.6 12.6 .446 0.7 2.2 .308 3.6 4.6 .775 0.5 1.7 2.2 8.8 1.2 0.1 2.3 1.9 15.5
5 Robert Reid 30 82 5 26.3 5.0 10.7 .464 0.1 0.4 .182 2.0 2.6 .757 0.8 2.9 3.7 2.7 1.1 0.2 1.2 2.8 12.0
6 Rodney McCray 24 82 82 31.8 4.1 7.7 .537 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 2.7 .770 1.9 4.4 6.3 3.6 0.6 0.7 1.6 2.4 10.3
7 Allen Leavell 28 74 12 16.1 2.9 6.2 .463 0.3 0.9 .358 1.8 2.1 .854 0.1 0.8 0.9 3.2 0.8 0.1 1.2 1.7 7.9
8 Mitchell Wiggins 26 78 0 15.4 2.8 6.3 .454 0.0 0.2 .083 1.1 1.5 .729 1.1 0.9 2.0 1.3 0.8 0.1 0.8 2.0 6.8
9 Jim Petersen 23 82 20 20.3 2.4 5.0 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.0 .706 1.8 3.0 4.8 1.0 0.5 0.7 1.0 2.8 6.2
10 Steve Harris 22 57 0 8.5 1.8 4.1 .442 0.0 0.1 .200 0.9 0.9 .926 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.0 4.5
11 Hank McDowell 26 22 0 9.3 1.1 1.9 .571 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.1 .680 0.5 1.7 2.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.1 3.0
12 Craig Ehlo 24 36 0 5.5 1.0 2.3 .429 0.1 0.3 .333 0.6 0.8 .793 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.6 2.7
13 Granville Waiters 25 43 0 3.6 0.3 0.9 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .167 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.6

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 Hakeem Olajuwon 23 68 68 2467 9.1 17.3 .526 0.0 0.0 5.1 7.9 .645 4.9 6.5 11.4 2.0 2.0 3.4 2.8 4.0 23.3
2 Lewis Lloyd 26 82 82 2444 8.7 16.5 .529 0.0 0.2 .200 2.9 3.5 .843 2.3 2.5 4.8 4.4 1.5 0.4 2.9 3.2 20.4
3 Steve Harris 22 57 0 482 7.7 17.4 .442 0.1 0.4 .200 3.7 4.0 .926 1.9 2.4 4.3 3.7 1.6 0.3 2.5 4.1 19.2
4 Ralph Sampson 25 79 76 2864 7.8 16.1 .488 0.0 0.2 .133 3.0 4.7 .641 3.2 7.8 11.0 3.6 1.2 1.6 3.6 3.9 18.7
5 Craig Ehlo 24 36 0 199 6.5 15.2 .429 0.5 1.6 .333 4.2 5.2 .793 3.1 5.2 8.3 5.2 2.0 0.7 2.7 4.0 17.7
6 Allen Leavell 28 74 12 1190 6.4 13.9 .463 0.7 2.0 .358 4.1 4.8 .854 0.2 1.8 2.0 7.1 1.8 0.2 2.7 3.8 17.6
7 John Lucas 32 65 65 2120 6.2 13.9 .446 0.8 2.5 .308 3.9 5.1 .775 0.6 1.9 2.4 9.7 1.3 0.1 2.5 2.1 17.1
8 Robert Reid 30 82 5 2157 6.8 14.7 .464 0.1 0.6 .182 2.7 3.6 .757 1.1 3.9 5.0 3.7 1.5 0.3 1.6 3.9 16.5
9 Mitchell Wiggins 26 78 0 1198 6.7 14.7 .454 0.0 0.4 .083 2.6 3.5 .729 2.6 2.2 4.8 3.0 1.8 0.2 1.9 4.7 16.0
10 Rodney McCray 24 82 82 2610 4.7 8.7 .537 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.1 .770 2.2 5.0 7.2 4.0 0.7 0.8 1.8 2.7 11.7
11 Hank McDowell 26 22 0 204 4.2 7.4 .571 0.0 0.2 .000 3.0 4.4 .680 2.1 6.5 8.6 1.1 0.2 0.5 1.8 4.4 11.5
12 Jim Petersen 23 82 20 1664 4.2 8.9 .477 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.5 .706 3.2 5.3 8.6 1.8 0.8 1.2 1.8 5.0 10.9
13 Granville Waiters 25 43 0 156 3.0 9.0 .333 0.0 0.2 .000 0.2 1.4 .167 3.5 3.0 6.5 1.8 0.9 2.3 2.5 6.9 6.2

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 23 68 2467 24.2 .560 .526 14.4 19.8 17.1 8.0 2.5 5.2 12.0 25.6 113 102 5.3 4.2 9.5
2 Rodney McCray 24 82 2610 13.6 .583 .537 6.5 15.1 10.7 13.6 0.9 1.2 15.2 12.8 118 109 4.2 2.1 6.3
3 Lewis Lloyd 26 82 2444 17.7 .567 .530 6.8 7.5 7.1 17.3 1.9 0.5 13.7 22.6 112 110 4.5 1.8 6.3
4 John Lucas 32 65 2120 17.4 .530 .474 1.7 5.7 3.6 34.6 1.7 0.1 13.6 20.2 115 111 4.5 1.2 5.7
5 Ralph Sampson 25 79 2864 16.9 .516 .488 9.6 23.6 16.5 13.5 1.6 2.5 16.5 23.6 101 104 1.1 4.0 5.0
6 Robert Reid 30 82 2157 13.7 .506 .468 3.3 11.8 7.5 13.5 2.0 0.4 9.0 19.4 109 108 2.5 1.9 4.4
7 Allen Leavell 28 74 1190 15.6 .553 .489 0.5 5.6 3.0 25.4 2.3 0.4 14.3 20.2 113 110 2.1 0.9 3.0
8 Jim Petersen 23 82 1664 10.8 .525 .477 9.5 16.2 12.8 6.1 1.1 1.8 14.9 13.3 109 108 1.4 1.6 2.9
9 Mitchell Wiggins 26 78 1198 12.6 .491 .455 7.7 6.6 7.2 11.0 2.3 0.2 10.3 19.7 106 109 1.1 0.9 2.0
10 Steve Harris 22 57 482 14.0 .500 .444 5.5 7.2 6.4 14.1 2.0 0.5 11.7 23.6 105 110 0.4 0.4 0.8
11 Craig Ehlo 24 36 199 17.5 .506 .446 9.1 15.9 12.5 18.9 2.6 1.1 13.4 21.9 109 106 0.3 0.2 0.5
12 Hank McDowell 26 22 204 10.3 .613 .571 6.3 19.8 12.9 3.5 0.2 0.8 15.9 12.1 115 109 0.2 0.2 0.4
13 Granville Waiters 25 43 156 3.2 .324 .333 10.3 9.1 9.7 5.9 1.2 3.6 20.9 13.2 75 108 -0.3 0.1 -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 23 20 766 205 387 0 1 127 199 101 236 39 40 69 43 87 537 .530 .000 .638 38.3 26.9 11.8 2.0
2 Ralph Sampson 25 20 741 156 301 1 1 86 118 66 215 80 30 35 71 79 399 .518 1.000 .729 37.1 20.0 10.8 4.0
3 Robert Reid 30 20 773 124 288 3 21 47 59 13 83 137 27 1 42 74 298 .431 .143 .797 38.7 14.9 4.2 6.9
4 Lewis Lloyd 26 20 589 116 241 2 5 47 58 34 66 86 16 6 47 47 281 .481 .400 .810 29.5 14.1 3.3 4.3
5 Rodney McCray 24 20 835 108 202 0 3 43 58 23 118 125 18 19 37 45 259 .535 .000 .741 41.8 13.0 5.9 6.3
6 Mitchell Wiggins 26 20 443 89 179 0 3 21 28 38 76 31 14 3 27 44 199 .497 .000 .750 22.2 10.0 3.8 1.6
7 Jim Petersen 23 20 378 44 108 0 0 23 33 47 111 21 9 9 16 58 111 .407 .697 18.9 5.6 5.6 1.1
8 Allen Leavell 28 15 170 24 80 7 15 20 23 3 15 40 9 0 9 12 75 .300 .467 .870 11.3 5.0 1.0 2.7
9 Steve Harris 22 15 83 14 29 0 0 2 5 5 10 2 4 3 2 3 30 .483 .400 5.5 2.0 0.7 0.1
10 Craig Ehlo 24 10 38 8 16 0 1 4 5 1 3 6 4 1 3 4 20 .500 .000 .800 3.8 2.0 0.3 0.6
11 Hank McDowell 26 13 33 2 7 0 0 5 8 4 8 2 0 0 2 6 9 .286 .625 2.5 0.7 0.6 0.2
12 Granville Waiters 25 11 26 4 7 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 3 1 3 8 .571 2.4 0.7 0.5 0.0

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 Hakeem Olajuwon 23 20 766 25.6 .566 .530 14.2 18.9 16.5 7.8 2.5 5.2 8.3 27.3 119 101 2.0 1.7 3.7
2 Ralph Sampson 25 20 741 18.9 .565 .520 9.6 21.5 15.6 15.3 2.0 2.7 16.7 23.2 109 103 0.8 1.4 2.2
3 Rodney McCray 24 20 835 13.1 .569 .535 3.0 12.2 7.6 19.0 1.0 1.3 14.0 12.8 118 109 1.1 1.0 2.1
4 Robert Reid 30 20 773 11.8 .475 .436 1.8 9.7 5.8 23.4 1.7 0.1 11.8 18.6 106 109 0.4 0.9 1.3
5 Lewis Lloyd 26 20 589 13.8 .527 .485 6.2 5.8 6.0 20.3 1.3 0.6 15.0 21.5 108 111 0.4 0.6 1.0
6 Mitchell Wiggins 26 20 443 12.8 .520 .497 9.2 9.2 9.2 9.8 1.5 0.4 12.4 19.9 107 110 0.3 0.5 0.8
7 Jim Petersen 23 20 378 10.6 .453 .407 13.4 18.1 15.7 6.9 1.2 1.4 11.6 14.8 106 107 0.1 0.6 0.7
8 Allen Leavell 28 15 170 13.2 .416 .344 1.9 7.6 4.7 30.3 2.6 0.0 9.1 23.6 104 108 0.0 0.2 0.3
9 Granville Waiters 25 11 26 13.3 .571 .571 8.3 12.4 10.3 0.0 1.9 6.7 12.5 12.5 110 103 0.0 0.0 0.1
10 Craig Ehlo 24 10 38 18.6 .549 .500 2.8 5.6 4.2 22.4 5.1 1.5 14.2 22.6 111 103 0.0 0.1 0.1
11 Steve Harris 22 15 83 11.8 .481 .483 6.5 6.5 6.5 3.2 2.3 2.1 6.0 16.2 105 108 0.0 0.1 0.1
12 Hank McDowell 26 13 33 5.9 .428 .286 13.0 13.0 13.0 7.1 0.0 0.0 16.0 15.4 99 112 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Ralph Sampson $1,165,500
2 Hakeem Olajuwon $882,500
3 Rodney McCray $495,000
4 Robert Reid $400,000
5 John Lucas $231,000
6 Lewis Lloyd $215,000
7 Allen Leavell $200,000
8 Steve Harris $160,000
9 Mitchell Wiggins $155,000
10 Jim Petersen $125,000
11 Granville Waiters $125,000
12 Craig Ehlo $105,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)