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1987-88 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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46-36, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (46-36)

Points Per Game: 109.0 (9th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.6 (13th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 45-37 (11th of 23)

Arena: The Summit ▪ Attendance: 681,051 (5th of 23)

SRS: 0.82 (13th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.8 (4th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 107.1 (13th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.7 (4th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Dallas Mavericks

1987-88 Houston Rockets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
40 Richard Anderson F-C 6-10 240 November 19, 1960 3 University of California, Santa Barbara
2 Joe Barry Carroll C-F 7-0 225 July 24, 1958 6 Purdue University
7 Lester Conner G 6-4 180 September 17, 1959 4 Oregon State University
11 Sleepy Floyd G 6-3 170 March 6, 1960 5 Georgetown University
21 World B. Free G 6-2 185 December 9, 1953 12 Guilford College
20 Steve Harris G 6-5 195 October 15, 1963 2 University of Tulsa
1 Buck Johnson F 6-7 190 January 3, 1964 1 University of Alabama
30 Allen Leavell G 6-1 170 May 27, 1957 8 Oklahoma City University
18 Cedric Maxwell F 6-8 205 November 21, 1955 10 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
22 Rodney McCray F-G 6-7 220 August 29, 1961 4 University of Louisville
34 Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 January 21, 1963 3 University of Houston
43 Jim Petersen F-C 6-10 235 February 22, 1962 3 University of Minnesota
33 Robert Reid F-G 6-8 205 August 30, 1955 9 St. Mary's University
50 Ralph Sampson C-F 7-4 228 July 7, 1960 4 University of Virginia
10 Purvis Short F-G 6-7 210 July 2, 1957 9 Jackson State University
13 Andre Turner G 5-11 160 December 13, 1964 1 University of Memphis

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 19680 3465 7354 .471 69 291 .237 1936 2483 .780 1239 2530 3769 1936 712 502 1367 1865 8935 109.0
Opponent 82 19680 3454 7420 .465 108 393 .275 1805 2352 .767 1261 2506 3767 1951 737 365 1405 2012 8821 107.6

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 25 79 79 2825 712 1385 .514 0 4 .000 381 548 .695 302 657 959 163 162 214 243 324 1805
2 Purvis Short 30 81 11 1949 474 986 .481 5 21 .238 206 240 .858 71 151 222 162 58 14 118 197 1159
3 Rodney McCray 26 81 80 2689 359 746 .481 0 4 .000 288 367 .785 232 399 631 264 57 51 144 166 1006
4 Allen Leavell 30 80 54 2150 291 666 .437 19 88 .216 218 251 .869 22 126 148 405 124 9 130 162 819
5 Sleepy Floyd 27 59 55 1834 288 668 .431 13 52 .250 185 215 .860 51 154 205 366 68 10 156 144 774
6 Joe Barry Carroll 29 63 16 1596 323 715 .452 0 1 .000 113 151 .748 110 286 396 94 37 81 121 149 759
7 Jim Petersen 25 69 50 1793 249 488 .510 1 6 .167 114 153 .745 145 291 436 106 36 40 119 203 613
8 Robert Reid 32 62 31 980 165 356 .463 13 34 .382 50 63 .794 38 87 125 67 27 5 41 118 393
9 Buck Johnson 24 70 2 879 155 298 .520 1 8 .125 67 91 .736 77 91 168 49 30 26 54 127 378
10 World B. Free 34 58 0 682 143 350 .409 8 35 .229 80 100 .800 14 30 44 60 20 3 49 74 374
11 Ralph Sampson 27 19 19 705 119 271 .439 2 6 .333 63 85 .741 58 114 172 37 17 33 62 63 303
12 Cedric Maxwell 32 71 0 848 80 171 .468 0 2 .000 110 143 .769 74 105 179 60 22 12 54 75 270
13 Lester Conner 28 52 3 399 50 108 .463 0 7 .000 32 41 .780 20 18 38 59 38 1 33 31 132
14 Steve Harris 24 14 10 199 34 86 .395 0 1 .000 15 16 .938 12 9 21 17 8 2 6 15 83
15 Andre Turner 23 12 0 99 12 34 .353 1 7 .143 10 14 .714 4 4 8 23 7 1 12 13 35
16 Richard Anderson 27 12 0 53 11 26 .423 6 15 .400 4 5 .800 9 8 17 4 1 0 1 4 32

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 25 79 79 35.8 9.0 17.5 .514 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 6.9 .695 3.8 8.3 12.1 2.1 2.1 2.7 3.1 4.1 22.8
2 Ralph Sampson 27 19 19 37.1 6.3 14.3 .439 0.1 0.3 .333 3.3 4.5 .741 3.1 6.0 9.1 1.9 0.9 1.7 3.3 3.3 15.9
3 Purvis Short 30 81 11 24.1 5.9 12.2 .481 0.1 0.3 .238 2.5 3.0 .858 0.9 1.9 2.7 2.0 0.7 0.2 1.5 2.4 14.3
4 Sleepy Floyd 27 59 55 31.1 4.9 11.3 .431 0.2 0.9 .250 3.1 3.6 .860 0.9 2.6 3.5 6.2 1.2 0.2 2.6 2.4 13.1
5 Rodney McCray 26 81 80 33.2 4.4 9.2 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 4.5 .785 2.9 4.9 7.8 3.3 0.7 0.6 1.8 2.0 12.4
6 Joe Barry Carroll 29 63 16 25.3 5.1 11.3 .452 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 2.4 .748 1.7 4.5 6.3 1.5 0.6 1.3 1.9 2.4 12.0
7 Allen Leavell 30 80 54 26.9 3.6 8.3 .437 0.2 1.1 .216 2.7 3.1 .869 0.3 1.6 1.9 5.1 1.6 0.1 1.6 2.0 10.2
8 Jim Petersen 25 69 50 26.0 3.6 7.1 .510 0.0 0.1 .167 1.7 2.2 .745 2.1 4.2 6.3 1.5 0.5 0.6 1.7 2.9 8.9
9 World B. Free 34 58 0 11.8 2.5 6.0 .409 0.1 0.6 .229 1.4 1.7 .800 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.3 6.4
10 Robert Reid 32 62 31 15.8 2.7 5.7 .463 0.2 0.5 .382 0.8 1.0 .794 0.6 1.4 2.0 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.9 6.3
11 Steve Harris 24 14 10 14.2 2.4 6.1 .395 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 1.1 .938 0.9 0.6 1.5 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.4 1.1 5.9
12 Buck Johnson 24 70 2 12.6 2.2 4.3 .520 0.0 0.1 .125 1.0 1.3 .736 1.1 1.3 2.4 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.8 5.4
13 Cedric Maxwell 32 71 0 11.9 1.1 2.4 .468 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.0 .769 1.0 1.5 2.5 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.8 1.1 3.8
14 Andre Turner 23 12 0 8.3 1.0 2.8 .353 0.1 0.6 .143 0.8 1.2 .714 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.9 0.6 0.1 1.0 1.1 2.9
15 Richard Anderson 27 12 0 4.4 0.9 2.2 .423 0.5 1.3 .400 0.3 0.4 .800 0.8 0.7 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 2.7
16 Lester Conner 28 52 3 7.7 1.0 2.1 .463 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 0.8 .780 0.4 0.3 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.0 0.6 0.6 2.5

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 25 79 79 2825 9.1 17.6 .514 0.0 0.1 .000 4.9 7.0 .695 3.8 8.4 12.2 2.1 2.1 2.7 3.1 4.1 23.0
2 Richard Anderson 27 12 0 53 7.5 17.7 .423 4.1 10.2 .400 2.7 3.4 .800 6.1 5.4 11.5 2.7 0.7 0.0 0.7 2.7 21.7
3 Purvis Short 30 81 11 1949 8.8 18.2 .481 0.1 0.4 .238 3.8 4.4 .858 1.3 2.8 4.1 3.0 1.1 0.3 2.2 3.6 21.4
4 World B. Free 34 58 0 682 7.5 18.5 .409 0.4 1.8 .229 4.2 5.3 .800 0.7 1.6 2.3 3.2 1.1 0.2 2.6 3.9 19.7
5 Joe Barry Carroll 29 63 16 1596 7.3 16.1 .452 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.4 .748 2.5 6.5 8.9 2.1 0.8 1.8 2.7 3.4 17.1
6 Ralph Sampson 27 19 19 705 6.1 13.8 .439 0.1 0.3 .333 3.2 4.3 .741 3.0 5.8 8.8 1.9 0.9 1.7 3.2 3.2 15.5
7 Buck Johnson 24 70 2 879 6.3 12.2 .520 0.0 0.3 .125 2.7 3.7 .736 3.2 3.7 6.9 2.0 1.2 1.1 2.2 5.2 15.5
8 Sleepy Floyd 27 59 55 1834 5.7 13.1 .431 0.3 1.0 .250 3.6 4.2 .860 1.0 3.0 4.0 7.2 1.3 0.2 3.1 2.8 15.2
9 Steve Harris 24 14 10 199 6.2 15.6 .395 0.0 0.2 .000 2.7 2.9 .938 2.2 1.6 3.8 3.1 1.4 0.4 1.1 2.7 15.0
10 Robert Reid 32 62 31 980 6.1 13.1 .463 0.5 1.2 .382 1.8 2.3 .794 1.4 3.2 4.6 2.5 1.0 0.2 1.5 4.3 14.4
11 Allen Leavell 30 80 54 2150 4.9 11.2 .437 0.3 1.5 .216 3.7 4.2 .869 0.4 2.1 2.5 6.8 2.1 0.2 2.2 2.7 13.7
12 Rodney McCray 26 81 80 2689 4.8 10.0 .481 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 4.9 .785 3.1 5.3 8.4 3.5 0.8 0.7 1.9 2.2 13.5
13 Andre Turner 23 12 0 99 4.4 12.4 .353 0.4 2.5 .143 3.6 5.1 .714 1.5 1.5 2.9 8.4 2.5 0.4 4.4 4.7 12.7
14 Jim Petersen 25 69 50 1793 5.0 9.8 .510 0.0 0.1 .167 2.3 3.1 .745 2.9 5.8 8.8 2.1 0.7 0.8 2.4 4.1 12.3
15 Lester Conner 28 52 3 399 4.5 9.7 .463 0.0 0.6 .000 2.9 3.7 .780 1.8 1.6 3.4 5.3 3.4 0.1 3.0 2.8 11.9
16 Cedric Maxwell 32 71 0 848 3.4 7.3 .468 0.0 0.1 .000 4.7 6.1 .769 3.1 4.5 7.6 2.5 0.9 0.5 2.3 3.2 11.5

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 25 79 2825 23.4 .555 .514 11.2 24.1 17.7 9.2 2.7 4.2 13.0 26.5 109 98 4.4 6.3 10.7
2 Rodney McCray 26 81 2689 15.1 .554 .481 9.1 15.4 12.3 13.1 1.0 1.1 13.7 15.7 116 107 4.4 3.2 7.6
3 Allen Leavell 30 80 2150 14.3 .527 .451 1.1 6.1 3.6 25.3 2.7 0.2 14.3 16.9 111 107 2.6 2.5 5.1
4 Purvis Short 30 81 1949 15.8 .531 .483 3.8 8.0 5.9 13.0 1.4 0.4 9.8 24.9 109 109 2.6 1.8 4.4
5 Jim Petersen 25 69 1793 11.8 .552 .511 8.5 16.9 12.7 8.0 0.9 1.2 17.6 15.1 106 106 1.1 2.3 3.4
6 Sleepy Floyd 27 59 1834 14.0 .507 .441 2.9 8.7 5.8 27.6 1.7 0.3 17.0 20.1 104 108 1.1 1.9 3.1
7 Buck Johnson 24 70 879 13.9 .559 .522 9.2 10.7 10.0 7.9 1.6 1.7 13.8 17.9 111 106 1.1 1.1 2.1
8 Joe Barry Carroll 29 63 1596 14.0 .486 .452 7.2 18.6 13.0 8.7 1.1 2.8 13.4 22.7 98 104 -0.4 2.4 2.0
9 Cedric Maxwell 32 71 848 12.2 .577 .468 9.2 12.9 11.0 9.0 1.2 0.8 18.8 13.6 113 107 1.0 1.0 2.0
10 Robert Reid 32 62 980 10.9 .512 .482 4.1 9.2 6.7 9.6 1.3 0.3 9.7 17.4 107 109 0.7 0.9 1.7
11 Ralph Sampson 27 19 705 12.6 .491 .443 8.6 16.8 12.7 7.4 1.1 2.6 16.7 21.1 96 105 -0.3 1.0 0.7
12 Lester Conner 28 52 399 13.6 .524 .463 5.3 4.7 5.0 19.6 4.5 0.1 20.7 16.0 103 104 0.1 0.6 0.7
13 World B. Free 34 58 682 11.1 .475 .420 2.2 4.6 3.4 13.1 1.4 0.2 11.1 26.1 98 110 -0.1 0.5 0.4
14 Steve Harris 24 14 199 12.1 .446 .395 6.3 4.7 5.5 12.0 1.9 0.6 6.1 20.0 104 109 0.1 0.2 0.3
15 Richard Anderson 27 12 53 22.9 .567 .538 17.8 15.7 16.8 11.2 0.9 0.0 3.4 22.1 132 108 0.2 0.1 0.3
16 Andre Turner 23 12 99 10.4 .436 .368 4.2 4.2 4.2 30.6 3.3 0.6 23.0 21.1 90 106 -0.1 0.1 0.0

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 25 4 162 56 98 0 1 38 43 20 67 7 9 11 9 14 150 .571 .000 .884 40.5 37.5 16.8 1.8
2 Sleepy Floyd 27 4 154 26 61 4 8 19 22 3 7 34 8 0 12 10 75 .426 .500 .864 38.5 18.8 1.8 8.5
3 Joe Barry Carroll 29 4 116 18 47 0 0 8 10 8 19 2 3 1 5 12 44 .383 .800 29.0 11.0 4.8 0.5
4 Robert Reid 32 4 114 15 33 3 7 2 3 3 15 8 2 0 3 13 35 .455 .429 .667 28.5 8.8 3.8 2.0
5 Rodney McCray 26 4 159 12 31 0 1 8 12 15 27 9 4 3 7 12 32 .387 .000 .667 39.8 8.0 6.8 2.3
6 Jim Petersen 25 4 98 12 23 0 0 7 12 7 21 6 1 2 4 11 31 .522 .583 24.5 7.8 5.3 1.5
7 Purvis Short 30 4 71 7 26 0 1 8 8 4 9 1 1 0 4 8 22 .269 .000 1.000 17.8 5.5 2.3 0.3
8 Allen Leavell 30 4 38 7 19 2 6 4 4 0 3 9 2 0 6 6 20 .368 .333 1.000 9.5 5.0 0.8 2.3
9 Buck Johnson 24 4 20 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 1 0 4 1 5 .667 .500 5.0 1.3 1.0 0.0
10 Cedric Maxwell 32 4 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .500 3.8 0.5 0.3 0.3
11 Lester Conner 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.000 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0
12 World B. Free 34 2 12 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 .000 .000 6.0 0.0 1.0 0.5

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 25 4 162 39.0 .641 .571 13.2 33.2 22.9 9.3 2.8 4.2 7.1 32.7 134 102 1.0 0.3 1.3
2 Sleepy Floyd 27 4 154 17.3 .531 .459 2.1 3.0 2.5 34.3 2.6 0.0 14.5 22.6 113 114 0.2 0.1 0.3
3 Robert Reid 32 4 114 9.3 .510 .500 2.8 12.0 7.3 10.3 0.9 0.0 8.0 13.8 112 115 0.1 0.1 0.2
4 Jim Petersen 25 4 98 11.9 .548 .522 7.7 16.3 11.9 8.9 0.5 1.2 12.4 13.9 114 113 0.1 0.1 0.2
5 Rodney McCray 26 4 159 8.2 .441 .387 10.1 8.6 9.4 7.7 1.3 1.2 16.2 11.5 101 114 0.0 0.1 0.1
6 Lester Conner 28 1 1 181.3 1.136 0.0 100.0 55.3 100.0 50.4 0.0 0.0 37.1 240 -16 0.0 0.0 0.1
7 Joe Barry Carroll 29 4 116 8.6 .428 .383 7.4 10.8 9.1 2.6 1.3 0.5 8.9 20.5 96 114 -0.1 0.1 0.0
8 Allen Leavell 30 4 38 11.6 .482 .421 0.0 9.0 4.4 37.7 2.7 0.0 22.4 29.7 93 112 -0.1 0.0 0.0
9 Cedric Maxwell 32 4 15 6.2 .500 .500 7.2 0.0 3.7 8.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 137 120 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Buck Johnson 24 4 20 4.1 .644 .667 10.7 11.4 11.1 0.0 2.5 0.0 50.8 16.6 67 112 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 World B. Free 34 2 12 -14.0 .000 .000 8.9 9.5 9.2 10.3 0.0 0.0 60.0 17.5 21 117 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
12 Purvis Short 30 4 71 3.1 .373 .269 6.0 8.0 7.0 2.0 0.7 0.0 11.9 19.9 84 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Ralph Sampson $1,735,000
2 Hakeem Olajuwon $1,452,666
3 Joe Barry Carroll $1,325,000
4 Rodney McCray $925,000
5 Sleepy Floyd $625,000
6 Cedric Maxwell $551,000
7 Robert Reid $450,000
8 Purvis Short $425,000
9 Jim Petersen $367,000
10 Allen Leavell $250,000
11 World B. Free $200,000
12 Buck Johnson $195,000
13 Steve Harris $180,000
14 Lester Conner $175,000
15 Richard Anderson $150,000
16 Andre Turner $75,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)