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1988-89 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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45-37, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Don Chaney (45-37)

Points Per Game: 108.5 (13th of 25) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.5 (9th of 25)
Pythagorean W-L: 44-38 (15th of 25)

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

SRS: 0.22 (15th of 25) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.8 (8th of 25)
Offensive Rating: 105.7 (19th of 25) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.8 (4th of 25)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Seattle Supersonics

1988-89 Houston Rockets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
6 Walter Berry F 6-8 215 May 14, 1964 2 St. John's University
35 Tony Brown F-G 6-6 185 July 29, 1960 3 University of Arkansas
3 Derrick Chievous F 6-7 195 July 3, 1967 R University of Missouri
21 Sleepy Floyd G 6-3 170 March 6, 1960 6 Georgetown University
1 Buck Johnson F 6-7 190 January 3, 1964 2 University of Alabama
15 Frank Johnson G 6-1 185 November 23, 1958 7 Wake Forest University
30 Allen Leavell G 6-1 170 May 27, 1957 9 Oklahoma City University
40 Tim McCormick C 6-11 240 March 10, 1962 4 University of Michigan
52 Chuck Nevitt C 7-5 217 June 13, 1959 5 North Carolina State University
34 Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 January 21, 1963 4 University of Houston
10 Purvis Short F-G 6-7 210 July 2, 1957 10 Jackson State University
25 Bernard Thompson F-G 6-6 210 August 30, 1962 4 California State University, Fresno
33 Otis Thorpe F-C 6-9 225 August 5, 1962 4 Providence College
Mike Woodson G-F 6-5 195 March 24, 1958 8 Indiana 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 19855 3412 7196 .474 164 523 .314 1909 2527 .755 1211 2554 3765 2016 789 501 1569 2026 8897 108.5
Opponent 82 19855 3413 7290 .468 187 534 .350 1806 2372 .761 1145 2428 3573 2015 800 439 1455 2013 8819 107.5

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 Hakeem Olajuwon 26 82 82 3024 790 1556 .508 0 10 .000 454 652 .696 338 767 1105 149 213 282 275 329 2034
2 Otis Thorpe 26 82 82 3135 521 961 .542 0 2 .000 328 450 .729 272 515 787 202 82 37 225 259 1370
3 Sleepy Floyd 28 82 82 2788 396 893 .443 109 292 .373 261 309 .845 48 258 306 709 124 11 253 196 1162
4 Mike Woodson 30 81 79 2259 410 936 .438 31 89 .348 195 237 .823 51 143 194 206 89 18 136 195 1046
5 Derrick Chievous 21 81 1 1539 277 634 .437 5 24 .208 191 244 .783 114 142 256 77 48 11 136 161 750
6 Buck Johnson 25 67 51 1850 270 515 .524 1 9 .111 101 134 .754 114 172 286 126 64 35 110 213 642
7 Purvis Short 31 65 16 1157 198 480 .413 9 33 .273 77 89 .865 65 114 179 107 44 13 70 116 482
8 Tim McCormick 26 81 0 1257 169 351 .481 0 4 .000 87 129 .674 87 174 261 54 18 24 68 193 425
9 Walter Berry 24 40 14 799 146 270 .541 1 2 .500 57 80 .713 54 98 152 57 19 35 49 114 350
10 Frank Johnson 30 67 0 879 109 246 .443 1 6 .167 75 93 .806 22 57 79 181 42 0 102 91 294
11 Allen Leavell 31 55 3 627 65 188 .346 5 41 .122 44 60 .733 13 40 53 127 25 5 62 61 179
12 Chuck Nevitt 29 43 0 228 27 62 .435 0 0 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 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 6 8 .750 7 8 15 5 3 0 7 14 36

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 26 82 82 36.9 9.6 19.0 .508 0.0 0.1 .000 5.5 8.0 .696 4.1 9.4 13.5 1.8 2.6 3.4 3.4 4.0 24.8
2 Otis Thorpe 26 82 82 38.2 6.4 11.7 .542 0.0 0.0 .000 4.0 5.5 .729 3.3 6.3 9.6 2.5 1.0 0.5 2.7 3.2 16.7
3 Sleepy Floyd 28 82 82 34.0 4.8 10.9 .443 1.3 3.6 .373 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 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 1.5 2.0 .754 1.7 2.6 4.3 1.9 1.0 0.5 1.6 3.2 9.6
6 Derrick Chievous 21 81 1 19.0 3.4 7.8 .437 0.1 0.3 .208 2.4 3.0 .783 1.4 1.8 3.2 1.0 0.6 0.1 1.7 2.0 9.3
7 Walter Berry 24 40 14 20.0 3.7 6.8 .541 0.0 0.1 .500 1.4 2.0 .713 1.4 2.5 3.8 1.4 0.5 0.9 1.2 2.9 8.8
8 Purvis Short 31 65 16 17.8 3.0 7.4 .413 0.1 0.5 .273 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 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 1.1 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 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 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 0.4 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 0.3 0.4 .688 0.4 1.1 1.5 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.5 1.2 1.5

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 26 82 82 3024 9.4 18.5 .508 0.0 0.1 .000 5.4 7.8 .696 4.0 9.1 13.2 1.8 2.5 3.4 3.3 3.9 24.2
2 Derrick Chievous 21 81 1 1539 6.5 14.8 .437 0.1 0.6 .208 4.5 5.7 .783 2.7 3.3 6.0 1.8 1.1 0.3 3.2 3.8 17.5
3 Mike Woodson 30 81 79 2259 6.5 14.9 .438 0.5 1.4 .348 3.1 3.8 .823 0.8 2.3 3.1 3.3 1.4 0.3 2.2 3.1 16.7
4 Walter Berry 24 40 14 799 6.6 12.2 .541 0.0 0.1 .500 2.6 3.6 .713 2.4 4.4 6.8 2.6 0.9 1.6 2.2 5.1 15.8
5 Otis Thorpe 26 82 82 3135 6.0 11.0 .542 0.0 0.0 .000 3.8 5.2 .729 3.1 5.9 9.0 2.3 0.9 0.4 2.6 3.0 15.7
6 Purvis Short 31 65 16 1157 6.2 14.9 .413 0.3 1.0 .273 2.4 2.8 .865 2.0 3.5 5.6 3.3 1.4 0.4 2.2 3.6 15.0
7 Sleepy Floyd 28 82 82 2788 5.1 11.5 .443 1.4 3.8 .373 3.4 4.0 .845 0.6 3.3 4.0 9.2 1.6 0.1 3.3 2.5 15.0
8 Tony Brown 28 14 0 91 5.5 17.8 .311 0.8 3.6 .222 2.4 3.2 .750 2.8 3.2 5.9 2.0 1.2 0.0 2.8 5.5 14.2
9 Buck Johnson 25 67 51 1850 5.3 10.0 .524 0.0 0.2 .111 2.0 2.6 .754 2.2 3.3 5.6 2.5 1.2 0.7 2.1 4.1 12.5
10 Tim McCormick 26 81 0 1257 4.8 10.1 .481 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.7 .674 2.5 5.0 7.5 1.5 0.5 0.7 1.9 5.5 12.2
11 Frank Johnson 30 67 0 879 4.5 10.1 .443 0.0 0.2 .167 3.1 3.8 .806 0.9 2.3 3.2 7.4 1.7 0.0 4.2 3.7 12.0
12 Chuck Nevitt 29 43 0 228 4.3 9.8 .435 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.5 .688 2.7 7.4 10.1 0.5 0.8 4.6 3.5 8.1 10.3
13 Allen Leavell 31 55 3 627 3.7 10.8 .346 0.3 2.4 .122 2.5 3.4 .733 0.7 2.3 3.0 7.3 1.4 0.3 3.6 3.5 10.3
14 Bernard Thompson 26 23 0 222 3.2 9.6 .339 0.0 0.3 .000 3.6 4.2 .846 1.5 3.1 4.5 2.1 2.1 0.2 3.1 5.4 10.1

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 26 82 3024 25.2 .552 .508 12.2 27.2 19.8 8.2 3.3 5.5 13.0 28.2 108 95 4.6 7.8 12.4
2 Otis Thorpe 26 82 3135 15.4 .591 .542 9.5 17.6 13.6 9.3 1.2 0.7 16.3 17.7 113 106 4.6 4.1 8.7
3 Sleepy Floyd 28 82 2788 16.4 .565 .504 1.9 9.9 5.9 35.5 2.1 0.2 19.7 18.5 112 107 4.4 3.3 7.7
4 Buck Johnson 25 67 1850 11.4 .559 .525 6.7 10.0 8.4 9.5 1.6 1.1 16.1 14.9 108 107 1.5 2.1 3.6
5 Mike Woodson 30 81 2259 12.0 .503 .455 2.5 6.8 4.6 13.5 1.9 0.5 11.6 20.9 103 108 1.1 2.3 3.5
6 Walter Berry 24 40 799 14.4 .573 .543 7.4 13.2 10.3 10.5 1.1 2.6 13.8 17.8 112 106 1.1 1.0 2.1
7 Tim McCormick 26 81 1257 9.3 .521 .481 7.6 14.9 11.2 5.9 0.7 1.1 14.3 15.2 104 107 0.6 1.4 2.0
8 Derrick Chievous 21 81 1539 11.6 .506 .441 8.1 9.9 9.0 7.4 1.5 0.4 15.5 22.9 99 108 0.0 1.6 1.6
9 Purvis Short 31 65 1157 11.4 .464 .422 6.1 10.6 8.4 13.4 1.8 0.7 11.9 20.5 99 107 0.0 1.4 1.4
10 Frank Johnson 30 67 879 10.4 .512 .445 2.7 7.0 4.9 28.0 2.3 0.0 26.2 17.8 96 107 -0.3 1.0 0.6
11 Chuck Nevitt 29 43 228 8.1 .471 .435 8.1 22.1 15.2 1.8 1.0 7.5 24.2 16.1 83 99 -0.4 0.5 0.1
12 Bernard Thompson 26 23 222 5.5 .440 .339 4.4 9.2 6.8 7.6 2.8 0.3 21.2 16.2 85 105 -0.3 0.3 0.0
13 Tony Brown 28 14 91 4.7 .371 .333 8.4 9.4 8.9 7.8 1.6 0.0 12.6 24.5 82 108 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
14 Allen Leavell 31 55 627 7.7 .417 .359 2.3 6.8 4.6 26.8 1.9 0.5 22.4 17.7 88 108 -0.8 0.7 -0.1

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 26 4 162 42 81 0 0 17 25 14 52 12 10 11 10 17 101 .519 .680 40.5 25.3 13.0 3.0
2 Otis Thorpe 26 4 152 24 37 0 0 16 21 6 20 12 5 1 15 17 64 .649 .762 38.0 16.0 5.0 3.0
3 Sleepy Floyd 28 4 160 22 46 8 15 10 14 3 18 26 8 1 10 10 62 .478 .533 .714 40.0 15.5 4.5 6.5
4 Mike Woodson 30 4 137 17 49 3 9 10 12 4 9 18 4 2 9 7 47 .347 .333 .833 34.3 11.8 2.3 4.5
5 Buck Johnson 25 4 118 19 40 0 1 8 14 7 15 13 3 2 6 15 46 .475 .000 .571 29.5 11.5 3.8 3.3
6 Walter Berry 24 4 57 13 26 0 0 7 8 3 9 5 2 1 6 8 33 .500 .875 14.3 8.3 2.3 1.3
7 Tim McCormick 26 4 53 7 13 0 1 8 9 2 13 0 3 2 0 9 22 .538 .000 .889 13.3 5.5 3.3 0.0
8 Purvis Short 31 4 37 8 21 0 2 3 5 6 9 1 0 0 1 7 19 .381 .000 .600 9.3 4.8 2.3 0.3
9 Derrick Chievous 21 4 40 5 17 0 0 8 10 5 6 2 1 1 3 7 18 .294 .800 10.0 4.5 1.5 0.5
10 Frank Johnson 30 4 36 2 6 0 1 6 10 1 5 7 1 0 4 3 10 .333 .000 .600 9.0 2.5 1.3 1.8
11 Allen Leavell 31 2 5 1 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 .333 1.000 2.5 2.0 0.0 0.5
12 Chuck Nevitt 29 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 0.0 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 26 4 162 24.1 .549 .519 9.9 26.8 18.4 12.9 3.0 4.2 9.8 26.2 112 100 0.3 0.4 0.6
2 Sleepy Floyd 28 4 160 15.3 .594 .565 2.2 10.7 6.4 23.4 2.4 0.4 16.1 16.1 115 109 0.2 0.2 0.4
3 Tim McCormick 26 4 53 17.6 .649 .538 4.3 23.7 14.1 0.0 2.8 2.4 0.0 13.3 145 102 0.2 0.1 0.3
4 Otis Thorpe 26 4 152 13.0 .692 .649 4.5 10.5 7.5 11.7 1.6 0.4 24.5 16.7 111 111 0.1 0.1 0.3
5 Buck Johnson 25 4 118 11.6 .498 .475 6.8 7.7 7.3 16.4 1.2 1.1 11.5 18.4 105 112 0.1 0.1 0.2
6 Walter Berry 24 4 57 15.1 .559 .500 6.1 12.0 9.0 14.5 1.7 1.1 16.9 25.9 103 109 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 Purvis Short 31 4 37 10.0 .409 .381 18.6 9.3 13.9 4.4 0.0 0.0 4.1 27.2 98 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Chuck Nevitt 29 2 3 5.2 0.0 38.1 19.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 105 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Derrick Chievous 21 4 40 8.3 .421 .294 14.4 2.9 8.6 7.1 1.2 1.6 12.3 25.3 95 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Frank Johnson 30 4 36 8.5 .481 .333 3.2 12.7 8.0 25.0 1.4 0.0 27.8 16.6 92 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Allen Leavell 31 2 5 24.1 .515 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.2 127 118 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Mike Woodson 30 4 137 8.7 .433 .378 3.4 4.2 3.8 18.5 1.4 0.9 14.2 19.2 94 113 -0.1 0.1 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Hakeem Olajuwon $1,677,666
2 Otis Thorpe $1,100,000
3 Tim McCormick $675,000
4 Sleepy Floyd $675,000
5 Purvis Short $650,000
6 Mike Woodson $475,000
7 Frank Johnson $375,000
8 Derrick Chievous $350,000
9 Tony Brown $325,000
10 Walter Berry $312,500
11 Allen Leavell $300,000
12 Buck Johnson $220,000
13 Chuck Nevitt $200,000
14 Bernard Thompson $200,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)