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1989-90 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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41-41, Finished 5th in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Don Chaney (41-41)

Points Per Game: 106.7 (16th of 27) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.3 (9th of 27)
Pythagorean W-L: 45-37 (10th of 27)

Arena: The Summit ▪ Attendance: 649,697 (11th of 27)

SRS: 1.71 (10th of 27) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.2 (5th of 27)
Offensive Rating: 104.8 (21st of 27) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.4 (1st of 27)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers

1989-90 Houston Rockets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
25 Anthony Bowie G-F 6-6 190 November 9, 1963 1 University of Oklahoma
44 Adrian Caldwell F-C 6-8 265 July 4, 1966 R Lamar University
3 Derrick Chievous F 6-7 195 July 3, 1967 1 University of Missouri
9 Byron Dinkins G 6-1 170 June 15, 1967 R University of North Carolina at Charlotte
21 Sleepy Floyd G 6-3 170 March 6, 1960 7 Georgetown University
1 Buck Johnson F 6-7 190 January 3, 1964 3 University of Alabama
32 Lewis Lloyd G-F 6-6 205 February 22, 1959 6 Drake University
10 John Lucas G 6-3 175 October 31, 1953 13 University of Maryland
11 Vernon Maxwell G 6-4 180 September 12, 1965 1 University of Florida
40 Tim McCormick C 6-11 240 March 10, 1962 5 University of Michigan
52 Chuck Nevitt C 7-5 217 June 13, 1959 6 North Carolina State University
34 Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 January 21, 1963 5 University of Houston
13 Larry Smith F-C 6-8 215 January 18, 1958 9 Alcorn State University
33 Otis Thorpe F-C 6-9 225 August 5, 1962 5 Providence College
15 Mitchell Wiggins G 6-4 185 September 28, 1959 4 Florida State University
42 Mike Woodson G-F 6-5 195 March 24, 1958 9 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 19805 3483 7250 .480 153 491 .312 1633 2267 .720 1217 2638 3855 2194 809 551 1513 1934 8752 106.7
Opponent 82 19805 3399 7322 .464 163 556 .293 1671 2256 .741 1175 2460 3635 2010 790 392 1428 1819 8632 105.3

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 27 82 82 3124 806 1609 .501 1 6 .167 382 536 .713 299 850 1149 234 174 376 316 314 1995
2 Otis Thorpe 27 82 82 2947 547 998 .548 0 10 .000 307 446 .688 258 476 734 261 66 24 229 270 1401
3 Buck Johnson 26 82 82 2832 504 1019 .495 2 17 .118 205 270 .759 113 268 381 252 104 62 167 321 1215
4 Mitchell Wiggins 30 66 52 1852 416 853 .488 0 3 .000 192 237 .810 133 153 286 104 85 1 87 165 1024
5 Sleepy Floyd 29 82 73 2630 362 803 .451 89 234 .380 187 232 .806 46 152 198 600 94 11 204 159 1000
6 Mike Woodson 31 61 11 972 160 405 .395 12 41 .293 62 86 .721 25 63 88 66 42 11 49 100 394
7 Vernon Maxwell 24 30 10 869 142 321 .442 13 53 .245 77 116 .664 15 72 87 150 42 5 72 69 374
8 John Lucas 36 49 18 938 109 291 .375 26 87 .299 42 55 .764 19 71 90 238 45 2 85 59 286
9 Anthony Bowie 26 66 0 918 119 293 .406 6 21 .286 40 54 .741 36 82 118 96 42 5 59 80 284
10 Derrick Chievous 22 41 0 492 90 178 .506 3 8 .375 61 87 .701 28 47 75 27 23 4 40 59 244
11 Larry Smith 32 74 0 1300 101 213 .474 0 2 .000 20 55 .364 180 272 452 69 56 28 70 203 222
12 Byron Dinkins 22 33 0 362 44 109 .404 1 9 .111 26 30 .867 13 27 40 75 19 2 37 30 115
13 Adrian Caldwell 23 51 0 331 42 76 .553 0 0 13 28 .464 36 73 109 7 11 18 32 69 97
14 Lewis Lloyd 30 19 0 113 29 51 .569 0 0 9 16 .563 8 10 18 11 3 0 16 9 67
15 Tim McCormick 27 18 0 116 10 29 .345 0 0 10 19 .526 8 19 27 3 3 1 10 24 30
16 Chuck Nevitt 30 3 0 9 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 2 3 4

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 27 82 82 38.1 9.8 19.6 .501 0.0 0.1 .167 4.7 6.5 .713 3.6 10.4 14.0 2.9 2.1 4.6 3.9 3.8 24.3
2 Otis Thorpe 27 82 82 35.9 6.7 12.2 .548 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 5.4 .688 3.1 5.8 9.0 3.2 0.8 0.3 2.8 3.3 17.1
3 Mitchell Wiggins 30 66 52 28.1 6.3 12.9 .488 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 3.6 .810 2.0 2.3 4.3 1.6 1.3 0.0 1.3 2.5 15.5
4 Buck Johnson 26 82 82 34.5 6.1 12.4 .495 0.0 0.2 .118 2.5 3.3 .759 1.4 3.3 4.6 3.1 1.3 0.8 2.0 3.9 14.8
5 Vernon Maxwell 24 30 10 29.0 4.7 10.7 .442 0.4 1.8 .245 2.6 3.9 .664 0.5 2.4 2.9 5.0 1.4 0.2 2.4 2.3 12.5
6 Sleepy Floyd 29 82 73 32.1 4.4 9.8 .451 1.1 2.9 .380 2.3 2.8 .806 0.6 1.9 2.4 7.3 1.1 0.1 2.5 1.9 12.2
7 Mike Woodson 31 61 11 15.9 2.6 6.6 .395 0.2 0.7 .293 1.0 1.4 .721 0.4 1.0 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.2 0.8 1.6 6.5
8 Derrick Chievous 22 41 0 12.0 2.2 4.3 .506 0.1 0.2 .375 1.5 2.1 .701 0.7 1.1 1.8 0.7 0.6 0.1 1.0 1.4 6.0
9 John Lucas 36 49 18 19.1 2.2 5.9 .375 0.5 1.8 .299 0.9 1.1 .764 0.4 1.4 1.8 4.9 0.9 0.0 1.7 1.2 5.8
10 Anthony Bowie 26 66 0 13.9 1.8 4.4 .406 0.1 0.3 .286 0.6 0.8 .741 0.5 1.2 1.8 1.5 0.6 0.1 0.9 1.2 4.3
11 Lewis Lloyd 30 19 0 5.9 1.5 2.7 .569 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 .563 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.5 3.5
12 Byron Dinkins 22 33 0 11.0 1.3 3.3 .404 0.0 0.3 .111 0.8 0.9 .867 0.4 0.8 1.2 2.3 0.6 0.1 1.1 0.9 3.5
13 Larry Smith 32 74 0 17.6 1.4 2.9 .474 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.7 .364 2.4 3.7 6.1 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.9 2.7 3.0
14 Adrian Caldwell 23 51 0 6.5 0.8 1.5 .553 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 .464 0.7 1.4 2.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.4 1.9
15 Tim McCormick 27 18 0 6.4 0.6 1.6 .345 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.1 .526 0.4 1.1 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 1.3 1.7
16 Chuck Nevitt 30 3 0 3.0 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.3

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 27 82 82 3124 9.3 18.5 .501 0.0 0.1 .167 4.4 6.2 .713 3.4 9.8 13.2 2.7 2.0 4.3 3.6 3.6 23.0
2 Lewis Lloyd 30 19 0 113 9.2 16.2 .569 0.0 0.0 2.9 5.1 .563 2.5 3.2 5.7 3.5 1.0 0.0 5.1 2.9 21.3
3 Mitchell Wiggins 30 66 52 1852 8.1 16.6 .488 0.0 0.1 .000 3.7 4.6 .810 2.6 3.0 5.6 2.0 1.7 0.0 1.7 3.2 19.9
4 Derrick Chievous 22 41 0 492 6.6 13.0 .506 0.2 0.6 .375 4.5 6.4 .701 2.0 3.4 5.5 2.0 1.7 0.3 2.9 4.3 17.9
5 Otis Thorpe 27 82 82 2947 6.7 12.2 .548 0.0 0.1 .000 3.8 5.4 .688 3.2 5.8 9.0 3.2 0.8 0.3 2.8 3.3 17.1
6 Chuck Nevitt 30 3 0 9 8.0 8.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 4.0 0.0 4.0 8.0 12.0 16.0
7 Vernon Maxwell 24 30 10 869 5.9 13.3 .442 0.5 2.2 .245 3.2 4.8 .664 0.6 3.0 3.6 6.2 1.7 0.2 3.0 2.9 15.5
8 Buck Johnson 26 82 82 2832 6.4 13.0 .495 0.0 0.2 .118 2.6 3.4 .759 1.4 3.4 4.8 3.2 1.3 0.8 2.1 4.1 15.4
9 Mike Woodson 31 61 11 972 5.9 15.0 .395 0.4 1.5 .293 2.3 3.2 .721 0.9 2.3 3.3 2.4 1.6 0.4 1.8 3.7 14.6
10 Sleepy Floyd 29 82 73 2630 5.0 11.0 .451 1.2 3.2 .380 2.6 3.2 .806 0.6 2.1 2.7 8.2 1.3 0.2 2.8 2.2 13.7
11 Byron Dinkins 22 33 0 362 4.4 10.8 .404 0.1 0.9 .111 2.6 3.0 .867 1.3 2.7 4.0 7.5 1.9 0.2 3.7 3.0 11.4
12 Anthony Bowie 26 66 0 918 4.7 11.5 .406 0.2 0.8 .286 1.6 2.1 .741 1.4 3.2 4.6 3.8 1.6 0.2 2.3 3.1 11.1
13 John Lucas 36 49 18 938 4.2 11.2 .375 1.0 3.3 .299 1.6 2.1 .764 0.7 2.7 3.5 9.1 1.7 0.1 3.3 2.3 11.0
14 Adrian Caldwell 23 51 0 331 4.6 8.3 .553 0.0 0.0 1.4 3.0 .464 3.9 7.9 11.9 0.8 1.2 2.0 3.5 7.5 10.5
15 Tim McCormick 27 18 0 116 3.1 9.0 .345 0.0 0.0 3.1 5.9 .526 2.5 5.9 8.4 0.9 0.9 0.3 3.1 7.4 9.3
16 Larry Smith 32 74 0 1300 2.8 5.9 .474 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 1.5 .364 5.0 7.5 12.5 1.9 1.6 0.8 1.9 5.6 6.1

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 27 82 3124 24.1 .541 .501 10.3 28.3 19.5 12.1 2.6 7.0 14.6 28.1 104 93 2.5 8.7 11.2
2 Otis Thorpe 27 82 2947 16.1 .587 .548 9.4 16.8 13.2 12.8 1.1 0.5 16.1 19.6 112 105 4.4 4.1 8.5
3 Sleepy Floyd 29 82 2630 14.2 .552 .506 1.9 6.0 4.0 30.8 1.7 0.2 18.4 17.1 111 107 3.4 2.9 6.3
4 Buck Johnson 26 82 2832 12.9 .534 .496 4.3 9.8 7.1 12.7 1.7 1.3 12.8 18.7 107 105 2.2 3.9 6.2
5 Mitchell Wiggins 30 66 1852 16.3 .535 .488 7.7 8.6 8.2 8.6 2.2 0.0 8.3 22.9 112 106 2.9 2.5 5.4
6 Larry Smith 32 74 1300 9.8 .468 .474 14.9 21.7 18.4 6.6 2.0 1.3 22.8 9.6 100 101 0.1 2.5 2.6
7 Vernon Maxwell 24 30 869 13.0 .503 .463 1.9 8.6 5.3 24.1 2.3 0.3 16.2 20.7 101 105 0.2 1.2 1.4
8 Derrick Chievous 22 41 492 13.5 .564 .514 6.1 9.9 8.1 7.9 2.2 0.5 15.6 21.1 105 105 0.4 0.7 1.1
9 John Lucas 36 49 938 11.5 .454 .419 2.2 7.9 5.1 33.2 2.3 0.1 21.2 17.3 97 106 -0.2 1.2 1.0
10 Mike Woodson 31 61 972 8.8 .445 .410 2.8 6.7 4.8 9.5 2.1 0.7 10.0 20.5 94 106 -0.6 1.2 0.7
11 Anthony Bowie 26 66 918 8.8 .448 .416 4.2 9.3 6.8 13.9 2.2 0.3 15.7 16.6 93 105 -0.6 1.3 0.7
12 Adrian Caldwell 23 51 331 9.5 .549 .553 11.7 22.9 17.4 2.8 1.6 3.2 26.6 14.8 91 100 -0.3 0.7 0.4
13 Byron Dinkins 22 33 362 10.9 .471 .408 3.9 7.7 5.8 27.3 2.5 0.3 23.2 17.8 95 105 -0.2 0.5 0.3
14 Lewis Lloyd 30 19 113 14.4 .577 .569 7.6 9.2 8.4 15.6 1.3 0.0 21.6 26.6 97 107 0.0 0.1 0.1
15 Chuck Nevitt 30 3 9 12.1 1.000 1.000 0.0 34.6 17.6 16.9 0.0 6.5 50.0 18.0 84 96 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Tim McCormick 27 18 116 2.6 .401 .345 7.4 17.0 12.3 3.3 1.2 0.5 21.1 16.6 78 104 -0.3 0.2 -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 Otis Thorpe 27 4 164 27 45 0 0 26 38 14 33 7 5 0 9 12 80 .600 .684 41.0 20.0 8.3 1.8
2 Vernon Maxwell 24 4 159 30 81 8 26 11 21 5 12 17 5 0 6 12 79 .370 .308 .524 39.8 19.8 3.0 4.3
3 Sleepy Floyd 29 4 172 30 64 3 12 11 17 7 15 41 5 1 15 5 74 .469 .250 .647 43.0 18.5 3.8 10.3
4 Hakeem Olajuwon 27 4 161 31 70 0 0 12 17 15 46 8 10 23 11 19 74 .443 .706 40.3 18.5 11.5 2.0
5 Buck Johnson 26 4 148 20 48 0 1 11 13 8 16 9 6 2 4 16 51 .417 .000 .846 37.0 12.8 4.0 2.3
6 Mitchell Wiggins 30 4 51 7 15 0 0 2 3 4 13 2 1 0 4 5 16 .467 .667 12.8 4.0 3.3 0.5
7 Larry Smith 32 4 73 6 8 0 0 0 0 7 13 5 4 0 5 11 12 .750 18.3 3.0 3.3 1.3
8 Tim McCormick 27 3 21 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 8 0 0 0 0 5 3 .333 .500 7.0 1.0 2.7 0.0
9 Mike Woodson 31 1 6 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .000 6.0 2.0 0.0 2.0
10 Adrian Caldwell 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Anthony Bowie 26 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 2.0 0.0 0.0 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 Otis Thorpe 27 4 164 18.8 .648 .600 9.3 16.7 12.5 6.8 1.6 0.0 12.7 18.6 125 116 0.4 0.0 0.5
2 Hakeem Olajuwon 27 4 161 20.4 .478 .443 10.2 27.8 17.8 8.2 3.2 10.3 12.4 23.7 99 102 0.0 0.3 0.3
3 Sleepy Floyd 29 4 172 16.8 .518 .492 4.4 6.7 5.4 38.3 1.5 0.4 17.3 21.7 108 118 0.2 0.0 0.2
4 Buck Johnson 26 4 148 11.3 .475 .417 5.9 7.8 6.7 9.2 2.1 1.0 6.9 16.8 109 116 0.1 0.0 0.2
5 Larry Smith 32 4 73 9.3 .750 .750 10.5 11.9 11.1 9.6 2.8 0.0 38.5 7.7 108 114 0.0 0.0 0.1
6 Vernon Maxwell 24 4 159 11.9 .438 .420 3.4 6.4 4.7 17.6 1.6 0.0 6.2 26.1 100 118 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Tim McCormick 27 3 21 4.7 .387 .333 5.2 48.1 23.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 100 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Adrian Caldwell 23 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 123 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Anthony Bowie 26 2 4 -13.3 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.8 0 122 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Mitchell Wiggins 30 4 51 9.1 .490 .467 8.6 25.5 15.8 5.9 1.0 0.0 19.7 17.2 92 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Mike Woodson 31 1 6 9.6 .333 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 52.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.6 103 122 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Hakeem Olajuwon *$2,426,333
2 Otis Thorpe *$1,430,000
3 Sleepy Floyd *$1,037,500
4 Tim McCormick *$725,000
5 Larry Smith *$712,500
6 Buck Johnson *$447,500
7 Derrick Chievous *$437,500
8 Mike Woodson *$297,500
9 Mitchell Wiggins *$275,000
10 Vernon Maxwell *$175,000
11 Chuck Nevitt *$172,667
12 Anthony Bowie *$110,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)