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1993-94 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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58-24, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich (58-24)

1993-94 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 101.1 (13th of 27) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 96.8 (5th of 27)
SRS: 4.19 (6th of 27) ▪ Pace: 95.0 (15th of 27)
Off Rtg: 105.9 (15th of 27) ▪ Def Rtg: 101.4 (2nd of 27)
Expected W-L: 53-29 (6th of 27)

Arena: The Summit ▪ Attendance: 615,224 (18th of 27)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus New York Knicks
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Utah Jazz
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Phoenix Suns
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers


NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
1 Scott Brooks G 5-11 165 July 31, 1965 5 University of California, Irvine
50 Matt Bullard F 6-10 215 June 5, 1967 3 University of Iowa
10 Sam Cassell G 6-3 185 November 18, 1969 R Florida State University
35 Earl Cureton F-C 6-9 210 September 3, 1957 10 University of Detroit Mercy
17 Mario Elie G-F 6-5 210 November 26, 1963 3 American International College
7 Carl Herrera F 6-9 215 December 14, 1966 2 University of Houston
25 Robert Horry F 6-9 220 August 25, 1970 1 University of Alabama
21 Chris Jent F 6-7 220 January 11, 1970 R Ohio State University
11 Vernon Maxwell G 6-4 180 September 12, 1965 5 University of Florida
34 Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 January 21, 1963 9 University of Houston
3 Richard Petruska C-F 6-10 260 January 25, 1969 R University of California, Los Angeles
42 Eric Riley C 7-0 245 June 2, 1970 R University of Michigan
20 Larry Robinson F-G 6-3 180 January 11, 1968 3 Centenary College of Louisiana
30 Kenny Smith G 6-3 170 March 8, 1965 6 University of North Carolina
33 Otis Thorpe F-C 6-9 225 August 5, 1962 9 Providence College

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19780 3197 6733 .475 429 1285 .334 1469 1978 .743 926 2619 3545 2087 717 485 1338 1646 8292 101.1
Lg Rank 8 13 22 10 1 1 15 22 23 12 27 1 10 8 14 5 17 24 13 13
Opponent 82 19780 3152 7166 .440 257 841 .306 1377 1871 .736 1138 2434 3572 1901 767 312 1221 1743 7938 96.8
Lg Rank 8 10 23 3 10 17 3 4 3 13 17 16 16 9 19 1 23 8 5 5

Totals

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 31 80 80 3277 894 1694 .528 8 19 .421 388 542 .716 229 726 955 287 128 297 271 289 2184
2 Otis Thorpe 31 82 82 2909 449 801 .561 0 2 .000 251 382 .657 271 599 870 189 66 28 185 253 1149
3 Vernon Maxwell 28 75 73 2571 380 976 .389 120 403 .298 143 191 .749 42 187 229 380 125 20 185 143 1023
4 Kenny Smith 28 78 78 2209 341 711 .480 89 220 .405 135 155 .871 24 114 138 327 59 4 126 121 906
5 Robert Horry 23 81 81 2370 322 702 .459 44 136 .324 115 157 .732 128 312 440 231 119 75 137 186 803
6 Mario Elie 30 67 8 1606 208 466 .446 56 167 .335 154 179 .860 28 153 181 208 50 8 109 124 626
7 Sam Cassell 24 66 6 1122 162 388 .418 26 88 .295 90 107 .841 25 109 134 192 59 7 94 136 440
8 Scott Brooks 28 73 0 1225 142 289 .491 23 61 .377 74 85 .871 10 92 102 149 51 2 55 98 381
9 Carl Herrera 27 75 0 1292 142 310 .458 0 0 69 97 .711 101 184 285 37 32 26 69 159 353
10 Matt Bullard 26 65 0 725 78 226 .345 50 154 .325 20 26 .769 23 61 84 64 14 6 28 67 226
11 Eric Riley 23 47 2 219 34 70 .486 0 1 .000 20 37 .541 24 35 59 9 5 9 15 30 88
12 Richard Petruska 25 22 0 92 20 46 .435 7 15 .467 6 8 .750 9 22 31 1 2 3 15 15 53
13 Chris Jent 24 3 0 78 13 26 .500 4 11 .364 1 2 .500 4 11 15 7 0 0 5 13 31
14 Larry Robinson 26 6 0 55 10 20 .500 2 8 .250 3 8 .375 4 6 10 6 7 0 10 8 25
15 Earl Cureton 36 2 0 30 2 8 .250 0 0 0 2 .000 4 8 12 0 0 0 1 4 4

Per Game

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 31 80 80 41.0 11.2 21.2 .528 0.1 0.2 .421 4.9 6.8 .716 2.9 9.1 11.9 3.6 1.6 3.7 3.4 3.6 27.3
2 Otis Thorpe 31 82 82 35.5 5.5 9.8 .561 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.7 .657 3.3 7.3 10.6 2.3 0.8 0.3 2.3 3.1 14.0
3 Vernon Maxwell 28 75 73 34.3 5.1 13.0 .389 1.6 5.4 .298 1.9 2.5 .749 0.6 2.5 3.1 5.1 1.7 0.3 2.5 1.9 13.6
4 Kenny Smith 28 78 78 28.3 4.4 9.1 .480 1.1 2.8 .405 1.7 2.0 .871 0.3 1.5 1.8 4.2 0.8 0.1 1.6 1.6 11.6
5 Chris Jent 24 3 0 26.0 4.3 8.7 .500 1.3 3.7 .364 0.3 0.7 .500 1.3 3.7 5.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 1.7 4.3 10.3
6 Robert Horry 23 81 81 29.3 4.0 8.7 .459 0.5 1.7 .324 1.4 1.9 .732 1.6 3.9 5.4 2.9 1.5 0.9 1.7 2.3 9.9
7 Mario Elie 30 67 8 24.0 3.1 7.0 .446 0.8 2.5 .335 2.3 2.7 .860 0.4 2.3 2.7 3.1 0.7 0.1 1.6 1.9 9.3
8 Sam Cassell 24 66 6 17.0 2.5 5.9 .418 0.4 1.3 .295 1.4 1.6 .841 0.4 1.7 2.0 2.9 0.9 0.1 1.4 2.1 6.7
9 Scott Brooks 28 73 0 16.8 1.9 4.0 .491 0.3 0.8 .377 1.0 1.2 .871 0.1 1.3 1.4 2.0 0.7 0.0 0.8 1.3 5.2
10 Carl Herrera 27 75 0 17.2 1.9 4.1 .458 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 .711 1.3 2.5 3.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.9 2.1 4.7
11 Larry Robinson 26 6 0 9.2 1.7 3.3 .500 0.3 1.3 .250 0.5 1.3 .375 0.7 1.0 1.7 1.0 1.2 0.0 1.7 1.3 4.2
12 Matt Bullard 26 65 0 11.2 1.2 3.5 .345 0.8 2.4 .325 0.3 0.4 .769 0.4 0.9 1.3 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.0 3.5
13 Richard Petruska 25 22 0 4.2 0.9 2.1 .435 0.3 0.7 .467 0.3 0.4 .750 0.4 1.0 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.7 2.4
14 Earl Cureton 36 2 0 15.0 1.0 4.0 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 .000 2.0 4.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.0 2.0
15 Eric Riley 23 47 2 4.7 0.7 1.5 .486 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.8 .541 0.5 0.7 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.9

Per 36 Minutes

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 31 80 80 3277 9.8 18.6 .528 0.1 0.2 .421 4.3 6.0 .716 2.5 8.0 10.5 3.2 1.4 3.3 3.0 3.2 24.0
2 Richard Petruska 25 22 0 92 7.8 18.0 .435 2.7 5.9 .467 2.3 3.1 .750 3.5 8.6 12.1 0.4 0.8 1.2 5.9 5.9 20.7
3 Larry Robinson 26 6 0 55 6.5 13.1 .500 1.3 5.2 .250 2.0 5.2 .375 2.6 3.9 6.5 3.9 4.6 0.0 6.5 5.2 16.4
4 Kenny Smith 28 78 78 2209 5.6 11.6 .480 1.5 3.6 .405 2.2 2.5 .871 0.4 1.9 2.2 5.3 1.0 0.1 2.1 2.0 14.8
5 Eric Riley 23 47 2 219 5.6 11.5 .486 0.0 0.2 .000 3.3 6.1 .541 3.9 5.8 9.7 1.5 0.8 1.5 2.5 4.9 14.5
6 Chris Jent 24 3 0 78 6.0 12.0 .500 1.8 5.1 .364 0.5 0.9 .500 1.8 5.1 6.9 3.2 0.0 0.0 2.3 6.0 14.3
7 Vernon Maxwell 28 75 73 2571 5.3 13.7 .389 1.7 5.6 .298 2.0 2.7 .749 0.6 2.6 3.2 5.3 1.8 0.3 2.6 2.0 14.3
8 Otis Thorpe 31 82 82 2909 5.6 9.9 .561 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.7 .657 3.4 7.4 10.8 2.3 0.8 0.3 2.3 3.1 14.2
9 Sam Cassell 24 66 6 1122 5.2 12.4 .418 0.8 2.8 .295 2.9 3.4 .841 0.8 3.5 4.3 6.2 1.9 0.2 3.0 4.4 14.1
10 Mario Elie 30 67 8 1606 4.7 10.4 .446 1.3 3.7 .335 3.5 4.0 .860 0.6 3.4 4.1 4.7 1.1 0.2 2.4 2.8 14.0
11 Robert Horry 23 81 81 2370 4.9 10.7 .459 0.7 2.1 .324 1.7 2.4 .732 1.9 4.7 6.7 3.5 1.8 1.1 2.1 2.8 12.2
12 Matt Bullard 26 65 0 725 3.9 11.2 .345 2.5 7.6 .325 1.0 1.3 .769 1.1 3.0 4.2 3.2 0.7 0.3 1.4 3.3 11.2
13 Scott Brooks 28 73 0 1225 4.2 8.5 .491 0.7 1.8 .377 2.2 2.5 .871 0.3 2.7 3.0 4.4 1.5 0.1 1.6 2.9 11.2
14 Carl Herrera 27 75 0 1292 4.0 8.6 .458 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.7 .711 2.8 5.1 7.9 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.9 4.4 9.8
15 Earl Cureton 36 2 0 30 2.4 9.6 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 .000 4.8 9.6 14.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 4.8 4.8

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Hakeem Olajuwon 31 80 3277 25.3 .565 .530 8.2 23.3 16.2 16.4 2.0 5.7 12.3 29.8 109 95 6.4 7.9 14.3 .210
2 Otis Thorpe 31 82 2909 16.1 .593 .561 11.0 21.7 16.6 9.9 1.1 0.6 16.0 17.6 113 101 4.9 4.9 9.8 .162
3 Kenny Smith 28 78 2209 14.2 .581 .542 1.3 5.4 3.5 22.6 1.3 0.1 13.9 18.1 114 107 3.9 2.2 6.1 .132
4 Robert Horry 23 81 2370 14.2 .521 .490 6.4 13.9 10.3 14.5 2.5 2.0 15.1 17.0 104 100 1.6 4.3 5.9 .120
5 Mario Elie 30 67 1606 13.4 .575 .506 2.1 10.0 6.3 19.1 1.6 0.3 16.7 18.0 110 104 2.1 2.0 4.2 .125
6 Vernon Maxwell 28 75 2571 12.5 .483 .451 1.9 7.7 5.0 22.4 2.5 0.5 14.9 21.4 98 103 -0.1 3.6 3.5 .066
7 Scott Brooks 28 73 1225 12.2 .584 .531 1.0 7.9 4.6 17.6 2.1 0.1 14.4 13.8 115 104 1.8 1.6 3.3 .131
8 Sam Cassell 24 66 1122 13.1 .506 .451 2.6 10.2 6.6 25.8 2.7 0.4 17.8 20.9 100 102 0.4 1.8 2.2 .093
9 Carl Herrera 27 75 1292 9.1 .500 .458 9.2 15.0 12.3 4.1 1.3 1.3 16.4 14.4 98 102 0.1 1.9 2.0 .075
10 Matt Bullard 26 65 725 8.8 .476 .456 3.7 8.9 6.4 12.6 1.0 0.5 10.5 16.2 101 106 0.2 0.8 1.0 .068
11 Eric Riley 23 47 219 13.4 .510 .486 12.9 16.8 15.0 6.3 1.2 2.6 14.8 20.5 101 101 0.1 0.4 0.4 .097
12 Chris Jent 24 3 78 11.0 .577 .577 6.0 14.8 10.7 14.0 0.0 0.0 15.7 18.1 107 106 0.1 0.1 0.2 .100
13 Earl Cureton 36 2 30 2.2 .225 .250 15.7 28.1 22.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.1 14.6 66 101 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.060
14 Richard Petruska 25 22 92 12.3 .535 .511 11.5 25.2 18.7 1.8 1.1 2.0 23.2 31.0 85 98 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.014
15 Larry Robinson 26 6 55 13.0 .531 .550 8.6 11.5 10.1 17.4 6.4 0.0 29.8 27.0 83 94 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.002

Playoffs

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 31 23 989 267 514 2 4 128 161 55 254 98 40 92 83 82 664 .519 .500 .795 43.0 28.9 11.0 4.3
2 Vernon Maxwell 28 23 880 118 314 45 138 37 54 12 81 96 20 2 49 55 318 .376 .326 .685 38.3 13.8 3.5 4.2
3 Robert Horry 23 23 778 98 226 34 89 39 51 40 141 82 35 20 27 68 269 .434 .382 .765 33.8 11.7 6.1 3.6
4 Otis Thorpe 31 23 854 111 194 1 2 38 67 68 228 54 13 10 37 86 261 .572 .500 .567 37.1 11.3 9.9 2.3
5 Kenny Smith 28 23 696 86 189 34 76 42 52 5 54 94 22 4 33 40 248 .455 .447 .808 30.3 10.8 2.3 4.1
6 Sam Cassell 24 22 478 63 160 17 45 64 74 19 59 93 21 5 47 62 207 .394 .378 .865 21.7 9.4 2.7 4.2
7 Mario Elie 30 23 382 42 106 10 32 40 47 9 40 38 8 3 21 30 134 .396 .313 .851 16.6 5.8 1.7 1.7
8 Carl Herrera 27 16 248 31 58 0 0 13 16 14 45 3 5 3 7 37 75 .534 .813 15.5 4.7 2.8 0.2
9 Earl Cureton 36 10 100 8 10 0 0 2 2 6 29 2 1 2 3 20 18 .800 1.000 10.0 1.8 2.9 0.2
10 Matt Bullard 26 10 55 4 19 2 10 6 8 2 10 0 1 2 0 6 16 .211 .200 .750 5.5 1.6 1.0 0.0
11 Chris Jent 24 11 62 5 20 3 13 0 0 1 9 7 2 0 3 7 13 .250 .231 5.6 1.2 0.8 0.6
12 Scott Brooks 28 5 23 5 6 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 11 .833 1.000 .000 4.6 2.2 0.4 0.6

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Hakeem Olajuwon 31 23 989 27.7 .568 .521 6.8 21.2 14.5 20.4 2.2 6.5 12.4 31.4 109 97 2.3 2.0 4.3 .208
2 Robert Horry 23 23 778 16.7 .541 .509 6.3 13.6 10.2 16.7 2.4 1.8 9.8 16.5 114 103 1.4 1.0 2.5 .151
3 Otis Thorpe 31 23 854 14.4 .584 .575 9.7 19.7 15.1 10.1 0.8 0.8 14.2 14.2 115 104 1.4 1.0 2.4 .133
4 Kenny Smith 28 23 696 14.7 .585 .545 0.9 7.4 4.4 21.4 1.7 0.4 13.5 16.4 114 108 1.3 0.5 1.7 .119
5 Sam Cassell 24 22 478 16.3 .537 .447 4.8 8.8 7.0 31.2 2.3 0.7 19.6 23.3 105 105 0.6 0.5 1.1 .111
6 Mario Elie 30 23 382 11.9 .529 .443 2.9 8.5 5.9 15.4 1.1 0.5 14.2 18.0 105 108 0.4 0.2 0.6 .076
7 Carl Herrera 27 16 248 10.8 .577 .534 6.9 13.1 10.2 1.9 1.1 0.8 9.7 13.5 113 106 0.3 0.2 0.5 .106
8 Earl Cureton 36 10 100 9.9 .827 .800 7.3 24.2 16.4 3.0 0.5 1.4 21.6 6.5 136 102 0.2 0.1 0.3 .144
9 Vernon Maxwell 28 23 880 10.4 .471 .447 1.7 8.2 5.2 17.6 1.2 0.2 12.7 20.5 95 109 -0.2 0.5 0.3 .017
10 Scott Brooks 28 5 23 22.8 .854 .917 5.3 4.6 4.9 24.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.0 172 113 0.1 0.0 0.1 .277
11 Matt Bullard 26 10 55 6.7 .355 .263 4.4 15.3 10.3 0.0 1.0 2.5 0.0 19.1 86 105 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.005
12 Chris Jent 24 11 62 4.5 .325 .325 2.0 13.6 8.2 16.7 1.7 0.0 13.0 17.3 76 105 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.060

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Hakeem Olajuwon $3,170,000
2 Otis Thorpe $2,418,000
3 Kenny Smith $2,150,000
4 Sleepy Floyd $1,700,000
5 Vernon Maxwell $1,424,000
6 Robert Horry $1,200,000
7 Carl Herrera $1,000,000
8 Mario Elie $790,000
9 Dave Jamerson $780,000
10 Sam Cassell $650,000
11 Matt Bullard $650,000
12 Scott Brooks $525,000
13 Richard Petruska $150,000
14 Eric Riley $150,000