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1996-97 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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57-25, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Rudy Tomjanovich (57-25)

Points Per Game: 100.6 (5th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 96.1 (13th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 54-28 (7th of 29)

Arena: The Summit ▪ Attendance: 667,685 (18th of 29)

SRS: 3.85 (7th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.6 (8th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 108.8 (7th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.0 (10th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus Utah Jazz
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Seattle Supersonics
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Minnesota Timberwolves

1996-97 Houston Rockets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
4 Charles Barkley F 6-6 252 February 20, 1963 12 Auburn University
6 Elmer Bennett G 6-0 170 February 13, 1970 2 University of Notre Dame
50 Matt Bullard F 6-10 215 June 5, 1967 5 University of Iowa
15 Emanual Davis G 6-4 195 August 27, 1968 R Delaware State University
22 Clyde Drexler G-F 6-7 210 June 22, 1962 13 University of Houston
17 Mario Elie G-F 6-5 210 November 26, 1963 6 American International College
32 Othella Harrington F-C 6-9 235 January 31, 1974 R Georgetown University
8 Eddie Johnson F-G 6-7 215 May 1, 1959 14 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
27 Charles Jones F-C 6-9 215 April 3, 1957 13 Albany State University
3 Randy Livingston G 6-4 209 April 2, 1975 R Louisiana State University
2-5 Sam Mack F-G 6-7 220 May 26, 1970 2 University of Houston
12 Matt Maloney G 6-3 192 December 6, 1971 R University of Pennsylvania
9 Tracy Moore G-F 6-4 200 December 28, 1965 4 University of Tulsa
34 Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 January 21, 1963 12 University of Houston
20 Brent Price G 6-1 165 December 9, 1968 3 University of Oklahoma
41 Joe Stephens F 6-7 210 January 28, 1973 R University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2 Sedale Threatt G 6-2 175 September 10, 1961 13 West Virginia University Institute of Technology
42 Kevin Willis F-C 7-0 220 September 6, 1962 11 Michigan 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 19855 3037 6484 .468 671 1839 .365 1503 1992 .755 927 2565 3492 2013 685 347 1365 1610 8248 100.6
Opponent 82 19855 3030 6845 .443 519 1547 .335 1302 1785 .729 1029 2332 3361 1835 731 365 1172 1735 7881 96.1

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 34 78 78 2852 727 1426 .510 5 16 .313 351 446 .787 173 543 716 236 117 173 281 249 1810
2 Clyde Drexler 34 62 62 2271 397 899 .442 119 335 .355 201 268 .750 118 255 373 354 119 36 156 151 1114
3 Charles Barkley 33 53 53 2009 335 692 .484 58 205 .283 288 415 .694 212 504 716 248 69 25 151 153 1016
4 Mario Elie 33 78 77 2687 291 585 .497 120 286 .420 207 231 .896 60 175 235 310 92 12 135 200 909
5 Kevin Willis 34 75 32 1964 350 728 .481 2 14 .143 140 202 .693 146 415 561 71 42 32 119 216 842
6 Matt Maloney 25 82 82 2386 271 615 .441 154 381 .404 71 93 .763 19 141 160 303 82 1 122 125 767
7 Matt Bullard 29 71 12 1025 114 284 .401 67 183 .366 25 34 .735 13 104 117 67 21 18 38 68 320
8 Sam Mack 26 52 10 904 105 262 .401 47 142 .331 35 42 .833 20 86 106 58 29 6 42 67 292
9 Eddie Johnson 37 24 2 607 101 226 .447 40 103 .388 35 41 .854 24 74 98 35 10 1 30 48 277
10 Othella Harrington 23 57 1 860 112 204 .549 0 3 .000 49 81 .605 75 123 198 18 12 22 57 112 273
11 Randy Livingston 21 64 0 981 100 229 .437 9 22 .409 42 65 .646 32 62 94 155 39 12 102 107 251
12 Brent Price 28 25 0 390 44 105 .419 17 53 .321 21 21 1.000 10 19 29 65 17 0 32 34 126
13 Tracy Moore 31 27 1 237 33 85 .388 11 43 .256 22 31 .710 11 15 26 20 5 0 14 19 99
14 Sedale Threatt 35 21 0 334 28 74 .378 8 20 .400 6 8 .750 5 19 24 40 15 3 13 29 70
15 Emanual Davis 28 13 0 230 24 54 .444 12 27 .444 5 8 .625 2 20 22 26 9 2 17 20 65
16 Elmer Bennett 26 4 0 16 2 6 .333 1 3 .333 5 6 .833 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 1 10
17 Charles Jones 39 12 0 93 2 5 .400 0 0 0 0 5 8 13 3 2 4 0 8 4
18 Joe Stephens 24 2 0 9 1 5 .200 1 3 .333 0 0 2 1 3 0 3 0 3 3 3

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 34 78 78 36.6 9.3 18.3 .510 0.1 0.2 .313 4.5 5.7 .787 2.2 7.0 9.2 3.0 1.5 2.2 3.6 3.2 23.2
2 Charles Barkley 33 53 53 37.9 6.3 13.1 .484 1.1 3.9 .283 5.4 7.8 .694 4.0 9.5 13.5 4.7 1.3 0.5 2.8 2.9 19.2
3 Clyde Drexler 34 62 62 36.6 6.4 14.5 .442 1.9 5.4 .355 3.2 4.3 .750 1.9 4.1 6.0 5.7 1.9 0.6 2.5 2.4 18.0
4 Mario Elie 33 78 77 34.4 3.7 7.5 .497 1.5 3.7 .420 2.7 3.0 .896 0.8 2.2 3.0 4.0 1.2 0.2 1.7 2.6 11.7
5 Eddie Johnson 37 24 2 25.3 4.2 9.4 .447 1.7 4.3 .388 1.5 1.7 .854 1.0 3.1 4.1 1.5 0.4 0.0 1.3 2.0 11.5
6 Kevin Willis 34 75 32 26.2 4.7 9.7 .481 0.0 0.2 .143 1.9 2.7 .693 1.9 5.5 7.5 0.9 0.6 0.4 1.6 2.9 11.2
7 Matt Maloney 25 82 82 29.1 3.3 7.5 .441 1.9 4.6 .404 0.9 1.1 .763 0.2 1.7 2.0 3.7 1.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 9.4
8 Sam Mack 26 52 10 17.4 2.0 5.0 .401 0.9 2.7 .331 0.7 0.8 .833 0.4 1.7 2.0 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.3 5.6
9 Emanual Davis 28 13 0 17.7 1.8 4.2 .444 0.9 2.1 .444 0.4 0.6 .625 0.2 1.5 1.7 2.0 0.7 0.2 1.3 1.5 5.0
10 Brent Price 28 25 0 15.6 1.8 4.2 .419 0.7 2.1 .321 0.8 0.8 1.000 0.4 0.8 1.2 2.6 0.7 0.0 1.3 1.4 5.0
11 Othella Harrington 23 57 1 15.1 2.0 3.6 .549 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.4 .605 1.3 2.2 3.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.0 2.0 4.8
12 Matt Bullard 29 71 12 14.4 1.6 4.0 .401 0.9 2.6 .366 0.4 0.5 .735 0.2 1.5 1.6 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.0 4.5
13 Randy Livingston 21 64 0 15.3 1.6 3.6 .437 0.1 0.3 .409 0.7 1.0 .646 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.4 0.6 0.2 1.6 1.7 3.9
14 Tracy Moore 31 27 1 8.8 1.2 3.1 .388 0.4 1.6 .256 0.8 1.1 .710 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.7 3.7
15 Sedale Threatt 35 21 0 15.9 1.3 3.5 .378 0.4 1.0 .400 0.3 0.4 .750 0.2 0.9 1.1 1.9 0.7 0.1 0.6 1.4 3.3
16 Elmer Bennett 26 4 0 4.0 0.5 1.5 .333 0.3 0.8 .333 1.3 1.5 .833 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.5
17 Joe Stephens 24 2 0 4.5 0.5 2.5 .200 0.5 1.5 .333 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.5
18 Charles Jones 39 12 0 7.8 0.2 0.4 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.3

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 34 78 78 2852 9.2 18.0 .510 0.1 0.2 .313 4.4 5.6 .787 2.2 6.9 9.0 3.0 1.5 2.2 3.5 3.1 22.8
2 Elmer Bennett 26 4 0 16 4.5 13.5 .333 2.3 6.8 .333 11.3 13.5 .833 0.0 2.3 2.3 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 2.3 22.5
3 Charles Barkley 33 53 53 2009 6.0 12.4 .484 1.0 3.7 .283 5.2 7.4 .694 3.8 9.0 12.8 4.4 1.2 0.4 2.7 2.7 18.2
4 Clyde Drexler 34 62 62 2271 6.3 14.3 .442 1.9 5.3 .355 3.2 4.2 .750 1.9 4.0 5.9 5.6 1.9 0.6 2.5 2.4 17.7
5 Eddie Johnson 37 24 2 607 6.0 13.4 .447 2.4 6.1 .388 2.1 2.4 .854 1.4 4.4 5.8 2.1 0.6 0.1 1.8 2.8 16.4
6 Kevin Willis 34 75 32 1964 6.4 13.3 .481 0.0 0.3 .143 2.6 3.7 .693 2.7 7.6 10.3 1.3 0.8 0.6 2.2 4.0 15.4
7 Tracy Moore 31 27 1 237 5.0 12.9 .388 1.7 6.5 .256 3.3 4.7 .710 1.7 2.3 3.9 3.0 0.8 0.0 2.1 2.9 15.0
8 Mario Elie 33 78 77 2687 3.9 7.8 .497 1.6 3.8 .420 2.8 3.1 .896 0.8 2.3 3.1 4.2 1.2 0.2 1.8 2.7 12.2
9 Joe Stephens 24 2 0 9 4.0 20.0 .200 4.0 12.0 .333 0.0 0.0 8.0 4.0 12.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 12.0
10 Matt Maloney 25 82 82 2386 4.1 9.3 .441 2.3 5.7 .404 1.1 1.4 .763 0.3 2.1 2.4 4.6 1.2 0.0 1.8 1.9 11.6
11 Brent Price 28 25 0 390 4.1 9.7 .419 1.6 4.9 .321 1.9 1.9 1.000 0.9 1.8 2.7 6.0 1.6 0.0 3.0 3.1 11.6
12 Sam Mack 26 52 10 904 4.2 10.4 .401 1.9 5.7 .331 1.4 1.7 .833 0.8 3.4 4.2 2.3 1.2 0.2 1.7 2.7 11.6
13 Othella Harrington 23 57 1 860 4.7 8.5 .549 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 3.4 .605 3.1 5.1 8.3 0.8 0.5 0.9 2.4 4.7 11.4
14 Matt Bullard 29 71 12 1025 4.0 10.0 .401 2.4 6.4 .366 0.9 1.2 .735 0.5 3.7 4.1 2.4 0.7 0.6 1.3 2.4 11.2
15 Emanual Davis 28 13 0 230 3.8 8.5 .444 1.9 4.2 .444 0.8 1.3 .625 0.3 3.1 3.4 4.1 1.4 0.3 2.7 3.1 10.2
16 Randy Livingston 21 64 0 981 3.7 8.4 .437 0.3 0.8 .409 1.5 2.4 .646 1.2 2.3 3.4 5.7 1.4 0.4 3.7 3.9 9.2
17 Sedale Threatt 35 21 0 334 3.0 8.0 .378 0.9 2.2 .400 0.6 0.9 .750 0.5 2.0 2.6 4.3 1.6 0.3 1.4 3.1 7.5
18 Charles Jones 39 12 0 93 0.8 1.9 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.1 5.0 1.2 0.8 1.5 0.0 3.1 1.5

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 Charles Barkley 33 53 2009 23.0 .581 .526 12.9 27.7 20.7 20.6 1.8 0.9 14.7 23.2 117 100 5.7 3.7 9.4
2 Hakeem Olajuwon 34 78 2852 22.7 .558 .512 7.4 21.0 14.5 16.2 2.1 4.5 14.8 30.4 105 99 3.5 5.6 9.1
3 Mario Elie 33 78 2687 14.3 .662 .600 2.7 7.2 5.1 17.6 1.8 0.3 16.4 13.9 125 107 6.3 2.6 8.9
4 Clyde Drexler 34 62 2271 19.9 .548 .508 6.3 12.4 9.5 26.4 2.7 1.2 13.3 23.5 113 103 4.8 3.4 8.1
5 Matt Maloney 25 82 2386 12.3 .585 .566 1.0 6.5 3.9 19.5 1.8 0.0 15.7 14.8 113 108 3.2 2.1 5.3
6 Kevin Willis 34 75 1964 14.3 .515 .482 9.1 23.3 16.6 6.2 1.1 1.2 12.7 21.7 101 103 0.8 3.0 3.8
7 Matt Bullard 29 71 1025 10.3 .535 .519 1.5 11.2 6.6 10.0 1.1 1.3 11.3 15.0 106 107 0.7 1.0 1.7
8 Eddie Johnson 37 24 607 14.2 .568 .535 4.8 13.5 9.4 9.6 0.9 0.1 10.9 20.5 111 107 0.9 0.6 1.5
9 Othella Harrington 23 57 860 10.8 .570 .549 10.6 15.8 13.3 3.3 0.7 1.9 19.2 15.7 103 105 0.4 1.0 1.4
10 Sam Mack 26 52 904 10.2 .521 .490 2.7 10.5 6.8 9.9 1.7 0.5 13.0 16.2 103 106 0.4 1.0 1.3
11 Brent Price 28 25 390 12.0 .551 .500 3.1 5.4 4.3 25.6 2.3 0.0 21.9 17.1 106 107 0.4 0.4 0.7
12 Sedale Threatt 35 21 334 8.5 .451 .432 1.8 6.3 4.2 17.6 2.4 0.7 14.4 12.3 100 106 0.1 0.4 0.4
13 Tracy Moore 31 27 237 11.4 .502 .453 5.7 7.0 6.4 13.5 1.1 0.0 12.4 21.6 103 109 0.1 0.2 0.3
14 Randy Livingston 21 64 981 8.3 .487 .456 4.0 7.0 5.6 23.8 2.1 0.9 28.4 16.7 91 106 -0.8 1.1 0.3
15 Emanual Davis 28 13 230 9.7 .565 .556 1.1 9.6 5.5 17.1 2.1 0.7 22.8 14.7 100 106 0.0 0.3 0.3
16 Charles Jones 39 12 93 6.3 .400 .400 6.6 9.5 8.1 4.3 1.1 3.2 0.0 2.4 136 106 0.1 0.1 0.2
17 Elmer Bennett 26 4 16 32.1 .579 .417 0.0 6.9 3.6 39.1 6.5 0.0 0.0 24.6 144 98 0.1 0.0 0.1
18 Joe Stephens 24 2 9 3.0 .300 .300 27.1 12.3 19.3 0.0 17.5 0.0 37.5 40.5 52 71 -0.1 0.0 -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 34 16 629 147 249 0 3 76 104 46 174 54 33 41 46 61 370 .590 .000 .731 39.3 23.1 10.9 3.4
2 Clyde Drexler 34 16 623 105 241 38 102 42 54 25 89 77 26 7 36 52 290 .436 .373 .778 38.9 18.1 5.6 4.8
3 Charles Barkley 33 16 605 86 198 11 38 103 134 64 192 54 19 7 43 52 286 .434 .289 .769 37.8 17.9 12.0 3.4
4 Mario Elie 33 16 598 54 116 24 60 52 62 19 56 61 14 4 30 52 184 .466 .400 .839 37.4 11.5 3.5 3.8
5 Matt Maloney 25 16 526 61 153 43 108 14 21 1 19 50 10 3 38 31 179 .399 .398 .667 32.9 11.2 1.2 3.1
6 Eddie Johnson 37 16 284 48 117 14 47 23 24 15 36 10 5 0 7 17 133 .410 .298 .958 17.8 8.3 2.3 0.6
7 Kevin Willis 34 16 295 38 95 0 1 26 38 22 75 11 9 4 22 47 102 .400 .000 .684 18.4 6.4 4.7 0.7
8 Sedale Threatt 35 16 266 22 56 9 30 6 8 2 17 48 6 4 12 35 59 .393 .300 .750 16.6 3.7 1.1 3.0
9 Othella Harrington 23 7 15 1 2 0 0 7 10 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 9 .500 .700 2.1 1.3 0.6 0.0
10 Matt Bullard 29 2 7 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 1.000 1.000 3.5 3.0 1.0 0.0
11 Randy Livingston 21 2 15 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 3 .250 1.000 7.5 1.5 0.0 2.0
12 Charles Jones 39 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

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 34 16 629 27.6 .628 .590 9.0 23.1 16.3 17.3 2.8 4.8 13.5 25.0 121 103 2.0 1.0 3.0
2 Charles Barkley 33 16 605 20.5 .557 .462 13.0 24.1 18.7 15.2 1.7 0.9 14.3 22.9 116 108 1.5 0.6 2.1
3 Clyde Drexler 34 16 623 17.8 .548 .515 4.9 11.7 8.4 22.0 2.3 0.8 12.0 22.3 114 111 1.2 0.3 1.6
4 Mario Elie 33 16 598 12.8 .642 .569 3.9 7.0 5.5 15.9 1.3 0.5 17.3 13.4 124 116 1.3 0.0 1.3
5 Eddie Johnson 37 16 284 14.6 .521 .470 6.5 8.4 7.5 6.3 1.0 0.0 5.2 21.8 114 116 0.5 0.0 0.5
6 Sedale Threatt 35 16 266 9.4 .496 .473 0.9 6.4 3.8 27.8 1.2 1.1 16.8 12.4 112 115 0.3 0.0 0.3
7 Matt Bullard 29 2 7 45.4 1.500 1.500 17.6 16.2 16.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.2 270 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Othella Harrington 23 7 15 18.5 .703 .500 8.2 22.7 15.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 23.8 25.8 116 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Charles Jones 39 1 2 17.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 68.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 225 121 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Randy Livingston 21 2 15 9.7 .375 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.1 3.6 0.0 20.0 15.4 99 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Matt Maloney 25 16 526 8.7 .552 .539 0.2 3.9 2.1 15.5 1.0 0.4 19.0 17.6 100 117 0.1 -0.1 0.0
12 Kevin Willis 34 16 295 9.3 .456 .400 9.2 20.4 15.0 6.2 1.6 1.0 16.5 20.9 92 109 -0.3 0.2 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Hakeem Olajuwon $9,655,000
2 Clyde Drexler $5,500,000
3 Charles Barkley $4,695,000
4 Brent Price $1,600,000
5 Kevin Willis $1,500,000
6 Mario Elie $1,400,000
7 Eddie Johnson $1,200,000
8 Sedale Threatt *$247,500
9 Elmer Bennett *$247,500
10 Matt Bullard $247,500
11 Tracy Moore $247,500
12 Matt Maloney $247,500
13 Sam Mack $247,500
14 Charles Jones $247,500
15 Othella Harrington $247,500
16 Emanual Davis $220,000
17 Joe Stephens *$220,000
18 Randy Livingston $220,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)