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1996-97 Houston Rockets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 57-25, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich (57-25)

Executive: Carroll Dawson

PTS/G: 100.6 (6th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 96.1 (13th of 29)

SRS: 3.85 (7th of 29) Pace: 91.6 (8th of 29)

Off Rtg: 108.8 (7th of 29) Def Rtg: 104.0 (10th of 29) Net Rtg: +4.8 (7th of 29)

Expected W-L: 54-28 (7th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +800, Over-Under 53.5

Arena: The Summit Attendance: 667,685 (19th of 29)

NBA 1997 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Minnesota Timberwolves (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (2-4) versus Utah Jazz (Series Stats)

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
4	Charles Barkley	PF	6-6	252	February 20, 1963	us	12	Auburn
6	Elmer Bennett	PG	6-0	170	February 13, 1970	us	2	Notre Dame
50	Matt Bullard	PF	6-10	215	June 5, 1967	us	5	Colorado, Iowa
15	Emanual Davis	PG	6-4	195	August 27, 1968	us	R	Delaware State University
22	Clyde Drexler	SG	6-7	210	June 22, 1962	us	13	Houston
17	Mario Elie	SF	6-5	210	November 26, 1963	us	6	American International College
32	Othella Harrington	PF	6-9	235	January 31, 1974	us	R	Georgetown
8	Eddie Johnson	SF	6-7	215	May 1, 1959	us	14	Illinois
27	Charles Jones	PF	6-9	215	April 3, 1957	us	13	Albany State University
3	Randy Livingston	PG	6-4	209	April 2, 1975	us	R	LSU
2, 5	Sam Mack	SF	6-7	220	May 26, 1970	us	2	Iowa State, Tyler Junior College, Houston
12	Matt Maloney	PG	6-3	192	December 6, 1971	us	R	Vanderbilt, Penn
9	Tracy Moore	SG	6-4	200	December 28, 1965	us	4	Tulsa
34	Hakeem Olajuwon	C	7-0	255	January 21, 1963	ng	12	Houston
20	Brent Price	PG	6-1	165	December 9, 1968	us	3	South Carolina, Oklahoma
41	Joe Stephens	PF	6-7	210	January 28, 1973	us	R	Colorado, Little Rock
2	Sedale Threatt	SG	6-2	175	September 10, 1961	us	13	West Virginia Tech
42	Kevin Willis	PF	7-0	220	September 6, 1962	us	11	Michigan State

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

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Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Charles Barkley	33	53	53	37.9	6.3	13.1	.484	1.1	3.9	.283	5.2	9.2	.569	.526	5.4	7.8	.694	4.0	9.5	13.5	4.7	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.9	19.2
2	Clyde Drexler	34	62	62	36.6	6.4	14.5	.442	1.9	5.4	.355	4.5	9.1	.493	.508	3.2	4.3	.750	1.9	4.1	6.0	5.7	1.9	0.6	2.5	2.4	18.0
3	Hakeem Olajuwon	34	78	78	36.6	9.3	18.3	.510	0.1	0.2	.313	9.3	18.1	.512	.512	4.5	5.7	.787	2.2	7.0	9.2	3.0	1.5	2.2	3.6	3.2	23.2
4	Mario Elie	33	78	77	34.4	3.7	7.5	.497	1.5	3.7	.420	2.2	3.8	.572	.600	2.7	3.0	.896	0.8	2.2	3.0	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.6	11.7
5	Matt Maloney	25	82	82	29.1	3.3	7.5	.441	1.9	4.6	.404	1.4	2.9	.500	.566	0.9	1.1	.763	0.2	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	9.4
6	Kevin Willis	34	75	32	26.2	4.7	9.7	.481	0.0	0.2	.143	4.6	9.5	.487	.482	1.9	2.7	.693	1.9	5.5	7.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.9	11.2
7	Eddie Johnson	37	24	2	25.3	4.2	9.4	.447	1.7	4.3	.388	2.5	5.1	.496	.535	1.5	1.7	.854	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.5	0.4	0.0	1.3	2.0	11.5
8	Emanual Davis	28	13	0	17.7	1.8	4.2	.444	0.9	2.1	.444	0.9	2.1	.444	.556	0.4	0.6	.625	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.5	5.0
9	Sam Mack	26	52	10	17.4	2.0	5.0	.401	0.9	2.7	.331	1.1	2.3	.483	.490	0.7	0.8	.833	0.4	1.7	2.0	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.3	5.6
10	Sedale Threatt	35	21	0	15.9	1.3	3.5	.378	0.4	1.0	.400	1.0	2.6	.370	.432	0.3	0.4	.750	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.9	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.4	3.3
11	Brent Price	28	25	0	15.6	1.8	4.2	.419	0.7	2.1	.321	1.1	2.1	.519	.500	0.8	0.8	1.000	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.3	1.4	5.0
12	Randy Livingston	21	64	0	15.3	1.6	3.6	.437	0.1	0.3	.409	1.4	3.2	.440	.456	0.7	1.0	.646	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.7	3.9
13	Othella Harrington	23	57	1	15.1	2.0	3.6	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	3.5	.557	.549	0.9	1.4	.605	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.0	4.8
14	Matt Bullard	29	71	12	14.4	1.6	4.0	.401	0.9	2.6	.366	0.7	1.4	.465	.519	0.4	0.5	.735	0.2	1.5	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.0	4.5
15	Tracy Moore	31	27	1	8.8	1.2	3.1	.388	0.4	1.6	.256	0.8	1.6	.524	.453	0.8	1.1	.710	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.7	3.7
16	Charles Jones	39	12	0	7.8	0.2	0.4	.400	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.4	.400	.400	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.3
17	Joe Stephens	24	2	0	4.5	0.5	2.5	.200	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	.300	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.5
18	Elmer Bennett	26	4	0	4.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.3	0.8	.333	0.3	0.8	.333	.417	1.3	1.5	.833	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.5

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Hakeem Olajuwon	34	16	16	39.3	9.2	15.6	.590	0.0	0.2	.000	9.2	15.4	.598	.590	4.8	6.5	.731	2.9	8.0	10.9	3.4	2.1	2.6	2.9	3.8	23.1
2	Clyde Drexler	34	16	16	38.9	6.6	15.1	.436	2.4	6.4	.373	4.2	8.7	.482	.515	2.6	3.4	.778	1.6	4.0	5.6	4.8	1.6	0.4	2.3	3.3	18.1
3	Charles Barkley	33	16	16	37.8	5.4	12.4	.434	0.7	2.4	.289	4.7	10.0	.469	.462	6.4	8.4	.769	4.0	8.0	12.0	3.4	1.2	0.4	2.7	3.3	17.9
4	Mario Elie	33	16	16	37.4	3.4	7.3	.466	1.5	3.8	.400	1.9	3.5	.536	.569	3.3	3.9	.839	1.2	2.3	3.5	3.8	0.9	0.3	1.9	3.3	11.5
5	Matt Maloney	25	16	16	32.9	3.8	9.6	.399	2.7	6.8	.398	1.1	2.8	.400	.539	0.9	1.3	.667	0.1	1.1	1.2	3.1	0.6	0.2	2.4	1.9	11.2
6	Kevin Willis	34	16	0	18.4	2.4	5.9	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	5.9	.404	.400	1.6	2.4	.684	1.4	3.3	4.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	6.4
7	Eddie Johnson	37	16	0	17.8	3.0	7.3	.410	0.9	2.9	.298	2.1	4.4	.486	.470	1.4	1.5	.958	0.9	1.3	2.3	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.1	8.3
8	Sedale Threatt	35	16	0	16.6	1.4	3.5	.393	0.6	1.9	.300	0.8	1.6	.500	.473	0.4	0.5	.750	0.1	0.9	1.1	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.2	3.7
9	Randy Livingston	21	2	0	7.5	0.5	2.0	.250	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	1.5	.000	.375	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5
10	Matt Bullard	29	2	0	3.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		1.500	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	3.0
11	Othella Harrington	23	7	0	2.1	0.1	0.3	.500	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.3	.500	.500	1.0	1.4	.700	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	1.3
12	Charles Jones	39	1	0	2.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	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	722	1410	.512	.512	351	446	.787	173	543	716	236	117	173	281	249	1810
2	Mario Elie	33	78	77	2687	291	585	.497	120	286	.420	171	299	.572	.600	207	231	.896	60	175	235	310	92	12	135	200	909
3	Matt Maloney	25	82	82	2386	271	615	.441	154	381	.404	117	234	.500	.566	71	93	.763	19	141	160	303	82	1	122	125	767
4	Clyde Drexler	34	62	62	2271	397	899	.442	119	335	.355	278	564	.493	.508	201	268	.750	118	255	373	354	119	36	156	151	1114
5	Charles Barkley	33	53	53	2009	335	692	.484	58	205	.283	277	487	.569	.526	288	415	.694	212	504	716	248	69	25	151	153	1016
6	Kevin Willis	34	75	32	1964	350	728	.481	2	14	.143	348	714	.487	.482	140	202	.693	146	415	561	71	42	32	119	216	842
7	Matt Bullard	29	71	12	1025	114	284	.401	67	183	.366	47	101	.465	.519	25	34	.735	13	104	117	67	21	18	38	68	320
8	Randy Livingston	21	64	0	981	100	229	.437	9	22	.409	91	207	.440	.456	42	65	.646	32	62	94	155	39	12	102	107	251
9	Sam Mack	26	52	10	904	105	262	.401	47	142	.331	58	120	.483	.490	35	42	.833	20	86	106	58	29	6	42	67	292
10	Othella Harrington	23	57	1	860	112	204	.549	0	3	.000	112	201	.557	.549	49	81	.605	75	123	198	18	12	22	57	112	273
11	Eddie Johnson	37	24	2	607	101	226	.447	40	103	.388	61	123	.496	.535	35	41	.854	24	74	98	35	10	1	30	48	277
12	Brent Price	28	25	0	390	44	105	.419	17	53	.321	27	52	.519	.500	21	21	1.000	10	19	29	65	17	0	32	34	126
13	Sedale Threatt	35	21	0	334	28	74	.378	8	20	.400	20	54	.370	.432	6	8	.750	5	19	24	40	15	3	13	29	70
14	Tracy Moore	31	27	1	237	33	85	.388	11	43	.256	22	42	.524	.453	22	31	.710	11	15	26	20	5	0	14	19	99
15	Emanual Davis	28	13	0	230	24	54	.444	12	27	.444	12	27	.444	.556	5	8	.625	2	20	22	26	9	2	17	20	65
16	Charles Jones	39	12	0	93	2	5	.400	0	0		2	5	.400	.400	0	0		5	8	13	3	2	4	0	8	4
17	Elmer Bennett	26	4	0	16	2	6	.333	1	3	.333	1	3	.333	.417	5	6	.833	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	1	10
18	Joe Stephens	24	2	0	9	1	5	.200	1	3	.333	0	2	.000	.300	0	0		2	1	3	0	3	0	3	3	3
			82		19855	3037	6484	.468	671	1839	.365	2366	4645	.509	.520	1503	1992	.755	927	2565	3492	2013	685	347	1365	1610	8248

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Hakeem Olajuwon	34	16	16	629	147	249	.590	0	3	.000	147	246	.598	.590	76	104	.731	46	128	174	54	33	41	46	61	370
2	Clyde Drexler	34	16	16	623	105	241	.436	38	102	.373	67	139	.482	.515	42	54	.778	25	64	89	77	26	7	36	52	290
3	Charles Barkley	33	16	16	605	86	198	.434	11	38	.289	75	160	.469	.462	103	134	.769	64	128	192	54	19	7	43	52	286
4	Mario Elie	33	16	16	598	54	116	.466	24	60	.400	30	56	.536	.569	52	62	.839	19	37	56	61	14	4	30	52	184
5	Matt Maloney	25	16	16	526	61	153	.399	43	108	.398	18	45	.400	.539	14	21	.667	1	18	19	50	10	3	38	31	179
6	Kevin Willis	34	16	0	295	38	95	.400	0	1	.000	38	94	.404	.400	26	38	.684	22	53	75	11	9	4	22	47	102
7	Eddie Johnson	37	16	0	284	48	117	.410	14	47	.298	34	70	.486	.470	23	24	.958	15	21	36	10	5	0	7	17	133
8	Sedale Threatt	35	16	0	266	22	56	.393	9	30	.300	13	26	.500	.473	6	8	.750	2	15	17	48	6	4	12	35	59
9	Othella Harrington	23	7	0	15	1	2	.500	0	0		1	2	.500	.500	7	10	.700	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	9
10	Randy Livingston	21	2	0	15	1	4	.250	1	1	1.000	0	3	.000	.375	0	0		0	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	3
11	Matt Bullard	29	2	0	7	2	2	1.000	2	2	1.000	0	0		1.500	0	0		1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	6
12	Charles Jones	39	1	0	2	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Hakeem Olajuwon	34	78	2852	22.7	.558	.011	.313	7.4	21.0	14.5	16.2	2.1	4.5	14.8	30.4		3.5	5.6	9.1	.154		1.5	2.0	3.5	3.9
2	Mario Elie	33	78	2687	14.3	.662	.489	.395	2.7	7.2	5.1	17.6	1.8	0.3	16.4	13.9		6.3	2.6	8.9	.159		0.8	0.7	1.5	2.4
3	Matt Maloney	25	82	2386	12.3	.585	.620	.151	1.0	6.5	3.9	19.5	1.8	0.0	15.7	14.8		3.2	2.1	5.3	.107		0.0	0.1	0.1	1.3
4	Clyde Drexler	34	62	2271	19.9	.548	.373	.298	6.3	12.4	9.5	26.4	2.7	1.2	13.3	23.5		4.8	3.4	8.1	.172		3.4	1.5	4.8	3.9
5	Charles Barkley	33	53	2009	23.0	.581	.296	.600	12.9	27.7	20.7	20.6	1.8	0.9	14.7	23.2		5.7	3.7	9.4	.224		4.5	1.2	5.7	3.9
6	Kevin Willis	34	75	1964	14.3	.515	.019	.277	9.1	23.3	16.6	6.2	1.1	1.2	12.7	21.7		0.8	3.0	3.8	.093		-2.5	-0.9	-3.5	-0.7
7	Matt Bullard	29	71	1025	10.3	.535	.644	.120	1.5	11.2	6.6	10.0	1.1	1.3	11.3	15.0		0.7	1.0	1.7	.080		-0.4	0.1	-0.3	0.4
8	Randy Livingston	21	64	981	8.3	.487	.096	.284	4.0	7.0	5.6	23.8	2.1	0.9	28.4	16.7		-0.8	1.1	0.3	.012		-4.0	0.3	-3.7	-0.4
9	Sam Mack	26	52	904	10.2	.521	.542	.160	2.7	10.5	6.8	9.9	1.7	0.5	13.0	16.2		0.4	1.0	1.3	.071		-1.9	0.1	-1.8	0.1
10	Othella Harrington	23	57	860	10.8	.570	.015	.397	10.6	15.8	13.3	3.3	0.7	1.9	19.2	15.7		0.4	1.0	1.4	.079		-3.8	-0.9	-4.7	-0.6
11	Eddie Johnson	37	24	607	14.2	.568	.456	.181	4.8	13.5	9.4	9.6	0.9	0.1	10.9	20.5		0.9	0.6	1.5	.115		0.4	-1.4	-1.0	0.2
12	Brent Price	28	25	390	12.0	.551	.505	.200	3.1	5.4	4.3	25.6	2.3	0.0	21.9	17.1		0.4	0.4	0.7	.092		-1.1	-0.3	-1.4	0.1
13	Sedale Threatt	35	21	334	8.5	.451	.270	.108	1.8	6.3	4.2	17.6	2.4	0.7	14.4	12.3		0.1	0.4	0.4	.061		-3.8	1.0	-2.8	-0.1
14	Tracy Moore	31	27	237	11.4	.502	.506	.365	5.7	7.0	6.4	13.5	1.1	0.0	12.4	21.6		0.1	0.2	0.3	.066		-1.5	-1.5	-2.9	-0.1
15	Emanual Davis	28	13	230	9.7	.565	.500	.148	1.1	9.6	5.5	17.1	2.1	0.7	22.8	14.7		0.0	0.3	0.3	.063		-1.8	1.2	-0.6	0.0
16	Charles Jones	39	12	93	6.3	.400	.000	.000	6.6	9.5	8.1	4.3	1.1	3.2	0.0	2.4		0.1	0.1	0.2	.090		-2.7	1.6	-1.1	0.0
17	Elmer Bennett	26	4	16	32.1	.579	.500	1.000	0.0	6.9	3.6	39.1	6.5	0.0	0.0	24.6		0.1	0.0	0.1	.436		5.8	6.0	11.8	0.1
18	Joe Stephens	24	2	9	3.0	.300	.600	.000	27.1	12.3	19.3	0.0	17.5	0.0	37.5	40.5		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.308		-15.7	3.8	-11.9	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Hakeem Olajuwon	34	16	629	27.6	.628	.012	.418	9.0	23.1	16.3	17.3	2.8	4.8	13.5	25.0		2.0	1.0	3.0	.229		4.9	4.3	9.2	1.8
2	Clyde Drexler	34	16	623	17.8	.548	.423	.224	4.9	11.7	8.4	22.0	2.3	0.8	12.0	22.3		1.2	0.3	1.6	.122		3.1	1.0	4.1	1.0
3	Charles Barkley	33	16	605	20.5	.557	.192	.677	13.0	24.1	18.7	15.2	1.7	0.9	14.3	22.9		1.5	0.6	2.1	.164		3.1	0.2	3.3	0.8
4	Mario Elie	33	16	598	12.8	.642	.517	.534	3.9	7.0	5.5	15.9	1.3	0.5	17.3	13.4		1.3	0.0	1.3	.105		0.6	0.3	0.9	0.4
5	Matt Maloney	25	16	526	8.7	.552	.706	.137	0.2	3.9	2.1	15.5	1.0	0.4	19.0	17.6		0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.002		-0.5	-1.5	-2.0	0.0
6	Kevin Willis	34	16	295	9.3	.456	.011	.400	9.2	20.4	15.0	6.2	1.6	1.0	16.5	20.9		-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.003		-5.4	-0.7	-6.1	-0.3
7	Eddie Johnson	37	16	284	14.6	.521	.402	.205	6.5	8.4	7.5	6.3	1.0	0.0	5.2	21.8		0.5	0.0	0.5	.086		1.3	-2.4	-1.1	0.1
8	Sedale Threatt	35	16	266	9.4	.496	.536	.143	0.9	6.4	3.8	27.8	1.2	1.1	16.8	12.4		0.3	0.0	0.3	.055		-1.3	1.8	0.4	0.2
9	Othella Harrington	23	7	15	18.5	.703	.000	5.000	8.2	22.7	15.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	23.8	25.8		0.0	0.0	0.0	.150		-0.6	-0.7	-1.3	0.0
10	Randy Livingston	21	2	15	9.7	.375	.250	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	40.1	3.6	0.0	20.0	15.4		0.0	0.0	0.0	.013		0.7	3.3	3.9	0.0
11	Matt Bullard	29	2	7	45.4	1.500	1.000	.000	17.6	16.2	16.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	.291		24.1	5.9	30.1	0.1
12	Charles Jones	39	1	2	17.8				0.0	0.0	0.0	68.4	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	.205		12.0	14.1	26.1	0.0

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