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1997-98 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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41-41, Finished 4th in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Rudy Tomjanovich (41-41)

Points Per Game: 98.8 (7th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 99.5 (24th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 39-43 (18th of 29)

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

SRS: -1.22 (19th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 91.0 (12th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 107.7 (8th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.6 (25th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus Utah Jazz

1997-98 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 13 Auburn University
50 Matt Bullard F 6-10 215 June 5, 1967 6 University of Iowa
15 Emanual Davis G 6-4 195 August 27, 1968 1 Delaware State University
22 Clyde Drexler G-F 6-7 210 June 22, 1962 14 University of Houston
17 Mario Elie G-F 6-5 210 November 26, 1963 7 American International College
32 Othella Harrington F-C 6-9 235 January 31, 1974 1 Georgetown University
8 Eddie Johnson F-G 6-7 215 May 1, 1959 15 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
27 Charles Jones F-C 6-9 215 April 3, 1957 14 Albany State University
12 Matt Maloney G 6-3 192 December 6, 1971 1 University of Pennsylvania
34 Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 January 21, 1963 13 University of Houston
20 Brent Price G 6-1 165 December 9, 1968 4 University of Oklahoma
1 Rodrick Rhodes G-F 6-6 225 September 24, 1973 R University of Southern California
41 Joe Stephens F 6-7 210 January 28, 1973 1 University of Arkansas at Little Rock
42 Kevin Willis F-C 7-0 220 September 6, 1962 12 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 19830 2946 6513 .452 573 1670 .343 1634 2120 .771 987 2350 3337 1799 686 294 1298 1653 8099 98.8
Opponent 82 19830 3173 6769 .469 409 1120 .365 1406 1891 .744 1041 2326 3367 1914 732 365 1170 1747 8161 99.5

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 Kevin Willis 35 81 74 2528 531 1041 .510 1 7 .143 242 305 .793 232 447 679 78 55 38 170 235 1305
2 Clyde Drexler 35 70 70 2473 452 1059 .427 106 334 .317 277 346 .801 105 241 346 382 126 42 189 193 1287
3 Charles Barkley 34 68 41 2243 361 744 .485 18 84 .214 296 397 .746 241 553 794 217 71 28 147 187 1036
4 Hakeem Olajuwon 35 47 45 1633 306 633 .483 0 3 .000 160 212 .755 116 344 460 143 84 96 126 152 772
5 Matt Maloney 26 78 78 2217 239 586 .408 126 346 .364 65 78 .833 16 126 142 219 62 5 107 99 669
6 Eddie Johnson 38 75 1 1490 227 544 .417 66 198 .333 113 136 .831 50 103 153 88 32 3 62 89 633
7 Mario Elie 34 73 59 1988 206 456 .452 55 189 .291 145 174 .833 39 117 156 221 81 8 100 115 612
8 Matt Bullard 30 67 24 1190 175 389 .450 96 231 .416 20 27 .741 25 121 146 60 31 24 39 104 466
9 Brent Price 29 72 2 1332 128 310 .413 73 187 .390 77 98 .786 37 70 107 192 52 4 111 163 406
10 Othella Harrington 24 58 3 903 129 266 .485 0 1 .000 92 122 .754 73 134 207 24 10 27 47 112 350
11 Rodrick Rhodes 24 58 13 1070 112 305 .367 2 8 .250 111 180 .617 28 42 70 110 62 10 97 125 337
12 Emanual Davis 29 45 0 599 63 142 .444 27 72 .375 31 37 .838 10 37 47 59 17 3 52 55 184
13 Joe Stephens 25 7 0 37 10 28 .357 3 10 .300 4 6 .667 3 3 6 1 2 0 2 2 27
14 Charles Jones 40 24 0 127 7 10 .700 0 0 1 2 .500 12 12 24 5 1 6 4 22 15

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 Clyde Drexler 35 70 70 35.3 6.5 15.1 .427 1.5 4.8 .317 4.0 4.9 .801 1.5 3.4 4.9 5.5 1.8 0.6 2.7 2.8 18.4
2 Hakeem Olajuwon 35 47 45 34.7 6.5 13.5 .483 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 4.5 .755 2.5 7.3 9.8 3.0 1.8 2.0 2.7 3.2 16.4
3 Kevin Willis 35 81 74 31.2 6.6 12.9 .510 0.0 0.1 .143 3.0 3.8 .793 2.9 5.5 8.4 1.0 0.7 0.5 2.1 2.9 16.1
4 Charles Barkley 34 68 41 33.0 5.3 10.9 .485 0.3 1.2 .214 4.4 5.8 .746 3.5 8.1 11.7 3.2 1.0 0.4 2.2 2.8 15.2
5 Matt Maloney 26 78 78 28.4 3.1 7.5 .408 1.6 4.4 .364 0.8 1.0 .833 0.2 1.6 1.8 2.8 0.8 0.1 1.4 1.3 8.6
6 Eddie Johnson 38 75 1 19.9 3.0 7.3 .417 0.9 2.6 .333 1.5 1.8 .831 0.7 1.4 2.0 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.8 1.2 8.4
7 Mario Elie 34 73 59 27.2 2.8 6.2 .452 0.8 2.6 .291 2.0 2.4 .833 0.5 1.6 2.1 3.0 1.1 0.1 1.4 1.6 8.4
8 Matt Bullard 30 67 24 17.8 2.6 5.8 .450 1.4 3.4 .416 0.3 0.4 .741 0.4 1.8 2.2 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.6 1.6 7.0
9 Othella Harrington 24 58 3 15.6 2.2 4.6 .485 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.1 .754 1.3 2.3 3.6 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.9 6.0
10 Rodrick Rhodes 24 58 13 18.4 1.9 5.3 .367 0.0 0.1 .250 1.9 3.1 .617 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.9 1.1 0.2 1.7 2.2 5.8
11 Brent Price 29 72 2 18.5 1.8 4.3 .413 1.0 2.6 .390 1.1 1.4 .786 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.7 0.7 0.1 1.5 2.3 5.6
12 Emanual Davis 29 45 0 13.3 1.4 3.2 .444 0.6 1.6 .375 0.7 0.8 .838 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.3 0.4 0.1 1.2 1.2 4.1
13 Joe Stephens 25 7 0 5.3 1.4 4.0 .357 0.4 1.4 .300 0.6 0.9 .667 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 3.9
14 Charles Jones 40 24 0 5.3 0.3 0.4 .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 .500 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.9 0.6

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 Joe Stephens 25 7 0 37 9.7 27.2 .357 2.9 9.7 .300 3.9 5.8 .667 2.9 2.9 5.8 1.0 1.9 0.0 1.9 1.9 26.3
2 Clyde Drexler 35 70 70 2473 6.6 15.4 .427 1.5 4.9 .317 4.0 5.0 .801 1.5 3.5 5.0 5.6 1.8 0.6 2.8 2.8 18.7
3 Kevin Willis 35 81 74 2528 7.6 14.8 .510 0.0 0.1 .143 3.4 4.3 .793 3.3 6.4 9.7 1.1 0.8 0.5 2.4 3.3 18.6
4 Hakeem Olajuwon 35 47 45 1633 6.7 14.0 .483 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 4.7 .755 2.6 7.6 10.1 3.2 1.9 2.1 2.8 3.4 17.0
5 Charles Barkley 34 68 41 2243 5.8 11.9 .485 0.3 1.3 .214 4.8 6.4 .746 3.9 8.9 12.7 3.5 1.1 0.4 2.4 3.0 16.6
6 Eddie Johnson 38 75 1 1490 5.5 13.1 .417 1.6 4.8 .333 2.7 3.3 .831 1.2 2.5 3.7 2.1 0.8 0.1 1.5 2.2 15.3
7 Matt Bullard 30 67 24 1190 5.3 11.8 .450 2.9 7.0 .416 0.6 0.8 .741 0.8 3.7 4.4 1.8 0.9 0.7 1.2 3.1 14.1
8 Othella Harrington 24 58 3 903 5.1 10.6 .485 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 4.9 .754 2.9 5.3 8.3 1.0 0.4 1.1 1.9 4.5 14.0
9 Rodrick Rhodes 24 58 13 1070 3.8 10.3 .367 0.1 0.3 .250 3.7 6.1 .617 0.9 1.4 2.4 3.7 2.1 0.3 3.3 4.2 11.3
10 Mario Elie 34 73 59 1988 3.7 8.3 .452 1.0 3.4 .291 2.6 3.2 .833 0.7 2.1 2.8 4.0 1.5 0.1 1.8 2.1 11.1
11 Emanual Davis 29 45 0 599 3.8 8.5 .444 1.6 4.3 .375 1.9 2.2 .838 0.6 2.2 2.8 3.5 1.0 0.2 3.1 3.3 11.1
12 Brent Price 29 72 2 1332 3.5 8.4 .413 2.0 5.1 .390 2.1 2.6 .786 1.0 1.9 2.9 5.2 1.4 0.1 3.0 4.4 11.0
13 Matt Maloney 26 78 78 2217 3.9 9.5 .408 2.0 5.6 .364 1.1 1.3 .833 0.3 2.0 2.3 3.6 1.0 0.1 1.7 1.6 10.9
14 Charles Jones 40 24 0 127 2.0 2.8 .700 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 .500 3.4 3.4 6.8 1.4 0.3 1.7 1.1 6.2 4.3

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 34 68 2243 21.6 .564 .497 12.9 28.8 20.9 16.6 1.7 0.9 13.8 21.6 116 104 6.1 2.5 8.6
2 Clyde Drexler 35 70 2473 19.8 .531 .477 5.1 11.4 8.3 27.6 2.7 1.2 13.5 25.7 109 108 5.0 1.8 6.8
3 Kevin Willis 35 81 2528 18.3 .555 .511 11.0 20.7 15.9 5.8 1.1 1.1 12.6 24.1 108 108 4.3 1.7 6.0
4 Hakeem Olajuwon 35 47 1633 20.8 .531 .483 8.5 24.6 16.7 15.8 2.7 4.1 14.8 23.7 105 101 2.0 2.5 4.5
5 Mario Elie 34 73 1988 12.9 .575 .512 2.3 6.9 4.6 17.4 2.1 0.3 15.8 14.4 114 111 3.2 0.6 3.8
6 Matt Bullard 30 67 1190 13.8 .581 .573 2.5 11.9 7.3 8.5 1.4 1.4 8.9 16.8 115 110 2.0 0.5 2.5
7 Eddie Johnson 38 75 1490 13.1 .524 .478 4.0 8.1 6.1 10.0 1.1 0.1 9.3 20.3 108 113 2.0 0.1 2.2
8 Matt Maloney 26 78 2217 10.5 .539 .515 0.9 6.6 3.8 15.6 1.5 0.2 14.7 14.9 106 112 1.9 0.3 2.2
9 Othella Harrington 24 58 903 13.7 .547 .485 9.7 17.4 13.6 4.4 0.6 2.1 12.8 18.4 109 109 1.3 0.5 1.7
10 Brent Price 29 72 1332 10.9 .575 .531 3.3 6.1 4.8 22.3 2.1 0.2 23.9 15.8 106 111 1.2 0.4 1.6
11 Emanual Davis 29 45 599 9.2 .581 .539 2.0 7.2 4.6 15.4 1.5 0.4 24.7 15.9 99 112 0.2 0.1 0.3
12 Charles Jones 40 24 127 7.8 .689 .700 11.3 11.1 11.2 5.7 0.4 3.3 26.9 5.3 127 111 0.2 0.0 0.2
13 Joe Stephens 25 7 37 17.7 .441 .411 9.7 9.5 9.6 5.7 2.9 0.0 6.1 40.0 93 109 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Rodrick Rhodes 24 58 1070 7.7 .439 .370 3.1 4.6 3.9 16.1 3.1 0.7 20.2 20.4 86 109 -1.5 0.6 -0.9

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 35 5 190 39 99 0 1 24 33 9 54 12 5 16 13 18 102 .394 .000 .727 38.0 20.4 10.8 2.4
2 Clyde Drexler 35 5 182 21 68 5 26 28 37 9 27 23 8 3 13 15 75 .309 .192 .757 36.4 15.0 5.4 4.6
3 Kevin Willis 35 5 168 22 55 0 1 12 16 18 53 5 8 3 12 21 56 .400 .000 .750 33.6 11.2 10.6 1.0
4 Charles Barkley 34 4 87 12 23 0 2 12 21 5 21 4 5 0 6 12 36 .522 .000 .571 21.8 9.0 5.3 1.0
5 Matt Maloney 26 5 165 10 30 5 20 8 9 0 8 18 2 2 4 11 33 .333 .250 .889 33.0 6.6 1.6 3.6
6 Mario Elie 34 5 133 12 27 3 9 6 9 3 13 6 2 0 5 10 33 .444 .333 .667 26.6 6.6 2.6 1.2
7 Eddie Johnson 38 5 89 9 27 3 10 7 8 4 8 1 0 0 3 10 28 .333 .300 .875 17.8 5.6 1.6 0.2
8 Brent Price 29 5 75 6 15 5 13 2 3 1 9 6 4 0 6 12 19 .400 .385 .667 15.0 3.8 1.8 1.2
9 Matt Bullard 30 5 70 6 18 3 10 2 2 3 8 5 1 0 0 5 17 .333 .300 1.000 14.0 3.4 1.6 1.0
10 Othella Harrington 24 3 23 6 12 0 1 4 5 3 7 0 0 1 0 1 16 .500 .000 .800 7.7 5.3 2.3 0.0
11 Rodrick Rhodes 24 3 7 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 .667 .500 2.3 2.0 0.3 0.0
12 Charles Jones 40 4 11 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 4 2 1.000 2.8 0.5 0.8 0.3

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 Kevin Willis 35 5 168 13.2 .451 .400 11.3 24.5 17.6 6.3 2.6 1.3 16.2 20.8 90 99 -0.2 0.3 0.2
2 Charles Barkley 34 4 87 16.2 .558 .522 6.1 21.6 13.4 9.9 3.1 0.0 15.7 20.8 102 99 0.1 0.2 0.2
3 Hakeem Olajuwon 35 5 190 18.8 .449 .394 5.0 27.9 15.8 15.8 1.4 6.3 10.3 31.5 91 96 -0.2 0.4 0.2
4 Matt Maloney 26 5 165 8.0 .486 .417 0.0 5.7 2.7 20.1 0.7 0.9 10.5 10.9 105 108 0.1 0.1 0.2
5 Clyde Drexler 35 5 182 14.2 .445 .346 5.2 11.6 8.3 25.9 2.4 1.2 13.4 25.3 94 103 -0.1 0.3 0.2
6 Matt Bullard 30 5 70 9.8 .450 .417 4.5 8.4 6.4 13.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 12.8 110 108 0.1 0.1 0.1
7 Mario Elie 34 5 133 8.0 .533 .500 2.4 8.8 5.4 8.8 0.8 0.0 13.9 12.8 101 108 0.0 0.1 0.1
8 Othella Harrington 24 3 23 30.0 .563 .500 13.8 20.5 16.9 0.0 0.0 3.2 0.0 29.2 123 104 0.1 0.0 0.1
9 Charles Jones 40 4 11 12.8 1.136 9.6 21.4 15.2 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 236 105 0.1 0.0 0.1
10 Brent Price 29 5 75 8.2 .582 .567 1.4 12.5 6.7 15.3 2.9 0.0 26.9 14.1 92 102 0.0 0.1 0.1
11 Eddie Johnson 38 5 89 5.8 .459 .389 4.8 5.3 5.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 8.9 17.8 94 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Rodrick Rhodes 24 3 7 30.8 .630 .667 0.0 16.8 8.0 0.0 7.7 0.0 17.4 38.9 97 92 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Hakeem Olajuwon $11,156,000
2 Clyde Drexler $5,500,000
3 Mario Elie $2,430,000
4 Charles Barkley $2,250,000
5 Brent Price $1,920,000
6 Kevin Willis $1,800,000
7 Eddie Johnson $626,700
8 Rodrick Rhodes $555,900
9 Othella Harrington $326,700
10 Matt Maloney $326,700
11 Emanual Davis $326,700
12 Matt Bullard $326,700
13 Charles Jones *$272,500
14 Joe Stephens $272,250
15 Serge Zwikker $242,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)