Ralph Sampson 1985-86 Advanced Game Log

Ralph Lee Sampson Jr.

(Stick)

Position: Center and Power Forward ▪ Shoots: Right

7-4, 228lb (224cm, 103kg)

Born: July 7, 1960 in Harrisonburg, Virginia us

Relatives: Cousin Jamal Sampson; Nephew Braxton Key; Son Ralph Sampson

College: Virginia

High School: Harrisonburg in Harrisonburg, Virginia

Draft: Houston Rockets, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1983 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: October 29, 1983

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2012 (Full List)

Career Length: 9 years

Hall of Fame
4x All Star
1984-85 All-NBA
1983-84 All-Rookie
1983-84 ROY
1984-85 AS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

456

PTS

15.4

TRB

8.8

AST

2.3

FG%

48.6

FG3%

17.2

FT%

66.1

eFG%

48.7

PER

16.0

20.1

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1985-86 Regular Season

1985-86 Regular Season Table
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
1	1	1985-10-25	25-110	HOU	@	UTA	W (+4)	1	37:00	.607	.611	12.7	32.4	22.4	13.1	1.3	1.6	9.2	23.0	126	104	20.6	6.4
2	2	1985-10-26	25-111	HOU	@	LAC	L (-1)	1	48:00	.485	.448	6.0	22.7	13.4	9.0	0.0	2.4	17.5	31.4	92	104	15.0	-3.1
3	3	1985-10-29	25-114	HOU		SEA	W (+12)	1	28:00	.690	.615	20.2	32.7	27.1	5.9	0.0	2.1	0.0	25.2	159	96	23.1	11.9
4	4	1985-10-31	25-116	HOU	@	SAC	L (-6)	1	42:00	.454	.375	10.0	24.2	16.8	0.0	0.0	1.2	15.4	27.9	89	104	11.9	-5.4
5	5	1985-11-02	25-118	HOU		SAS	W (+13)	1	38:00	.542	.577	20.6	30.4	26.0	22.6	0.0	0.0	21.3	19.3	112	94	16.6	3.9
6	6	1985-11-05	25-121	HOU		POR	W (+14)	1	28:00	.607	.556	7.3	40.1	23.7	8.5	0.0	2.0	16.8	15.7	115	102	10.5	0.5
7	7	1985-11-07	25-123	HOU		LAC	W (+22)	1	34:00	.488	.526	7.4	26.6	18.6	12.6	0.0	3.0	4.3	26.3	109	102	16.7	-0.6
8	8	1985-11-09	25-125	HOU	@	DAL	W (+5)	1	27:00	.508	.500	9.6	10.7	10.2	9.7	3.4	4.1	20.2	29.0	93	103	8.9	-3.4
9	9	1985-11-12	25-128	HOU		DEN	W (+8)	1	38:00	.443	.375	13.4	17.3	15.5	7.7	1.2	2.9	10.0	28.2	102	106	14.4	-3.4
10	10	1985-11-14	25-130	HOU		NJN	W (+5)	1	36:00	.305	.235	4.9	19.8	12.3	10.9	2.4	2.6	28.9	29.1	56	92	0.2	-12.0
11	11	1985-11-16	25-132	HOU		DAL	W (+5)	1	34:00	.466	.385	3.5	34.4	19.2	10.3	0.0	3.4	27.2	26.2	84	112	6.3	-8.6
12	12	1985-11-19	25-135	HOU	@	DEN	L (-14)	1	28:00	.337	.364	3.2	26.4	14.7	14.2	1.6	3.5	14.4	17.7	75	109	4.7	-2.4
13	13	1985-11-20	25-136	HOU		IND	W (+29)	1	34:00	.673	.667	3.9	26.6	17.4	29.0	1.3	5.7	13.4	25.7	123	84	25.6	11.2
14	14	1985-11-22	25-138	HOU	@	SEA	L (-19)	1	34:00	.585	.529	16.8	9.7	13.9	11.6	2.6	0.0	19.6	27.9	104	111	15.8	2.1
15	15	1985-11-24	25-140	HOU	@	POR	L (-7)	1	23:00	.200	.200	4.5	30.7	15.7	18.6	0.0	8.1	44.4	15.0	51	111	-0.4	-7.5
16	16	1985-11-26	25-142	HOU		GSW	W (+22)	1	35:00	.605	.571	7.2	22.9	16.8	6.4	0.0	2.8	21.2	19.6	109	96	13.0	-0.6
17	17	1985-11-27	25-143	HOU	@	LAC	W (+7)	1	36:00	.500	.500	6.8	27.0	18.6	7.5	1.2	1.2	25.0	16.8	87	103	7.4	-5.2
18	18	1985-11-29	25-145	HOU	@	PHO	L (-16)	1	26:00	.416	.429	17.1	16.8	17.0	11.9	0.0	7.0	6.5	22.1	106	124	9.1	-1.2
19	19	1985-11-30	25-146	HOU		SAC	W (+17)	1	42:00	.375	.350	2.9	42.1	22.0	18.5	1.1	0.0	22.0	25.6	77	107	6.9	-9.1
20	20	1985-12-03	25-149	HOU		PHO	W (+6)	1	41:00	.531	.556	10.1	24.4	16.6	6.3	2.3	2.6	9.2	19.1	108	103	19.3	1.0
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
21	21	1985-12-06	25-152	HOU	@	LAL	L (-8)	1	47:00	.635	.609	3.9	15.9	9.5	29.0	2.0	1.1	7.4	22.2	135	118	30.4	12.1
22	22	1985-12-07	25-153	HOU		CHI	W (+12)	1	34:00	.601	.571	3.4	42.0	21.4	18.7	1.4	0.0	10.7	21.8	125	106	17.1	3.4
23	23	1985-12-10	25-156	HOU		UTA	W (+29)	1	36:00	.417	.417	9.1	23.7	16.5	7.6	2.5	0.0	40.0	19.9	68	96	2.2	-9.8
24	24	1985-12-12	25-158	HOU		DAL	W (+3)	1	38:00	.335	.348	9.4	26.0	15.8	24.7	2.3	1.6	14.3	27.5	80	109	9.5	-4.1
25	25	1985-12-14	25-160	HOU	@	UTA	L (-14)	1	35:00	.388	.333	7.3	9.1	8.1	4.3	2.6	1.6	23.0	21.5	75	106	3.1	-5.9
26	26	1985-12-17	25-163	HOU	@	CLE	W (+4)	1	43:00	.392	.357	10.7	25.8	17.2	16.7	1.2	6.7	20.7	18.2	86	96	12.4	-0.4
27	27	1985-12-18	25-164	HOU	@	PHI	L (-18)	1	34:00	.551	.533	6.6	10.3	8.4	12.6	1.3	5.0	28.0	24.7	83	116	8.8	-4.3
28	28	1985-12-20	25-166	HOU	@	NJN	L (-10)	1	35:00	.537	.533	0.0	36.1	14.7	7.6	0.0	0.0	10.7	21.1	100	117	10.7	-2.7
29	29	1985-12-21	25-167	HOU	@	ATL	L (-1)	1	47:00	.683	.667	26.2	10.9	17.8	11.8	2.1	0.0	20.2	22.6	131	125	25.5	2.2
30	30	1985-12-26	25-172	HOU		UTA	W (+7)	1	45:00	.402	.375	14.9	37.6	26.4	18.0	2.1	4.6	27.3	21.1	80	84	14.6	0.9
31	31	1985-12-28	25-174	HOU		POR	W (+10)	1	36:00	.465	.500	16.7	40.4	26.3	10.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	22.6	118	103	15.9	2.7
32	32	1985-12-30	25-176	HOU	@	DEN	L (-3)	1	33:00	.663	.615	6.9	30.2	19.9	7.6	1.3	1.5	21.8	19.5	113	108	14.5	1.9
33	33	1986-01-02	25-179	HOU	@	GSW	W (+5)	1	41:00	.444	.400	7.6	23.4	15.4	5.4	1.1	1.2	22.8	16.5	83	106	7.3	-4.7
34	34	1986-01-04	25-181	HOU		PHI	W (+15)	1	38:00	.684	.692	3.7	19.9	12.3	17.7	1.2	0.0	12.6	18.7	124	100	16.9	5.4
35	35	1986-01-07	25-184	HOU		GSW	W (+9)	1	38:00	.656	.667	5.7	36.4	22.4	9.6	2.2	1.2	29.5	22.4	93	95	17.6	-0.4
36	36	1986-01-09	25-186	HOU		SAS	W (+10)	1	39:00	.597	.550	14.7	26.6	20.3	10.4	7.5	3.0	21.6	27.8	106	97	24.6	5.5
37	37	1986-01-11	25-188	HOU		WSB	W (+1)	1	41:00	.305	.231	7.3	25.8	16.7	18.6	1.3	1.4	21.3	20.0	70	88	5.7	-4.6
38	38	1986-01-14	25-191	HOU		UTA	L (-3)	1	27:00	.182	.182	7.6	17.8	12.3	9.2	1.7	2.3	15.4	19.3	50	101	-1.6	-13.5
39	39	1986-01-15	25-192	HOU	@	SAS	W (+6)	1	48:00	.791	.800	7.3	18.5	11.8	20.6	2.0	0.0	0.0	16.4	169	114	33.6	12.6
40	40	1986-01-18	25-195	HOU		NYK	W (+9)	1	42:00	.574	.550	9.8	20.0	15.2	32.2	2.3	1.4	11.7	27.1	113	94	22.7	6.6
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
41	41	1986-01-19	25-196	HOU	@	DAL	L (-35)	1	30:00	.385	.385	2.8	11.7	6.5	5.3	0.0	0.0	23.5	21.6	65	137	-0.8	-16.1
42	42	1986-01-21	25-198	HOU	@	SEA	W (+4)	1	46:00	.601	.556	0.0	29.0	18.3	17.5	1.1	2.9	14.7	14.3	117	103	15.7	4.9
43	43	1986-01-23	25-200	HOU		SAC	W (+17)	1	26:00	.648	.615	4.6	16.1	10.7	9.9	0.0	2.1	0.0	23.1	141	114	14.9	3.1
44	44	1986-01-25	25-202	HOU		DET	W (+5)	1	40:00	.489	.429	5.1	26.7	15.7	3.0	1.1	1.4	21.4	22.0	86	102	10.4	-5.3
45	45	1986-01-28	25-205	HOU		CLE	W (+7)	1	33:00	.592	.538	7.5	41.0	24.2	33.0	4.2	0.0	31.5	26.3	95	97	15.3	4.5
46	46	1986-01-30	25-207	HOU	@	SAC	W (+2)	1	42:00	.628	.588	8.8	16.0	12.8	15.2	4.8	6.7	24.7	24.8	104	105	23.4	6.0
47	47	1986-02-01	25-209	HOU	@	CHI	L (-10)	1	37:00	.528	.500	6.7	22.6	15.3	12.0	1.2	0.0	17.4	18.4	101	121	11.2	-3.8
48	48	1986-02-03	25-211	HOU		DEN	W (+2)	1	34:00	.476	.429	10.9	21.3	16.1	21.1	0.0	0.0	16.0	21.7	99	100	11.3	-0.4
49	49	1986-02-06	25-214	HOU		LAL	L (-22)	1	44:00	.416	.400	6.2	21.8	13.4	6.8	0.0	2.5	22.7	24.2	71	115	7.0	-6.7
50	50	1986-02-11	25-219	HOU		ATL	W (+13)	1	33:00	.620	.600	10.1	16.4	13.9	4.2	2.9	2.9	15.5	31.0	112	93	20.1	4.8
51	51	1986-02-13	25-221	HOU	@	SAS	L (-4)	1	34:00	.563	.542	0.0	22.3	11.0	0.0	2.6	1.6	24.3	19.3	80	106	6.5	-5.2
52	52	1986-02-15	25-223	HOU	@	LAC	L (-7)	1	37:00	.574	.500	5.9	28.0	16.0	14.4	1.2	3.0	10.9	29.4	113	101	21.3	5.6
53	53	1986-02-17	25-225	HOU	@	GSW	W (+6)	1	47:00	.454	.375	17.0	11.3	14.4	10.5	0.0	4.6	12.7	25.5	103	107	20.0	-0.5
54	54	1986-02-18	25-226	HOU	@	SAC	L (-10)	1	43:00	.517	.476	7.0	20.0	12.8	11.2	2.3	5.3	11.5	26.0	102	111	19.0	3.4
55	55	1986-02-20	25-228	HOU		MIL	L (-7)	1	30:00	.498	.429	12.8	12.3	12.6	0.0	1.5	9.0	7.7	34.9	102	111	16.3	0.5
56	56	1986-02-21	25-229	HOU	@	DAL	W (+7)	1	48:00	.514	.485	19.6	11.9	16.1	12.9	2.2	5.1	5.1	33.2	122	111	32.2	8.2
57	57	1986-02-24	25-232	HOU		DAL	W (+5)	1	47:00	.481	.500	11.1	32.5	21.6	18.7	1.0	4.5	3.3	26.4	111	100	26.9	6.3
58	58	1986-02-25	25-233	HOU	@	UTA	L (-3)	1	45:00	.375	.375	17.8	23.7	20.5	10.5	3.4	4.0	10.6	25.3	93	97	17.3	1.9
59	59	1986-02-27	25-235	HOU		DEN	W (+6)	1	43:00	.529	.500	15.1	40.4	29.2	16.6	1.0	2.7	23.5	34.4	91	97	21.7	0.0
60	60	1986-03-01	25-237	HOU	@	POR	L (-5)	1	37:00	.361	.357	3.2	38.2	19.0	11.6	2.4	1.5	29.6	26.3	58	105	2.5	-10.2
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
61	61	1986-03-03	25-239	HOU	@	SEA	L (-13)	1	23:00	.182	.182	0.0	10.4	4.4	5.5	0.0	0.0	8.3	20.9	41	117	-3.8	-18.4
62	62	1986-03-04	25-240	HOU	@	DEN	L (-13)	1	38:00	.543	.500	12.4	17.0	14.7	17.8	1.1	1.3	22.6	29.0	99	115	15.5	-1.2
63	63	1986-03-06	25-242	HOU		SAC	W (+11)	1	46:00	.734	.737	17.4	21.8	19.6	6.9	2.2	3.5	14.4	25.0	135	106	34.4	9.9
64	64	1986-03-08	25-244	HOU		SAS	W (+9)	1	38:00	.499	.458	19.3	31.6	23.2	27.5	2.4	3.4	10.0	27.1	121	110	26.3	7.1
65	65	1986-03-11	25-247	HOU		BOS	L (-12)	1	42:00	.557	.556	4.9	28.6	15.8	10.2	5.6	1.4	12.7	24.3	99	104	21.2	4.4
66	66	1986-03-13	25-249	HOU		POR	W (+8)	1	45:00	.653	.667	12.1	29.8	20.8	11.2	1.0	3.8	14.0	24.1	121	109	28.3	5.0
67	67	1986-03-15	25-251	HOU		LAC	W (+32)	1	30:00	.804	.778	8.2	13.6	11.2	18.2	2.9	3.6	15.2	16.4	147	104	21.1	8.6
68	68	1986-03-16	25-252	HOU	@	LAL	L (-5)	1	45:00	.511	.409	13.3	31.4	20.8	22.4	4.2	3.0	15.9	26.6	109	106	25.7	7.8
69	69	1986-03-18	25-254	HOU		PHO	W (+3)	1	38:00	.603	.625	13.7	16.2	14.9	25.0	0.0	0.0	13.6	22.5	118	108	19.9	4.0
70	70	1986-03-20	25-256	HOU	@	MIL	L (-10)	1	36:00	.594	.583	11.9	29.6	20.7	27.9	0.0	3.2	22.9	25.9	104	110	16.8	4.1
71	71	1986-03-22	25-258	HOU	@	NYK	W (+15)	1	22:00	.325	.273	4.6	12.3	8.7	11.1	2.0	7.1	14.0	24.9	74	88	2.8	-6.8
72	72	1986-03-24	25-260	HOU	@	BOS	L (-7)	1	22:00	.594	.538	5.5	18.6	12.5	7.6	0.0	0.0	6.5	28.2	123	113	11.9	4.2
73	73	1986-04-01	25-268	HOU		GSW	W (+4)	0	9:00	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.1	0.0	0.0	16.7	24.6	11	124	-3.8	-29.5
74	74	1986-04-03	25-270	HOU	@	SAS	W (+26)	0	24:00	.462	.462	12.1	11.5	11.8	8.9	0.0	2.1	18.8	24.8	96	110	5.9	-9.4
75	75	1986-04-04	25-271	HOU	@	PHO	W (+23)	0	30:00	.526	.583	10.2	10.0	10.1	0.0	4.6	2.0	13.1	19.9	100	84	11.1	0.0
76	76	1986-04-06	25-273	HOU		LAL	W (+6)	1	36:00	.582	.600	15.2	38.5	28.3	35.3	2.8	0.0	23.5	26.4	108	100	19.7	7.8
77	77	1986-04-08	25-275	HOU		SEA	W (+14)	1	26:00	.421	.364	5.3	34.3	21.3	11.7	1.8	10.1	14.4	21.8	87	84	8.6	0.6
78	78	1986-04-10	25-277	HOU	@	LAL	L (-4)	1	39:00	.468	.462	3.5	18.9	11.6	16.4	0.0	1.4	17.8	18.9	93	127	8.8	-5.7
79	79	1986-04-12	25-279	HOU		PHO	L (-18)	1	33:00	.491	.438	12.9	10.1	11.6	22.5	3.0	5.2	5.5	23.4	112	109	17.0	6.7

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