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1986-87 Houston Rockets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 42-40, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (42-40)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 106.9 (16th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 105.9 (3rd of 23)

SRS: 0.60 (9th of 23) Pace: 99.9 (17th of 23)

Off Rtg: 106.5 (15th of 23) Def Rtg: 105.5 (3rd of 23) Net Rtg: +1.0 (8th of 23)

Expected W-L: 44-38 (8th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +350

Arena: The Summit Attendance: 660,175 (4th of 23)

NBA 1987 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)

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
40	Richard Anderson	PF	6-10	240	November 19, 1960	us	2	UC Santa Barbara
5	Dave Feitl	C	6-11	235	June 8, 1962	us	R	Texas-El Paso
20	Steve Harris	SG	6-5	195	October 15, 1963	us	1	Tulsa
4	Conner Henry	SG	6-7	195	July 21, 1963	us	R	UC Santa Barbara
1	Buck Johnson	SF	6-7	190	January 3, 1964	us	R	Alabama
30	Allen Leavell	PG	6-1	170	May 27, 1957	us	7	Oklahoma City University
32	Lewis Lloyd	SG	6-6	205	February 22, 1959	us	5	Drake University
18	Cedric Maxwell	SF	6-8	205	November 21, 1955	us	9	UNC Charlotte
22	Rodney McCray	SF	6-7	220	August 29, 1961	us	3	Louisville
10	Dirk Minniefield	PG	6-3	180	January 17, 1961	us	1	Kentucky
34	Hakeem Olajuwon	C	7-0	255	January 21, 1963	ng	2	Houston
43	Jim Petersen	PF	6-10	235	February 22, 1962	us	2	Minnesota
33	Robert Reid	SG	6-8	205	August 30, 1955	us	8	St. Mary's University
50	Ralph Sampson	PF	7-4	228	July 7, 1960	us	3	Virginia
15	Mitchell Wiggins	SG	6-4	185	September 28, 1959	us	3	Clemson, Florida 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

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk		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/G
1	Rodney McCray	25	81	81	38.7	5.3	9.7	.552	0.0	0.1	.000	5.3	9.6	.558	.552	3.8	4.9	.779	2.3	4.8	7.1	5.4	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.1	14.4
2	Hakeem Olajuwon	24	75	75	36.8	9.0	17.8	.508	0.0	0.1	.200	9.0	17.7	.509	.509	5.3	7.6	.702	4.2	7.2	11.4	2.9	1.9	3.4	3.0	3.9	23.4
3	Robert Reid	31	75	63	34.6	5.6	13.4	.417	0.7	2.2	.327	4.9	11.3	.435	.444	1.8	2.4	.768	0.6	3.2	3.9	4.3	1.0	0.3	1.4	3.1	13.7
4	Ralph Sampson	26	43	32	30.8	6.4	13.2	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	6.4	13.1	.492	.489	2.7	4.4	.624	2.0	6.6	8.7	2.8	0.9	1.3	2.9	3.9	15.6
5	Jim Petersen	24	82	56	29.3	4.7	9.2	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	4.7	9.2	.514	.511	1.9	2.5	.727	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.5	0.5	1.2	1.9	3.3	11.3
6	Mitchell Wiggins	27	32	19	24.6	4.8	10.9	.437	0.0	0.2	.000	4.8	10.8	.443	.437	1.5	2.0	.754	2.3	1.8	4.2	2.4	1.4	0.1	1.6	2.6	11.1
7	Dirk Minniefield	26	63	52	23.5	3.3	7.0	.466	0.2	0.5	.324	3.1	6.4	.478	.478	1.0	1.4	.709	0.4	1.6	2.1	5.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.6	7.7
8	Allen Leavell	29	53	11	22.2	2.8	6.8	.411	0.3	1.1	.316	2.4	5.7	.429	.436	1.9	2.2	.840	0.3	0.9	1.2	4.2	1.0	0.2	1.2	2.4	7.8
9	Lewis Lloyd	27	32	14	21.5	5.2	9.7	.532	0.0	0.2	.143	5.1	9.5	.541	.534	2.0	2.7	.756	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.8	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	12.4
10	Cedric Maxwell	31	46	0	18.2	2.2	4.1	.548	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	4.1	.551	.548	2.7	3.5	.773	1.6	2.4	4.0	1.6	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.7	7.2
11	Steve Harris	23	74	3	15.9	3.4	8.1	.419	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	8.0	.425	.419	1.5	1.8	.854	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.5	8.3
12	Buck Johnson	23	60	3	8.7	1.6	3.4	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	3.3	.470	.468	0.7	1.0	.690	0.6	0.8	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.4	3.8
13	Dave Feitl	24	62	1	8.0	1.4	3.3	.436	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	3.2	.438	.436	0.9	1.1	.746	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.3	3.7
14	Richard Anderson	26	51	0	6.1	1.2	2.7	.424	0.1	0.3	.250	1.1	2.4	.447	.439	0.4	0.6	.759	0.5	1.1	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.7	2.8
15	Conner Henry	23	18	0	5.1	0.4	1.8	.242	0.1	0.6	.091	0.4	1.2	.318	.258	0.4	0.6	.700	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.4	1.3

Totals

Per 36 Minutes

Per 100 Poss

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		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	Rodney McCray	25	81	3136	15.7	.612	.011	.502	6.7	13.4	10.1	18.7	1.3	1.0	17.9	15.2		5.6	3.8	9.4	.144		1.6	1.0	2.6	3.7
2	Hakeem Olajuwon	24	75	2760	23.8	.554	.004	.428	12.7	21.3	17.1	12.6	2.4	5.3	12.6	26.8		4.9	6.0	10.9	.189		3.1	2.7	5.8	5.4
3	Robert Reid	31	75	2594	11.4	.475	.161	.176	2.0	10.1	6.1	17.4	1.4	0.5	8.8	18.7		1.3	2.8	4.1	.076		-1.7	0.2	-1.5	0.3
4	Jim Petersen	24	82	2403	12.7	.545	.005	.277	8.2	17.1	12.7	7.4	0.9	2.4	15.2	17.0		1.4	3.3	4.7	.095		-1.7	0.5	-1.3	0.5
5	Dirk Minniefield	26	63	1478	11.0	.504	.077	.195	2.1	7.5	4.8	30.7	2.1	0.2	23.3	17.2		-0.3	1.7	1.4	.045		-2.4	0.1	-2.3	-0.1
6	Ralph Sampson	26	43	1326	15.4	.518	.005	.334	7.4	23.2	15.4	13.6	1.5	2.5	16.3	23.9		-0.2	2.4	2.2	.078		-1.6	1.2	-0.4	0.5
7	Allen Leavell	29	53	1175	12.0	.502	.159	.332	1.3	4.3	2.9	25.4	2.2	0.5	13.5	16.5		1.1	1.2	2.4	.097		-1.4	0.6	-0.7	0.4
8	Steve Harris	23	74	1174	12.9	.467	.013	.217	6.7	9.1	8.0	12.9	1.5	0.8	10.1	25.4		0.0	1.3	1.3	.052		-1.7	-1.0	-2.7	-0.2
9	Cedric Maxwell	31	46	836	15.2	.639	.005	.867	9.6	14.5	12.1	11.9	0.7	0.3	15.6	15.0		2.0	0.9	2.9	.167		1.2	0.1	1.4	0.7
10	Mitchell Wiggins	27	32	788	13.5	.469	.014	.186	10.5	8.1	9.3	14.1	2.7	0.2	11.7	22.2		0.1	1.0	1.2	.070		-1.5	0.2	-1.2	0.2
11	Lewis Lloyd	27	32	688	15.8	.569	.023	.277	2.1	5.5	3.8	20.6	1.3	0.4	13.0	23.7		1.0	0.6	1.6	.110		0.2	-0.7	-0.5	0.3
12	Buck Johnson	23	60	520	11.8	.503	.005	.289	8.1	10.4	9.3	11.1	1.6	1.7	14.0	20.7		0.1	0.7	0.7	.068		-2.5	0.0	-2.6	-0.1
13	Dave Feitl	24	62	498	10.3	.491	.005	.351	8.7	17.0	12.9	6.3	0.9	0.5	14.0	22.3		-0.1	0.6	0.5	.049		-4.3	-1.5	-5.8	-0.5
14	Richard Anderson	26	51	312	13.6	.474	.115	.209	8.6	19.1	13.9	15.4	1.1	0.6	11.1	22.4		0.1	0.4	0.5	.082		-0.8	-0.5	-1.3	0.1
15	Conner Henry	23	18	92	0.2	.321	.333	.303	0.0	8.3	4.2	11.0	1.6	0.0	19.4	20.6		-0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.142		-8.9	-2.2	-11.2	-0.2

Adjusted Shooting

Playoffs Totals

Playoffs Per Game

Playoffs Per Game Table
Rk		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/G
1	Rodney McCray	25	10	10	43.6	5.7	10.1	.564	0.0	0.2	.000	5.7	9.9	.576	.564	4.3	5.4	.796	3.2	5.1	8.3	5.6	0.5	0.9	2.6	2.1	15.7
2	Robert Reid	31	10	10	43.1	5.6	15.5	.361	0.2	1.7	.118	5.4	13.8	.391	.368	1.5	2.3	.652	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.6	12.9
3	Hakeem Olajuwon	24	10	10	38.9	11.0	17.9	.615	0.0	0.1	.000	11.0	17.8	.618	.615	7.2	9.7	.742	3.9	7.4	11.3	2.5	1.3	4.3	3.6	4.4	29.2
4	Allen Leavell	29	10	10	38.4	4.4	10.7	.411	0.4	1.6	.250	4.0	9.1	.440	.430	4.9	6.0	.817	0.6	1.9	2.5	7.2	1.9	0.3	2.8	4.2	14.1
5	Ralph Sampson	26	10	10	33.0	7.5	14.6	.514	0.1	0.2	.500	7.4	14.4	.514	.517	3.5	4.3	.814	2.7	6.1	8.8	2.1	0.2	1.2	3.1	4.7	18.6
6	Jim Petersen	24	10	0	18.7	2.8	5.1	.549	0.0	0.0		2.8	5.1	.549	.549	1.2	1.8	.667	1.4	3.2	4.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.6	6.8
7	Cedric Maxwell	31	10	0	17.7	1.8	3.4	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	3.3	.545	.529	2.6	3.5	.743	1.1	2.2	3.3	1.7	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.7	6.2
8	Steve Harris	23	9	0	10.1	1.8	4.8	.372	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	4.7	.381	.372	0.6	0.7	.833	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.7	4.1
9	Dirk Minniefield	26	8	0	3.4	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.9	.571	.500	0.8	0.8	1.000	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.8
10	Buck Johnson	23	5	0	2.0	0.4	1.2	.333	0.0	0.0		0.4	1.2	.333	.333	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.8
11	Dave Feitl	24	6	0	1.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
12	Richard Anderson	26	5	0	1.0	0.2	0.6	.333	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	.500	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Playoffs Per 100 Poss

Playoffs Advanced

Playoffs Advanced Table
Rk		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	Rodney McCray	25	10	436	15.5	.629	.020	.535	8.8	12.7	10.8	18.4	0.6	1.2	17.2	14.7		0.8	0.5	1.3	.144		3.0	0.6	3.5	0.6
2	Robert Reid	31	10	431	5.1	.391	.110	.148	1.7	7.6	4.8	15.9	1.2	0.4	14.1	18.9		-0.8	0.4	-0.4	-0.041		-4.8	-1.3	-6.1	-0.4
3	Hakeem Olajuwon	24	10	389	28.5	.659	.006	.542	12.0	20.7	16.5	11.7	1.7	6.4	14.0	28.1		1.2	0.8	2.0	.251		5.7	4.1	9.8	1.1
4	Allen Leavell	29	10	384	12.4	.528	.150	.561	1.9	5.4	3.7	26.2	2.5	0.5	17.3	17.8		0.3	0.5	0.7	.091		-1.0	1.1	0.0	0.2
5	Ralph Sampson	26	10	330	15.8	.564	.014	.295	9.8	20.1	15.2	10.6	0.3	2.1	15.8	25.2		0.2	0.5	0.7	.097		-0.4	0.0	-0.4	0.1
6	Jim Petersen	24	10	187	11.9	.577	.000	.353	8.9	18.6	14.0	4.7	1.3	0.6	14.5	15.6		0.1	0.3	0.4	.108		-1.4	0.0	-1.4	0.0
7	Cedric Maxwell	31	10	177	13.7	.628	.029	1.029	7.4	13.5	10.6	13.2	1.1	0.0	13.9	13.8		0.4	0.2	0.6	.156		0.8	0.4	1.1	0.1
8	Steve Harris	23	9	91	5.9	.405	.023	.140	3.9	4.8	4.4	8.4	1.6	0.0	6.2	22.7		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.012		-5.7	-1.5	-7.2	-0.1
9	Dirk Minniefield	26	8	27	9.3	.658	.125	.750	8.8	0.0	4.2	10.9	1.8	0.0	27.3	23.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	.070		-3.9	2.0	-1.9	0.0
10	Buck Johnson	23	5	10	-9.8	.333	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	34.0		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.413		-15.5	-7.9	-23.3	-0.1
11	Dave Feitl	24	6	8	12.0	1.136			0.0	13.6	7.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7		0.0	0.0	0.0	.231		2.5	0.9	3.4	0.0
12	Richard Anderson	26	5	5	20.2	.644	.667	.667	23.9	0.0	11.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.5	41.4		0.0	0.0	0.0	.154		6.6	-4.2	2.4	0.0

Players on League Leaderboards

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