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1986-87 Houston Rockets

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42-40, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 106.9 points per game, Allowed 105.9 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 44-38)
Coached by Bill Fitch (42-40)

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

SRS: 0.60 (9th of 23) / Pace Factor: 99.9 (17th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 106.5 (15th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 105.5 (3rd of 23)

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

1986-87 Statistics / Schedule / Game Log / Splits / Starting Lineups

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 19780 3465 7262 .477 89 324 .275 1746 2355 .741 1190 2481 3671 2227 654 555 1384 1973 8765 106.9
Opponent 82 19780 3348 7225 .463 100 355 .282 1887 2422 .779 1167 2364 3531 2126 721 368 1366 1922 8683 105.9

Player Statistics

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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included (1961-62 season and before).

Totals

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 C 7-0 255 24 75 75 2760 677 1332 .508 1 5 .200 400 570 .702 315 543 858 220 140 254 228 294 1755
2 Rodney McCray F-G 6-7 220 25 81 81 3136 432 783 .552 0 9 .000 306 393 .779 190 388 578 434 88 53 208 172 1170
3 Robert Reid F-G 6-8 205 31 75 63 2594 420 1006 .417 53 162 .327 136 177 .768 47 242 289 323 75 21 104 232 1029
4 Jim Petersen F-C 6-10 235 24 82 56 2403 386 755 .511 0 4 .000 152 209 .727 177 380 557 127 43 102 152 268 924
5 Ralph Sampson C-F 7-4 228 26 43 32 1326 277 566 .489 0 3 .000 118 189 .624 88 284 372 120 40 58 126 169 672
6 Steve Harris G 6-5 195 23 74 3 1174 251 599 .419 0 8 .000 111 130 .854 71 99 170 100 37 16 74 111 613
7 Dirk Minniefield G 6-3 180 26 63 52 1478 205 440 .466 11 34 .324 61 86 .709 28 102 130 335 66 6 145 166 482
8 Allen Leavell G 6-1 170 29 53 11 1175 147 358 .411 18 57 .316 100 119 .840 14 47 61 224 53 10 64 126 412
9 Lewis Lloyd G-F 6-6 205 27 32 14 688 165 310 .532 1 7 .143 65 86 .756 13 35 48 90 19 5 52 69 396
10 Mitchell Wiggins G 6-4 185 27 32 19 788 153 350 .437 0 5 .000 49 65 .754 74 59 133 76 44 3 50 82 355
11 Cedric Maxwell F 6-8 205 31 46 0 836 103 188 .548 0 1 .000 126 163 .773 72 112 184 75 13 5 48 76 332
12 Dave Feitl C 6-11 235 24 62 1 498 88 202 .436 0 1 .000 53 71 .746 39 78 117 22 9 4 38 83 229
13 Buck Johnson F 6-7 190 23 60 3 520 94 201 .468 0 1 .000 40 58 .690 38 50 88 40 17 15 37 81 228
14 Richard Anderson F-C 6-10 240 26 51 0 312 59 139 .424 4 16 .250 22 29 .759 24 55 79 33 7 3 19 37 144
15 Conner Henry G 6-7 195 23 18 0 92 8 33 .242 1 11 .091 7 10 .700 0 7 7 8 3 0 9 7 24

Per Game

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 C 7-0 255 24 75 75 36.8 9.0 17.8 .508 0.0 0.1 .200 5.3 7.6 .702 4.2 7.2 11.4 2.9 1.9 3.4 3.0 3.9 23.4
2 Ralph Sampson C-F 7-4 228 26 43 32 30.8 6.4 13.2 .489 0.0 0.1 .000 2.7 4.4 .624 2.0 6.6 8.7 2.8 0.9 1.3 2.9 3.9 15.6
3 Rodney McCray F-G 6-7 220 25 81 81 38.7 5.3 9.7 .552 0.0 0.1 .000 3.8 4.9 .779 2.3 4.8 7.1 5.4 1.1 0.7 2.6 2.1 14.4
4 Robert Reid F-G 6-8 205 31 75 63 34.6 5.6 13.4 .417 0.7 2.2 .327 1.8 2.4 .768 0.6 3.2 3.9 4.3 1.0 0.3 1.4 3.1 13.7
5 Lewis Lloyd G-F 6-6 205 27 32 14 21.5 5.2 9.7 .532 0.0 0.2 .143 2.0 2.7 .756 0.4 1.1 1.5 2.8 0.6 0.2 1.6 2.2 12.4
6 Jim Petersen F-C 6-10 235 24 82 56 29.3 4.7 9.2 .511 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.5 .727 2.2 4.6 6.8 1.5 0.5 1.2 1.9 3.3 11.3
7 Mitchell Wiggins G 6-4 185 27 32 19 24.6 4.8 10.9 .437 0.0 0.2 .000 1.5 2.0 .754 2.3 1.8 4.2 2.4 1.4 0.1 1.6 2.6 11.1
8 Steve Harris G 6-5 195 23 74 3 15.9 3.4 8.1 .419 0.0 0.1 .000 1.5 1.8 .854 1.0 1.3 2.3 1.4 0.5 0.2 1.0 1.5 8.3
9 Allen Leavell G 6-1 170 29 53 11 22.2 2.8 6.8 .411 0.3 1.1 .316 1.9 2.2 .840 0.3 0.9 1.2 4.2 1.0 0.2 1.2 2.4 7.8
10 Dirk Minniefield G 6-3 180 26 63 52 23.5 3.3 7.0 .466 0.2 0.5 .324 1.0 1.4 .709 0.4 1.6 2.1 5.3 1.0 0.1 2.3 2.6 7.7
11 Cedric Maxwell F 6-8 205 31 46 0 18.2 2.2 4.1 .548 0.0 0.0 .000 2.7 3.5 .773 1.6 2.4 4.0 1.6 0.3 0.1 1.0 1.7 7.2
12 Buck Johnson F 6-7 190 23 60 3 8.7 1.6 3.4 .468 0.0 0.0 .000 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 C 6-11 235 24 62 1 8.0 1.4 3.3 .436 0.0 0.0 .000 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 F-C 6-10 240 26 51 0 6.1 1.2 2.7 .424 0.1 0.3 .250 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 G 6-7 195 23 18 0 5.1 0.4 1.8 .242 0.1 0.6 .091 0.4 0.6 .700 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.4 1.3

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 C 7-0 255 24 75 75 2760 8.8 17.4 .508 0.0 0.1 .200 5.2 7.4 .702 4.1 7.1 11.2 2.9 1.8 3.3 3.0 3.8 22.9
2 Lewis Lloyd G-F 6-6 205 27 32 14 688 8.6 16.2 .532 0.1 0.4 .143 3.4 4.5 .756 0.7 1.8 2.5 4.7 1.0 0.3 2.7 3.6 20.7
3 Steve Harris G 6-5 195 23 74 3 1174 7.7 18.4 .419 0.0 0.2 .000 3.4 4.0 .854 2.2 3.0 5.2 3.1 1.1 0.5 2.3 3.4 18.8
4 Ralph Sampson C-F 7-4 228 26 43 32 1326 7.5 15.4 .489 0.0 0.1 .000 3.2 5.1 .624 2.4 7.7 10.1 3.3 1.1 1.6 3.4 4.6 18.2
5 Richard Anderson F-C 6-10 240 26 51 0 312 6.8 16.0 .424 0.5 1.8 .250 2.5 3.3 .759 2.8 6.3 9.1 3.8 0.8 0.3 2.2 4.3 16.6
6 Dave Feitl C 6-11 235 24 62 1 498 6.4 14.6 .436 0.0 0.1 .000 3.8 5.1 .746 2.8 5.6 8.5 1.6 0.7 0.3 2.7 6.0 16.6
7 Mitchell Wiggins G 6-4 185 27 32 19 788 7.0 16.0 .437 0.0 0.2 .000 2.2 3.0 .754 3.4 2.7 6.1 3.5 2.0 0.1 2.3 3.7 16.2
8 Buck Johnson F 6-7 190 23 60 3 520 6.5 13.9 .468 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 4.0 .690 2.6 3.5 6.1 2.8 1.2 1.0 2.6 5.6 15.8
9 Robert Reid F-G 6-8 205 31 75 63 2594 5.8 14.0 .417 0.7 2.2 .327 1.9 2.5 .768 0.7 3.4 4.0 4.5 1.0 0.3 1.4 3.2 14.3
10 Cedric Maxwell F 6-8 205 31 46 0 836 4.4 8.1 .548 0.0 0.0 .000 5.4 7.0 .773 3.1 4.8 7.9 3.2 0.6 0.2 2.1 3.3 14.3
11 Jim Petersen F-C 6-10 235 24 82 56 2403 5.8 11.3 .511 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.1 .727 2.7 5.7 8.3 1.9 0.6 1.5 2.3 4.0 13.8
12 Rodney McCray F-G 6-7 220 25 81 81 3136 5.0 9.0 .552 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 4.5 .779 2.2 4.5 6.6 5.0 1.0 0.6 2.4 2.0 13.4
13 Allen Leavell G 6-1 170 29 53 11 1175 4.5 11.0 .411 0.6 1.7 .316 3.1 3.6 .840 0.4 1.4 1.9 6.9 1.6 0.3 2.0 3.9 12.6
14 Dirk Minniefield G 6-3 180 26 63 52 1478 5.0 10.7 .466 0.3 0.8 .324 1.5 2.1 .709 0.7 2.5 3.2 8.2 1.6 0.1 3.5 4.0 11.7
15 Conner Henry G 6-7 195 23 18 0 92 3.1 12.9 .242 0.4 4.3 .091 2.7 3.9 .700 0.0 2.7 2.7 3.1 1.2 0.0 3.5 2.7 9.4

Advanced

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 24 75 2760 23.8 .554 .509 12.7 21.3 17.1 12.6 2.4 5.3 12.6 26.8 111 99 4.8 6.0 10.8
2 Rodney McCray F-G 6-7 220 25 81 3136 15.7 .612 .552 6.7 13.4 10.1 18.7 1.3 1.0 17.9 15.2 118 107 5.5 3.8 9.3
3 Jim Petersen F-C 6-10 235 24 82 2403 12.7 .545 .511 8.2 17.1 12.7 7.4 0.9 2.4 15.2 17.0 106 105 1.4 3.3 4.7
4 Robert Reid F-G 6-8 205 31 75 2594 11.4 .475 .444 2.0 10.1 6.1 17.4 1.4 0.5 8.8 18.7 104 108 1.3 2.8 4.1
5 Cedric Maxwell F 6-8 205 31 46 836 15.2 .639 .548 9.6 14.5 12.1 11.9 0.7 0.3 15.6 15.0 125 108 2.0 0.9 2.9
6 Allen Leavell G 6-1 170 29 53 1175 12.0 .502 .436 1.3 4.3 2.9 25.4 2.2 0.5 13.5 16.5 109 108 1.1 1.2 2.4
7 Ralph Sampson C-F 7-4 228 26 43 1326 15.4 .518 .489 7.4 23.2 15.4 13.6 1.4 2.5 16.3 23.9 99 102 -0.2 2.3 2.1
8 Lewis Lloyd G-F 6-6 205 27 32 688 15.8 .569 .534 2.1 5.5 3.8 20.6 1.3 0.4 13.0 23.7 110 110 1.0 0.6 1.6
9 Dirk Minniefield G 6-3 180 26 63 1478 11.0 .504 .478 2.1 7.5 4.8 30.7 2.1 0.2 23.3 17.2 98 107 -0.3 1.7 1.4
10 Steve Harris G 6-5 195 23 74 1174 12.9 .467 .419 6.7 9.1 8.0 12.9 1.5 0.8 10.1 25.4 100 108 0.0 1.3 1.3
11 Mitchell Wiggins G 6-4 185 27 32 788 13.5 .469 .437 10.5 8.1 9.3 14.1 2.7 0.2 11.7 22.2 101 106 0.1 1.0 1.1
12 Buck Johnson F 6-7 190 23 60 520 11.8 .503 .468 8.1 10.4 9.3 11.1 1.6 1.7 14.0 20.7 101 106 0.1 0.6 0.7
13 Dave Feitl C 6-11 235 24 62 498 10.3 .491 .436 8.7 17.0 12.9 6.3 0.9 0.5 14.0 22.3 98 107 -0.1 0.6 0.5
14 Richard Anderson F-C 6-10 240 26 51 312 13.6 .474 .439 8.6 19.1 13.9 15.4 1.1 0.6 11.1 22.4 102 106 0.1 0.4 0.5
15 Conner Henry G 6-7 195 23 18 92 0.2 .321 .258 0.0 8.3 4.2 11.0 1.6 0.0 19.4 20.6 66 109 -0.4 0.1 -0.3

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 C 7-0 255 24 10 389 110 179 0 1 72 97 39 113 25 13 43 36 44 292 .615 .000 .742 38.9 29.2 11.3 2.5
2 Ralph Sampson C-F 7-4 228 26 10 330 75 146 1 2 35 43 27 88 21 2 12 31 47 186 .514 .500 .814 33.0 18.6 8.8 2.1
3 Rodney McCray F-G 6-7 220 25 10 436 57 101 0 2 43 54 32 83 56 5 9 26 21 157 .564 .000 .796 43.6 15.7 8.3 5.6
4 Allen Leavell G 6-1 170 29 10 384 44 107 4 16 49 60 6 25 72 19 3 28 42 141 .411 .250 .817 38.4 14.1 2.5 7.2
5 Robert Reid F-G 6-8 205 31 10 431 56 155 2 17 15 23 6 36 48 10 3 27 36 129 .361 .118 .652 43.1 12.9 3.6 4.8
6 Jim Petersen F-C 6-10 235 24 10 187 28 51 0 0 12 18 14 46 6 5 2 10 26 68 .549 .667 18.7 6.8 4.6 0.6
7 Cedric Maxwell F 6-8 205 31 10 177 18 34 0 1 26 35 11 33 17 4 0 8 17 62 .529 .000 .743 17.7 6.2 3.3 1.7
8 Steve Harris G 6-5 195 23 9 91 16 43 0 1 5 6 3 7 5 3 0 3 15 37 .372 .000 .833 10.1 4.1 0.8 0.6
9 Dirk Minniefield G 6-3 180 26 8 27 4 8 0 1 6 6 2 2 2 1 0 4 8 14 .500 .000 1.000 3.4 1.8 0.3 0.3
10 Richard Anderson F-C 6-10 240 26 5 5 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 .333 .500 1.000 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.0
11 Buck Johnson F 6-7 190 23 5 10 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 .333 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.0
12 Dave Feitl C 6-11 235 24 6 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.000 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Ralph Sampson *$1,450,250
2 Hakeem Olajuwon *$1,167,583
3 Rodney McCray *$710,000
4 Cedric Maxwell *$528,000
5 Robert Reid *$425,000
6 Jim Petersen *$246,000
7 Allen Leavell *$225,000
8 Mitchell Wiggins *$185,000
9 Steve Harris *$170,000
10 Dirk Minniefield *$87,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)