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1985-86 Houston Rockets
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51-31, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
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Scored 9379 points, Allowed 9165 points (Expected W-L: 48-34)
Coached by Bill Fitch (51-31)
Pace Factor: 103.5 (7th out of 23), League = 102.1
Points Per 100 Possessions: Offense = 109.9 (5th out of 23), Defense = 107.7 (14th out of 23), League = 107.2
RPI: .528 (6th out of 23)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) to Boston Celtics
Won West Conf Finals (4-1) over Los Angeles Lakers
Won West Conf Semis (4-2) over Denver Nuggets
Won West Conf 1st Rd (3-0) over Sacramento Kings
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1985-86 Houston Rockets Season Summary
1985-86 Statistics / Game Results
Team and Opponent Statistics
MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
+---------------+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+
Team 19755 3759 7671 85 310 1776 2434 1316 3750 2318 745 551 1374 1991 9379 114.4
Opponent 19755 3638 7402 87 268 1802 2406 1190 3579 2196 683 386 1464 1977 9165 111.8
+---------------+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+
Four Factors
Factor Off (Rk) Def (Rk) +------------+---------+----------+ Shooting .496 ( 8) .497 (14) Turnovers .156 ( 4) .168 (14) Rebounding .355 ( 2) .672 (14) Free Throws .232 (21) .243 ( 8) +------------+---------+----------+
Player Statistics
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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included.
Player statistics may include stints with other teams.
Totals
Name Ag G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS +--------------------+---+--+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ Hakeem Olajuwon 23 68 68 2467 625 1188 0 0 347 538 333 448 781 137 134 231 195 271 1597 Ralph Sampson 25 79 76 2864 624 1280 2 15 241 376 258 621 879 283 99 129 285 308 1491 Lewis Lloyd 26 82 82 2444 592 1119 3 15 199 236 155 169 324 300 102 24 194 216 1386 John Lucas 32 65 65 2120 365 818 45 146 231 298 33 110 143 571 77 5 149 124 1006 Robert Reid 30 82 5 2157 409 881 6 33 162 214 67 234 301 222 91 16 96 231 986 Rodney McCray 24 82 82 2610 338 629 0 3 171 222 159 361 520 292 50 58 130 197 847 Allen Leavell 28 74 12 1190 212 458 24 67 135 158 6 61 67 234 58 8 88 126 583 Mitchell Wiggins 26 78 0 1198 222 489 1 12 86 118 87 72 159 101 59 5 62 155 531 Jim Petersen 23 82 20 1664 196 411 0 3 113 160 149 247 396 85 38 54 84 231 505 Steve Harris 22 57 0 482 103 233 1 5 50 54 25 32 57 50 21 4 34 55 257 Craig Ehlo 24 36 0 199 36 84 3 9 23 29 17 29 46 29 11 4 15 22 98 Hank McDowell 26 22 0 204 24 42 0 1 17 25 12 37 49 6 1 3 10 25 65 Granville Waiters 25 43 0 156 13 39 0 1 1 6 15 13 28 8 4 10 11 30 27 +--------------------+---+--+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
Per Game
Name Ag G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ Hakeem Olajuwon 23 68 36.3 9.2 17.5 0.0 0.0 5.1 7.9 4.9 6.6 11.5 2.0 2.0 3.4 2.9 4.0 23.5 Ralph Sampson 25 79 36.3 7.9 16.2 0.0 0.2 3.1 4.8 3.3 7.9 11.1 3.6 1.3 1.6 3.6 3.9 18.9 Lewis Lloyd 26 82 29.8 7.2 13.6 0.0 0.2 2.4 2.9 1.9 2.1 4.0 3.7 1.2 0.3 2.4 2.6 16.9 John Lucas 32 65 32.6 5.6 12.6 0.7 2.2 3.6 4.6 0.5 1.7 2.2 8.8 1.2 0.1 2.3 1.9 15.5 Robert Reid 30 82 26.3 5.0 10.7 0.1 0.4 2.0 2.6 0.8 2.9 3.7 2.7 1.1 0.2 1.2 2.8 12.0 Rodney McCray 24 82 31.8 4.1 7.7 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.7 1.9 4.4 6.3 3.6 0.6 0.7 1.6 2.4 10.3 Allen Leavell 28 74 16.1 2.9 6.2 0.3 0.9 1.8 2.1 0.1 0.8 0.9 3.2 0.8 0.1 1.2 1.7 7.9 Mitchell Wiggins 26 78 15.4 2.8 6.3 0.0 0.2 1.1 1.5 1.1 0.9 2.0 1.3 0.8 0.1 0.8 2.0 6.8 Jim Petersen 23 82 20.3 2.4 5.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.0 1.8 3.0 4.8 1.0 0.5 0.7 1.0 2.8 6.2 Steve Harris 22 57 8.5 1.8 4.1 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.9 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.0 4.5 Hank McDowell 26 22 9.3 1.1 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 0.5 1.7 2.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.1 3.0 Craig Ehlo 24 36 5.5 1.0 2.3 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.6 2.7 Granville Waiters 25 43 3.6 0.3 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.6 +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
Per 40 Minutes
Name Ag G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ Hakeem Olajuwon 23 68 2467 10.1 19.3 0.0 0.0 5.6 8.7 5.4 7.3 12.7 2.2 2.2 3.7 3.2 4.4 25.9 Lewis Lloyd 26 82 2444 9.7 18.3 0.0 0.2 3.3 3.9 2.5 2.8 5.3 4.9 1.7 0.4 3.2 3.5 22.7 Steve Harris 22 57 482 8.5 19.3 0.1 0.4 4.1 4.5 2.1 2.7 4.7 4.1 1.7 0.3 2.8 4.6 21.3 Ralph Sampson 25 79 2864 8.7 17.9 0.0 0.2 3.4 5.3 3.6 8.7 12.3 4.0 1.4 1.8 4.0 4.3 20.8 Craig Ehlo 24 36 199 7.2 16.9 0.6 1.8 4.6 5.8 3.4 5.8 9.2 5.8 2.2 0.8 3.0 4.4 19.7 Allen Leavell 28 74 1190 7.1 15.4 0.8 2.3 4.5 5.3 0.2 2.1 2.3 7.9 1.9 0.3 3.0 4.2 19.6 John Lucas 32 65 2120 6.9 15.4 0.8 2.8 4.4 5.6 0.6 2.1 2.7 10.8 1.5 0.1 2.8 2.3 19.0 Robert Reid 30 82 2157 7.6 16.3 0.1 0.6 3.0 4.0 1.2 4.3 5.6 4.1 1.7 0.3 1.8 4.3 18.3 Mitchell Wiggins 26 78 1198 7.4 16.3 0.0 0.4 2.9 3.9 2.9 2.4 5.3 3.4 2.0 0.2 2.1 5.2 17.7 Rodney McCray 24 82 2610 5.2 9.6 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.4 2.4 5.5 8.0 4.5 0.8 0.9 2.0 3.0 13.0 Hank McDowell 26 22 204 4.7 8.2 0.0 0.2 3.3 4.9 2.4 7.3 9.6 1.2 0.2 0.6 2.0 4.9 12.7 Jim Petersen 23 82 1664 4.7 9.9 0.0 0.1 2.7 3.8 3.6 5.9 9.5 2.0 0.9 1.3 2.0 5.6 12.1 Granville Waiters 25 43 156 3.3 10.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.5 3.8 3.3 7.2 2.1 1.0 2.6 2.8 7.7 6.9 +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
Advanced
Name Ag G FG% 3P% FT% eFG% TS% AsR ToR Usg RbR PER ORtg DRtg lgRtg PW PL PW% OWS DWS WS +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+ Hakeem Olajuwon 23 68 .526 .645 .526 .560| 7.8 11.1 26.6 17.1 24.2| 113 102 107 10.4 2.4 .814| 17.2 13.8 31 Ralph Sampson 25 79 .488 .133 .641 .488 .516| 14.1 14.2 25.1 16.5 16.9| 101 104 107 5.5 8.3 .398| 3.4 13.0 16 Lewis Lloyd 26 82 .529 .200 .843 .530 .567| 17.5 11.3 24.5 7.1 17.7| 112 110 107 5.9 4.2 .583| 14.6 5.8 21 John Lucas 32 65 .446 .308 .775 .474 .530| 34.2 8.9 24.0 3.6 17.4| 115 111 107 5.2 3.1 .624| 14.7 3.9 19 Robert Reid 30 82 .464 .182 .757 .468 .506| 17.2 7.4 20.9 7.5 13.7| 109 108 107 4.4 4.1 .518| 8.1 6.2 14 Rodney McCray 24 82 .537 .000 .770 .537 .583| 25.4 11.3 14.4 10.7 13.6| 118 109 107 6.7 2.2 .751| 13.5 6.8 20 Allen Leavell 28 74 .463 .358 .854 .489 .553| 27.5 10.4 23.0 3.0 15.7| 113 110 107 2.9 1.8 .612| 7.0 2.9 10 Mitchell Wiggins 26 78 .454 .083 .729 .455 .491| 14.3 8.8 20.9 7.2 12.6| 106 109 107 1.9 2.8 .399| 3.4 3.0 6 Jim Petersen 23 82 .477 .000 .706 .477 .525| 13.1 12.9 14.1 12.8 10.8| 109 108 107 3.1 2.8 .521| 4.4 5.1 10 Steve Harris 22 57 .442 .200 .926 .444 .500| 14.7 10.0 25.1 6.4 14.0| 105 110 107 0.7 1.3 .358| 1.4 1.2 3 Craig Ehlo 24 36 .429 .333 .793 .446 .506| 20.6 10.7 24.1 12.5 17.5| 109 106 107 0.6 0.4 .609| 0.9 0.8 2 Hank McDowell 26 22 .571 .000 .680 .571 .613| 8.7 14.5 12.6 12.9 10.3| 115 109 107 0.4 0.2 .666| 0.8 0.5 1 Granville Waiters 25 43 .333 .000 .167 .333 .324| 13.2 18.1 14.0 9.7 3.2| 75 108 107 0.0 0.5 .006| 0.0 0.5 0 +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+
Playoffs
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------------+
| Total | Shooting | Per Game |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------------+
Name | G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS| FG% 3P% FT%| MP TRB AST PTS|
+----------------------+--+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+
Hakeem Olajuwon |20 766 205 387 0 1 127 199 236 39 40 69 43 87 537| 53 0 64| 38 11.8 2.0 26.9|
Ralph Sampson |20 741 156 301 1 1 86 118 215 80 30 35 71 79 399| 52 100 73| 37 10.8 4.0 20.0|
Robert Reid |20 773 124 288 3 21 47 59 83 137 27 1 42 74 298| 43 14 80| 39 4.2 6.9 14.9|
Lewis Lloyd |20 589 116 241 2 5 47 58 66 86 16 6 47 47 281| 48 40 81| 29 3.3 4.3 14.1|
Rodney McCray |20 835 108 202 0 3 43 58 118 125 18 19 37 45 259| 53 0 74| 42 5.9 6.3 13.0|
Mitchell Wiggins |20 443 89 179 0 3 21 28 76 31 14 3 27 44 199| 50 0 75| 22 3.8 1.6 10.0|
Jim Petersen |20 378 44 108 0 0 23 33 111 21 9 9 16 58 111| 41 70| 19 5.6 1.1 5.6|
Allen Leavell |15 170 24 80 7 15 20 23 15 40 9 0 9 12 75| 30 47 87| 11 1.0 2.7 5.0|
Steve Harris |15 83 14 29 0 0 2 5 10 2 4 3 2 3 30| 48 40| 6 0.7 0.1 2.0|
Craig Ehlo |10 38 8 16 0 1 4 5 3 6 4 1 3 4 20| 50 0 80| 4 0.3 0.6 2.0|
Hank McDowell |13 33 2 7 0 0 5 8 8 2 0 0 2 6 9| 29 63| 3 0.6 0.2 0.7|
Granville Waiters |11 26 4 7 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 1 3 8| 57 | 2 0.5 0.0 0.7|
+----------------------+--+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+
Salaries
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).
| Craig Ehlo | $105,000 |
| Steve Harris | $160,000 |
| Allen Leavell | $200,000 |
| Lewis Lloyd | $215,000 |
| John Lucas | $231,000 |
| Rodney McCray | $495,000 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | $882,500 |
| Jim Petersen | $125,000 |
| Robert Reid | $400,000 |
| Ralph Sampson | $1,165,500 |
| Granville Waiters | $125,000 |
| Mitchell Wiggins | $155,000 |