1985-86 Houston Rockets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 51-31
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 13-7 Lost finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Sacramento Kings 3-0
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Denver Nuggets 4-2
Conference Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-2
Coach: Bill Fitch (51-31)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 604,644, Avg. 14,747 in 41 home dates

1985-86 Houston Rockets Roster
1985-86 Houston Rockets Results

The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1985-86 season with a record of 51 wins and 31 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 13-7.

The Rockets poured in 9,379 points and yielded 9,165. Hakeem Olajuwon tossed in a team-best 1,597 points for Houston, and Ralph Sampson scored 18 or more per game, too. Ralph Sampson contributed 879 boards. John Lucas dished out 571 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Hakeem Olajuwon added 134 steals and swatted a team-best 231 opponent shot attempts.

Bill Fitch coached the team. The 1985-86 Houston Rockets lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	68	68	2467	1188	625	0	0	538	347	333	448	781	137	134	231	195	271	1597
Ralph Sampson	C-F	79	76	2864	1280	624	15	2	376	241	258	621	879	283	99	129	285	308	1491
Lewis Lloyd	G-F	82	82	2444	1119	592	15	3	236	199	155	169	324	300	102	24	194	216	1386
John Lucas	G	65	65	2120	818	365	146	45	298	231	33	110	143	571	77	5	149	124	1006
Robert Reid	F-G	82	5	2157	881	409	33	6	214	162	67	234	301	222	91	16	96	231	986
Rodney McCray	F-G	82	82	2610	629	338	3	0	222	171	159	361	520	292	50	58	130	197	847
Allen Leavell	G	74	12	1190	458	212	67	24	158	135	6	61	67	234	58	8	88	126	583
Mitchell Wiggins	G	78	0	1198	489	222	12	1	118	86	87	72	159	101	59	5	62	155	531
Jim Petersen	F-C	82	20	1664	411	196	3	0	160	113	149	247	396	85	38	54	84	231	505
Steve Harris	G	57	0	482	233	103	5	1	54	50	25	32	57	50	21	4	34	55	257
Craig Ehlo	G-F	36	0	199	84	36	9	3	29	23	17	29	46	29	11	4	15	22	98
Hank McDowell	F-C	22	0	204	42	24	1	0	25	17	12	37	49	6	1	3	10	25	65
Granville Waiters	C	43	0	156	39	13	1	0	6	1	15	13	28	8	4	10	11	30	27
Totals		850	410	19755	7671	3759	310	85	2434	1776	1316	2434	3750	2318	745	551	1353	1991	9379

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	68	68	36.3	52.6		64.5	4.9	6.6	11.5	2.0	2.0	3.4	2.9	4.0	23.5
Ralph Sampson	C-F	79	76	36.3	48.8	13.3	64.1	3.3	7.9	11.1	3.6	1.3	1.6	3.6	3.9	18.9
Lewis Lloyd	G-F	82	82	29.8	52.9	20.0	84.3	1.9	2.1	4.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	2.4	2.6	16.9
John Lucas	G	65	65	32.6	44.6	30.8	77.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	8.8	1.2	0.1	2.3	1.9	15.5
Robert Reid	F-G	82	5	26.3	46.4	18.2	75.7	0.8	2.9	3.7	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.2	2.8	12.0
Rodney McCray	F-G	82	82	31.8	53.7	0.0	77.0	1.9	4.4	6.3	3.6	0.6	0.7	1.6	2.4	10.3
Allen Leavell	G	74	12	16.1	46.3	35.8	85.4	0.1	0.8	0.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.7	7.9
Mitchell Wiggins	G	78	0	15.4	45.4	8.3	72.9	1.1	0.9	2.0	1.3	0.8	0.1	0.8	2.0	6.8
Jim Petersen	F-C	82	20	20.3	47.7	0.0	70.6	1.8	3.0	4.8	1.0	0.5	0.7	1.0	2.8	6.2
Steve Harris	G	57	0	8.5	44.2	20.0	92.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	4.5
Craig Ehlo	G-F	36	0	5.5	42.9	33.3	79.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	2.7
Hank McDowell	F-C	22	0	9.3	57.1	0.0	68.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.5	1.1	3.0
Granville Waiters	C	43	0	3.6	33.3	0.0	16.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.6
Averages		850	410	23.2	49.0	27.4	73.0	1.5	2.9	4.4	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.6	2.3	11.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	20	766	387	205	1	0	199	127	101	135	236	39	40	69	43	87	537
Ralph Sampson	C-F	20	741	301	156	1	1	118	86	66	149	215	80	30	35	71	79	399
Robert Reid	F-G	20	773	288	124	21	3	59	47	13	70	83	137	27	1	42	74	298
Lewis Lloyd	G-F	20	589	241	116	5	2	58	47	34	32	66	86	16	6	47	47	281
Rodney McCray	F-G	20	835	202	108	3	0	58	43	23	95	118	125	18	19	37	45	259
Mitchell Wiggins	G	20	443	179	89	3	0	28	21	38	38	76	31	14	3	27	44	199
Jim Petersen	F-C	20	378	108	44	0	0	33	23	47	64	111	21	9	9	16	58	111
Allen Leavell	G	15	170	80	24	15	7	23	20	3	12	15	40	9	0	9	12	75
Steve Harris	G	15	83	29	14	0	0	5	2	5	5	10	2	4	3	2	3	30
Craig Ehlo	G-F	10	38	16	8	1	0	5	4	1	2	3	6	4	1	3	4	20
Hank McDowell	F-C	13	33	7	2	0	0	8	5	4	4	8	2	0	0	2	6	9
Granville Waiters	C	11	26	7	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	1	3	1	3	8
Totals		204	4875	1845	894	50	13	594	425	337	609	946	569	172	149	300	462	2226

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	20	38.3	53.0	0.0	63.8	5.1	6.8	11.8	2.0	2.0	3.5	2.2	4.4	26.9
Ralph Sampson	C-F	20	37.1	51.8	100.0	72.9	3.3	7.5	10.8	4.0	1.5	1.8	3.6	4.0	20.0
Robert Reid	F-G	20	38.7	43.1	14.3	79.7	0.7	3.5	4.2	6.9	1.4	0.1	2.1	3.7	14.9
Lewis Lloyd	G-F	20	29.5	48.1	40.0	81.0	1.7	1.6	3.3	4.3	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.4	14.1
Rodney McCray	F-G	20	41.8	53.5	0.0	74.1	1.2	4.8	5.9	6.3	0.9	1.0	1.9	2.3	13.0
Mitchell Wiggins	G	20	22.2	49.7	0.0	75.0	1.9	1.9	3.8	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.2	10.0
Jim Petersen	F-C	20	18.9	40.7		69.7	2.4	3.2	5.6	1.1	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.9	5.6
Allen Leavell	G	15	11.3	30.0	46.7	87.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.7	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.8	5.0
Steve Harris	G	15	5.5	48.3		40.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	2.0
Craig Ehlo	G-F	10	3.8	50.0	0.0	80.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.4	2.0
Hank McDowell	F-C	13	2.5	28.6		62.5	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.7
Granville Waiters	C	11	2.4	57.1			0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.7
Averages		850	23.9	48.5	26.0	71.5	1.7	3.0	4.6	2.8	0.8	0.7	1.5	2.3	10.9