1986-87 Houston Rockets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 42-40
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 5-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Portland Trail Blazers 3-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Seattle Supersonics 4-2
Coach: Bill Fitch (42-40)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 660,175, Avg. 16,102 in 41 home dates

1986-87 Houston Rockets Roster
1986-87 Houston Rockets Results

The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 42 wins and 40 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-5.

The Rockets tossed in 8,765 points and surrendered 8,683. Hakeem Olajuwon scored a team-best 1,755 points for Houston and racked up 858 rebounds. Rodney McCray dished out 434 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Hakeem Olajuwon added 140 steals and swatted a team-best 254 opponent shot attempts.

Bill Fitch coached the team. The 1986-87 Houston Rockets lost in the conference semifinals.

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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	75	75	2760	1332	677	5	1	570	400	315	543	858	220	140	254	228	294	1755
Rodney McCray	F-G	81	81	3136	783	432	9	0	393	306	190	388	578	434	88	53	208	172	1170
Robert Reid	F-G	75	63	2594	1006	420	162	53	177	136	47	242	289	323	75	21	104	232	1029
Jim Petersen	F-C	82	56	2403	755	386	4	0	209	152	177	380	557	127	43	102	152	268	924
Ralph Sampson	C-F	43	32	1326	566	277	3	0	189	118	88	284	372	120	40	58	126	169	672
Steve Harris	G	74	3	1174	599	251	8	0	130	111	71	99	170	100	37	16	74	111	613
Dirk Minniefield	G	63	52	1478	440	205	34	11	86	61	28	102	130	335	66	6	145	166	482
Allen Leavell	G	53	11	1175	358	147	57	18	119	100	14	47	61	224	53	10	64	126	412
Lewis Lloyd	G-F	32	14	688	310	165	7	1	86	65	13	35	48	90	19	5	52	69	396
Mitchell Wiggins	G	32	19	788	350	153	5	0	65	49	74	59	133	76	44	3	50	82	355
Cedric Maxwell	F	46	0	836	188	103	1	0	163	126	72	112	184	75	13	5	48	76	332
Dave Feitl	C	62	1	498	202	88	1	0	71	53	39	78	117	22	9	4	38	83	229
Buck Johnson	F	60	3	520	201	94	1	0	58	40	38	50	88	40	17	15	37	81	228
Richard Anderson	F-C	51	0	312	139	59	16	4	29	22	24	55	79	33	7	3	19	37	144
Conner Henry	G	18	0	92	33	8	11	1	10	7	0	7	7	8	3	0	9	7	24
Totals		847	410	19780	7262	3465	324	89	2355	1746	1190	2481	3671	2227	654	555	1354	1973	8765

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	75	75	36.8	50.8	20.0	70.2	4.2	7.2	11.4	2.9	1.9	3.4	3.0	3.9	23.4
Rodney McCray	F-G	81	81	38.7	55.2	0.0	77.9	2.3	4.8	7.1	5.4	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.1	14.4
Robert Reid	F-G	75	63	34.6	41.7	32.7	76.8	0.6	3.2	3.9	4.3	1.0	0.3	1.4	3.1	13.7
Jim Petersen	F-C	82	56	29.3	51.1	0.0	72.7	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.5	0.5	1.2	1.9	3.3	11.3
Ralph Sampson	C-F	43	32	30.8	48.9	0.0	62.4	2.0	6.6	8.7	2.8	0.9	1.3	2.9	3.9	15.6
Steve Harris	G	74	3	15.9	41.9	0.0	85.4	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.5	8.3
Dirk Minniefield	G	63	52	23.5	46.6	32.4	70.9	0.4	1.6	2.1	5.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.6	7.7
Allen Leavell	G	53	11	22.2	41.1	31.6	84.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	4.2	1.0	0.2	1.2	2.4	7.8
Lewis Lloyd	G-F	32	14	21.5	53.2	14.3	75.6	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.8	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	12.4
Mitchell Wiggins	G	32	19	24.6	43.7	0.0	75.4	2.3	1.8	4.2	2.4	1.4	0.1	1.6	2.6	11.1
Cedric Maxwell	F	46	0	18.2	54.8	0.0	77.3	1.6	2.4	4.0	1.6	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.7	7.2
Dave Feitl	C	62	1	8.0	43.6	0.0	74.6	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.3	3.7
Buck Johnson	F	60	3	8.7	46.8	0.0	69.0	0.6	0.8	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.4	3.8
Richard Anderson	F-C	51	0	6.1	42.4	25.0	75.9	0.5	1.1	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.7	2.8
Conner Henry	G	18	0	5.1	24.2	9.1	70.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.4	1.3
Averages		847	410	23.4	47.7	27.5	74.1	1.4	2.9	4.3	2.6	0.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	10.3

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	10	389	179	110	1	0	97	72	39	74	113	25	13	43	36	44	292
Ralph Sampson	C-F	10	330	146	75	2	1	43	35	27	61	88	21	2	12	31	47	186
Rodney McCray	F-G	10	436	101	57	2	0	54	43	32	51	83	56	5	9	26	21	157
Allen Leavell	G	10	384	107	44	16	4	60	49	6	19	25	72	19	3	28	42	141
Robert Reid	F-G	10	431	155	56	17	2	23	15	6	30	36	48	10	3	27	36	129
Jim Petersen	F-C	10	187	51	28	0	0	18	12	14	32	46	6	5	2	10	26	68
Cedric Maxwell	F	10	177	34	18	1	0	35	26	11	22	33	17	4	0	8	17	62
Steve Harris	G	9	91	43	16	1	0	6	5	3	4	7	5	3	0	3	15	37
Dirk Minniefield	G	8	27	8	4	1	0	6	6	2	0	2	2	1	0	4	8	14
Richard Anderson	F-C	5	5	3	1	2	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	5
Buck Johnson	F	5	10	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
Dave Feitl	C	6	8	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Totals		103	2475	833	411	43	8	346	267	141	294	435	252	62	72	176	258	1097

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	10	38.9	61.5	0.0	74.2	3.9	7.4	11.3	2.5	1.3	4.3	3.6	4.4	29.2
Ralph Sampson	C-F	10	33.0	51.4	50.0	81.4	2.7	6.1	8.8	2.1	0.2	1.2	3.1	4.7	18.6
Rodney McCray	F-G	10	43.6	56.4	0.0	79.6	3.2	5.1	8.3	5.6	0.5	0.9	2.6	2.1	15.7
Allen Leavell	G	10	38.4	41.1	25.0	81.7	0.6	1.9	2.5	7.2	1.9	0.3	2.8	4.2	14.1
Robert Reid	F-G	10	43.1	36.1	11.8	65.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.6	12.9
Jim Petersen	F-C	10	18.7	54.9		66.7	1.4	3.2	4.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.6	6.8
Cedric Maxwell	F	10	17.7	52.9	0.0	74.3	1.1	2.2	3.3	1.7	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.7	6.2
Steve Harris	G	9	10.1	37.2	0.0	83.3	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.7	4.1
Dirk Minniefield	G	8	3.4	50.0	0.0	100.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.8
Richard Anderson	F-C	5	1.0	33.3	50.0	100.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.0
Buck Johnson	F	5	2.0	33.3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.8
Dave Feitl	C	6	1.3			100.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
Averages		847	24.0	49.3	18.6	77.2	1.4	2.9	4.2	2.4	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.5	10.7

1986-87 Houston Rockets Statistics

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