1988-89 Houston Rockets Statistics
Team Record: 45-37
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 1-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Seattle Supersonics 3-1
Coach: Don Chaney (45-37)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 680,728, Avg. 16,603 in 41 home dates
1988-89 Houston Rockets Results
The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 45 wins and 37 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-3.
The Rockets racked up 8,897 points and gave up 8,819. Hakeem Olajuwon tossed in a team-best 2,034 points for Houston and racked up 1,105 rebounds. Sleepy Floyd dished out 709 assists for the squad.
On the defensive side of the ball, Hakeem Olajuwon added 213 steals and swatted a team-best 282 opponent shot attempts.
Don Chaney coached the team. The 1988-89 Houston Rockets lost in the conference first round.
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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 | 82 | 82 | 3024 | 1556 | 790 | 10 | 0 | 652 | 454 | 338 | 767 | 1105 | 149 | 213 | 282 | 275 | 329 | 2034 |
Otis Thorpe | F-C | 82 | 82 | 3135 | 961 | 521 | 2 | 0 | 450 | 328 | 272 | 515 | 787 | 202 | 82 | 37 | 225 | 259 | 1370 |
Sleepy Floyd | G | 82 | 82 | 2788 | 893 | 396 | 292 | 109 | 309 | 261 | 48 | 258 | 306 | 709 | 124 | 11 | 253 | 196 | 1162 |
Mike Woodson | G-F | 81 | 79 | 2259 | 936 | 410 | 89 | 31 | 237 | 195 | 51 | 143 | 194 | 206 | 89 | 18 | 136 | 195 | 1046 |
Derrick Chievous | F | 81 | 1 | 1539 | 634 | 277 | 24 | 5 | 244 | 191 | 114 | 142 | 256 | 77 | 48 | 11 | 136 | 161 | 750 |
Buck Johnson | F | 67 | 51 | 1850 | 515 | 270 | 9 | 1 | 134 | 101 | 114 | 172 | 286 | 126 | 64 | 35 | 110 | 213 | 642 |
Purvis Short | F-G | 65 | 16 | 1157 | 480 | 198 | 33 | 9 | 89 | 77 | 65 | 114 | 179 | 107 | 44 | 13 | 70 | 116 | 482 |
Tim McCormick | C | 81 | 0 | 1257 | 351 | 169 | 4 | 0 | 129 | 87 | 87 | 174 | 261 | 54 | 18 | 24 | 68 | 193 | 425 |
Walter Berry | F | 40 | 14 | 799 | 270 | 146 | 2 | 1 | 80 | 57 | 54 | 98 | 152 | 57 | 19 | 35 | 49 | 114 | 350 |
Frank Johnson | G | 67 | 0 | 879 | 246 | 109 | 6 | 1 | 93 | 75 | 22 | 57 | 79 | 181 | 42 | 0 | 102 | 91 | 294 |
Allen Leavell | G | 55 | 3 | 627 | 188 | 65 | 41 | 5 | 60 | 44 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 127 | 25 | 5 | 62 | 61 | 179 |
Chuck Nevitt | C | 43 | 0 | 228 | 62 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 47 | 64 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 51 | 65 |
Bernard Thompson | F-G | 23 | 0 | 222 | 59 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 33 | 62 |
Tony Brown | F-G | 14 | 0 | 91 | 45 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 36 |
Totals | 863 | 410 | 19855 | 7196 | 3412 | 523 | 164 | 2527 | 1909 | 1211 | 2554 | 3765 | 2016 | 789 | 501 | 1534 | 2026 | 8897 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hakeem Olajuwon | C | 82 | 82 | 36.9 | 50.8 | 0.0 | 69.6 | 4.1 | 9.4 | 13.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 24.8 |
Otis Thorpe | F-C | 82 | 82 | 38.2 | 54.2 | 0.0 | 72.9 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 9.6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 16.7 |
Sleepy Floyd | G | 82 | 82 | 34.0 | 44.3 | 37.3 | 84.5 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 14.2 |
Mike Woodson | G-F | 81 | 79 | 27.9 | 43.8 | 34.8 | 82.3 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 12.9 |
Derrick Chievous | F | 81 | 1 | 19.0 | 43.7 | 20.8 | 78.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 9.3 |
Buck Johnson | F | 67 | 51 | 27.6 | 52.4 | 11.1 | 75.4 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 9.6 |
Purvis Short | F-G | 65 | 16 | 17.8 | 41.3 | 27.3 | 86.5 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 7.4 |
Tim McCormick | C | 81 | 0 | 15.5 | 48.1 | 0.0 | 67.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 5.2 |
Walter Berry | F | 40 | 14 | 20.0 | 54.1 | 50.0 | 71.3 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 8.8 |
Frank Johnson | G | 67 | 0 | 13.1 | 44.3 | 16.7 | 80.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 4.4 |
Allen Leavell | G | 55 | 3 | 11.4 | 34.6 | 12.2 | 73.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
Chuck Nevitt | C | 43 | 0 | 5.3 | 43.5 | 68.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | |
Bernard Thompson | F-G | 23 | 0 | 9.7 | 33.9 | 0.0 | 84.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.7 |
Tony Brown | F-G | 14 | 0 | 6.5 | 31.1 | 22.2 | 75.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
Averages | 863 | 410 | 23.0 | 47.4 | 31.4 | 75.5 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 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 | 4 | 162 | 81 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 38 | 52 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 101 |
Otis Thorpe | F-C | 4 | 152 | 37 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 64 |
Sleepy Floyd | G | 4 | 160 | 46 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 62 |
Mike Woodson | G-F | 4 | 137 | 49 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 47 |
Buck Johnson | F | 4 | 118 | 40 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 46 |
Walter Berry | F | 4 | 57 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 33 |
Tim McCormick | C | 4 | 53 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 22 |
Purvis Short | F-G | 4 | 37 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 19 |
Derrick Chievous | F | 4 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
Frank Johnson | G | 4 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
Allen Leavell | G | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Chuck Nevitt | C | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 44 | 960 | 339 | 160 | 29 | 11 | 130 | 95 | 51 | 106 | 157 | 97 | 37 | 21 | 64 | 100 | 426 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hakeem Olajuwon | C | 4 | 40.5 | 51.9 | 68.0 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 13.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 25.3 | |
Otis Thorpe | F-C | 4 | 38.0 | 64.9 | 76.2 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 16.0 | |
Sleepy Floyd | G | 4 | 40.0 | 47.8 | 53.3 | 71.4 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 15.5 |
Mike Woodson | G-F | 4 | 34.3 | 34.7 | 33.3 | 83.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 11.8 |
Buck Johnson | F | 4 | 29.5 | 47.5 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 11.5 |
Walter Berry | F | 4 | 14.3 | 50.0 | 87.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 8.3 | |
Tim McCormick | C | 4 | 13.3 | 53.8 | 0.0 | 88.9 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 5.5 |
Purvis Short | F-G | 4 | 9.3 | 38.1 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 4.8 |
Derrick Chievous | F | 4 | 10.0 | 29.4 | 80.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 4.5 | |
Frank Johnson | G | 4 | 9.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
Allen Leavell | G | 2 | 2.5 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
Chuck Nevitt | C | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Averages | 863 | 21.8 | 47.2 | 37.9 | 73.1 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 9.7 |