1987-88 Houston Rockets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 46-36
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 1-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Dallas Mavericks 3-1
Coach: Bill Fitch (46-36)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 681,051, Avg. 16,611 in 41 home dates

1987-88 Houston Rockets Roster
1987-88 Houston Rockets Results

The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 46 wins and 36 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-3.

Houston tossed in 8,935 points and allowed 8,821. Hakeem Olajuwon scored a team-best 1,805 points for the Rockets and racked up 959 rebounds. Allen Leavell dished out 405 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Hakeem Olajuwon added 162 steals and swatted a team-best 214 opponent shot attempts.

Bill Fitch coached the team. The 1987-88 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	79	79	2825	1385	712	4	0	548	381	302	657	959	163	162	214	243	324	1805
Purvis Short	F-G	81	11	1949	986	474	21	5	240	206	71	151	222	162	58	14	118	197	1159
Rodney McCray	F-G	81	80	2689	746	359	4	0	367	288	232	399	631	264	57	51	144	166	1006
Allen Leavell	G	80	54	2150	666	291	88	19	251	218	22	126	148	405	124	9	130	162	819
Sleepy Floyd	G	59	55	1834	668	288	52	13	215	185	51	154	205	366	68	10	156	144	774
Joe Barry Carroll	C-F	63	16	1596	715	323	1	0	151	113	110	286	396	94	37	81	121	149	759
Jim Petersen	F-C	69	50	1793	488	249	6	1	153	114	145	291	436	106	36	40	119	203	613
Robert Reid	F-G	62	31	980	356	165	34	13	63	50	38	87	125	67	27	5	41	118	393
Buck Johnson	F	70	2	879	298	155	8	1	91	67	77	91	168	49	30	26	54	127	378
World Free	G	58	0	682	350	143	35	8	100	80	14	30	44	60	20	3	49	74	374
Ralph Sampson	C-F	19	19	705	271	119	6	2	85	63	58	114	172	37	17	33	62	63	303
Cedric Maxwell	F	71	0	848	171	80	2	0	143	110	74	105	179	60	22	12	54	75	270
Lester Conner	G	52	3	399	108	50	7	0	41	32	20	18	38	59	38	1	33	31	132
Steve Harris	G	14	10	199	86	34	1	0	16	15	12	9	21	17	8	2	6	15	83
Andre Turner	G	12	0	99	34	12	7	1	14	10	4	4	8	23	7	1	12	13	35
Richard Anderson	F-C	12	0	53	26	11	15	6	5	4	9	8	17	4	1	0	1	4	32
Totals		882	410	19680	7354	3465	291	69	2483	1936	1239	2530	3769	1936	712	502	1343	1865	8935

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	79	79	35.8	51.4	0.0	69.5	3.8	8.3	12.1	2.1	2.1	2.7	3.1	4.1	22.8
Purvis Short	F-G	81	11	24.1	48.1	23.8	85.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	2.0	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	14.3
Rodney McCray	F-G	81	80	33.2	48.1	0.0	78.5	2.9	4.9	7.8	3.3	0.7	0.6	1.8	2.0	12.4
Allen Leavell	G	80	54	26.9	43.7	21.6	86.9	0.3	1.6	1.9	5.1	1.6	0.1	1.6	2.0	10.2
Sleepy Floyd	G	59	55	31.1	43.1	25.0	86.0	0.9	2.6	3.5	6.2	1.2	0.2	2.6	2.4	13.1
Joe Barry Carroll	C-F	63	16	25.3	45.2	0.0	74.8	1.7	4.5	6.3	1.5	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.4	12.0
Jim Petersen	F-C	69	50	26.0	51.0	16.7	74.5	2.1	4.2	6.3	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.7	2.9	8.9
Robert Reid	F-G	62	31	15.8	46.3	38.2	79.4	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.9	6.3
Buck Johnson	F	70	2	12.6	52.0	12.5	73.6	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.8	5.4
World Free	G	58	0	11.8	40.9	22.9	80.0	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.3	6.4
Ralph Sampson	C-F	19	19	37.1	43.9	33.3	74.1	3.1	6.0	9.1	1.9	0.9	1.7	3.3	3.3	15.9
Cedric Maxwell	F	71	0	11.9	46.8	0.0	76.9	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.1	3.8
Lester Conner	G	52	3	7.7	46.3	0.0	78.0	0.4	0.3	0.7	1.1	0.7	0.0	0.6	0.6	2.5
Steve Harris	G	14	10	14.2	39.5	0.0	93.8	0.9	0.6	1.5	1.2	0.6	0.1	0.4	1.1	5.9
Andre Turner	G	12	0	8.3	35.3	14.3	71.4	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.9
Richard Anderson	F-C	12	0	4.4	42.3	40.0	80.0	0.8	0.7	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	2.7
Averages		882	410	22.3	47.1	23.7	78.0	1.4	2.9	4.3	2.2	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.1	10.1

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	98	56	1	0	43	38	20	47	67	7	9	11	9	14	150
Sleepy Floyd	G	4	154	61	26	8	4	22	19	3	4	7	34	8	0	12	10	75
Joe Barry Carroll	C-F	4	116	47	18	0	0	10	8	8	11	19	2	3	1	5	12	44
Robert Reid	F-G	4	114	33	15	7	3	3	2	3	12	15	8	2	0	3	13	35
Rodney McCray	F-G	4	159	31	12	1	0	12	8	15	12	27	9	4	3	7	12	32
Jim Petersen	F-C	4	98	23	12	0	0	12	7	7	14	21	6	1	2	4	11	31
Purvis Short	F-G	4	71	26	7	1	0	8	8	4	5	9	1	1	0	4	8	22
Allen Leavell	G	4	38	19	7	6	2	4	4	0	3	3	9	2	0	6	6	20
Buck Johnson	F	4	20	3	2	0	0	2	1	2	2	4	0	1	0	4	1	5
Lester Conner	G	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
Cedric Maxwell	F	4	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
World Free	G	2	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	0
Totals		43	960	345	156	25	9	118	97	64	112	176	79	32	17	57	90	418

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	57.1	0.0	88.4	5.0	11.8	16.8	1.8	2.3	2.8	2.3	3.5	37.5
Sleepy Floyd	G	4	38.5	42.6	50.0	86.4	0.8	1.0	1.8	8.5	2.0	0.0	3.0	2.5	18.8
Joe Barry Carroll	C-F	4	29.0	38.3		80.0	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.5	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.0	11.0
Robert Reid	F-G	4	28.5	45.5	42.9	66.7	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	3.3	8.8
Rodney McCray	F-G	4	39.8	38.7	0.0	66.7	3.8	3.0	6.8	2.3	1.0	0.8	1.8	3.0	8.0
Jim Petersen	F-C	4	24.5	52.2		58.3	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.5	0.3	0.5	1.0	2.8	7.8
Purvis Short	F-G	4	17.8	26.9	0.0	100.0	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	5.5
Allen Leavell	G	4	9.5	36.8	33.3	100.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.3	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	5.0
Buck Johnson	F	4	5.0	66.7		50.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.3
Lester Conner	G	1	1.0			100.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Cedric Maxwell	F	4	3.8	50.0			0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5
World Free	G	2	6.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	0.0
Averages		882	22.3	45.2	36.0	82.2	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.8	0.7	0.4	1.3	2.1	9.7