1997-98 Houston Rockets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 41-41
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Utah Jazz 3-2
Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich (41-41)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 667,685, Avg. 16,285 in 41 home dates

1997-98 Houston Rockets Roster
1997-98 Houston Rockets Results

The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 41 wins and 41 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

The Rockets poured in 8,099 points and allowed 8,161.

Rudy Tomjanovich coached the team. The 1997-98 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
Kevin Willis	F-C	81	74	2528	1041	531	7	1	305	242	232	447	679	78	55	38	170	235	1305
Clyde Drexler	G-F	70	70	2473	1059	452	334	106	346	277	105	241	346	382	126	42	189	193	1287
Charles Barkley	F	68	41	2243	744	361	84	18	397	296	241	553	794	217	71	28	147	187	1036
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	47	45	1633	633	306	3	0	212	160	116	344	460	143	84	96	126	152	772
Matt Maloney	G	78	78	2217	586	239	346	126	78	65	16	126	142	219	62	5	107	99	669
Eddie Johnson	F-G	75	1	1490	544	227	198	66	136	113	50	103	153	88	32	3	62	89	633
Mario Elie	G-F	73	59	1988	456	206	189	55	174	145	39	117	156	221	81	8	100	115	612
Matt Bullard	F	67	24	1190	389	175	231	96	27	20	25	121	146	60	31	24	39	104	466
Brent Price	G	72	2	1332	310	128	187	73	98	77	37	70	107	192	52	4	111	163	406
Othella Harrington	F-C	58	3	903	266	129	1	0	122	92	73	134	207	24	10	27	47	112	350
Rodrick Rhodes	G-F	58	13	1070	305	112	8	2	180	111	28	42	70	110	62	10	97	125	337
Emanual Davis	G	45	0	599	142	63	72	27	37	31	10	37	47	59	17	3	52	55	184
Joe Stephens	F	7	0	37	28	10	10	3	6	4	3	3	6	1	2	0	2	2	27
Charles Jones	F-C	24	0	127	10	7	0	0	2	1	12	12	24	5	1	6	4	22	15
Totals		823	410	19830	6513	2946	1670	573	2120	1634	987	2350	3337	1799	686	294	1253	1653	8099

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kevin Willis	F-C	81	74	31.2	51.0	14.3	79.3	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.0	0.7	0.5	2.1	2.9	16.1
Clyde Drexler	G-F	70	70	35.3	42.7	31.7	80.1	1.5	3.4	4.9	5.5	1.8	0.6	2.7	2.8	18.4
Charles Barkley	F	68	41	33.0	48.5	21.4	74.6	3.5	8.1	11.7	3.2	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.8	15.2
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	47	45	34.7	48.3	0.0	75.5	2.5	7.3	9.8	3.0	1.8	2.0	2.7	3.2	16.4
Matt Maloney	G	78	78	28.4	40.8	36.4	83.3	0.2	1.6	1.8	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.3	8.6
Eddie Johnson	F-G	75	1	19.9	41.7	33.3	83.1	0.7	1.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.2	8.4
Mario Elie	G-F	73	59	27.2	45.2	29.1	83.3	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.0	1.1	0.1	1.4	1.6	8.4
Matt Bullard	F	67	24	17.8	45.0	41.6	74.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.6	7.0
Brent Price	G	72	2	18.5	41.3	39.0	78.6	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.5	2.3	5.6
Othella Harrington	F-C	58	3	15.6	48.5	0.0	75.4	1.3	2.3	3.6	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.9	6.0
Rodrick Rhodes	G-F	58	13	18.4	36.7	25.0	61.7	0.5	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.1	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.8
Emanual Davis	G	45	0	13.3	44.4	37.5	83.8	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.3	0.4	0.1	1.2	1.2	4.1
Joe Stephens	F	7	0	5.3	35.7	30.0	66.7	0.4	0.4	0.9	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	3.9
Charles Jones	F-C	24	0	5.3	70.0		50.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.6
Averages		823	410	24.1	45.2	34.3	77.1	1.2	2.9	4.1	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.0	9.8

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	5	190	99	39	1	0	33	24	9	45	54	12	5	16	13	18	102
Clyde Drexler	G-F	5	182	68	21	26	5	37	28	9	18	27	23	8	3	13	15	75
Kevin Willis	F-C	5	168	55	22	1	0	16	12	18	35	53	5	8	3	12	21	56
Charles Barkley	F	4	87	23	12	2	0	21	12	5	16	21	4	5	0	6	12	36
Mario Elie	G-F	5	133	27	12	9	3	9	6	3	10	13	6	2	0	5	10	33
Matt Maloney	G	5	165	30	10	20	5	9	8	0	8	8	18	2	2	4	11	33
Eddie Johnson	F-G	5	89	27	9	10	3	8	7	4	4	8	1	0	0	3	10	28
Brent Price	G	5	75	15	6	13	5	3	2	1	8	9	6	4	0	6	12	19
Matt Bullard	F	5	70	18	6	10	3	2	2	3	5	8	5	1	0	0	5	17
Othella Harrington	F-C	3	23	12	6	1	0	5	4	3	4	7	0	0	1	0	1	16
Rodrick Rhodes	G-F	3	7	3	2	0	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	6
Charles Jones	F-C	4	11	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	4	2
Totals		54	1200	377	145	93	24	149	109	56	156	212	81	36	25	63	119	423

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	5	38.0	39.4	0.0	72.7	1.8	9.0	10.8	2.4	1.0	3.2	2.6	3.6	20.4
Clyde Drexler	G-F	5	36.4	30.9	19.2	75.7	1.8	3.6	5.4	4.6	1.6	0.6	2.6	3.0	15.0
Kevin Willis	F-C	5	33.6	40.0	0.0	75.0	3.6	7.0	10.6	1.0	1.6	0.6	2.4	4.2	11.2
Charles Barkley	F	4	21.8	52.2	0.0	57.1	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	1.5	3.0	9.0
Mario Elie	G-F	5	26.6	44.4	33.3	66.7	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.6
Matt Maloney	G	5	33.0	33.3	25.0	88.9	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.2	6.6
Eddie Johnson	F-G	5	17.8	33.3	30.0	87.5	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.0	5.6
Brent Price	G	5	15.0	40.0	38.5	66.7	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.2	0.8	0.0	1.2	2.4	3.8
Matt Bullard	F	5	14.0	33.3	30.0	100.0	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.4
Othella Harrington	F-C	3	7.7	50.0	0.0	80.0	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	5.3
Rodrick Rhodes	G-F	3	2.3	66.7		50.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.0
Charles Jones	F-C	4	2.8			100.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5
Averages		823	22.2	38.5	25.8	73.2	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.5	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.2	7.8