Houston 103, Denver 113

March 2, 1989

Regular Season

McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 11,603

Officials: Jess Kersey, Ted Bernhardt, Mike Lauerman

Team Rebounds: Houston (0) Denver (0)

Technicals: Houston (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (31-24) 34 19 14 36 103
DEN (31-26) 30 28 30 25 113

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 102 100.5 110.3
DEN 102 110.3 100.5

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .494 0.185 0.206 0.316
DEN .512 0.137 0.195 0.337

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
21 Sleepy Floyd Starter PG 34:00 6-13 2-5 0-0 13.8 0 2 2 9 2 1 1 2 14
1 Buck Johnson Starter SF 21:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 0.2 1 0 1 0 6 0 1 1 6
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter C 24:00 7-13 0-0 2-4 6.5 1 9 10 0 2 0 0 5 16
33 Otis Thorpe Starter PF 22:00 4-8 0-0 1-2 -0.5 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 9
42 Mike Woodson Starter SG 23:00 2-6 0-1 4-4 8.2 0 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 8
6 Walter Berry Bench PF 30:00 5-9 0-0 2-2 7.5 3 2 5 2 5 1 1 3 12
3 Derrick Chievous Bench SF 19:00 2-5 0-0 5-6 10.0 0 6 6 1 1 2 0 0 9
15 Frank Johnson Bench PG 12:00 0-1 0-0 1-2 0.0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
30 Allen Leavell Bench PG 12:00 0-1 0-1 1-2 4.2 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 1
40 Tim McCormick Bench C 29:00 9-13 0-0 5-5 14.6 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 2 23
52 Chuck Nevitt Bench C 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Purvis Short Bench SF 13:00 0-5 0-1 4-4 -4.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4
  Team                                
        240 38-79 2-8 25-31 90.4 7 27 34 22 26 7 4 19 103
          48.1% 25.0% 80.6%                    

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
14 Michael Adams Starter PG 36:00 5-10 1-3 5-6 7.2 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 1 16
42 Wayne Cooper Starter PF 22:00 5-6 0-0 0-0 12.0 0 8 8 0 5 0 5 2 10
2 Alex English Starter SF 35:00 10-21 0-0 6-8 11.0 2 1 3 4 2 2 0 4 26
12 Fat Lever Starter SG 38:00 6-12 0-0 5-8 23.5 1 10 11 10 2 0 1 0 17
34 Danny Schayes Starter C 27:00 4-10 0-0 4-6 2.5 0 3 3 0 4 2 0 2 12
6 Walter Davis Bench SF 21:00 4-8 0-0 1-2 3.2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 9
24 Bill Hanzlik Bench SF 25:00 5-7 0-1 6-6 9.5 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 2 16
41 Blair Rasmussen Bench C 18:00 1-5 0-0 0-0 6.0 2 3 5 2 1 1 1 0 2
21 Elston Turner Bench SG 18:00 2-4 0-0 1-2 5.2 2 2 4 0 3 3 0 1 5
  Team                                
        240 42-83 1-4 28-38 94.2 8 33 41 22 24 8 7 14 113
          50.6% 25.0% 73.7%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Sleepy Floyd
15p, 3.6r, 8.3a		 Mike Woodson
14p, 2.3r, 2.6a		 Buck Johnson
10.7p, 5r, 2.3a		 Otis Thorpe
15.8p, 10r, 2.4a		 Hakeem Olajuwon
24.2p, 13.2r, 1.7a
Rotation Allen Leavell
3p, 0.7r, 2a		  
 		 Derrick Chievous
10p, 3.1r, 0.8a		 Walter Berry
8.3p, 3.6r, 0.7a		 Tim McCormick
6.2p, 3.7r, 0.7a
Rotation Frank Johnson
4.4p, 1.2r, 2.8a		  
 		 Purvis Short
9.2p, 3.3r, 2a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Chuck Nevitt
1.2p, 1.3r, 0.1a

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Michael Adams
19.7p, 3.9r, 6.5a		 Fat Lever
20.2p, 9.4r, 7.8a		 Alex English
26.9p, 4r, 4.8a		 Wayne Cooper
6.5p, 8.6r, 1.1a		 Danny Schayes
12.5p, 6.4r, 1.4a
Rotation  
 		 Elston Turner
4.9p, 4r, 1.9a		 Bill Hanzlik
5.1p, 1.6r, 1.6a		  
 		 Blair Rasmussen
7.3p, 3.5r, 0.6a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Walter Davis
16.3p, 1.8r, 2.3a		  
 		  
 

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Indiana Pacers 131
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Los Angeles Clippers 113
Portland Trail Blazers 119
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New Jersey Nets 114
Charlotte Hornets (1988) 103
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New York Knicks 132
Miami Heat 123
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Phoenix Suns 110
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