Denver 112, Houston 110

March 21, 1989

Regular Season

Compaq Center (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 16,611

Officials: Bruce Alexander, Jack Madden, Jim Huetter

Team Rebounds: Denver (0) Houston (0)

Technicals: Denver (0) Houston (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DEN (36-30) 24 35 24 29 112
HOU (36-29) 34 21 27 28 110

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DEN 99 112.7 110.7
HOU 99 110.7 112.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DEN .505 0.131 0.371 0.181
HOU .529 0.201 0.300 0.207

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 44:00 6-12 3-7 5-7 16.9 1 2 3 6 2 2 0 1 20
42 Wayne Cooper Starter PF 29:00 4-8 0-0 1-2 8.2 3 2 5 1 5 2 2 1 9
2 Alex English Starter SF 40:00 15-29 0-0 7-7 17.4 3 1 4 3 0 0 0 2 37
12 Fat Lever Starter SG 40:00 8-16 0-0 0-0 22.0 0 6 6 11 1 5 0 2 16
41 Blair Rasmussen Starter C 30:00 7-15 0-0 0-0 5.0 2 3 5 1 4 0 0 1 14
6 Walter Davis Bench SF 09:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 -1.5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 2
22 David Greenwood Bench PF 08:00 0-2 0-0 2-2 -0.5 1 3 4 0 5 0 1 2 2
24 Bill Hanzlik Bench SF 26:00 4-9 0-1 2-2 10.5 1 4 5 4 2 2 0 1 10
21 Elston Turner Bench SG 14:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 6.0 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2
  Team                                
        240 46-94 3-8 17-20 104.0 13 22 35 30 21 11 3 13 112
          48.9% 37.5% 85.0%                    

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
6 Walter Berry Starter SF 21:00 7-9 0-0 0-0 11.5 0 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 14
21 Sleepy Floyd Starter PG 44:00 3-8 2-2 2-2 17.0 0 1 1 14 2 2 0 2 10
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter C 45:00 16-31 0-0 4-6 25.0 5 18 23 2 4 3 2 9 36
33 Otis Thorpe Starter PF 39:00 8-14 0-0 5-6 12.0 4 3 7 2 3 0 0 3 21
42 Mike Woodson Starter SG 25:00 3-8 0-0 0-0 4.2 3 3 6 2 2 0 0 2 6
3 Derrick Chievous Bench SF 19:00 5-7 0-0 2-2 9.5 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 1 12
1 Buck Johnson Bench SF 27:00 2-5 0-0 1-2 6.2 1 3 4 1 1 1 2 1 5
15 Frank Johnson Bench PG 05:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
40 Tim McCormick Bench C 12:00 0-2 0-1 2-2 0.8 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
10 Purvis Short Bench SF 03:00 1-2 0-1 2-2 3.8 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 4
  Team                                
        240 45-87 2-4 18-22 120.2 15 35 50 30 21 8 5 20 110
          51.7% 50.0% 81.8%                    

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Michael Adams
19.2p, 3.9r, 6.7a
Fat Lever
19.9p, 9.2r, 7.8a
Alex English
27.2p, 3.9r, 4.9a
Wayne Cooper
6.4p, 8.2r, 1.1a
Blair Rasmussen
7.6p, 3.8r, 0.6a
Rotation  
 
Elston Turner
4.7p, 3.8r, 1.9a
Bill Hanzlik
4.9p, 1.6r, 1.6a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Walter Davis
15.7p, 1.9r, 2.3a
David Greenwood
6.8p, 5.9r, 1.4a
 
 

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Sleepy Floyd
14.6p, 3.7r, 8.4a
Mike Woodson
13.7p, 2.5r, 2.6a
Walter Berry
8.4p, 3.7r, 1a
Otis Thorpe
15.9p, 9.8r, 2.4a
Hakeem Olajuwon
24.5p, 13.5r, 1.7a
Rotation  
 
 
 
Buck Johnson
9.6p, 4.4r, 2.1a
 
 
Tim McCormick
5.9p, 3.6r, 0.7a
Rotation  
 
 
 
Derrick Chievous
9.7p, 3.2r, 0.9a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT Frank Johnson
4.3p, 1.2r, 2.7a
 
 
Purvis Short
8.3p, 3r, 1.8a
 
 
 
 

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