Houston 115, Denver 128

March 4, 1986

Regular Season

McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 17,022

Officials: Lee Jones, Blane Reichelt

Team Rebounds: Houston (0) Denver (0)

Technicals: Houston (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (38-24) 30 31 26 28 115
DEN (37-25) 38 38 24 28 128

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 110 104.3 116.1
DEN 110 116.1 104.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .442 0.191 0.408 0.326
DEN .445 0.163 0.426 0.390

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
32 Lewis Lloyd Starter SG 26:00 5-10 1-1 5-6 6.2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 16
10 John Lucas Starter PG 30:00 6-12 1-2 7-7 14.6 0 3 3 5 2 2 0 2 20
22 Rodney McCray Starter SF 24:00 3-8 0-0 2-2 3.2 3 2 5 0 3 1 0 2 8
43 Jim Petersen Starter PF 23:00 2-4 0-0 1-2 8.2 2 4 6 1 6 2 4 2 5
50 Ralph Sampson Starter C 38:00 10-20 0-0 6-9 13.9 5 7 12 4 6 1 1 7 26
3 Craig Ehlo Bench SF 09:00 1-3 0-0 3-4 6.5 1 3 4 2 2 0 2 1 5
20 Steve Harris Bench SG 12:00 1-6 0-1 0-0 1.0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2
30 Allen Leavell Bench PG 18:00 5-8 0-1 1-2 6.2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 11
8 Hank McDowell Bench PF 12:00 3-5 0-0 1-3 4.4 3 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 7
33 Robert Reid Bench PF 25:00 1-9 0-1 0-2 -5.2 1 5 6 0 5 0 0 2 2
31 Granville Waiters Bench C 03:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 2.5 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
15 Mitchell Wiggins Bench SG 20:00 3-9 0-1 5-6 4.8 2 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 11
  Team                                
        240 41-95 2-7 31-43 94.4 20 29 49 17 34 11 7 21 115
          43.2% 28.6% 72.1%                    

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
42 Wayne Cooper Starter C 14:00 5-9 0-0 0-0 4.2 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 1 10
23 T.R. Dunn Starter SG 27:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 7.0 1 4 5 1 3 3 1 1 2
2 Alex English Starter PF 38:00 7-18 0-0 11-14 16.8 6 4 10 4 1 0 0 2 25
12 Fat Lever Starter PG 32:00 5-14 0-1 0-0 5.8 3 5 8 4 3 1 0 4 10
33 Calvin Natt Starter SF 24:00 8-14 0-0 5-5 14.6 4 4 8 2 2 1 0 3 21
5 Mike Evans Bench PG 23:00 5-13 1-2 3-4 4.8 2 2 4 3 5 1 0 3 14
24 Bill Hanzlik Bench SF 33:00 2-13 0-0 17-18 11.5 3 6 9 5 3 0 0 4 21
34 Danny Schayes Bench C 19:00 7-9 0-0 2-3 11.9 3 3 6 0 3 0 0 0 16
21 Elston Turner Bench SG 21:00 3-6 0-0 0-0 2.5 1 0 1 1 6 2 0 0 6
31 Pete Williams Bench SF 09:00 1-2 0-0 1-2 0.5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
  Team                                
        240 44-100 1-3 39-46 111.5 23 31 54 21 31 8 2 18 128
          44.0% 33.3% 84.8%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters John Lucas
15.5p, 2.3r, 8.8a
Lewis Lloyd
16.9p, 4r, 3.3a
Rodney McCray
10.6p, 6r, 3a
Jim Petersen
5.6p, 4.6r, 1a
Ralph Sampson
19p, 11.5r, 3.5a
Rotation Allen Leavell
6p, 0.6r, 2.7a
Mitchell Wiggins
6.3p, 2.1r, 1.2a
 
 
Robert Reid
11.3p, 3.8r, 2.3a
 
 
Rotation  
 
Steve Harris
3.4p, 0.9r, 0.6a
 
 
Hank McDowell
3.4p, 1.9r, 0.3a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Craig Ehlo
2.6p, 1.2r, 0.7a
 
 
Granville Waiters
0.5p, 0.6r, 0.2a

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Fat Lever
14.5p, 5.5r, 7.4a
T.R. Dunn
5.1p, 4.7r, 2.1a
Calvin Natt
17.5p, 6.3r, 2.4a
Alex English
29.3p, 5r, 4.2a
Wayne Cooper
13.2p, 7.3r, 0.9a
Rotation Mike Evans
9.4p, 1.4r, 2a
Elston Turner
5.5p, 2.6r, 2.2a
Bill Hanzlik
12.6p, 3.4r, 4.2a
 
 
Danny Schayes
7.7p, 5.3r, 0.9a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Pete Williams
3p, 3r, 0.3a
 
 
 
 

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New Jersey Nets 103

Golden State Warriors 129
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Los Angeles Clippers 106
Cleveland Cavaliers 101

New York Knicks 119
Washington Wizards 83

Portland Trail Blazers 102
Indiana Pacers 99

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