Houston 126, Denver 122

May 8, 1986

Conference Semi Finals - Houston wins 4-2

McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 17,022

Officials: Mike Mathis, Jack Madden

Team Rebounds: Houston (0) Denver (0)

Technicals: Houston (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Final
HOU (51-31) 21 25 31 31 8 10 126
DEN (47-35) 33 24 24 27 8 6 122

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 116 108.9 105.5
DEN 116 105.5 108.9

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .473 0.138 0.339 0.179
DEN .404 0.112 0.390 0.312

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 PG 45:00 11-21 0-1 3-4 16.2 3 4 7 5 1 0 0 2 25
22 Rodney McCray Starter SG 53:00 10-19 0-0 0-1 21.4 3 6 9 7 1 0 3 1 20
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter PF 31:00 12-17 0-0 4-8 17.8 3 4 7 1 5 0 3 2 28
33 Robert Reid Starter SF 31:00 5-12 0-2 1-2 5.2 0 8 8 2 6 0 0 1 11
50 Ralph Sampson Starter C 47:00 5-13 0-0 2-3 15.9 5 13 18 5 6 2 2 6 12
20 Steve Harris Bench SG 05:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 Allen Leavell Bench PG 28:00 2-12 0-0 1-2 -2.2 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 1 5
43 Jim Petersen Bench C 22:00 3-5 0-0 9-11 6.6 3 2 5 0 6 0 0 2 15
31 Granville Waiters Bench C 06:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 1.5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
15 Mitchell Wiggins Bench SG 22:00 4-11 0-0 0-1 3.6 3 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 8
  Team                                
        290 53-112 0-3 20-32 100.2 21 41 62 24 31 2 8 16 126
          47.3% 0.0% 62.5%                    

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 PF 21:00 2-6 0-0 2-2 -1.2 1 2 3 0 5 0 1 3 6
23 T.R. Dunn Starter SG 22:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 4.5 3 1 4 2 4 1 0 0 2
2 Alex English Starter SF 50:00 15-30 0-0 12-13 19.9 4 3 7 2 4 0 2 3 42
12 Fat Lever Starter PG 49:00 3-9 0-0 0-0 17.2 1 8 9 7 2 5 1 1 6
41 Blair Rasmussen Starter C 13:00 2-12 0-0 3-5 -1.1 3 1 4 1 4 0 0 0 7
5 Mike Evans Bench PG 19:00 1-7 0-3 5-6 2.2 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 7
24 Bill Hanzlik Bench SF 24:00 2-5 0-0 2-3 1.6 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 3 6
33 Calvin Natt Bench SF 38:00 8-18 0-0 7-9 16.6 4 8 12 3 5 0 1 1 23
34 Danny Schayes Bench C 21:00 6-12 0-0 3-4 14.8 5 9 14 0 3 1 0 1 15
21 Elston Turner Bench SG 33:00 4-7 0-0 0-0 9.0 0 3 3 5 2 0 0 0 8
  Team                                
        290 44-109 0-3 34-42 99.5 23 36 59 25 32 8 5 13 122
          40.4% 0.0% 81.0%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Lewis Lloyd
16.9p, 4r, 3.7a		 Rodney McCray
10.3p, 6.3r, 3.5a		 Robert Reid
12p, 3.7r, 2.7a		 Hakeem Olajuwon
23.5p, 11.5r, 2a		 Ralph Sampson
18.9p, 11.1r, 3.6a
Rotation Allen Leavell
7.9p, 0.9r, 3.2a		 Mitchell Wiggins
6.8p, 2r, 1.3a		  
 		  
 		 Jim Petersen
6.2p, 4.8r, 1a
Lim PT  
 		 Steve Harris
4.5p, 1r, 0.9a		  
 		  
 		 Granville Waiters
0.6p, 0.7r, 0.2a

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Fat Lever
13.8p, 5.4r, 7.5a		 T.R. Dunn
5p, 4.6r, 2.1a		 Alex English
29.8p, 5r, 4a		 Wayne Cooper
13.1p, 7.8r, 1a		 Blair Rasmussen
3.2p, 2r, 0.3a
Rotation Mike Evans
9.5p, 1.3r, 2.2a		 Elston Turner
5.1p, 2.7r, 2.3a		 Calvin Natt
17.7p, 6.3r, 2.3a		  
 		 Danny Schayes
8.2p, 5.5r, 1a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Bill Hanzlik
12.5p, 3.3r, 4a		  
 		  
 

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