Opening Round - Houston wins 3-1
Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)
Attendance: 12,666
Officials: Bennett Salvatore, Joe Crawford, Bill Saar
Team Rebounds: Houston (0) Portland (0)
Technicals: Houston (0) Portland (0)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU (42-40) | 38 | 12 | 26 | 22 | 98 |
| POR (49-33) | 29 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 111 |
| Advanced | Poss | ORtg | DRtg |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 98 | 100.5 | 113.8 |
| POR | 98 | 113.8 | 100.5 |
| Four Factors | eFG% | TO% | OR% | FTR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | .473 | 0.246 | 0.354 | 0.360 |
| POR | .506 | 0.123 | 0.316 | 0.264 |
| # | Player | Status | Pos | Min | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | FIC | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | PF | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Allen Leavell | Starter | PG | 46:00 | 9-14 | 1-2 | 9-11 | 17.1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 28 |
| 22 | Rodney McCray | Starter | SG | 44:00 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 15.8 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 34 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Starter | PF | 29:00 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 9-9 | 14.6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 33 | Robert Reid | Starter | SF | 40:00 | 1-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -0.5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 50 | Ralph Sampson | Starter | C | 38:00 | 12-22 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 13.6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 28 |
| 40 | Richard Anderson | Bench | C | 01:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Dave Feitl | Bench | C | 01:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Steve Harris | Bench | SG | 05:00 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Buck Johnson | Bench | SF | 01:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Cedric Maxwell | Bench | PF | 08:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Dirk Minniefield | Bench | SG | 02:00 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Jim Petersen | Bench | C | 25:00 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4.0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Team | |||||||||||||||||
| 240 | 35-75 | 1-4 | 27-37 | 104.1 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 98 | ||||
| 46.7% | 25.0% | 73.0% |
| # | Player | Status | Pos | Min | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | FIC | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | PF | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Clyde Drexler | Starter | SG | 40:00 | 12-21 | 0-0 | 8-11 | 25.1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 32 |
| 33 | Steve Johnson | Starter | PF | 23:00 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 9.0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 27 | Caldwell Jones | Starter | C | 26:00 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 30 | Terry Porter | Starter | PG | 43:00 | 6-15 | 0-1 | 6-6 | 26.8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 55 | Kiki Vandeweghe | Starter | SF | 44:00 | 10-19 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 11.8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 00 | Kevin Duckworth | Bench | C | 19:00 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -0.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Mike Holton | Bench | SG | 01:00 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Jerome Kersey | Bench | SF | 18:00 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Jim Paxson | Bench | SG | 26:00 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 11.9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Team | |||||||||||||||||
| 240 | 44-87 | 0-2 | 23-30 | 102.0 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 111 | ||||
| 50.6% | 0.0% | 76.7% |
| PG | SG | SF | PF | C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starters | Allen Leavell 7.8p, 1.2r, 4.2a |
Rodney McCray 14.4p, 7.1r, 5.4a |
Robert Reid 13.7p, 3.9r, 4.3a |
Hakeem Olajuwon 23.4p, 11.4r, 2.9a |
Ralph Sampson 15.6p, 8.6r, 2.8a |
| Rotation | |
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Jim Petersen 11.3p, 6.8r, 1.5a |
| Lim PT | |
Steve Harris 8.3p, 2.3r, 1.4a |
Buck Johnson 3.8p, 1.5r, 0.7a |
Cedric Maxwell 10p, 5.4r, 2.4a |
Dave Feitl 3.7p, 1.9r, 0.4a |
| Lim PT | |
Dirk Minniefield 6.9p, 1.9r, 4.7a |
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Richard Anderson 2.8p, 1.5r, 0.6a |
| PG | SG | SF | PF | C | |
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| Starters | Terry Porter 13.1p, 4.2r, 8.9a |
Clyde Drexler 21.7p, 6.3r, 6.9a |
Kiki Vandeweghe 26.9p, 3.2r, 2.8a |
Steve Johnson 16.8p, 7.2r, 2a |
Caldwell Jones 4.1p, 5.8r, 0.8a |
| Rotation | |
Jim Paxson 12.1p, 1.9r, 3.3a |
Jerome Kersey 12.3p, 6r, 2.4a |
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Kevin Duckworth 5.4p, 3.4r, 0.4a |
| Lim PT | |
Mike Holton 3.3p, 0.7r, 1.3a |
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