Houston 101, Denver 126

December 13, 1988

Regular Season

McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 12,005

Officials: Luis Grillo, Blane Reichelt, Ed Middleton

Team Rebounds: Houston (0) Denver (0)

Technicals: Houston (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (12-9) 23 18 30 30 101
DEN (14-7) 31 27 34 34 126

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 110 91.8 114.5
DEN 110 114.5 91.8

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .426 0.209 0.339 0.149
DEN .525 0.118 0.365 0.210

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 21:00 2-4 1-1 0-0 -0.2 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 2 5
1 Buck Johnson Starter SF 27:00 3-7 0-0 2-4 6.0 1 3 4 1 1 1 2 2 8
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter C 32:00 6-16 0-0 3-4 11.8 5 7 12 2 2 1 3 5 15
33 Otis Thorpe Starter PF 30:00 6-9 0-0 2-3 13.9 4 9 13 2 4 0 1 4 14
42 Mike Woodson Starter SG 31:00 6-16 0-0 3-3 6.4 0 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 15
35 Tony Brown Bench SF 08:00 1-6 1-2 1-2 -0.5 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 4
3 Derrick Chievous Bench SF 20:00 6-12 0-2 0-1 -1.1 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 3 12
15 Frank Johnson Bench PG 19:00 2-4 0-1 4-4 5.8 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 4 8
30 Allen Leavell Bench PG 14:00 2-6 0-1 0-1 2.1 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 1 4
40 Tim McCormick Bench C 20:00 7-12 0-0 0-0 9.5 3 2 5 1 4 0 2 1 14
52 Chuck Nevitt Bench C 06:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 3.0 1 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0
10 Purvis Short Bench SF 12:00 1-7 0-0 0-2 -2.5 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 1 2
  Team                                
        240 42-101 2-7 15-24 82.0 19 37 56 16 30 4 9 23 101
          41.6% 28.6% 62.5%                    

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 34:00 6-17 1-6 4-7 12.1 1 2 3 10 2 3 0 4 17
42 Wayne Cooper Starter PF 30:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 8.2 2 9 11 0 1 0 1 0 2
2 Alex English Starter SF 23:00 9-14 0-0 1-2 12.0 3 1 4 0 3 2 1 1 19
12 Fat Lever Starter SG 30:00 8-13 0-0 7-9 22.1 1 3 4 6 0 3 1 1 23
34 Danny Schayes Starter C 25:00 5-12 0-0 2-2 11.2 2 2 4 1 3 2 4 0 12
6 Walter Davis Bench SG 21:00 5-10 0-0 2-2 9.2 1 2 3 5 2 2 0 3 12
43 Wayne Englestad Bench PF 04:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 2.5 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
1 Eddie Hughes Bench PG 05:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 3.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2
35 Jerome Lane Bench SF 11:00 5-10 0-1 0-7 4.1 5 3 8 0 2 0 0 2 10
33 Calvin Natt Bench SF 09:00 0-2 0-0 2-2 3.8 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 2
41 Blair Rasmussen Bench C 28:00 10-12 0-0 2-2 17.0 1 5 6 1 4 1 1 1 22
21 Elston Turner Bench SG 20:00 1-3 0-0 1-2 6.2 2 3 5 2 2 2 0 1 3
  Team                                
        240 52-100 1-7 21-35 117.6 19 33 52 29 22 15 10 13 126
          52.0% 14.3% 60.0%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Sleepy Floyd
12.9p, 4.1r, 8.5a
Mike Woodson
15.1p, 1.8r, 2.4a
Buck Johnson
11.3p, 4.8r, 2a
Otis Thorpe
15.4p, 10.5r, 2.2a
Hakeem Olajuwon
25p, 13.7r, 1.6a
Rotation Frank Johnson
3.6p, 1.1r, 2.6a
 
 
Derrick Chievous
12.1p, 2.9r, 0.8a
 
 
Tim McCormick
6.6p, 3.8r, 0.9a
Rotation Allen Leavell
4.2p, 1.1r, 2.4a
 
 
Purvis Short
6.9p, 2.3r, 1a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Tony Brown
3.5p, 1.4r, 0.5a
 
 
Chuck Nevitt
1p, 1.9r, 0.1a

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Michael Adams
22.3p, 4r, 7.3a
Fat Lever
22.2p, 8.6r, 8a
Alex English
27.5p, 4.2r, 4.7a
Wayne Cooper
6.1p, 7.3r, 1.1a
Danny Schayes
13p, 7.1r, 1.9a
Rotation  
 
Walter Davis
16.7p, 2.1r, 2.3a
Jerome Lane
5.7p, 3.8r, 1.1a
 
 
Blair Rasmussen
8.5p, 3.4r, 0.8a
Rotation  
 
Elston Turner
5.9p, 4.2r, 2.5a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT Eddie Hughes
2.5p, 0.5r, 1.1a
 
 
Calvin Natt
2p, 3r, 1a
Wayne Englestad
2.5p, 1.5r, 0.6a
 
 

Today's Games

Chicago Bulls 88
Atlanta Hawks 106

Cleveland Cavaliers 102
Los Angeles Lakers 111

Dallas Mavericks 117
Golden State Warriors 111

Denver Nuggets 126
Houston Rockets 101

Indiana Pacers 115
Charlotte Hornets (1988) 104

New York Knicks 121
New Jersey Nets 100

Philadelphia Sixers 91
Milwaukee Bucks 109

Portland Trail Blazers 113
Los Angeles Clippers 92

Sacramento Kings 108
San Antonio Spurs 89

Seattle SuperSonics 126
Phoenix Suns 116

Washington Wizards 115
Boston Celtics 105