Denver 111, Houston 121

February 17, 1989

Regular Season

Compaq Center (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 16,611

Officials: Joe Forte, Mike Mathis, Woody Mayfield

Team Rebounds: Denver (0) Houston (0)

Technicals: Denver (0) Houston (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DEN (26-25) 30 18 32 31 111
HOU (30-18) 31 27 30 33 121

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DEN 101 110.3 120.2
HOU 101 120.2 110.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DEN .448 0.109 0.383 0.260
HOU .581 0.159 0.277 0.244

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 33:00 0-8 0-3 5-6 5.5 2 1 3 7 4 2 1 2 5
42 Wayne Cooper Starter PF 21:00 3-4 0-0 0-0 10.0 2 6 8 2 3 0 1 1 6
2 Alex English Starter SF 36:00 10-25 0-0 5-6 11.0 6 0 6 3 2 0 0 1 25
12 Fat Lever Starter SG 41:00 10-19 0-0 3-4 24.8 3 10 13 9 2 3 0 4 23
34 Danny Schayes Starter C 27:00 7-14 0-0 6-6 11.2 2 6 8 0 5 0 1 1 20
1 Darwin Cook Bench SG 04:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 1.5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
6 Walter Davis Bench SF 26:00 5-11 0-0 4-6 6.2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 14
24 Bill Hanzlik Bench SF 24:00 0-3 0-0 0-0 0.2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0
41 Blair Rasmussen Bench C 18:00 6-9 0-0 2-2 7.8 0 3 3 1 4 0 1 1 14
21 Elston Turner Bench SG 10:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 3.2 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 2
  Team                                
        240 43-96 0-3 25-30 95.5 18 29 47 27 24 6 4 11 111
          44.8% 0.0% 83.3%                    

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 36:00 6-12 5-5 3-4 10.5 0 0 0 6 4 0 1 4 20
1 Buck Johnson Starter SF 27:00 5-5 0-0 1-2 5.8 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 4 11
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter C 38:00 13-22 0-0 8-13 23.6 3 12 15 3 6 0 2 3 34
33 Otis Thorpe Starter PF 38:00 10-16 0-0 1-3 18.9 3 10 13 3 3 1 1 3 21
42 Mike Woodson Starter SG 18:00 2-6 0-0 0-0 7.0 3 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 4
6 Walter Berry Bench PF 05:00 1-2 0-0 1-2 0.5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
3 Derrick Chievous Bench SF 27:00 2-9 0-0 2-2 6.8 1 5 6 5 3 1 0 1 6
15 Frank Johnson Bench PG 12:00 2-3 1-1 0-0 6.0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 5
40 Tim McCormick Bench C 14:00 4-5 0-0 1-2 6.8 2 1 3 2 3 0 0 1 9
10 Purvis Short Bench SF 25:00 2-6 0-0 4-4 11.2 1 1 2 8 3 1 0 0 8
  Team                                
        240 47-86 6-6 21-32 121.0 13 34 47 34 28 6 4 16 121
          54.7% 100.0% 65.6%                    

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Michael Adams
19.7p, 3.9r, 6.6a		 Fat Lever
20.7p, 9.2r, 7.7a		 Alex English
27.1p, 4r, 4.8a		 Wayne Cooper
6.3p, 8.6r, 1.1a		 Danny Schayes
12.2p, 6.5r, 1.5a
Rotation  
 		 Elston Turner
5.2p, 4.2r, 2a		 Walter Davis
16.6p, 1.9r, 2.3a		  
 		 Blair Rasmussen
7.6p, 3.6r, 0.5a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Bill Hanzlik
2.5p, 1.1r, 1.1a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 Darwin Cook
8.5p, 1.4r, 2a		  
 		  
 		  
 

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Sleepy Floyd
15.3p, 3.7r, 8.3a		 Mike Woodson
14.2p, 2.4r, 2.5a		 Buck Johnson
11.6p, 5.2r, 2.3a		 Otis Thorpe
15.8p, 10.1r, 2.3a		 Hakeem Olajuwon
24.2p, 13.1r, 1.7a
Rotation Frank Johnson
4.4p, 1.3r, 3a		  
 		 Derrick Chievous
10.5p, 3.1r, 0.9a		  
 		 Tim McCormick
6.2p, 3.6r, 0.8a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Purvis Short
9.8p, 3.5r, 2a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		 Walter Berry
8.7p, 3.9r, 0.8a		  
 

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