Houston 107, Seattle 111

April 28, 1989

Opening Round - Seattle wins 3-1

Climate Pledge Arena (Seattle, Washington)

Attendance: 14,250

Officials: Blane Reichelt, Paul Mihalak, Jake O'Donnell

Team Rebounds: Houston (0) Seattle (0)

Technicals: Houston (0) Seattle (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (45-37) 25 30 21 31 107
SEA (47-35) 23 30 32 26 111

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 91 117.5 121.9
SEA 91 121.9 117.5

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .470 0.132 0.444 0.333
SEA .562 0.132 0.375 0.247

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 37:00 6-11 1-2 0-0 10.5 2 3 5 7 3 1 0 5 13
1 Buck Johnson Starter SF 29:00 6-11 0-0 3-6 9.2 3 1 4 2 4 2 0 1 15
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter C 45:00 11-26 0-0 6-9 19.1 3 6 9 5 5 3 2 1 28
33 Otis Thorpe Starter PF 41:00 6-7 0-0 3-6 10.2 2 3 5 1 3 0 0 1 15
42 Mike Woodson Starter SG 32:00 4-10 2-4 0-0 3.2 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 10
6 Walter Berry Bench PF 17:00 3-7 0-0 4-4 7.0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 10
3 Derrick Chievous Bench SF 15:00 2-7 0-0 6-8 3.2 3 0 3 1 5 1 0 1 10
15 Frank Johnson Bench PG 11:00 0-1 0-0 2-2 3.8 1 1 2 4 3 0 0 1 2
40 Tim McCormick Bench C 05:00 0-0 0-0 3-4 4.5 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 3
10 Purvis Short Bench SF 08:00 0-4 0-1 1-2 -2.2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
  Team                                
        240 38-84 3-7 28-41 86.6 16 20 36 24 28 8 3 12 107
          45.2% 42.9% 68.3%                    

Seattle SuperSonics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
3 Dale Ellis Starter SG 39:00 12-22 0-1 1-2 11.0 0 7 7 1 6 2 0 2 25
53 Alton Lister Starter C 31:00 3-6 0-0 5-6 15.5 3 3 6 2 4 1 8 3 11
34 Xavier McDaniel Starter PF 42:00 8-18 0-0 8-9 18.4 6 5 11 4 3 0 1 2 24
31 Derrick McKey Starter SF 37:00 5-10 0-1 2-4 10.8 2 5 7 1 2 1 2 1 12
10 Nate McMillan Starter PG 28:00 4-7 0-0 0-2 12.0 0 2 2 11 5 2 0 2 8
44 Michael Cage Bench PF 22:00 1-3 0-1 2-2 2.0 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 4
0 Olden Polynice Bench C 14:00 2-2 0-0 1-4 4.5 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 5
4 Sedale Threatt Bench SG 27:00 10-13 1-1 1-2 15.2 0 1 1 6 2 0 0 2 22
  Team                                
        240 45-81 1-4 20-31 91.4 15 25 40 26 28 6 11 12 111
          55.6% 25.0% 64.5%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Sleepy Floyd
14.2p, 3.7r, 8.6a		 Mike Woodson
12.9p, 2.4r, 2.5a		 Buck Johnson
9.6p, 4.3r, 1.9a		 Otis Thorpe
16.7p, 9.6r, 2.5a		 Hakeem Olajuwon
24.8p, 13.5r, 1.8a
Rotation Frank Johnson
4.4p, 1.2r, 2.7a		  
 		 Derrick Chievous
9.3p, 3.2r, 1a		 Walter Berry
8.8p, 3.9r, 1.1a		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Purvis Short
7.4p, 2.8r, 1.6a		  
 		 Tim McCormick
5.2p, 3.2r, 0.7a

Seattle SuperSonics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Nate McMillan
7.1p, 5.2r, 9.3a		 Dale Ellis
27.5p, 4.2r, 2a		 Derrick McKey
15.9p, 5.7r, 2.7a		 Xavier McDaniel
20.5p, 5.3r, 1.6a		 Alton Lister
8p, 6.6r, 0.7a
Rotation  
 		 Sedale Threatt
8.6p, 1.9r, 3.8a		  
 		 Michael Cage
10.3p, 9.6r, 1.6a		 Olden Polynice
2.9p, 2.6r, 0.3a

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