Houston 97, Seattle 109

April 30, 1989

Opening Round - Seattle wins 3-1

Climate Pledge Arena (Seattle, Washington)

Attendance: 12,887

Officials: Dan Crawford, Jim Clark, Darell Garretson

Team Rebounds: Houston (0) Seattle (0)

Technicals: Houston (0) Seattle (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (45-37) 26 20 27 24 97
SEA (47-35) 26 20 29 34 109

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 92 105.3 118.3
SEA 92 118.3 105.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .447 0.163 0.462 0.138
SEA .511 0.152 0.342 0.230

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 44:00 3-10 1-4 0-0 12.8 1 7 8 6 2 3 1 2 7
1 Buck Johnson Starter SF 36:00 5-11 0-0 0-0 3.0 0 1 1 4 3 1 0 3 10
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter C 38:00 13-27 0-0 4-5 20.6 7 5 12 1 4 2 2 1 30
33 Otis Thorpe Starter PF 41:00 6-13 0-0 3-4 5.0 2 3 5 3 4 1 0 5 15
42 Mike Woodson Starter SG 39:00 5-13 1-3 0-0 1.8 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 11
6 Walter Berry Bench PF 08:00 3-6 0-0 1-1 3.9 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 7
3 Derrick Chievous Bench SF 09:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2
15 Frank Johnson Bench PG 04:00 0-1 0-1 2-4 0.5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
40 Tim McCormick Bench C 17:00 3-6 0-1 2-2 5.8 2 2 4 0 3 1 0 0 8
10 Purvis Short Bench SF 04:00 2-3 0-0 1-2 6.2 4 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 5
  Team                                
        240 41-94 2-9 13-18 81.5 18 21 39 18 18 8 4 15 97
          43.6% 22.2% 72.2%                    

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 42:00 6-17 3-7 0-0 5.8 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 15
53 Alton Lister Starter C 30:00 7-8 0-0 6-6 18.2 3 2 5 0 4 0 5 1 20
34 Xavier McDaniel Starter PF 36:00 7-19 0-0 6-8 7.2 1 6 7 1 2 0 2 3 20
31 Derrick McKey Starter SF 25:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 1.0 1 4 5 3 4 0 0 3 2
10 Nate McMillan Starter PG 22:00 3-7 0-0 2-2 10.2 2 1 3 8 1 1 0 3 8
44 Michael Cage Bench PF 24:00 7-8 0-0 2-2 14.8 3 2 5 0 2 2 1 1 16
15 Avery Johnson Bench PG 01:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 John Lucas Bench SG 14:00 2-6 0-2 0-0 2.0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4
0 Olden Polynice Bench C 16:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 9.0 3 7 10 0 3 1 1 2 6
40 Russ Schoene Bench C 05:00 1-2 0-1 0-0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
4 Sedale Threatt Bench SG 25:00 6-10 0-1 4-4 14.2 0 1 1 6 1 2 0 1 16
  Team                                
        240 43-87 3-12 20-22 92.2 13 25 38 23 20 7 9 14 109
          49.4% 25.0% 90.9%                    

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  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Tim McCormick
5.2p, 3.2r, 0.7a
Lim PT 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		  
 		  
 

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
Rotation  
 		 John Lucas
4.2p, 1.1r, 3.5a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT Avery Johnson
1.6p, 0.6r, 1.7a		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Russ Schoene
5.2p, 2.4r, 0.5a

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