Houston 111, Denver 141

November 18, 1989

Regular Season

McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 13,534

Officials: Eddie Rush, Jim Clark, Ted Bernhardt

Team Rebounds: Houston (0) Denver (0)

Technicals: Houston (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (4-4) 26 28 27 30 111
DEN (5-4) 40 32 36 33 141

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 110 100.8 128.0
DEN 110 128.0 100.8

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .484 0.173 0.257 0.188
DEN .583 0.136 0.362 0.216

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 27:00 0-2 0-1 0-0 4.8 0.0 3 3 5 0 2 0 3 0
1 Buck Johnson Starter SF 19:00 3-10 0-0 1-2 -1.8 1.0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 7
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter C 23:00 4-7 0-0 3-4 9.5 0.0 1 1 4 1 0 2 1 11
33 Otis Thorpe Starter PF 23:00 5-8 0-0 0-0 1.2 1.0 5 6 3 3 0 0 9 10
15 Mitchell Wiggins Starter SG 33:00 15-22 0-0 4-5 18.6 2.0 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 34
25 Anthony Bowie Bench SF 28:00 7-11 0-0 0-0 4.2 0.0 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 14
44 Adrian Caldwell Bench PF 08:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 1.0 0.0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2
3 Derrick Chievous Bench SF 14:00 3-6 1-2 6-6 14.5 2.0 3 5 1 0 3 0 0 13
9 Byron Dinkins Bench PG 13:00 2-7 0-1 0-0 3.2 1.0 2 3 1 2 2 0 0 4
10 John Lucas Bench SG 24:00 6-13 0-2 0-0 3.5 0.0 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 12
13 Larry Smith Bench PF 12:00 0-2 0-0 2-2 5.0 1.0 3 4 1 2 1 1 0 2
42 Mike Woodson Bench SG 16:00 0-6 0-0 2-2 -2.8 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
  Team                                
        240 46-96 1-6 18-21 89.1 9 26 35 19 23 8 5 19 111
          47.9% 16.7% 85.7%                    

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 25:00 4-10 2-3 0-0 9.2 1.0 1 2 5 0 1 0 1 10
2 Alex English Starter SF 25:00 11-15 0-0 2-2 20.0 2.0 2 4 4 1 2 0 1 24
45 Tim Kempton Starter PF 31:00 8-10 0-0 1-2 16.5 3.0 5 8 5 2 1 0 4 17
12 Fat Lever Starter SG 25:00 4-7 0-0 6-6 25.5 3.0 6 9 10 1 2 0 0 14
41 Blair Rasmussen Starter C 20:00 6-11 0-0 0-0 4.5 0.0 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 12
6 Walter Davis Bench SF 22:00 7-14 0-1 2-2 4.0 1.0 1 2 1 1 1 0 4 16
23 T.R. Dunn Bench SG 13:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 2.8 1.0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 2
24 Bill Hanzlik Bench SF 14:00 0-3 0-0 2-2 1.2 0.0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 2
1 Eddie Hughes Bench PG 23:00 3-7 1-1 2-3 12.1 0.0 4 4 4 1 3 0 0 9
35 Jerome Lane Bench SF 19:00 7-14 0-1 2-5 12.4 5.0 7 12 2 3 0 0 2 16
- Todd Lichti Bench SG 23:00 7-9 0-0 5-5 12.1 1.0 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 19
  Team                                
        240 58-102 3-6 22-27 144.4 17 30 47 35 19 13 3 15 141
          56.9% 50.0% 81.5%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Sleepy Floyd
10.4p, 3.6r, 8a		 Mitchell Wiggins
21.2p, 4.9r, 1.2a		 Buck Johnson
13.6p, 3.4r, 1.2a		 Otis Thorpe
18.4p, 9.1r, 2.6a		 Hakeem Olajuwon
18.4p, 12.5r, 2.5a
Rotation Byron Dinkins
2p, 2.5r, 1a		 John Lucas
6p, 2.1r, 4.4a		 Anthony Bowie
6.6p, 3r, 2.8a		 Larry Smith
2.5p, 6.8r, 1.1a		  
 
Rotation  
 		 Mike Woodson
6p, 0.7r, 1a		 Derrick Chievous
4.3p, 2.1r, 0.7a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		 Adrian Caldwell
1.1p, 1.9r, 0.1a		  
 

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Michael Adams
18.3p, 2.4r, 5a		 Fat Lever
17.4p, 10.3r, 6.9a		 Alex English
13.9p, 3.3r, 3.2a		 Tim Kempton
7.9p, 4.2r, 2.2a		 Blair Rasmussen
16.4p, 9.8r, 1.1a
Rotation Eddie Hughes
3.3p, 1r, 1.4a		 Todd Lichti
6.2p, 1.6r, 1.6a		 Walter Davis
17.2p, 1.7r, 1.3a		  
 		  
 
Rotation  
 		 T.R. Dunn
1p, 1.3r, 0.7a		 Jerome Lane
5.7p, 5r, 0.4a		  
 		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Bill Hanzlik
4.9p, 2.4r, 1.3a		  
 		  
 

Houston Rockets Leaders

MPG Otis Thorpe 35.2
FG% Chuck Nevitt 1.000
3P% Derrick Chievous .333
FT% Lewis Lloyd 1.000
ORPG Larry Smith 2.8
DRPG Hakeem Olajuwon 9.9
RPG Hakeem Olajuwon 12.5
SPG Hakeem Olajuwon 1.8
APG Sleepy Floyd 8.0
BPG Hakeem Olajuwon 5.0
PPG Mitchell Wiggins 21.2

Denver Nuggets Leaders

MPG Michael Adams 34.4
FG% Tim Kempton .560
3P% Eddie Hughes .571
FT% Walter Davis .862
ORPG Blair Rasmussen 3.6
DRPG Fat Lever 7.6
RPG Fat Lever 10.3
SPG Michael Adams 2.4
APG Fat Lever 6.9
BPG Blair Rasmussen 1.3
PPG Michael Adams 18.3

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