Houston Rockets Opening Day Rosters

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1994-1995 Houston Rockets Opening Day Roster

Player	Pos	HT	WT	Birth Date	Age	Pre-Draft Team	YOS	Draft Status
Tim Breaux	SF	6-7	215	Sep 19, 1970	24	Wyoming	0	1992 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Scott Brooks	PG	5-11	165	Jul 31, 1965	29	UC Irvine	7	1987 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Adrian Caldwell	PF	6-8	265	Jul 4, 1966	28	Lamar	2	1989 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Sam Cassell	PG	6-3	185	Nov 18, 1969	24	Florida State	1	1993 1st Rnd, #24, Houston Rockets
Mario Elie	SG	6-5	210	Nov 26, 1963	30	American International	4	1985 7th Rnd, #160, Milwaukee Bucks
Carl Herrera	PF	6-9	215	Dec 14, 1966	27	Houston	3	1990 2nd Rnd, #30, Miami Heat
Robert Horry	F-C	6-9	220	Aug 25, 1970	24	Alabama	2	1992 1st Rnd, #11, Houston Rockets
Chris Jent	SF	6-7	220	Jan 11, 1970	24	Ohio State	1	1992 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Vernon Maxwell	SG	6-4	180	Sep 12, 1965	29	Florida	6	1988 2nd Rnd, #47, Denver Nuggets
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	7-0	255	Jan 21, 1963	31	Houston	10	1984 1st Rnd, #1, Houston Rockets
Eric Riley	C	7-0	245	Jun 2, 1970	24	Michigan	1	1993 2nd Rnd, #33, Dallas Mavericks
Kenny Smith	PG	6-3	170	Mar 8, 1965	29	North Carolina	7	1987 1st Rnd, #6, Sacramento Kings
Zan Tabak	C	7-0	245	Jun 15, 1970	24	KK Split (Croatia)	0	1991 2nd Rnd, #51, Houston Rockets
Otis Thorpe	PF	6-9	225	Aug 5, 1962	32	Providence	10	1984 1st Rnd, #9, Kansas City Kings

New Jersey 86, Houston 90

November 4, 1994

Regular Season

Compaq Center (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 16,611

Officials: Lee Jones, Bennett Salvatore, Ron Olesiak

Team Rebounds: New Jersey (0) Houston (0)

Technicals: New Jersey (0) Houston (0)

	1	2	3	4	Final
NJN (0-1)	20	21	20	25	86
HOU (1-0)	39	18	29	22	90

Advanced	Poss	ORtg	DRtg
NJN	100	86.2	90.3
HOU	100	90.3	86.2

Four Factors	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR
NJN	.374	0.231	0.321	0.198
HOU	.479	0.211	0.167	0.292

New Jersey Nets

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
7	Kenny Anderson	Starter	PG	42:00	5-22	3-7	1-2	3.2	0.0	4	4	8	3	3	0	6	14
00	Benoit Benjamin	Starter	C	29:00	2-10	0-0	1-2	1.0	4.0	5	9	0	3	2	0	4	5
44	Derrick Coleman	Starter	PF	36:00	7-17	0-2	6-7	18.6	5.0	10	15	2	3	1	2	2	20
21	Kevin Edwards	Starter	SG	38:00	3-13	2-5	2-2	-2.0	0.0	2	2	2	4	2	0	5	10
34	Chris Morris	Starter	SF	21:00	3-8	1-4	2-2	9.0	2.0	1	3	1	0	2	1	0	9
42	P.J. Brown	Bench	PF	21:00	3-4	1-1	3-4	11.5	0.0	6	6	0	3	1	2	0	10
43	Armen Gilliam	Bench	PF	20:00	3-7	0-0	3-3	2.9	3.0	1	4	0	1	0	0	3	9
9	Sean Higgins	Bench	PF	11:00	0-1	0-1	0-0	-0.8	0.0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
2	Rex Walters	Bench	SG	07:00	2-5	1-4	0-0	0.5	0.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	5
55	Jayson Williams	Bench	PF	15:00	2-4	0-0	0-0	6.5	3.0	4	7	0	3	1	1	1	4
	Team
				240	30-91	8-24	18-22	84.5	17	36	53	13	22	12	6	23	86
					33.0%	33.3%	81.8%

Houston Rockets

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
25	Robert Horry	Starter	PF	38:00	4-6	1-2	5-5	16.6	2.0	4	6	4	2	2	1	2	14
11	Vernon Maxwell	Starter	SG	39:00	8-16	0-4	1-2	14.2	1.0	6	7	3	1	2	1	1	17
34	Hakeem Olajuwon	Starter	C	43:00	7-18	0-0	5-6	11.0	1.0	7	8	0	5	3	4	3	19
30	Kenny Smith	Starter	PG	17:00	0-2	0-0	0-1	1.6	0.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	1	0
33	Otis Thorpe	Starter	SF	33:00	7-15	0-0	3-6	6.5	2.0	6	8	1	5	2	0	4	17
44	Adrian Caldwell	Bench	PF	03:00	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.8	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Sam Cassell	Bench	PG	31:00	5-8	0-1	2-2	7.8	1.0	2	3	5	4	2	1	6	12
17	Mario Elie	Bench	SG	19:00	1-4	0-1	5-7	4.9	0.0	4	4	1	1	2	0	2	7
7	Carl Herrera	Bench	PF	17:00	2-3	0-0	0-0	3.0	0.0	3	3	1	4	2	0	2	4
	Team
				240	34-72	1-8	21-29	94.4	7	35	42	17	22	16	7	21	90
					47.2%	12.5%	72.4%

New Jersey Nets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Kenny Anderson 14p, 4r, 8a	Kevin Edwards 10p, 2r, 2a	Chris Morris 9p, 3r, 1a	Derrick Coleman 20p, 15r, 2a	Benoit Benjamin 5p, 9r, 0a
Rotation				P.J. Brown 10p, 6r, 0a
Rotation				Armen Gilliam 9p, 4r, 0a
Rotation				Jayson Williams 4p, 7r, 0a
Lim PT		Rex Walters 5p, 1r, 0a

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Kenny Smith 0p, 2r, 2a	Vernon Maxwell 17p, 7r, 3a	Otis Thorpe 17p, 8r, 1a	Robert Horry 14p, 6r, 4a	Hakeem Olajuwon 19p, 8r, 0a
Rotation	Sam Cassell 12p, 3r, 5a	Mario Elie 7p, 4r, 1a		Carl Herrera 4p, 3r, 1a
Lim PT				Adrian Caldwell 0p, 1r, 0a