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1988-89 Houston Rockets

NBA · Western Conference · Midwest Division · 45–37 · 5th in the conference · Coach Don Chaney · Lost First Round 1–3

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Roster and season stats (14)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	G	GS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
34	Hakeem Olajuwon	C	7′0″	82	82	36.9	24.8	13.5	1.8	2.6	3.4	.508	.000	.696
33	Otis Thorpe	F	6′10″	82	82	38.2	16.7	9.6	2.5	1.0	0.5	.542	.000	.729
21	Sleepy Floyd	G	6′3″	82	82	34.0	14.2	3.7	8.6	1.5	0.1	.443	.373	.845
42	Mike Woodson	G	6′5″	81	79	27.9	12.9	2.4	2.5	1.1	0.2	.438	.348	.823
1	Buck Johnson	F	6′7″	67	51	27.6	9.6	4.3	1.9	1.0	0.5	.524	.111	.754
3	Derrick Chievous	F	6′7″	81	1	19.0	9.3	3.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	.437	.208	.783
6	Walter Berry	F	6′8″	40	14	20.0	8.8	3.8	1.4	0.5	0.9	.541	.500	.713
10	Purvis Short	F	6′7″	65	16	17.8	7.4	2.8	1.6	0.7	0.2	.413	.273	.865
40	Tim McCormick	C	6′11″	81	0	15.5	5.2	3.2	0.7	0.2	0.3	.481	.000	.674
15	Frank Johnson	G	6′1″	67	0	13.1	4.4	1.2	2.7	0.6	0.0	.443	.167	.806
30	Allen Leavell	G	6′1″	55	3	11.4	3.3	1.0	2.3	0.5	0.1	.346	.122	.733
	Bernard Thompson		6′6″	23	0	9.7	2.7	1.2	0.6	0.6	0.0	.339	.000	.846
	Tony Brown		6′6″	14	0	6.5	2.6	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.0	.311	.222	.750
52	Chuck Nevitt	C	7′5″	43	0	5.3	1.5	1.5	0.1	0.1	0.7	.435		.688

Per-game averages as published: no box scores for this season, so no totals, and a blank where the league did not record the figure.

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1988-89 Houston Rockets

Roster and season stats (14)