1985–86 Houston Rockets season

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1985–86 Houston Rockets season
Western Conference Champions
Head coach Bill Fitch
Arena The Summit
Results
Record 51–31 (.622)
Place Division: 1st (Midwest)
Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish NBA Finals
(Eliminated 2-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Houston Rockets seasons
< 1984–85 1986–87 >

The 1985–86 Houston Rockets season saw the Rockets lose the NBA Finals.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

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[edit] Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 Steve Harris  United States Tulsa
3 Sam Mitchell  United States Mercer

[1]

[edit] Roster

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2 Lucas | 3 Ehlo | 12 Leavell | 22 McCrary | 28 Lloyd | 30 Reid | 32 Wiggins | 34 Olajuwon | 42 Waiters | 43 Petersen | 44 Harris | 50 Sampson | 53 McDowell |

[edit] Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Ralph Sampson Granville Waiters
PF Akeem Olajuwon Jim Petersen Hank McDowell
SF Rodney McCray Mitchell Wiggins
SG Lewis Lloyd Craig Ehlo
Steve Harris
PG Robert Reid Allen Leavell

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Midwest Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Houston Rockets 51 31 .622 -
Denver Nuggets 47 35 .573 4
Dallas Mavericks 44 38 .537 7
Utah Jazz 42 40 .512 9
Sacramento Kings 37 45 .451 14
San Antonio Spurs 35 47 .427 16
[2]

[edit] Game log

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] NBA Finals

Game Date Home Team Result Road Team
Game 1 May 26 Boston 112-100 Houston
Game 2 May 29 Boston 117-95 Houston
Game 3 June 1 Houston 106-104 Boston
Game 4 June 3 Houston 103-106 Boston
Game 5 June 5 Houston 111-96 Boston
Game 6 June 8 Boston 114-97 Houston

Boston beats Houston 4-2

[edit] Player statistics

[edit] Legend

[edit] Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Awards

  • Hakeem Olajuwon, All-NBA Second Team

[edit] Records

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

[edit] Free Agents

[edit] Additions

Player Signed Former team

[edit] Subtractions

Player Left New team

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.databasebasketball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=HOU&lg=N&yr=1985
  2. ^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_1986.html

[edit] See also
Eastern
Atlantic
Central
Western
Midwest
Pacific
Formerly the San Diego Rockets • Founded in 1967 • Based in Houston, Texas
The Franchise
Arenas
Culture and Lore
Head Coaches
McMahon • Hannum • Winter • Egan • Nissalke • Harris • Fitch • Chaney • Tomjanovich • Van Gundy • Adelman • McHale
NBA Championships (2)
1994 • 1995
Western Conference
Titles (4)
1981 • 1986 • 1994 • 1995
Division Titles (4)
Administration
Owner: Leslie Alexander • General Manager: Daryl Morey • Head Coach: Kevin McHale
Retired Jerseys
22 • 23 • 24 • 34 • 45 • CD
Most Valuable Players
Hall of Famers
D-League Affiliate
Rivals
Media
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Bold indicates NBA Finals victory
 

2 Lucas | 3 Ehlo | 12 Leavell | 22 McCrary | 28 Lloyd | 30 Reid | 32 Wiggins | 34 Olajuwon | 42 Waiters | 43 Petersen | 44 Harris | 50 Sampson | 53 McDowell | Coach Fitch
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