1997-98 Houston Rockets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 41-41
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Utah Jazz 3-2
Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich (41-41)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 667,685, Avg. 16,285 in 41 home dates

1997-98 Houston Rockets Roster
1997-98 Houston Rockets Results

The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 41 wins and 41 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

The Rockets poured in 8,099 points and allowed 8,161. Kevin Willis tossed in a team-best 1,305 points for Houston, and Clyde Drexler scored 16 or more per game, too. Charles Barkley racked up 794 boards. Clyde Drexler dished out 382 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Clyde Drexler added 126 steals.

Rudy Tomjanovich coached the team. The 1997-98 Houston Rockets lost in the conference first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kevin Willis	F-C	81	74	2528	1041	531	7	1	305	242	232	447	679	78	55	38	170	235	1305
Clyde Drexler	G-F	70	70	2473	1059	452	334	106	346	277	105	241	346	382	126	42	189	193	1287
Charles Barkley	F	68	41	2243	744	361	84	18	397	296	241	553	794	217	71	28	147	187	1036
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	47	45	1633	633	306	3	0	212	160	116	344	460	143	84	96	126	152	772
Matt Maloney	G	78	78	2217	586	239	346	126	78	65	16	126	142	219	62	5	107	99	669
Eddie Johnson	F-G	75	1	1490	544	227	198	66	136	113	50	103	153	88	32	3	62	89	633
Mario Elie	G-F	73	59	1988	456	206	189	55	174	145	39	117	156	221	81	8	100	115	612
Matt Bullard	F	67	24	1190	389	175	231	96	27	20	25	121	146	60	31	24	39	104	466
Brent Price	G	72	2	1332	310	128	187	73	98	77	37	70	107	192	52	4	111	163	406
Othella Harrington	F-C	58	3	903	266	129	1	0	122	92	73	134	207	24	10	27	47	112	350
Rodrick Rhodes	G-F	58	13	1070	305	112	8	2	180	111	28	42	70	110	62	10	97	125	337
Emanual Davis	G	45	0	599	142	63	72	27	37	31	10	37	47	59	17	3	52	55	184
Joe Stephens	F	7	0	37	28	10	10	3	6	4	3	3	6	1	2	0	2	2	27
Charles Jones	F-C	24	0	127	10	7	0	0	2	1	12	12	24	5	1	6	4	22	15
Totals		823	410	19830	6513	2946	1670	573	2120	1634	987	2350	3337	1799	686	294	1253	1653	8099

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kevin Willis	F-C	81	74	31.2	51.0	14.3	79.3	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.0	0.7	0.5	2.1	2.9	16.1
Clyde Drexler	G-F	70	70	35.3	42.7	31.7	80.1	1.5	3.4	4.9	5.5	1.8	0.6	2.7	2.8	18.4
Charles Barkley	F	68	41	33.0	48.5	21.4	74.6	3.5	8.1	11.7	3.2	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.8	15.2
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	47	45	34.7	48.3	0.0	75.5	2.5	7.3	9.8	3.0	1.8	2.0	2.7	3.2	16.4
Matt Maloney	G	78	78	28.4	40.8	36.4	83.3	0.2	1.6	1.8	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.3	8.6
Eddie Johnson	F-G	75	1	19.9	41.7	33.3	83.1	0.7	1.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.2	8.4
Mario Elie	G-F	73	59	27.2	45.2	29.1	83.3	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.0	1.1	0.1	1.4	1.6	8.4
Matt Bullard	F	67	24	17.8	45.0	41.6	74.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.6	7.0
Brent Price	G	72	2	18.5	41.3	39.0	78.6	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.5	2.3	5.6
Othella Harrington	F-C	58	3	15.6	48.5	0.0	75.4	1.3	2.3	3.6	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.9	6.0
Rodrick Rhodes	G-F	58	13	18.4	36.7	25.0	61.7	0.5	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.1	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.8
Emanual Davis	G	45	0	13.3	44.4	37.5	83.8	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.3	0.4	0.1	1.2	1.2	4.1
Joe Stephens	F	7	0	5.3	35.7	30.0	66.7	0.4	0.4	0.9	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	3.9
Charles Jones	F-C	24	0	5.3	70.0		50.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.6
Averages		823	410	24.1	45.2	34.3	77.1	1.2	2.9	4.1	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.0	9.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	5	190	99	39	1	0	33	24	9	45	54	12	5	16	13	18	102
Clyde Drexler	G-F	5	182	68	21	26	5	37	28	9	18	27	23	8	3	13	15	75
Kevin Willis	F-C	5	168	55	22	1	0	16	12	18	35	53	5	8	3	12	21	56
Charles Barkley	F	4	87	23	12	2	0	21	12	5	16	21	4	5	0	6	12	36
Mario Elie	G-F	5	133	27	12	9	3	9	6	3	10	13	6	2	0	5	10	33
Matt Maloney	G	5	165	30	10	20	5	9	8	0	8	8	18	2	2	4	11	33
Eddie Johnson	F-G	5	89	27	9	10	3	8	7	4	4	8	1	0	0	3	10	28
Brent Price	G	5	75	15	6	13	5	3	2	1	8	9	6	4	0	6	12	19
Matt Bullard	F	5	70	18	6	10	3	2	2	3	5	8	5	1	0	0	5	17
Othella Harrington	F-C	3	23	12	6	1	0	5	4	3	4	7	0	0	1	0	1	16
Rodrick Rhodes	G-F	3	7	3	2	0	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	6
Charles Jones	F-C	4	11	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	4	2
Totals		54	1200	377	145	93	24	149	109	56	156	212	81	36	25	63	119	423

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	5	38.0	39.4	0.0	72.7	1.8	9.0	10.8	2.4	1.0	3.2	2.6	3.6	20.4
Clyde Drexler	G-F	5	36.4	30.9	19.2	75.7	1.8	3.6	5.4	4.6	1.6	0.6	2.6	3.0	15.0
Kevin Willis	F-C	5	33.6	40.0	0.0	75.0	3.6	7.0	10.6	1.0	1.6	0.6	2.4	4.2	11.2
Charles Barkley	F	4	21.8	52.2	0.0	57.1	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	1.5	3.0	9.0
Mario Elie	G-F	5	26.6	44.4	33.3	66.7	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.6
Matt Maloney	G	5	33.0	33.3	25.0	88.9	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.2	6.6
Eddie Johnson	F-G	5	17.8	33.3	30.0	87.5	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.0	5.6
Brent Price	G	5	15.0	40.0	38.5	66.7	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.2	0.8	0.0	1.2	2.4	3.8
Matt Bullard	F	5	14.0	33.3	30.0	100.0	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.4
Othella Harrington	F-C	3	7.7	50.0	0.0	80.0	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	5.3
Rodrick Rhodes	G-F	3	2.3	66.7		50.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.0
Charles Jones	F-C	4	2.8			100.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5
Averages		823	22.2	38.5	25.8	73.2	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.5	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.2	7.8