# Temporada 1988-89 de los Houston Rockets

La temporada 1988-89 fue la decimoctava de los Houston Rockets en su localización de Texas, y la vigésimo segunda en la NBA, tras haber jugado las cuatro primeras en San Diego (California). La temporada regular acabó con 45 victorias y 37 derrotas, ocupando el quinto puesto de la conferencia Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en primera ronda ante los Seattle SuperSonics.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 16 | Derrick Chievous | Alero | Estados Unidos | Missouri |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Utah Jazz | 51 | 31 | .622 | – | 34–7 | 17–24 | 19–11 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 45 | 37 | .549 | 6 | 31–10 | 14–27 | 19–11 |
| x-Denver Nuggets | 44 | 38 | .537 | 7 | 35–6 | 9–32 | 18–12 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 13 | 24–17 | 14–27 | 19–11 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 21 | 61 | .256 | 30 | 18–23 | 3–38 | 9–21 |
| Miami Heat | 15 | 67 | .183 | 36 | 12–29 | 3–38 | 6–24 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Seattle SuperSonics vs. Houston Rockets
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 28 de abril | Seattle SuperSonics 111, Houston Rockets 107 | Seattle |
| 30 de abril | Seattle SuperSonics 109, Houston Rockets 97 | Seattle |
| 3 de mayo | Houston Rockets 126, Seattle SuperSonics 107 | Houston |
| 5 de mayo | Houston Rockets 96, Seattle SuperSonics 98 | Houston |
| | Seattle SuperSonics gana las series 3-1 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Otis Thorpe | 26 | 82 | 82 | 38.2 | 6.4 | 11.7 | .542 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 4.0 | 5.5 | .729 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 9.6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 16.7 |
| 2 | Hakeem Olajuwon | 26 | 82 | 82 | 36.9 | 9.6 | 19.0 | .508 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 5.5 | 8.0 | .696 | 4.1 | 9.4 | 13.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 24.8 |
| 3 | Sleepy Floyd | 28 | 82 | 82 | 34.0 | 4.8 | 10.9 | .443 | 1.3 | 3.6 | .373 | 3.2 | 3.8 | .845 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 14.2 |
| 4 | Mike Woodson | 30 | 81 | 79 | 27.9 | 5.1 | 11.6 | .438 | 0.4 | 1.1 | .348 | 2.4 | 2.9 | .823 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 12.9 |
| 5 | Buck Johnson | 25 | 67 | 51 | 27.6 | 4.0 | 7.7 | .524 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .111 | 1.5 | 2.0 | .754 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 9.6 |
| 6 | Walter Berry | 24 | 40 | 14 | 20.0 | 3.7 | 6.8 | .541 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .500 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .713 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 8.8 |
| 7 | Derrick Chievous | 21 | 81 | 1 | 19.0 | 3.4 | 7.8 | .437 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .208 | 2.4 | 3.0 | .783 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 9.3 |
| 8 | Purvis Short | 31 | 65 | 16 | 17.8 | 3.0 | 7.4 | .413 | 0.1 | 0.5 | .273 | 1.2 | 1.4 | .865 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 7.4 |
| 9 | Tim McCormick | 26 | 81 | 0 | 15.5 | 2.1 | 4.3 | .481 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.1 | 1.6 | .674 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 5.2 |
| 10 | Frank Johnson | 30 | 67 | 0 | 13.1 | 1.6 | 3.7 | .443 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .167 | 1.1 | 1.4 | .806 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 4.4 |
| 11 | Allen Leavell | 31 | 55 | 3 | 11.4 | 1.2 | 3.4 | .346 | 0.1 | 0.7 | .122 | 0.8 | 1.1 | .733 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
| 12 | Bernard Thompson | 26 | 23 | 0 | 9.7 | 0.9 | 2.6 | .339 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.1 | .846 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.7 |
| 13 | Tony Brown | 28 | 14 | 0 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 3.2 | .311 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .222 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .750 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| 14 | Chuck Nevitt | 29 | 43 | 0 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 | .435 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.3 | 0.4 | .688 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Akeem Olajuwon | Mejor quinteto de la NBA All-Star |