# Temporada 1989-90 de los Houston Rockets

La temporada 1989-90 fue la decimonovena de los Houston Rockets en su localización de Texas, y la vigésimo tercera en la NBA, tras haber jugado las cuatro primeras en San Diego (California). La temporada regular acabó con 41 victorias y 41 derrotas, ocupando el octavo puesto de la conferencia Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en primera ronda ante Los Angeles Lakers.

## Elecciones en el Draft

Los Rockets no tuvieron ninguna elección en el Draft de 1989, ya que las plazas que les correspondían las usaron para traspasos e intercambio de jugadores.

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-San Antonio Spurs | 56 | 26 | .683 | – | 34–7 | 22–19 | 19–9 |
| x-Utah Jazz | 55 | 27 | .671 | 1 | 36–5 | 19–22 | 21–7 |
| x-Dallas Mavericks | 47 | 35 | .573 | 9 | 30–11 | 17–24 | 17–11 |
| x-Denver Nuggets | 43 | 39 | .524 | 13 | 28–13 | 15–26 | 15–13 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 15 | 31–10 | 10–31 | 13–15 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 22 | 60 | .268 | 34 | 17–24 | 5–36 | 6–22 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 19 | 63 | .232 | 37 | 13–28 | 6–35 | 7–21 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 27 de abril | Los Angeles Lakers 101, Houston Rockets 89 | Los Angeles |
| 29 de abril | Los Angeles Lakers 104, Houston Rockets 100 | Los Angeles |
| 1 de mayo | Houston Rockets 114, Los Angeles Lakers 108 | Houston |
| 3 de mayo | Houston Rockets 88, Los Angeles Lakers 109 | Houston |
| | Los Angeles Lakers 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 | Akeem Olajuwon | 27 | 82 | 82 | 38.1 | 9.8 | 19.6 | .501 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .167 | 4.7 | 6.5 | .713 | 3.6 | 10.4 | 14.0 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 24.3 |
| 2 | Otis Thorpe | 27 | 82 | 82 | 35.9 | 6.7 | 12.2 | .548 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 3.7 | 5.4 | .688 | 3.1 | 5.8 | 9.0 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 17.1 |
| 3 | Buck Johnson | 26 | 82 | 82 | 34.5 | 6.1 | 12.4 | .495 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .118 | 2.5 | 3.3 | .759 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 14.8 |
| 4 | Sleepy Floyd | 29 | 82 | 73 | 32.1 | 4.4 | 9.8 | .451 | 1.1 | 2.9 | .380 | 2.3 | 2.8 | .806 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 12.2 |
| 5 | Vernon Maxwell | 24 | 30 | 10 | 29.0 | 4.7 | 10.7 | .442 | 0.4 | 1.8 | .245 | 2.6 | 3.9 | .664 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 12.5 |
| 6 | Mitchell Wiggins | 30 | 66 | 52 | 28.1 | 6.3 | 12.9 | .488 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .488 | 2.9 | 3.6 | .810 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 15.5 |
| 7 | John Lucas | 36 | 49 | 18 | 19.1 | 2.2 | 5.9 | .375 | 0.5 | 1.8 | .299 | 0.9 | 1.1 | .764 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 5.8 |
| 8 | Larry Smith | 32 | 74 | 0 | 17.6 | 1.4 | 2.9 | .474 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .364 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| 9 | Mike Woodson | 31 | 61 | 11 | 15.9 | 2.6 | 6.6 | .395 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .293 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .721 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 6.5 |
| 10 | Anthony Bowie | 26 | 66 | 0 | 13.9 | 1.8 | 4.4 | .406 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .286 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .741 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 4.3 |
| 11 | Derrick Chievous | 22 | 41 | 0 | 12.0 | 2.2 | 4.3 | .506 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .375 | 1.5 | 2.1 | .701 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 6.0 |
| 12 | Byron Dinkins | 22 | 33 | 0 | 11.0 | 1.3 | 3.3 | .404 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .111 | 0.8 | 0.9 | .867 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 3.5 |
| 13 | Adrian Caldwell | 23 | 51 | 0 | 6.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | .553 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.3 | 0.5 | .464 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| 14 | Tim McCormick | 27 | 18 | 0 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | .345 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.6 | 1.1 | .526 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 15 | Lewis Lloyd | 30 | 19 | 0 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 2.7 | .569 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 0.8 | .563 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 16 | Chuck Nevitt | 30 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Akeem Olajuwon | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA All-Star |