# Temporada 1987-88 de los Houston Rockets

La temporada 1987-88 fue la decimoséptima de los Houston Rockets en su localización de Texas, y la vigésimo primera en la NBA, tras haber jugado las cuatro primeras en San Diego (California). La temporada regular acabó con 46 victorias y 36 derrotas, ocupando el sexto puesto de la conferencia Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en semifinales de conferencia ante los Dallas Mavericks.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 2 | 35 | Doug Lee | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Purdue |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Denver Nuggets | 54 | 28 | .659 | – | 35–6 | 19–22 | 18–12 |
| x-Dallas Mavericks | 53 | 29 | .646 | 1 | 33–8 | 20–21 | 20–10 |
| x-Utah Jazz | 47 | 35 | .573 | 7 | 33–8 | 14–27 | 18–12 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 46 | 36 | .561 | 8 | 31–10 | 15–26 | 13–17 |
| x-San Antonio Spurs | 31 | 51 | .378 | 23 | 23–18 | 8–33 | 12–18 |
| Sacramento Kings | 24 | 58 | .293 | 30 | 19–22 | 5–36 | 9–21 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Dallas Mavericks vs. Houston Rockets
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 28 de abril | Dallas Mavericks 120, Houston Rockets 110 | Dallas |
| 30 de abril | Dallas Mavericks 108, Houston Rockets 119 | Dallas |
| 3 de mayo | Houston Rockets 92, Dallas Mavericks 93 | Houston |
| 5 de mayo | Houston Rockets 98, Dallas Mavericks 107 | Houston |
| | Dallas Mavericks 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 | Ralph Sampson | 27 | 19 | 19 | 37.1 | 6.3 | 14.3 | .439 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .333 | 3.3 | 4.5 | .741 | 3.1 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 15.9 |
| 2 | Hakeem Olajuwon | 25 | 79 | 79 | 35.8 | 9.0 | 17.5 | .514 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 4.8 | 6.9 | .695 | 3.8 | 8.3 | 12.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 22.8 |
| 3 | Rodney McCray | 26 | 81 | 80 | 33.2 | 4.4 | 9.2 | .481 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.6 | 4.5 | .785 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 7.8 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 12.4 |
| 4 | Sleepy Floyd | 27 | 59 | 55 | 31.1 | 4.9 | 11.3 | .431 | 0.2 | 0.9 | .250 | 3.1 | 3.6 | .860 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 13.1 |
| 5 | Allen Leavell | 30 | 80 | 54 | 26.9 | 3.6 | 8.3 | .437 | 0.2 | 1.1 | .216 | 2.7 | 3.1 | .869 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 10.2 |
| 6 | Jim Petersen | 25 | 69 | 50 | 26.0 | 3.6 | 7.1 | .510 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .167 | 1.7 | 2.2 | .745 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 8.9 |
| 7 | Joe Barry Carroll | 29 | 63 | 16 | 25.3 | 5.1 | 11.3 | .452 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.8 | 2.4 | .748 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 12.0 |
| 8 | Purvis Short | 30 | 81 | 11 | 24.1 | 5.9 | 12.2 | .481 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .238 | 2.5 | 3.0 | .858 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 14.3 |
| 9 | Robert Reid | 32 | 62 | 31 | 15.8 | 2.7 | 5.7 | .463 | 0.2 | 0.5 | .382 | 0.8 | 1.0 | .794 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 6.3 |
| 10 | Steve Harris | 24 | 14 | 10 | 14.2 | 2.4 | 6.1 | .395 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.1 | 1.1 | .938 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 5.9 |
| 11 | Buck Johnson | 24 | 70 | 2 | 12.6 | 2.2 | 4.3 | .520 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .125 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .736 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| 12 | Cedric Maxwell | 32 | 71 | 0 | 11.9 | 1.1 | 2.4 | .468 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.5 | 2.0 | .769 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.8 |
| 13 | World B. Free | 34 | 58 | 0 | 11.8 | 2.5 | 6.0 | .409 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .229 | 1.4 | 1.7 | .800 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 6.4 |
| 14 | Andre Turner | 23 | 12 | 0 | 8.3 | 1.0 | 2.8 | .353 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .143 | 0.8 | 1.2 | .714 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| 15 | Lester Conner | 28 | 52 | 3 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 2.1 | .463 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .780 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.5 |
| 16 | Richard Anderson | 27 | 12 | 0 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 2.2 | .423 | 0.5 | 1.3 | .400 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .800 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.7 |

## Galardones y récords

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