# Temporada 1993-94 de los Houston Rockets

La temporada 1993-94 fue la vigesimotercera de los Houston Rockets en su localización de Texas, y la vigesimoséptima en la NBA, tras haber jugado las cuatro primeras en San Diego (California). La temporada regular acabó con 58 victorias y 24 derrotas, ocupando el segundo puesto de la conferencia Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que proclamaron campeones de la NBA, tras derrotar en las Finales a los New York Knicks, logrando el primer título de su historia.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad/Club |
| 1 | 24 | Sam Cassell | Base | Estados Unidos | Florida State |
| 2 | 46 | Richard Petruška | Pívot | Estados Unidos | UCLA |
| 2 | 50 | Marcelo Nicola | Alero | Argentina | Taugres |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Houston Rockets | 58 | 24 | .707 | — | 35–6 | 23–18 | 15–11 |
| x-San Antonio Spurs | 55 | 27 | .671 | 3 | 32–9 | 23–18 | 16–10 |
| x-Utah Jazz | 53 | 29 | .646 | 5 | 33–8 | 20–21 | 21–5 |
| x-Denver Nuggets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 16 | 28–13 | 14–27 | 14–12 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 20 | 62 | .244 | 38 | 13–28 | 7–34 | 5–21 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 13 | 69 | .159 | 45 | 6–35 | 7–34 | 7–19 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Houston Rockets vs. Portland Trail Blazers
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 29 de abril | Houston Rockets 114, Portland Trail Blazers 104 | Houston |
| 1 de mayo | Houston Rockets 115, Portland Trail Blazers 104 | Houston |
| 3 de mayo | Portland Trail Blazers 118, Houston Rockets 115 | Portland |
| 6 de mayo | Portland Trail Blazers 89, Houston Rockets 92 | Portland |
| | Houston Rockets gana las series 3-1 | |

### Semifinales de Conferencia

Houston Rockets vs. Phoenix Suns
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 8 de mayo | Houston Rockets 87, Phoenix Suns 91 | Houston |
| 11 de mayo | Houston Rockets 117, Phoenix Suns 124 | Houston |
| 13 de mayo | Phoenix Suns 102, Houston Rockets 118 | Phoenix |
| 15 de mayo | Phoenix Suns 96, Houston Rockets 107 | Phoenix |
| 17 de mayo | Houston Rockets 109, Phoenix Suns 86 | Houston |
| 19 de mayo | Phoenix Suns 103, Houston Rockets 89 | Phoenix |
| 21 de mayo | Houston Rockets 104, Phoenix Suns 94 | Houston |
| | Houston Rockets gana las series 4-3 | |

### Finales de Conferencia

Houston Rockets vs. Utah Jazz
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 23 de mayo | Houston Rockets 100, Utah Jazz 88 | Houston |
| 25 de mayo | Houston Rockets 104, Utah Jazz 99 | Houston |
| 27 de mayo | Utah Jazz 95, Houston Rockets 86 | Utah |
| 29 de mayo | Utah Jazz 78, Houston Rockets 80 | Utah |
| 31 de mayo | Houston Rockets 94, Utah Jazz 83 | Houston |
| | Houston Rockets gana las series 4-1 | |

### Finales de la NBA

Houston Rockets vs. New York Knicks
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 8 de junio | Houston Rockets 85, New York Knicks 78 | Houston |
| 10 de junio | Houston Rockets 83, New York Knicks 91 | Houston |
| 12 de junio | New York Knicks 89, Houston Rockets 93 | Nueva York |
| 15 de junio | New York Knicks 91, Houston Rockets 82 | Nueva York |
| 17 de junio | New York Knicks 91, Houston Rockets 84 | Nueva York |
| 19 de junio | Houston Rockets 86, New York Knicks 84 | Houston |
| 22 de junio | Houston Rockets 90, New York Knicks 84 | Houston |
| | Houston Rockets gana las series 4-3 | |

## Estadísticas
### Temporada regular

| 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 | Hakeem Olajuwon | 31 | 80 | 80 | 41.0 | 11.2 | 21.2 | .528 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .530 | 4.9 | 6.8 | .716 | 2.9 | 9.1 | 11.9 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 27.3 |
| 2 | Otis Thorpe | 31 | 82 | 82 | 35.5 | 5.5 | 9.8 | .561 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.1 | 4.7 | .657 | 3.3 | 7.3 | 10.6 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 14.0 |
| 3 | Vernon Maxwell | 28 | 75 | 73 | 34.3 | 5.1 | 13.0 | .389 | 1.6 | 5.4 | .298 | 1.9 | 2.5 | .749 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 13.6 |
| 4 | Robert Horry | 23 | 81 | 81 | 29.3 | 4.0 | 8.7 | .459 | 0.5 | 1.7 | .324 | 1.4 | 1.9 | .732 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 9.9 |
| 5 | Kenny Smith | 28 | 78 | 78 | 28.3 | 4.4 | 9.1 | .480 | 1.1 | 2.8 | .405 | 1.7 | 2.0 | .871 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 11.6 |
| 6 | Chris Jent | 24 | 3 | 0 | 26.0 | 4.3 | 8.7 | .500 | 1.3 | 3.7 | .364 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .500 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 10.3 |
| 7 | Mario Elie | 30 | 67 | 8 | 24.0 | 3.1 | 7.0 | .446 | 0.8 | 2.5 | .335 | 2.3 | 2.7 | .860 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 9.3 |
| 8 | Carl Herrera | 27 | 75 | 0 | 17.2 | 1.9 | 4.1 | .458 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.9 | 1.3 | .711 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 4.7 |
| 9 | Sam Cassell | 24 | 66 | 6 | 17.0 | 2.5 | 5.9 | .418 | 0.4 | 1.3 | .295 | 1.4 | 1.6 | .841 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 6.7 |
| 10 | Scott Brooks | 28 | 73 | 0 | 16.8 | 1.9 | 4.0 | .491 | 0.3 | 0.8 | .377 | 1.0 | 1.2 | .871 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 5.2 |
| 11 | Earl Cureton | 36 | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | .250 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 12 | Matt Bullard | 26 | 65 | 0 | 11.2 | 1.2 | 3.5 | .345 | 0.8 | 2.4 | .325 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .769 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 13 | Larry Robinson | 26 | 6 | 0 | 9.2 | 1.7 | 3.3 | .500 | 0.3 | 1.3 | .250 | 0.5 | 1.3 | .375 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 4.2 |
| 14 | Eric Riley | 23 | 47 | 2 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 1.5 | .486 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.4 | 0.8 | .541 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| 15 | Richard Petruška | 25 | 22 | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 2.1 | .435 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .467 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .750 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.4 |

### Playoffs

| 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 | Hakeem Olajuwon | 31 | 23 | 23 | 43.0 | 11.6 | 22.3 | .519 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .500 | 5.6 | 7.0 | .795 | 2.4 | 8.7 | 11.0 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 28.9 |
| 2 | Vernon Maxwell | 28 | 23 | 23 | 38.3 | 5.1 | 13.7 | .376 | 2.0 | 6.0 | .326 | 1.6 | 2.3 | .685 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 13.8 |
| 3 | Otis Thorpe | 31 | 23 | 23 | 37.1 | 4.8 | 8.4 | .572 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .500 | 1.7 | 2.9 | .567 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 9.9 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 11.3 |
| 4 | Robert Horry | 23 | 23 | 23 | 33.8 | 4.3 | 9.8 | .434 | 1.5 | 3.9 | .382 | 1.7 | 2.2 | .765 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 11.7 |
| 5 | Kenny Smith | 28 | 23 | 23 | 30.3 | 3.7 | 8.2 | .455 | 1.5 | 3.3 | .447 | 1.8 | 2.3 | .808 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 10.8 |
| 6 | Sam Cassell | 24 | 22 | 0 | 21.7 | 2.9 | 7.3 | .394 | 0.8 | 2.0 | .378 | 2.9 | 3.4 | .865 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 9.4 |
| 7 | Mario Elie | 30 | 23 | 0 | 16.6 | 1.8 | 4.6 | .396 | 0.4 | 1.4 | .313 | 1.7 | 2.0 | .851 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 5.8 |
| 8 | Carl Herrera | 27 | 16 | 0 | 15.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | .534 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.8 | 1.0 | .813 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| 9 | Earl Cureton | 36 | 10 | 0 | 10.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | .800 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.000 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| 10 | Chris Jent | 24 | 11 | 0 | 5.6 | 0.5 | 1.8 | .250 | 0.3 | 1.2 | .231 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| 11 | Matt Bullard | 26 | 10 | 0 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 1.9 | .211 | 0.2 | 1.0 | .200 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .750 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| 12 | Scott Brooks | 28 | 5 | 0 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | .833 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .000 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | MVP de la NBA Mejor Defensor de la NBA MVP de las Finales de la NBA Mejor quinteto de la NBA Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA All-Star |