# Temporada 1984-85 de los Houston Rockets

La temporada 1984-85 fue la decimocuarta de los Houston Rockets en su nueva localización de Texas, y la decimoctava en la NBA, tras haber jugado las cuatro primeras en San Diego (California). La temporada regular acabó con 48 victorias y 34 derrotas, ocupando el tercer puesto de la conferencia Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en primera ronda ante los Utah Jazz.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 1 | Akeem Olajuwon | Pívot | Nigeria Nigeria | Houston |
| 3 | 51 | Jim Petersen | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Minnesota |

## Temporada regular

División Atlántico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Denver Nuggets | 52 | 30 | .634 | – | 34–7 | 18–23 | 17–13 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 4 | 29–12 | 19–22 | 20–10 |
| x-Dallas Mavericks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 8 | 24–17 | 20–21 | 14–16 |
| x-Utah Jazz | 41 | 41 | .500 | 11 | 26–15 | 15–26 | 19–11 |
| x-San Antonio Spurs | 41 | 41 | .500 | 11 | 30–11 | 11–30 | 12–18 |
| Kansas City Kings | 31 | 51 | .378 | 21 | 23–18 | 8–33 | 8–22 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Houston Rockets vs. Utah Jazz
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 19 de abril | Houston Rockets 101, Utah Jazz 115 | Houston |
| 21 de abril | Houston Rockets 122, Utah Jazz 96 | Houston |
| 24 de abril | Utah Jazz 112, Houston Rockets 104 | Salt Lake City |
| 26 de abril | Utah Jazz 94, Houston Rockets 96 | Salt Lake City |
| 28 de abril | Houston Rockets 97, Utah Jazz 104 | Houston |
| | Utah Jazz gana las series 3-2 | |

## 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 | 24 | 82 | 82 | 37.6 | 9.2 | 18.3 | .502 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 3.7 | 5.5 | .676 | 2.8 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 22.1 |
| 2 | Rodney McCray | 23 | 82 | 82 | 36.6 | 5.8 | 10.9 | .535 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 2.8 | 3.8 | .738 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 14.4 |
| 3 | Hakeem Olajuwon | 22 | 82 | 82 | 35.5 | 8.3 | 15.3 | .538 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 4.1 | 6.7 | .613 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 11.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 20.6 |
| 4 | Lewis Lloyd | 25 | 82 | 58 | 26.0 | 5.6 | 10.6 | .526 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .250 | 2.0 | 2.7 | .732 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 13.1 |
| 5 | John Lucas | 31 | 47 | 21 | 24.6 | 4.4 | 9.5 | .462 | 0.4 | 1.4 | .318 | 2.2 | 2.7 | .798 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 6.8 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 11.4 |
| 6 | Lionel Hollins | 31 | 80 | 60 | 24.4 | 3.1 | 6.8 | .461 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .231 | 1.4 | 1.7 | .794 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 7.6 |
| 7 | Robert Reid | 29 | 82 | 0 | 21.5 | 3.8 | 7.9 | .481 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .063 | 1.1 | 1.5 | .698 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 8.7 |
| 8 | Mitchell Wiggins | 25 | 82 | 24 | 19.2 | 3.9 | 8.0 | .484 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .261 | 1.2 | 1.6 | .733 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 9.0 |
| 9 | Allen Leavell | 27 | 42 | 0 | 12.8 | 2.1 | 5.0 | .421 | 0.2 | 0.9 | .216 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .772 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 5.4 |
| 10 | Jim Petersen | 22 | 60 | 0 | 11.9 | 1.2 | 2.4 | .486 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.8 | 1.1 | .758 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
| 11 | Phil Ford | 28 | 25 | 1 | 11.6 | 0.6 | 1.9 | .298 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .000 | 0.6 | 0.7 | .889 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 12 | Larry Micheaux | 24 | 39 | 0 | 10.1 | 1.9 | 3.1 | .607 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .654 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 4.2 |
| 13 | Craig Ehlo | 23 | 45 | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | .493 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .633 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| 14 | Hank McDowell | 25 | 34 | 0 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 1.2 | .476 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.2 | 0.3 | .700 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Akeem Olajuwon | 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA All-Star |
| Ralph Sampson | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA MVP del All-Star Game de la NBA All-Star |