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Houston Rockets

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Also known as: Houston Rockets
Program History

Model Outputs

1996-1997
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1198 (#4) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1115 (#8) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.7 More → +4.4 (#7) HCA +2.7
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.635 (#7) -

1997 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1996-11-01 vs SAC W 96 - 85
1996-11-02 @ PHX W 110 - 95
1996-11-04 @ UTA W 75 - 72
1996-11-05 @ SAC W 102 - 80
1996-11-07 @ DEN W 110 - 108
1996-11-09 vs UTA W 91 - 85
1996-11-12 vs LAL - Incomplete score
1996-11-14 vs IND W 90 - 88
1996-11-19 vs MIN W 122 - 93
1996-11-21 vs PHX W 115 - 105
1996-11-23 @ GSW W 120 - 115
1996-11-24 @ LAL W 90 - 85
1996-11-26 vs POR W 102 - 101
1996-11-29 @ BOS W 120 - 94
1996-11-30 @ WAS W 103 - 99
1996-12-02 @ TOR L 89 - 100
1996-12-04 vs BOS W 94 - 89
1996-12-07 vs PHI W 123 - 108
1996-12-10 @ MIN W 96 - 94
1996-12-12 vs DET W 115 - 96
1996-12-14 @ SEA W 109 - 100
1996-12-15 @ POR W 99 - 89
1996-12-17 @ VAN L 92 - 93
1996-12-19 vs SAS L 101 - 115
1996-12-21 vs MIA L 66 - 86
1996-12-23 vs MIL L 76 - 81
1996-12-26 @ MIL W 101 - 90
1996-12-28 vs GSW W 104 - 95
1996-12-30 vs SEA W 99 - 91
1997-01-02 vs POR L 96 - 112
1997-01-04 vs LAC L 91 - 95
1997-01-07 @ MIN W 104 - 95
1997-01-10 @ PHI W 120 - 99
1997-01-11 @ CHI L 86 - 110
1997-01-14 vs NYK W 106 - 86
1997-01-16 vs SAC W 89 - 80
1997-01-17 @ DAL W 88 - 78
1997-01-19 vs CHI W 102 - 86
1997-01-21 @ CHH L 108 - 114
1997-01-23 vs NJN W 111 - 104
1997-01-25 vs UTA L 100 - 105
1997-01-30 vs DEN L 109 - 113
1997-01-31 @ IND L 74 - 100
1997-02-02 @ ORL L 90 - 103
1997-02-04 @ NYK L 95 - 99
1997-02-06 @ DET L 87 - 96
1997-02-14 @ SEA L 85 - 105
1997-02-15 @ POR L 105 - 109
1997-02-17 vs ATL W 127 - 98
1997-02-20 vs TOR W 107 - 97
1997-02-21 @ ATL L 74 - 76
1997-02-23 vs SAS W 95 - 85
1997-02-25 vs LAL W 100 - 96
1997-02-27 vs CHH L 95 - 106
1997-03-01 vs DAL W 89 - 80
1997-03-04 @ LAC W 113 - 109
1997-03-05 @ GSW W 90 - 85
1997-03-07 @ LAL W 111 - 90
1997-03-09 @ DAL W 88 - 83
1997-03-11 @ SAS W 103 - 79
1997-03-12 vs ORL L 95 - 96
1997-03-16 @ MIA L 80 - 101
1997-03-18 @ NJN W 97 - 89
1997-03-20 vs WAS W 96 - 90
1997-03-22 vs PHX L 99 - 104
1997-03-25 vs MIN W 112 - 103
1997-03-27 vs CLE W 107 - 89
1997-03-29 vs DEN W 120 - 105
1997-04-01 @ DEN W 116 - 99
1997-04-02 @ PHX L 96 - 109
1997-04-04 @ SAC W 108 - 94
1997-04-06 @ VAN W 94 - 85
1997-04-08 @ LAC W 127 - 117
1997-04-10 vs VAN W 102 - 94
1997-04-11 @ UTA L 83 - 104
1997-04-13 vs SEA W 113 - 73
1997-04-15 vs LAC W 123 - 119
1997-04-18 vs DAL W 112 - 102
1997-04-20 @ SAS W 103 - 99
1997-04-24 vs MIN W 112 - 95
1997-04-26 vs MIN W 96 - 84
1997-04-29 @ MIN W 125 - 120
1997-05-05 vs SEA W 112 - 102
1997-05-07 vs SEA L 101 - 106
1997-05-09 @ SEA W 97 - 93
1997-05-11 @ SEA W 110 - 106
1997-05-13 vs SEA L 94 - 100
1997-05-15 @ SEA L 96 - 99
1997-05-17 vs SEA W 96 - 91
1997-05-19 @ UTA L 86 - 101
1997-05-21 @ UTA L 92 - 104
1997-05-23 vs UTA W 118 - 100
1997-05-25 vs UTA W 95 - 92
1997-05-27 @ UTA L 91 - 96
1997-05-29 vs UTA L 100 - 103

1997 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Hakeem Olajuwon G 91 36.5 23.3 9.5 3.1 1.6 2.3 3.4 17.9 18.4 - - - 52.2 27.8 77.5 - 56.8 52.3
Charles Barkley G 66 37.6 19.3 13.2 4.4 1.3 0.5 2.8 13.0 22.8 - - - 47.8 29.2 71.1 - 58.0 51.8
Clyde Drexler G 76 36.6 17.9 5.9 5.5 1.8 0.6 2.4 14.6 14.6 - - - 43.8 36.1 76.2 - 54.6 50.7
Mario Elie G 91 34.4 11.4 3.0 4.0 1.1 0.2 1.7 7.4 10.6 - - - 49.1 41.7 88.0 - 65.6 59.4
Kevin Willis G 88 24.4 10.4 7.1 0.9 0.6 0.4 1.6 9.1 8.7 - - - 46.9 13.3 68.7 - 50.5 47.0
Eddie Johnson G 40 21.7 10.2 3.4 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.9 8.6 5.6 - - - 43.4 36.0 89.2 - 55.2 51.3
Matt Maloney G 95 29.3 9.6 1.8 3.6 0.9 0.0 1.6 7.8 6.5 - - - 42.7 40.1 75.2 - 57.3 55.4
Sam Mack G 49 16.8 5.7 2.1 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.8 5.1 3.5 - - - 40.0 33.1 82.9 - 51.9 48.8
Emanual Davis G 12 16.7 4.9 1.6 2.0 0.6 0.2 1.2 4.1 3.9 - - - 42.9 46.2 62.5 - 56.2 55.1
Brent Price G 23 15.0 4.5 1.2 2.6 0.6 0.0 1.3 4.0 3.7 - - - 38.0 29.2 100.0 - 51.6 45.7
Matt Bullard G 72 13.7 4.5 1.6 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.5 3.9 3.1 - - - 41.0 37.9 73.5 - 54.7 53.2
Othella Harrington G 64 13.2 4.4 3.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.9 3.2 4.2 - - - 54.9 0.0 61.5 - 57.3 54.9
Randy Livingston G 64 14.8 4.0 1.4 2.5 0.6 0.2 1.6 3.6 3.5 - - - 43.7 43.5 64.6 - 48.9 45.9
Tracy Moore G 27 8.4 3.7 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.5 3.1 1.9 - - - 38.8 25.6 71.0 - 50.2 45.3
Sedale Threatt G 37 15.7 3.5 1.1 2.4 0.6 0.2 0.7 3.5 3.5 - - - 38.5 34.0 75.0 - 47.1 45.0
Elmer Bennett - 4 3.5 2.5 0.2 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.8 - - - 33.3 33.3 83.3 - 57.9 41.7
Joe Stephens - 2 4.5 1.5 1.5 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.5 2.5 0.5 - - - 20.0 33.3 0 - 30.0 30.0
Charles Jones G 13 6.8 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.4 1.7 - - - 40.0 0 0 - 40.0 40.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG