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Houston Rockets

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Also known as: Houston Rockets
Program History

Model Outputs

1997-1998
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 → 1018 (#14) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 962 (#19) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +3.0 More → -1.2 (#19) HCA +3.0
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.457 (#19) -

1998 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1997-10-31 vs CLE W 94 - 86
1997-11-02 @ SAC W 93 - 77
1997-11-04 @ SEA L 94 - 118
1997-11-05 @ LAC W 124 - 110
1997-11-07 vs POR L 85 - 86
1997-11-12 vs PHI L 100 - 114
1997-11-14 vs LAL - Incomplete score
1997-11-16 @ PHX L 94 - 96
1997-11-18 vs NYK W 95 - 84
1997-11-20 vs TOR W 127 - 97
1997-11-28 @ POR W 98 - 89
1997-11-29 @ GSW W 107 - 100
1997-12-02 vs DEN W 112 - 101
1997-12-04 vs ATL W 94 - 87
1997-12-06 @ DAL W 108 - 106
1997-12-09 vs SAS W 108 - 78
1997-12-12 @ LAL L 102 - 119
1997-12-14 @ VAN L 105 - 110
1997-12-16 vs VAN W 118 - 91
1997-12-19 vs SAC W 116 - 98
1997-12-20 @ SAS L 87 - 100
1997-12-22 vs LAL L 83 - 94
1997-12-25 @ UTA L 103 - 107
1997-12-27 vs WAS W 111 - 101
1997-12-29 vs CHH L 101 - 120
1998-01-03 vs POR L 95 - 97
1998-01-05 @ TOR W 120 - 96
1998-01-06 @ CLE L 70 - 100
1998-01-08 vs IND L 80 - 87
1998-01-10 vs UTA L 84 - 111
1998-01-13 vs DAL W 100 - 87
1998-01-16 vs MIN L 115 - 116
1998-01-18 @ CHI L 100 - 106
1998-01-19 vs SEA L 80 - 114
1998-01-21 @ NJN L 112 - 117
1998-01-22 @ CHH L 86 - 93
1998-01-24 vs SAS W 112 - 87
1998-01-26 @ SAS L 90 - 115
1998-01-27 vs LAC W 115 - 109
1998-01-29 vs ORL L 88 - 95
1998-01-31 @ PHI W 102 - 86
1998-02-01 @ BOS L 96 - 107
1998-02-03 vs VAN W 110 - 97
1998-02-05 @ DET L 92 - 104
1998-02-10 vs SEA W 97 - 83
1998-02-12 @ VAN W 112 - 103
1998-02-13 @ POR L 81 - 105
1998-02-16 @ LAC W 121 - 99
1998-02-19 vs DET W 100 - 90
1998-02-20 @ MIN L 95 - 100
1998-02-22 @ NYK L 74 - 92
1998-02-24 @ WAS L 112 - 124
1998-02-26 vs MIN W 118 - 98
1998-03-01 vs UTA L 100 - 106
1998-03-03 vs LAC W 107 - 97
1998-03-05 vs MIA L 93 - 117
1998-03-07 @ PHX W 108 - 89
1998-03-09 @ UTA L 93 - 100
1998-03-10 vs DAL W 97 - 91
1998-03-12 vs NJN W 115 - 104
1998-03-14 vs SAC W 89 - 86
1998-03-19 vs BOS W 105 - 96
1998-03-21 @ DAL W 103 - 95
1998-03-25 @ IND W 86 - 81
1998-03-27 @ ORL L 75 - 100
1998-03-29 @ MIA L 77 - 109
1998-03-31 vs PHX L 86 - 97
1998-04-02 vs GSW L 94 - 104
1998-04-03 @ ATL L 87 - 107
1998-04-05 vs CHI L 94 - 109
1998-04-07 @ DEN W 104 - 87
1998-04-09 @ GSW W 93 - 89
1998-04-10 @ SAC W 97 - 85
1998-04-12 @ SEA L 95 - 103
1998-04-14 vs DEN W 94 - 88
1998-04-17 @ MIN L 95 - 102
1998-04-19 vs PHX L 93 - 123
1998-04-23 @ UTA W 103 - 90
1998-04-25 @ UTA L 90 - 105
1998-04-29 vs UTA W 89 - 85
1998-05-01 vs UTA L 71 - 93
1998-05-03 @ UTA L 70 - 84

1998 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%
Clyde Drexler G 71 34.7 18.3 4.9 5.4 1.8 0.6 2.7 15.0 13.2 - - - 42.4 30.8 79.5 - 52.9 47.3
Hakeem Olajuwon G 48 34.4 16.9 9.9 3.0 1.8 2.1 2.6 14.0 17.1 - - - 47.3 0.0 74.6 - 52.3 47.3
Kevin Willis G 81 30.7 15.7 8.2 0.9 0.7 0.4 2.1 12.6 11.3 - - - 50.7 14.3 79.1 - 55.3 50.8
Charles Barkley G 69 31.8 14.7 11.4 3.0 1.1 0.3 2.1 10.6 17.8 - - - 48.6 20.7 73.1 - 56.1 49.8
Mario Elie G 74 26.5 8.4 2.2 2.9 1.1 0.1 1.3 6.2 7.1 - - - 45.7 30.2 83.0 - 58.1 52.0
Matt Maloney G 78 28.1 8.4 1.8 2.9 0.8 0.1 1.3 7.4 5.2 - - - 40.2 35.7 83.1 - 53.4 50.8
Eddie Johnson G 76 19.4 8.3 2.0 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.8 7.1 3.9 - - - 41.6 33.8 83.2 - 52.6 48.0
Matt Bullard G 67 16.7 6.5 2.1 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.6 5.6 4.1 - - - 43.7 40.3 75.9 - 56.4 55.4
Othella Harrington G 58 14.8 5.9 3.5 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.8 4.5 5.1 - - - 47.9 0.0 75.9 - 54.1 47.9
Brent Price G 72 17.8 5.6 1.6 2.6 0.7 0.0 1.5 4.3 4.7 - - - 41.7 39.5 77.7 - 57.7 53.6
Rodrick Rhodes G 56 17.5 5.6 1.1 1.9 1.0 0.1 1.6 5.1 3.1 - - - 36.6 33.3 61.6 - 43.9 37.0
Emanual Davis G 44 13.0 4.1 1.0 1.3 0.4 0.1 1.2 3.2 2.6 - - - 44.0 36.6 83.8 - 57.5 53.2
Joe Stephens - 7 4.6 3.9 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 4.0 0.9 - - - 35.7 30.0 66.7 - 44.1 41.1
Charles Jones G 28 4.4 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.5 - - - 70.0 0 75.0 - 72.3 70.0

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