1985–86 Houston Rockets season

In the playoffs, the Rockets swept the Sacramento Kings in three games in the First Round, then defeated the Denver Nuggets in six games in the Semifinals, before dethroning the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in five games in the conference finals after Ralph Sampson hit a 20-foot jumper as time expired in game five at The Forum to reach the NBA Finals.

In the NBA Finals, the Rockets faced off against the heavily favored Boston Celtics in a rematch of the 1981 NBA Finals, where the Celtics won in six games. Just like in their previous NBA Finals meeting, the Rockets would lose in six games against the Celtics.

Draft picks

Main article: 1985 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club team
1	19	Steve Harris	SG	United States	Tulsa
3	54	Sam Mitchell	SF	United States	Mercer
3	57	Michael Payne		United States	Iowa
4	88	Mike Brooks		United States	Tennessee
6	134	Sam Potter		United States	Oral Roberts

Roster

Houston Rockets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
G/F	3	Ehlo, Craig	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Washington State
SG	20	Harris, Steve	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Tulsa
G	30	Leavell, Allen	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Oklahoma City
G/F	32	Lloyd, Lewis	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Drake
PG	5	Lucas II, John	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Maryland
F	22	McCray, Rodney	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Louisville
PF	8	McDowell, Hank	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Memphis
C	34	Olajuwon, Akeem	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Houston
F/C	43	Petersen, Jim	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Minnesota
SF	33	Reid, Robert	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	St. Mary's (TX)
F/C	50	Sampson, Ralph	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	Virginia
C	31	Waiters, Granville	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Ohio State
SG	15	Wiggins, Mitchell	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	South Carolina

Head coach

Bill Fitch

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Houston Rockets	51	31	.622	–	36–5	15–26	20–10
x-Denver Nuggets	47	35	.573	4	34–7	13–28	15–15
x-Dallas Mavericks	44	38	.537	7	26–15	18–23	16–14
x-Utah Jazz	42	40	.512	9	27–14	15–26	15–15
x-Sacramento Kings	37	45	.451	14	25–16	12–29	15–15
x-San Antonio Spurs	35	47	.427	16	21–20	14–27	9–21

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Houston Rockets	51	31	.622	11
3	x-Denver Nuggets	47	35	.573	15
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	44	38	.537	18
5	x-Utah Jazz	42	40	.512	20
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	40	42	.488	22
7	x-Sacramento Kings	37	45	.451	25
8	x-San Antonio Spurs	35	47	.427	27

9	Phoenix Suns	32	50	.390	30
10	Los Angeles Clippers	32	50	.390	30
11	Seattle SuperSonics	31	51	.378	31
12	Golden State Warriors	30	52	.366	32

Record vs. opponents

1985-86 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–6	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	4–2	5–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–4
Boston	6–0	—	5–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–2	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–1
Chicago	1–5	1–5	—	3–3	0–2	2–0	2–4	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4
Cleveland	2–4	1–5	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–5	0–2	0–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–5	3–3	4–1	0–6	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–5
Dallas	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	3–3	0–2	4–1	1–5	2–0	2–3	1–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	5–0	2–3	3–3	4–2	3–2	5–1	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	—	1–1	3–2	3–3	2–0	4–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–2	3–3	3–3	2–3	3–3	2–0
Detroit	2–4	1–4	4–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	4–2	4–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–2
Golden State	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	2–3	1–1	—	0–5	1–1	5–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–5	2–3	2–3	2–4	2–3	1–1
Houston	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	3–3	1–1	5–0	—	2–0	3–2	1–4	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	4–2	5–1	3–2	3–3	2–0
Indiana	1–5	1–5	3–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–1	0–2	—	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–3	2–4	0–6	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	5–1
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–2	1–5	2–3	0–2	—	2–4	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–4	5–0	1–4	3–3	3–2	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–3	1–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	4–2	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	6–0	5–0	4–1	4–2	5–0	2–0
Milwaukee	3–3	0–5	5–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	—	4–2	6–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
New Jersey	2–4	2–4	3–2	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	—	5–1	2–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–4
New York	1–5	1–5	2–4	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–2	4–2	0–2	1–1	0–6	1–5	—	0–6	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–3
Philadelphia	1–4	2–4	5–1	6–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	6–0	2–0	0–2	1–4	4–2	6–0	—	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
Phoenix	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–5	1–4	2–0	4–2	2–3	1–1	4–2	1–5	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	—	2–4	2–3	3–2	5–1	1–4	1–1
Portland	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	1–1	5–1	2–3	2–0	4–2	0–6	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	4–2	—	3–2	1–4	5–1	2–3	0–2
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	2–0	3–2	2–4	2–0	0–5	0–5	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–3	—	5–1	5–0	2–4	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–3	1–1	3–2	1–5	1–1	4–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	4–1	1–5	—	2–3	2–4	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	0–2	4–2	2–3	0–2	3–3	2–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–5	0–5	3–2	—	2–3	1–1
Utah	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–5	3–3	1–1	3–2	3–3	2–0	2–3	0–5	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	4–2	4–2	3–2	—	1–1
Washington	4–1	1–5	4–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	2–4	4–2	3–3	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	—

Game log

Regular season

1985–86 game log
Total: 51–31 (home: 36–5; road: 15–26)

October: 2–2 (home: 1–0; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 25, 1985	@ Utah	W 112–108	Salt Palace Acord Arena	1–0
2	October 26, 1985	@ L.A. Clippers	L 129–130 (2OT)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	1–1
3	October 29, 1985	Seattle	W 111–99	The Summit	2–1
4	October 31, 1985	@ Sacramento	L 116–122	ARCO Arena	2–2

November: 11–4 (home: 9–0; road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
5	November 2, 1985	San Antonio	W 111–98	The Summit	3–2
6	November 5, 1985	Portland	W 127–113	The Summit	4–2
7	November 7, 1985	L.A. Clippers	W 137–115	The Summit	5–2
8	November 9, 1985	@ Dallas	W 115–110	Reunion Arena	6–2
9	November 12, 1985	Denver	W 127–119	The Summit	7–2
10	November 14, 1985	New Jersey	W 112–107	The Summit	8–2
11	November 16, 1985	Dallas	W 122–117	The Summit	9–2
12	November 19, 1985	@ Denver	L 113–127	McNichols Sports Arena	9–3
13	November 20, 1985	Indiana	W 126–97	The Summit	10–3
14	November 22, 1985	@ Seattle	L 103–122	Seattle Center Coliseum	10–4
15	November 24, 1985	@ Portland	L 118–125	Memorial Coliseum	10–5
16	November 26, 1985	Golden State	W 130–108	The Summit	11–5
17	November 27, 1985	@ L.A. Clippers	W 137–130 (OT)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	12–5
18	November 29, 1985	@ Phoenix	L 110–126	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	12–6
19	November 30, 1985	Sacramento	W 131–114	The Summit	13–6

December: 7–6 (home: 6–0; road: 1–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
20	December 3, 1985	Phoenix	W 118–112				The Summit	14–6
21	December 6, 1985 9:30 p.m. CST	@ L.A. Lakers	L 112–120	Sampson (32)	Olajuwon (13)	Lucas Sampson (9)	The Forum 17,505	14–7
22	December 7, 1985	Chicago	W 116–104				The Summit	15–7
23	December 10, 1985	Utah	W 134–105				The Summit	16–7
24	December 12, 1985	Dallas	W 123–110				The Summit	17–7
25	December 14, 1985	@ Utah	L 100–114				Salt Palace Acord Arena	17–8
26	December 17, 1985	@ Cleveland	W 98–94				Richfield Coliseum	18–8
27	December 18, 1985	@ Philadelphia	L 108–126				The Spectrum	18–9
28	December 20, 1985	@ New Jersey	L 112–122				Brendan Byrne Arena	18–10
29	December 21, 1985 6:30 p.m. CST	@ Atlanta	L 122–123	Lloyd (34)	Sampson (15)	Lucas (11)	The Omni 8,563	18–11
30	December 26, 1985	Utah	W 106–99				The Summit	19–11
31	December 28, 1985	Portland	W 118–108				The Summit	20–11
32	December 30, 1985	@ Denver	L 122–125				McNichols Sports Arena	20–12

January: 12–2 (home: 8–1; road: 4–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
33	January 2, 1986	@ Golden State	W 120–115	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	21–12
34	January 4, 1986	Philadelphia	W 115–100	The Summit	22–12
35	January 7, 1986	Golden State	W 124–115	The Summit	23–12
36	January 9, 1986	San Antonio	W 120–110	The Summit	24–12
37	January 11, 1986	Washington	W 87–86	The Summit	25–12
38	January 14, 1986	Utah	L 102–105	The Summit	25–13
39	January 15, 1986	@ San Antonio	W 119–113	HemisFair Arena	26–13
40	January 18, 1986	New York	W 104–95	The Summit	27–13
41	January 19, 1986	@ Dallas	L 96–131	Reunion Arena	27–14
42	January 21, 1986	@ Seattle	W 100–96	Seattle Center Coliseum	28–14
43	January 23, 1986	Sacramento	W 124–107	The Summit	29–14
44	January 25, 1986	Detroit	W 117–112	The Summit	30–14
45	January 28, 1986	Cleveland	W 116–109	The Summit	31–14
46	January 30, 1986	@ Sacramento	W 111–109	ARCO Arena	32–14

February: 6–7 (home: 4–2; road: 2–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
47	February 1, 1986	@ Chicago	L 122–132				Chicago Stadium	32–15
48	February 3, 1986	Denver	W 104–102				The Summit	33–15
49	February 6, 1986 7:30 p.m. CST	L.A. Lakers	L 95–117	Olajuwon (18)	Olajuwon (14)	Lucas (8)	The Summit 16,016	33–16
All-Star Break
50	February 11, 1986 7:30 p.m. CST	Atlanta	W 113–100	Sampson (27)	McCray (14)	Lucas (16)	The Summit 16,016	34–16
51	February 13, 1986	@ San Antonio	L 115–119				HemisFair Arena	34–17
52	February 15, 1986	@ L.A. Clippers	L 101–108				Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	34–18
53	February 17, 1986	@ Golden State	W 116–110				Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	35–18
54	February 18, 1986	@ Sacramento	L 105–115				ARCO Arena	35–19
55	February 20, 1986 7:30 p.m. CST	Milwaukee	L 113–120	Sampson (24)	Petersen (9)	Lucas (7)	The Summit 14,448	35–20
56	February 21, 1986	@ Dallas	W 111–104				Reunion Arena	36–20
57	February 24, 1986	Dallas	W 110–105				The Summit	37–20
58	February 25, 1986	@ Utah	L 97–100				Salt Palace Acord Arena	37–21
59	February 27, 1986	Denver	W 117–111				The Summit	38–21

March: 8–8 (home: 5–1; road: 3–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
60	March 1, 1986	@ Portland	L 112–117				Memorial Coliseum	38–22
61	March 3, 1986	@ Seattle	L 105–118				Seattle Center Coliseum	38–23
62	March 4, 1986	@ Denver	L 115–128				McNichols Sports Arena	38–24
63	March 6, 1986	Sacramento	W 116–105				The Summit	39–24
64	March 8, 1986	San Antonio	W 126–117				The Summit	40–24
65	March 11, 1986 7:30 p.m. CST	Boston	L 104–116	Sampson (23)	Petersen Sampson (12)	Lewis Lloyd, Lucas (9)	The Summit 16,016	40–25
66	March 13, 1986	Portland	W 126–118				The Summit	41–25
67	March 15, 1986	L.A. Clippers	W 148–116				The Summit	42–25
68	March 16, 1986 9:30 p.m. CST	@ L.A. Lakers	L 111–116	Sampson (27)	Sampson (16)	McCray (10)	The Forum 17,505	42–26
69	March 18, 1986	Phoenix	W 112–109				The Summit	43–26
70	March 20, 1986 7:30 p.m. CST	@ Milwaukee	L 106–116	Sampson (20)	Sampson (14)	Sampson (6)	MECCA Arena 11,052	43–27
71	March 22, 1986	@ New York	W 114–99				Madison Square Garden	44–27
72	March 24, 1986 7:00 p.m. CST	@ Boston	L 107–114	Olajuwon (29)	Olajuwon (14)	Leavell (6)	Boston Garden 14,890	44–28
73	March 26, 1986	@ Indiana	W 110–101				Market Square Arena	45–28
74	March 28, 1986	@ Detroit	L 107–116				Pontiac Silverdome	45–29
75	March 29, 1986	@ Washington	W 114–109				Capital Centre	46–29

April: 5–2 (home: 3–1; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
76	April 1, 1986	Golden State	W 125–121				The Summit	47–29
77	April 3, 1986	@ San Antonio	W 136–110				HemisFair Arena	48–29
78	April 4, 1986	@ Phoenix	W 112–89				Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	49–29
79	April 6, 1986 2:30 p.m. CST	L.A. Lakers	W 109–103	Olajuwon (25)	Sampson (17)	Sampson (9)	The Summit 16,016	50–29
80	April 8, 1986	Seattle	W 109–95				The Summit	51–29
81	April 10, 1986 9:30 p.m. CST	@ L.A. Lakers	L 113–117	Olajuwon (34)	McCray, Olajuwon (8)	McCray (10)	The Forum 17,505	51–30
82	April 12, 1986	Phoenix	L 92–110				The Summit	51–31

1985–86 schedule

Playoffs

1986 playoff game log

First Round: 3–0 (home: 2–0; road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 17, 1986	Sacramento	W 107–87	Akeem Olajuwon (29)	Akeem Olajuwon (15)	Rodney McCray (7)	The Summit 15,101	1–0
2	April 19, 1986	Sacramento	W 111–103	Robert Reid (29)	Ralph Sampson (8)	Reid, Sampson (6)	The Summit 16,016	2–0
3	April 22, 1986	@ Sacramento	W 113–98	Lloyd, Sampson (25)	Akeem Olajuwon (13)	Lloyd, McCray (7)	ARCO Arena I 10,333	3–0

Conference semifinals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 26, 1986	Denver	W 126–119	Akeem Olajuwon (38)	Akeem Olajuwon (16)	Robert Reid (9)	The Summit 15,448	1–0
2	April 29, 1986	Denver	W 119–101	Ralph Sampson (27)	Akeem Olajuwon (14)	Rodney McCray (10)	The Summit 16,016	2–0
3	May 2, 1986	@ Denver	L 115–116	Akeem Olajuwon (31)	Akeem Olajuwon (11)	McCray, Lloyd (8)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,022	2–1
4	May 4, 1986	@ Denver	L 111–114 (OT)	Ralph Sampson (28)	Ralph Sampson (13)	Robert Reid (7)	McNichols Sports Arena 14,152	2–2
5	May 6, 1986	Denver	W 131–103	Akeem Olajuwon (36)	Akeem Olajuwon (19)	Robert Reid (12)	The Summit 16,016	3–2
6	May 8, 1986	@ Denver	W 126–122 (2OT)	Akeem Olajuwon (28)	Ralph Sampson (18)	Rodney McCray (7)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,022	4–2

Western Conference Finals: 4–1 (home: 2–0; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 10, 1986 2:30 p.m. CDT	@ L.A. Lakers	L 107–119	Olajuwon (28)	Olajuwon (16)	Reid (8)	The Forum 17,505	0–1
2	May 13, 1986 9:30 p.m. CDT	@ L.A. Lakers	W 112–102	Lloyd, Sampson (24)	Sampson (16)	McCray (11)	The Forum 17,505	1–1
3	May 16, 1986 8:30 p.m. CDT	L.A. Lakers	W 117–109	Olajuwon (40)	Olajuwon (12)	Reid (12)	The Summit 16,016	2–1
4	May 18, 1986 2:30 p.m. CDT	L.A. Lakers	W 105–95	Olajuwon (35)	Petersen (13)	McCray (6)	The Summit 16,016	3–1
5	May 21, 1986 10:30 p.m. CDT	@ L.A. Lakers	W 114–112	Olajuwon (30)	Olajuwon (7)	McCray (11)	The Forum 17,505	4–1

NBA Finals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 26, 1986 2:00 p.m. CDT	@ Boston	L 100–112	Olajuwon (33)	Olajuwon (12)	Reid (8)	Boston Garden 14,890	0–1
2	May 29, 1986 8:00 p.m. CDT	@ Boston	L 95–117	Olajuwon (21)	Olajuwon (10)	McCray, Reid (5)	Boston Garden 14,890	0–2
3	June 1, 1986 2:30 p.m. CDT	Boston	W 106–104	Sampson (24)	Sampson (22)	Reid (9)	The Summit 16,016	1–2
4	June 3, 1986 8:00 p.m. CDT	Boston	L 103–106	Sampson (25)	Olajuwon (14)	Sampson (9)	The Summit 16,016	1–3
5	June 5, 1986 8:00 p.m. CDT	Boston	W 111–96	Olajuwon (32)	Olajuwon (14)	Reid (17)	The Summit 16,016	2–3
6	June 8, 1986 12 Noon CDT	@ Boston	L 97–114	Olajuwon (21)	Olajuwon (10)	McCray, Reid (5)	Boston Garden 14,890	2–4

1986 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Craig Ehlo	36	0	5.5	.429	.333	.793	1.3	.8	.3	.1	2.7
Steve Harris	57	0	8.5	.442	.200	.926	1.0	.9	.4	.1	4.5
Allen Leavell	74	12	16.1	.463	.358	.854	.9	3.2	.8	.1	7.9
Lewis Lloyd	82	82	29.8	.529	.200	.843	4.0	3.7	1.2	.3	16.9
John Lucas Jr.	65	65	32.6	.446	.308	.775	2.2	8.8	1.2	.1	15.5
Rodney McCray	82	82	31.8	.537	.000	.770	6.3	3.6	.6	.7	10.3
Hank McDowell	22	0	9.3	.571	.000	.680	2.2	.3	.0	.1	3.0
Akeem Olajuwon	68	68	36.3	.526	.000	.645	11.5	2.0	2.0	3.4	23.5
Jim Petersen	82	20	20.3	.477	.000	.706	4.8	1.0	.5	.7	6.2
Robert Reid	82	5	26.3	.464	.182	.757	3.7	2.7	1.1	.2	12.0
Ralph Sampson	79	76	36.3	.488	.133	.461	11.1	3.6	1.3	1.6	18.9
Granville Waiters	43	0	3.6	.333	.000	.167	.7	.2	.1	.2	.6
Mitchell Wiggins	78	0	15.4	.454	.083	.729	2.0	1.3	.8	.1	6.8

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Awards and records

Awards

Akeem Olajuwon, All-NBA Second Team

Records

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Transactions

Trades

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Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team

References

Roy S. Johnson (May 26, 1986). "FITCH FINDS OLD HABITS HARD TO BREAK". The New York Times. Retrieved December 8, 2021.

1985–86 NBA season

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Washington
Central	Atlanta Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Sacramento San Antonio Utah
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Seattle

v t e Houston Rockets
Founded in 1967 Played in San Diego (1967–1971) Based in Houston, Texas
Franchise	History All-time roster Draft history 1967 Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Pechanga Arena Hofheinz Pavilion Astrodome HemisFair Arena The Summit/Compaq Center Toyota Center
Personnel	Owner(s) Tilman Fertitta President Gretchen Sheirr General manager Rafael Stone Head coach Ime Udoka
G League affiliate	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Retired numbers	11 22 23 24 34 44 45
NBA championships	1994 1995
Rivalries	Dallas Mavericks San Antonio Spurs Utah Jazz
Culture and lore	Red Rowdies ClutchFans Clutch City Clutch the Rockets Bear Dancing Barry The Kiss of Death The Dream Shake 13 points in 35 seconds 22 wins in a row The Year of the Yao June 17th, 1994 27 consecutive 3-pointers missed