1993–94 Houston Rockets season

1993–94 Houston Rockets season
First NBA Championship
Head coach	Rudy Tomjanovich
Owner(s)	Leslie Alexander
Arena	Compaq Center

Results
Record	58–24 (.707)
Place	Division: 1st (Midwest) Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	NBA Champions
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
< 1992–93	1994–95 >

The Houston Rockets won their first NBA title in franchise history. They defeated the New York Knicks in the 1994 NBA Finals to win the championship.

Offseason [edit]

NBA Draft [edit]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	24	Sam Cassell	Guard	United States	Florida State
2	46	Richard Petruska	Center	United States	UCLA
2	50	Marcelo Nicola	Forward	Argentina	Taugres (Spain)

Roster [edit]

Depth chart [edit]

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Hakeem Olajuwon			Richard Petruška Eric Riley
PF	Otis Thorpe	Matt Bullard	Earl Cureton
SF	Robert Horry	Carl Herrera	Chris Jent
SG	Vernon Maxwell	Mario Elie		Larry Robinson
PG	Kenny Smith	Sam Cassell	Scott Brooks

Regular season [edit]

Season standings [edit]

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	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

Game log [edit]

Player statistics [edit]

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

Regular season [edit]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Brooks, Scott !Scott Brooks	73	0	16.8	.491	.377	.871	1.4	2.0	.70	.03	5.2
Bullard, Matt !Matt Bullard	65	0	11.2	.345	.325	.769	1.3	1.0	.22	.09	3.5
Cassell, Sam !Sam Cassell	66	6	17.0	.418	.295	.841	2.0	2.9	.89	.11	6.7
Cureton, Earl !Earl Cureton	2	0	15.0	.250	.000	.000	6.0	.0	.00	.00	2.0
Elie, Mario !Mario Elie	67	8	24.0	.446	.335	.860	2.7	3.1	.75	.12	9.3
Herrera, Carl !Carl Herrera	75	0	17.2	.458	.000	.711	3.8	.5	.43	.35	4.7
Horry, Robert !Robert Horry	81	81	29.3	.459	.324	.732	5.4	2.9	1.47	.93	9.9
Jent, Chris !Chris Jent	3	0	26.0	.500	.364	.500	5.0	2.3	.00	.00	10.3
Maxwell, Vernon !Vernon Maxwell	75	73	34.3	.389	.298	.749	3.1	5.1	1.67	.27	13.6
Olajuwon, Hakeem !Hakeem Olajuwon	80	80	41.0	.528	.421	.716	11.9	3.6	1.60	3.71	27.3
Petruska, Richard !Richard Petruška	22	0	4.2	.435	.467	.750	1.4	.0	.09	.14	2.4
Riley, Eric !Eric Riley	47	2	4.7	.486	.000	.541	1.3	.2	.11	.19	1.9
Robinson, Larry !Larry Robinson	6	0	9.2	.500	.250	.375	1.7	1.0	1.17	.00	4.2
Smith, Kenny !Kenny Smith	78	78	28.3	.480	.405	.871	1.8	4.2	.76	.05	11.6
Thorpe, Otis !Otis Thorpe	82	82	35.5	.561	.000	.657	10.6	2.3	.80	.34	14.0

Playoffs [edit]

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Brooks, Scott !Scott Brooks	5	4.6	.833	1.000	.000	.4	.6	.00	.00	2.2
Bullard, Matt !Matt Bullard	10	5.5	.211	.200	.750	1.0	.0	.10	.20	1.6
Cassell, Sam !Sam Cassell	22	21.7	.394	.378	.865	2.7	4.2	.95	.23	9.4
Cureton, Earl !Earl Cureton	10	10.0	.800	.000	1.000	2.9	.2	.10	.20	1.8
Elie, Mario !Mario Elie	23	16.6	.396	.313	.851	1.7	1.7	.35	.13	5.8
Herrera, Carl !Carl Herrera	16	15.5	.534	.000	.813	2.8	.2	.31	.19	4.7
Horry, Robert !Robert Horry	23	33.8	.434	.382	.765	6.1	3.6	1.52	.87	11.7
Jent, Chris !Chris Jent	11	5.6	.250	.231	.000	.8	.6	.18	.00	1.2
Maxwell, Vernon !Vernon Maxwell	23	38.3	.376	.326	.685	3.5	4.2	.87	.09	13.8
Olajuwon, Hakeem !Hakeem Olajuwon	23	43.0	.519	.500	.795	11.0	4.3	1.74	4.00	28.9
Smith, Kenny !Kenny Smith	23	30.3	.455	.447	.808	2.3	4.1	.96	.17	10.8
Thorpe, Otis !Otis Thorpe	23	37.1	.572	.500	.567	9.9	2.3	.57	.43	11.3

Playoffs [edit]

West First Round [edit]

(2) Houston Rockets vs. (7) Portland Trail Blazers: Rockets win series 3-1

Game 1 @ The Summit, Houston (April 29): Houston 115, Portland 104
Game 2 @ The Summit, Houston (May 1): Houston 114, Portland 104
Game 3 @ Memorial Coliseum, Portland (May 3): Portland 118, Houston 115
Game 4 @ Memorial Coliseum, Portland (May 6): Houston 92, Portland 89

Last Playoff Meeting: 1987 Western Conference First Round (Houston won 3-1)

West Conference Semifinals [edit]

(2) Houston Rockets vs. (3) Phoenix Suns: Rockets win series 4-3

Game 1 @ The Summit, Houston (May 8): Phoenix 91, Houston 87
Game 2 @ The Summit, Houston (May 11): Phoenix 124, Houston 117 (OT)
Game 3 @ America West Arena, Phoenix (May 13): Houston 118, Phoenix 102
Game 4 @ America West Arena, Phoenix (May 15): Houston 107, Phoenix 96
Game 5 @ The Summit, Houston (May 17): Houston 109, Phoenix 86
Game 6 @ America West Arena, Phoenix (May 19): Phoenix 103, Houston 89
Game 7 @ The Summit, Houston (May 21): Houston 104, Phoenix 94

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Rockets and Suns.

West Conference Finals [edit]

(2) Houston Rockets vs. (5) Utah Jazz: Rockets win series 4-1

Game 1 @ The Summit, Houston (May 23): Houston 100, Utah 88
Game 2 @ The Summit, Houston (May 25): Houston 104, Utah 99
Game 3 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (May 27): Utah 95, Houston 86
Game 4 @ Delta Center, Salt Lake City (May 29): Houston 80, Utah 78
Game 5 @ The Summit, Houston (May 31): Houston 94, Utah 83

Last Playoff Meeting: 1985 Western Conference First Round (Utah won 3-2)

NBA finals [edit]

1994 NBA Finals Roster [edit]

Series Summary [edit]

Game	Date	Home Team	Result	Road Team
Game 1	June 8	Houston	85-78	New York
Game 2	June 10	Houston	83-91	New York
Game 3	June 12	New York	89-93	Houston
Game 4	June 15	New York	91-82	Houston
Game 5	June 17	New York	91-84	Houston
Game 6	June 19	Houston	86-84	New York
Game 7	June 22	Houston	90-84	New York

Rockets win series 4-3

Game 5 Telecast interrupted by O.J. Simpson car chase [edit]

Award winners [edit]

NBA All-Star Game [edit]

References [edit]

1993–94 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

v t e Houston Rockets 1993–94 NBA Champions

1 Scott Brooks 5 Richard Petruška 7 Carl Herrera 10 Sam Cassell 11 Vernon Maxwell 17 Mario Elie 20 Larry Robinson 21 Chris Jent 25 Robert Horry 30 Kenny Smith 33 Otis Thorpe 34 Hakeem Olajuwon (Finals MVP) 35 Earl Cureton 42 Eric Riley 50 Matt Bullard Head coach Rudy Tomjanovich Assistant coaches Bill Berry Jim Boylen Carroll Dawson Larry Smith

Regular season • Playoffs

NBA Champions

v t e Houston Rockets

Formerly the San Diego Rockets Founded in 1967 Based in Houston, Texas

The Franchise	Franchise Team History Expansion Draft All-Time roster Seasons Records Draft history Head coaches Current season

Arenas	San Diego Sports Arena Hofheinz Pavilion HemisFair Arena The Summit/Compaq Center Toyota Center

Culture and Lore	Red Rowdies Clutch City Clutch The Rockets Bear The Clock Incident 13 points in 35 seconds The Kiss of Death The Dream Shake 22 in a row Kermit Washington/Rudy Tomjanovich

Head Coaches	McMahon Hannum Winter Egan Nissalke Harris Fitch Chaney Tomjanovich Van Gundy Adelman McHale

NBA Championships (2)	1994 1995

Western Conference Titles (4)	1981 1986 1994 1995

Division Titles (4)	1977 (Central) 1986 (Midwest) 1993 (Midwest) 1994 (Midwest)

Administration	Owner Leslie Alexander General Manager Daryl Morey Head Coach Kevin McHale

Retired Jerseys	22 23 24 34 45 CD

Most Valuable Players	Moses Malone Hakeem Olajuwon

Hall of Famers	Charles Barkley Rick Barry Clyde Drexler Elvin Hayes Moses Malone Calvin Murphy Hakeem Olajuwon Scottie Pippen Ralph Sampson

D-League Affiliate	Rio Grande Valley Vipers

Rivals	Los Angeles Lakers Utah Jazz San Antonio Spurs Dallas Mavericks

Media	TV Comcast SportsNet Houston KUBE-TV Radio Sportstalk 790 Announcers Bill Worrell Clyde Drexler Matt Bullard Craig Ackerman

v t e San Diego/Houston Rockets seasons

1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

v t e Sports teams based in Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown

Baseball	MLB Houston Astros ALPB Sugar Land Skeeters

Basketball	NBA Houston Rockets

Football	NFL Houston Texans WFA Houston Power

Soccer	MLS Houston Dynamo PDL Texas Dutch Lions NPSL Houston Hurricanes FC Regals SCA

Roller derby	WFTDA Houston Roller Derby

College athletics (NCAA Division I)	Houston Cougars Houston Baptist Huskies Prairie View A&M Panthers Rice Owls Texas Southern Tigers