The Cleveland Cavaliers came up just a bit short against the Houston Rockets, 98 to 94, on December 17, 1985.
Final
Rockets
Cavaliers
FG Made - Attempted
39-94
42-90
Field Goal %
41.5
46.7
3PT Made - Attempted
0-2
2-7
3PT %
0.0
28.6
FT Made - Attempted
20-28
8-9
Free Throw %
71.4
88.9
Rebounds
46
45
Offensive Rebounds
20
13
Defensive Rebounds
26
32
Assists
20
26
Steals
11
6
Blocks
12
5
Turnovers
12
18
Personal Fouls
17
28
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H. Olajuwon | 45 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6-16 | 37.5 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 71.4 | 44.5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
R. Sampson | 43 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5-14 | 35.7 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 66.7 | 39.2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | ||
R. McCray | 41 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5-12 | 41.7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 100.0 | 48.8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
L. Lloyd | 40 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15-23 | 65.2 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 88.9 | 70.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
J. Lucas | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3-11 | 27.3 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 29.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Reid | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3-11 | 27.3 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 25.0 | 27.4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
J. Petersen | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 100.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
M. Wiggins | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-4 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
A. Leavell | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Hinson | 39 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12-18 | 66.7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 66.7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||
W. B. Free | 36 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8-23 | 34.8 | 2-5 | 40.0 | 5-6 | 83.3 | 44.9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
J. Bagley | 36 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3-9 | 33.3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 33.3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||
M. West | 30 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-5 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 102.0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
M. Turpin | 27 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6-9 | 66.7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. Poquette | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 40.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 40.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
L. Shelton | 19 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
D. Minniefield | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2-6 | 33.3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 38.8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
J. Davis | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-5 | 0.0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
K. Lee | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 25.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Team Rankings
ORTG
123.8
1st
DRTG
111.5
9th
NETRTG
12.3
1st
3P%
41.6
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