- Won
- 42
- Lost
- 40
- Pct
- .512
- Finish
- 10th of 23
- SRS
- 0.60
Roster, regular season
| Player | Pos | G | GS | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hakeem Olajuwon | C | 75 | 75 | 36.8 | 23.4 | 11.4 | 2.9 | .508 | .200 | .702 |
| Rodney McCray | SF | 81 | 81 | 38.7 | 14.4 | 7.1 | 5.4 | .552 | .000 | .779 |
| Robert Reid | SG | 75 | 63 | 34.6 | 13.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 | .417 | .327 | .768 |
| Jim Petersen | PF | 82 | 56 | 29.3 | 11.3 | 6.8 | 1.5 | .511 | .000 | .727 |
| Ralph Sampson | PF | 43 | 32 | 30.8 | 15.6 | 8.7 | 2.8 | .489 | .000 | .624 |
| Steve Harris | SG | 74 | 3 | 15.9 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 1.4 | .419 | .000 | .854 |
| Dirk Minniefield | PG | 63 | 52 | 23.5 | 7.7 | 2.1 | 5.3 | .466 | .324 | .709 |
| Allen Leavell | PG | 53 | 11 | 22.2 | 7.8 | 1.2 | 4.2 | .411 | .316 | .840 |
| Lewis Lloyd | SG | 32 | 14 | 21.5 | 12.4 | 1.5 | 2.8 | .532 | .143 | .756 |
| Mitchell Wiggins | SG | 32 | 19 | 24.6 | 11.1 | 4.2 | 2.4 | .437 | .000 | .754 |
| Cedric Maxwell | SF | 46 | 0 | 18.2 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 1.6 | .548 | .000 | .773 |
| Dave Feitl | C | 62 | 1 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.4 | .436 | .000 | .746 |
| Buck Johnson | SF | 60 | 3 | 8.7 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | .468 | .000 | .690 |
| Richard Anderson | PF | 51 | 0 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.6 | .424 | .250 | .759 |
| Conner Henry | SG | 18 | 0 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | .242 | .091 | .700 |
Playoffs
- Lost to Seattle SuperSonics 2–4 in the conference semifinals
- Beat Portland Trail Blazers 3–1 in the first round
Roster, playoffs
| Player | Pos | G | GS | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hakeem Olajuwon | C | 10 | 10 | 38.9 | 29.2 | 11.3 | 2.5 | .615 | — | .742 |
| Ralph Sampson | PF | 10 | 10 | 33.0 | 18.6 | 8.8 | 2.1 | .514 | — | .814 |
| Rodney McCray | SF | 10 | 10 | 43.6 | 15.7 | 8.3 | 5.6 | .564 | — | .796 |
| Allen Leavell | PG | 10 | 10 | 38.4 | 14.1 | 2.5 | 7.2 | .411 | — | .817 |
| Robert Reid | SG | 10 | 10 | 43.1 | 12.9 | 3.6 | 4.8 | .361 | — | .652 |
| Jim Petersen | PF | 10 | 0 | 18.7 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 0.6 | .549 | — | .667 |
| Cedric Maxwell | SF | 10 | 0 | 17.7 | 6.2 | 3.3 | 1.7 | .529 | — | .743 |
| Steve Harris | SG | 9 | 0 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | .372 | — | .833 |
| Dirk Minniefield | PG | 8 | 0 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | .500 | — | 1.000 |
| Richard Anderson | PF | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | .333 | — | 1.000 |
| Buck Johnson | SF | 5 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .333 | — | — |
| Dave Feitl | C | 6 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | — | — | 1.000 |
Games
- Seattle SuperSonics111–106Houston RocketsPlayoffs · OT
- Houston Rockets125–128Seattle SuperSonicsPlayoffs · 2OT
Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.