1998–99 Houston Rockets season

The 1998–99 NBA season was the Rockets' 32nd season in the National Basketball Association and 28th season in Houston.^[1] On March 23, 1998, the owners of all 29 NBA teams voted 27–2 to reopen the league's collective bargaining agreement, seeking changes to the league's salary cap system, and a ceiling on individual player salaries. The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) opposed to the owners' plan, and wanted raises for players who earned the league's minimum salary. After both sides failed to reach an agreement, the owners called for a lockout, which began on July 1, 1998, putting a hold on all team trades, free agent signings and training camp workouts, and cancelling many NBA regular season and preseason games.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} Due to the lockout, the NBA All-Star Game, which was scheduled to be played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 14, 1999, was also cancelled.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

1998–99 Houston Rockets season
Head coach	Rudy Tomjanovich
General manager	Carroll Dawson
Owner(s)	Leslie Alexander
Arena	Compaq Center
Results
Record	31–19 (.620)
Place	Division: 3rd (Midwest) Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	First round (lost to Lakers 1–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KHWB Fox Sports Southwest
Radio	KTRH
< 1997–98 1999–00 >

However, on January 6, 1999, NBA commissioner David Stern, and NBPA director Billy Hunter finally reached an agreement to end the lockout. The deal was approved by both the players and owners, and was signed on January 20, ending the lockout after 204 days. The regular season began on February 5, and was cut short to just 50 games instead of the regular 82-game schedule.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

The Rockets had three first-round draft picks in the 1998 NBA draft, selecting Michael Dickerson from the University of Arizona with the fourteenth overall pick, Bryce Drew out of Valparaiso University with the sixteenth overall pick, and Turkish basketball star Mirsad Türkcan with the eighteenth overall pick; the team also drafted Cuttino Mobley from the University of Rhode Island with the 41st overall pick in the second round.^{[17][18][19][20][21]} However, Türkcan never played for the Rockets, and was later on traded to the Philadelphia 76ers.^[22][23] To replace the retiring Clyde Drexler, the Rockets acquired All-Star forward, and six-time champion Scottie Pippen from the Chicago Bulls,^{[24][25][26][27][28]} and signed free agent Antoine Carr, who appeared in two NBA Finals with the Utah Jazz.^[29][30] Pippen, Hakeem Olajuwon and Charles Barkley had previously played together on the U.S. Men's basketball team in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.^[31]

With the addition of Pippen, the Rockets got off to a 6–2 start, but then lost five of their next seven games. At midseason, the team traded second-year guard Rodrick Rhodes to the Vancouver Grizzlies in exchange for three-point specialist, and former Rockets guard Sam Mack.^[32][33][34] The Rockets played solid basketball posting a nine-game winning streak in March, and finished third in the Midwest Division with a 31–19 record.^[35] The Rockets had the fifth best team offensive rating in the NBA.

Olajuwon averaged 18.9 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, while Barkley averaged 16.1 points and led the team with 12.3 rebounds per game, and Pippen provided the team with 14.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 2.0 steals per game. In addition, Dickerson provided with 10.9 points per game, while Mobley contributed 9.9 points per game, as both players were selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Off the bench, Othella Harrington averaged 9.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game, and Brent Price contributed 7.3 points and 2.8 assists per game.^[36] Three-point specialist Matt Maloney only played just 15 games this season due to an elbow injury.^[37][38]

However, in the Western Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Rockets lost one game to three to the Los Angeles Lakers.^{[39][40][41][42]} After the defeat, the Rockets would not return to the playoffs until 2004. Pippen spent only one season with the Rockets, as he and Barkley had trouble getting along as teammates.^[43][44][45] Following the season, Pippen was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers,^{[46][47][48][49][50]} while Dickerson, Harrington, Carr and Price were all traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies,^{[51][52][53][54]} Mack and Maloney were both released to free agency, as Maloney signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls midway through the next season,^[55][56] and Eddie Johnson retired.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1998 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	14	Michael Dickerson	SG	United States	Arizona
1	16	Bryce Drew	PG	United States	Valparaiso
1	18	Mirsad Türkcan	PF	Turkey	Efes Pilsen
2	41	Cuttino Mobley	SG	United States	Rhode Island

Roster

1998–99 Houston Rockets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F 4 Barkley, Charles 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 252 lb (114 kg) 1963–02–20 Auburn F/C 50 Bullard, Matt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1967–06–05 Iowa F/C 55 Carr, Antoine 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1961–07–23 Wichita State G 3 Dickerson, Michael 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1975–06–25 Arizona G 11 Drew, Bryce 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1974–09–21 Valparaiso F/C 32 Harrington, Othella 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1974–01–31 Georgetown F 8 Johnson, Eddie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959–05–01 Illinois G/F 7 Mack, Sam 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1970–05–26 California G 12 Maloney, Matt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1971–12–06 Penn F/C 2 Miller, Anthony 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1971–10–22 Michigan State G 5 Mobley, Cuttino 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1975–09–01 Rhode Island C 34 Olajuwon, Hakeem 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1963–01–21 Houston F 33 Pippen, Scottie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1965–09–25 Central Arkansas G 20 Price, Brent 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1968–12–09 Oklahoma C 53 Roberts, Stanley 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 285 lb (129 kg) 1970–02–07 LSU

Head coach Rudy Tomjanovich Assistant coach(es) Bill Berry Jim Boylen Larry Smith Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: March 11, 1999

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	37	13	.740	–	21–4	16–9	17–4
x-Utah Jazz	37	13	.740	–	22–3	15–10	15–3
x-Houston Rockets	31	19	.620	6	19–6	12–13	12–9
x-Minnesota Timberwolves	25	25	.500	12	18–7	7–18	11–9
Dallas Mavericks	19	31	.380	18	15–10	4–21	8–12
Denver Nuggets	14	36	.280	23	12–13	2–23	5–16
Vancouver Grizzlies	8	42	.160	29	7–18	1–24	3–18

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-San Antonio Spurs	37	13	.740	–
2	y-Portland Trail Blazers	35	15	.700	2
3	x-Utah Jazz	37	13	.740	–
4	x-Los Angeles Lakers	31	19	.620	6
5	x-Houston Rockets	31	19	.620	6
6	x-Sacramento Kings	27	23	.540	10
7	x-Phoenix Suns	27	23	.540	10
8	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	25	25	.500	12
9	Seattle SuperSonics	25	25	.500	12
10	Golden State Warriors	21	29	.420	16
11	Dallas Mavericks	19	31	.380	18
12	Denver Nuggets	14	36	.280	23
13	Los Angeles Clippers	9	41	.180	28
14	Vancouver Grizzlies	8	42	.160	29

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1998-99 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	VAN	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Boston	0–3	—	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1
Charlotte	0–3	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Chicago	1–3	1–2	1–2	—	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2
Cleveland	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–2
Dallas	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–0
Denver	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	0–0	1–3	0–4	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–4	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–1
Detroit	2–1	3–0	0–3	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Golden State	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	—	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–4	4–0	0–0
Houston	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	3–0	—	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–3	4–0	0–0
Indiana	1–3	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
L.A. Clippers	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	—	0–4	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–0
L.A. Lakers	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–0
Miami	3–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	3–0
Milwaukee	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
Minnesota	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–0
New Jersey	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	—	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
New York	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–0	—	0–3	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Orlando	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Philadelphia	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2
Phoenix	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–3	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0
Portland	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	—	4–0	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–0
Sacramento	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–4	—	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–0
San Antonio	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	—	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	—	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1
Toronto	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–2
Utah	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	—	3–0	1–0
Vancouver	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–3	0–4	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–3	0–4	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–3	—	0–0
Washington	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	—

Game log

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
February 5	@ LA Lakers	91–99	Loss	0–1
February 6	@ Golden State	86–84	Win	1–1
February 8	Denver	99–80	Win	2–1
February 10	Sacramento	92–82	Win	3–1
February 11	@ Dallas	105–95	Win	4–1
February 16	Phoenix	109–92	Win	5–1
February 17	@ Minnesota	102–116	Loss	5–2
February 18	@ New Jersey	93-92 (OT)	Win	6–2
February 20	@ Miami	71–81	Loss	6–3
February 21	@ Orlando	83–109	Loss	6–4
February 23	Seattle	98–86	Win	7–4
February 25	Atlanta	87–93	Loss	7–5
February 27	@ Vancouver	86–74	Win	8–5
February 28	@ LA Lakers	90–106	Loss	8–6
March 2	San Antonio	82–99	Loss	8–7
March 4	LA Clippers	96–77	Win	9–7
March 6	@ Vancouver	107–92	Win	10–7
March 7	@ Portland	71–111	Loss	10–8
March 9	Denver	84–75	Win	11–8
March 11	Vancouver	102–91	Win	12–8
March 13	Cleveland	100–89	Win	13–8
March 14	@ Phoenix	90–104	Loss	13–9
March 16	Portland	101–93	Win	14–9
March 17	@ Denver	114–109	Win	15–9
March 20	Phoenix	103-93 (OT)	Win	16–9
March 22	Sacramento	110–100	Win	17–9
March 24	@ Dallas	88–78	Win	18–9
March 25	Toronto	113–104	Win	19–9
March 27	@ Golden State	87–86	Win	20–9
March 28	@ Sacramento	107–93	Win	21–9
March 30	@ LA Clippers	104–95	Win	22–9
April 1	@ Utah	87–88	Loss	22–10
April 4	@ Seattle	84–101	Loss	22–11
April 6	Golden State	111–74	Win	23–11
April 8	San Antonio	83–92	Loss	23–12
April 11	@ Utah	76–85	Loss	23–13
April 12	@ Minnesota	95–90	Win	24–13
April 14	Vancouver	102–85	Win	25–13
April 15	Portland	86–76	Win	26–13
April 18	@ San Antonio	83–86	Loss	26–14
April 19	Seattle	120–113	Win	27–14
April 21	Dallas	95–109	Loss	27–15
April 23	@ LA Clippers	101-106 (OT)	Loss	27–16
April 25	@ Phoenix	71–95	Loss	27–17
April 26	LA Lakers	102–80	Win	28–17
April 29	Dallas	81–91	Loss	28–18
April 30	Utah	78–91	Loss	28–19
May 2	LA Clippers	110–84	Win	29–19
May 4	Minnesota	100–83	Win	30–19
May 5	@ Denver	95–88	Win	31–19

Playoffs

1999 playoff game log
First Round: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 9 @ L.A. Lakers L 100–101 Charles Barkley (25) Barkley, Pippen (10) Scottie Pippen (8) Great Western Forum 17,505 0–1 2 May 11 @ L.A. Lakers L 98–110 Sam Mack (20) Charles Barkley (13) Scottie Pippen (5) Great Western Forum 17,505 0–2 3 May 13 L.A. Lakers W 102–88 Scottie Pippen (37) Charles Barkley (23) Brent Price (7) Compaq Center 16,285 1–2 4 May 15 L.A. Lakers L 88–98 Charles Barkley (20) Scottie Pippen (17) Charles Barkley (6) Compaq Center 16,285 1–3
1999 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

NOTE: Please write the players statistics in alphabetical order by last name.

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Charles Barkley	42	40	36.3	.478	.160	.719	12.3	4.6	1.0	.3	16.1
Matt Bullard	41	0	10.1	.377	.387	.700	1.0	.4	.3	.1	2.9
Antoine Carr	18	0	8.4	.404	.000	.714	1.7	.5	.1	.6	2.6
Michael Dickerson	50	50	31.2	.465	.433	.639	1.7	1.9	.5	.2	10.9
Bryce Drew	34	0	13.0	.364	.327	1.000	.9	1.5	.4	.1	3.5
Othella Harrington	41	10	22.0	.513		.721	6.0	.4	.1	.6	9.8
Eddie Johnson	3	0	6.0	.462	.000		.7	.3	.0	.0	4.0
Sam Mack†	25	0	20.2	.471	.405	.821	1.7	1.3	.6	.1	9.2
Matt Maloney	15	7	12.4	.179	.067	.909	.7	1.4	.3	.0	1.4
Anthony Miller	29	0	8.6	.467	.000	.636	2.3	.2	.2	.2	2.4
Cuttino Mobley	49	37	29.7	.425	.358	.818	2.3	2.5	.9	.5	9.9
Hakeem Olajuwon	50	50	35.7	.514	.308	.717	9.6	1.8	1.6	2.5	18.9
Scottie Pippen	50	50	40.2	.432	.340	.721	6.5	5.9	2.0	.7	14.5
Brent Price	40	6	20.2	.483	.411	.754	2.0	2.8	.8	.0	7.3
Rodrick Rhodes†	3	0	11.0	.250		.833	1.3	.3	.3	.0	3.0
Stanley Roberts	6	0	5.5	.385		.500	1.8	.0	.0	.2	2.3

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Charles Barkley	4	4	39.3	.529	.286	.667	13.8	3.8	1.5	.5	23.5
Matt Bullard	2	0	4.0	1.000	1.000	1.000	.0	.5	.0	.0	3.5
Antoine Carr	4	0	9.3	.364			1.8	1.0	.0	.3	2.0
Michael Dickerson	4	4	20.5	.273	.375	.500	1.0	.8	.5	.8	4.3
Bryce Drew	1	0	4.0	1.000		.000	3.0	2.0	.0	.0	2.0
Othella Harrington	4	0	10.5	.643		.667	3.5	.3	.0	.3	5.5
Sam Mack	4	0	30.8	.342	.385	.824	2.3	1.8	1.0	.0	12.5
Cuttino Mobley	4	4	23.5	.467	.571	.909	1.0	2.8	.5	.0	7.0
Hakeem Olajuwon	4	4	30.8	.426		.875	7.3	.5	1.3	.8	13.3
Scottie Pippen	4	4	43.0	.329	.273	.808	11.8	5.5	1.8	.8	18.3
Brent Price	4	0	24.5	.458	.357	1.000	2.0	3.5	1.0	.3	8.3
Stanley Roberts	3	0	6.7	.000		.500	1.0	.0	.0	1.3	.3

Awards and records

Awards

• Hakeem Olajuwon, All-NBA Third Team
• Michael Dickerson, NBA All-Rookie Team Second Team
• Cuttino Mobley, NBA All-Rookie Team Second Team

Records

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former team

Subtractions Player Left New team

See also

• 1998–99 NBA season

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