1971-1972 Houston Rockets: 34-48 .415
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 15-20 (3879 points scored, 3908 allowed) Road record: 14-23 (4008 points scored, 4123 allowed) Other sites: 5-5 (1106 points scored, 1090 allowed) Head Coach: Tex Winter 8993 points scored (7th of 17 teams), 9121 points allowed (10th) NBA Averages: 110.2 points/game (9036.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Don Adams 6'6 210 24 Northwestern Dick Cunningham 6'10 245 25 Murray State Jim Davis 6'9 225 30 Colorado Johnny Egan 5'11 180 32 Providence Dick Gibbs 6'5 210 23 Texas - El Paso Elvin Hayes 6'9 235 26 Houston Stu Lantz 6'3 175 25 Nebraska McCoy McLemore 6'7 230 29 Drake Cliff Meely 6'8 215 24 Colorado Calvin Murphy 5'9 165 23 Niagara Mike Newlin 6'4 200 22 Utah Curtis Perry 6'7 220 23 Southwest Missouri State Larry Siegfried 6'3 190 32 Ohio State Greg Smith 6'5 195 24 Western Kentucky Rudy Tomjanovich 6'8 218 23 Michigan John Vallely 6'3 185 23 UCLA Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Elvin Hayes 82 3461 832 1918 0 0 399 615 0 0 1197 270 0 0 0 233 2063 25.2 G Stu Lantz 81 3097 557 1279 0 0 387 462 0 0 345 337 0 0 0 211 1501 18.5 G Calvin Murphy 82 2538 571 1255 0 0 349 392 0 0 258 393 0 0 0 298 1491 18.2 F Rudy Tomjanovich 78 2689 500 1010 0 0 172 238 0 0 923 117 0 0 0 193 1172 15.0 F Cliff Meely 77 1815 315 776 0 0 133 197 0 0 507 119 0 0 0 254 763 9.9 G Mike Newlin 82 1495 256 618 0 0 108 144 0 0 228 135 0 0 0 233 620 7.6 F Greg Smith 54 1519 212 473 0 0 70 110 0 0 322 159 0 0 0 167 494 9.1 F Dick Gibbs 64 757 90 265 0 0 55 66 0 0 140 51 0 0 0 127 235 3.7 C Dick Cunningham 63 720 67 174 0 0 37 53 0 0 243 57 0 0 0 76 171 2.7 G John Vallely 40 256 49 128 0 0 17 25 0 0 21 28 0 0 0 37 115 2.9 G Johnny Egan 38 437 42 104 0 0 26 32 0 0 26 51 0 0 0 55 110 2.9 F Curtis Perry 25 355 38 115 0 0 12 24 0 0 122 22 0 0 0 47 88 3.5 C Jim Davis 12 180 18 54 0 0 26 38 0 0 44 5 0 0 0 18 62 5.2 G Larry Siegfried 10 223 18 46 0 0 12 14 0 0 10 20 0 0 0 21 48 4.8 F McCoy McLemore 17 147 19 43 0 0 9 12 0 0 39 10 0 0 0 15 47 2.8 F Don Adams 3 41 6 19 0 0 1 2 0 0 8 3 0 0 0 7 13 4.3
1971 Draft:
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Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/14/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 94-105 0-1 10/16/1971 at Phoenix Suns L 108-128 0-2 10/17/1971 vs Detroit Pistons L 99-112 0-3 10/20/1971 vs Chicago Bulls L 110-125 0-4 10/22/1971 at Seattle Supersonics L 91-110 0-5 10/24/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 103-113 0-6 10/26/1971 at Detroit Pistons W 104-103 1-6 10/27/1971 at Boston Celtics L 97-108 1-7 10/28/1971 at New York Knicks L 94-112 1-8 10/31/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 102-87 2-8 11/03/1971 vs New York Knicks L 98-117 2-9 11/04/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 110-112 2-10 11/07/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets L 106-109 2-11 11/09/1971 at Golden State Warriors L 99-115 2-12 11/10/1971 vs Boston Celtics L 103-142 2-13 11/12/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 102-111 2-14 11/13/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 102-111 2-15 11/16/1971 at Baltimore Bullets L 107-110 2-16 11/17/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers W 118-112 3-16 11/19/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-106 3-17 11/21/1971 at Golden State Warriors W 115-96 4-17 11/24/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 109-108 5-17 11/28/1971 vs Phoenix Suns L 110-116 5-18 11/30/1971 at Buffalo Braves W 115-101 6-18 12/01/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 106-116 6-19 12/03/1971 at Detroit Pistons L 112-113 6-20 12/04/1971 at Boston Celtics L 107-117 6-21 12/08/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 120-125 6-22 12/10/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks W 95-88 7-22 12/11/1971 at Phoenix Suns W 111-110 8-22 12/12/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics W 100-98 9-22 12/14/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 98-106 9-23 12/15/1971 at Atlanta Hawks W 117-115 10-23 12/17/1971 at Chicago Bulls W 109-98 11-23 12/18/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 126-116 12-23 12/21/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers W 132-119 13-23 12/26/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 115-137 13-24 12/29/1971 vs Phoenix Suns L 106-124 13-25 12/30/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks W 129-115 14-25 01/02/1972 vs Detroit Pistons L 107-109 14-26 01/04/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 119-110 15-26 01/05/1972 vs Boston Celtics L 105-113 15-27 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/09/1972 vs Golden State Warriors L 112-113 15-28 01/11/1972 at Seattle Supersonics L 126-141 15-29 01/15/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 112-109 16-29 01/16/1972 vs New York Knicks L 108-109 16-30 01/20/1972 at Cincinnati Royals W 104-87 17-30 01/21/1972 at Boston Celtics L 105-110 17-31 01/22/1972 at Chicago Bulls L 108-115 17-32 01/23/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 109-107 18-32 01/25/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 118-104 19-32 01/26/1972 vs Chicago Bulls L 108-117 19-33 01/28/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-118 19-34 02/02/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 111-88 20-34 02/04/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers L 113-114 20-35 02/05/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 112-119 20-36 02/06/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 120-113 21-36 02/08/1972 at Seattle Supersonics L 119-127 21-37 02/11/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets W 116-95 22-37 02/13/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals W 112-111 23-37 02/14/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 130-116 24-37 02/15/1972 at Baltimore Bullets L 98-113 24-38 02/16/1972 at New York Knicks L 100-110 24-39 02/18/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 108-96 25-39 02/23/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 115-110 26-39 02/26/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 122-106 27-39 02/27/1972 vs Golden State Warriors L 104-117 27-40 03/01/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals W 108-96 28-40 03/03/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 107-108 28-41 03/04/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 123-130 28-42 03/05/1972 vs Chicago Bulls L 97-128 28-43 03/09/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 114-111 29-43 03/10/1972 vs Golden State Warriors L 116-119 29-44 03/11/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 121-100 30-44 03/12/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 121-112 31-44 03/16/1972 vs New York Knicks L 102-103 31-45 03/18/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 116-120 31-46 03/21/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 94-111 31-47 03/22/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 106-107 31-48 03/24/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 127-119 32-48 03/25/1972 at Baltimore Bullets W 106-85 33-48 03/26/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 131-109 34-48 |