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1972-1973 Houston Rockets: 33-49  .402
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 14-14 (3211 points scored, 3180 allowed) Road record: 10-28 (4184 points scored, 4401 allowed) Other sites: 9-7 (1855 points scored, 1811 allowed) Head Coaches: Tex Winter (17-30), Johnny Egan (16-19) 9250 points scored (1st of 17 teams), 9392 points allowed (16th) NBA Averages: 107.6 points/game (8823.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Dick Gibbs 6'5 210 24 Texas - El Paso George Johnson 6'11 245 25 Stephen F. Austin Jack Marin 6'6 200 28 Duke Paul McCracken 6'4 180 22 Cal State Northridge Stan McKenzie 6'5 195 28 New York University Eric McWilliams 6'8 200 22 Cal State Long Beach Cliff Meely 6'8 215 25 Colorado Otto Moore 6'11 205 26 Texas - Pan American Calvin Murphy 5'9 165 24 Niagara Mike Newlin 6'4 200 23 Utah Don Smith 6'9 235 26 Iowa State Greg Smith 6'5 195 25 Western Kentucky Rudy Tomjanovich 6'8 218 24 Michigan Jimmy Walker 6'3 195 28 Providence Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Rudy Tomjanovich 81 2972 655 1371 0 0 250 335 0 0 938 178 0 0 0 225 1560 19.3 F Jack Marin 81 3019 624 1334 0 0 248 292 0 0 499 291 0 0 0 247 1496 18.5 G Jimmy Walker 81 3079 605 1301 0 0 244 276 0 0 268 442 0 0 0 207 1454 18.0 G Mike Newlin 82 2658 534 1206 0 0 327 369 0 0 340 409 0 0 0 301 1395 17.0 G Calvin Murphy 77 1697 381 820 0 0 239 269 0 0 149 262 0 0 0 211 1001 13.0 C Otto Moore 82 2712 418 859 0 0 127 211 0 0 868 167 0 0 0 239 963 11.7 F Cliff Meely 82 1694 268 657 0 0 92 137 0 0 496 91 0 0 0 263 628 7.7 C Don Smith 48 900 149 375 0 0 119 162 0 0 304 53 0 0 0 108 417 8.7 G Paul McCracken 24 305 44 89 0 0 23 39 0 0 51 17 0 0 0 32 111 4.6 F Stan McKenzie 26 187 35 83 0 0 16 21 0 0 34 15 0 0 0 28 86 3.3 F Eric McWilliams 44 245 34 98 0 0 18 37 0 0 60 5 0 0 0 46 86 2.0 C George Johnson 19 169 20 39 0 0 3 4 0 0 45 3 0 0 0 33 43 2.3 F Greg Smith 4 41 5 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 0 8 10 2.5 F Dick Gibbs 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
1972 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  2   20  John Gianelli            541          Pacific                        
  3   37  Eric McWilliams           44          Long Beach State               
  4   54  Wilbert Robinson                 45   West Virginia                  
  5   70  James Silas              357    328   Stephen F. Austin              
  6   87  Mike Collins                          Seattle                        
  7  104  Mike Jackson                    264   Cal State Los Angeles          
  8  120  Henry Harris                          Auburn                         

Traded draft picks:

#1 to MIL (Russ Lee)



Regular Season Game Log:
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/13/1972   at Cleveland Cavaliers       W 109-108    1-0
10/14/1972   at Buffalo Braves            W 121-113    2-0
10/17/1972   at New York Knicks           L  95-103    2-1
10/20/1972   vs Atlanta Hawks             W 120-108    3-1
10/21/1972   vs Chicago Bulls             L  97-130    3-2
10/25/1972   vs Los Angeles Lakers        L 107-112    3-3
10/27/1972   vs Detroit Pistons           W 130-118    4-3
10/31/1972   at Atlanta Hawks             W 106-105    5-3
11/01/1972   at Philadelphia 76ers        W 108-104    6-3
11/03/1972   vs Atlanta Hawks             L 108-114    6-4
11/04/1972   vs Detroit Pistons           W 118-108    7-4
11/07/1972   at Los Angeles Lakers        L 109-122    7-5
11/10/1972   at Phoenix Suns              L 109-115    7-6
11/11/1972   vs Philadelphia 76ers        L 112-114    7-7
11/14/1972   at Baltimore Bullets         L 103-104    7-8
11/16/1972   at New York Knicks           L 100-119    7-9
11/18/1972   at Kansas City-Omaha Kings   L 117-127    7-10
11/21/1972   at Chicago Bulls             L 105-113    7-11
11/22/1972   vs Golden State Warriors     W 132-104    8-11
11/25/1972   vs Seattle Supersonics       W 114-109    9-11
11/28/1972   vs Baltimore Bullets         L  90-108    9-12
11/29/1972   vs Baltimore Bullets         W 102-94     10-12
12/01/1972   at Baltimore Bullets         L  96-103    10-13
12/02/1972   vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings   L 109-114    10-14
12/05/1972   at Golden State Warriors     L 101-108    10-15
12/08/1972   vs Portland Trail Blazers    W 114-108    11-15
12/12/1972   at Buffalo Braves            L  94-95     11-16
12/15/1972   at Baltimore Bullets         L  91-94     11-17
12/16/1972   at Detroit Pistons           W 123-112    12-17
12/17/1972   at Cleveland Cavaliers       W 110-109    13-17
12/20/1972   vs New York Knicks           L 102-124    13-18
12/22/1972   vs Philadelphia 76ers        W 116-103    14-18
12/26/1972   vs Phoenix Suns              W 113-110    15-18
12/27/1972   vs Los Angeles Lakers        W 136-104    16-18
12/29/1972   vs Milwaukee Bucks           L 101-114    16-19
01/02/1973   vs Boston Celtics            L 110-130    16-20
01/03/1973   vs Boston Celtics            W 123-112    17-20
01/04/1973   at Chicago Bulls             L  97-111    17-21
01/06/1973   at New York Knicks           L 106-116    17-22
01/07/1973   at Cleveland Cavaliers       L  97-102    17-23
01/09/1973   at Atlanta Hawks             L 114-120    17-24
01/10/1973   at Boston Celtics            L 107-128    17-25
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/12/1973   vs New York Knicks           L 103-104    17-26
01/13/1973   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       L 115-123    17-27
01/17/1973   vs Golden State Warriors     L 117-123    17-28
01/19/1973   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       L 104-108    17-29
01/20/1973   vs Portland Trail Blazers    L 115-130    17-30
01/21/1973   vs New York Knicks           W 107-103    18-30
01/25/1973   at Milwaukee Bucks           W 129-125    19-30
01/26/1973   at Boston Celtics            L 126-139    19-31
01/28/1973   vs Atlanta Hawks             W 116-108    20-31
01/30/1973   at Portland Trail Blazers    W 123-120    21-31
01/31/1973   at Seattle Supersonics       L 109-118    21-32
02/02/1973   at Los Angeles Lakers        L 109-126    21-33
02/03/1973   at Phoenix Suns              L 123-132    21-34
02/04/1973   vs Buffalo Braves            W 130-118    22-34
02/06/1973   vs Philadelphia 76ers        W 123-117    23-34
02/09/1973   vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings   L 116-121    23-35
02/10/1973   at Atlanta Hawks             L  91-103    23-36
02/13/1973   at Kansas City-Omaha Kings   L 118-132    23-37
02/16/1973   at Milwaukee Bucks           L 103-105    23-38
02/17/1973   vs Phoenix Suns              W 127-111    24-38
02/18/1973   vs Chicago Bulls             L  99-110    24-39
02/21/1973   vs Seattle Supersonics       W 139-107    25-39
02/23/1973   at Philadelphia 76ers        W 138-116    26-39
02/25/1973   at Detroit Pistons           L 112-129    26-40
02/27/1973   at Buffalo Braves            W 112-105    27-40
03/03/1973   at Atlanta Hawks             L 125-136    27-41
03/04/1973   vs Milwaukee Bucks           L 101-116    27-42
03/07/1973   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       L 100-118    27-43
03/09/1973   vs Baltimore Bullets         L 104-109    27-44
03/10/1973   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       W 131-116    28-44
03/11/1973   vs Atlanta Hawks             W 129-118    29-44
03/15/1973   at Golden State Warriors     L 125-141    29-45
03/16/1973   at Portland Trail Blazers    L 128-141    29-46
03/18/1973   at Seattle Supersonics       L 112-121    29-47
03/20/1973   at Boston Celtics            L  89-94     29-48
03/21/1973   at Baltimore Bullets         W 118-110    30-48
03/23/1973   at Philadelphia 76ers        W 132-112    31-48
03/25/1973   vs Boston Celtics            L 121-125    31-49
03/27/1973   vs Buffalo Braves            W 121-111    32-49
03/28/1973   vs Buffalo Braves            W 138-122    33-49

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