1973-1974 Houston Rockets: 32-50 .390
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 18-23 (4435 points scored, 4401 allowed) Road record: 13-25 (4043 points scored, 4088 allowed) Other sites: 1-2 (332 points scored, 332 allowed) Head Coach: Johnny Egan 8810 points scored (7th of 17 teams), 8821 points allowed (11th) NBA Averages: 105.7 points/game (8671.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School E.C. Coleman 6'8 225 23 Houston Baptist Matt Guokas 6'5 175 29 St. Joseph's George Johnson 6'11 245 26 Stephen F. Austin Kevin Kunnert 7'0 230 22 Iowa Jack Marin 6'6 200 29 Duke Paul McCracken 6'4 180 23 Cal State Northridge Stan McKenzie 6'5 195 29 New York University Cliff Meely 6'8 215 26 Colorado Otto Moore 6'11 205 27 Texas - Pan American Calvin Murphy 5'9 165 25 Niagara Mike Newlin 6'4 200 24 Utah Ed Ratleff 6'6 195 23 Cal State Long Beach Ron Riley 6'8 195 23 Southern California Don Smith 6'9 235 27 Iowa State Rudy Tomjanovich 6'8 218 25 Michigan Jimmy Walker 6'3 195 29 Providence Dave Wohl 6'2 185 24 Penn 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 80 3227 788 1470 0 0 385 454 230 487 717 250 89 66 0 230 1961 24.5 G Calvin Murphy 81 2922 671 1285 0 0 310 357 51 137 188 603 157 4 0 310 1652 20.4 G Mike Newlin 76 2591 510 1139 0 0 380 444 77 185 262 363 87 9 0 259 1400 18.4 C Don Smith 79 2459 336 732 0 0 193 240 259 664 923 166 80 104 0 227 865 10.9 F Cliff Meely 77 1754 330 773 0 0 90 140 103 336 439 124 53 77 0 234 750 9.7 G Ed Ratleff 81 1773 254 585 0 0 103 129 93 193 286 181 90 27 0 182 611 7.5 F Jack Marin 47 1102 210 443 0 0 82 98 29 77 106 121 23 8 0 120 502 10.7 F E.C. Coleman 58 1075 128 250 0 0 47 74 81 171 252 76 37 20 0 162 303 5.2 G Matt Guokas 39 1007 93 203 0 0 21 28 17 43 60 133 27 14 0 73 207 5.3 G Dave Wohl 26 449 61 127 0 0 33 42 4 13 17 109 43 1 0 64 155 6.0 F Ron Riley 36 421 57 145 0 0 10 14 35 86 121 29 15 22 0 68 124 3.4 C Kevin Kunnert 25 361 56 114 0 0 10 17 40 71 111 18 5 29 0 68 122 4.9 C Otto Moore 13 313 32 69 0 0 4 8 20 64 84 18 10 18 0 37 68 5.2 C George Johnson 26 238 23 51 0 0 8 17 20 41 61 9 8 8 0 46 54 2.1 F Stan McKenzie 11 112 7 24 0 0 6 8 3 13 16 6 3 0 0 17 20 1.8 G Jimmy Walker 3 38 7 12 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 4 14 4.7 G Paul McCracken 4 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 2 0 0 0 3 2 0.5
1973 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 6 Ed Ratleff 338 Long Beach State
3 51 E.C. Coleman 357 Houston Baptist [pick acquired from MIL]
4 58 Lee Colburn South Dakota State
5 75 Gary Rhoades Colorado State
6 92 Tom Peck Wisconsin-Eau Claire
7 109 Fred DeVaughn Westmont
8 126 John Thomas Missouri Southern
Traded draft picks:
#2 to CHI (Kevin Stacom)
#3 to CLE (James Lister)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/09/1973 at Buffalo Braves L 105-107 0-1 10/10/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 104-88 1-1 10/12/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 106-99 2-1 10/13/1973 at New York Knicks W 86-85 3-1 10/16/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 101-106 3-2 10/20/1973 vs Detroit Pistons L 104-107 3-3 10/23/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 98-107 3-4 10/24/1973 at Boston Celtics W 132-117 4-4 10/26/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 113-121 4-5 10/27/1973 vs Chicago Bulls L 92-102 4-6 10/31/1973 vs New York Knicks L 91-102 4-7 11/02/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks L 123-125 4-8 11/04/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers L 93-106 4-9 11/07/1973 vs Capitol Bullets L 97-111 4-10 11/09/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 106-111 4-11 11/13/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 97-83 5-11 11/14/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 116-118 5-12 11/17/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 87-96 5-13 11/22/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 96-104 5-14 11/23/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 83-85 5-15 11/27/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 125-111 6-15 11/28/1973 at New York Knicks W 114-106 7-15 11/30/1973 vs Detroit Pistons W 110-95 8-15 12/01/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers L 106-108 8-16 12/02/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 130-104 9-16 12/04/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 109-124 9-17 12/05/1973 vs Capitol Bullets W 119-99 10-17 12/09/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 110-107 11-17 12/11/1973 at Golden State Warriors L 107-114 11-18 12/14/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 106-114 11-19 12/15/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 100-104 11-20 12/17/1973 vs New York Knicks L 97-109 11-21 12/19/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics L 118-124 11-22 12/21/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks L 110-124 11-23 12/22/1973 at Capitol Bullets L 89-98 11-24 12/23/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 91-99 11-25 12/26/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 110-95 12-25 12/28/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 111-127 12-26 12/29/1973 at Atlanta Hawks L 110-114 12-27 01/02/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 101-99 13-27 01/04/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers W 119-113 14-27 01/05/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 106-108 14-28 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/06/1974 at Seattle Supersonics L 90-91 14-29 01/08/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 92-104 14-30 01/09/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 101-105 14-31 01/11/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 99-117 14-32 01/13/1974 at Buffalo Braves W 121-112 15-32 01/18/1974 vs New York Knicks W 96-90 16-32 01/20/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 105-111 16-33 01/22/1974 at New York Knicks W 108-93 17-33 01/23/1974 at Atlanta Hawks W 115-104 18-33 01/25/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 89-93 18-34 01/27/1974 vs Buffalo Braves L 108-122 18-35 01/29/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics L 107-115 18-36 01/31/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 108-109 18-37 02/02/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 107-117 18-38 02/03/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 123-112 19-38 02/05/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 116-112 20-38 02/08/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 120-106 21-38 02/10/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers W 112-106 22-38 02/12/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers W 129-119 23-38 02/14/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 99-107 23-39 02/17/1974 vs Buffalo Braves L 118-135 23-40 02/20/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 115-98 24-40 02/22/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 113-122 24-41 02/24/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 133-115 25-41 02/26/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 118-101 26-41 03/01/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 117-111 27-41 03/02/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 122-129 27-42 03/03/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 106-112 27-43 03/06/1974 vs Chicago Bulls L 93-105 27-44 03/08/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 113-106 28-44 03/10/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 113-108 29-44 03/13/1974 vs Capitol Bullets W 117-93 30-44 03/15/1974 vs Capitol Bullets W 114-105 31-44 03/17/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 114-125 31-45 03/19/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 107-110 31-46 03/20/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 99-103 31-47 03/22/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 95-109 31-48 03/23/1974 at Boston Celtics L 105-108 31-49 03/24/1974 at Boston Celtics L 106-109 31-50 03/26/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 119-96 32-50 |