1974-1975 Houston Rockets: 41-41 .500
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4423 points scored, 4095 allowed) Road record: 12-27 (3884 points scored, 4092 allowed) Other sites: 0-2 (214 points scored, 247 allowed) Head Coach: Johnny Egan 8521 points scored (6th of 18 teams), 8434 points allowed (10th) NBA Averages: 102.6 points/game (8416.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Gus Bailey 6'5 185 23 Texas - El Paso Steve Hawes 6'9 220 24 Washington Kevin Kunnert 7'0 230 23 Iowa Cliff Meely 6'8 215 27 Colorado Calvin Murphy 5'9 165 26 Niagara Mike Newlin 6'4 200 25 Utah Ed Ratleff 6'6 195 24 Cal State Long Beach Ron Riley 6'8 195 24 Southern California Don Smith 6'9 235 28 Iowa State Rudy Tomjanovich 6'8 218 26 Michigan Owen Wells 6'7 200 24 Detroit Dave Wohl 6'2 185 25 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 81 3134 694 1323 0 0 289 366 184 429 613 236 76 24 0 230 1677 20.7 G Calvin Murphy 78 2513 557 1152 0 0 341 386 52 121 173 381 128 4 0 281 1455 18.7 G Mike Newlin 79 2709 436 905 0 0 265 305 55 205 260 403 111 7 0 288 1137 14.4 G Ed Ratleff 80 2563 392 851 0 0 157 190 185 274 459 259 146 51 0 231 941 11.8 C Kevin Kunnert 75 1801 346 676 0 0 116 169 214 417 631 108 34 84 0 223 808 10.8 C Don Smith 65 1450 235 538 0 0 159 203 154 334 488 84 37 74 0 128 629 9.7 G Dave Wohl 75 1722 203 462 0 0 79 106 26 86 112 340 75 9 0 184 485 6.5 F Ron Riley 77 1578 196 470 0 0 71 97 137 243 380 130 56 22 0 197 463 6.0 F Cliff Meely 48 753 156 349 0 0 68 94 55 109 164 45 21 21 0 117 380 7.9 C Steve Hawes 55 897 140 279 0 0 45 55 80 195 275 88 36 36 0 99 325 5.9 G Gus Bailey 47 446 51 126 0 0 20 41 23 59 82 59 17 16 0 52 122 2.6 F Owen Wells 33 214 42 100 0 0 15 22 12 23 35 22 9 3 0 38 99 3.0
1974 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 5 Bobby Jones 774 167 North Carolina
2 23 Gus Bailey 147 Texas-El Paso
3 41 Robert Wilson Iowa State
4 59 Larry Robinson Texas
5 77 Owen Wells 33 Detroit
6 95 Lawrence Johnson Prairie View A&M
7 113 Kevin Fitzgerald Oklahoma
8 131 Steve Brooks Arkansas State
9 149 Ken Stalling Missouri-Rolla
10 166 Marcus Washington Marquette
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern First Round
04/08/1975 vs New York Knicks W 99-84
04/10/1975 at New York Knicks L 96-106
04/12/1975 vs New York Knicks W 118-86
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Eastern Semifinals
04/14/1975 at Boston Celtics L 106-123
04/16/1975 at Boston Celtics L 100-112
04/19/1975 vs Boston Celtics W 117-102
04/22/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 117-122
04/24/1975 at Boston Celtics L 115-128
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G Calvin Murphy 8 305 72 156 51 57 9 10 19 45 14 1 36 195 24.4
F Rudy Tomjanovich 8 304 72 128 40 48 22 42 64 23 1 4 17 184 23.0
G Mike Newlin 8 299 52 107 26 29 11 22 33 45 12 0 25 130 16.2
G Ed Ratleff 8 291 36 87 17 20 24 29 53 35 14 1 31 89 11.1
C Kevin Kunnert 8 244 35 81 17 26 11 49 60 12 4 13 37 87 10.9
F Ron Riley 8 152 25 42 6 16 12 24 36 15 9 2 18 56 7.0
G Gus Bailey 8 116 18 36 9 10 6 13 19 16 6 2 12 45 5.6
C Steve Hawes 8 128 18 38 8 9 3 26 29 13 3 3 11 44 5.5
C Don Smith 6 68 12 31 2 5 7 10 17 3 1 3 5 26 4.3
G Dave Wohl 4 8 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 6 1.5
F Owen Wells 4 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 1.5
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks W 106-101 1-0 10/19/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 112-118 1-1 10/22/1974 at New York Knicks L 100-110 1-2 10/23/1974 at Washington Bullets L 95-99 1-3 10/25/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 110-86 2-3 10/30/1974 at New Orleans Jazz W 113-100 3-3 10/31/1974 vs Washington Bullets W 95-92 4-3 11/02/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 120-97 5-3 11/05/1974 vs New York Knicks L 93-106 5-4 11/07/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 103-93 6-4 11/09/1974 vs Phoenix Suns L 96-101 6-5 11/12/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 103-99 7-5 11/14/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 105-96 8-5 11/16/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 118-98 9-5 11/19/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 94-85 10-5 11/22/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 83-89 10-6 11/24/1974 at Seattle Supersonics W 124-109 11-6 11/26/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 124-144 11-7 11/27/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers L 97-111 11-8 11/29/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks L 91-96 11-9 11/30/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 100-112 11-10 12/03/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 91-97 11-11 12/04/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 69-86 11-12 12/06/1974 vs Boston Celtics L 114-120 11-13 12/10/1974 vs Golden State Warriors W 111-97 12-13 12/11/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers L 96-103 12-14 12/12/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 113-124 12-15 12/14/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 123-84 13-15 12/17/1974 vs New Orleans Jazz W 109-83 14-15 12/20/1974 vs Washington Bullets W 116-91 15-15 12/21/1974 at Atlanta Hawks W 101-96 16-15 12/26/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 114-86 17-15 12/28/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 125-117 18-15 12/30/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 120-107 19-15 01/03/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 83-95 19-16 01/04/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks L 89-93 19-17 01/05/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 115-106 20-17 01/07/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 97-106 20-18 01/09/1975 vs Washington Bullets L 94-102 20-19 01/10/1975 at New Orleans Jazz L 108-111 20-20 01/16/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics L 125-127 20-21 01/17/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 106-127 20-22 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/18/1975 at Boston Celtics L 101-123 20-23 01/21/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 102-113 20-24 01/23/1975 at Atlanta Hawks W 96-95 21-24 01/24/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 95-91 22-24 01/26/1975 at Washington Bullets L 90-118 22-25 01/28/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 104-89 23-25 01/30/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 103-88 24-25 02/01/1975 at New York Knicks W 95-93 25-25 02/02/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 77-90 25-26 02/04/1975 vs Golden State Warriors L 105-107 25-27 02/05/1975 at New Orleans Jazz W 124-97 26-27 02/07/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 105-97 27-27 02/09/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers W 102-92 28-27 02/11/1975 at Golden State Warriors W 112-108 29-27 02/12/1975 at Seattle Supersonics L 103-104 29-28 02/14/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz L 112-124 29-29 02/16/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 95-100 29-30 02/18/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 107-83 30-30 02/21/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 103-85 31-30 02/23/1975 at New Orleans Jazz L 99-108 31-31 02/25/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 114-87 32-31 02/28/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 102-87 33-31 03/01/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 121-109 34-31 03/02/1975 vs Phoenix Suns W 110-104 35-31 03/07/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 93-86 36-31 03/08/1975 at Phoenix Suns W 112-107 37-31 03/09/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers L 95-116 37-32 03/11/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics L 117-122 37-33 03/12/1975 at Washington Bullets L 88-117 37-34 03/14/1975 vs New York Knicks L 94-103 37-35 03/16/1975 at Boston Celtics L 94-99 37-36 03/18/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 122-115 38-36 03/21/1975 at Detroit Pistons L 110-121 38-37 03/22/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 112-117 38-38 03/23/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 95-101 38-39 03/25/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 94-112 38-40 03/28/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 112-105 39-40 03/29/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 107-105 40-40 04/01/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 113-104 41-40 04/02/1975 at Washington Bullets L 85-112 41-41 |