1975-1976 Houston Rockets: 40-42 .488
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 27-13 (4291 points scored, 4173 allowed) Road record: 13-29 (4417 points scored, 4601 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Johnny Egan 8708 points scored (7th of 18 teams), 8774 points allowed (18th) NBA Averages: 104.3 points/game (8556.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Gus Bailey 6'5 185 24 Texas - El Paso Steve Hawes 6'9 220 25 Washington John Johnson 6'7 200 28 Iowa Kevin Kunnert 7'0 230 24 Iowa Cliff Meely 6'8 215 28 Colorado Joe Meriweather 6'10 215 22 Southern Illinois Calvin Murphy 5'9 165 27 Niagara Mike Newlin 6'4 200 26 Utah Ed Ratleff 6'6 195 25 Cal State Long Beach Ron Riley 6'8 195 25 Southern California Rudy Tomjanovich 6'8 218 27 Michigan Rudy White 6'2 195 22 Arizona State Dave Wohl 6'2 185 26 Penn Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Calvin Murphy 82 2995 675 1369 0 0 372 410 52 157 209 596 151 6 0 294 1722 21.0 G Mike Newlin 82 3065 569 1123 0 0 385 445 72 264 336 457 106 5 0 263 1523 18.6 F Rudy Tomjanovich 79 2912 622 1202 0 0 221 288 167 499 666 188 42 19 0 206 1465 18.5 C Kevin Kunnert 80 2335 465 954 0 0 102 156 267 520 787 155 57 105 0 315 1032 12.9 C Joe Meriweather 81 2042 338 684 0 0 154 239 163 353 516 82 36 120 0 219 830 10.2 G Ed Ratleff 72 2401 314 647 0 0 168 206 107 272 379 260 114 37 0 234 796 11.1 F John Johnson 67 1485 275 609 0 0 97 128 81 211 292 197 50 28 0 163 647 9.7 F Ron Riley 65 1049 115 280 0 0 38 56 91 213 304 75 32 21 0 137 268 4.1 G Dave Wohl 50 700 66 163 0 0 38 49 9 47 56 112 26 1 0 112 170 3.4 G Rudy White 32 284 42 102 0 0 18 25 13 25 38 30 19 5 0 32 102 3.2 F Cliff Meely 14 174 32 81 0 0 9 16 12 40 52 10 9 4 0 31 73 5.2 G Gus Bailey 30 262 28 77 0 0 14 28 20 30 50 41 14 8 0 33 70 2.3 C Steve Hawes 6 51 5 13 0 0 0 0 5 13 18 10 0 0 0 6 10 1.7
1975 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 11 Joe Meriweather 670 Southern Illinois
2 29 Jim Blanks Gardner-Webb
3 47 Rudy White 124 Arizona State
4 65 Ken Smith 19 Tulsa
5 83 Rick Whitlow Illinois State
6 101 William Johnson Texas Tech
7 119 Nate Barnett 12 Akron
8 137 Leon Johnson Centenary
9 154 Steve Storther Providence
Traded draft picks:
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/24/1975 at Boston Celtics L 94-109 0-1 10/28/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 108-124 0-2 10/31/1975 at Detroit Pistons L 127-131 0-3 11/02/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 104-89 1-3 11/04/1975 vs New York Knicks W 119-106 2-3 11/08/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 116-112 3-3 11/12/1975 vs Buffalo Braves L 80-93 3-4 11/13/1975 at New York Knicks L 102-108 3-5 11/15/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 103-101 4-5 11/18/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 95-91 5-5 11/19/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 110-118 5-6 11/21/1975 at Phoenix Suns L 92-107 5-7 11/23/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-110 5-8 11/25/1975 at Washington Bullets W 100-89 6-8 11/26/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 97-85 7-8 11/29/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 99-98 8-8 12/02/1975 at Chicago Bulls W 91-77 9-8 12/03/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics W 107-101 10-8 12/05/1975 at Detroit Pistons L 91-102 10-9 12/06/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 105-96 11-9 12/10/1975 vs Phoenix Suns L 91-105 11-10 12/13/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 120-137 11-11 12/16/1975 at Kansas City Kings W 111-100 12-11 12/17/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 85-88 12-12 12/19/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 113-107 13-12 12/20/1975 at Atlanta Hawks L 108-123 13-13 12/23/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 103-94 14-13 12/25/1975 at New Orleans Jazz L 99-101 14-14 12/27/1975 at Golden State Warriors W 113-110 15-14 12/28/1975 at Seattle Supersonics L 106-116 15-15 01/01/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers W 110-107 16-15 01/03/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 101-126 16-16 01/05/1976 at Chicago Bulls L 97-98 16-17 01/07/1976 vs Kansas City Kings L 106-108 16-18 01/08/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 115-106 17-18 01/10/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 105-94 18-18 01/14/1976 vs New York Knicks L 103-107 18-19 01/16/1976 vs Golden State Warriors L 103-128 18-20 01/17/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz L 97-103 18-21 01/19/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 115-96 19-21 01/23/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 115-124 19-22 01/24/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 110-103 20-22 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/27/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 127-116 21-22 01/28/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 108-93 22-22 01/29/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 86-119 22-23 01/31/1976 at New York Knicks W 130-114 23-23 02/05/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz L 111-114 23-24 02/07/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 89-87 24-24 02/09/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 105-86 25-24 02/11/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 115-103 26-24 02/13/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 109-134 26-25 02/14/1976 at Washington Bullets L 89-108 26-26 02/15/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 105-113 26-27 02/18/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 114-98 27-27 02/20/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 110-108 28-27 02/21/1976 vs Phoenix Suns L 108-110 28-28 02/22/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 103-107 28-29 02/23/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 117-114 29-29 02/25/1976 at Boston Celtics L 102-103 29-30 02/27/1976 at Buffalo Braves W 113-107 30-30 02/29/1976 at Washington Bullets L 108-110 30-31 03/03/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 113-105 31-31 03/04/1976 vs Washington Bullets L 106-113 31-32 03/06/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 101-97 32-32 03/07/1976 at Atlanta Hawks L 106-123 32-33 03/10/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 113-110 33-33 03/12/1976 at Buffalo Braves W 113-100 34-33 03/13/1976 vs Golden State Warriors L 97-111 34-34 03/16/1976 vs New York Knicks W 116-111 35-34 03/17/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 124-112 36-34 03/19/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 105-111 36-35 03/21/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 107-117 36-36 03/23/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 106-125 36-37 03/25/1976 at Golden State Warriors W 123-104 37-37 03/27/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 109-95 38-37 03/30/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 86-95 38-38 04/02/1976 at Boston Celtics L 115-119 38-39 04/05/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 129-130 38-40 04/07/1976 vs Washington Bullets L 105-115 38-41 04/09/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 88-99 38-42 04/10/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 110-99 39-42 04/11/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 122-111 40-42 |