1976-1977 Houston Rockets: 49-33 .598
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 34-7 (4568 points scored, 4307 allowed) Road record: 15-25 (4057 points scored, 4182 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (101 points scored, 105 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Nissalke 8726 points scored (12th of 22 teams), 8594 points allowed (7th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Phil Hicks 6'7 205 23 Tulane John Johnson 6'7 200 29 Iowa Dwight Jones 6'10 210 24 Houston Goo Kennedy 6'5 205 27 Texas Christian Kevin Kunnert 7'0 230 25 Iowa John Lucas 6'2 175 23 Maryland Moses Malone 6'10 215 21 None Calvin Murphy 5'9 165 28 Niagara Mike Newlin 6'4 200 27 Utah Tom Owens 6'10 215 27 South Carolina Ed Ratleff 6'6 195 26 Cal State Long Beach Rudy Tomjanovich 6'8 218 28 Michigan Rudy White 6'2 195 23 Arizona State Dave Wohl 6'2 185 27 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 3130 733 1437 0 0 287 342 172 512 684 172 57 27 0 198 1753 21.6 G Calvin Murphy 82 2764 596 1216 0 0 272 307 54 118 172 386 144 8 0 281 1464 17.9 C Moses Malone 80 2500 389 810 0 0 305 440 437 634 1071 89 67 181 0 274 1083 13.5 G Mike Newlin 82 2119 387 850 0 0 269 304 53 151 204 320 60 3 0 226 1043 12.7 G John Lucas 82 2531 388 814 0 0 135 171 55 164 219 463 125 19 0 174 911 11.1 C Kevin Kunnert 81 2050 333 685 0 0 93 126 210 459 669 154 35 105 0 361 759 9.4 F John Johnson 79 1738 319 696 0 0 94 132 75 191 266 163 47 24 0 199 732 9.3 F Dwight Jones 74 1239 167 338 0 0 101 126 98 186 284 48 38 19 0 175 435 5.9 C Tom Owens 46 462 68 135 0 0 52 76 47 95 142 18 4 13 0 96 188 4.1 G Ed Ratleff 37 533 70 161 0 0 26 42 24 53 77 43 20 6 0 45 166 4.5 G Rudy White 46 368 47 106 0 0 15 25 13 28 41 35 11 1 0 39 109 2.4 F Goo Kennedy 32 277 31 58 0 0 3 8 0 51 51 6 7 5 0 45 65 2.0 G Dave Wohl 14 62 7 17 0 0 4 4 1 4 5 15 0 0 0 18 18 1.3 F Phil Hicks 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0.0
1976 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 1 John Lucas 928 Maryland [pick acquired from ATL]
2 27 Phil Hicks 57 Tulane
3 44 Barnes Hauptfuhrer Princeton
4 61 Hercle Ivy Iowa State
5 78 Dave Marrs Houston
6 96 Robert Paige Houston Baptist
7 114 Barry Davis Texas A&M
8 132 Dan Kruger Texas
Traded draft picks:
#1 to ATL (Armond Hill)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
04/19/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 101-111
04/21/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 124-118 (OT)
04/24/1977 at Washington Bullets L 90-93
04/26/1977 at Washington Bullets W 107-103
04/29/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 123-115
05/01/1977 at Washington Bullets W 108-103
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Eastern Finals
05/05/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 117-128
05/08/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 97-106
05/11/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 118-94
05/13/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 95-107
05/15/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers W 118-115
05/17/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 109-112
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Rudy Tomjanovich 12 457 107 212 29 37 24 41 65 24 7 3 36 243 20.2
G Calvin Murphy 12 420 102 213 28 30 7 12 19 75 19 2 47 232 19.3
C Moses Malone 12 518 81 162 63 91 84 119 203 7 13 21 42 225 18.8
G John Lucas 12 430 75 139 26 34 4 29 33 83 24 4 33 176 14.7
G Mike Newlin 12 316 75 143 21 28 8 26 34 53 15 0 37 171 14.2
C Kevin Kunnert 12 328 51 104 12 23 48 59 107 14 2 8 51 114 9.5
F Dwight Jones 12 246 28 63 18 23 13 38 51 15 8 3 32 74 6.2
F John Johnson 12 146 24 61 10 15 7 22 29 9 4 0 20 58 4.8
F Goo Kennedy 6 35 5 10 2 2 4 8 12 0 0 0 6 12 2.0
G Rudy White 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2.0
C Tom Owens 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/21/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 120-104 1-0 10/23/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 129-126 2-0 10/27/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 94-116 2-1 10/30/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 105-92 3-1 11/03/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 117-111 4-1 11/05/1976 at New York Nets L 91-95 4-2 11/06/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 102-117 4-3 11/09/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 111-92 5-3 11/10/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 99-97 6-3 11/12/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 99-111 6-4 11/13/1976 vs New York Nets L 110-114 6-5 11/17/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 120-114 7-5 11/20/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 127-126 8-5 11/24/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 113-107 9-5 11/25/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 105-99 10-5 11/27/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs W 125-116 11-5 12/01/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 110-104 12-5 12/02/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 137-110 13-5 12/04/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 120-108 14-5 12/08/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 95-116 14-6 12/10/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-109 14-7 12/11/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 112-124 14-8 12/12/1976 at Seattle Supersonics W 96-92 15-8 12/14/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 84-104 15-9 12/16/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 118-107 16-9 12/18/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz L 106-110 16-10 12/22/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 111-90 17-10 12/26/1976 at Indiana Pacers W 93-79 18-10 12/28/1976 at New York Knicks L 99-111 18-11 12/29/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 93-91 19-11 01/01/1977 at Washington Bullets L 89-104 19-12 01/02/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 80-104 19-13 01/05/1977 vs New York Knicks W 108-107 20-13 01/07/1977 vs Denver Nuggets L 107-117 20-14 01/08/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 94-106 20-15 01/11/1977 at Boston Celtics L 101-105 20-16 01/12/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 97-102 20-17 01/14/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks W 111-84 21-17 01/15/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 122-116 22-17 01/18/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 103-85 23-17 01/19/1977 vs Boston Celtics L 102-112 23-18 01/21/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 86-109 23-19 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/22/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 110-107 24-19 01/27/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 114-107 25-19 01/28/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 118-104 26-19 01/29/1977 at Atlanta Hawks L 97-101 26-20 02/03/1977 at New York Knicks L 90-108 26-21 02/05/1977 vs New York Knicks W 105-103 27-21 02/06/1977 at New Orleans Jazz L 90-99 27-22 02/08/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 97-81 28-22 02/09/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 108-103 29-22 02/11/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs L 104-107 29-23 02/16/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 124-95 30-23 02/17/1977 at San Antonio Spurs W 113-99 31-23 02/19/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 109-115 31-24 02/22/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 106-118 31-25 02/24/1977 at Phoenix Suns W 109-106 32-25 02/25/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers W 123-106 33-25 02/27/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers L 101-106 33-26 03/02/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 120-113 34-26 03/05/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 119-106 35-26 03/06/1977 at New York Nets W 99-91 36-26 03/07/1977 at Buffalo Braves W 128-107 37-26 03/09/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 105-100 38-26 03/11/1977 at Indiana Pacers W 124-109 39-26 03/12/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 120-104 40-26 03/16/1977 vs New York Nets W 100-86 41-26 03/17/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 88-87 42-26 03/18/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 104-124 42-27 03/19/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 110-104 43-27 03/22/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 106-99 44-27 03/23/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 109-104 45-27 03/24/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 112-118 45-28 03/26/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 107-97 46-28 03/27/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 100-115 46-29 03/29/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 92-109 46-30 03/30/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 105-111 46-31 04/01/1977 at Washington Bullets W 91-85 47-31 04/02/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 106-93 48-31 04/06/1977 at Boston Celtics W 104-93 49-31 04/08/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 109-113 49-32 04/09/1977 vs Denver Nuggets L 110-118 49-33 |