1977-1978 Houston Rockets: 28-54 .341
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 21-20 (4432 points scored, 4399 allowed) Road record: 7-34 (4081 points scored, 4442 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 21-20 (4432 points scored, 4399 allowed) Road record: 7-34 (4081 points scored, 4442 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Head Coach: Tom Nissalke 8513 points scored (21st of 22 teams), 8841 points allowed (9th) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Ron Behagen 6'9 185 26 Minnesota Phil Bond 6'2 175 23 Louisville Alonzo Bradley 6'6 190 24 Texas Southern Mike Dunleavy 6'2 180 23 South Carolina John Johnson 6'7 200 30 Iowa Dwight Jones 6'10 210 25 Houston Robin Jones 6'9 225 23 St. Louis Kevin Kunnert 7'0 230 26 Iowa C.J. Kupec 6'6 220 24 Michigan John Lucas 6'2 175 24 Maryland Moses Malone 6'10 215 22 None Larry Moffett 6'8 210 23 Nevada - Las Vegas Calvin Murphy 5'9 165 29 Niagara Mike Newlin 6'4 200 28 Utah Ed Ratleff 6'6 195 27 Cal State Long Beach Robert Reid 6'8 205 22 St. Mary's Don Smith 6'9 235 31 Iowa State Rudy Tomjanovich 6'8 218 29 Michigan Rudy White 6'2 195 24 Arizona StateTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Calvin Murphy 76 2900 852 1737 0 0 245 267 57 107 164 259 112 3 173 241 1949 25.6 C Moses Malone 59 2107 413 828 0 0 318 443 380 506 886 31 48 76 220 179 1144 19.4 G John Lucas 82 2933 412 947 0 0 193 250 51 204 255 768 160 9 213 208 1017 12.4 F Dwight Jones 82 2476 346 777 0 0 181 233 215 426 641 109 77 39 165 265 873 10.6 C Kevin Kunnert 80 2152 368 842 0 0 93 135 262 431 693 97 44 90 141 315 829 10.4 F Robert Reid 80 1849 261 574 0 0 63 96 111 248 359 121 67 51 81 277 585 7.3 G Mike Newlin 45 1181 216 495 0 0 152 174 36 84 120 203 52 9 120 128 584 13.0 F Rudy Tomjanovich 23 849 217 447 0 0 61 81 40 98 138 32 15 5 38 63 495 21.5 F Alonzo Bradley 43 798 130 304 0 0 43 59 24 75 99 54 16 6 55 83 303 7.0 G Ed Ratleff 68 1163 130 310 0 0 39 47 56 106 162 153 60 22 67 109 299 4.4 C C.J. Kupec 49 626 84 197 0 0 27 33 27 64 91 50 10 3 24 54 195 4.0 G Rudy White 21 219 31 85 0 0 14 18 8 13 21 22 8 0 22 24 76 3.6 C Don Smith 14 134 20 47 0 0 15 20 13 22 35 7 2 2 11 25 55 3.9 G Mike Dunleavy 11 102 17 43 0 0 11 16 1 8 9 22 8 1 9 12 45 4.1 C Robin Jones 12 66 11 20 0 0 4 10 5 9 14 2 1 1 7 16 26 2.2 F Larry Moffett 20 110 5 17 0 0 6 10 10 11 21 7 2 2 8 16 16 0.8 F Ron Behagen 3 33 7 11 0 0 0 1 2 5 7 2 0 0 3 6 14 4.7 F John Johnson 1 11 1 4 0 0 2 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 3 3 4 4.0 G Phil Bond 7 21 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 2 1 4 0.6
1977 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 34 Larry Moffett 20 Nevada-Las Vegas [pick acquired from BOS]
2 40 Robert Reid 919 St. Mary's (TX)
3 62 Phil Bond 7 Louisville
4 84 Rocky Smith Oregon State
5 106 Ed Thompson Idaho State
Traded draft picks:
#1 to GOL via BUF (Wesley Cox)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/19/1977 vs Chicago Bulls L 103-107 0-1
10/21/1977 at Kansas City Kings L 94-95 0-2
10/22/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 110-98 1-2
10/27/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 133-110 2-2
10/29/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 125-112 3-2
11/03/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 113-111 4-2
11/04/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 108-110 4-3
11/05/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 116-105 5-3
11/08/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 104-117 5-4
11/09/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 107-127 5-5
11/10/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks L 101-132 5-6
11/12/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 104-102 6-6
11/16/1977 vs Buffalo Braves L 97-101 6-7
11/19/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz L 101-103 6-8
11/22/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 99-105 6-9
11/23/1977 at Boston Celtics L 100-109 6-10
11/26/1977 at Washington Bullets L 91-93 6-11
11/28/1977 at New York Knicks L 86-104 6-12
11/29/1977 vs New York Knicks W 120-103 7-12
12/01/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 105-92 8-12
12/03/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 120-116 9-12
12/06/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 105-107 9-13
12/09/1977 at Los Angeles Lakers W 116-105 10-13
12/10/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 93-110 10-14
12/11/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 84-116 10-15
12/14/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 91-113 10-16
12/17/1977 vs Phoenix Suns L 97-101 10-17
12/20/1977 at Buffalo Braves L 104-110 10-18
12/21/1977 at New Jersey Nets W 103-93 11-18
12/23/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 101-107 11-19
12/26/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 113-99 12-19
12/29/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 104-99 13-19
12/30/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 98-99 13-20
01/04/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 104-96 14-20
01/06/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 101-103 14-21
01/07/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 83-106 14-22
01/10/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 80-95 14-23
01/11/1978 at Boston Celtics L 88-91 14-24
01/12/1978 vs Denver Nuggets L 106-109 14-25
01/14/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 104-93 15-25
01/17/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 95-99 15-26
01/18/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics L 104-106 15-27
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/20/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 118-108 16-27
01/22/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 101-106 16-28
01/25/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 96-118 16-29
01/27/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 100-105 16-30
01/29/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 88-123 16-31
02/01/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 124-103 17-31
02/03/1978 vs New York Knicks W 112-102 18-31
02/08/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 105-101 19-31
02/09/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 94-104 19-32
02/10/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 114-125 19-33
02/12/1978 at New Orleans Jazz W 119-112 20-33
02/14/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 102-125 20-34
02/15/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 126-122 21-34
02/17/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 98-115 21-35
02/18/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 121-112 22-35
02/21/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 111-96 23-35
02/22/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 108-119 23-36
02/24/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 112-126 23-37
02/25/1978 at Buffalo Braves W 110-106 24-37
02/27/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 97-110 24-38
03/01/1978 vs Buffalo Braves L 104-114 24-39
03/03/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 110-133 24-40
03/05/1978 at Washington Bullets L 88-106 24-41
03/07/1978 at New York Knicks L 101-112 24-42
03/08/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 94-97 24-43
03/10/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 114-117 24-44
03/11/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics L 91-93 24-45
03/14/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 98-119 24-46
03/16/1978 vs Detroit Pistons L 98-106 24-47
03/18/1978 vs New Jersey Nets L 104-106 24-48
03/21/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 99-101 24-49
03/22/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 106-124 24-50
03/24/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 107-103 25-50
03/29/1978 vs Golden State Warriors L 89-112 25-51
04/01/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 116-112 26-51
04/02/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 100-109 26-52
04/04/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers W 101-89 27-52
04/05/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 100-113 27-53
04/07/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz L 114-117 27-54
04/08/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 112-111 28-54
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