1978-1979 Houston Rockets: 47-35 .573
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 30-11 (4787 points scored, 4528 allowed) Road record: 17-24 (4510 points scored, 4689 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Nissalke 9297 points scored (5th of 22 teams), 9217 points allowed (17th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Tom Barker 6'11 225 23 Hawaii Rick Barry 6'7 205 34 Miami (FL) Alonzo Bradley 6'6 190 25 Texas Southern E.C. Coleman 6'8 225 28 Houston Baptist Jacky Dorsey 6'7 230 24 Georgia Mike Dunleavy 6'2 180 24 South Carolina Dwight Jones 6'10 210 26 Houston Moses Malone 6'10 215 23 None Calvin Murphy 5'9 165 30 Niagara Mike Newlin 6'4 200 29 Utah Robert Reid 6'8 205 23 St. Mary's Rudy Tomjanovich 6'8 218 30 Michigan Slick Watts 6'1 175 27 Xavier (LA) Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Moses Malone 82 3390 716 1325 0 0 599 811 587 857 1444 147 79 119 326 223 2031 24.8 G Calvin Murphy 82 2941 707 1424 0 0 246 265 78 95 173 351 117 6 187 288 1660 20.2 F Rudy Tomjanovich 74 2641 620 1200 0 0 168 221 170 402 572 137 44 18 138 186 1408 19.0 F Rick Barry 80 2566 461 1000 0 0 160 169 40 237 277 502 95 38 198 195 1082 13.5 F Robert Reid 82 2259 382 777 0 0 131 186 129 354 483 230 75 48 131 302 895 10.9 G Mike Newlin 76 1828 283 581 0 0 212 243 51 119 170 291 51 9 175 218 778 10.2 G Mike Dunleavy 74 1486 215 425 0 0 159 184 28 100 128 324 56 5 130 168 589 8.0 F Dwight Jones 81 1215 181 395 0 0 96 132 110 218 328 57 34 26 102 204 458 5.7 G Slick Watts 61 1046 92 227 0 0 41 67 35 68 103 243 73 14 71 143 225 3.7 F Alonzo Bradley 34 245 37 88 0 0 22 33 13 33 46 17 5 1 17 33 96 2.8 F Jacky Dorsey 20 108 24 43 0 0 8 16 12 11 23 2 1 2 8 25 56 2.8 F E.C. Coleman 6 39 5 7 0 0 1 1 1 6 7 1 2 0 0 11 11 1.8 C Tom Barker 5 16 3 6 0 0 2 2 2 4 6 0 0 0 1 5 8 1.6
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 28 Buster Matheney Utah [pick acquired from BOS]
3 47 Billy Ray Bates 187 Kentucky State
4 67 Jackie Robinson 22 Nevada-Las Vegas [pick acquired from NJ]
4 69 Joel Thompson Michigan
5 91 Gary Goodner Texas
6 113 Eddie Chavez Santa Clara
7 134 Stan Stewart Loyola Marymount
Traded draft picks:
#1 to NYK via BUF and NJ (Micheal Ray Richardson)
#2 to ATL (Rick Wilson)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern First Round
04/11/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks L 106-109
04/13/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 91-100
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
C Moses Malone 2 78 18 41 13 18 25 16 41 2 1 8 8 5 49 24.5
G Calvin Murphy 2 73 9 31 8 9 2 1 3 6 8 1 2 9 26 13.0
G Mike Newlin 2 67 8 20 8 8 2 4 6 5 1 1 6 10 24 12.0
F Rick Barry 2 65 8 25 8 8 2 6 8 9 0 2 2 8 24 12.0
F Dwight Jones 2 33 7 13 6 6 4 8 12 3 1 4 6 3 20 10.0
F Robert Reid 2 45 7 17 6 9 5 4 9 2 1 2 5 7 20 10.0
F Rudy Tomjanovich 2 64 9 23 2 5 7 7 14 2 1 1 1 1 20 10.0
G Slick Watts 2 43 6 15 2 3 4 3 7 7 4 1 7 8 14 7.0
G Mike Dunleavy 1 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
F Jacky Dorsey 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
F Alonzo Bradley 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1978 at New York Knicks W 111-107 1-0 10/14/1978 at Boston Celtics W 114-108 2-0 10/18/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 139-87 3-0 10/19/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 103-108 3-1 10/21/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 118-101 4-1 10/25/1978 vs New York Knicks W 106-101 5-1 10/28/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 99-101 5-2 10/29/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 121-134 5-3 11/01/1978 vs Golden State Warriors L 105-112 5-4 11/04/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 110-103 6-4 11/10/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 126-131 6-5 11/11/1978 vs San Diego Clippers W 136-123 7-5 11/15/1978 vs Chicago Bulls L 103-117 7-6 11/18/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 126-120 8-6 11/22/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 114-121 8-7 11/24/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 113-120 8-8 11/25/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 105-127 8-9 11/26/1978 at Seattle Supersonics W 108-103 9-9 11/29/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 94-109 9-10 11/30/1978 at San Diego Clippers W 113-104 10-10 12/02/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 91-105 10-11 12/06/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 96-101 10-12 12/08/1978 at New Orleans Jazz W 110-106 11-12 12/09/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 116-110 12-12 12/12/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 112-105 13-12 12/14/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 126-123 14-12 12/15/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 84-91 14-13 12/20/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 108-105 15-13 12/21/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 90-101 15-14 12/23/1978 vs New York Knicks W 129-107 16-14 12/26/1978 at Kansas City Kings W 109-102 17-14 12/27/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 119-131 17-15 12/29/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 106-103 18-15 12/30/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 112-101 19-15 01/03/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 127-122 20-15 01/05/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks L 106-109 20-16 01/06/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 115-112 21-16 01/08/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 104-116 21-17 01/09/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 126-110 22-17 01/12/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 107-96 23-17 01/13/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 117-106 24-17 01/14/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 105-115 24-18 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/17/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 104-103 25-18 01/19/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers W 122-121 26-18 01/20/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 97-116 26-19 01/24/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 117-116 27-19 01/27/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 94-99 27-20 01/30/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 106-112 27-21 01/31/1979 at Boston Celtics L 102-119 27-22 02/02/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 106-120 27-23 02/06/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 113-108 28-23 02/08/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 134-129 29-23 02/09/1979 at New Orleans Jazz W 106-99 30-23 02/10/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 113-101 31-23 02/13/1979 vs Indiana Pacers L 120-124 31-24 02/15/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 119-116 32-24 02/16/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 96-110 32-25 02/18/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 124-126 32-26 02/22/1979 at Washington Bullets W 120-110 33-26 02/25/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 107-127 33-27 02/27/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 111-125 33-28 02/28/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 122-97 34-28 03/02/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers W 118-98 35-28 03/04/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 109-119 35-29 03/06/1979 at Denver Nuggets W 119-118 36-29 03/07/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 115-138 36-30 03/10/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 124-109 37-30 03/14/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 129-107 38-30 03/16/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 124-118 39-30 03/17/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 134-122 40-30 03/21/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 108-114 40-31 03/23/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 134-141 40-32 03/24/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 120-116 41-32 03/27/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 122-116 42-32 03/28/1979 vs Indiana Pacers L 124-125 42-33 03/30/1979 at San Antonio Spurs W 117-116 43-33 04/01/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 105-114 43-34 04/03/1979 at New York Knicks W 116-115 44-34 04/04/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 120-121 44-35 04/06/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 112-110 45-35 04/07/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 123-106 46-35 04/08/1979 at Washington Bullets W 112-102 47-35 |