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1979-1980 Houston Rockets: 41-41 .500
Previous Season Home record: 29-12 (4607 points scored, 4371 allowed) Road record: 12-29 (4477 points scored, 4699 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)

Head Coach: Del Harris 9084 points scored (8th of 22 teams), 9070 points allowed (15th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Rick Barry 6'7 205 35 Miami (FL) Alonzo Bradley 6'6 190 26 Texas Southern Mike Dunleavy 6'2 180 25 South Carolina Tom Henderson 6'3 190 27 Hawaii Dwight Jones 6'10 210 27 Houston Major Jones 6'9 225 26 Albany State Allen Leavell 6'1 170 22 Oklahoma City Moses Malone 6'10 215 24 None Paul Mokeski 7'0 250 22 Kansas Calvin Murphy 5'9 165 31 Niagara Billy Paultz 6'11 235 31 St. John's Robert Reid 6'8 205 24 St. Mary's John Shumate 6'9 235 27 Notre Dame Rudy Tomjanovich 6'8 218 31 Michigan Rudy White 6'2 195 26 Arizona State
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 3140 778 1549 0 6 563 783 573 617 1190 147 80 107 300 210 2119 25.8 G Calvin Murphy 76 2676 624 1267 1 25 271 302 68 82 150 299 143 9 162 269 1520 20.0 F Robert Reid 76 2304 419 861 0 3 153 208 140 301 441 244 132 57 164 281 991 13.0 F Rudy Tomjanovich 62 1834 370 778 22 79 118 147 132 226 358 109 32 10 98 161 880 14.2 F Rick Barry 72 1816 325 771 73 221 143 153 53 183 236 268 80 28 152 182 866 12.0 G Allen Leavell 77 2123 330 656 3 19 180 221 57 127 184 417 127 28 205 197 843 10.9 F Major Jones 82 1545 188 392 1 3 61 108 147 234 381 67 50 67 112 186 438 5.3 G Mike Dunleavy 51 1036 148 319 3 20 111 134 26 74 100 210 40 4 110 120 410 8.0 G Tom Henderson 66 1551 154 323 0 2 56 77 34 77 111 274 55 4 102 107 364 5.5 C Billy Paultz 37 980 138 292 0 0 43 82 92 173 265 70 22 39 57 86 319 8.6 F Dwight Jones 21 278 50 119 0 0 27 36 31 41 72 11 4 5 20 48 127 6.0 F John Shumate 29 332 34 64 0 0 33 44 25 54 79 23 8 9 27 39 101 3.5 F Alonzo Bradley 22 96 17 48 1 1 6 9 2 4 6 3 3 0 8 9 41 1.9 G Rudy White 9 106 13 24 0 0 10 13 0 9 9 5 5 0 8 8 36 4.0 C Paul Mokeski 12 113 11 33 0 0 7 9 14 15 29 2 1 6 10 24 29 2.4
1979 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1   17  Lee Johnson               12          East Texas State               
  2   42  Paul Mokeski             694          Kansas                           [pick acquired from PHO via SEA]
  3   59  Ricardo Brown                         Pepperdine                     
  4   76  Sammy Drummer                         Georgia Tech                     [pick acquired from MIL]
  4   80  Lionel Green                          Louisiana State                
  5  104  Allen Leavell            700          Oklahoma City                  
  6  124  Collie Davis                          Southern                       
  7  143  Rich Valavicius                       Auburn                         
  8  161  Delbert Watson                        East Tennessee State           

Traded draft picks:

#2 to ATL (Larry Wilson)


Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Eastern First Round 04/02/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs W 95-85 04/04/1980 at San Antonio Spurs L 101-106 04/06/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs W 141-120 -------------------------------------------------- Eastern Semifinals 04/09/1980 at Boston Celtics L 101-119 04/11/1980 at Boston Celtics L 75-95 04/13/1980 vs Boston Celtics L 81-100 04/14/1980 vs Boston Celtics L 121-138
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 7 275 74 138 0 1 33 43 42 55 97 7 4 16 22 18 181 25.9 G Calvin Murphy 7 265 58 108 2 4 13 13 4 6 10 26 11 0 16 29 131 18.7 F Robert Reid 7 266 52 102 0 1 22 26 14 41 55 26 6 7 19 28 126 18.0 F Rudy Tomjanovich 7 185 24 64 1 7 9 13 12 28 40 10 2 0 14 21 58 8.3 G Tom Henderson 7 203 22 46 0 1 12 15 5 11 16 42 7 4 11 19 56 8.0 G Allen Leavell 7 149 10 38 0 4 19 21 2 10 12 24 6 0 6 12 39 5.6 F Rick Barry 6 79 12 33 3 12 6 6 0 6 6 15 1 1 10 11 33 5.5 C Billy Paultz 7 128 13 40 0 0 4 7 12 21 33 8 1 3 11 13 30 4.3 F Major Jones 6 70 11 18 0 0 6 9 8 14 22 4 0 2 4 8 28 4.7 G Mike Dunleavy 6 45 6 12 0 2 5 6 2 3 5 13 5 0 6 11 17 2.8 F Alonzo Bradley 4 15 6 9 1 1 3 5 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 16 4.0

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1979 at Boston Celtics L 106-114 0-1 10/13/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 105-113 0-2 10/16/1979 at New York Knicks L 121-126 0-3 10/17/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 116-112 1-3 10/20/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 107-102 2-3 10/24/1979 vs Boston Celtics L 99-100 2-4 10/28/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 115-120 2-5 10/30/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 112-124 2-6 10/31/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 129-133 2-7 11/03/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 114-111 3-7 11/07/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 106-101 4-7 11/10/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 112-104 5-7 11/13/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 128-127 6-7 11/14/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 133-92 7-7 11/16/1979 vs New York Knicks W 133-130 8-7 11/17/1979 at Atlanta Hawks W 102-100 9-7 11/20/1979 at New York Knicks L 125-130 9-8 11/21/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 97-94 10-8 11/23/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 102-113 10-9 11/24/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 103-105 10-10 11/27/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 115-117 10-11 11/28/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 113-111 11-11 11/30/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 106-95 12-11 12/01/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 120-112 13-11 12/05/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 114-116 13-12 12/07/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 124-109 14-12 12/08/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 129-138 14-13 12/12/1979 at San Diego Clippers W 118-107 15-13 12/13/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 113-121 15-14 12/14/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 101-109 15-15 12/16/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 101-123 15-16 12/19/1979 vs Chicago Bulls L 102-108 15-17 12/21/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 106-117 15-18 12/22/1979 at Washington Bullets L 114-122 15-19 12/26/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 143-110 16-19 12/27/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 110-112 16-20 12/29/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 104-100 17-20 01/02/1980 vs Boston Celtics L 103-111 17-21 01/04/1980 at New Jersey Nets L 101-104 17-22 01/05/1980 vs Phoenix Suns W 111-110 18-22 01/08/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 118-115 19-22 01/09/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 114-112 20-22
Date Opponent Result Record 01/12/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 112-96 21-22 01/13/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks W 121-117 22-22 01/16/1980 vs New Jersey Nets L 112-122 22-23 01/18/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 134-111 23-23 01/19/1980 at Detroit Pistons L 110-122 23-24 01/22/1980 at Boston Celtics L 106-112 23-25 01/23/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 111-110 24-25 01/26/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics W 123-111 25-25 01/29/1980 at Indiana Pacers L 112-133 25-26 01/30/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs L 111-118 25-27 01/31/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 105-110 25-28 02/06/1980 vs New Jersey Nets W 115-114 26-28 02/08/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 105-104 27-28 02/09/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 117-95 28-28 02/12/1980 at San Antonio Spurs W 120-118 29-28 02/13/1980 vs New York Knicks W 122-117 30-28 02/15/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 103-114 30-29 02/17/1980 at Denver Nuggets L 99-112 30-30 02/20/1980 at Golden State Warriors L 102-115 30-31 02/22/1980 at Utah Jazz W 94-82 31-31 02/24/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 100-112 31-32 02/26/1980 vs Indiana Pacers W 93-88 32-32 02/27/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 110-97 33-32 02/28/1980 at Washington Bullets L 99-105 33-33 03/02/1980 vs Kansas City Kings L 91-94 33-34 03/04/1980 at Atlanta Hawks W 93-83 34-34 03/05/1980 vs Boston Celtics L 99-103 34-35 03/07/1980 at New Jersey Nets W 111-110 35-35 03/08/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks L 79-97 35-36 03/11/1980 at New York Knicks L 109-129 35-37 03/12/1980 at Boston Celtics L 105-121 35-38 03/14/1980 at Washington Bullets L 85-92 35-39 03/16/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 102-99 36-39 03/19/1980 vs New York Knicks W 139-113 37-39 03/20/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 96-109 37-40 03/22/1980 vs Indiana Pacers W 125-110 38-40 03/25/1980 at San Antonio Spurs L 107-126 38-41 03/26/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs W 113-101 39-41 03/28/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 128-112 40-41 03/30/1980 at Indiana Pacers W 121-106 41-41

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