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1971-72 Houston Rockets Roster and Stats

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Record: 34-48, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tex Winter (34-48)

PTS/G: 109.7 (7th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 111.2 (10th of 17)
SRS: -1.22 (9th of 17)
Expected W-L: 37-45 (10th of 17)

Arena: Hofheinz Pavilion ▪ Attendance: 203,599 (14th of 17)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Don Adams SF 6-6 210 November 27, 1947 1 Northwestern University
34 Dick Cunningham C 6-10 245 July 11, 1946 3 Murray State University
30 Jim Davis C 6-9 225 December 18, 1941 4 University of Colorado
21 Johnny Egan PG 5-11 180 January 31, 1939 10 Providence College
40 Dick Gibbs SF 6-5 210 December 20, 1948 R University of Texas at El Paso
44 Elvin Hayes C 6-9 235 November 17, 1945 3 University of Houston
22 Stu Lantz SG 6-3 175 July 13, 1946 3 University of Nebraska
18 McCoy McLemore SF 6-7 230 April 3, 1942 7 Drake University
25 Cliff Meely PF 6-8 215 July 10, 1947 R University of Colorado
23 Calvin Murphy PG 5-9 165 May 9, 1948 1 Niagara University
14 Mike Newlin SG 6-4 200 January 2, 1949 R University of Utah
54 Curtis Perry C 6-7 220 September 13, 1948 1 Missouri State University
20 Larry Siegfried PG 6-3 190 May 22, 1939 8 Ohio State University
4 Greg Smith SF 6-5 195 January 28, 1947 3 Western Kentucky University
45 Rudy Tomjanovich PF 6-8 218 November 24, 1948 1 University of Michigan
33 John Vallely SG 6-3 185 October 3, 1948 1 University of California, Los Angeles

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19730 3590 8277 .434 1813 2424 .748 4433 1777 1992 8993 109.7
Lg Rank 14 5 2 16 12 11 9 4 15 6 7 7
Opponent 82 19730 3542 7817 .453 2037 2737 .744 4298 1945 1944 9121 111.2
Lg Rank 14 7 7 9 13 13 7 13 9 10 10 10

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 37 45 -1.56 0.35 -1.22 .434 .219 .453 .261 Hofheinz Pavilion 203,599
Lg Rank 10 10 10 4 9 16 14 9 11 14

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Elvin Hayes 26 82 3461 832 1918 .434 399 615 .649 1197 270 233 2063
2 Stu Lantz 25 81 3097 557 1279 .435 387 462 .838 345 337 211 1501
3 Calvin Murphy 23 82 2538 571 1255 .455 349 392 .890 258 393 298 1491
4 Rudy Tomjanovich 23 78 2689 500 1010 .495 172 238 .723 923 117 193 1172
5 Cliff Meely 24 77 1815 315 776 .406 133 197 .675 507 119 254 763
6 Mike Newlin 23 82 1495 256 618 .414 108 144 .750 228 135 233 620
7 Greg Smith 25 54 1519 212 473 .448 70 110 .636 322 159 167 494
8 Dick Gibbs 23 64 757 90 265 .340 55 66 .833 140 51 127 235
9 Dick Cunningham 25 63 720 67 174 .385 37 53 .698 243 57 76 171
10 John Vallely 23 40 256 49 128 .383 17 25 .680 21 28 37 115
11 Johnny Egan 33 38 437 42 104 .404 26 32 .813 26 51 55 110
12 Curtis Perry 23 25 355 38 115 .330 12 24 .500 122 22 47 88
13 Jim Davis 30 12 180 18 54 .333 26 38 .684 44 5 18 62
14 Larry Siegfried 32 10 223 18 46 .391 12 14 .857 10 20 21 48
15 McCoy McLemore 29 17 147 19 43 .442 9 12 .750 39 10 15 47
16 Don Adams 24 3 41 6 19 .316 1 2 .500 8 3 7 13

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Elvin Hayes 26 82 42.2 10.1 23.4 .434 4.9 7.5 .649 14.6 3.3 2.8 25.2
2 Stu Lantz 25 81 38.2 6.9 15.8 .435 4.8 5.7 .838 4.3 4.2 2.6 18.5
3 Calvin Murphy 23 82 31.0 7.0 15.3 .455 4.3 4.8 .890 3.1 4.8 3.6 18.2
4 Rudy Tomjanovich 23 78 34.5 6.4 12.9 .495 2.2 3.1 .723 11.8 1.5 2.5 15.0
5 Cliff Meely 24 77 23.6 4.1 10.1 .406 1.7 2.6 .675 6.6 1.5 3.3 9.9
6 Greg Smith 25 54 28.1 3.9 8.8 .448 1.3 2.0 .636 6.0 2.9 3.1 9.1
7 Mike Newlin 23 82 18.2 3.1 7.5 .414 1.3 1.8 .750 2.8 1.6 2.8 7.6
8 Jim Davis 30 12 15.0 1.5 4.5 .333 2.2 3.2 .684 3.7 0.4 1.5 5.2
9 Larry Siegfried 32 10 22.3 1.8 4.6 .391 1.2 1.4 .857 1.0 2.0 2.1 4.8
10 Don Adams 24 3 13.7 2.0 6.3 .316 0.3 0.7 .500 2.7 1.0 2.3 4.3
11 Dick Gibbs 23 64 11.8 1.4 4.1 .340 0.9 1.0 .833 2.2 0.8 2.0 3.7
12 Curtis Perry 23 25 14.2 1.5 4.6 .330 0.5 1.0 .500 4.9 0.9 1.9 3.5
13 Johnny Egan 33 38 11.5 1.1 2.7 .404 0.7 0.8 .813 0.7 1.3 1.4 2.9
14 John Vallely 23 40 6.4 1.2 3.2 .383 0.4 0.6 .680 0.5 0.7 0.9 2.9
15 McCoy McLemore 29 17 8.6 1.1 2.5 .442 0.5 0.7 .750 2.3 0.6 0.9 2.8
16 Dick Cunningham 25 63 11.4 1.1 2.8 .385 0.6 0.8 .698 3.9 0.9 1.2 2.7

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Elvin Hayes 26 82 3461 8.7 20.0 .434 4.2 6.4 .649 12.5 2.8 2.4 21.5
2 Calvin Murphy 23 82 2538 8.1 17.8 .455 5.0 5.6 .890 3.7 5.6 4.2 21.1
3 Stu Lantz 25 81 3097 6.5 14.9 .435 4.5 5.4 .838 4.0 3.9 2.5 17.4
4 John Vallely 23 40 256 6.9 18.0 .383 2.4 3.5 .680 3.0 3.9 5.2 16.2
5 Rudy Tomjanovich 23 78 2689 6.7 13.5 .495 2.3 3.2 .723 12.4 1.6 2.6 15.7
6 Cliff Meely 24 77 1815 6.2 15.4 .406 2.6 3.9 .675 10.1 2.4 5.0 15.1
7 Mike Newlin 23 82 1495 6.2 14.9 .414 2.6 3.5 .750 5.5 3.3 5.6 14.9
8 Jim Davis 30 12 180 3.6 10.8 .333 5.2 7.6 .684 8.8 1.0 3.6 12.4
9 Greg Smith 25 54 1519 5.0 11.2 .448 1.7 2.6 .636 7.6 3.8 4.0 11.7
10 McCoy McLemore 29 17 147 4.7 10.5 .442 2.2 2.9 .750 9.6 2.4 3.7 11.5
11 Don Adams 24 3 41 5.3 16.7 .316 0.9 1.8 .500 7.0 2.6 6.1 11.4
12 Dick Gibbs 23 64 757 4.3 12.6 .340 2.6 3.1 .833 6.7 2.4 6.0 11.2
13 Johnny Egan 33 38 437 3.5 8.6 .404 2.1 2.6 .813 2.1 4.2 4.5 9.1
14 Curtis Perry 23 25 355 3.9 11.7 .330 1.2 2.4 .500 12.4 2.2 4.8 8.9
15 Dick Cunningham 25 63 720 3.3 8.7 .385 1.8 2.6 .698 12.2 2.8 3.8 8.6
16 Larry Siegfried 32 10 223 2.9 7.4 .391 1.9 2.3 .857 1.6 3.2 3.4 7.7

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Rudy Tomjanovich 23 78 2689 16.6 .526 .495 15.5 6.0 3.8 4.6 8.4 .150
2 Calvin Murphy 23 82 2538 18.1 .522 .455 4.6 22.6 4.8 3.5 8.3 .157
3 Stu Lantz 25 81 3097 15.0 .506 .435 5.0 14.9 3.6 3.8 7.4 .114
4 Elvin Hayes 26 82 3461 19.4 .471 .434 15.6 11.7 0.8 6.5 7.3 .101
5 Greg Smith 25 54 1519 11.6 .474 .448 9.6 13.6 0.3 2.3 2.7 .085
6 Cliff Meely 24 77 1815 12.1 .442 .406 12.6 8.9 -1.1 2.9 1.8 .048
7 Mike Newlin 23 82 1495 10.6 .455 .414 6.9 12.2 -0.3 1.9 1.6 .050
8 Dick Cunningham 25 63 720 10.8 .433 .385 15.3 9.7 -0.3 1.3 1.0 .068
9 Johnny Egan 33 38 437 7.3 .466 .404 2.7 14.3 0.0 0.5 0.5 .056
10 McCoy McLemore 29 17 147 11.8 .487 .442 12.0 8.7 0.1 0.2 0.3 .095
11 Larry Siegfried 32 10 223 6.0 .460 .391 2.0 10.8 0.0 0.2 0.2 .044
12 Jim Davis 30 12 180 9.6 .438 .333 11.0 3.4 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .035
13 Dick Gibbs 23 64 757 6.9 .400 .340 8.4 8.5 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.006
14 John Vallely 23 40 256 9.1 .414 .383 3.7 15.2 -0.4 0.3 -0.1 -0.020
15 Don Adams 24 3 41 4.5 .327 .316 8.8 9.6 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.116
16 Curtis Perry 23 25 355 7.9 .350 .330 15.5 7.7 -0.8 0.6 -0.2 -0.022