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1972-73 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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33-49, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Tex Winter (17-30), Johnny Egan (16-19)

Points Per Game: 112.8 (1st of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 114.5 (16th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 37-45 (11th of 17)

Arena: Hofheinz Pavilion ▪ Attendance: 189,773 (15th of 17)

SRS: -1.81 (11th of 17)

1972-73 Houston Rockets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
6 Zaid Abdul-Aziz C-F 6-9 235 April 7, 1946 4 Iowa State University
40 Dick Gibbs F-G 6-5 210 December 20, 1948 1 University of Texas at El Paso
16 George Johnson C 6-11 245 June 19, 1947 2 Stephen F. Austin State University
24 Jack Marin F-G 6-7 200 October 12, 1944 6 Duke University
4 Paul McCracken G 6-4 180 September 11, 1950 R California State University, Northridge
40 Stan McKenzie F-G 6-5 195 October 6, 1944 5 New York University
22 Eric McWilliams F 6-8 200 April 18, 1950 R California State University, Long Beach
25 Cliff Meely F-C 6-8 215 July 10, 1947 1 University of Colorado
20 Otto Moore C-F 6-11 205 August 27, 1946 4 University of Texas-Pan American
23 Calvin Murphy G 5-9 165 May 9, 1948 2 Niagara University
14 Mike Newlin G-F 6-4 200 January 2, 1949 1 University of Utah
4 Greg Smith F 6-5 195 January 28, 1947 4 Western Kentucky University
45 Rudy Tomjanovich F 6-8 218 November 24, 1948 2 University of Michigan
11 Jimmy Walker G 6-3 195 April 8, 1944 5 Providence College

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19680 3772 8249 .457 1706 2152 .793 4060 1939 1949 9250 112.8
Opponent 82 19680 3824 8119 .471 1744 2290 .762 4338 2104 1902 9392 114.5

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 Rudy Tomjanovich 24 81 2972 655 1371 .478 250 335 .746 938 178 225 1560
2 Jack Marin 28 81 3019 624 1334 .468 248 292 .849 499 291 247 1496
3 Jimmy Walker 28 81 3079 605 1301 .465 244 276 .884 268 442 207 1454
4 Mike Newlin 24 82 2658 534 1206 .443 327 369 .886 340 409 301 1395
5 Calvin Murphy 24 77 1697 381 820 .465 239 269 .888 149 262 211 1001
6 Otto Moore 26 82 2712 418 859 .487 127 211 .602 868 167 239 963
7 Cliff Meely 25 82 1694 268 657 .408 92 137 .672 496 91 263 628
8 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 26 48 900 149 375 .397 119 162 .735 304 53 108 417
9 Paul McCracken 22 24 305 44 89 .494 23 39 .590 51 17 32 111
10 Eric McWilliams 22 44 245 34 98 .347 18 37 .486 60 5 46 86
11 Stan McKenzie 28 26 187 35 83 .422 16 21 .762 34 15 28 86
12 George Johnson 25 19 169 20 39 .513 3 4 .750 45 3 33 43
13 Greg Smith 26 4 41 5 16 .313 0 0 8 5 8 10
14 Dick Gibbs 24 1 2 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0

Per Game

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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 Rudy Tomjanovich 24 81 36.7 8.1 16.9 .478 3.1 4.1 .746 11.6 2.2 2.8 19.3
2 Jack Marin 28 81 37.3 7.7 16.5 .468 3.1 3.6 .849 6.2 3.6 3.0 18.5
3 Jimmy Walker 28 81 38.0 7.5 16.1 .465 3.0 3.4 .884 3.3 5.5 2.6 18.0
4 Mike Newlin 24 82 32.4 6.5 14.7 .443 4.0 4.5 .886 4.1 5.0 3.7 17.0
5 Calvin Murphy 24 77 22.0 4.9 10.6 .465 3.1 3.5 .888 1.9 3.4 2.7 13.0
6 Otto Moore 26 82 33.1 5.1 10.5 .487 1.5 2.6 .602 10.6 2.0 2.9 11.7
7 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 26 48 18.8 3.1 7.8 .397 2.5 3.4 .735 6.3 1.1 2.3 8.7
8 Cliff Meely 25 82 20.7 3.3 8.0 .408 1.1 1.7 .672 6.0 1.1 3.2 7.7
9 Paul McCracken 22 24 12.7 1.8 3.7 .494 1.0 1.6 .590 2.1 0.7 1.3 4.6
10 Stan McKenzie 28 26 7.2 1.3 3.2 .422 0.6 0.8 .762 1.3 0.6 1.1 3.3
11 Greg Smith 26 4 10.3 1.3 4.0 .313 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.3 2.0 2.5
12 George Johnson 25 19 8.9 1.1 2.1 .513 0.2 0.2 .750 2.4 0.2 1.7 2.3
13 Eric McWilliams 22 44 5.6 0.8 2.2 .347 0.4 0.8 .486 1.4 0.1 1.0 2.0
14 Dick Gibbs 24 1 2.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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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 Calvin Murphy 24 77 1697 8.1 17.4 .465 5.1 5.7 .888 3.2 5.6 4.5 21.2
2 Rudy Tomjanovich 24 81 2972 7.9 16.6 .478 3.0 4.1 .746 11.4 2.2 2.7 18.9
3 Mike Newlin 24 82 2658 7.2 16.3 .443 4.4 5.0 .886 4.6 5.5 4.1 18.9
4 Jack Marin 28 81 3019 7.4 15.9 .468 3.0 3.5 .849 6.0 3.5 2.9 17.8
5 Jimmy Walker 28 81 3079 7.1 15.2 .465 2.9 3.2 .884 3.1 5.2 2.4 17.0
6 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 26 48 900 6.0 15.0 .397 4.8 6.5 .735 12.2 2.1 4.3 16.7
7 Stan McKenzie 28 26 187 6.7 16.0 .422 3.1 4.0 .762 6.5 2.9 5.4 16.6
8 Cliff Meely 25 82 1694 5.7 14.0 .408 2.0 2.9 .672 10.5 1.9 5.6 13.3
9 Paul McCracken 22 24 305 5.2 10.5 .494 2.7 4.6 .590 6.0 2.0 3.8 13.1
10 Otto Moore 26 82 2712 5.5 11.4 .487 1.7 2.8 .602 11.5 2.2 3.2 12.8
11 Eric McWilliams 22 44 245 5.0 14.4 .347 2.6 5.4 .486 8.8 0.7 6.8 12.6
12 George Johnson 25 19 169 4.3 8.3 .513 0.6 0.9 .750 9.6 0.6 7.0 9.2
13 Greg Smith 26 4 41 4.4 14.0 .313 0.0 0.0 7.0 4.4 7.0 8.8
14 Dick Gibbs 24 1 2 0.0 18.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 18.0 0.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Rudy Tomjanovich 24 81 2972 17.5 .514 .478 14.8 8.1 4.4 2.4 6.9
2 Jimmy Walker 28 81 3079 14.7 .511 .465 4.1 18.8 4.3 1.8 6.1
3 Jack Marin 28 81 3019 15.1 .511 .468 7.7 12.8 4.2 1.9 6.1
4 Mike Newlin 24 82 2658 16.2 .510 .443 6.0 20.3 4.0 1.8 5.8
5 Calvin Murphy 24 77 1697 17.5 .533 .465 4.1 21.0 4.0 1.0 5.0
6 Otto Moore 26 82 2712 13.5 .506 .487 15.0 7.7 2.4 2.2 4.7
7 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 26 48 900 14.5 .467 .397 15.8 7.4 0.2 0.8 1.0
8 Paul McCracken 22 24 305 10.9 .523 .494 7.8 6.8 0.4 0.2 0.5
9 Cliff Meely 25 82 1694 10.5 .438 .408 13.7 6.7 -0.9 1.3 0.4
10 George Johnson 25 19 169 8.0 .527 .513 12.5 2.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
11 Stan McKenzie 28 26 187 11.8 .466 .422 8.5 10.4 0.0 0.1 0.2
12 Dick Gibbs 24 1 2 -8.1 .000 .000 0.0 52.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Greg Smith 26 4 41 4.7 .313 .313 9.1 14.6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
14 Eric McWilliams 22 44 245 5.9 .376 .347 11.5 2.5 -0.5 0.2 -0.4

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Zaid Abdul-Aziz $150,000
2 Otto Moore $150,000
3 Jimmy Walker $150,000
4 Jack Marin $125,000
5 Calvin Murphy $115,000
6 Rudy Tomjanovich $100,000
7 Greg Smith $69,000
8 Dick Gibbs $32,000
9 Paul McCracken $17,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)