1972-73 Houston Rockets Roster and Stats

Record: 33-49, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Tex Winter (17-30), Johnny Egan (16-19)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 112.8 (1st of 17) Opp PTS/G: 114.5 (16th of 17)

SRS: -1.81 (11th of 17) Pace: 115.2 (1st of 17)

Off Rtg: 97.9 (10th of 17) Def Rtg: 99.4 (12th of 17) Net Rtg: -1.5 (11th of 17)

Expected W-L: 37-45 (11th of 17)

Arena: Hofheinz Pavilion

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

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

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

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

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jimmy Walker	28	81	3079	605	1301	.465	605	1301	.465	.465	244	276	.884	268	442		207	1454
2	Jack Marin	28	81	3019	624	1334	.468	624	1334	.468	.468	248	292	.849	499	291		247	1496
3	Rudy Tomjanovich	24	81	2972	655	1371	.478	655	1371	.478	.478	250	335	.746	938	178		225	1560
4	Otto Moore	26	82	2712	418	859	.487	418	859	.487	.487	127	211	.602	868	167		239	963
5	Mike Newlin	24	82	2658	534	1206	.443	534	1206	.443	.443	327	369	.886	340	409		301	1395
6	Calvin Murphy	24	77	1697	381	820	.465	381	820	.465	.465	239	269	.888	149	262		211	1001
7	Cliff Meely	25	82	1694	268	657	.408	268	657	.408	.408	92	137	.672	496	91		263	628
8	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	26	48	900	149	375	.397	149	375	.397	.397	119	162	.735	304	53		108	417
9	Paul McCracken	22	24	305	44	89	.494	44	89	.494	.494	23	39	.590	51	17		32	111
10	Eric McWilliams	22	44	245	34	98	.347	34	98	.347	.347	18	37	.486	60	5		46	86
11	Stan McKenzie	28	26	187	35	83	.422	35	83	.422	.422	16	21	.762	34	15		28	86
12	George Johnson	25	19	169	20	39	.513	20	39	.513	.513	3	4	.750	45	3		33	43
13	Greg Smith	26	4	41	5	16	.313	5	16	.313	.313	0	0		8	5		8	10
14	Dick Gibbs	24	1	2	0	1	.000	0	1	.000	.000	0	0		0	1		1	0
			82	19680	3772	8249	.457	3772	8249	.457	.457	1706	2152	.793	4060	1939	1514	1949	9250

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	TRB%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Jimmy Walker	28	81	3079	14.7	.511	.212	4.1	18.8	4.3	1.8	6.1	.095
2	Jack Marin	28	81	3019	15.1	.511	.219	7.7	12.8	4.2	1.9	6.1	.098
3	Rudy Tomjanovich	24	81	2972	17.5	.514	.244	14.8	8.1	4.4	2.4	6.9	.111
4	Otto Moore	26	82	2712	13.5	.506	.246	15.0	7.7	2.4	2.2	4.7	.083
5	Mike Newlin	24	82	2658	16.2	.510	.306	6.0	20.3	4.0	1.8	5.8	.105
6	Calvin Murphy	24	77	1697	17.5	.533	.328	4.1	21.0	4.0	1.0	5.0	.141
7	Cliff Meely	25	82	1694	10.5	.438	.209	13.7	6.7	-0.9	1.3	0.4	.012
8	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	26	48	900	14.5	.467	.432	15.8	7.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	.051
9	Paul McCracken	22	24	305	10.9	.523	.438	7.8	6.8	0.4	0.2	0.5	.085
10	Eric McWilliams	22	44	245	5.9	.376	.378	11.5	2.5	-0.5	0.2	-0.4	-0.074
11	Stan McKenzie	28	26	187	11.8	.466	.253	8.5	10.4	0.0	0.1	0.2	.040
12	George Johnson	25	19	169	8.0	.527	.103	12.5	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	.073
13	Greg Smith	26	4	41	4.7	.313	.000	9.1	14.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.112
14	Dick Gibbs	24	1	2	-8.1	.000	.000	0.0	52.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.526

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.