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1973-74 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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32-50, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Johnny Egan (32-50)

Points Per Game: 107.4 (7th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.6 (11th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 41-41 (10th of 17)

Arena: Hofheinz Pavilion ▪ Attendance: 158,059 (17th of 17)

SRS: -0.34 (10th of 17) ▪ Pace Factor: 106.1 (12th of 17)
Offensive Rating: 100.3 (3rd of 17) ▪ Defensive Rating: 100.5 (15th of 17)

1973-74 Houston Rockets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
35 Zaid Abdul-Aziz C-F 6-9 235 April 7, 1946 5 Iowa State University
44 E.C. Coleman F 6-8 225 September 25, 1950 R Houston Baptist University
11 Matt Guokas G-F 6-5 175 February 25, 1944 7 Saint Joseph's University
6 George Johnson C 6-11 245 June 19, 1947 3 Stephen F. Austin State University
20 Kevin Kunnert C-F 7-0 230 November 11, 1951 R University of Iowa
24 Jack Marin F-G 6-7 200 October 12, 1944 7 Duke University
4 Paul McCracken G 6-4 180 September 11, 1950 1 California State University, Northridge
40 Stan McKenzie F-G 6-5 195 October 6, 1944 6 New York University
25 Cliff Meely F-C 6-8 215 July 10, 1947 2 University of Colorado
20 Otto Moore C-F 6-11 205 August 27, 1946 5 University of Texas-Pan American
23 Calvin Murphy G 5-9 165 May 9, 1948 3 Niagara University
14 Mike Newlin G-F 6-4 200 January 2, 1949 2 University of Utah
42 Ed Ratleff F-G 6-6 195 March 29, 1950 R California State University, Long Beach
31 Ron Riley F 6-8 195 November 11, 1950 1 University of Southern California
45 Rudy Tomjanovich F 6-8 218 November 24, 1948 3 University of Michigan
11 Jimmy Walker G 6-3 195 April 8, 1944 6 Providence College
11 Dave Wohl G 6-2 185 November 2, 1949 2 University of Pennsylvania

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 19855 3564 7426 .480 1682 2071 .812 1063 2588 3651 2212 727 407 1681 2104 8810 107.4
Opponent 82 19855 3551 7433 .478 1719 2337 .736 1162 2619 3781 2122 707 375 1737 1994 8821 107.6

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 25 80 3227 788 1470 .536 385 454 .848 230 487 717 250 89 66 230 1961
2 Calvin Murphy 25 81 2922 671 1285 .522 310 357 .868 51 137 188 603 157 4 310 1652
3 Mike Newlin 25 76 2591 510 1139 .448 380 444 .856 77 185 262 363 87 9 259 1400
4 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 27 79 2459 336 732 .459 193 240 .804 259 664 923 166 80 104 227 865
5 Cliff Meely 26 77 1754 330 773 .427 90 140 .643 103 336 439 124 53 77 234 750
6 Ed Ratleff 23 81 1773 254 585 .434 103 129 .798 93 193 286 181 90 27 182 611
7 Jack Marin 29 47 1102 210 443 .474 82 98 .837 29 77 106 121 23 8 120 502
8 E.C. Coleman 23 58 1075 128 250 .512 47 74 .635 81 171 252 76 37 20 162 303
9 Matt Guokas 29 39 1007 93 203 .458 21 28 .750 17 43 60 133 27 14 73 207
10 Dave Wohl 24 26 449 61 127 .480 33 42 .786 4 13 17 109 43 1 64 155
11 Ron Riley 23 36 421 57 145 .393 10 14 .714 35 86 121 29 15 22 68 124
12 Kevin Kunnert 22 25 361 56 114 .491 10 17 .588 40 71 111 18 5 29 68 122
13 Otto Moore 27 13 313 32 69 .464 4 8 .500 20 64 84 18 10 18 37 68
14 George Johnson 26 26 238 23 51 .451 8 17 .471 20 41 61 9 8 8 46 54
15 Stan McKenzie 29 11 112 7 24 .292 6 8 .750 3 13 16 6 3 0 17 20
16 Jimmy Walker 29 3 38 7 12 .583 0 1 .000 0 2 2 4 0 0 4 14
17 Paul McCracken 23 4 13 1 4 .250 0 0 1 5 6 2 0 0 3 2

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 25 80 40.3 9.9 18.4 .536 4.8 5.7 .848 2.9 6.1 9.0 3.1 1.1 0.8 2.9 24.5
2 Calvin Murphy 25 81 36.1 8.3 15.9 .522 3.8 4.4 .868 0.6 1.7 2.3 7.4 1.9 0.0 3.8 20.4
3 Mike Newlin 25 76 34.1 6.7 15.0 .448 5.0 5.8 .856 1.0 2.4 3.4 4.8 1.1 0.1 3.4 18.4
4 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 27 79 31.1 4.3 9.3 .459 2.4 3.0 .804 3.3 8.4 11.7 2.1 1.0 1.3 2.9 10.9
5 Jack Marin 29 47 23.4 4.5 9.4 .474 1.7 2.1 .837 0.6 1.6 2.3 2.6 0.5 0.2 2.6 10.7
6 Cliff Meely 26 77 22.8 4.3 10.0 .427 1.2 1.8 .643 1.3 4.4 5.7 1.6 0.7 1.0 3.0 9.7
7 Ed Ratleff 23 81 21.9 3.1 7.2 .434 1.3 1.6 .798 1.1 2.4 3.5 2.2 1.1 0.3 2.2 7.5
8 Dave Wohl 24 26 17.3 2.3 4.9 .480 1.3 1.6 .786 0.2 0.5 0.7 4.2 1.7 0.0 2.5 6.0
9 Matt Guokas 29 39 25.8 2.4 5.2 .458 0.5 0.7 .750 0.4 1.1 1.5 3.4 0.7 0.4 1.9 5.3
10 Otto Moore 27 13 24.1 2.5 5.3 .464 0.3 0.6 .500 1.5 4.9 6.5 1.4 0.8 1.4 2.8 5.2
11 E.C. Coleman 23 58 18.5 2.2 4.3 .512 0.8 1.3 .635 1.4 2.9 4.3 1.3 0.6 0.3 2.8 5.2
12 Kevin Kunnert 22 25 14.4 2.2 4.6 .491 0.4 0.7 .588 1.6 2.8 4.4 0.7 0.2 1.2 2.7 4.9
13 Jimmy Walker 29 3 12.7 2.3 4.0 .583 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 4.7
14 Ron Riley 23 36 11.7 1.6 4.0 .393 0.3 0.4 .714 1.0 2.4 3.4 0.8 0.4 0.6 1.9 3.4
15 George Johnson 26 26 9.2 0.9 2.0 .451 0.3 0.7 .471 0.8 1.6 2.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.8 2.1
16 Stan McKenzie 29 11 10.2 0.6 2.2 .292 0.5 0.7 .750 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.0 1.5 1.8
17 Paul McCracken 23 4 3.3 0.3 1.0 .250 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.3 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.5

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 Rudy Tomjanovich 25 80 3227 8.8 16.4 .536 4.3 5.1 .848 2.6 5.4 8.0 2.8 1.0 0.7 2.6 21.9
2 Calvin Murphy 25 81 2922 8.3 15.8 .522 3.8 4.4 .868 0.6 1.7 2.3 7.4 1.9 0.0 3.8 20.4
3 Mike Newlin 25 76 2591 7.1 15.8 .448 5.3 6.2 .856 1.1 2.6 3.6 5.0 1.2 0.1 3.6 19.5
4 Jack Marin 29 47 1102 6.9 14.5 .474 2.7 3.2 .837 0.9 2.5 3.5 4.0 0.8 0.3 3.9 16.4
5 Cliff Meely 26 77 1754 6.8 15.9 .427 1.8 2.9 .643 2.1 6.9 9.0 2.5 1.1 1.6 4.8 15.4
6 Jimmy Walker 29 3 38 6.6 11.4 .583 0.0 0.9 .000 0.0 1.9 1.9 3.8 0.0 0.0 3.8 13.3
7 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 27 79 2459 4.9 10.7 .459 2.8 3.5 .804 3.8 9.7 13.5 2.4 1.2 1.5 3.3 12.7
8 Dave Wohl 24 26 449 4.9 10.2 .480 2.6 3.4 .786 0.3 1.0 1.4 8.7 3.4 0.1 5.1 12.4
9 Ed Ratleff 23 81 1773 5.2 11.9 .434 2.1 2.6 .798 1.9 3.9 5.8 3.7 1.8 0.5 3.7 12.4
10 Kevin Kunnert 22 25 361 5.6 11.4 .491 1.0 1.7 .588 4.0 7.1 11.1 1.8 0.5 2.9 6.8 12.2
11 Ron Riley 23 36 421 4.9 12.4 .393 0.9 1.2 .714 3.0 7.4 10.3 2.5 1.3 1.9 5.8 10.6
12 E.C. Coleman 23 58 1075 4.3 8.4 .512 1.6 2.5 .635 2.7 5.7 8.4 2.5 1.2 0.7 5.4 10.1
13 George Johnson 26 26 238 3.5 7.7 .451 1.2 2.6 .471 3.0 6.2 9.2 1.4 1.2 1.2 7.0 8.2
14 Otto Moore 27 13 313 3.7 7.9 .464 0.5 0.9 .500 2.3 7.4 9.7 2.1 1.2 2.1 4.3 7.8
15 Matt Guokas 29 39 1007 3.3 7.3 .458 0.8 1.0 .750 0.6 1.5 2.1 4.8 1.0 0.5 2.6 7.4
16 Stan McKenzie 29 11 112 2.3 7.7 .292 1.9 2.6 .750 1.0 4.2 5.1 1.9 1.0 0.0 5.5 6.4
17 Paul McCracken 23 4 13 2.8 11.1 .250 0.0 0.0 2.8 13.8 16.6 5.5 0.0 0.0 8.3 5.5

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 25 80 3227 20.5 .587 .536 7.7 16.0 11.9 11.9 1.2 1.1 101 10.8 2.1 12.8
2 Calvin Murphy 25 81 2922 20.0 .573 .522 1.9 5.0 3.4 30.9 2.4 0.1 102 7.9 1.3 9.2
3 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 27 79 2459 15.9 .516 .459 11.4 28.6 20.1 8.9 1.5 2.3 96 3.3 3.2 6.5
4 Mike Newlin 25 76 2591 16.6 .525 .448 3.2 7.6 5.4 20.0 1.5 0.2 103 4.4 0.8 5.2
5 Ed Ratleff 23 81 1773 12.5 .476 .434 5.7 11.5 8.6 13.5 2.3 0.8 100 0.8 1.3 2.1
6 E.C. Coleman 23 58 1075 11.3 .536 .512 8.1 16.8 12.5 9.1 1.6 1.0 100 0.8 0.8 1.7
7 Jack Marin 29 47 1102 13.1 .516 .474 2.8 7.4 5.1 15.5 0.9 0.4 104 1.3 0.2 1.5
8 Cliff Meely 26 77 1754 13.0 .449 .427 6.3 20.3 13.4 10.0 1.4 2.3 98 -0.5 1.7 1.2
9 Dave Wohl 24 26 449 16.0 .533 .480 1.0 3.1 2.0 31.9 4.3 0.1 99 0.4 0.4 0.8
10 Matt Guokas 29 39 1007 8.6 .481 .458 1.8 4.5 3.2 16.4 1.2 0.7 104 0.5 0.2 0.7
11 Kevin Kunnert 22 25 361 13.0 .502 .491 12.0 20.8 16.4 6.7 0.6 4.3 98 0.2 0.4 0.6
12 Otto Moore 27 13 313 10.4 .469 .464 6.9 21.7 14.3 7.2 1.4 3.1 97 0.0 0.4 0.4
13 Ron Riley 23 36 421 10.7 .410 .393 9.0 21.6 15.4 9.0 1.6 2.8 97 -0.3 0.5 0.1
14 George Johnson 26 26 238 8.4 .462 .451 9.1 18.2 13.7 4.7 1.5 1.8 99 -0.1 0.2 0.1
15 Paul McCracken 23 4 13 6.1 .250 .250 8.3 40.7 24.7 18.7 0.0 0.0 97 -0.1 0.0 0.0
16 Jimmy Walker 29 3 38 10.0 .563 .583 0.0 5.6 2.8 14.8 0.0 0.0 107 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Stan McKenzie 29 11 112 4.0 .363 .292 2.9 12.3 7.6 6.4 1.2 0.0 102 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Zaid Abdul-Aziz $150,000
2 Jimmy Walker $150,000
3 Jack Marin $140,000
4 Calvin Murphy $135,000
5 Rudy Tomjanovich $100,000
6 George Johnson $76,000
7 E.C. Coleman $37,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)