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1974-75 Houston Rockets Roster and Stats

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Record: 41-41, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Johnny Egan (41-41)

PTS/G: 103.9 (6th of 18) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 102.9 (10th of 18)
SRS: 0.84 (6th of 18) ▪ Pace: 102.9 (14th of 18)
Off Rtg: 100.4 (1st of 18) ▪ Def Rtg: 99.4 (14th of 18)
Expected W-L: 44-38 (6th of 18)

Arena: Hofheinz Pavilion ▪ Attendance: 187,457 (18th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-1) versus New York Knicks

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
35 Zaid Abdul-Aziz C 6-9 235 April 7, 1946 6 Iowa State University
22 Gus Bailey SG 6-5 185 February 18, 1951 R University of Texas at El Paso
10 Steve Hawes C 6-9 220 May 26, 1950 R University of Washington
20 Kevin Kunnert C 7-0 230 November 11, 1951 1 University of Iowa
25 Cliff Meely PF 6-8 215 July 10, 1947 3 University of Colorado
23 Calvin Murphy PG 5-9 165 May 9, 1948 4 Niagara University
14 Mike Newlin SG 6-4 200 January 2, 1949 3 University of Utah
42 Ed Ratleff SF 6-6 195 March 29, 1950 1 California State University, Long Beach
31 Ron Riley PF 6-8 195 November 11, 1950 2 University of Southern California
45 Rudy Tomjanovich PF 6-8 218 November 24, 1948 4 University of Michigan
30 Owen Wells SF 6-7 200 December 9, 1950 R University of Detroit Mercy
11 Dave Wohl PG 6-2 185 November 2, 1949 3 University of Pennsylvania

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 19780 3448 7231 .477 1625 2034 .799 1177 2495 3672 2155 746 351 1759 2068 8521 103.9
Lg Rank 11 7 15 2 8 10 2 7 18 15 3 6 10 14 5 6 6
Opponent 82 19780 3429 7127 .481 1576 2127 .741 1036 2380 3416 2024 750 308 1685 2063 8434 102.9
Lg Rank 11 10 2 18 10 14 1 2 1 1 12 13 6 5 14 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 44 38 1.06 -0.22 0.84 100.4 99.4 102.9 .477 17.8 33.1 .225 .481 17.3 70.7 .221 Hofheinz Pavilion 187,457
Lg Rank 6 6 6 15 6 1 14 14 2 17 5 7 18 3 7 14 18

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 Rudy Tomjanovich 26 81 3134 694 1323 .525 289 366 .790 184 429 613 236 76 24 230 1677
2 Calvin Murphy 26 78 2513 557 1152 .484 341 386 .883 52 121 173 381 128 4 281 1455
3 Mike Newlin 26 79 2709 436 905 .482 265 305 .869 55 205 260 403 111 7 288 1137
4 Ed Ratleff 24 80 2563 392 851 .461 157 190 .826 185 274 459 259 146 51 231 941
5 Kevin Kunnert 23 75 1801 346 676 .512 116 169 .686 214 417 631 108 34 84 223 808
6 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 28 65 1450 235 538 .437 159 203 .783 154 334 488 84 37 74 128 629
7 Dave Wohl 25 75 1722 203 462 .439 79 106 .745 26 86 112 340 75 9 184 485
8 Ron Riley 24 77 1578 196 470 .417 71 97 .732 137 243 380 130 56 22 197 463
9 Cliff Meely 27 48 753 156 349 .447 68 94 .723 55 109 164 45 21 21 117 380
10 Steve Hawes 24 55 897 140 279 .502 45 55 .818 80 195 275 88 36 36 99 325
11 Gus Bailey 23 47 446 51 126 .405 20 41 .488 23 59 82 59 17 16 52 122
12 Owen Wells 24 33 214 42 100 .420 15 22 .682 12 23 35 22 9 3 38 99

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 Rudy Tomjanovich 26 81 38.7 8.6 16.3 .525 3.6 4.5 .790 2.3 5.3 7.6 2.9 0.9 0.3 2.8 20.7
2 Calvin Murphy 26 78 32.2 7.1 14.8 .484 4.4 4.9 .883 0.7 1.6 2.2 4.9 1.6 0.1 3.6 18.7
3 Mike Newlin 26 79 34.3 5.5 11.5 .482 3.4 3.9 .869 0.7 2.6 3.3 5.1 1.4 0.1 3.6 14.4
4 Ed Ratleff 24 80 32.0 4.9 10.6 .461 2.0 2.4 .826 2.3 3.4 5.7 3.2 1.8 0.6 2.9 11.8
5 Kevin Kunnert 23 75 24.0 4.6 9.0 .512 1.5 2.3 .686 2.9 5.6 8.4 1.4 0.5 1.1 3.0 10.8
6 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 28 65 22.3 3.6 8.3 .437 2.4 3.1 .783 2.4 5.1 7.5 1.3 0.6 1.1 2.0 9.7
7 Cliff Meely 27 48 15.7 3.3 7.3 .447 1.4 2.0 .723 1.1 2.3 3.4 0.9 0.4 0.4 2.4 7.9
8 Dave Wohl 25 75 23.0 2.7 6.2 .439 1.1 1.4 .745 0.3 1.1 1.5 4.5 1.0 0.1 2.5 6.5
9 Ron Riley 24 77 20.5 2.5 6.1 .417 0.9 1.3 .732 1.8 3.2 4.9 1.7 0.7 0.3 2.6 6.0
10 Steve Hawes 24 55 16.3 2.5 5.1 .502 0.8 1.0 .818 1.5 3.5 5.0 1.6 0.7 0.7 1.8 5.9
11 Owen Wells 24 33 6.5 1.3 3.0 .420 0.5 0.7 .682 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.1 1.2 3.0
12 Gus Bailey 23 47 9.5 1.1 2.7 .405 0.4 0.9 .488 0.5 1.3 1.7 1.3 0.4 0.3 1.1 2.6

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 Calvin Murphy 26 78 2513 8.0 16.5 .484 4.9 5.5 .883 0.7 1.7 2.5 5.5 1.8 0.1 4.0 20.8
2 Rudy Tomjanovich 26 81 3134 8.0 15.2 .525 3.3 4.2 .790 2.1 4.9 7.0 2.7 0.9 0.3 2.6 19.3
3 Cliff Meely 27 48 753 7.5 16.7 .447 3.3 4.5 .723 2.6 5.2 7.8 2.2 1.0 1.0 5.6 18.2
4 Owen Wells 24 33 214 7.1 16.8 .420 2.5 3.7 .682 2.0 3.9 5.9 3.7 1.5 0.5 6.4 16.7
5 Kevin Kunnert 23 75 1801 6.9 13.5 .512 2.3 3.4 .686 4.3 8.3 12.6 2.2 0.7 1.7 4.5 16.2
6 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 28 65 1450 5.8 13.4 .437 3.9 5.0 .783 3.8 8.3 12.1 2.1 0.9 1.8 3.2 15.6
7 Mike Newlin 26 79 2709 5.8 12.0 .482 3.5 4.1 .869 0.7 2.7 3.5 5.4 1.5 0.1 3.8 15.1
8 Ed Ratleff 24 80 2563 5.5 12.0 .461 2.2 2.7 .826 2.6 3.8 6.4 3.6 2.1 0.7 3.2 13.2
9 Steve Hawes 24 55 897 5.6 11.2 .502 1.8 2.2 .818 3.2 7.8 11.0 3.5 1.4 1.4 4.0 13.0
10 Ron Riley 24 77 1578 4.5 10.7 .417 1.6 2.2 .732 3.1 5.5 8.7 3.0 1.3 0.5 4.5 10.6
11 Dave Wohl 25 75 1722 4.2 9.7 .439 1.7 2.2 .745 0.5 1.8 2.3 7.1 1.6 0.2 3.8 10.1
12 Gus Bailey 23 47 446 4.1 10.2 .405 1.6 3.3 .488 1.9 4.8 6.6 4.8 1.4 1.3 4.2 9.8

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 26 81 3134 17.8 .565 .525 6.5 15.3 10.9 11.6 1.1 0.4 101 8.2 1.9 10.1 .155
2 Calvin Murphy 26 78 2513 18.9 .550 .484 2.3 5.4 3.8 23.3 2.4 0.1 101 6.0 1.4 7.4 .141
3 Mike Newlin 26 79 2709 15.1 .547 .482 2.3 8.5 5.4 20.9 1.9 0.1 101 4.4 1.5 5.9 .105
4 Ed Ratleff 24 80 2563 14.9 .503 .461 8.0 12.0 10.0 14.1 2.7 1.1 98 3.1 2.5 5.6 .105
5 Kevin Kunnert 23 75 1801 17.7 .538 .512 13.2 25.9 19.6 8.8 0.9 2.6 97 3.0 2.1 5.1 .136
6 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 28 65 1450 17.1 .501 .437 11.8 25.8 18.8 8.2 1.2 2.8 96 1.9 1.8 3.7 .124
7 Steve Hawes 24 55 897 16.7 .536 .502 9.9 24.4 17.1 13.7 1.9 2.2 96 1.3 1.2 2.5 .132
8 Ron Riley 24 77 1578 11.4 .452 .417 9.7 17.3 13.4 11.0 1.7 0.8 99 0.2 1.4 1.6 .048
9 Dave Wohl 25 75 1722 12.0 .477 .439 1.7 5.6 3.6 26.2 2.0 0.3 102 0.5 0.9 1.4 .039
10 Cliff Meely 27 48 753 14.7 .487 .447 8.1 16.2 12.2 9.0 1.3 1.5 99 0.4 0.6 1.0 .067
11 Gus Bailey 23 47 446 11.4 .423 .405 5.7 14.8 10.3 17.5 1.8 2.0 98 -0.3 0.4 0.2 .017
12 Owen Wells 24 33 214 12.9 .451 .420 6.2 12.0 9.1 15.2 2.0 0.8 100 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .018

Playoffs 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 Calvin Murphy 26 8 305 72 156 .462 51 57 .895 9 10 19 45 14 1 36 195
2 Rudy Tomjanovich 26 8 304 72 128 .563 40 48 .833 22 42 64 23 1 4 17 184
3 Mike Newlin 26 8 299 52 107 .486 26 29 .897 11 22 33 45 12 0 25 130
4 Ed Ratleff 24 8 291 36 87 .414 17 20 .850 24 29 53 35 14 1 31 89
5 Kevin Kunnert 23 8 244 35 81 .432 17 26 .654 11 49 60 12 4 13 37 87
6 Ron Riley 24 8 152 25 42 .595 6 16 .375 12 24 36 15 9 2 18 56
7 Gus Bailey 23 8 116 18 36 .500 9 10 .900 6 13 19 16 6 2 12 45
8 Steve Hawes 24 8 128 18 38 .474 8 9 .889 3 26 29 13 3 3 11 44
9 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 28 6 68 12 31 .387 2 5 .400 7 10 17 3 1 3 5 26
10 Owen Wells 24 4 5 3 5 .600 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6
11 Dave Wohl 25 4 8 3 3 1.000 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 6

Playoffs 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 Calvin Murphy 26 8 38.1 9.0 19.5 .462 6.4 7.1 .895 1.1 1.3 2.4 5.6 1.8 0.1 4.5 24.4
2 Rudy Tomjanovich 26 8 38.0 9.0 16.0 .563 5.0 6.0 .833 2.8 5.3 8.0 2.9 0.1 0.5 2.1 23.0
3 Mike Newlin 26 8 37.4 6.5 13.4 .486 3.3 3.6 .897 1.4 2.8 4.1 5.6 1.5 0.0 3.1 16.3
4 Ed Ratleff 24 8 36.4 4.5 10.9 .414 2.1 2.5 .850 3.0 3.6 6.6 4.4 1.8 0.1 3.9 11.1
5 Kevin Kunnert 23 8 30.5 4.4 10.1 .432 2.1 3.3 .654 1.4 6.1 7.5 1.5 0.5 1.6 4.6 10.9
6 Ron Riley 24 8 19.0 3.1 5.3 .595 0.8 2.0 .375 1.5 3.0 4.5 1.9 1.1 0.3 2.3 7.0
7 Gus Bailey 23 8 14.5 2.3 4.5 .500 1.1 1.3 .900 0.8 1.6 2.4 2.0 0.8 0.3 1.5 5.6
8 Steve Hawes 24 8 16.0 2.3 4.8 .474 1.0 1.1 .889 0.4 3.3 3.6 1.6 0.4 0.4 1.4 5.5
9 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 28 6 11.3 2.0 5.2 .387 0.3 0.8 .400 1.2 1.7 2.8 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.8 4.3
10 Owen Wells 24 4 1.3 0.8 1.3 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.5
11 Dave Wohl 25 4 2.0 0.8 0.8 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.5 1.5

Playoffs 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 Owen Wells 24 4 5 21.6 36.0 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 7.2 7.2 0.0 0.0 7.2 43.2
2 Dave Wohl 25 4 8 13.5 13.5 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 9.0 4.5 0.0 9.0 27.0
3 Calvin Murphy 26 8 305 8.5 18.4 .462 6.0 6.7 .895 1.1 1.2 2.2 5.3 1.7 0.1 4.2 23.0
4 Rudy Tomjanovich 26 8 304 8.5 15.2 .563 4.7 5.7 .833 2.6 5.0 7.6 2.7 0.1 0.5 2.0 21.8
5 Mike Newlin 26 8 299 6.3 12.9 .486 3.1 3.5 .897 1.3 2.6 4.0 5.4 1.4 0.0 3.0 15.7
6 Gus Bailey 23 8 116 5.6 11.2 .500 2.8 3.1 .900 1.9 4.0 5.9 5.0 1.9 0.6 3.7 14.0
7 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 28 6 68 6.4 16.4 .387 1.1 2.6 .400 3.7 5.3 9.0 1.6 0.5 1.6 2.6 13.8
8 Ron Riley 24 8 152 5.9 9.9 .595 1.4 3.8 .375 2.8 5.7 8.5 3.6 2.1 0.5 4.3 13.3
9 Kevin Kunnert 23 8 244 5.2 12.0 .432 2.5 3.8 .654 1.6 7.2 8.9 1.8 0.6 1.9 5.5 12.8
10 Steve Hawes 24 8 128 5.1 10.7 .474 2.3 2.5 .889 0.8 7.3 8.2 3.7 0.8 0.8 3.1 12.4
11 Ed Ratleff 24 8 291 4.5 10.8 .414 2.1 2.5 .850 3.0 3.6 6.6 4.3 1.7 0.1 3.8 11.0

Playoffs 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 26 8 304 20.9 .617 .563 8.1 15.7 11.9 11.4 0.2 0.7 108 1.3 -0.1 1.2 .193
2 Calvin Murphy 26 8 305 19.8 .538 .462 3.3 3.7 3.5 22.2 2.1 0.2 108 0.9 -0.1 0.8 .128
3 Mike Newlin 26 8 299 16.2 .543 .486 4.1 8.4 6.2 20.7 1.9 0.0 107 0.7 -0.1 0.6 .102
4 Gus Bailey 23 8 116 16.6 .557 .500 5.8 12.7 9.2 18.5 2.4 0.9 104 0.2 0.0 0.3 .110
5 Ron Riley 24 8 152 16.4 .571 .595 8.9 17.9 13.4 13.4 2.8 0.7 102 0.3 0.1 0.3 .105
6 Ed Ratleff 24 8 291 12.8 .465 .414 9.3 11.3 10.3 15.5 2.3 0.2 105 0.3 0.0 0.3 .046
7 Steve Hawes 24 8 128 13.6 .524 .474 2.6 23.1 12.8 13.4 1.1 1.3 103 0.2 0.0 0.2 .073
8 Kevin Kunnert 23 8 244 11.4 .471 .432 5.1 22.8 13.9 6.5 0.8 2.9 103 0.0 0.1 0.1 .020
9 Dave Wohl 25 4 8 35.3 1.000 1.000 0.0 14.2 7.1 47.5 5.8 0.0 97 0.1 0.0 0.1 .388
10 Owen Wells 24 4 5 34.6 .600 .600 0.0 22.7 11.3 66.4 0.0 0.0 107 0.0 0.0 0.0 .079
11 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 28 6 68 11.2 .392 .387 11.6 16.7 14.1 6.1 0.7 2.4 105 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.025