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1975-76 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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40-42, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Johnny Egan (40-42)

Points Per Game: 106.2 (7th of 18) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.0 (18th of 18)
Pythagorean W-L: 39-43 (10th of 18)

Arena: The Summit ▪ Attendance: 261,518 (15th of 18)

SRS: -0.72 (10th of 18) ▪ Pace Factor: 104.7 (12th of 18)
Offensive Rating: 101.1 (1st of 18) ▪ Defensive Rating: 101.8 (18th of 18)

1975-76 Houston Rockets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
22 Gus Bailey G-F 6-5 185 February 18, 1951 1 University of Texas at El Paso
10 Steve Hawes C-F 6-9 220 May 26, 1950 1 University of Washington
34 John Johnson F 6-7 200 October 18, 1947 5 University of Iowa
20 Kevin Kunnert C-F 7-0 230 November 11, 1951 2 University of Iowa
25 Cliff Meely F-C 6-8 215 July 10, 1947 4 University of Colorado
50 Joe Meriweather C-F 6-10 215 October 26, 1953 R Southern Illinois University
23 Calvin Murphy G 5-9 165 May 9, 1948 5 Niagara University
14 Mike Newlin G-F 6-4 200 January 2, 1949 4 University of Utah
42 Ed Ratleff F-G 6-6 195 March 29, 1950 2 California State University, Long Beach
31 Ron Riley F 6-8 195 November 11, 1950 3 University of Southern California
45 Rudy Tomjanovich F 6-8 218 November 24, 1948 5 University of Michigan
32 Rudy White G 6-2 195 June 23, 1953 R Arizona State University
11 Dave Wohl G 6-2 185 November 2, 1949 4 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 19755 3546 7304 .485 1616 2046 .790 1059 2644 3703 2213 656 359 1665 2045 8708 106.2
Opponent 82 19755 3603 7551 .477 1568 2072 .757 1116 2473 3589 2028 684 311 1522 2050 8774 107.0

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 Calvin Murphy 27 82 2995 675 1369 .493 372 410 .907 52 157 209 596 151 6 294 1722
2 Mike Newlin 27 82 3065 569 1123 .507 385 445 .865 72 264 336 457 106 5 263 1523
3 Rudy Tomjanovich 27 79 2912 622 1202 .517 221 288 .767 167 499 666 188 42 19 206 1465
4 Kevin Kunnert 24 80 2335 465 954 .487 102 156 .654 267 520 787 155 57 105 315 1032
5 Joe Meriweather 22 81 2042 338 684 .494 154 239 .644 163 353 516 82 36 120 219 830
6 Ed Ratleff 25 72 2401 314 647 .485 168 206 .816 107 272 379 260 114 37 234 796
7 John Johnson 28 67 1485 275 609 .452 97 128 .758 81 211 292 197 50 28 163 647
8 Ron Riley 25 65 1049 115 280 .411 38 56 .679 91 213 304 75 32 21 137 268
9 Dave Wohl 26 50 700 66 163 .405 38 49 .776 9 47 56 112 26 1 112 170
10 Rudy White 22 32 284 42 102 .412 18 25 .720 13 25 38 30 19 5 32 102
11 Cliff Meely 28 14 174 32 81 .395 9 16 .563 12 40 52 10 9 4 31 73
12 Gus Bailey 24 30 262 28 77 .364 14 28 .500 20 30 50 41 14 8 33 70
13 Steve Hawes 25 6 51 5 13 .385 0 0 5 13 18 10 0 0 6 10

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 Calvin Murphy 27 82 36.5 8.2 16.7 .493 4.5 5.0 .907 0.6 1.9 2.5 7.3 1.8 0.1 3.6 21.0
2 Mike Newlin 27 82 37.4 6.9 13.7 .507 4.7 5.4 .865 0.9 3.2 4.1 5.6 1.3 0.1 3.2 18.6
3 Rudy Tomjanovich 27 79 36.9 7.9 15.2 .517 2.8 3.6 .767 2.1 6.3 8.4 2.4 0.5 0.2 2.6 18.5
4 Kevin Kunnert 24 80 29.2 5.8 11.9 .487 1.3 2.0 .654 3.3 6.5 9.8 1.9 0.7 1.3 3.9 12.9
5 Ed Ratleff 25 72 33.3 4.4 9.0 .485 2.3 2.9 .816 1.5 3.8 5.3 3.6 1.6 0.5 3.3 11.1
6 Joe Meriweather 22 81 25.2 4.2 8.4 .494 1.9 3.0 .644 2.0 4.4 6.4 1.0 0.4 1.5 2.7 10.2
7 John Johnson 28 67 22.2 4.1 9.1 .452 1.4 1.9 .758 1.2 3.1 4.4 2.9 0.7 0.4 2.4 9.7
8 Cliff Meely 28 14 12.4 2.3 5.8 .395 0.6 1.1 .563 0.9 2.9 3.7 0.7 0.6 0.3 2.2 5.2
9 Ron Riley 25 65 16.1 1.8 4.3 .411 0.6 0.9 .679 1.4 3.3 4.7 1.2 0.5 0.3 2.1 4.1
10 Dave Wohl 26 50 14.0 1.3 3.3 .405 0.8 1.0 .776 0.2 0.9 1.1 2.2 0.5 0.0 2.2 3.4
11 Rudy White 22 32 8.9 1.3 3.2 .412 0.6 0.8 .720 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.2 1.0 3.2
12 Gus Bailey 24 30 8.7 0.9 2.6 .364 0.5 0.9 .500 0.7 1.0 1.7 1.4 0.5 0.3 1.1 2.3
13 Steve Hawes 25 6 8.5 0.8 2.2 .385 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.2 3.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.7

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 27 82 2995 8.1 16.5 .493 4.5 4.9 .907 0.6 1.9 2.5 7.2 1.8 0.1 3.5 20.7
2 Rudy Tomjanovich 27 79 2912 7.7 14.9 .517 2.7 3.6 .767 2.1 6.2 8.2 2.3 0.5 0.2 2.5 18.1
3 Mike Newlin 27 82 3065 6.7 13.2 .507 4.5 5.2 .865 0.8 3.1 3.9 5.4 1.2 0.1 3.1 17.9
4 Kevin Kunnert 24 80 2335 7.2 14.7 .487 1.6 2.4 .654 4.1 8.0 12.1 2.4 0.9 1.6 4.9 15.9
5 John Johnson 28 67 1485 6.7 14.8 .452 2.4 3.1 .758 2.0 5.1 7.1 4.8 1.2 0.7 4.0 15.7
6 Cliff Meely 28 14 174 6.6 16.8 .395 1.9 3.3 .563 2.5 8.3 10.8 2.1 1.9 0.8 6.4 15.1
7 Joe Meriweather 22 81 2042 6.0 12.1 .494 2.7 4.2 .644 2.9 6.2 9.1 1.4 0.6 2.1 3.9 14.6
8 Rudy White 22 32 284 5.3 12.9 .412 2.3 3.2 .720 1.6 3.2 4.8 3.8 2.4 0.6 4.1 12.9
9 Ed Ratleff 25 72 2401 4.7 9.7 .485 2.5 3.1 .816 1.6 4.1 5.7 3.9 1.7 0.6 3.5 11.9
10 Gus Bailey 24 30 262 3.8 10.6 .364 1.9 3.8 .500 2.7 4.1 6.9 5.6 1.9 1.1 4.5 9.6
11 Ron Riley 25 65 1049 3.9 9.6 .411 1.3 1.9 .679 3.1 7.3 10.4 2.6 1.1 0.7 4.7 9.2
12 Dave Wohl 26 50 700 3.4 8.4 .405 2.0 2.5 .776 0.5 2.4 2.9 5.8 1.3 0.1 5.8 8.7
13 Steve Hawes 25 6 51 3.5 9.2 .385 0.0 0.0 3.5 9.2 12.7 7.1 0.0 0.0 4.2 7.1

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 Calvin Murphy 27 82 2995 19.9 .556 .493 1.9 5.5 3.8 29.6 2.3 0.1 103 7.7 1.1 8.8
2 Mike Newlin 27 82 3065 17.4 .577 .507 2.6 9.1 5.9 20.9 1.6 0.1 104 7.5 0.9 8.5
3 Rudy Tomjanovich 27 79 2912 16.1 .551 .517 6.4 18.0 12.4 9.4 0.7 0.3 103 6.1 1.2 7.3
4 Kevin Kunnert 24 80 2335 16.4 .505 .487 12.8 23.4 18.3 9.5 1.1 2.4 99 2.6 2.2 4.8
5 Ed Ratleff 25 72 2401 13.5 .540 .485 5.0 11.9 8.6 14.1 2.2 0.8 101 3.0 1.5 4.5
6 Joe Meriweather 22 81 2042 14.4 .526 .494 8.9 18.2 13.7 5.5 0.8 3.1 100 2.3 1.6 3.8
7 John Johnson 28 67 1485 15.1 .486 .452 6.1 14.9 10.7 18.6 1.5 1.0 102 1.1 0.9 2.0
8 Ron Riley 25 65 1049 10.5 .440 .411 9.7 21.3 15.7 9.1 1.4 1.0 100 -0.1 0.9 0.7
9 Rudy White 22 32 284 12.5 .451 .412 5.1 9.2 7.2 14.1 3.1 0.9 100 0.0 0.2 0.2
10 Steve Hawes 25 6 51 11.4 .385 .385 11.0 26.8 19.1 24.5 0.0 0.0 102 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Cliff Meely 28 14 174 12.0 .415 .395 7.7 24.2 16.2 8.1 2.4 1.2 97 -0.2 0.2 0.0
12 Dave Wohl 26 50 700 8.8 .461 .405 1.4 7.1 4.3 19.9 1.7 0.1 104 -0.2 0.2 0.0
13 Gus Bailey 24 30 262 11.9 .392 .364 8.5 12.0 10.3 19.8 2.5 1.6 100 -0.2 0.2 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Calvin Murphy *$156,667
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)