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1976-77 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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49-33, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Tom Nissalke (49-33)

Points Per Game: 106.4 (12th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.8 (7th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 45-37 (6th of 22)

Arena: The Summit ▪ Attendance: 347,920 (17th of 22)

SRS: 1.44 (6th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.3 (21st of 22)
Offensive Rating: 104.5 (1st of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.9 (22nd of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Washington Bullets

1976-77 Houston Rockets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
33 Phil Hicks F 6-7 205 January 31, 1953 R Tulane University
27 John Johnson F 6-7 200 October 18, 1947 6 University of Iowa
13 Dwight Jones F-C 6-10 210 February 27, 1952 3 University of Houston
30 Goo Kennedy F-C 6-5 205 August 23, 1949 5 Texas Christian University
44 Kevin Kunnert C-F 7-0 230 November 11, 1951 3 University of Iowa
15 John Lucas G 6-3 175 October 31, 1953 R University of Maryland
21 Moses Malone C-F 6-10 215 March 23, 1955 2
23 Calvin Murphy G 5-9 165 May 9, 1948 6 Niagara University
14 Mike Newlin G-F 6-4 200 January 2, 1949 5 University of Utah
25 Tom Owens C-F 6-10 215 June 28, 1949 5 University of South Carolina
42 Ed Ratleff F-G 6-6 195 March 29, 1950 3 California State University, Long Beach
45 Rudy Tomjanovich F 6-8 218 November 24, 1948 6 University of Michigan
32 Rudy White G 6-2 195 June 23, 1953 1 Arizona State University
11 Dave Wohl G 6-2 185 November 2, 1949 5 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 19780 3535 7325 .483 1656 2103 .787 1254 2632 3886 1913 616 411 1600 2132 8726 106.4
Opponent 82 19780 3424 7356 .465 1746 2252 .775 1121 2232 3353 1883 547 350 1395 1978 8594 104.8

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 28 81 3130 733 1437 .510 287 342 .839 172 512 684 172 57 27 198 1753
2 Calvin Murphy 28 82 2764 596 1216 .490 272 307 .886 54 118 172 386 144 8 281 1464
3 Moses Malone 21 80 2500 389 810 .480 305 440 .693 437 634 1071 89 67 181 274 1083
4 Mike Newlin 28 82 2119 387 850 .455 269 304 .885 53 151 204 320 60 3 226 1043
5 John Lucas 23 82 2531 388 814 .477 135 171 .789 55 164 219 463 125 19 174 911
6 Kevin Kunnert 25 81 2050 333 685 .486 93 126 .738 210 459 669 154 35 105 361 759
7 John Johnson 29 79 1738 319 696 .458 94 132 .712 75 191 266 163 47 24 199 732
8 Dwight Jones 24 74 1239 167 338 .494 101 126 .802 98 186 284 48 38 19 175 435
9 Tom Owens 27 46 462 68 135 .504 52 76 .684 47 95 142 18 4 13 96 188
10 Ed Ratleff 26 37 533 70 161 .435 26 42 .619 24 53 77 43 20 6 45 166
11 Rudy White 23 46 368 47 106 .443 15 25 .600 13 28 41 35 11 1 39 109
12 Goo Kennedy 27 32 277 31 58 .534 3 8 .375 14 37 51 6 7 5 45 65
13 Dave Wohl 27 14 62 7 17 .412 4 4 1.000 1 4 5 15 0 0 18 18
14 Phil Hicks 24 2 7 0 2 .000 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 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 28 81 38.6 9.0 17.7 .510 3.5 4.2 .839 2.1 6.3 8.4 2.1 0.7 0.3 2.4 21.6
2 Calvin Murphy 28 82 33.7 7.3 14.8 .490 3.3 3.7 .886 0.7 1.4 2.1 4.7 1.8 0.1 3.4 17.9
3 Moses Malone 21 80 31.3 4.9 10.1 .480 3.8 5.5 .693 5.5 7.9 13.4 1.1 0.8 2.3 3.4 13.5
4 Mike Newlin 28 82 25.8 4.7 10.4 .455 3.3 3.7 .885 0.6 1.8 2.5 3.9 0.7 0.0 2.8 12.7
5 John Lucas 23 82 30.9 4.7 9.9 .477 1.6 2.1 .789 0.7 2.0 2.7 5.6 1.5 0.2 2.1 11.1
6 Kevin Kunnert 25 81 25.3 4.1 8.5 .486 1.1 1.6 .738 2.6 5.7 8.3 1.9 0.4 1.3 4.5 9.4
7 John Johnson 29 79 22.0 4.0 8.8 .458 1.2 1.7 .712 0.9 2.4 3.4 2.1 0.6 0.3 2.5 9.3
8 Dwight Jones 24 74 16.7 2.3 4.6 .494 1.4 1.7 .802 1.3 2.5 3.8 0.6 0.5 0.3 2.4 5.9
9 Ed Ratleff 26 37 14.4 1.9 4.4 .435 0.7 1.1 .619 0.6 1.4 2.1 1.2 0.5 0.2 1.2 4.5
10 Tom Owens 27 46 10.0 1.5 2.9 .504 1.1 1.7 .684 1.0 2.1 3.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 2.1 4.1
11 Rudy White 23 46 8.0 1.0 2.3 .443 0.3 0.5 .600 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.8 2.4
12 Goo Kennedy 27 32 8.7 1.0 1.8 .534 0.1 0.3 .375 0.4 1.2 1.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.4 2.0
13 Dave Wohl 27 14 4.4 0.5 1.2 .412 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.3
14 Phil Hicks 24 2 3.5 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 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 Rudy Tomjanovich 28 81 3130 8.4 16.5 .510 3.3 3.9 .839 2.0 5.9 7.9 2.0 0.7 0.3 2.3 20.2
2 Calvin Murphy 28 82 2764 7.8 15.8 .490 3.5 4.0 .886 0.7 1.5 2.2 5.0 1.9 0.1 3.7 19.1
3 Mike Newlin 28 82 2119 6.6 14.4 .455 4.6 5.2 .885 0.9 2.6 3.5 5.4 1.0 0.1 3.8 17.7
4 Moses Malone 21 80 2500 5.6 11.7 .480 4.4 6.3 .693 6.3 9.1 15.4 1.3 1.0 2.6 3.9 15.6
5 John Johnson 29 79 1738 6.6 14.4 .458 1.9 2.7 .712 1.6 4.0 5.5 3.4 1.0 0.5 4.1 15.2
6 Tom Owens 27 46 462 5.3 10.5 .504 4.1 5.9 .684 3.7 7.4 11.1 1.4 0.3 1.0 7.5 14.6
7 Kevin Kunnert 25 81 2050 5.8 12.0 .486 1.6 2.2 .738 3.7 8.1 11.7 2.7 0.6 1.8 6.3 13.3
8 John Lucas 23 82 2531 5.5 11.6 .477 1.9 2.4 .789 0.8 2.3 3.1 6.6 1.8 0.3 2.5 13.0
9 Dwight Jones 24 74 1239 4.9 9.8 .494 2.9 3.7 .802 2.8 5.4 8.3 1.4 1.1 0.6 5.1 12.6
10 Ed Ratleff 26 37 533 4.7 10.9 .435 1.8 2.8 .619 1.6 3.6 5.2 2.9 1.4 0.4 3.0 11.2
11 Rudy White 23 46 368 4.6 10.4 .443 1.5 2.4 .600 1.3 2.7 4.0 3.4 1.1 0.1 3.8 10.7
12 Dave Wohl 27 14 62 4.1 9.9 .412 2.3 2.3 1.000 0.6 2.3 2.9 8.7 0.0 0.0 10.5 10.5
13 Goo Kennedy 27 32 277 4.0 7.5 .534 0.4 1.0 .375 1.8 4.8 6.6 0.8 0.9 0.6 5.8 8.4
14 Phil Hicks 24 2 7 0.0 10.3 .000 0.0 0.0 5.1 0.0 5.1 5.1 5.1 0.0 5.1 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 28 81 3130 17.9 .552 .510 6.2 17.2 11.9 8.3 0.9 0.5 104 8.8 1.5 10.4
2 Moses Malone 21 80 2500 19.8 .540 .480 19.8 26.7 23.4 4.8 1.3 3.9 97 5.4 3.3 8.7
3 Calvin Murphy 28 82 2764 17.4 .542 .490 2.2 4.5 3.4 20.6 2.5 0.2 104 6.6 1.1 7.7
4 John Lucas 23 82 2531 15.0 .512 .477 2.5 6.8 4.7 24.7 2.3 0.4 104 3.6 1.2 4.8
5 Mike Newlin 28 82 2119 16.1 .530 .455 2.8 7.5 5.3 21.2 1.3 0.1 106 4.2 0.4 4.7
6 Kevin Kunnert 25 81 2050 14.8 .513 .486 11.6 23.6 17.8 10.3 0.8 2.8 100 2.1 2.0 4.1
7 Dwight Jones 24 74 1239 12.7 .553 .494 9.0 15.8 12.5 5.1 1.5 0.8 103 1.8 0.8 2.6
8 John Johnson 29 79 1738 13.0 .485 .458 4.9 11.6 8.4 13.2 1.3 0.7 104 1.6 0.7 2.3
9 Tom Owens 27 46 462 13.8 .558 .504 11.5 21.7 16.8 5.2 0.4 1.5 102 0.6 0.3 0.9
10 Ed Ratleff 26 37 533 10.8 .462 .435 5.1 10.5 7.9 10.6 1.8 0.6 104 0.2 0.3 0.5
11 Goo Kennedy 27 32 277 7.8 .528 .534 5.7 14.1 10.1 2.8 1.2 1.0 103 0.1 0.1 0.3
12 Rudy White 23 46 368 9.6 .466 .443 4.0 8.0 6.1 12.4 1.4 0.1 106 0.1 0.1 0.2
13 Dave Wohl 27 14 62 9.2 .480 .412 1.8 6.8 4.4 31.0 0.0 0.0 108 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Phil Hicks 24 2 7 3.5 .000 .000 16.2 0.0 7.8 16.0 6.8 0.0 97 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Rudy Tomjanovich 28 12 457 107 212 29 37 24 65 24 7 3 36 243 .505 .784 38.1 20.3 5.4 2.0
2 Calvin Murphy 28 12 420 102 213 28 30 7 19 75 19 2 47 232 .479 .933 35.0 19.3 1.6 6.3
3 Moses Malone 21 12 518 81 162 63 91 84 203 7 13 21 42 225 .500 .692 43.2 18.8 16.9 0.6
4 John Lucas 23 12 430 75 139 26 34 4 33 83 24 4 33 176 .540 .765 35.8 14.7 2.8 6.9
5 Mike Newlin 28 12 316 75 143 21 28 8 34 53 15 0 37 171 .524 .750 26.3 14.3 2.8 4.4
6 Kevin Kunnert 25 12 328 51 104 12 23 48 107 14 2 8 51 114 .490 .522 27.3 9.5 8.9 1.2
7 Dwight Jones 24 12 246 28 63 18 23 13 51 15 8 3 32 74 .444 .783 20.5 6.2 4.3 1.3
8 John Johnson 29 12 146 24 61 10 15 7 29 9 4 0 20 58 .393 .667 12.2 4.8 2.4 0.8
9 Goo Kennedy 27 6 35 5 10 2 2 4 12 0 0 0 6 12 .500 1.000 5.8 2.0 2.0 0.0
10 Rudy White 23 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 .333 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
11 Tom Owens 27 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 .000 2.3 0.0 0.7 0.0

Playoffs 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 Moses Malone 21 12 518 18.5 .557 .500 17.6 25.8 21.7 1.7 1.2 2.2 102 1.3 0.4 1.7
2 John Lucas 23 12 430 17.3 .572 .540 1.0 7.6 4.2 25.1 2.6 0.5 106 1.0 0.1 1.2
3 Rudy Tomjanovich 28 12 457 15.4 .532 .505 5.7 10.1 7.9 7.4 0.7 0.4 109 1.1 0.0 1.1
4 Calvin Murphy 28 12 420 17.7 .513 .479 1.8 3.2 2.5 25.4 2.1 0.3 108 1.0 0.0 1.0
5 Mike Newlin 28 12 316 18.8 .550 .524 2.8 9.2 5.9 23.7 2.2 0.0 106 0.8 0.1 0.9
6 Kevin Kunnert 25 12 328 13.1 .499 .490 15.9 20.2 18.0 5.4 0.3 1.3 106 0.4 0.1 0.5
7 Dwight Jones 24 12 246 11.0 .506 .444 5.7 17.4 11.5 7.3 1.5 0.7 105 0.2 0.1 0.3
8 Goo Kennedy 27 6 35 11.5 .551 .500 12.4 25.7 19.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 106 0.1 0.0 0.1
9 Tom Owens 27 3 7 3.3 .000 .000 0.0 32.1 15.8 0.0 6.7 0.0 91 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 John Johnson 29 12 146 10.4 .429 .393 5.2 16.9 11.0 7.9 1.3 0.0 106 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Rudy White 23 1 2 39.8 .333 .333 54.4 0.0 27.6 0.0 23.6 0.0 67 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Calvin Murphy *$167,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)