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1977-78 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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28-54, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Nissalke (28-54)

PTS/G: 103.8 (21st of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 107.8 (9th of 22)
SRS: -3.83 (21st of 22) ▪ Pace: 101.3 (22nd of 22)
Off Rtg: 102.2 (6th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 106.1 (22nd of 22)
Expected W-L: 30-52 (21st of 22)

Arena: The Summit ▪ Attendance: 384,905 (15th of 21)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
27 Zaid Abdul-Aziz C-F 6-9 235 April 7, 1946 9 Iowa State University
34 Ron Behagen F-C 6-9 185 January 14, 1951 4 University of Minnesota
30 Phil Bond G 6-2 175 July 27, 1954 R University of Louisville
30 Alonzo Bradley F 6-6 190 October 16, 1953 R Texas Southern University
31 Mike Dunleavy G 6-3 180 March 21, 1954 1 University of South Carolina
27 John Johnson F 6-7 200 October 18, 1947 7 University of Iowa
13 Dwight Jones F-C 6-10 210 February 27, 1952 4 University of Houston
34 Robin Jones F-C 6-9 225 February 2, 1954 1 Saint Louis University
44 Kevin Kunnert C-F 7-0 230 November 11, 1951 4 University of Iowa
25 C.J. Kupec F-C 6-6 220 January 16, 1953 2 University of Michigan
15 John Lucas G 6-3 175 October 31, 1953 1 University of Maryland
24 Moses Malone C-F 6-10 215 March 23, 1955 3
41 Larry Moffett F 6-8 210 November 5, 1954 R University of Nevada, Las Vegas
23 Calvin Murphy G 5-9 165 May 9, 1948 7 Niagara University
14 Mike Newlin G-F 6-4 200 January 2, 1949 6 University of Utah
42 Ed Ratleff F-G 6-6 195 March 29, 1950 4 California State University, Long Beach
50 Robert Reid F-G 6-8 205 August 30, 1955 R St. Mary's University
45 Rudy Tomjanovich F 6-8 218 November 24, 1948 7 University of Michigan
32 Rudy White G 6-2 195 June 23, 1953 2 Arizona State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19730 3523 7691 .458 1467 1896 .774 1301 2421 3722 1942 683 319 1376 2025 8513 103.8
Lg Rank 21 15 11 17 22 22 6 6 21 18 17 17 21 1 12 21 21
Opponent 82 19730 3571 7404 .482 1699 2238 .759 1195 2525 3720 1990 605 360 1410 1752 8841 107.8
Lg Rank 21 10 6 21 10 9 17 9 5 4 8 1 3 22 1 9 9

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 29 76 2900 852 1737 .491 245 267 .918 57 107 164 259 112 3 173 241 1949
2 Moses Malone 22 59 2107 413 828 .499 318 443 .718 380 506 886 31 48 76 220 179 1144
3 John Lucas 24 82 2933 412 947 .435 193 250 .772 51 204 255 768 160 9 213 208 1017
4 Dwight Jones 25 82 2476 346 777 .445 181 233 .777 215 426 641 109 77 39 165 265 873
5 Kevin Kunnert 26 80 2152 368 842 .437 93 135 .689 262 431 693 97 44 90 141 315 829
6 Robert Reid 22 80 1849 261 574 .455 63 96 .656 111 248 359 121 67 51 81 277 585
7 Mike Newlin 29 45 1181 216 495 .436 152 174 .874 36 84 120 203 52 9 120 128 584
8 Rudy Tomjanovich 29 23 849 217 447 .485 61 81 .753 40 98 138 32 15 5 38 63 495
9 Alonzo Bradley 24 43 798 130 304 .428 43 59 .729 24 75 99 54 16 6 55 83 303
10 Ed Ratleff 27 68 1163 130 310 .419 39 47 .830 56 106 162 153 60 22 67 109 299
11 C.J. Kupec 25 49 626 84 197 .426 27 33 .818 27 64 91 50 10 3 24 54 195
12 Rudy White 24 21 219 31 85 .365 14 18 .778 8 13 21 22 8 0 22 24 76
13 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 31 14 134 20 47 .426 15 20 .750 13 22 35 7 2 2 11 25 55
14 Mike Dunleavy 23 11 102 17 43 .395 11 16 .688 1 8 9 22 8 1 9 12 45
15 Robin Jones 23 12 66 11 20 .550 4 10 .400 5 9 14 2 1 1 7 16 26
16 Larry Moffett 23 20 110 5 17 .294 6 10 .600 10 11 21 7 2 2 8 16 16
17 Ron Behagen 27 3 33 7 11 .636 0 1 .000 2 5 7 2 0 0 3 6 14
18 John Johnson 30 1 11 1 4 .250 2 3 .667 2 1 3 1 0 0 3 3 4
19 Phil Bond 23 7 21 2 6 .333 0 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 2 1 4

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 29 76 38.2 11.2 22.9 .491 3.2 3.5 .918 0.8 1.4 2.2 3.4 1.5 0.0 2.3 3.2 25.6
2 Rudy Tomjanovich 29 23 36.9 9.4 19.4 .485 2.7 3.5 .753 1.7 4.3 6.0 1.4 0.7 0.2 1.7 2.7 21.5
3 Moses Malone 22 59 35.7 7.0 14.0 .499 5.4 7.5 .718 6.4 8.6 15.0 0.5 0.8 1.3 3.7 3.0 19.4
4 Mike Newlin 29 45 26.2 4.8 11.0 .436 3.4 3.9 .874 0.8 1.9 2.7 4.5 1.2 0.2 2.7 2.8 13.0
5 John Lucas 24 82 35.8 5.0 11.5 .435 2.4 3.0 .772 0.6 2.5 3.1 9.4 2.0 0.1 2.6 2.5 12.4
6 Dwight Jones 25 82 30.2 4.2 9.5 .445 2.2 2.8 .777 2.6 5.2 7.8 1.3 0.9 0.5 2.0 3.2 10.6
7 Kevin Kunnert 26 80 26.9 4.6 10.5 .437 1.2 1.7 .689 3.3 5.4 8.7 1.2 0.6 1.1 1.8 3.9 10.4
8 Robert Reid 22 80 23.1 3.3 7.2 .455 0.8 1.2 .656 1.4 3.1 4.5 1.5 0.8 0.6 1.0 3.5 7.3
9 Alonzo Bradley 24 43 18.6 3.0 7.1 .428 1.0 1.4 .729 0.6 1.7 2.3 1.3 0.4 0.1 1.3 1.9 7.0
10 Ron Behagen 27 3 11.0 2.3 3.7 .636 0.0 0.3 .000 0.7 1.7 2.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 4.7
11 Ed Ratleff 27 68 17.1 1.9 4.6 .419 0.6 0.7 .830 0.8 1.6 2.4 2.3 0.9 0.3 1.0 1.6 4.4
12 Mike Dunleavy 23 11 9.3 1.5 3.9 .395 1.0 1.5 .688 0.1 0.7 0.8 2.0 0.7 0.1 0.8 1.1 4.1
13 C.J. Kupec 25 49 12.8 1.7 4.0 .426 0.6 0.7 .818 0.6 1.3 1.9 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.5 1.1 4.0
14 John Johnson 30 1 11.0 1.0 4.0 .250 2.0 3.0 .667 2.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 4.0
15 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 31 14 9.6 1.4 3.4 .426 1.1 1.4 .750 0.9 1.6 2.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.8 1.8 3.9
16 Rudy White 24 21 10.4 1.5 4.0 .365 0.7 0.9 .778 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.0 1.0 1.1 3.6
17 Robin Jones 23 12 5.5 0.9 1.7 .550 0.3 0.8 .400 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.3 2.2
18 Larry Moffett 23 20 5.5 0.3 0.9 .294 0.3 0.5 .600 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.8
19 Phil Bond 23 7 3.0 0.3 0.9 .333 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.6

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 29 76 2900 10.6 21.6 .491 3.0 3.3 .918 0.7 1.3 2.0 3.2 1.4 0.0 2.1 3.0 24.2
2 Rudy Tomjanovich 29 23 849 9.2 19.0 .485 2.6 3.4 .753 1.7 4.2 5.9 1.4 0.6 0.2 1.6 2.7 21.0
3 Moses Malone 22 59 2107 7.1 14.1 .499 5.4 7.6 .718 6.5 8.6 15.1 0.5 0.8 1.3 3.8 3.1 19.5
4 Mike Newlin 29 45 1181 6.6 15.1 .436 4.6 5.3 .874 1.1 2.6 3.7 6.2 1.6 0.3 3.7 3.9 17.8
5 Mike Dunleavy 23 11 102 6.0 15.2 .395 3.9 5.6 .688 0.4 2.8 3.2 7.8 2.8 0.4 3.2 4.2 15.9
6 Ron Behagen 27 3 33 7.6 12.0 .636 0.0 1.1 .000 2.2 5.5 7.6 2.2 0.0 0.0 3.3 6.5 15.3
7 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 31 14 134 5.4 12.6 .426 4.0 5.4 .750 3.5 5.9 9.4 1.9 0.5 0.5 3.0 6.7 14.8
8 Robin Jones 23 12 66 6.0 10.9 .550 2.2 5.5 .400 2.7 4.9 7.6 1.1 0.5 0.5 3.8 8.7 14.2
9 Kevin Kunnert 26 80 2152 6.2 14.1 .437 1.6 2.3 .689 4.4 7.2 11.6 1.6 0.7 1.5 2.4 5.3 13.9
10 Alonzo Bradley 24 43 798 5.9 13.7 .428 1.9 2.7 .729 1.1 3.4 4.5 2.4 0.7 0.3 2.5 3.7 13.7
11 John Johnson 30 1 11 3.3 13.1 .250 6.5 9.8 .667 6.5 3.3 9.8 3.3 0.0 0.0 9.8 9.8 13.1
12 Dwight Jones 25 82 2476 5.0 11.3 .445 2.6 3.4 .777 3.1 6.2 9.3 1.6 1.1 0.6 2.4 3.9 12.7
13 John Lucas 24 82 2933 5.1 11.6 .435 2.4 3.1 .772 0.6 2.5 3.1 9.4 2.0 0.1 2.6 2.6 12.5
14 Rudy White 24 21 219 5.1 14.0 .365 2.3 3.0 .778 1.3 2.1 3.5 3.6 1.3 0.0 3.6 3.9 12.5
15 Robert Reid 22 80 1849 5.1 11.2 .455 1.2 1.9 .656 2.2 4.8 7.0 2.4 1.3 1.0 1.6 5.4 11.4
16 C.J. Kupec 25 49 626 4.8 11.3 .426 1.6 1.9 .818 1.6 3.7 5.2 2.9 0.6 0.2 1.4 3.1 11.2
17 Ed Ratleff 27 68 1163 4.0 9.6 .419 1.2 1.5 .830 1.7 3.3 5.0 4.7 1.9 0.7 2.1 3.4 9.3
18 Phil Bond 23 7 21 3.4 10.3 .333 0.0 0.0 1.7 5.1 6.9 3.4 1.7 0.0 3.4 1.7 6.9
19 Larry Moffett 23 20 110 1.6 5.6 .294 2.0 3.3 .600 3.3 3.6 6.9 2.3 0.7 0.7 2.6 5.2 5.2

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 Calvin Murphy 29 76 2900 19.5 .525 .491 2.0 4.0 3.0 14.9 1.8 0.1 8.5 27.9 108 109 7.5 -0.1 7.4 .122
2 Moses Malone 22 59 2107 21.2 .559 .499 18.6 26.2 22.3 2.1 1.1 1.9 17.7 23.5 106 103 4.4 1.7 6.1 .139
3 John Lucas 24 82 2933 16.4 .481 .435 1.8 7.6 4.6 34.8 2.6 0.2 16.8 17.3 105 107 4.3 0.9 5.2 .085
4 Dwight Jones 25 82 2476 12.5 .496 .445 9.0 18.8 13.7 5.8 1.5 0.8 15.8 16.8 100 105 1.8 1.3 3.1 .060
5 Kevin Kunnert 26 80 2152 13.6 .460 .437 12.6 21.9 17.1 6.2 1.0 2.2 13.5 19.3 97 104 1.2 1.4 2.6 .058
6 Robert Reid 22 80 1849 11.3 .475 .455 6.2 14.6 10.3 8.7 1.7 1.5 11.6 15.0 101 105 1.4 0.9 2.3 .061
7 Mike Newlin 29 45 1181 16.0 .511 .436 3.1 7.8 5.4 24.2 2.1 0.4 17.4 23.3 101 107 1.5 0.3 1.8 .073
8 Rudy Tomjanovich 29 23 849 17.1 .513 .485 4.9 12.6 8.6 5.9 0.8 0.3 7.3 24.4 106 108 1.6 0.1 1.7 .095
9 Ed Ratleff 27 68 1163 11.5 .452 .419 5.0 9.9 7.4 16.8 2.4 1.0 16.8 13.6 98 105 0.5 0.5 1.0 .042
10 C.J. Kupec 25 49 626 10.0 .461 .426 4.4 11.2 7.7 10.5 0.8 0.3 10.2 15.0 101 109 0.5 0.0 0.5 .038
11 Mike Dunleavy 23 11 102 15.7 .450 .395 1.0 8.6 4.7 29.7 3.7 0.5 15.2 23.1 96 104 0.1 0.1 0.1 .056
12 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 31 14 134 11.4 .493 .426 10.0 17.9 13.8 7.0 0.7 0.8 16.5 19.9 99 107 0.1 0.0 0.1 .050
13 Phil Bond 23 7 21 5.3 .333 .333 4.9 15.6 10.1 11.9 2.3 0.0 25.0 15.2 69 105 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.092
14 Ron Behagen 27 3 33 11.6 .612 .636 6.3 16.5 11.2 8.9 0.0 0.0 20.8 17.4 101 109 0.0 0.0 0.0 .045
15 Robin Jones 23 12 66 7.7 .533 .550 7.8 14.9 11.2 4.2 0.7 0.8 22.3 19.0 90 107 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.008
16 John Johnson 30 1 11 -2.6 .376 .250 18.8 9.9 14.5 11.3 0.0 0.0 36.1 30.1 66 111 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.281
17 Larry Moffett 23 20 110 4.0 .374 .294 9.4 10.9 10.1 7.5 0.9 1.0 27.2 10.7 80 108 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.042
18 Alonzo Bradley 24 43 798 9.0 .459 .428 3.1 10.3 6.6 9.3 0.9 0.4 14.3 19.2 92 109 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.005
19 Rudy White 24 21 219 6.4 .409 .365 3.8 6.5 5.1 13.4 1.7 0.0 19.1 20.9 82 109 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 -0.070