1978-79 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Nissalke (47-35)

PTS/G: 113.4 (5th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 112.4 (17th of 22)
SRS: 0.92 (12th of 22) ▪ Pace: 103.8 (16th of 22)
Off Rtg: 108.7 (1st of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 107.7 (21st of 22)
Expected W-L: 43-39 (12th of 22)

Arena: The Summit ▪ Attendance: 434,400 (12th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus Atlanta Hawks

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
15	Tom Barker	C-F	6-11	225	March 11, 1955	1	University of Hawaii
2-4	Rick Barry	F	6-7	205	March 28, 1944	12	University of Miami
22	Alonzo Bradley	F	6-6	190	October 16, 1953	1	Texas Southern University
12	E.C. Coleman	F	6-8	225	September 25, 1950	5	Houston Baptist University
44	Jacky Dorsey	F	6-7	230	December 18, 1954	1	University of Georgia
10	Mike Dunleavy	G	6-3	180	March 21, 1954	2	University of South Carolina
13	Dwight Jones	F-C	6-10	210	February 27, 1952	5	University of Houston
24	Moses Malone	C-F	6-10	215	March 23, 1955	4
23	Calvin Murphy	G	5-9	165	May 9, 1948	8	Niagara University
14	Mike Newlin	G-F	6-4	200	January 2, 1949	7	University of Utah
50	Robert Reid	F-G	6-8	205	August 30, 1955	1	St. Mary's University
45	Rudy Tomjanovich	F	6-8	218	November 24, 1948	8	University of Michigan
00	Slick Watts	G	6-1	175	July 22, 1951	5	Xavier University of Louisiana

Team and Opponent Statistics

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	19780	3726	7498	.497	1845	2330	.792	1256	2504	3760	2302	632	286	1510	2001	9297	113.4
Lg Rank		6	7	13	5	6	11	2	7	11	8	5	20	21	4	15	5	5
Opponent	82	19780	3795	7625	.498	1627	2211	.736	1186	2315	3501	2278	660	431	1400	2055	9217	112.4
Lg Rank		6	16	15	20	8	8	2	10	1	3	21	4	10	21	8	17	17

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Moses Malone	23	82	3390	716	1325	.540	599	811	.739	587	857	1444	147	79	119	326	223	2031
2	Calvin Murphy	30	82	2941	707	1424	.496	246	265	.928	78	95	173	351	117	6	187	288	1660
3	Rudy Tomjanovich	30	74	2641	620	1200	.517	168	221	.760	170	402	572	137	44	18	138	186	1408
4	Rick Barry	34	80	2566	461	1000	.461	160	169	.947	40	237	277	502	95	38	198	195	1082
5	Robert Reid	23	82	2259	382	777	.492	131	186	.704	129	354	483	230	75	48	131	302	895
6	Mike Newlin	30	76	1828	283	581	.487	212	243	.872	51	119	170	291	51	9	175	218	778
7	Mike Dunleavy	24	74	1486	215	425	.506	159	184	.864	28	100	128	324	56	5	130	168	589
8	Dwight Jones	26	81	1215	181	395	.458	96	132	.727	110	218	328	57	34	26	102	204	458
9	Slick Watts	27	61	1046	92	227	.405	41	67	.612	35	68	103	243	73	14	71	143	225
10	Alonzo Bradley	25	34	245	37	88	.420	22	33	.667	13	33	46	17	5	1	17	33	96
11	Jacky Dorsey	24	20	108	24	43	.558	8	16	.500	12	11	23	2	1	2	8	25	56
12	E.C. Coleman	28	6	39	5	7	.714	1	1	1.000	1	6	7	1	2	0	0	11	11
13	Tom Barker	23	5	16	3	6	.500	2	2	1.000	2	4	6	0	0	0	1	5	8

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Moses Malone	23	82	41.3	8.7	16.2	.540	7.3	9.9	.739	7.2	10.5	17.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	4.0	2.7	24.8
2	Calvin Murphy	30	82	35.9	8.6	17.4	.496	3.0	3.2	.928	1.0	1.2	2.1	4.3	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.5	20.2
3	Rudy Tomjanovich	30	74	35.7	8.4	16.2	.517	2.3	3.0	.760	2.3	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.9	2.5	19.0
4	Rick Barry	34	80	32.1	5.8	12.5	.461	2.0	2.1	.947	0.5	3.0	3.5	6.3	1.2	0.5	2.5	2.4	13.5
5	Robert Reid	23	82	27.5	4.7	9.5	.492	1.6	2.3	.704	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	3.7	10.9
6	Mike Newlin	30	76	24.1	3.7	7.6	.487	2.8	3.2	.872	0.7	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.7	0.1	2.3	2.9	10.2
7	Mike Dunleavy	24	74	20.1	2.9	5.7	.506	2.1	2.5	.864	0.4	1.4	1.7	4.4	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.3	8.0
8	Dwight Jones	26	81	15.0	2.2	4.9	.458	1.2	1.6	.727	1.4	2.7	4.0	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.3	2.5	5.7
9	Slick Watts	27	61	17.1	1.5	3.7	.405	0.7	1.1	.612	0.6	1.1	1.7	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.3	3.7
10	Jacky Dorsey	24	20	5.4	1.2	2.2	.558	0.4	0.8	.500	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.3	2.8
11	Alonzo Bradley	25	34	7.2	1.1	2.6	.420	0.6	1.0	.667	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.8
12	E.C. Coleman	28	6	6.5	0.8	1.2	.714	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.8	1.8
13	Tom Barker	23	5	3.2	0.6	1.2	.500	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.6

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Moses Malone	23	82	3390	7.6	14.1	.540	6.4	8.6	.739	6.2	9.1	15.3	1.6	0.8	1.3	3.5	2.4	21.6
2	Calvin Murphy	30	82	2941	8.7	17.4	.496	3.0	3.2	.928	1.0	1.2	2.1	4.3	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.5	20.3
3	Rudy Tomjanovich	30	74	2641	8.5	16.4	.517	2.3	3.0	.760	2.3	5.5	7.8	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.9	2.5	19.2
4	Jacky Dorsey	24	20	108	8.0	14.3	.558	2.7	5.3	.500	4.0	3.7	7.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.7	8.3	18.7
5	Tom Barker	23	5	16	6.8	13.5	.500	4.5	4.5	1.000	4.5	9.0	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	11.3	18.0
6	Mike Newlin	30	76	1828	5.6	11.4	.487	4.2	4.8	.872	1.0	2.3	3.3	5.7	1.0	0.2	3.4	4.3	15.3
7	Rick Barry	34	80	2566	6.5	14.0	.461	2.2	2.4	.947	0.6	3.3	3.9	7.0	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.7	15.2
8	Mike Dunleavy	24	74	1486	5.2	10.3	.506	3.9	4.5	.864	0.7	2.4	3.1	7.8	1.4	0.1	3.1	4.1	14.3
9	Robert Reid	23	82	2259	6.1	12.4	.492	2.1	3.0	.704	2.1	5.6	7.7	3.7	1.2	0.8	2.1	4.8	14.3
10	Alonzo Bradley	25	34	245	5.4	12.9	.420	3.2	4.8	.667	1.9	4.8	6.8	2.5	0.7	0.1	2.5	4.8	14.1
11	Dwight Jones	26	81	1215	5.4	11.7	.458	2.8	3.9	.727	3.3	6.5	9.7	1.7	1.0	0.8	3.0	6.0	13.6
12	E.C. Coleman	28	6	39	4.6	6.5	.714	0.9	0.9	1.000	0.9	5.5	6.5	0.9	1.8	0.0	0.0	10.2	10.2
13	Slick Watts	27	61	1046	3.2	7.8	.405	1.4	2.3	.612	1.2	2.3	3.5	8.4	2.5	0.5	2.4	4.9	7.7

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	Moses Malone	23	82	3390	23.7	.604	.540	19.2	27.1	23.2	5.9	1.1	1.8	16.2	23.4	117	104	10.6	3.5	14.1	.200
2	Calvin Murphy	30	82	2941	16.1	.539	.496	2.9	3.5	3.2	17.0	1.8	0.1	10.8	23.2	111	110	6.1	0.7	6.8	.112
3	Rudy Tomjanovich	30	74	2641	16.4	.543	.517	7.1	16.3	11.8	7.3	0.8	0.4	9.6	21.4	111	109	5.0	1.1	6.2	.112
4	Robert Reid	23	82	2259	13.9	.521	.492	6.3	16.8	11.6	13.2	1.5	1.1	13.2	17.3	107	106	2.9	1.7	4.5	.096
5	Rick Barry	34	80	2566	14.7	.504	.461	1.7	9.9	5.9	25.7	1.7	0.8	15.6	19.6	105	108	2.9	1.3	4.2	.078
6	Mike Dunleavy	24	74	1486	14.9	.582	.506	2.1	7.2	4.7	27.4	1.7	0.2	20.4	16.9	112	109	2.8	0.5	3.4	.109
7	Mike Newlin	30	76	1828	12.9	.565	.487	3.1	7.0	5.1	20.2	1.3	0.3	20.3	18.6	107	110	2.4	0.5	2.9	.076
8	Dwight Jones	26	81	1215	10.9	.505	.458	10.0	19.2	14.7	5.9	1.3	1.1	18.4	18.0	98	106	0.3	0.9	1.3	.050
9	Slick Watts	27	61	1046	11.3	.439	.405	3.7	7.0	5.4	27.2	3.2	0.7	21.7	12.3	100	106	0.4	0.8	1.2	.057
10	Jacky Dorsey	24	20	108	12.5	.560	.558	12.3	10.9	11.6	2.6	0.4	1.0	13.8	21.2	106	110	0.1	0.0	0.2	.076
11	E.C. Coleman	28	6	39	10.9	.739	.714	2.8	16.5	9.8	3.2	2.4	0.0	0.0	7.5	159	105	0.1	0.0	0.1	.169
12	Alonzo Bradley	25	34	245	9.3	.468	.420	5.9	14.4	10.2	8.8	0.9	0.2	14.2	19.2	96	109	0.0	0.1	0.1	.024
13	Tom Barker	23	5	16	13.2	.581	.500	13.8	26.8	20.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.7	19.4	116	107	0.0	0.0	0.0	.147

Playoffs

			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	Moses Malone	23	2	78	18	41			13	18	25	41	2	1	8	8	5	49	.439		.722	39.0	24.5	20.5	1.0
2	Calvin Murphy	30	2	73	9	31			8	9	2	3	6	8	1	2	9	26	.290		.889	36.5	13.0	1.5	3.0
3	Mike Newlin	30	2	67	8	20			8	8	2	6	5	1	1	6	10	24	.400		1.000	33.5	12.0	3.0	2.5
4	Rick Barry	34	2	65	8	25			8	8	2	8	9	0	2	2	8	24	.320		1.000	32.5	12.0	4.0	4.5
5	Robert Reid	23	2	45	7	17			6	9	5	9	2	1	2	5	7	20	.412		.667	22.5	10.0	4.5	1.0
6	Dwight Jones	26	2	33	7	13			6	6	4	12	3	1	4	6	3	20	.538		1.000	16.5	10.0	6.0	1.5
7	Rudy Tomjanovich	30	2	64	9	23			2	5	7	14	2	1	1	1	1	20	.391		.400	32.0	10.0	7.0	1.0
8	Slick Watts	27	2	43	6	15			2	3	4	7	7	4	1	7	8	14	.400		.667	21.5	7.0	3.5	3.5
9	Alonzo Bradley	25	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
10	Jacky Dorsey	24	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
11	Mike Dunleavy	24	1	10	0	2			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000			10.0	0.0	1.0	0.0

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	Moses Malone	23	2	78	28.7	.501	.439	26.1	21.9	24.3	4.9	0.6	5.4	14.1	27.7	109	104	0.2	0.1	0.3	.166
2	Calvin Murphy	30	2	73	11.7	.372	.290	2.2	1.5	1.9	13.1	5.4	0.7	5.4	19.2	97	106	0.0	0.0	0.1	.042
3	Rick Barry	34	2	65	12.1	.421	.320	2.5	9.8	5.7	22.1	0.0	1.6	6.6	17.8	109	113	0.1	0.0	0.1	.063
4	Dwight Jones	26	2	33	26.1	.639	.538	9.9	25.9	16.8	16.9	1.5	6.4	27.7	24.9	104	100	0.1	0.0	0.1	.143
5	Robert Reid	23	2	45	11.9	.477	.412	9.0	9.5	9.2	7.5	1.1	2.3	19.3	21.9	93	110	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.003
6	Rudy Tomjanovich	30	2	64	12.0	.397	.391	8.9	11.7	10.1	5.1	0.8	0.8	3.8	15.5	102	111	0.0	0.0	0.0	.031
7	Alonzo Bradley	25	1	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		119	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.047
8	Jacky Dorsey	24	1	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		119	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.047
9	Mike Dunleavy	24	1	10	-6.3	.000	.000	0.0	10.7	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.6	0	113	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.167
10	Mike Newlin	30	2	67	8.5	.510	.400	2.4	6.4	4.1	11.8	0.7	0.8	20.3	16.7	99	113	0.0	0.0	0.0	.008
11	Slick Watts	27	2	43	10.5	.429	.400	7.6	7.4	7.5	26.7	4.6	1.2	30.0	20.6	79	105	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.069

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