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1978-79 Houston Rockets Roster and Stats

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Record: 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

Roster

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

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 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

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 43 39 0.98 -0.06 0.92 108.7 107.7 103.8 .497 15.1 35.2 .246 .498 14.0 67.9 .213 The Summit 434,400
Lg Rank 12 12 12 13 12 1 21 16 5 3 3 7 20 21 9 8 12

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 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 GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 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 GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 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 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
9 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
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

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 Moses Malone 23 2 78 18 41 .439 13 18 .722 25 16 41 2 1 8 8 5 49
2 Calvin Murphy 30 2 73 9 31 .290 8 9 .889 2 1 3 6 8 1 2 9 26
3 Mike Newlin 30 2 67 8 20 .400 8 8 1.000 2 4 6 5 1 1 6 10 24
4 Rick Barry 34 2 65 8 25 .320 8 8 1.000 2 6 8 9 0 2 2 8 24
5 Rudy Tomjanovich 30 2 64 9 23 .391 2 5 .400 7 7 14 2 1 1 1 1 20
6 Robert Reid 23 2 45 7 17 .412 6 9 .667 5 4 9 2 1 2 5 7 20
7 Dwight Jones 26 2 33 7 13 .538 6 6 1.000 4 8 12 3 1 4 6 3 20
8 Slick Watts 27 2 43 6 15 .400 2 3 .667 4 3 7 7 4 1 7 8 14
9 Mike Dunleavy 24 1 10 0 2 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Alonzo Bradley 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jacky Dorsey 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Moses Malone 23 2 39.0 9.0 20.5 .439 6.5 9.0 .722 12.5 8.0 20.5 1.0 0.5 4.0 4.0 2.5 24.5
2 Calvin Murphy 30 2 36.5 4.5 15.5 .290 4.0 4.5 .889 1.0 0.5 1.5 3.0 4.0 0.5 1.0 4.5 13.0
3 Mike Newlin 30 2 33.5 4.0 10.0 .400 4.0 4.0 1.000 1.0 2.0 3.0 2.5 0.5 0.5 3.0 5.0 12.0
4 Rick Barry 34 2 32.5 4.0 12.5 .320 4.0 4.0 1.000 1.0 3.0 4.0 4.5 0.0 1.0 1.0 4.0 12.0
5 Rudy Tomjanovich 30 2 32.0 4.5 11.5 .391 1.0 2.5 .400 3.5 3.5 7.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 10.0
6 Robert Reid 23 2 22.5 3.5 8.5 .412 3.0 4.5 .667 2.5 2.0 4.5 1.0 0.5 1.0 2.5 3.5 10.0
7 Dwight Jones 26 2 16.5 3.5 6.5 .538 3.0 3.0 1.000 2.0 4.0 6.0 1.5 0.5 2.0 3.0 1.5 10.0
8 Slick Watts 27 2 21.5 3.0 7.5 .400 1.0 1.5 .667 2.0 1.5 3.5 3.5 2.0 0.5 3.5 4.0 7.0
9 Mike Dunleavy 24 1 10.0 0.0 2.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
10 Alonzo Bradley 25 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Jacky Dorsey 24 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 Moses Malone 23 2 78 8.3 18.9 .439 6.0 8.3 .722 11.5 7.4 18.9 0.9 0.5 3.7 3.7 2.3 22.6
2 Dwight Jones 26 2 33 7.6 14.2 .538 6.5 6.5 1.000 4.4 8.7 13.1 3.3 1.1 4.4 6.5 3.3 21.8
3 Robert Reid 23 2 45 5.6 13.6 .412 4.8 7.2 .667 4.0 3.2 7.2 1.6 0.8 1.6 4.0 5.6 16.0
4 Rick Barry 34 2 65 4.4 13.8 .320 4.4 4.4 1.000 1.1 3.3 4.4 5.0 0.0 1.1 1.1 4.4 13.3
5 Mike Newlin 30 2 67 4.3 10.7 .400 4.3 4.3 1.000 1.1 2.1 3.2 2.7 0.5 0.5 3.2 5.4 12.9
6 Calvin Murphy 30 2 73 4.4 15.3 .290 3.9 4.4 .889 1.0 0.5 1.5 3.0 3.9 0.5 1.0 4.4 12.8
7 Slick Watts 27 2 43 5.0 12.6 .400 1.7 2.5 .667 3.3 2.5 5.9 5.9 3.3 0.8 5.9 6.7 11.7
8 Rudy Tomjanovich 30 2 64 5.1 12.9 .391 1.1 2.8 .400 3.9 3.9 7.9 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 11.3
9 Mike Dunleavy 24 1 10 0.0 7.2 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.0
10 Alonzo Bradley 25 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Jacky Dorsey 24 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 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
3 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
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 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
6 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
7 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
8 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
9 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
10 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
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