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1979-80 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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41-41, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Del Harris (41-41)

Points Per Game: 110.8 (8th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.6 (15th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 41-41 (10th of 22)

Arena: The Summit ▪ Attendance: 413,572 (14th of 22)

SRS: 0.27 (10th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.2 (18th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 108.1 (4th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.0 (18th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-1) versus San Antonio Spurs

1979-80 Houston Rockets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
2-4 Rick Barry F 6-7 205 March 28, 1944 13 University of Miami
22 Alonzo Bradley F 6-6 190 October 16, 1953 2 Texas Southern University
10 Mike Dunleavy G 6-3 180 March 21, 1954 3 University of South Carolina
6 Tom Henderson G 6-3 190 January 26, 1952 5 University of Hawaii
13 Dwight Jones F-C 6-10 210 February 27, 1952 6 University of Houston
11 Major Jones F 6-9 225 July 9, 1953 R Albany State University
30 Allen Leavell G 6-1 170 May 27, 1957 R Oklahoma City University
24 Moses Malone C-F 6-10 215 March 23, 1955 5
54 Paul Mokeski C-F 7-0 250 January 3, 1957 R University of Kansas
23 Calvin Murphy G 5-9 165 May 9, 1948 9 Niagara University
5 Billy Paultz C-F 6-11 235 July 30, 1948 9 St. John's University
50 Robert Reid F-G 6-8 205 August 30, 1955 2 St. Mary's University
34 John Shumate F-C 6-9 235 April 6, 1952 3 University of Notre Dame
45 Rudy Tomjanovich F 6-8 218 November 24, 1948 9 University of Michigan
32 Rudy White G 6-2 195 June 23, 1953 3 Arizona State University

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 19930 3599 7496 .480 104 379 .274 1782 2326 .766 1394 2217 3611 2149 782 373 1565 1927 9084 110.8
Opponent 82 19930 3658 7382 .496 58 215 .270 1696 2153 .788 1290 2317 3607 2223 778 428 1597 2049 9070 110.6

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 Moses Malone 24 82 3140 778 1549 .502 0 6 .000 563 783 .719 573 617 1190 147 80 107 300 210 2119
2 Calvin Murphy 31 76 2676 624 1267 .493 1 25 .040 271 302 .897 68 82 150 299 143 9 162 269 1520
3 Robert Reid 24 76 2304 419 861 .487 0 3 .000 153 208 .736 140 301 441 244 132 57 164 281 991
4 Rudy Tomjanovich 31 62 1834 370 778 .476 22 79 .278 118 147 .803 132 226 358 109 32 10 98 161 880
5 Rick Barry 35 72 1816 325 771 .422 73 221 .330 143 153 .935 53 183 236 268 80 28 152 182 866
6 Allen Leavell 22 77 2123 330 656 .503 3 19 .158 180 221 .814 57 127 184 417 127 28 205 197 843
7 Major Jones 26 82 1545 188 392 .480 1 3 .333 61 108 .565 147 234 381 67 50 67 112 186 438
8 Mike Dunleavy 25 51 1036 148 319 .464 3 20 .150 111 134 .828 26 74 100 210 40 4 110 120 410
9 Tom Henderson 28 66 1551 154 323 .477 0 2 .000 56 77 .727 34 77 111 274 55 4 102 107 364
10 Billy Paultz 31 37 980 138 292 .473 0 0 43 82 .524 92 173 265 70 22 39 57 86 319
11 Dwight Jones 27 21 278 50 119 .420 0 0 27 36 .750 31 41 72 11 4 5 20 48 127
12 John Shumate 27 29 332 34 64 .531 0 0 33 44 .750 25 54 79 23 8 9 27 39 101
13 Alonzo Bradley 26 22 96 17 48 .354 1 1 1.000 6 9 .667 2 4 6 3 3 0 8 9 41
14 Rudy White 26 9 106 13 24 .542 0 0 10 13 .769 0 9 9 5 5 0 8 8 36
15 Paul Mokeski 23 12 113 11 33 .333 0 0 7 9 .778 14 15 29 2 1 6 10 24 29

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 Moses Malone 24 82 38.3 9.5 18.9 .502 0.0 0.1 .000 6.9 9.5 .719 7.0 7.5 14.5 1.8 1.0 1.3 3.7 2.6 25.8
2 Calvin Murphy 31 76 35.2 8.2 16.7 .493 0.0 0.3 .040 3.6 4.0 .897 0.9 1.1 2.0 3.9 1.9 0.1 2.1 3.5 20.0
3 Rudy Tomjanovich 31 62 29.6 6.0 12.5 .476 0.4 1.3 .278 1.9 2.4 .803 2.1 3.6 5.8 1.8 0.5 0.2 1.6 2.6 14.2
4 Robert Reid 24 76 30.3 5.5 11.3 .487 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 2.7 .736 1.8 4.0 5.8 3.2 1.7 0.8 2.2 3.7 13.0
5 Rick Barry 35 72 25.2 4.5 10.7 .422 1.0 3.1 .330 2.0 2.1 .935 0.7 2.5 3.3 3.7 1.1 0.4 2.1 2.5 12.0
6 Allen Leavell 22 77 27.6 4.3 8.5 .503 0.0 0.2 .158 2.3 2.9 .814 0.7 1.6 2.4 5.4 1.6 0.4 2.7 2.6 10.9
7 Billy Paultz 31 37 26.5 3.7 7.9 .473 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.2 .524 2.5 4.7 7.2 1.9 0.6 1.1 1.5 2.3 8.6
8 Mike Dunleavy 25 51 20.3 2.9 6.3 .464 0.1 0.4 .150 2.2 2.6 .828 0.5 1.5 2.0 4.1 0.8 0.1 2.2 2.4 8.0
9 Dwight Jones 27 21 13.2 2.4 5.7 .420 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.7 .750 1.5 2.0 3.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.0 2.3 6.0
10 Tom Henderson 28 66 23.5 2.3 4.9 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.2 .727 0.5 1.2 1.7 4.2 0.8 0.1 1.5 1.6 5.5
11 Major Jones 26 82 18.8 2.3 4.8 .480 0.0 0.0 .333 0.7 1.3 .565 1.8 2.9 4.6 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.4 2.3 5.3
12 Rudy White 26 9 11.8 1.4 2.7 .542 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.4 .769 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.9 0.9 4.0
13 John Shumate 27 29 11.4 1.2 2.2 .531 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.5 .750 0.9 1.9 2.7 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.3 3.5
14 Paul Mokeski 23 12 9.4 0.9 2.8 .333 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 .778 1.2 1.3 2.4 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.8 2.0 2.4
15 Alonzo Bradley 26 22 4.4 0.8 2.2 .354 0.0 0.0 1.000 0.3 0.4 .667 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.9

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 Moses Malone 24 82 3140 8.9 17.8 .502 0.0 0.1 .000 6.5 9.0 .719 6.6 7.1 13.6 1.7 0.9 1.2 3.4 2.4 24.3
2 Calvin Murphy 31 76 2676 8.4 17.0 .493 0.0 0.3 .040 3.6 4.1 .897 0.9 1.1 2.0 4.0 1.9 0.1 2.2 3.6 20.4
3 Rudy Tomjanovich 31 62 1834 7.3 15.3 .476 0.4 1.6 .278 2.3 2.9 .803 2.6 4.4 7.0 2.1 0.6 0.2 1.9 3.2 17.3
4 Rick Barry 35 72 1816 6.4 15.3 .422 1.4 4.4 .330 2.8 3.0 .935 1.1 3.6 4.7 5.3 1.6 0.6 3.0 3.6 17.2
5 Dwight Jones 27 21 278 6.5 15.4 .420 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.7 .750 4.0 5.3 9.3 1.4 0.5 0.6 2.6 6.2 16.4
6 Robert Reid 24 76 2304 6.5 13.5 .487 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.2 .736 2.2 4.7 6.9 3.8 2.1 0.9 2.6 4.4 15.5
7 Alonzo Bradley 26 22 96 6.4 18.0 .354 0.4 0.4 1.000 2.3 3.4 .667 0.7 1.5 2.3 1.1 1.1 0.0 3.0 3.4 15.4
8 Allen Leavell 22 77 2123 5.6 11.1 .503 0.1 0.3 .158 3.1 3.7 .814 1.0 2.2 3.1 7.1 2.2 0.5 3.5 3.3 14.3
9 Mike Dunleavy 25 51 1036 5.1 11.1 .464 0.1 0.7 .150 3.9 4.7 .828 0.9 2.6 3.5 7.3 1.4 0.1 3.8 4.2 14.2
10 Rudy White 26 9 106 4.4 8.2 .542 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.4 .769 0.0 3.1 3.1 1.7 1.7 0.0 2.7 2.7 12.2
11 Billy Paultz 31 37 980 5.1 10.7 .473 0.0 0.0 1.6 3.0 .524 3.4 6.4 9.7 2.6 0.8 1.4 2.1 3.2 11.7
12 John Shumate 27 29 332 3.7 6.9 .531 0.0 0.0 3.6 4.8 .750 2.7 5.9 8.6 2.5 0.9 1.0 2.9 4.2 11.0
13 Major Jones 26 82 1545 4.4 9.1 .480 0.0 0.1 .333 1.4 2.5 .565 3.4 5.5 8.9 1.6 1.2 1.6 2.6 4.3 10.2
14 Paul Mokeski 23 12 113 3.5 10.5 .333 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.9 .778 4.5 4.8 9.2 0.6 0.3 1.9 3.2 7.6 9.2
15 Tom Henderson 28 66 1551 3.6 7.5 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.8 .727 0.8 1.8 2.6 6.4 1.3 0.1 2.4 2.5 8.4

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 24 82 3140 24.1 .560 .502 19.6 22.3 20.9 7.1 1.2 1.9 13.7 27.6 114 106 8.9 3.0 11.9
2 Calvin Murphy 31 76 2676 16.8 .543 .493 2.7 3.5 3.1 16.7 2.5 0.2 10.4 23.1 114 110 6.0 1.1 7.2
3 Robert Reid 24 76 2304 15.3 .520 .487 6.5 14.8 10.6 14.7 2.7 1.4 14.7 19.2 106 105 2.5 2.3 4.9
4 Allen Leavell 22 77 2123 15.1 .560 .505 2.9 6.8 4.8 26.3 2.8 0.7 21.4 17.8 107 108 2.6 1.4 4.0
5 Rudy Tomjanovich 31 62 1834 14.2 .522 .490 7.7 14.0 10.8 8.5 0.8 0.3 10.4 20.3 110 110 2.8 0.8 3.6
6 Rick Barry 35 72 1816 14.8 .517 .469 3.1 11.5 7.2 20.4 2.1 0.9 15.3 21.6 106 108 2.2 1.2 3.4
7 Billy Paultz 31 37 980 12.8 .486 .473 10.1 20.1 14.9 9.4 1.1 2.2 14.8 15.5 103 107 0.5 0.8 1.4
8 Mike Dunleavy 25 51 1036 12.9 .542 .469 2.7 8.1 5.3 26.7 1.8 0.2 22.5 18.6 104 110 0.9 0.5 1.4
9 Major Jones 26 82 1545 10.3 .498 .481 10.2 17.2 13.6 5.6 1.5 2.4 20.3 14.1 96 106 -0.1 1.4 1.3
10 Tom Henderson 28 66 1551 9.7 .510 .477 2.4 5.6 4.0 22.0 1.7 0.1 22.2 11.7 104 111 0.9 0.4 1.3
11 John Shumate 27 29 332 11.7 .606 .531 8.1 18.5 13.1 8.7 1.1 1.5 24.5 13.1 107 107 0.3 0.3 0.6
12 Dwight Jones 27 21 278 11.3 .471 .420 12.0 16.8 14.3 5.5 0.7 1.0 12.9 22.0 100 109 0.1 0.2 0.3
13 Rudy White 26 9 106 9.6 .606 .542 0.0 9.7 4.7 6.0 2.2 0.0 21.2 14.1 103 109 0.1 0.1 0.1
14 Paul Mokeski 23 12 113 4.4 .392 .333 13.3 15.1 14.2 2.2 0.4 3.0 21.3 16.4 83 109 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
15 Alonzo Bradley 26 22 96 4.1 .395 .365 2.2 4.7 3.5 4.3 1.5 0.0 13.3 24.7 81 112 -0.2 0.0 -0.2

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 Moses Malone 24 7 275 74 138 0 1 33 43 42 97 7 4 16 22 18 181 .536 .000 .767 39.3 25.9 13.9 1.0
2 Calvin Murphy 31 7 265 58 108 2 4 13 13 4 10 26 11 0 16 29 131 .537 .500 1.000 37.9 18.7 1.4 3.7
3 Robert Reid 24 7 266 52 102 0 1 22 26 14 55 26 6 7 19 28 126 .510 .000 .846 38.0 18.0 7.9 3.7
4 Rudy Tomjanovich 31 7 185 24 64 1 7 9 13 12 40 10 2 0 14 21 58 .375 .143 .692 26.4 8.3 5.7 1.4
5 Tom Henderson 28 7 203 22 46 0 1 12 15 5 16 42 7 4 11 19 56 .478 .000 .800 29.0 8.0 2.3 6.0
6 Allen Leavell 22 7 149 10 38 0 4 19 21 2 12 24 6 0 6 12 39 .263 .000 .905 21.3 5.6 1.7 3.4
7 Rick Barry 35 6 79 12 33 3 12 6 6 0 6 15 1 1 10 11 33 .364 .250 1.000 13.2 5.5 1.0 2.5
8 Billy Paultz 31 7 128 13 40 0 0 4 7 12 33 8 1 3 11 13 30 .325 .571 18.3 4.3 4.7 1.1
9 Dwight Jones 27 6 70 11 18 0 0 6 9 8 22 4 0 2 4 8 28 .611 .667 11.7 4.7 3.7 0.7
10 Mike Dunleavy 25 6 45 6 12 0 2 5 6 2 5 13 5 0 6 11 17 .500 .000 .833 7.5 2.8 0.8 2.2
11 Alonzo Bradley 26 4 15 6 9 1 1 3 5 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 16 .667 1.000 .600 3.8 4.0 0.8 0.3

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 24 7 275 24.9 .577 .536 17.6 23.1 20.3 4.3 0.7 3.4 12.3 27.3 114 110 0.8 0.1 0.9
2 Robert Reid 24 7 266 16.7 .555 .510 6.1 17.8 11.9 14.8 1.1 1.5 14.3 20.9 110 112 0.5 0.0 0.5
3 Calvin Murphy 31 7 265 14.9 .576 .546 1.7 2.6 2.2 15.4 2.1 0.0 12.3 20.5 112 116 0.5 -0.1 0.4
4 Tom Henderson 28 7 203 13.5 .532 .478 2.8 6.3 4.5 27.6 1.7 1.1 17.3 13.1 114 115 0.3 0.0 0.3
5 Dwight Jones 27 6 70 17.2 .638 .611 13.2 23.1 18.1 8.2 0.0 1.7 15.4 15.6 122 113 0.2 0.0 0.2
6 Alonzo Bradley 26 4 15 42.2 .714 .722 7.7 15.4 11.5 14.6 3.3 0.0 0.0 31.3 147 109 0.1 0.0 0.1
7 Allen Leavell 22 7 149 9.8 .413 .263 1.5 7.7 4.6 20.4 2.0 0.0 11.3 15.0 102 114 0.1 0.0 0.1
8 Mike Dunleavy 25 6 45 17.3 .581 .500 5.1 7.7 6.4 39.9 5.5 0.0 29.1 19.2 106 107 0.1 0.0 0.1
9 Rick Barry 35 6 79 8.3 .463 .409 0.0 8.8 4.4 26.9 0.6 0.7 21.9 24.2 90 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Billy Paultz 31 7 128 5.1 .348 .325 10.8 18.9 14.9 8.3 0.4 1.4 20.3 17.7 76 113 -0.3 0.0 -0.3
11 Rudy Tomjanovich 31 7 185 6.4 .416 .383 7.5 17.5 12.5 7.4 0.5 0.0 16.7 19.0 86 115 -0.2 0.0 -0.3

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Moses Malone $1,000,000
2 Calvin Murphy $200,000
3 John Shumate $200,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)