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1981-82 Houston Rockets Roster and Statistics

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46-36, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Del Harris (46-36)

Points Per Game: 105.9 (18th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.9 (9th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 41-41 (14th of 23)

Arena: The Summit ▪ Attendance: 480,128 (8th of 23)

SRS: -0.39 (14th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 97.2 (22nd of 23)
Offensive Rating: 108.3 (8th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 108.3 (16th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Seattle Supersonics

1981-82 Houston Rockets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Mike Dunleavy G 6-3 180 March 21, 1954 5 University of South Carolina
00 Calvin Garrett F 6-7 190 July 11, 1956 1 Oral Roberts University
44 Elvin Hayes F-C 6-9 235 November 17, 1945 13 University of Houston
6 Tom Henderson G 6-3 190 January 26, 1952 7 University of Hawaii
11 Major Jones F 6-9 225 July 9, 1953 2 Albany State University
30 Allen Leavell G 6-1 170 May 27, 1957 2 Oklahoma City University
24 Moses Malone C-F 6-10 215 March 23, 1955 7
23 Calvin Murphy G 5-9 165 May 9, 1948 11 Niagara University
51 Jawann Oldham C 7-0 215 July 4, 1957 1 Seattle University
5 Billy Paultz C-F 6-11 235 July 30, 1948 11 St. John's University
50 Robert Reid F-G 6-8 205 August 30, 1955 4 St. Mary's University
35 Larry Spriggs F 6-7 230 September 8, 1959 R Howard University
32 Bill Willoughby F-C 6-8 205 May 20, 1957 5

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 3504 7366 .476 50 176 .284 1622 2225 .729 1403 2284 3687 1977 648 429 1321 1871 8680 105.9
Opponent 82 19780 3566 7180 .497 48 202 .238 1503 2011 .747 1170 2304 3474 2128 678 353 1341 2047 8683 105.9

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 26 81 81 3398 945 1822 .519 0 6 .000 630 827 .762 558 630 1188 142 76 125 294 208 2520
2 Elvin Hayes 36 82 82 3032 519 1100 .472 0 5 .000 280 422 .664 267 480 747 144 62 104 208 287 1318
3 Robert Reid 26 77 75 2913 437 958 .456 1 10 .100 160 214 .748 175 336 511 314 115 48 157 297 1035
4 Allen Leavell 24 79 61 2150 370 793 .467 9 31 .290 115 135 .852 49 119 168 457 150 15 153 182 864
5 Calvin Murphy 33 64 0 1204 277 648 .427 1 16 .063 100 110 .909 20 41 61 163 43 1 82 142 655
6 Bill Willoughby 24 69 42 1475 240 464 .517 3 7 .429 56 77 .727 107 157 264 75 31 59 78 146 539
7 Mike Dunleavy 27 70 15 1315 206 450 .458 33 86 .384 75 106 .708 24 80 104 227 45 3 80 161 520
8 Tom Henderson 30 75 23 1721 183 403 .454 0 2 .000 105 150 .700 33 105 138 306 55 7 105 120 471
9 Major Jones 28 60 6 746 113 213 .531 0 3 .000 42 77 .545 80 122 202 25 20 29 50 100 268
10 Calvin Garrett 25 51 22 858 105 242 .434 3 10 .300 17 26 .654 27 67 94 76 32 6 38 94 230
11 Billy Paultz 33 65 3 807 89 226 .394 0 0 34 65 .523 54 126 180 41 15 22 45 99 212
12 Jawann Oldham 24 22 0 124 13 36 .361 0 0 8 14 .571 7 17 24 3 2 10 6 28 34
13 Larry Spriggs 22 4 0 37 7 11 .636 0 0 0 2 .000 2 4 6 4 2 0 4 7 14

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 26 81 81 42.0 11.7 22.5 .519 0.0 0.1 .000 7.8 10.2 .762 6.9 7.8 14.7 1.8 0.9 1.5 3.6 2.6 31.1
2 Elvin Hayes 36 82 82 37.0 6.3 13.4 .472 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 5.1 .664 3.3 5.9 9.1 1.8 0.8 1.3 2.5 3.5 16.1
3 Robert Reid 26 77 75 37.8 5.7 12.4 .456 0.0 0.1 .100 2.1 2.8 .748 2.3 4.4 6.6 4.1 1.5 0.6 2.0 3.9 13.4
4 Allen Leavell 24 79 61 27.2 4.7 10.0 .467 0.1 0.4 .290 1.5 1.7 .852 0.6 1.5 2.1 5.8 1.9 0.2 1.9 2.3 10.9
5 Calvin Murphy 33 64 0 18.8 4.3 10.1 .427 0.0 0.3 .063 1.6 1.7 .909 0.3 0.6 1.0 2.5 0.7 0.0 1.3 2.2 10.2
6 Bill Willoughby 24 69 42 21.4 3.5 6.7 .517 0.0 0.1 .429 0.8 1.1 .727 1.6 2.3 3.8 1.1 0.4 0.9 1.1 2.1 7.8
7 Mike Dunleavy 27 70 15 18.8 2.9 6.4 .458 0.5 1.2 .384 1.1 1.5 .708 0.3 1.1 1.5 3.2 0.6 0.0 1.1 2.3 7.4
8 Tom Henderson 30 75 23 22.9 2.4 5.4 .454 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.0 .700 0.4 1.4 1.8 4.1 0.7 0.1 1.4 1.6 6.3
9 Major Jones 28 60 6 12.4 1.9 3.6 .531 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 1.3 .545 1.3 2.0 3.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.7 4.5
10 Calvin Garrett 25 51 22 16.8 2.1 4.7 .434 0.1 0.2 .300 0.3 0.5 .654 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.5 0.6 0.1 0.7 1.8 4.5
11 Larry Spriggs 22 4 0 9.3 1.8 2.8 .636 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 .000 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 1.8 3.5
12 Billy Paultz 33 65 3 12.4 1.4 3.5 .394 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .523 0.8 1.9 2.8 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.5 3.3
13 Jawann Oldham 24 22 0 5.6 0.6 1.6 .361 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 .571 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.3 1.3 1.5

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 26 81 81 3398 10.0 19.3 .519 0.0 0.1 .000 6.7 8.8 .762 5.9 6.7 12.6 1.5 0.8 1.3 3.1 2.2 26.7
2 Calvin Murphy 33 64 0 1204 8.3 19.4 .427 0.0 0.5 .063 3.0 3.3 .909 0.6 1.2 1.8 4.9 1.3 0.0 2.5 4.2 19.6
3 Elvin Hayes 36 82 82 3032 6.2 13.1 .472 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 5.0 .664 3.2 5.7 8.9 1.7 0.7 1.2 2.5 3.4 15.6
4 Allen Leavell 24 79 61 2150 6.2 13.3 .467 0.2 0.5 .290 1.9 2.3 .852 0.8 2.0 2.8 7.7 2.5 0.3 2.6 3.0 14.5
5 Mike Dunleavy 27 70 15 1315 5.6 12.3 .458 0.9 2.4 .384 2.1 2.9 .708 0.7 2.2 2.8 6.2 1.2 0.1 2.2 4.4 14.2
6 Larry Spriggs 22 4 0 37 6.8 10.7 .636 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 .000 1.9 3.9 5.8 3.9 1.9 0.0 3.9 6.8 13.6
7 Bill Willoughby 24 69 42 1475 5.9 11.3 .517 0.1 0.2 .429 1.4 1.9 .727 2.6 3.8 6.4 1.8 0.8 1.4 1.9 3.6 13.2
8 Major Jones 28 60 6 746 5.5 10.3 .531 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 3.7 .545 3.9 5.9 9.7 1.2 1.0 1.4 2.4 4.8 12.9
9 Robert Reid 26 77 75 2913 5.4 11.8 .456 0.0 0.1 .100 2.0 2.6 .748 2.2 4.2 6.3 3.9 1.4 0.6 1.9 3.7 12.8
10 Jawann Oldham 24 22 0 124 3.8 10.5 .361 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.1 .571 2.0 4.9 7.0 0.9 0.6 2.9 1.7 8.1 9.9
11 Tom Henderson 30 75 23 1721 3.8 8.4 .454 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.1 .700 0.7 2.2 2.9 6.4 1.2 0.1 2.2 2.5 9.9
12 Calvin Garrett 25 51 22 858 4.4 10.2 .434 0.1 0.4 .300 0.7 1.1 .654 1.1 2.8 3.9 3.2 1.3 0.3 1.6 3.9 9.7
13 Billy Paultz 33 65 3 807 4.0 10.1 .394 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.9 .523 2.4 5.6 8.0 1.8 0.7 1.0 2.0 4.4 9.5

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 26 81 3398 26.8 .576 .519 17.5 21.2 19.3 6.9 1.1 2.1 11.9 29.9 118 106 11.7 3.7 15.4
2 Robert Reid 26 77 2913 13.3 .492 .457 6.4 13.2 9.7 14.7 1.9 0.9 13.0 17.0 107 108 2.5 2.7 5.2
3 Elvin Hayes 36 82 3032 14.4 .513 .472 9.4 18.1 13.6 6.6 1.0 1.9 13.9 20.2 105 108 2.3 2.9 5.1
4 Allen Leavell 24 79 2150 16.4 .507 .472 2.4 6.3 4.3 29.8 3.4 0.4 15.2 19.1 109 107 2.7 2.1 4.8
5 Bill Willoughby 24 69 1475 13.1 .541 .520 7.7 12.2 9.9 7.0 1.0 2.3 13.5 16.0 109 109 1.5 1.1 2.6
6 Mike Dunleavy 27 70 1315 13.2 .524 .494 1.9 7.0 4.4 23.7 1.7 0.1 13.9 17.9 111 111 1.8 0.7 2.6
7 Tom Henderson 30 75 1721 11.0 .502 .454 2.0 7.0 4.4 22.8 1.6 0.2 18.3 13.7 106 111 1.2 0.9 2.1
8 Calvin Murphy 33 64 1204 13.2 .470 .428 1.8 3.9 2.8 20.6 1.8 0.0 10.5 26.5 102 112 0.7 0.6 1.3
9 Major Jones 28 60 746 13.4 .543 .531 11.4 18.7 15.0 4.6 1.3 2.2 16.8 16.3 105 107 0.5 0.8 1.3
10 Calvin Garrett 25 51 858 8.4 .454 .440 3.4 8.9 6.1 11.6 1.8 0.4 13.0 13.9 99 110 0.0 0.6 0.6
11 Billy Paultz 33 65 807 7.7 .416 .394 7.1 17.9 12.3 6.6 0.9 1.5 15.0 15.2 90 108 -0.6 0.7 0.1
12 Jawann Oldham 24 22 124 6.5 .403 .361 6.0 15.7 10.7 3.1 0.8 4.6 12.5 15.9 88 106 -0.1 0.1 0.0
13 Larry Spriggs 22 4 37 11.7 .589 .636 5.8 12.4 9.0 15.5 2.7 0.0 25.2 17.6 96 107 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 Moses Malone 26 3 136 29 67 0 0 14 15 28 51 10 2 2 6 8 72 .433 .933 45.3 24.0 17.0 3.3
2 Allen Leavell 24 3 93 20 47 0 1 2 2 1 5 10 4 1 5 9 42 .426 .000 1.000 31.0 14.0 1.7 3.3
3 Elvin Hayes 36 3 124 17 50 0 0 8 15 7 30 3 2 10 6 12 42 .340 .533 41.3 14.0 10.0 1.0
4 Robert Reid 26 3 115 15 31 0 0 4 5 9 26 9 5 2 0 10 34 .484 .800 38.3 11.3 8.7 3.0
5 Mike Dunleavy 27 3 66 9 22 0 4 5 6 0 3 9 2 0 1 7 23 .409 .000 .833 22.0 7.7 1.0 3.0
6 Calvin Murphy 33 3 57 5 22 0 3 7 8 2 3 4 1 0 4 7 17 .227 .000 .875 19.0 5.7 1.0 1.3
7 Tom Henderson 30 3 68 5 16 0 0 4 4 5 8 9 0 0 4 5 14 .313 1.000 22.7 4.7 2.7 3.0
8 Billy Paultz 33 3 34 3 9 0 0 1 3 2 4 1 0 2 1 4 7 .333 .333 11.3 2.3 1.3 0.3
9 Larry Spriggs 22 2 9 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 6 .750 .000 4.5 3.0 0.5 1.0
10 Bill Willoughby 24 2 17 1 2 0 0 2 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 .500 1.000 8.5 2.0 3.0 0.5
11 Calvin Garrett 25 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 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 26 3 136 24.3 .489 .433 19.5 17.9 18.8 13.9 0.8 0.8 7.5 25.9 114 106 0.4 0.2 0.5
2 Robert Reid 26 3 115 17.6 .512 .484 7.4 15.7 11.3 12.8 2.4 1.0 0.0 12.8 128 103 0.3 0.2 0.4
3 Larry Spriggs 22 2 9 27.2 .676 .750 0.0 11.8 5.6 54.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.8 144 110 0.1 0.0 0.1
4 Mike Dunleavy 27 3 66 12.9 .467 .409 0.0 4.8 2.3 22.5 1.7 0.0 3.9 17.2 112 111 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 Bill Willoughby 24 2 17 14.9 .694 .500 11.1 24.9 17.6 8.6 0.0 0.0 25.8 10.1 124 104 0.0 0.0 0.1
6 Tom Henderson 30 3 68 7.1 .394 .313 7.0 4.7 5.9 19.8 0.0 0.0 18.4 14.1 92 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Calvin Garrett 25 1 1 -34.2 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44.2 0 117 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Billy Paultz 33 3 34 4.5 .339 .333 5.6 6.2 5.9 4.5 0.0 3.3 8.8 14.7 80 111 -0.1 0.0 0.0
9 Allen Leavell 24 3 93 12.7 .439 .426 1.0 4.6 2.7 20.4 2.4 0.6 9.5 25.1 95 109 0.0 0.1 0.0
10 Elvin Hayes 36 3 124 10.4 .371 .340 5.3 19.6 12.1 4.0 0.9 4.5 9.6 22.3 82 102 -0.2 0.2 -0.1
11 Calvin Murphy 33 3 57 2.0 .333 .227 3.3 1.9 2.6 10.7 1.0 0.0 13.6 22.9 76 114 -0.2 0.0 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Moses Malone *$1,318,750
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)