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1981-82 Houston Rockets Schedule and Results

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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:

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 30, 1981 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 2OT 113 112 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 31, 1981 @ San Diego Clippers L 110 125 1 1 L 1
3 Tue, Nov 3, 1981 New York Knickerbockers W 101 98 2 1 W 1
4 Wed, Nov 4, 1981 @ Denver Nuggets L 100 112 2 2 L 1
5 Fri, Nov 6, 1981 @ Kansas City Kings L 86 90 2 3 L 2
6 Sat, Nov 7, 1981 Cleveland Cavaliers L 92 96 2 4 L 3
7 Wed, Nov 11, 1981 Los Angeles Lakers L 93 95 2 5 L 4
8 Fri, Nov 13, 1981 Golden State Warriors L 100 102 2 6 L 5
9 Sat, Nov 14, 1981 Utah Jazz W OT 109 105 3 6 W 1
10 Tue, Nov 17, 1981 @ Indiana Pacers W 102 82 4 6 W 2
11 Wed, Nov 18, 1981 @ Boston Celtics W 106 104 5 6 W 3
12 Fri, Nov 20, 1981 @ Washington Bullets W 95 94 6 6 W 4
13 Sat, Nov 21, 1981 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 106 135 6 7 L 1
14 Tue, Nov 24, 1981 New Jersey Nets L 84 102 6 8 L 2
15 Wed, Nov 25, 1981 @ Phoenix Suns L 114 128 6 9 L 3
16 Fri, Nov 27, 1981 @ Seattle Supersonics L 110 117 6 10 L 4
17 Sun, Nov 29, 1981 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 104 122 6 11 L 5
18 Tue, Dec 1, 1981 Kansas City Kings L 104 106 6 12 L 6
19 Sat, Dec 5, 1981 Portland Trail Blazers W 110 98 7 12 W 1
20 Tue, Dec 8, 1981 Seattle Supersonics L 96 107 7 13 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Wed, Dec 9, 1981 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 83 89 7 14 L 2
22 Fri, Dec 11, 1981 @ Chicago Bulls L 105 118 7 15 L 3
23 Sat, Dec 12, 1981 Dallas Mavericks W 101 97 8 15 W 1
24 Tue, Dec 15, 1981 Phoenix Suns W 99 95 9 15 W 2
25 Fri, Dec 18, 1981 @ Dallas Mavericks W 112 93 10 15 W 3
26 Sat, Dec 19, 1981 Chicago Bulls W 102 95 11 15 W 4
27 Tue, Dec 22, 1981 Denver Nuggets L 109 121 11 16 L 1
28 Sat, Dec 26, 1981 @ Utah Jazz W 115 104 12 16 W 1
29 Tue, Dec 29, 1981 Atlanta Hawks L 93 102 12 17 L 1
30 Wed, Dec 30, 1981 @ San Antonio Spurs L 104 109 12 18 L 2
31 Sat, Jan 2, 1982 @ San Diego Clippers W 108 101 13 18 W 1
32 Tue, Jan 5, 1982 @ Golden State Warriors W 112 111 14 18 W 2
33 Thu, Jan 7, 1982 @ Seattle Supersonics L 107 116 14 19 L 1
34 Sun, Jan 10, 1982 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 111 109 15 19 W 1
35 Tue, Jan 12, 1982 San Diego Clippers W 107 106 16 19 W 2
36 Thu, Jan 14, 1982 Portland Trail Blazers L 100 111 16 20 L 1
37 Fri, Jan 15, 1982 @ San Antonio Spurs L 90 128 16 21 L 2
38 Sat, Jan 16, 1982 San Antonio Spurs W 116 99 17 21 W 1
39 Tue, Jan 19, 1982 Kansas City Kings W 120 112 18 21 W 2
40 Fri, Jan 22, 1982 Utah Jazz W 128 110 19 21 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 23, 1982 Denver Nuggets L 109 111 19 22 L 1
42 Tue, Jan 26, 1982 Indiana Pacers W 104 94 20 22 W 1
43 Thu, Jan 28, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers W 109 101 21 22 W 2
44 Tue, Feb 2, 1982 San Diego Clippers W 122 106 22 22 W 3
45 Fri, Feb 5, 1982 Phoenix Suns W 106 104 23 22 W 4
46 Sun, Feb 7, 1982 @ Kansas City Kings W 126 110 24 22 W 5
47 Tue, Feb 9, 1982 @ San Diego Clippers W 129 121 25 22 W 6
48 Thu, Feb 11, 1982 Seattle Supersonics W 117 100 26 22 W 7
49 Sat, Feb 13, 1982 Washington Bullets W 111 104 27 22 W 8
50 Tue, Feb 16, 1982 @ Detroit Pistons L 109 111 27 23 L 1
51 Wed, Feb 17, 1982 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 110 102 28 23 W 1
52 Fri, Feb 19, 1982 @ New Jersey Nets W 103 96 29 23 W 2
53 Sun, Feb 21, 1982 @ New York Knickerbockers L 106 122 29 24 L 1
54 Tue, Feb 23, 1982 Dallas Mavericks W 105 95 30 24 W 1
55 Wed, Feb 24, 1982 @ Denver Nuggets W 120 110 31 24 W 2
56 Fri, Feb 26, 1982 Golden State Warriors W 111 95 32 24 W 3
57 Sat, Feb 27, 1982 @ Dallas Mavericks L OT 105 108 32 25 L 1
58 Tue, Mar 2, 1982 San Antonio Spurs L 117 119 32 26 L 2
59 Thu, Mar 4, 1982 @ Utah Jazz W 128 124 33 26 W 1
60 Fri, Mar 5, 1982 Boston Celtics L 98 100 33 27 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Mar 7, 1982 @ Phoenix Suns W 94 92 34 27 W 1
62 Tue, Mar 9, 1982 Milwaukee Bucks W 103 91 35 27 W 2
63 Fri, Mar 12, 1982 Denver Nuggets L 115 130 35 28 L 1
64 Sat, Mar 13, 1982 Portland Trail Blazers W 112 107 36 28 W 1
65 Tue, Mar 16, 1982 Phoenix Suns L 109 114 36 29 L 1
66 Thu, Mar 18, 1982 @ Atlanta Hawks L 94 95 36 30 L 2
67 Fri, Mar 19, 1982 Detroit Pistons L 102 111 36 31 L 3
68 Sun, Mar 21, 1982 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 102 107 36 32 L 4
69 Tue, Mar 23, 1982 @ Utah Jazz W 117 115 37 32 W 1
70 Thu, Mar 25, 1982 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 108 95 38 32 W 2
71 Fri, Mar 26, 1982 @ Seattle Supersonics W 99 97 39 32 W 3
72 Sun, Mar 28, 1982 @ Golden State Warriors W 94 92 40 32 W 4
73 Tue, Mar 30, 1982 Dallas Mavericks W 99 95 41 32 W 5
74 Thu, Apr 1, 1982 Golden State Warriors W 104 101 42 32 W 6
75 Sun, Apr 4, 1982 @ San Antonio Spurs W 95 93 43 32 W 7
76 Tue, Apr 6, 1982 Los Angeles Lakers L 97 108 43 33 L 1
77 Sat, Apr 10, 1982 San Antonio Spurs W 105 100 44 33 W 1
78 Sun, Apr 11, 1982 @ Dallas Mavericks L 97 109 44 34 L 1
79 Tue, Apr 13, 1982 Kansas City Kings W 99 95 45 34 W 1
80 Wed, Apr 14, 1982 @ Denver Nuggets L 122 141 45 35 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 16, 1982 Utah Jazz W 107 100 46 35 W 1
82 Sun, Apr 18, 1982 @ Kansas City Kings L 104 106 46 36 L 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 21, 1982 @ Seattle Supersonics L 87 102 0 1 L 1
2 Fri, Apr 23, 1982 Seattle Supersonics W 91 70 1 1 W 1
3 Sun, Apr 25, 1982 @ Seattle Supersonics L 83 104 1 2 L 1