1971-72 Houston Rockets Roster and Stats

Record: 34-48, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Tex Winter (34-48)

Executive: Pete Newell, Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 109.7 (7th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 111.2 (10th of 17)

SRS: -1.22 (9th of 17) Pace: 114.7 (4th of 17)

Off Rtg: 95.4 (14th of 17) Def Rtg: 96.8 (8th of 17) Net Rtg: -1.4 (10th of 17)

Expected W-L: 37-45 (10th of 17)

Arena: Hofheinz Pavilion

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
10	Don Adams	SF	6-6	210	November 27, 1947	us US	1	Northwestern
34	Dick Cunningham	C	6-10	245	July 11, 1946	us US	3	Murray State
30	Jim Davis	C	6-9	225	December 18, 1941	us US	4	Colorado
21	Johnny Egan	PG	5-11	180	January 31, 1939	us US	10	Providence
40	Dick Gibbs	SF	6-5	210	December 20, 1948	us US	R	Texas-El Paso
44	Elvin Hayes	C	6-9	235	November 17, 1945	us US	3	Houston
22	Stu Lantz	SG	6-3	175	July 13, 1946	us US	3	Nebraska
18	McCoy McLemore	SF	6-7	230	April 3, 1942	us US	7	Drake University
25	Cliff Meely	PF	6-8	215	July 10, 1947	us US	R	Colorado
23	Calvin Murphy	PG	5-9	165	May 9, 1948	us US	1	Niagara University
14	Mike Newlin	SG	6-4	200	January 2, 1949	us US	R	Utah
54	Curtis Perry	C	6-7	220	September 13, 1948	us US	1	Missouri State
20	Larry Siegfried	PG	6-3	190	May 22, 1939	us US	8	Ohio State
4	Greg Smith	SF	6-5	195	January 28, 1947	us US	3	Western Kentucky
45	Rudy Tomjanovich	PF	6-8	218	November 24, 1948	us US	1	Michigan
33	John Vallely	SG	6-3	185	October 3, 1948		1	UCLA

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Elvin Hayes	26	C	82	42.2	10.1	23.4	.434	4.9	7.5	.649	14.6	3.3	2.8	25.2	MVP-17,AS
2	Stu Lantz	25	SG	81	38.2	6.9	15.8	.435	4.8	5.7	.838	4.3	4.2	2.6	18.5
3	Rudy Tomjanovich	23	PF	78	34.5	6.4	12.9	.495	2.2	3.1	.723	11.8	1.5	2.5	15.0
4	Calvin Murphy	23	PG	82	31.0	7.0	15.3	.455	4.3	4.8	.890	3.1	4.8	3.6	18.2
5	Greg Smith	25	SF	54	28.1	3.9	8.8	.448	1.3	2.0	.636	6.0	2.9	3.1	9.1
6	Cliff Meely	24	PF	77	23.6	4.1	10.1	.406	1.7	2.6	.675	6.6	1.5	3.3	9.9
7	Larry Siegfried	32	PG	10	22.3	1.8	4.6	.391	1.2	1.4	.857	1.0	2.0	2.1	4.8
8	Mike Newlin	23	SG	82	18.2	3.1	7.5	.414	1.3	1.8	.750	2.8	1.6	2.8	7.6	ROY-6
9	Jim Davis	30	C	12	15.0	1.5	4.5	.333	2.2	3.2	.684	3.7	0.4	1.5	5.2
10	Curtis Perry	23	C	25	14.2	1.5	4.6	.330	0.5	1.0	.500	4.9	0.9	1.9	3.5
11	Don Adams	24	SF	3	13.7	2.0	6.3	.316	0.3	0.7	.500	2.7	1.0	2.3	4.3
12	Dick Gibbs	23	SF	64	11.8	1.4	4.1	.340	0.9	1.0	.833	2.2	0.8	2.0	3.7
13	Johnny Egan	33	PG	38	11.5	1.1	2.7	.404	0.7	0.8	.813	0.7	1.3	1.4	2.9
14	Dick Cunningham	25	C	63	11.4	1.1	2.8	.385	0.6	0.8	.698	3.9	0.9	1.2	2.7
15	McCoy McLemore	29	SF	17	8.6	1.1	2.5	.442	0.5	0.7	.750	2.3	0.6	0.9	2.8
16	John Vallely	23	SG	40	6.4	1.2	3.2	.383	0.4	0.6	.680	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.9
	Team Totals			82	24.4	4.4	10.2	.434	2.2	3.0	.748	5.5	2.2	2.5	11.1

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Elvin Hayes	26	C	82	3461	8.7	20.0	.434	4.2	6.4	.649	12.5	2.8	2.4	21.5	MVP-17,AS
2	Stu Lantz	25	SG	81	3097	6.5	14.9	.435	4.5	5.4	.838	4.0	3.9	2.5	17.4
3	Rudy Tomjanovich	23	PF	78	2689	6.7	13.5	.495	2.3	3.2	.723	12.4	1.6	2.6	15.7
4	Calvin Murphy	23	PG	82	2538	8.1	17.8	.455	5.0	5.6	.890	3.7	5.6	4.2	21.1
5	Cliff Meely	24	PF	77	1815	6.2	15.4	.406	2.6	3.9	.675	10.1	2.4	5.0	15.1
6	Greg Smith	25	SF	54	1519	5.0	11.2	.448	1.7	2.6	.636	7.6	3.8	4.0	11.7
7	Mike Newlin	23	SG	82	1495	6.2	14.9	.414	2.6	3.5	.750	5.5	3.3	5.6	14.9	ROY-6
8	Dick Gibbs	23	SF	64	757	4.3	12.6	.340	2.6	3.1	.833	6.7	2.4	6.0	11.2
9	Dick Cunningham	25	C	63	720	3.3	8.7	.385	1.8	2.6	.698	12.2	2.8	3.8	8.6
10	Johnny Egan	33	PG	38	437	3.5	8.6	.404	2.1	2.6	.813	2.1	4.2	4.5	9.1
11	Curtis Perry	23	C	25	355	3.9	11.7	.330	1.2	2.4	.500	12.4	2.2	4.8	8.9
12	John Vallely	23	SG	40	256	6.9	18.0	.383	2.4	3.5	.680	3.0	3.9	5.2	16.2
13	Larry Siegfried	32	PG	10	223	2.9	7.4	.391	1.9	2.3	.857	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.7
14	Jim Davis	30	C	12	180	3.6	10.8	.333	5.2	7.6	.684	8.8	1.0	3.6	12.4
15	McCoy McLemore	29	SF	17	147	4.7	10.5	.442	2.2	2.9	.750	9.6	2.4	3.7	11.5
16	Don Adams	24	SF	3	41	5.3	16.7	.316	0.9	1.8	.500	7.0	2.6	6.1	11.4