1972-73 Houston Rockets Schedule and Results

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Record: 33-49, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Tex Winter (17-30), Johnny Egan (16-19)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 112.8 (1st of 17) Opp PTS/G: 114.5 (16th of 17)

SRS: -1.81 (11th of 17) Pace: 115.2 (1st of 17)

Off Rtg: 97.9 (10th of 17) Def Rtg: 99.4 (12th of 17) Net Rtg: -1.5 (11th of 17)

Expected W-L: 37-45 (11th of 17)

Arena: Hofheinz Pavilion

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 13, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	109	108	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W	121	113	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Oct 17, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	95	103	2	1	L 1
4	Fri, Oct 20, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	120	108	3	1	W 1
5	Sat, Oct 21, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L	97	130	3	2	L 1
6	Wed, Oct 25, 1972	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L	107	112	3	3	L 2			at San Antonio, TX
7	Fri, Oct 27, 1972	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W	130	118	4	3	W 1
8	Tue, Oct 31, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	106	105	5	3	W 2
9	Wed, Nov 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	108	104	6	3	W 3
10	Fri, Nov 3, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L	108	114	6	4	L 1
11	Sat, Nov 4, 1972	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W	118	108	7	4	W 1			at San Antonio, TX
12	Tue, Nov 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	109	122	7	5	L 1
13	Fri, Nov 10, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	109	115	7	6	L 2
14	Sat, Nov 11, 1972	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	L	112	114	7	7	L 3			at San Antonio, TX
15	Tue, Nov 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	103	104	7	8	L 4
16	Thu, Nov 16, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	100	119	7	9	L 5
17	Sat, Nov 18, 1972	Box Score	@	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	L	117	127	7	10	L 6			at Omaha, NE
18	Tue, Nov 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L	105	113	7	11	L 7
19	Wed, Nov 22, 1972	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W	132	104	8	11	W 1
20	Sat, Nov 25, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W	114	109	9	11	W 2
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Nov 28, 1972	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	L	90	108	9	12	L 1			at San Antonio, TX
22	Wed, Nov 29, 1972	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W	102	94	10	12	W 1			at San Antonio, TX
23	Fri, Dec 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	96	103	10	13	L 1
24	Sat, Dec 2, 1972	Box Score		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	L	109	114	10	14	L 2
25	Tue, Dec 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L	101	108	10	15	L 3
26	Fri, Dec 8, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W	114	108	11	15	W 1
27	Tue, Dec 12, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L	94	95	11	16	L 1
28	Fri, Dec 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	91	94	11	17	L 2
29	Sat, Dec 16, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W	123	112	12	17	W 1
30	Sun, Dec 17, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	110	109	13	17	W 2
31	Wed, Dec 20, 1972	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L	102	124	13	18	L 1			at San Antonio, TX
32	Fri, Dec 22, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	116	103	14	18	W 1
33	Tue, Dec 26, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	113	110	15	18	W 2
34	Wed, Dec 27, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	136	104	16	18	W 3
35	Fri, Dec 29, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L	101	114	16	19	L 1
36	Tue, Jan 2, 1973	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	110	130	16	20	L 2	3,155
37	Wed, Jan 3, 1973	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	123	112	17	20	W 1	4,240
38	Thu, Jan 4, 1973	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L	97	111	17	21	L 1
39	Sat, Jan 6, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	106	116	17	22	L 2
40	Sun, Jan 7, 1973	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L	97	102	17	23	L 3
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 9, 1973	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	114	120	17	24	L 4
42	Wed, Jan 10, 1973	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	107	128	17	25	L 5	6,196
43	Fri, Jan 12, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	103	104	17	26	L 6
44	Sat, Jan 13, 1973	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L	115	123	17	27	L 7
45	Wed, Jan 17, 1973	Box Score	N	Golden State Warriors	L	117	123	17	28	L 8			at San Antonio, TX
46	Fri, Jan 19, 1973	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L	104	108	17	29	L 9
47	Sat, Jan 20, 1973	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L	115	130	17	30	L 10
48	Sun, Jan 21, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	107	103	18	30	W 1
49	Thu, Jan 25, 1973	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Bucks	W	129	125	19	30	W 2			at Madison, WI
50	Fri, Jan 26, 1973	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	126	139	19	31	L 1	9,110
51	Sun, Jan 28, 1973	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	116	108	20	31	W 1
52	Tue, Jan 30, 1973	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	123	120	21	31	W 2
53	Wed, Jan 31, 1973	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	109	118	21	32	L 1
54	Fri, Feb 2, 1973	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	109	126	21	33	L 2
55	Sat, Feb 3, 1973	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	123	132	21	34	L 3
56	Sun, Feb 4, 1973	Box Score	N	Buffalo Braves	W	130	118	22	34	W 1			at San Antonio, TX
57	Tue, Feb 6, 1973	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W	123	117	23	34	W 2			at San Antonio, TX
58	Fri, Feb 9, 1973	Box Score		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	L	116	121	23	35	L 1
59	Sat, Feb 10, 1973	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	91	103	23	36	L 2
60	Tue, Feb 13, 1973	Box Score	@	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	L	118	132	23	37	L 3
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 16, 1973	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	103	105	23	38	L 4
62	Sat, Feb 17, 1973	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	127	111	24	38	W 1
63	Sun, Feb 18, 1973	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L	99	110	24	39	L 1
64	Wed, Feb 21, 1973	Box Score	N	Seattle SuperSonics	W	139	107	25	39	W 1			at San Antonio, TX
65	Fri, Feb 23, 1973	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W	138	116	26	39	W 2			at Hershey, PA
66	Sun, Feb 25, 1973	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L	112	129	26	40	L 1
67	Tue, Feb 27, 1973	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W	112	105	27	40	W 1
68	Sat, Mar 3, 1973	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	125	136	27	41	L 1
69	Sun, Mar 4, 1973	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L	101	116	27	42	L 2
70	Wed, Mar 7, 1973	Box Score	N	Cleveland Cavaliers	L	100	118	27	43	L 3			at San Antonio, TX
71	Fri, Mar 9, 1973	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L	104	109	27	44	L 4
72	Sat, Mar 10, 1973	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	131	116	28	44	W 1
73	Sun, Mar 11, 1973	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	129	118	29	44	W 2
74	Thu, Mar 15, 1973	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L	125	141	29	45	L 1
75	Fri, Mar 16, 1973	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L	128	141	29	46	L 2
76	Sun, Mar 18, 1973	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	112	121	29	47	L 3
77	Tue, Mar 20, 1973	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L	89	94	29	48	L 4	11,619		at Providence, RI
78	Wed, Mar 21, 1973	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	118	110	30	48	W 1
79	Fri, Mar 23, 1973	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	132	112	31	48	W 2
80	Sun, Mar 25, 1973	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	121	125	31	49	L 1	7,483
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Tue, Mar 27, 1973	Box Score	N	Buffalo Braves	W	121	111	32	49	W 1			at San Antonio, TX
82	Wed, Mar 28, 1973	Box Score	N	Buffalo Braves	W	138	122	33	49	W 2			at San Antonio, TX

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