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1976-77 Houston Rockets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 49-33, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division

Coach: Tom Nissalke (49-33)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 106.4 (12th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 104.8 (7th of 22)

SRS: 1.44 (6th of 22) Pace: 101.3 (21st of 22)

Off Rtg: 104.5 (1st of 22) Def Rtg: 102.9 (22nd of 22) Net Rtg: +1.6 (6th of 22)

Expected W-L: 45-37 (6th of 22)

Arena: The Summit

NBA 1977 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (2-4) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

Central Div Champs

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Recent Game Results

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

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
33	Phil Hicks	SF	6-7	205	January 31, 1953	us US	R	Tulane
27	John Johnson	SF	6-7	200	October 18, 1947	us US	6	Iowa
13	Dwight Jones	PF	6-10	210	February 27, 1952	us US	3	Houston
30	Goo Kennedy	SF	6-5	205	August 23, 1949	us US	5	Fort Worth Community College, TCU
44	Kevin Kunnert	C	7-0	230	November 11, 1951	us US	3	Iowa
15	John Lucas	SG	6-3	175	October 31, 1953	us US	R	Maryland
21	Moses Malone	C	6-10	215	March 23, 1955	us US	2
23	Calvin Murphy	PG	5-9	165	May 9, 1948	us US	6	Niagara University
14	Mike Newlin	SG	6-4	200	January 2, 1949	us US	5	Utah
25	Tom Owens	C	6-10	215	June 28, 1949	us US	5	South Carolina
42	Ed Ratleff	SF	6-6	195	March 29, 1950	us US	3	Cal State Long Beach
45	Rudy Tomjanovich	PF	6-8	218	November 24, 1948	us US	6	Michigan
32	Rudy White	SG	6-2	195	June 23, 1953	us US	1	Arizona State
11	Dave Wohl	PG	6-2	185	November 2, 1949	us US	5	Penn

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

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

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Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Rudy Tomjanovich	28	81		38.6	9.0	17.7	.510				9.0	17.7	.510	.510	3.5	4.2	.839	2.1	6.3	8.4	2.1	0.7	0.3		2.4	21.6
2	Calvin Murphy	28	82		33.7	7.3	14.8	.490				7.3	14.8	.490	.490	3.3	3.7	.886	0.7	1.4	2.1	4.7	1.8	0.1		3.4	17.9
3	Moses Malone	21	80		31.3	4.9	10.1	.480				4.9	10.1	.480	.480	3.8	5.5	.693	5.5	7.9	13.4	1.1	0.8	2.3		3.4	13.5
4	John Lucas	23	82		30.9	4.7	9.9	.477				4.7	9.9	.477	.477	1.6	2.1	.789	0.7	2.0	2.7	5.6	1.5	0.2		2.1	11.1
5	Mike Newlin	28	82		25.8	4.7	10.4	.455				4.7	10.4	.455	.455	3.3	3.7	.885	0.6	1.8	2.5	3.9	0.7	0.0		2.8	12.7
6	Kevin Kunnert	25	81		25.3	4.1	8.5	.486				4.1	8.5	.486	.486	1.1	1.6	.738	2.6	5.7	8.3	1.9	0.4	1.3		4.5	9.4
7	John Johnson	29	79		22.0	4.0	8.8	.458				4.0	8.8	.458	.458	1.2	1.7	.712	0.9	2.4	3.4	2.1	0.6	0.3		2.5	9.3
8	Dwight Jones	24	74		16.7	2.3	4.6	.494				2.3	4.6	.494	.494	1.4	1.7	.802	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.6	0.5	0.3		2.4	5.9
9	Ed Ratleff	26	37		14.4	1.9	4.4	.435				1.9	4.4	.435	.435	0.7	1.1	.619	0.6	1.4	2.1	1.2	0.5	0.2		1.2	4.5
10	Tom Owens	27	46		10.0	1.5	2.9	.504				1.5	2.9	.504	.504	1.1	1.7	.684	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.4	0.1	0.3		2.1	4.1
11	Goo Kennedy	27	32		8.7	1.0	1.8	.534				1.0	1.8	.534	.534	0.1	0.3	.375	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.2		1.4	2.0
12	Rudy White	23	46		8.0	1.0	2.3	.443				1.0	2.3	.443	.443	0.3	0.5	.600	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.0		0.8	2.4
13	Dave Wohl	27	14		4.4	0.5	1.2	.412				0.5	1.2	.412	.412	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.1	0.0	0.0		1.3	1.3
14	Phil Hicks	24	2		3.5	0.0	1.0	.000				0.0	1.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0		0.5	0.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Moses Malone	21	12		43.2	6.8	13.5	.500				6.8	13.5	.500	.500	5.3	7.6	.692	7.0	9.9	16.9	0.6	1.1	1.8		3.5	18.8
2	Rudy Tomjanovich	28	12		38.1	8.9	17.7	.505				8.9	17.7	.505	.505	2.4	3.1	.784	2.0	3.4	5.4	2.0	0.6	0.3		3.0	20.3
3	John Lucas	23	12		35.8	6.3	11.6	.540				6.3	11.6	.540	.540	2.2	2.8	.765	0.3	2.4	2.8	6.9	2.0	0.3		2.8	14.7
4	Calvin Murphy	28	12		35.0	8.5	17.8	.479				8.5	17.8	.479	.479	2.3	2.5	.933	0.6	1.0	1.6	6.3	1.6	0.2		3.9	19.3
5	Kevin Kunnert	25	12		27.3	4.3	8.7	.490				4.3	8.7	.490	.490	1.0	1.9	.522	4.0	4.9	8.9	1.2	0.2	0.7		4.3	9.5
6	Mike Newlin	28	12		26.3	6.3	11.9	.524				6.3	11.9	.524	.524	1.8	2.3	.750	0.7	2.2	2.8	4.4	1.3	0.0		3.1	14.3
7	Dwight Jones	24	12		20.5	2.3	5.3	.444				2.3	5.3	.444	.444	1.5	1.9	.783	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.3	0.7	0.3		2.7	6.2
8	John Johnson	29	12		12.2	2.0	5.1	.393				2.0	5.1	.393	.393	0.8	1.3	.667	0.6	1.8	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.0		1.7	4.8
9	Goo Kennedy	27	6		5.8	0.8	1.7	.500				0.8	1.7	.500	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0
10	Tom Owens	27	3		2.3	0.0	0.3	.000				0.0	0.3	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0		0.3	0.0
11	Rudy White	23	1		2.0	1.0	3.0	.333				1.0	3.0	.333	.333	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0		0.0	2.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Rudy Tomjanovich	28	81		3130	733	1437	.510				733	1437	.510	.510	287	342	.839	172	512	684	172	57	27		198	1753
2	Calvin Murphy	28	82		2764	596	1216	.490				596	1216	.490	.490	272	307	.886	54	118	172	386	144	8		281	1464
3	John Lucas	23	82		2531	388	814	.477				388	814	.477	.477	135	171	.789	55	164	219	463	125	19		174	911
4	Moses Malone	21	80		2500	389	810	.480				389	810	.480	.480	305	440	.693	437	634	1071	89	67	181		274	1083
5	Mike Newlin	28	82		2119	387	850	.455				387	850	.455	.455	269	304	.885	53	151	204	320	60	3		226	1043
6	Kevin Kunnert	25	81		2050	333	685	.486				333	685	.486	.486	93	126	.738	210	459	669	154	35	105		361	759
7	John Johnson	29	79		1738	319	696	.458				319	696	.458	.458	94	132	.712	75	191	266	163	47	24		199	732
8	Dwight Jones	24	74		1239	167	338	.494				167	338	.494	.494	101	126	.802	98	186	284	48	38	19		175	435
9	Ed Ratleff	26	37		533	70	161	.435				70	161	.435	.435	26	42	.619	24	53	77	43	20	6		45	166
10	Tom Owens	27	46		462	68	135	.504				68	135	.504	.504	52	76	.684	47	95	142	18	4	13		96	188
11	Rudy White	23	46		368	47	106	.443				47	106	.443	.443	15	25	.600	13	28	41	35	11	1		39	109
12	Goo Kennedy	27	32		277	31	58	.534				31	58	.534	.534	3	8	.375	14	37	51	6	7	5		45	65
13	Dave Wohl	27	14		62	7	17	.412				7	17	.412	.412	4	4	1.000	1	4	5	15	0	0		18	18
14	Phil Hicks	24	2		7	0	2	.000				0	2	.000	.000	0	0		1	0	1	1	1	0		1	0
			82		19780	3535	7325	.483				3535	7325	.483	.483	1656	2103	.787	1254	2632	3886	1913	616	411	1600	2132	8726

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Moses Malone	21	12		518	81	162	.500				81	162	.500	.500	63	91	.692	84	119	203	7	13	21		42	225
2	Rudy Tomjanovich	28	12		457	107	212	.505				107	212	.505	.505	29	37	.784	24	41	65	24	7	3		36	243
3	John Lucas	23	12		430	75	139	.540				75	139	.540	.540	26	34	.765	4	29	33	83	24	4		33	176
4	Calvin Murphy	28	12		420	102	213	.479				102	213	.479	.479	28	30	.933	7	12	19	75	19	2		47	232
5	Kevin Kunnert	25	12		328	51	104	.490				51	104	.490	.490	12	23	.522	48	59	107	14	2	8		51	114
6	Mike Newlin	28	12		316	75	143	.524				75	143	.524	.524	21	28	.750	8	26	34	53	15	0		37	171
7	Dwight Jones	24	12		246	28	63	.444				28	63	.444	.444	18	23	.783	13	38	51	15	8	3		32	74
8	John Johnson	29	12		146	24	61	.393				24	61	.393	.393	10	15	.667	7	22	29	9	4	0		20	58
9	Goo Kennedy	27	6		35	5	10	.500				5	10	.500	.500	2	2	1.000	4	8	12	0	0	0		6	12
10	Tom Owens	27	3		7	0	1	.000				0	1	.000	.000	0	0		0	2	2	0	1	0		1	0
11	Rudy White	23	1		2	1	3	.333				1	3	.333	.333	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	0		0	2

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Rudy Tomjanovich	28	81	3130	17.9	.552		.238	6.2	17.2	11.9	8.3	0.9	0.5				8.8	1.5	10.4	.159		3.2	-1.5	1.7	2.9
2	Calvin Murphy	28	82	2764	17.4	.542		.252	2.2	4.5	3.4	20.6	2.5	0.2				6.6	1.1	7.7	.134		1.6	-0.5	1.1	2.2
3	John Lucas	23	82	2531	15.0	.512		.210	2.5	6.8	4.7	24.7	2.3	0.4				3.6	1.2	4.8	.091		1.1	-0.2	0.9	1.9
4	Moses Malone	21	80	2500	19.8	.540		.543	19.8	26.7	23.4	4.8	1.3	3.9				5.4	3.3	8.7	.168		2.4	-0.5	1.9	2.5
5	Mike Newlin	28	82	2119	16.1	.530		.358	2.8	7.5	5.3	21.2	1.3	0.1				4.2	0.4	4.7	.106		1.0	-1.5	-0.5	0.8
6	Kevin Kunnert	25	81	2050	14.8	.513		.184	11.6	23.6	17.8	10.3	0.8	2.8				2.1	2.0	4.1	.097		-0.7	0.3	-0.4	0.8
7	John Johnson	29	79	1738	13.0	.485		.190	4.9	11.6	8.4	13.2	1.3	0.7				1.6	0.7	2.3	.064		-0.2	-0.9	-1.2	0.4
8	Dwight Jones	24	74	1239	12.7	.553		.373	9.0	15.8	12.5	5.1	1.5	0.8				1.8	0.8	2.6	.102		-0.5	-0.5	-0.9	0.3
9	Ed Ratleff	26	37	533	10.8	.462		.261	5.1	10.5	7.9	10.6	1.8	0.6				0.2	0.3	0.5	.044		-0.7	-0.3	-0.9	0.1
10	Tom Owens	27	46	462	13.8	.558		.563	11.5	21.7	16.8	5.2	0.4	1.5				0.6	0.3	0.9	.094		-2.0	-1.2	-3.1	-0.1
11	Rudy White	23	46	368	9.6	.466		.236	4.0	8.0	6.1	12.4	1.4	0.1				0.1	0.1	0.2	.025		-1.9	-0.7	-2.6	-0.1
12	Goo Kennedy	27	32	277	7.8	.528		.138	5.7	14.1	10.1	2.8	1.2	1.0				0.1	0.1	0.3	.045		-2.6	0.0	-2.7	0.0
13	Dave Wohl	27	14	62	9.2	.480		.235	1.8	6.8	4.4	31.0	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.031		-4.6	-0.8	-5.4	-0.1
14	Phil Hicks	24	2	7	3.5	.000		.000	16.2	0.0	7.8	16.0	6.8	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.256		-4.6	0.0	-4.5	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Moses Malone	21	12	518	18.5	.557		.562	17.6	25.8	21.7	1.7	1.2	2.2				1.3	0.4	1.7	.160		2.4	-0.6	1.8	0.5
2	Rudy Tomjanovich	28	12	457	15.4	.532		.175	5.7	10.1	7.9	7.4	0.7	0.4				1.1	0.0	1.1	.115		1.6	-0.9	0.6	0.3
3	John Lucas	23	12	430	17.3	.572		.245	1.0	7.6	4.2	25.1	2.6	0.5				1.0	0.1	1.2	.129		1.8	1.6	3.5	0.6
4	Calvin Murphy	28	12	420	17.7	.513		.141	1.8	3.2	2.5	25.4	2.1	0.3				1.0	0.0	1.0	.113		1.4	-0.1	1.3	0.4
5	Kevin Kunnert	25	12	328	13.1	.499		.221	15.9	20.2	18.0	5.4	0.3	1.3				0.4	0.1	0.5	.074		-1.0	-1.0	-1.9	0.0
6	Mike Newlin	28	12	316	18.8	.550		.196	2.8	9.2	5.9	23.7	2.2	0.0				0.8	0.1	0.9	.138		1.9	1.0	3.0	0.4
7	Dwight Jones	24	12	246	11.0	.506		.365	5.7	17.4	11.5	7.3	1.5	0.7				0.2	0.1	0.3	.060		-1.7	1.1	-0.6	0.1
8	John Johnson	29	12	146	10.4	.429		.246	5.2	16.9	11.0	7.9	1.3	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	.004		-3.8	-0.6	-4.3	-0.1
9	Goo Kennedy	27	6	35	11.5	.551		.200	12.4	25.7	19.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.1	0.0	0.1	.093		-1.9	-1.2	-3.1	0.0
10	Tom Owens	27	3	7	3.3	.000		.000	0.0	32.1	15.8	0.0	6.7	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.010		-6.2	2.6	-3.6	0.0
11	Rudy White	23	1	2	39.8	.333		.000	54.4	0.0	27.6	0.0	23.6	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	.264		7.1	11.0	18.0	0.0

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