1977-78 Houston Rockets Roster and Stats

Record: 28-54, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Tom Nissalke (28-54)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 103.8 (21st of 22) Opp PTS/G: 107.8 (9th of 22)

SRS: -3.83 (21st of 22) Pace: 101.3 (22nd of 22)

Off Rtg: 102.2 (6th of 22) Def Rtg: 106.1 (22nd of 22) Net Rtg: -3.9 (21st of 22)

Expected W-L: 30-52 (21st of 22)

Arena: The Summit

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
27	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	PF	6-9	235	April 7, 1946	us US	9	Iowa State
34	Ron Behagen	PF	6-9	185	January 14, 1951	us US	4	Minnesota
30	Phil Bond	SG	6-2	175	July 27, 1954	us US	R	Louisville
30	Alonzo Bradley	SF	6-6	190	October 16, 1953	us US	R	Texas Southern
31	Mike Dunleavy	PG	6-3	180	March 21, 1954	us US	1	South Carolina
27	John Johnson	SF	6-7	200	October 18, 1947	us US	7	Northwest College, Iowa
13	Dwight Jones	PF	6-10	210	February 27, 1952	us US	4	Houston
34	Robin Jones	C	6-9	225	February 2, 1954	us US	1	Saint Louis
44	Kevin Kunnert	C	7-0	230	November 11, 1951	us US	4	Iowa
25	C.J. Kupec	SF	6-6	220	January 26, 1953	us US	2	Michigan
15	John Lucas	PG	6-3	175	October 31, 1953	us US	1	Maryland
24	Moses Malone	C	6-10	215	March 23, 1955	us US	3
41	Larry Moffett	SF	6-8	210	November 5, 1954	us US	R	UNLV
23	Calvin Murphy	SG	5-9	165	May 9, 1948	us US	7	Niagara University
14	Mike Newlin	SG	6-4	200	January 2, 1949	us US	6	Utah
42	Ed Ratleff	SF	6-6	195	March 29, 1950	us US	4	Cal State Long Beach
50	Robert Reid	SF	6-8	205	August 30, 1955	us US	R	St. Mary's University
45	Rudy Tomjanovich	SF	6-8	218	November 24, 1948	us US	7	Michigan
32	Rudy White	SG	6-2	195	June 23, 1953	us US	2	Arizona State

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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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Calvin Murphy	29	SG	76		38.2	11.2	22.9	.491	3.2	3.5	.918	0.8	1.4	2.2	3.4	1.5	0.0	2.3	3.2	25.6
2	Rudy Tomjanovich	29	SF	23		36.9	9.4	19.4	.485	2.7	3.5	.753	1.7	4.3	6.0	1.4	0.7	0.2	1.7	2.7	21.5
3	John Lucas	24	PG	82	82	35.8	5.0	11.5	.435	2.4	3.0	.772	0.6	2.5	3.1	9.4	2.0	0.1	2.6	2.5	12.4
4	Moses Malone	22	C	59		35.7	7.0	14.0	.499	5.4	7.5	.718	6.4	8.6	15.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.7	3.0	19.4	AS
5	Dwight Jones	25	PF	82		30.2	4.2	9.5	.445	2.2	2.8	.777	2.6	5.2	7.8	1.3	0.9	0.5	2.0	3.2	10.6
6	Kevin Kunnert	26	C	80		26.9	4.6	10.5	.437	1.2	1.7	.689	3.3	5.4	8.7	1.2	0.6	1.1	1.8	3.9	10.4
7	Mike Newlin	29	SG	45		26.2	4.8	11.0	.436	3.4	3.9	.874	0.8	1.9	2.7	4.5	1.2	0.2	2.7	2.8	13.0
8	Robert Reid	22	SF	80		23.1	3.3	7.2	.455	0.8	1.2	.656	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.5	0.8	0.6	1.0	3.5	7.3
9	Alonzo Bradley	24	SF	43		18.6	3.0	7.1	.428	1.0	1.4	.729	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.3	0.4	0.1	1.3	1.9	7.0
10	Ed Ratleff	27	SF	68		17.1	1.9	4.6	.419	0.6	0.7	.830	0.8	1.6	2.4	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.0	1.6	4.4
11	C.J. Kupec	25	SF	49		12.8	1.7	4.0	.426	0.6	0.7	.818	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.1	4.0
12	Ron Behagen	27	PF	3		11.0	2.3	3.7	.636	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.7
13	John Johnson	30	SF	1		11.0	1.0	4.0	.250	2.0	3.0	.667	2.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	4.0
14	Rudy White	24	SG	21		10.4	1.5	4.0	.365	0.7	0.9	.778	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.0	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.1	3.6
15	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	31	PF	14		9.6	1.4	3.4	.426	1.1	1.4	.750	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.8	1.8	3.9
16	Mike Dunleavy	23	PG	11		9.3	1.5	3.9	.395	1.0	1.5	.688	0.1	0.7	0.8	2.0	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.1	4.1
17	Larry Moffett	23	SF	20		5.5	0.3	0.9	.294	0.3	0.5	.600	0.5	0.6	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.8	0.8
18	Robin Jones	23	C	12		5.5	0.9	1.7	.550	0.3	0.8	.400	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.3	2.2
19	Phil Bond	23	SG	7		3.0	0.3	0.9	.333	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.6
	Team Totals			82	82	25.4	4.5	9.9	.458	1.9	2.4	.774	1.7	3.1	4.8	2.5	0.9	0.4	1.8	2.6	11.0

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	John Lucas	24	PG	82	82	2933	5.1	11.6	.435	2.4	3.1	.772	0.6	2.5	3.1	9.4	2.0	0.1	2.6	2.6	12.5
2	Calvin Murphy	29	SG	76		2900	10.6	21.6	.491	3.0	3.3	.918	0.7	1.3	2.0	3.2	1.4	0.0	2.1	3.0	24.2
3	Dwight Jones	25	PF	82		2476	5.0	11.3	.445	2.6	3.4	.777	3.1	6.2	9.3	1.6	1.1	0.6	2.4	3.9	12.7
4	Kevin Kunnert	26	C	80		2152	6.2	14.1	.437	1.6	2.3	.689	4.4	7.2	11.6	1.6	0.7	1.5	2.4	5.3	13.9
5	Moses Malone	22	C	59		2107	7.1	14.1	.499	5.4	7.6	.718	6.5	8.6	15.1	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.8	3.1	19.5	AS
6	Robert Reid	22	SF	80		1849	5.1	11.2	.455	1.2	1.9	.656	2.2	4.8	7.0	2.4	1.3	1.0	1.6	5.4	11.4
7	Mike Newlin	29	SG	45		1181	6.6	15.1	.436	4.6	5.3	.874	1.1	2.6	3.7	6.2	1.6	0.3	3.7	3.9	17.8
8	Ed Ratleff	27	SF	68		1163	4.0	9.6	.419	1.2	1.5	.830	1.7	3.3	5.0	4.7	1.9	0.7	2.1	3.4	9.3
9	Rudy Tomjanovich	29	SF	23		849	9.2	19.0	.485	2.6	3.4	.753	1.7	4.2	5.9	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.7	21.0
10	Alonzo Bradley	24	SF	43		798	5.9	13.7	.428	1.9	2.7	.729	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.4	0.7	0.3	2.5	3.7	13.7
11	C.J. Kupec	25	SF	49		626	4.8	11.3	.426	1.6	1.9	.818	1.6	3.7	5.2	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	3.1	11.2
12	Rudy White	24	SG	21		219	5.1	14.0	.365	2.3	3.0	.778	1.3	2.1	3.5	3.6	1.3	0.0	3.6	3.9	12.5
13	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	31	PF	14		134	5.4	12.6	.426	4.0	5.4	.750	3.5	5.9	9.4	1.9	0.5	0.5	3.0	6.7	14.8
14	Larry Moffett	23	SF	20		110	1.6	5.6	.294	2.0	3.3	.600	3.3	3.6	6.9	2.3	0.7	0.7	2.6	5.2	5.2
15	Mike Dunleavy	23	PG	11		102	6.0	15.2	.395	3.9	5.6	.688	0.4	2.8	3.2	7.8	2.8	0.4	3.2	4.2	15.9
16	Robin Jones	23	C	12		66	6.0	10.9	.550	2.2	5.5	.400	2.7	4.9	7.6	1.1	0.5	0.5	3.8	8.7	14.2
17	Ron Behagen	27	PF	3		33	7.6	12.0	.636	0.0	1.1	.000	2.2	5.5	7.6	2.2	0.0	0.0	3.3	6.5	15.3
18	Phil Bond	23	SG	7		21	3.4	10.3	.333	0.0	0.0		1.7	5.1	6.9	3.4	1.7	0.0	3.4	1.7	6.9
19	John Johnson	30	SF	1		11	3.3	13.1	.250	6.5	9.8	.667	6.5	3.3	9.8	3.3	0.0	0.0	9.8	9.8	13.1