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1980-81 Houston Rockets Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 40-42, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Del Harris (40-42)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 108.3 (11th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 107.9 (14th of 23)

SRS: -0.20 (12th of 23) Pace: 100.5 (18th of 23)

Off Rtg: 107.0 (9th of 23) Def Rtg: 106.7 (16th of 23) Net Rtg: +0.3 (11th of 23)

Expected W-L: 42-40 (11th of 23)

Arena: The Summit Attendance: 385,354 (14th of 23)

NBA 1981 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Kansas City Kings (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (2-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Western Conference Champions

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		Exp	College
10	Mike Dunleavy	SG	6-3	180	March 21, 1954	us	4	South Carolina
00	Calvin Garrett	SF	6-7	190	July 11, 1956	us	R	Austin Peay State University, Oral Roberts
6	Tom Henderson	SG	6-3	190	January 26, 1952	us	6	Hawaii
1	Lee Johnson	PF	6-11	205	June 16, 1957	us	R	Montana, Texas A&M University-Commerce
11	Major Jones	PF	6-9	225	July 9, 1953	us	1	Albany State University
30	Allen Leavell	PG	6-1	170	May 27, 1957	us	1	Oklahoma City University
24	Moses Malone	C	6-10	215	March 23, 1955	us	6
23	Calvin Murphy	PG	5-9	165	May 9, 1948	us	10	Niagara University
5	Billy Paultz	PF	6-11	235	July 30, 1948	us	10	Cameron University, St. John's
50	Robert Reid	SF	6-8	205	August 30, 1955	us	3	St. Mary's University
42	John Stroud	SF	6-7	215	October 29, 1957	us	R	Ole Miss
45	Rudy Tomjanovich	PF	6-8	218	November 24, 1948	us	10	Michigan
32	Bill Willoughby	SF	6-8	205	May 20, 1957	us	4

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

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	Moses Malone	25	80		40.6	10.1	19.3	.522	0.0	0.0	.333	10.1	19.3	.522	.522	7.6	10.1	.757	5.9	8.8	14.8	1.8	1.0	1.9	3.9	2.8	27.8
2	Robert Reid	25	82		36.1	6.5	13.6	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	6.5	13.5	.483	.482	2.8	3.7	.756	2.0	5.1	7.1	4.2	2.0	0.8	2.4	4.0	15.9
3	Calvin Murphy	32	76		26.5	6.9	14.1	.492	0.1	0.2	.235	6.9	13.9	.496	.493	2.7	2.8	.958	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.9	1.5	0.1	1.7	2.8	16.7
4	Rudy Tomjanovich	32	52		24.3	5.1	10.8	.467	0.2	1.0	.235	4.8	9.8	.490	.478	1.3	1.6	.793	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.6	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.3	11.6
5	Calvin Garrett	24	70		23.4	2.7	5.9	.453	0.0	0.0	.333	2.7	5.9	.454	.454	0.7	0.9	.806	1.2	2.6	3.8	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.3	2.4	6.1
6	Mike Dunleavy	26	74		21.7	4.2	8.5	.491	0.0	0.2	.063	4.2	8.3	.502	.491	2.1	2.5	.839	0.4	1.2	1.6	3.6	0.9	0.0	1.9	2.2	10.5
7	Tom Henderson	29	66		21.4	2.1	5.0	.413	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	5.0	.416	.413	1.2	1.4	.821	0.5	1.1	1.6	4.7	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.7	5.3
8	Allen Leavell	23	79		21.3	3.3	6.9	.471	0.0	0.2	.118	3.2	6.7	.482	.473	1.6	1.9	.832	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.9	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.0	8.1
9	Bill Willoughby	23	55		20.8	2.7	5.2	.523	0.0	0.0		2.7	5.2	.523	.523	0.9	1.2	.766	1.3	2.8	4.1	1.2	0.3	0.6	1.3	1.9	6.3
10	Billy Paultz	32	81		20.5	3.2	6.4	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	6.3	.510	.507	0.9	1.9	.490	1.4	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.2	7.4
11	Major Jones	27	68		14.8	1.7	3.7	.464	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	3.7	.466	.464	0.9	1.5	.634	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.6	4.4
12	John Stroud	23	9		9.8	1.2	3.8	.324	0.0	0.0		1.2	3.8	.324	.324	0.3	0.4	.750	0.8	0.7	1.4	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.8	2.8
13	Lee Johnson	23	10		8.0	0.7	2.3	.304	0.0	0.0		0.7	2.3	.304	.304	0.3	0.5	.600	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.7	1.7

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	25	21		45.5	9.9	20.6	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	9.9	20.5	.481	.479	7.0	9.9	.712	6.0	8.6	14.5	1.7	0.6	1.6	2.8	2.6	26.8
2	Robert Reid	25	21		41.3	6.6	14.4	.459	0.0	0.1	.000	6.6	14.3	.462	.459	2.9	4.4	.663	2.7	4.1	6.8	4.7	2.4	1.1	2.1	3.8	16.1
3	Billy Paultz	32	21		34.3	5.3	11.7	.451	0.0	0.0	.000	5.3	11.7	.453	.451	1.5	2.3	.667	2.5	4.5	7.0	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.3	3.3	12.1
4	Tom Henderson	29	21		29.3	2.8	6.3	.447	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	6.2	.450	.447	1.1	1.3	.821	0.7	2.0	2.6	5.0	0.8	0.0	1.6	1.9	6.7
5	Calvin Murphy	32	19		28.4	7.5	15.1	.495	0.1	0.4	.286	7.4	14.7	.500	.498	3.1	3.2	.967	0.4	0.9	1.3	3.0	1.4	0.0	2.2	3.6	18.1
6	Mike Dunleavy	26	20		23.6	3.5	7.6	.454	0.3	0.8	.400	3.2	6.9	.460	.474	1.7	1.9	.868	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.5	3.0	8.9
7	Bill Willoughby	23	19		21.9	2.2	6.1	.362	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	6.1	.365	.362	1.6	2.1	.750	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.2	0.7	1.0	1.2	2.2	6.0
8	Allen Leavell	23	17		12.8	1.8	4.5	.390	0.0	0.0		1.8	4.5	.390	.390	0.9	1.0	.882	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.6	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.5	4.4
9	Calvin Garrett	24	13		9.0	0.7	1.6	.429	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.6	.429	.429	0.5	0.6	.875	0.2	0.9	1.2	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.8	1.9
10	Major Jones	27	12		7.3	0.8	1.8	.476	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.8	.476	.476	0.2	0.4	.400	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.3	1.8
11	Rudy Tomjanovich	32	8		3.9	0.1	1.1	.111	0.0	0.4	.000	0.1	0.8	.167	.111	0.5	0.8	.667	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.8

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	Moses Malone	25	80		3245	806	1545	.522	1	3	.333	805	1542	.522	.522	609	804	.757	474	706	1180	141	83	150	308	223	2222
2	Robert Reid	25	82		2963	536	1113	.482	0	4	.000	536	1109	.483	.482	229	303	.756	164	419	583	344	163	66	198	325	1301
3	Calvin Murphy	32	76		2014	528	1074	.492	4	17	.235	524	1057	.496	.493	206	215	.958	33	54	87	222	111	6	129	209	1266
4	Allen Leavell	23	79		1686	258	548	.471	2	17	.118	256	531	.482	.473	124	149	.832	30	104	134	384	97	15	189	160	642
5	Billy Paultz	32	81		1659	262	517	.507	0	3	.000	262	514	.510	.507	75	153	.490	111	280	391	105	28	72	89	182	599
6	Calvin Garrett	24	70		1638	188	415	.453	1	3	.333	187	412	.454	.454	50	62	.806	85	179	264	132	50	10	90	167	427
7	Mike Dunleavy	26	74		1609	310	632	.491	1	16	.063	309	616	.502	.491	156	186	.839	28	90	118	268	64	2	137	165	777
8	Tom Henderson	29	66		1411	137	332	.413	0	3	.000	137	329	.416	.413	78	95	.821	30	74	104	307	53	4	93	111	352
9	Rudy Tomjanovich	32	52		1264	263	563	.467	12	51	.235	251	512	.490	.478	65	82	.793	78	130	208	81	19	6	58	121	603
10	Bill Willoughby	23	55		1145	150	287	.523	0	0		150	287	.523	.523	49	64	.766	74	153	227	64	18	31	74	102	349
11	Major Jones	27	68		1003	117	252	.464	0	1	.000	117	251	.466	.464	64	101	.634	96	138	234	41	18	23	57	112	298
12	John Stroud	23	9		88	11	34	.324	0	0		11	34	.324	.324	3	4	.750	7	6	13	9	1	0	4	7	25
13	Lee Johnson	23	10		80	7	23	.304	0	0		7	23	.304	.304	3	5	.600	6	14	20	1	0	5	7	17	17
			82		19805	3573	7335	.487	21	118	.178	3552	7217	.492	.489	1711	2223	.770	1216	2347	3563	2099	705	390	1451	1901	8878

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	25	21		955	207	432	.479	0	2	.000	207	430	.481	.479	148	208	.712	125	180	305	35	13	34	59	54	562
2	Robert Reid	25	21		868	139	303	.459	0	2	.000	139	301	.462	.459	61	92	.663	56	86	142	98	50	24	44	80	339
3	Billy Paultz	32	21		720	111	246	.451	0	1	.000	111	245	.453	.451	32	48	.667	53	94	147	35	13	27	27	69	254
4	Tom Henderson	29	21		615	59	132	.447	0	1	.000	59	131	.450	.447	23	28	.821	14	41	55	104	17	1	34	39	141
5	Calvin Murphy	32	19		540	142	287	.495	2	7	.286	140	280	.500	.498	58	60	.967	7	17	24	57	26	0	42	69	344
6	Mike Dunleavy	26	20		472	69	152	.454	6	15	.400	63	137	.460	.474	33	38	.868	9	33	42	68	15	1	30	59	177
7	Bill Willoughby	23	19		417	42	116	.362	0	1	.000	42	115	.365	.362	30	40	.750	28	57	85	22	14	19	23	42	114
8	Allen Leavell	23	17		217	30	77	.390	0	0		30	77	.390	.390	15	17	.882	5	12	17	44	18	4	20	26	75
9	Calvin Garrett	24	13		117	9	21	.429	0	0		9	21	.429	.429	7	8	.875	3	12	15	6	5	1	6	10	25
10	Major Jones	27	12		88	10	21	.476	0	0		10	21	.476	.476	2	5	.400	7	11	18	5	3	2	2	15	22
11	Rudy Tomjanovich	32	8		31	1	9	.111	0	3	.000	1	6	.167	.111	4	6	.667	2	4	6	0	0	0	2	3	6

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	Moses Malone	25	80	3245	25.1	.585	.002	.520	16.1	24.5	20.3	6.6	1.2	2.6	14.0	27.6		9.5	4.2	13.7	.202		4.5	-1.2	3.3	4.3
2	Robert Reid	25	82	2963	16.4	.522	.004	.272	6.1	15.9	11.0	16.1	2.6	1.2	13.7	19.8		3.6	3.6	7.2	.116		0.8	1.3	2.1	3.0
3	Calvin Murphy	32	76	2014	18.1	.542	.016	.200	1.8	3.0	2.4	17.2	2.6	0.2	9.9	26.1		4.0	1.3	5.4	.128		0.9	-0.1	0.8	1.4
4	Allen Leavell	23	79	1686	13.9	.523	.031	.272	2.0	6.9	4.4	30.4	2.7	0.5	23.5	19.3		0.5	1.4	1.9	.055		-0.5	-0.2	-0.7	0.6
5	Billy Paultz	32	81	1659	12.9	.513	.006	.296	7.4	19.0	13.1	8.5	0.8	2.4	13.2	16.5		1.0	1.6	2.7	.077		-1.0	0.1	-0.9	0.5
6	Calvin Garrett	24	70	1638	8.8	.483	.007	.149	5.7	12.3	9.0	10.2	1.5	0.3	16.9	13.2		0.2	1.2	1.4	.040		-2.2	-0.2	-2.3	-0.1
7	Mike Dunleavy	26	74	1609	15.0	.544	.025	.294	1.9	6.3	4.1	23.5	1.9	0.1	16.1	21.5		2.1	0.9	3.0	.091		-0.1	-0.8	-0.9	0.5
8	Tom Henderson	29	66	1411	10.9	.471	.009	.286	2.4	5.9	4.1	27.0	1.8	0.2	19.9	13.4		0.8	0.8	1.5	.052		-1.3	-0.6	-1.8	0.1
9	Rudy Tomjanovich	32	52	1264	13.5	.503	.091	.146	6.8	11.6	9.2	9.2	0.7	0.3	8.8	21.1		1.5	0.6	2.1	.079		-0.1	-1.9	-2.0	0.0
10	Bill Willoughby	23	55	1145	10.8	.554	.000	.223	7.1	15.0	11.0	7.2	0.8	1.5	19.0	13.8		0.6	0.8	1.5	.062		-1.3	-0.3	-1.6	0.1
11	Major Jones	27	68	1003	10.3	.503	.004	.401	10.6	15.5	13.0	5.2	0.9	1.3	16.1	14.3		0.5	0.8	1.2	.060		-1.9	-1.0	-2.9	-0.2
12	John Stroud	23	9	88	6.4	.350	.000	.118	8.8	7.7	8.2	13.2	0.5	0.0	10.1	18.3		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.036		-3.4	-1.2	-4.6	-0.1
13	Lee Johnson	23	10	80	1.5	.337	.000	.217	8.3	19.7	13.9	1.5	0.0	3.5	21.7	16.3		-0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.091		-5.9	-0.6	-6.5	-0.2

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	25	21	955	22.4	.537	.005	.481	14.3	22.6	18.2	6.2	0.7	2.1	10.1	26.3		2.4	1.0	3.5	.174		4.6	-1.7	2.9	1.2
2	Robert Reid	25	21	868	16.7	.493	.007	.304	7.0	11.9	9.3	17.3	3.0	1.7	11.4	19.3		1.0	1.0	2.1	.115		2.2	1.8	4.1	1.3
3	Billy Paultz	32	21	720	13.0	.475	.004	.195	8.0	15.7	11.7	7.4	0.9	2.2	9.2	17.6		0.5	0.6	1.2	.077		-0.3	-0.3	-0.6	0.3
4	Tom Henderson	29	21	615	10.5	.488	.008	.212	2.5	8.0	5.1	23.6	1.4	0.1	19.1	12.5		0.3	0.3	0.6	.050		-1.1	-0.4	-1.5	0.1
5	Calvin Murphy	32	19	540	18.4	.549	.024	.209	1.4	3.8	2.5	19.2	2.5	0.0	11.8	28.4		1.0	0.3	1.4	.121		1.8	0.0	1.7	0.5
6	Mike Dunleavy	26	20	472	12.7	.525	.099	.250	2.1	8.4	5.1	21.6	1.6	0.1	15.1	18.2		0.5	0.3	0.8	.082		-0.8	-0.1	-1.0	0.1
7	Bill Willoughby	23	19	417	10.2	.427	.009	.345	7.3	16.4	11.6	7.4	1.7	2.7	14.7	16.2		-0.2	0.5	0.3	.033		-2.1	0.8	-1.3	0.1
8	Allen Leavell	23	17	217	13.6	.444	.000	.221	2.5	6.6	4.5	30.1	4.3	1.1	19.1	20.8		-0.1	0.3	0.2	.038		-1.0	2.2	1.2	0.2
9	Calvin Garrett	24	13	117	8.1	.510	.000	.381	2.8	12.3	7.3	7.0	2.2	0.5	19.7	11.3		0.0	0.1	0.1	.045		-2.3	0.9	-1.4	0.0
10	Major Jones	27	12	88	10.7	.474	.000	.238	8.7	15.0	11.7	8.1	1.8	1.4	7.9	12.4		0.1	0.1	0.2	.093		-1.6	0.8	-0.9	0.0
11	Rudy Tomjanovich	32	8	31	-1.9	.258	.333	.667	7.0	15.5	11.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.7	19.0		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.168		-8.7	-4.8	-13.5	-0.1

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