1971-72 Houston Rockets Roster
Team Record: 34-48
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Coach: Tex Winter (34-48)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 203,599, Avg. 4,966 in 41 home dates
1971-72 Houston Rockets Results
The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 34 wins and 48 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference.
Houston scored 8,993 points and allowed 9,121. Elvin Hayes tossed in a team-best 2,063 points for the Rockets, while Calvin Murphy and Stu Lantz netted 18 or more per game also. Elvin Hayes contributed 1,197 boards. Calvin Murphy dished out 393 assists for the squad.
Tex Winter coached the team.
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Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown |
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Don Adams | F | November 27, 1947 | 6'6" | 210 | Northwestern | Atlanta, GA USA |
Dick Cunningham | C | July 11, 1946 | 6'10" | 240 | Murray State | Canton, OH USA |
Jim Davis | C-F | December 18, 1941 | 6'9" | 225 | Colorado | Muncie, IN USA |
Johnny Egan | G | January 31, 1939 | 5'11" | 180 | Providence | Hartford, CT USA |
Dick Gibbs | F-G | December 20, 1948 | 6'5" | 200 | UTEP | Ames, IA USA |
Elvin Hayes | F-C | November 17, 1945 | 6'9" | 235 | Houston | Rayville, LA USA |
Stu Lantz | G | July 13, 1946 | 6'3" | 175 | Nebraska | Uniontown, PA USA |
McCoy McLemore | F-C | April 3, 1942 | 6'7" | 230 | Drake | Houston, TX USA |
Cliff Meely | F-C | July 10, 1947 | 6'8" | 215 | Colorado | Rosedale, MS USA |
Calvin Murphy | G | May 9, 1948 | 5'9" | 165 | Niagara | Norwalk, CT USA |
Mike Newlin | G-F | January 2, 1949 | 6'4" | 200 | Utah | Portland, OR USA |
Curtis Perry | F | September 13, 1948 | 6'7" | 220 | Southwest Missouri | Washington, DC USA |
Larry Siegfried | F | May 22, 1939 | 6'1" | 190 | Ohio State | Shelby, OH USA |
Greg Smith | F | January 28, 1947 | 6'5" | 195 | Western Kentucky | Princeton, KY USA |
Rudy Tomjanovich | F | November 24, 1948 | 6'8" | 218 | Michigan | Hamtramck, MI USA |
John Vallely | G | October 3, 1948 | 6'3" | 180 | UCLA |