1975-76 Houston Rockets Roster

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 40-42
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Coach: Johnny Egan (40-42)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 261,518, Avg. 6,378 in 41 home dates
1975-76 Houston Rockets Statistics
1975-76 Houston Rockets Results

The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 40 wins and 42 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference.

The Rockets netted 8,708 points and surrendered 8,774, most in the league. Calvin Murphy tossed in a team-best 1,722 points for Houston, while Rudy Tomjanovich and Mike Newlin scored 17 or more per game, too. Kevin Kunnert contributed 787 boards. Calvin Murphy dished out 596 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Calvin Murphy added 151 steals.

Johnny Egan coached the team.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown
Gus BaileyG-FFebruary 18, 19516'5"185UTEPGibson, NC USA
Steve HawesC-FMay 26, 19506'9"220WashingtonSeattle, WA USA
John JohnsonFOctober 18, 19476'7"200IowaCarthage, MS USA
Kevin KunnertC-FNovember 11, 19516'11"230IowaDubuque, IA USA
Cliff MeelyF-CJuly 10, 19476'8"215ColoradoRosedale, MS USA
Joe MeriweatherC-FOctober 26, 19536'10"215Southern IllinoisPhenix City, AL USA
Calvin MurphyGMay 9, 19485'9"165NiagaraNorwalk, CT USA
Mike NewlinG-FJanuary 2, 19496'4"200UtahPortland, OR USA
Ed RatleffF-GMarch 29, 19506'6"195Long Beach StateBellefontaine, OH USA
Ron RileyFNovember 11, 19506'8"195USCLos Angeles, CA USA
Rudy TomjanovichFNovember 24, 19486'8"218MichiganHamtramck, MI USA
Rudy WhiteGJune 23, 19536'2"195Arizona StateSilver City, NM USA
Dave WohlGNovember 2, 19496'2"185PennsylvaniaFlushing, NY USA



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