1976-77 Houston Rockets Statistics
Team Record: 49-33
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 6-6 Lost conference finals
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Washington Bullets 4-2
Conference Finals - Lost to Philadelphia 76ers 4-2
Coach: Tom Nissalke (49-33)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 347,920, Avg. 8,486 in 41 home dates
1976-77 Houston Rockets Results
The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 49 wins and 33 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-6.
The Rockets racked up 8,726 points and surrendered 8,594. Rudy Tomjanovich tossed in a team-best 1,753 points for Houston, while Calvin Murphy scored 17 or more per game, too. Moses Malone contributed 1,071 boards. John Lucas dished out 463 assists for the squad.
On the defensive side of the ball, Calvin Murphy added 144 steals, and Moses Malone blocked 181 shots.
Tom Nissalke coached the team. The 1976-77 Houston Rockets lost in the conference finals.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rudy Tomjanovich | F | 81 | 80 | 3130 | 1437 | 733 | 342 | 287 | 172 | 512 | 684 | 172 | 57 | 27 | 0 | 198 | 1753 | ||
Calvin Murphy | G | 82 | 80 | 2764 | 1216 | 596 | 307 | 272 | 54 | 118 | 172 | 386 | 144 | 8 | 0 | 281 | 1464 | ||
Moses Malone | C-F | 80 | 70 | 2500 | 810 | 389 | 440 | 305 | 437 | 634 | 1071 | 89 | 67 | 181 | 0 | 274 | 1083 | ||
Mike Newlin | G-F | 82 | 34 | 2119 | 850 | 387 | 304 | 269 | 53 | 151 | 204 | 320 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 226 | 1043 | ||
John Lucas | G | 82 | 56 | 2531 | 814 | 388 | 171 | 135 | 55 | 164 | 219 | 463 | 125 | 19 | 0 | 174 | 911 | ||
Kevin Kunnert | C-F | 81 | 56 | 2050 | 685 | 333 | 126 | 93 | 210 | 459 | 669 | 154 | 35 | 105 | 0 | 361 | 759 | ||
John Johnson | F | 79 | 24 | 1738 | 696 | 319 | 132 | 94 | 75 | 191 | 266 | 163 | 47 | 24 | 0 | 199 | 732 | ||
Dwight Jones | F-C | 74 | 10 | 1239 | 338 | 167 | 126 | 101 | 98 | 186 | 284 | 48 | 38 | 19 | 0 | 175 | 435 | ||
Tom Owens | C-F | 46 | 1 | 462 | 135 | 68 | 76 | 52 | 47 | 95 | 142 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 96 | 188 | ||
Ed Ratleff | F-G | 37 | 2 | 533 | 161 | 70 | 42 | 26 | 24 | 53 | 77 | 43 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 166 | ||
Rudy White | G | 46 | 0 | 368 | 106 | 47 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 109 | ||
Goo Kennedy | F-C | 32 | 1 | 277 | 58 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 65 | ||
Dave Wohl | G | 14 | 0 | 62 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | ||
Phil Hicks | F | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Totals | 818 | 414 | 19780 | 7325 | 3535 | 0 | 0 | 2103 | 1656 | 1254 | 2632 | 3886 | 1913 | 616 | 411 | 0 | 2132 | 8726 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rudy Tomjanovich | F | 81 | 80 | 38.6 | 51.0 | 83.9 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 21.6 | |
Calvin Murphy | G | 82 | 80 | 33.7 | 49.0 | 88.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 17.9 | |
Moses Malone | C-F | 80 | 70 | 31.3 | 48.0 | 69.3 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 13.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 13.5 | |
Mike Newlin | G-F | 82 | 34 | 25.8 | 45.5 | 88.5 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 12.7 | |
John Lucas | G | 82 | 56 | 30.9 | 47.7 | 78.9 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 11.1 | |
Kevin Kunnert | C-F | 81 | 56 | 25.3 | 48.6 | 73.8 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 9.4 | |
John Johnson | F | 79 | 24 | 22.0 | 45.8 | 71.2 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 9.3 | |
Dwight Jones | F-C | 74 | 10 | 16.7 | 49.4 | 80.2 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 5.9 | |
Tom Owens | C-F | 46 | 1 | 10.0 | 50.4 | 68.4 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 4.1 | |
Ed Ratleff | F-G | 37 | 2 | 14.4 | 43.5 | 61.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 4.5 | |
Rudy White | G | 46 | 0 | 8.0 | 44.3 | 60.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.4 | |
Goo Kennedy | F-C | 32 | 1 | 8.7 | 53.4 | 37.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | |
Dave Wohl | G | 14 | 0 | 4.4 | 41.2 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
Phil Hicks | F | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ||
Averages | 818 | 414 | 24.2 | 48.3 | 78.7 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 10.7 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rudy Tomjanovich | F | 12 | 457 | 212 | 107 | 37 | 29 | 24 | 41 | 65 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 243 | ||
Calvin Murphy | G | 12 | 420 | 213 | 102 | 30 | 28 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 75 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 232 | ||
Moses Malone | C-F | 12 | 518 | 162 | 81 | 91 | 63 | 84 | 119 | 203 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 42 | 225 | ||
John Lucas | G | 12 | 430 | 139 | 75 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 83 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 176 | ||
Mike Newlin | G-F | 12 | 316 | 143 | 75 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 171 | ||
Kevin Kunnert | C-F | 12 | 328 | 104 | 51 | 23 | 12 | 48 | 59 | 107 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 51 | 114 | ||
Dwight Jones | F-C | 12 | 246 | 63 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 74 | ||
John Johnson | F | 12 | 146 | 61 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 58 | ||
Goo Kennedy | F-C | 6 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | ||
Rudy White | G | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Tom Owens | C-F | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Totals | 106 | 2905 | 1111 | 549 | 0 | 0 | 283 | 209 | 200 | 356 | 556 | 280 | 94 | 41 | 0 | 305 | 1307 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rudy Tomjanovich | F | 12 | 38.1 | 50.5 | 78.4 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 20.3 | |
Calvin Murphy | G | 12 | 35.0 | 47.9 | 93.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 19.3 | |
Moses Malone | C-F | 12 | 43.2 | 50.0 | 69.2 | 7.0 | 9.9 | 16.9 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 18.8 | |
John Lucas | G | 12 | 35.8 | 54.0 | 76.5 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 14.7 | |
Mike Newlin | G-F | 12 | 26.3 | 52.4 | 75.0 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 14.3 | |
Kevin Kunnert | C-F | 12 | 27.3 | 49.0 | 52.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 8.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 9.5 | |
Dwight Jones | F-C | 12 | 20.5 | 44.4 | 78.3 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 6.2 | |
John Johnson | F | 12 | 12.2 | 39.3 | 66.7 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 4.8 | |
Goo Kennedy | F-C | 6 | 5.8 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
Rudy White | G | 1 | 2.0 | 33.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||
Tom Owens | C-F | 3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||
Averages | 818 | 27.4 | 49.4 | 73.9 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 12.3 |