1979-80 Houston Rockets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 41-41
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated San Antonio Spurs 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-0
Coach: Del Harris (41-41)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 413,572, Avg. 10,087 in 41 home dates

1979-80 Houston Rockets Roster
1979-80 Houston Rockets Results

The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 41 wins and 41 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-5.

Houston tossed in 9,084 points and allowed 9,070. Moses Malone scored a team-best 2,119 points for the Rockets, and Calvin Murphy contributed 18 or more per game, too. Moses Malone accounted for 1,190 boards. Allen Leavell dished out 417 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Calvin Murphy added 143 steals.

Del Harris coached the team. The 1979-80 Houston Rockets lost in the conference semifinals.

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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
Moses Malone	C-F	82	82	3140	1549	778	6	0	783	563	573	617	1190	147	80	107	300	210	2119
Calvin Murphy	G	76	75	2676	1267	624	25	1	302	271	68	82	150	299	143	9	162	269	1520
Robert Reid	F-G	76	54	2304	861	419	3	0	208	153	140	301	441	244	132	57	164	281	991
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	62	50	1834	778	370	79	22	147	118	132	226	358	109	32	10	98	161	880
Rick Barry	F	72	28	1816	771	325	221	73	153	143	53	183	236	268	80	28	152	182	866
Allen Leavell	G	77	31	2123	656	330	19	3	221	180	57	127	184	417	127	28	205	197	843
Major Jones	F	82	11	1545	392	188	3	1	108	61	147	234	381	67	50	67	112	186	438
Mike Dunleavy	G	51	7	1036	319	148	20	3	134	111	26	74	100	210	40	4	110	120	410
Tom Henderson	G	66	51	1551	323	154	2	0	77	56	34	77	111	274	55	4	102	107	364
Billy Paultz	C-F	37	21	980	292	138	0	0	82	43	92	173	265	70	22	39	57	86	319
Dwight Jones	F-C	21	0	278	119	50	0	0	36	27	31	41	72	11	4	5	20	48	127
John Shumate	F-C	29	0	332	64	34	0	0	44	33	25	54	79	23	8	9	27	39	101
Alonzo Bradley	F	22	0	96	48	17	1	1	9	6	2	4	6	3	3	0	8	9	41
Rudy White	G	9	0	106	24	13	0	0	13	10	0	9	9	5	5	0	8	8	36
Paul Mokeski	C-F	12	0	113	33	11	0	0	9	7	14	15	29	2	1	6	10	24	29
Totals		774	410	19930	7496	3599	379	104	2326	1782	1394	2217	3611	2149	782	373	1535	1927	9084

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Moses Malone	C-F	82	82	38.3	50.2	0.0	71.9	7.0	7.5	14.5	1.8	1.0	1.3	3.7	2.6	25.8
Calvin Murphy	G	76	75	35.2	49.3	4.0	89.7	0.9	1.1	2.0	3.9	1.9	0.1	2.1	3.5	20.0
Robert Reid	F-G	76	54	30.3	48.7	0.0	73.6	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.2	1.7	0.8	2.2	3.7	13.0
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	62	50	29.6	47.6	27.8	80.3	2.1	3.6	5.8	1.8	0.5	0.2	1.6	2.6	14.2
Rick Barry	F	72	28	25.2	42.2	33.0	93.5	0.7	2.5	3.3	3.7	1.1	0.4	2.1	2.5	12.0
Allen Leavell	G	77	31	27.6	50.3	15.8	81.4	0.7	1.6	2.4	5.4	1.6	0.4	2.7	2.6	10.9
Major Jones	F	82	11	18.8	48.0	33.3	56.5	1.8	2.9	4.6	0.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	2.3	5.3
Mike Dunleavy	G	51	7	20.3	46.4	15.0	82.8	0.5	1.5	2.0	4.1	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	8.0
Tom Henderson	G	66	51	23.5	47.7	0.0	72.7	0.5	1.2	1.7	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.6	5.5
Billy Paultz	C-F	37	21	26.5	47.3		52.4	2.5	4.7	7.2	1.9	0.6	1.1	1.5	2.3	8.6
Dwight Jones	F-C	21	0	13.2	42.0		75.0	1.5	2.0	3.4	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.3	6.0
John Shumate	F-C	29	0	11.4	53.1		75.0	0.9	1.9	2.7	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.3	3.5
Alonzo Bradley	F	22	0	4.4	35.4	100.0	66.7	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.9
Rudy White	G	9	0	11.8	54.2		76.9	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.9	0.9	4.0
Paul Mokeski	C-F	12	0	9.4	33.3		77.8	1.2	1.3	2.4	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.8	2.0	2.4
Averages		774	410	25.7	48.0	27.4	76.6	1.8	2.9	4.7	2.8	1.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	11.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Moses Malone	C-F	7	275	138	74	1	0	43	33	42	55	97	7	4	16	22	18	181
Calvin Murphy	G	7	265	108	58	4	2	13	13	4	6	10	26	11	0	16	29	131
Robert Reid	F-G	7	266	102	52	1	0	26	22	14	41	55	26	6	7	19	28	126
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	7	185	64	24	7	1	13	9	12	28	40	10	2	0	14	21	58
Tom Henderson	G	7	203	46	22	1	0	15	12	5	11	16	42	7	4	11	19	56
Allen Leavell	G	7	149	38	10	4	0	21	19	2	10	12	24	6	0	6	12	39
Rick Barry	F	6	79	33	12	12	3	6	6	0	6	6	15	1	1	10	11	33
Billy Paultz	C-F	7	128	40	13	0	0	7	4	12	21	33	8	1	3	11	13	30
Dwight Jones	F-C	6	70	18	11	0	0	9	6	8	14	22	4	0	2	4	8	28
Mike Dunleavy	G	6	45	12	6	2	0	6	5	2	3	5	13	5	0	6	11	17
Alonzo Bradley	F	4	15	9	6	1	1	5	3	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	16
Totals		71	1680	608	288	33	7	164	132	102	197	299	176	44	33	119	172	715

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Moses Malone	C-F	7	39.3	53.6	0.0	76.7	6.0	7.9	13.9	1.0	0.6	2.3	3.1	2.6	25.9
Calvin Murphy	G	7	37.9	53.7	50.0	100.0	0.6	0.9	1.4	3.7	1.6	0.0	2.3	4.1	18.7
Robert Reid	F-G	7	38.0	51.0	0.0	84.6	2.0	5.9	7.9	3.7	0.9	1.0	2.7	4.0	18.0
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	7	26.4	37.5	14.3	69.2	1.7	4.0	5.7	1.4	0.3	0.0	2.0	3.0	8.3
Tom Henderson	G	7	29.0	47.8	0.0	80.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	6.0	1.0	0.6	1.6	2.7	8.0
Allen Leavell	G	7	21.3	26.3	0.0	90.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.4	0.9	0.0	0.9	1.7	5.6
Rick Barry	F	6	13.2	36.4	25.0	100.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	0.2	0.2	1.7	1.8	5.5
Billy Paultz	C-F	7	18.3	32.5		57.1	1.7	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	1.9	4.3
Dwight Jones	F-C	6	11.7	61.1		66.7	1.3	2.3	3.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.7
Mike Dunleavy	G	6	7.5	50.0	0.0	83.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.2	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.8
Alonzo Bradley	F	4	3.8	66.7	100.0	60.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	4.0
Averages		774	23.7	47.4	21.2	80.5	1.4	2.8	4.2	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.7	2.4	10.1

1979-80 Houston Rockets Statistics

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