1976-77 Houston Rockets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
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 Roster
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.

Houston racked up 8,726 points and surrendered 8,594.

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	PF	Pts
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	81	80	3130	1437	733			342	287	172	512	684	172	57	27	198	1753
Calvin Murphy	G	82	80	2764	1216	596			307	272	54	118	172	386	144	8	281	1464
Moses Malone	C-F	80	70	2500	810	389			440	305	437	634	1071	89	67	181	274	1083
Mike Newlin	G-F	82	34	2119	850	387			304	269	53	151	204	320	60	3	226	1043
John Lucas	G	82	56	2531	814	388			171	135	55	164	219	463	125	19	174	911
Kevin Kunnert	C-F	81	56	2050	685	333			126	93	210	459	669	154	35	105	361	759
John Johnson	F	79	24	1738	696	319			132	94	75	191	266	163	47	24	199	732
Dwight Jones	F-C	74	10	1239	338	167			126	101	98	186	284	48	38	19	175	435
Tom Owens	C-F	46	1	462	135	68			76	52	47	95	142	18	4	13	96	188
Ed Ratleff	F-G	37	2	533	161	70			42	26	24	53	77	43	20	6	45	166
Rudy White	G	46	0	368	106	47			25	15	13	28	41	35	11	1	39	109
Goo Kennedy	F-C	32	1	277	58	31			8	3	14	37	51	6	7	5	45	65
Dave Wohl	G	14	0	62	17	7			4	4	1	4	5	15	0	0	18	18
Phil Hicks	F	2	0	7	2	0			0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0
Totals		818	414	19780	7325	3535	0	0	2103	1656	1254	2632	3886	1913	616	411	2132	8726

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	0.8	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	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	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	0.5	0.0
Averages		818	414	24.2	48.3	78.7	1.5	3.2	4.8	2.3	0.8	0.5	2.6	10.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	12	457	212	107			37	29	24	41	65	24	7	3	36	243
Calvin Murphy	G	12	420	213	102			30	28	7	12	19	75	19	2	47	232
Moses Malone	C-F	12	518	162	81			91	63	84	119	203	7	13	21	42	225
John Lucas	G	12	430	139	75			34	26	4	29	33	83	24	4	33	176
Mike Newlin	G-F	12	316	143	75			28	21	8	26	34	53	15	0	37	171
Kevin Kunnert	C-F	12	328	104	51			23	12	48	59	107	14	2	8	51	114
Dwight Jones	F-C	12	246	63	28			23	18	13	38	51	15	8	3	32	74
John Johnson	F	12	146	61	24			15	10	7	22	29	9	4	0	20	58
Goo Kennedy	F-C	6	35	10	5			2	2	4	8	12	0	0	0	6	12
Rudy White	G	1	2	3	1			0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Tom Owens	C-F	3	7	1	0			0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0
Totals		106	2905	1111	549	0	0	283	209	200	356	556	280	94	41	305	1307

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	12	38.1	50.5	78.4	2.0	3.4	5.4	2.0	0.6	0.3	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	2.0
Tom Owens	C-F	3	2.3	0.0		0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	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	2.9	12.3