1981-82 Houston Rockets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 46-36
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Seattle Supersonics 2-1
Coach: Del Harris (46-36)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 480,128, Avg. 11,710 in 41 home dates

1981-82 Houston Rockets Roster
1981-82 Houston Rockets Results

The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1981-82 season with a record of 46 wins and 36 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

The Rockets scored 8,680 points and surrendered 8,683. Moses Malone tossed in a team-best 2,520 points for Houston and contributed 1,188 rebounds. Allen Leavell dished out 457 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Allen Leavell added 150 steals, while Moses Malone blocked 125 shots.

Del Harris coached the team. The 1981-82 Houston Rockets lost in the conference first round.

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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	81	81	3398	1822	945	6	0	827	630	558	630	1188	142	76	125	294	208	2520
Elvin Hayes	F-C	82	82	3032	1100	519	5	0	422	280	267	480	747	144	62	104	208	287	1318
Robert Reid	F-G	77	75	2913	958	437	10	1	214	160	175	336	511	314	115	48	157	297	1035
Allen Leavell	G	79	61	2150	793	370	31	9	135	115	49	119	168	457	150	15	153	182	864
Calvin Murphy	G	64	0	1204	648	277	16	1	110	100	20	41	61	163	43	1	82	142	655
Bill Willoughby	F-C	69	42	1475	464	240	7	3	77	56	107	157	264	75	31	59	78	146	539
Mike Dunleavy	G	70	15	1315	450	206	86	33	106	75	24	80	104	227	45	3	80	161	520
Tom Henderson	G	75	23	1721	403	183	2	0	150	105	33	105	138	306	55	7	105	120	471
Major Jones	F	60	6	746	213	113	3	0	77	42	80	122	202	25	20	29	50	100	268
Calvin Garrett	F	51	22	858	242	105	10	3	26	17	27	67	94	76	32	6	38	94	230
Billy Paultz	C-F	65	3	807	226	89	0	0	65	34	54	126	180	41	15	22	45	99	212
Jawann Oldham	C	22	0	124	36	13	0	0	14	8	7	17	24	3	2	10	6	28	34
Larry Spriggs	F	4	0	37	11	7	0	0	2	0	2	4	6	4	2	0	4	7	14
Totals		799	410	19780	7366	3504	176	50	2225	1622	1403	2284	3687	1977	648	429	1300	1871	8680

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Moses Malone	C-F	81	81	42.0	51.9	0.0	76.2	6.9	7.8	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	3.6	2.6	31.1
Elvin Hayes	F-C	82	82	37.0	47.2	0.0	66.4	3.3	5.9	9.1	1.8	0.8	1.3	2.5	3.5	16.1
Robert Reid	F-G	77	75	37.8	45.6	10.0	74.8	2.3	4.4	6.6	4.1	1.5	0.6	2.0	3.9	13.4
Allen Leavell	G	79	61	27.2	46.7	29.0	85.2	0.6	1.5	2.1	5.8	1.9	0.2	1.9	2.3	10.9
Calvin Murphy	G	64	0	18.8	42.7	6.3	90.9	0.3	0.6	1.0	2.5	0.7	0.0	1.3	2.2	10.2
Bill Willoughby	F-C	69	42	21.4	51.7	42.9	72.7	1.6	2.3	3.8	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.1	2.1	7.8
Mike Dunleavy	G	70	15	18.8	45.8	38.4	70.8	0.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	0.6	0.0	1.1	2.3	7.4
Tom Henderson	G	75	23	22.9	45.4	0.0	70.0	0.4	1.4	1.8	4.1	0.7	0.1	1.4	1.6	6.3
Major Jones	F	60	6	12.4	53.1	0.0	54.5	1.3	2.0	3.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.7	4.5
Calvin Garrett	F	51	22	16.8	43.4	30.0	65.4	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.8	4.5
Billy Paultz	C-F	65	3	12.4	39.4		52.3	0.8	1.9	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.5	3.3
Jawann Oldham	C	22	0	5.6	36.1		57.1	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.3	1.3	1.5
Larry Spriggs	F	4	0	9.3	63.6		0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.8	3.5
Averages		799	410	24.8	47.6	28.4	72.9	1.8	2.9	4.6	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	2.3	10.9

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	3	136	67	29	0		15	14	28	23	51	10	2	2	6	8	72
Elvin Hayes	F-C	3	124	50	17	0		15	8	7	23	30	3	2	10	6	12	42
Allen Leavell	G	3	93	47	20	1		2	2	1	4	5	10	3	1	5	9	42
Robert Reid	F-G	3	115	31	15	0		5	4	9	17	26	9	5	2	0	10	34
Mike Dunleavy	G	3	66	22	9	4		6	5	0	3	3	9	2	0	1	7	23
Calvin Murphy	G	3	57	22	5	3		8	7	2	1	3	4	1	0	4	7	17
Tom Henderson	G	3	68	16	5	0		4	4	5	3	8	9	0	0	4	5	14
Billy Paultz	C-F	3	34	9	3	0		3	1	2	2	4	1	0	2	1	4	7
Larry Spriggs	F	2	9	4	3	0		1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	6
Bill Willoughby	F-C	2	17	2	1	0		2	2	2	4	6	1	0	0	1	1	4
Calvin Garrett	F	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		29	720	271	107	9	0	61	47	56	81	137	58	15	17	28	66	261

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Moses Malone	C-F	3	45.3	43.3		93.3	9.3	7.7	17.0	3.3	0.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	24.0
Elvin Hayes	F-C	3	41.3	34.0		53.3	2.3	7.7	10.0	1.0	0.7	3.3	2.0	4.0	14.0
Allen Leavell	G	3	31.0	42.6	0.0	100.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.3	1.0	0.3	1.7	3.0	14.0
Robert Reid	F-G	3	38.3	48.4		80.0	3.0	5.7	8.7	3.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	3.3	11.3
Mike Dunleavy	G	3	22.0	40.9	0.0	83.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	7.7
Calvin Murphy	G	3	19.0	22.7	0.0	87.5	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.3	5.7
Tom Henderson	G	3	22.7	31.3		100.0	1.7	1.0	2.7	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	4.7
Billy Paultz	C-F	3	11.3	33.3		33.3	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.3
Larry Spriggs	F	2	4.5	75.0		0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.0
Bill Willoughby	F-C	2	8.5	50.0		100.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0
Calvin Garrett	F	1	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		799	24.8	39.5	0.0	77.0	1.9	2.8	4.7	2.0	0.5	0.6	1.0	2.3	9.0