1974-75 Houston Rockets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 41-41
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 3-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated New York Knicks 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-1
Coach: Johnny Egan (41-41)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 187,457, Avg. 4,572 in 41 home dates

1974-75 Houston Rockets Roster
1974-75 Houston Rockets Results

The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1974-75 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 3-5.

The Rockets scored 8,521 points and surrendered 8,434. Rudy Tomjanovich tossed in a team-best 1,677 points for Houston, and Calvin Murphy contributed 17 or more per game, too. Kevin Kunnert accounted for 631 boards. Mike Newlin dished out 403 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Ed Ratleff added 146 steals.

Johnny Egan coached the team. The 1974-75 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	PF	Pts
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	81	81	3134	1323	694			366	289	184	429	613	236	76	24	230	1677
Calvin Murphy	G	78	52	2513	1152	557			386	341	52	121	173	381	128	4	281	1455
Mike Newlin	G-F	79	70	2709	905	436			305	265	55	205	260	403	111	7	288	1137
Ed Ratleff	F-G	80	48	2563	851	392			190	157	185	274	459	259	146	51	231	941
Kevin Kunnert	C-F	75	34	1801	676	346			169	116	214	417	631	108	34	84	223	808
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	C-F	65	33	1450	538	235			203	159	154	334	488	84	37	74	128	629
Dave Wohl	G	75	39	1722	462	203			106	79	26	86	112	340	75	9	184	485
Ron Riley	F	77	33	1578	470	196			97	71	137	243	380	130	56	22	197	463
Cliff Meely	F-C	48	5	753	349	156			94	68	55	109	164	45	21	21	117	380
Steve Hawes	C-F	55	15	897	279	140			55	45	80	195	275	88	36	36	99	325
Gus Bailey	G-F	47	0	446	126	51			41	20	23	59	82	59	17	16	52	122
Owen Wells	F	33	0	214	100	42			22	15	12	23	35	22	9	3	38	99
Totals		793	410	19780	7231	3448	0	0	2034	1625	1177	2495	3672	2155	746	351	2068	8521

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	81	81	38.7	52.5	79.0	2.3	5.3	7.6	2.9	0.9	0.3	2.8	20.7
Calvin Murphy	G	78	52	32.2	48.4	88.3	0.7	1.6	2.2	4.9	1.6	0.1	3.6	18.7
Mike Newlin	G-F	79	70	34.3	48.2	86.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	5.1	1.4	0.1	3.6	14.4
Ed Ratleff	F-G	80	48	32.0	46.1	82.6	2.3	3.4	5.7	3.2	1.8	0.6	2.9	11.8
Kevin Kunnert	C-F	75	34	24.0	51.2	68.6	2.9	5.6	8.4	1.4	0.5	1.1	3.0	10.8
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	C-F	65	33	22.3	43.7	78.3	2.4	5.1	7.5	1.3	0.6	1.1	2.0	9.7
Dave Wohl	G	75	39	23.0	43.9	74.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	4.5	1.0	0.1	2.5	6.5
Ron Riley	F	77	33	20.5	41.7	73.2	1.8	3.2	4.9	1.7	0.7	0.3	2.6	6.0
Cliff Meely	F-C	48	5	15.7	44.7	72.3	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.9	0.4	0.4	2.4	7.9
Steve Hawes	C-F	55	15	16.3	50.2	81.8	1.5	3.5	5.0	1.6	0.7	0.7	1.8	5.9
Gus Bailey	G-F	47	0	9.5	40.5	48.8	0.5	1.3	1.7	1.3	0.4	0.3	1.1	2.6
Owen Wells	F	33	0	6.5	42.0	68.2	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.2	3.0
Averages		793	410	24.9	47.7	79.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	2.7	0.9	0.4	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
Calvin Murphy	G	8	305	156	72			57	51	9	10	19	45	14	1	36	195
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	8	304	128	72			48	40	22	42	64	23	1	4	17	184
Mike Newlin	G-F	8	299	107	52			29	26	11	22	33	45	12	0	25	130
Ed Ratleff	F-G	8	291	87	36			20	17	24	29	53	35	14	1	31	89
Kevin Kunnert	C-F	8	244	81	35			26	17	11	49	60	12	4	13	37	87
Ron Riley	F	8	152	42	25			16	6	12	24	36	15	9	2	18	56
Gus Bailey	G-F	8	116	36	18			10	9	6	13	19	16	6	2	12	45
Steve Hawes	C-F	8	128	38	18			9	8	3	26	29	13	3	3	11	44
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	C-F	6	68	31	12			5	2	7	10	17	3	1	3	5	26
Owen Wells	F	4	5	5	3			0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	6
Dave Wohl	G	4	8	3	3			0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	6
Totals		78	1920	714	346	0	0	220	176	105	227	332	210	65	29	195	868

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Calvin Murphy	G	8	38.1	46.2	89.5	1.1	1.3	2.4	5.6	1.8	0.1	4.5	24.4
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	8	38.0	56.3	83.3	2.8	5.3	8.0	2.9	0.1	0.5	2.1	23.0
Mike Newlin	G-F	8	37.4	48.6	89.7	1.4	2.8	4.1	5.6	1.5	0.0	3.1	16.3
Ed Ratleff	F-G	8	36.4	41.4	85.0	3.0	3.6	6.6	4.4	1.8	0.1	3.9	11.1
Kevin Kunnert	C-F	8	30.5	43.2	65.4	1.4	6.1	7.5	1.5	0.5	1.6	4.6	10.9
Ron Riley	F	8	19.0	59.5	37.5	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.9	1.1	0.3	2.3	7.0
Gus Bailey	G-F	8	14.5	50.0	90.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	2.0	0.8	0.3	1.5	5.6
Steve Hawes	C-F	8	16.0	47.4	88.9	0.4	3.3	3.6	1.6	0.4	0.4	1.4	5.5
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	C-F	6	11.3	38.7	40.0	1.2	1.7	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.8	4.3
Owen Wells	F	4	1.3	60.0		0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5
Dave Wohl	G	4	2.0	100.0		0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.5
Averages		793	24.6	48.5	80.0	1.3	2.9	4.3	2.7	0.8	0.4	2.5	11.1