1980-81 Houston Rockets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 40-42
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 12-9 Lost finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Defeated San Antonio Spurs 4-3
Conference Finals - Defeated Kansas City Kings 4-1
Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-2
Coach: Del Harris (40-42)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 385,354, Avg. 9,399 in 41 home dates

1980-81 Houston Rockets Roster
1980-81 Houston Rockets Results

The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 40 wins and 42 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-9.

Houston netted 8,878 points and allowed 8,851. Moses Malone tossed in a team-best 2,222 points for the Rockets and contributed 1,180 rebounds. Allen Leavell dished out 384 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Robert Reid added 163 steals, while Moses Malone blocked 150 shots.

Del Harris coached the team. The 1980-81 Houston Rockets lost in the 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
Moses Malone	C-F	80	80	3245	1545	806	3	1	804	609	474	706	1180	141	83	150	308	223	2222
Robert Reid	F-G	82	82	2963	1113	536	4	0	303	229	164	419	583	344	163	66	198	325	1301
Calvin Murphy	G	76	11	2014	1074	528	17	4	215	206	33	54	87	222	111	6	129	209	1266
Mike Dunleavy	G	74	35	1609	632	310	16	1	186	156	28	90	118	268	64	2	137	165	777
Allen Leavell	G	79	32	1686	548	258	17	2	149	124	30	104	134	384	97	15	189	160	642
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	52	38	1264	563	263	51	12	82	65	78	130	208	81	19	6	58	121	603
Billy Paultz	C-F	81	29	1659	517	262	3	0	153	75	111	280	391	105	28	72	89	182	599
Calvin Garrett	F	70	35	1638	415	188	3	1	62	50	85	179	264	132	50	10	90	167	427
Tom Henderson	G	66	45	1411	332	137	3	0	95	78	30	74	104	307	53	4	93	111	352
Bill Willoughby	F-C	55	11	1145	287	150	0	0	64	49	74	153	227	64	18	31	74	102	349
Major Jones	F	68	12	1003	252	117	1	0	101	64	96	138	234	41	18	23	57	112	298
John Stroud	F	9	0	88	34	11	0	0	4	3	7	6	13	9	1	0	4	7	25
Lee Johnson	F	10	0	80	23	7	0	0	5	3	6	14	20	1	0	5	7	17	17
Totals		802	410	19805	7335	3573	118	21	2223	1711	1216	2347	3563	2099	705	390	1433	1901	8878

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Moses Malone	C-F	80	80	40.6	52.2	33.3	75.7	5.9	8.8	14.8	1.8	1.0	1.9	3.9	2.8	27.8
Robert Reid	F-G	82	82	36.1	48.2	0.0	75.6	2.0	5.1	7.1	4.2	2.0	0.8	2.4	4.0	15.9
Calvin Murphy	G	76	11	26.5	49.2	23.5	95.8	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.9	1.5	0.1	1.7	2.8	16.7
Mike Dunleavy	G	74	35	21.7	49.1	6.3	83.9	0.4	1.2	1.6	3.6	0.9	0.0	1.9	2.2	10.5
Allen Leavell	G	79	32	21.3	47.1	11.8	83.2	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.9	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.0	8.1
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	52	38	24.3	46.7	23.5	79.3	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.6	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.3	11.6
Billy Paultz	C-F	81	29	20.5	50.7	0.0	49.0	1.4	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.2	7.4
Calvin Garrett	F	70	35	23.4	45.3	33.3	80.6	1.2	2.6	3.8	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.3	2.4	6.1
Tom Henderson	G	66	45	21.4	41.3	0.0	82.1	0.5	1.1	1.6	4.7	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.7	5.3
Bill Willoughby	F-C	55	11	20.8	52.3		76.6	1.3	2.8	4.1	1.2	0.3	0.6	1.3	1.9	6.3
Major Jones	F	68	12	14.8	46.4	0.0	63.4	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.6	4.4
John Stroud	F	9	0	9.8	32.4		75.0	0.8	0.7	1.4	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.8	2.8
Lee Johnson	F	10	0	8.0	30.4		60.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.7	1.7
Averages		802	410	24.7	48.7	17.8	77.0	1.5	2.9	4.4	2.6	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.4	11.1

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	21	955	432	207	2	0	208	148	125	180	305	35	13	34	59	54	562
Calvin Murphy	G	19	540	287	142	7	2	60	58	7	17	24	57	26	0	42	69	344
Robert Reid	F-G	21	868	303	139	2	0	92	61	56	86	142	98	50	24	44	80	339
Billy Paultz	C-F	21	720	246	111	1	0	48	32	53	94	147	35	13	27	27	69	254
Mike Dunleavy	G	20	472	152	69	15	6	38	33	9	33	42	68	15	1	30	59	177
Tom Henderson	G	21	615	132	59	1	0	28	23	14	41	55	104	17	1	34	39	141
Bill Willoughby	F-C	19	417	116	42	1	0	40	30	28	57	85	22	14	19	23	42	114
Allen Leavell	G	17	217	77	30	0	0	17	15	5	12	17	44	18	4	20	26	75
Calvin Garrett	F	13	117	21	9	0	0	8	7	3	12	15	6	5	1	6	10	25
Major Jones	F	12	88	21	10	0	0	5	2	7	11	18	5	3	2	2	15	22
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	8	31	9	1	3	0	6	4	2	4	6	0	0	0	2	3	6
Totals		192	5040	1796	819	32	8	550	413	309	547	856	474	174	113	289	466	2059

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Moses Malone	C-F	21	45.5	47.9	0.0	71.2	6.0	8.6	14.5	1.7	0.6	1.6	2.8	2.6	26.8
Calvin Murphy	G	19	28.4	49.5	28.6	96.7	0.4	0.9	1.3	3.0	1.4	0.0	2.2	3.6	18.1
Robert Reid	F-G	21	41.3	45.9	0.0	66.3	2.7	4.1	6.8	4.7	2.4	1.1	2.1	3.8	16.1
Billy Paultz	C-F	21	34.3	45.1	0.0	66.7	2.5	4.5	7.0	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.3	3.3	12.1
Mike Dunleavy	G	20	23.6	45.4	40.0	86.8	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.5	3.0	8.9
Tom Henderson	G	21	29.3	44.7	0.0	82.1	0.7	2.0	2.6	5.0	0.8	0.0	1.6	1.9	6.7
Bill Willoughby	F-C	19	21.9	36.2	0.0	75.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.2	0.7	1.0	1.2	2.2	6.0
Allen Leavell	G	17	12.8	39.0		88.2	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.6	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.5	4.4
Calvin Garrett	F	13	9.0	42.9		87.5	0.2	0.9	1.2	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.8	1.9
Major Jones	F	12	7.3	47.6		40.0	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.3	1.8
Rudy Tomjanovich	F	8	3.9	11.1	0.0	66.7	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.8
Averages		802	26.3	45.6	25.0	75.1	1.6	2.8	4.5	2.5	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.4	10.7