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NBA professional basketball team season
The
1971-72 NBA season was the Rockets' 5th season in the
NBA and 1st season in the city of
Houston
[1] following their relocation from
San Diego , where the franchise played its first four seasons prior to moving to becoming the first NBA franchise in
Texas .
Offseason
Draft picks
Roster
1971β72 Houston Rockets roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
C
34
Cunningham, Dick
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
245 lb (111 kg)
1946-07-11
Murray State
PG
21
Egan, Johnny
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1939-01-31
Providence
SF
40
Gibbs, Dick
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1948-12-20
UTEP
C
44
Hayes, Elvin
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
235 lb (107 kg)
1945-11-17
Houston
SG
22
Lantz, Stu
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1946-07-13
Nebraska
SF
18
McLemore, McCoy
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1942-04-03
Drake
PF
25
Meely, Cliff
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1947-07-10
Colorado
PG
23
Murphy, Calvin
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
165 lb (75 kg)
1948-05-09
Niagara
SG
14
Newlin, Mike
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1949-01-02
Utah
SF
4
Smith, Greg
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1947-01-28
Western Kentucky
PF
45
Tomjanovich, Rudy
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
218 lb (99 kg)
1948-11-24
Michigan
SG
33
Vallely, John
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1948-10-03
UCLA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster Last transaction: December 16, 1971
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1971β72 NBA Records
Team
ATL
BAL
BOS
BUF
CHI
CIN
CLE
DET
GSW
HOU
LAL
MIL
NYK
PHI
PHO
POR
SEA
Atlanta
β
2β4
0β4
4β2
0β5
3β3
4β2
3β2
3β2
1β4
0β5
2β3
3β1
3β3
3β2
4β0
1β4
Baltimore
4β2
β
2β2
3β3
1β4
4β2
1β5
3β2
1β4
3β2
1β4
0β5
2β4
4β0
4β1
3β1
2β3
Boston
4β0
2β2
β
6β0
3β2
4β2
5β1
5β0
2β3
5β0
1β4
2β3
3β3
6β0
2β3
4β0
2β3
Buffalo
2β4
3β3
0β6
β
1β3
3β3
4β2
2β4
1β3
0β4
0β4
0β4
1β5
3β3
0β4
2β4
0β4
Chicago
5β0
4β1
2β3
3β1
β
3β1
4β0
5β1
3β3
5β1
1β3
2β4
3β2
4β1
5β1
6β0
2β3
Cincinnati
3β3
2β4
2β4
3β3
1β3
β
6β2
2β3
2β3
0β4
1β4
0β5
2β2
2β2
2β3
2β2
0β5
Cleveland
2β4
5β1
1β5
2β4
0β4
2β6
β
1β3
0β4
2β2
1β3
0β4
1β5
2β4
0β4
4β2
0β4
Detroit
2β3
2β3
0β5
4β2
1β5
3β2
3β1
β
0β5
3β3
1β4
1β5
1β4
1β4
2β4
2β2
0β4
Golden State
2β3
4β1
3β2
3β1
3β3
3β2
4β0
5β0
β
5β1
1β5
2β2
2β3
4β1
2β3
4β2
4β2
Houston
4β1
2β3
0β5
4β0
1β5
4β0
2β2
3β3
1β5
β
1β5
0β5
0β5
4β1
1β3
4β2
3β3
Los Angeles
5β0
4β1
4β1
4β0
3β1
4β1
3β1
4β1
5β1
5β1
β
4β1
4β1
5β0
4β2
6β0
5β1
Milwaukee
3β2
5β0
3β2
4β0
4β2
5β0
4β0
5β1
2β2
5β0
1β4
β
2β3
4β1
4β2
6β0
6β0
New York
1β3
4β2
3β3
5β1
2β3
2β2
5β1
4β1
3β2
5β0
1β4
3β2
β
3β3
1β4
3β1
3β2
Philadelphia
3β3
0β4
0β6
3β3
1β4
2β2
4β2
4β1
1β4
1β4
0β5
1β4
3β3
β
1β4
2β2
4β1
Phoenix
2β3
1β4
3β2
4β0
1β5
3β2
4β0
4β2
3β2
3β1
2β4
2β4
4β1
4β1
β
6β0
3β2
Portland
0β4
1β3
0β4
4β2
0β6
2β2
2β4
2β2
2β4
2β4
0β6
0β6
1β3
2β2
0β6
β
0β6
Seattle
4β1
3β2
3β2
4β0
3β2
5β0
4β0
4β0
2β4
3β3
1β5
0β6
2β3
1β4
2β3
6β0
β
Game log
1971β72 Game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 14
Philadelphia
105β94
Rudy Tomjanovich (28)
0β1
2
October 16
@
Phoenix
108β128
Elvin Hayes (26)
0β2
3
October 17
N
Detroit
99β112
Calvin Murphy (26)
0β3
4
October 20
N
Chicago
110β125
Stu Lantz (33)
0β4
5
October 22
@
Seattle
91β110
Rudy Tomjanovich (18)
0β5
6
October 24
Los Angeles
113β103
Elvin Hayes (35)
0β6
7
October 26
@ Detroit
104β103
Elvin Hayes (30)
1β6
8
October 27
@
Boston
97β108
Rudy Tomjanovich (25)
1β7
9
October 28
@
New York
94β112
Calvin Murphy (21)
1β8
10
October 31
Buffalo
87β102
Cliff Meely (19)
2β8
11
November 3
New York
117β98
Rudy Tomjanovich (26)
2β9
12
November 4
Portland
112β110
Elvin Hayes (28)
2β10
13
November 7
Baltimore
109β106
Elvin Hayes (38)
2β11
14
November 9
@
Golden State
99β115
Stu Lantz (30)
2β12
15
November 10
Boston
142β103
Elvin Hayes (30)
2β13
16
November 12
@
Milwaukee
102β111
Stu Lantz (26)
2β14
17
November 13
@ Chicago
102β111
Elvin Hayes (33)
2β15
18
November 16
@ Baltimore
107β110
Elvin Hayes (31)
2β16
19
November 17
@ Philadelphia
118β112
Elvin Hayes (33)
3β16
20
November 19
@ Los Angeles
99β106
Elvin Hayes (26)
3β17
21
November 21
N Golden State
115β96
Mike Newlin (31)
4β17
22
November 24
Philadelphia
108β109
Hayes, Tomjanovich (27)
5β17
23
November 28
Phoenix
116β110
Elvin Hayes (30)
5β18
24
November 30
@ Buffalo
115β101
Lantz, Murphy (18)
6β18
25
December 1
@
Cleveland
106β116
Lantz, Murphy (24)
6β19
26
December 3
@ Detroit
112β113
Elvin Hayes (35)
6β20
27
December 4
@ Boston
107β117
Elvin Hayes (28)
6β21
28
December 8
Los Angeles
125β120
Elvin Hayes (31)
6β22
29
December 10
Atlanta
88β95
Stu Lantz (28)
7β22
30
December 11
@ Phoenix
111β110
Hayes, Murphy (24)
8β22
31
December 12
Seattle
98β100
Elvin Hayes (34)
9β22
32
December 14
@ Milwaukee
98β106
Cliff Meely (20)
9β23
33
December 15
@ Atlanta
117β115 (OT)
Stu Lantz (30)
10β23
34
December 17
@ Chicago
109β98
Stu Lantz (31)
11β23
35
December 18
@
Cincinnati
126β116
Elvin Hayes (29)
12β23
36
December 21
@ Portland
132β119
Elvin Hayes (44)
13β23
37
December 26
@ Los Angeles
115β137
Elvin Hayes (33)
13β24
38
December 29
Phoenix
124β106
Stu Lantz (19)
13β25
39
December 30
Atlanta
115β129
Elvin Hayes (42)
14β25
40
January 2
Detroit
109β107
Elvin Hayes (26)
14β26
41
January 4
Seattle
110β119
Calvin Murphy (28)
15β26
42
January 5
Boston
113β105
Elvin Hayes (25)
15β27
43
January 9
Golden State
113β112
Calvin Murphy (25)
15β28
44
January 11
@ Seattle
126β141
Elvin Hayes (42)
15β29
45
January 15
Cleveland
109β112
Elvin Hayes (30)
16β29
46
January 16
New York
109β108
Elvin Hayes (24)
16β30
47
January 20
@ Cincinnati
104β87
Elvin Hayes (27)
17β30
48
January 21
@ Boston
105β110
Rudy Tomjanovich (25)
17β31
49
January 22
@ Chicago
108β115
Elvin Hayes (23)
17β32
50
January 23
@ Detroit
109β107
Stu Lantz (32)
18β32
51
January 25
Portland
104β118
Elvin Hayes (27)
19β32
52
January 26
N Chicago
108β117
Elvin Hayes (36)
19β33
53
January 28
@ Los Angeles
105β118
Elvin Hayes (33)
19β34
54
February 2
N Seattle
88β111
Greg Smith (23)
20β34
55
February 4
@ Portland
113β114
Elvin Hayes (28)
20β35
56
February 5
Milwaukee
119β112
Stu Lantz (30)
20β36
57
February 6
Atlanta
113β120
Calvin Murphy (27)
21β36
58
February 8
N Seattle
127β119
Elvin Hayes (31)
21β37
59
February 11
Baltimore
95β116
Calvin Murphy (28)
22β37
60
February 13
Cincinnati
111β112
Calvin Murphy (31)
23β37
61
February 14
@ Philadelphia
130β116
Elvin Hayes (28)
24β37
62
February 15
@ Baltimore
98β113
Elvin Hayes (31)
24β38
63
February 16
@ New York
100β110
Elvin Hayes (26)
24β39
64
February 18
@ Buffalo
108β96
Elvin Hayes (27)
25β39
65
February 23
N Los Angeles
110β115
Elvin Hayes (33)
26β39
66
February 26
Detroit
106β122
Elvin Hayes (36)
27β39
67
February 27
Golden State
117β104
Elvin Hayes (33)
27β40
68
March 1
N Cincinnati
108β96
Hayes, Lantz (26)
28β40
69
March 3
N Golden State
107β108
Rudy Tomjanovich (26)
28β41
70
March 4
Cleveland
130β123
Stu Lantz (31)
28β42
71
March 5
Chicago
128β97
Calvin Murphy (28)
28β43
72
March 9
N Portland
111β114
Rudy Tomjanovich (29)
29β43
73
March 10
Golden State
119β116
Calvin Murphy (35)
29β44
74
March 11
Buffalo
100β121
Stu Lantz (29)
30β44
75
March 12
Philadelphia
112β121
Rudy Tomjanovich (33)
31β44
76
March 16
New York
103β102
Elvin Hayes (37)
31β45
77
March 18
Milwaukee
120β116 (OT)
Elvin Hayes (39)
31β46
78
March 21
@ Milwaukee
94β111
Calvin Murphy (21)
31β47
79
March 22
@ Atlanta
106β107
Stu Lantz (29)
31β48
80
March 24
@ Cleveland
127β119
Rudy Tomjanovich (35)
32β48
81
March 25
@ Baltimore
106β85
Calvin Murphy (27)
33β48
82
March 26
Portland
109β131
Elvin Hayes (30)
34β48
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