1975–76 Houston Rockets season

The 1975–76 NBA season was the Rockets' 9th season in the NBA and 5th season in the city of Houston[1] as well as their first season at The Summit.

1975–76 Houston Rockets season
Head coachJohnny Egan
General managerRay Patterson
OwnersJames Talcott Incorporated
ArenaThe Summit
Results
Record40–42 (.488)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Central)
Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKHTV
RadioKPRC

Roster
1975–76 Houston Rockets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SG 22 Bailey, Gus 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1951-02-18 UTEP
SF 34 Johnson, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1947-10-18 Iowa
C 44 Kunnert, Kevin 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1951-11-11 Iowa
C 50 Meriweather, Joe C. 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1953-10-26 Southern Illinois
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 42 Ratleff, Ed 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1950-03-29 Long Beach State
PF 31 Riley, Ron 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1950-11-11 USC
PF 45 Tomjanovich, Rudy (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1948-11-24 Michigan
SG 32 White, Rudy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1953-06-23 Arizona State
PG 11 Wohl, Dave 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1949-11-02 Penn
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: November 27, 1975

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Cleveland Cavaliers 4933.598–29–1220–2115–11
x-Washington Bullets 4834.585131–1017–2414–12
Houston Rockets 4042.488927–1313–2914–12
New Orleans Jazz 3844.4631122–1916–2515–11
Atlanta Hawks 2953.3542020–219–327–19
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics5428.659–
2 y-Cleveland Cavaliers4933.5985
3 x-Washington Bullets4834.5856
4 x-Philadelphia 76ers4636.5618
5 x-Buffalo Braves4636.5618
6 Houston Rockets4042.48814
7 New York Knicks3844.46316
8 New Orleans Jazz3844.46316
9 Atlanta Hawks2953.35425

Record vs. opponents
1975–76 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCK LAL MIL NOJ NYK PHI PHO POR SEA WAS
Atlanta —2–32–32–22–51–32–22–52–21–32–22–43–22–30–42–21–31–5
Boston 3–2—4–32–23–24–02–24–12–24–02–24–15–24–34–02–22–23–2
Buffalo 3–23–4—3–13–21–31–33–24–02–23–14–14–33–43–12–22–22–3
Chicago 2–22–21–3—0–43–41–41–31–63–23–42–20–40–42–31–42–30–4
Cleveland 5–22–32–34–0—2–21–32–41–32–24–04–33–23–23–14–03–14–2
Detroit 3–10–43–14–32–2—0–52–25–21–43–41–33–11–31–42–33–22–2
Golden State 2–22–23–14–13–15–0—2–24–15–25–02–24–03–14–24–24–33–1
Houston 5–21–42–33–14–22–22–2—2–21–32–22–43–23–20–43–12–23–4
Kansas City 2–22–20–46–13–12–51–42–2—2–32–51–31–31–33–20–52–31–3
Los Angeles 3–10–42–22–32–24–12–53–13–2—2–33–13–12–22–43–43–31–3
Milwaukee 2–22–21–34–30–44–30–52–25–23–2—2–22–22–23–22–32–32–2
New Orleans 4–21–41–42–23–43–12–24–23–11–32–2—2–31–41–33–11–34–3
New York 2–32–53–44–02–31–30–42–33–11–32–23–2—5–22–23–10–43–2
Philadelphia 3–23–44–34–02–33–11–32–33–12–22–24–12–5—3–14–02–22–3
Phoenix 4–00–41–33–21–34–12–44–02–34–22–33–12–21–3—5–24–30–4
Portland 2–22–22–24–10–43–22–41–35–04–33–21–31–30–42–5—3–32–2
Seattle 3–12–22–23–21–32–33–42–23–23–33–23–14–02–23–43–3—1–3
Washington 5–12–33–24–02–42–21–34–33–13–12–23–42–33–24–02–23–1—

Awards and records

References
  1. 1975–76 Houston Rockets
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