1974–75 Houston Rockets season

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1974 NBA draft

Roster

• Johnny Egan
• Larry Siegfried

Regular season

Season standings

:z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot

Season schedule

|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || October 18 || @ Milwaukee || 106–101 || Rudy Tomjanovich (23) || Rudy Tomjanovich (14) || Newlin, Wohl (6) || MECCA Arena 10,575 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 2 || October 19 || @ Atlanta || 112–118 || Mike Newlin (29) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (10) || Dave Wohl (7) || Omni Coliseum 4,427 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 3 || October 22 || @ New York || 100–110 || Rudy Tomjanovich (21) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (12) || Mike Newlin (4) || Madison Square Garden 14,555 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 4 || October 23 || @ Washington || 95–99 || Rudy Tomjanovich (28) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (20) || Abdul-Aziz, Newlin (4) || Capital Centre 5,109 || 1–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || October 25 || Philadelphia || 86–110 || Rudy Tomjanovich (21) || Ron Riley (19) || Calvin Murphy (7) || Hofheinz Pavilion 2,160 || 2–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || October 30 || @ New Orleans || 113–100 || Mike Newlin (21) || Ron Riley (12) || Calvin Murphy (6) || Municipal Auditorium 3,450 || 3–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || October 31 || Washington || 92–95 || Dave Wohl (29) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (19) || Mike Newlin (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion 2,164 || 4–3 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || November 2 || Kansas City–Omaha || 97–120 || Mike Newlin (32) || Rudy Tomjanovich (10) || Mike Newlin (12) || Hofheinz Pavilion 3,457 || 5–3 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 9 || November 5 || New York || 106–93 || Rudy Tomjanovich (24) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (11) || Riley, Tomjanovich (6) || Hofheinz Pavilion 3,855 || 5–4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || November 7 || Milwaukee || 93–103 || Rudy Tomjanovich (22) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (14) || Rudy Tomjanovich (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion 3,184 || 6–4 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 11 || November 9 || Phoenix || 101–96 || Calvin Murphy (34) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (10) || Calvin Murphy (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion 2,053 || 6–5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || November 12 || @ Kansas City–Omaha || 103–99 || Mike Newlin (25) || Ron Riley (14) || Ron Riley (6) || Omaha Civic Auditorium 3,038 || 7–5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || November 14 || Chicago || 96–105 || Rudy Tomjanovich (24) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (14) || Dave Wohl (9) || Hofheinz Pavilion 2,523 || 8–5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || November 16 || Detroit || 98–118 || Rudy Tomjanovich (26) || Rudy Tomjanovich (17) || Dave Wohl (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion 2,457 || 9–5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || November 19 || Cleveland || 85–94 || Mike Newlin (24) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (18) || Dave Wohl (7) || Hofheinz Pavilion 2,164 || 10–5 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 16 || November 22 || @ Los Angeles || 83–89 || Mike Newlin (21) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (15) || Riley, Tomjanovich (5) || The Forum 10,411 || 10–6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || November 24 || @ Seattle || 124–109 || Calvin Murphy (27) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (17) || Calvin Murphy (10) || Seattle Center Coliseum 14,082 || 11–6 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 18 || November 26 || @ Golden State || 124–144 || Cliff Meely (21) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (11) || Ed Ratleff (6) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 6,015 || 11–7 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 19 || November 27 || @ Portland || 97–111 || Rudy Tomjanovich (31) || Kevin Kunnert (10) || Dave Wohl (8) || Memorial Coliseum 10,359 || 11–8 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 20 || November 29 || Atlanta || 96–91 || Rudy Tomjanovich (25) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (18) || Dave Wohl (5) || Hofheinz Pavilion 3,273 || 11–9 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 21 || November 30 || @ Phoenix || 100–112 || Calvin Murphy (28) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (14) || Mike Newlin (7) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5,187 || 11–10 |- |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 22 || December 3 || @ Cleveland || 91–97 || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (21) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (11) || Dave Wohl (9) || Richfield Coliseum 2,971 || 11–11 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 23 || December 4 || @ Detroit || 69–86 || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (13) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (9) || — || Cobo Arena 3,445 || 11–12 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 24 || December 6 || Boston || 120–114 (OT) || Rudy Tomjanovich (41) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (14) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (6) || Hofheinz Pavilion 5,268 || 11–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || December 10 || Golden State || 97–111 || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (23) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (12) || Dave Wohl (11) || Hofheinz Pavilion 2,146 || 12–13 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 26 || December 11 || @ Philadelphia || 96–103 || Ed Ratleff (28) || Kunnert, Meely, Tomjanovich (12) || Dave Wohl (7) || The Spectrum 6,041 || 12–14 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 27 || December 12 || @ Buffalo || 113–124 || Meely, Newlin (19) || Abdul-Aziz, Ratleff (9) || Dave Wohl (6) || Maple Leaf Gardens 4,519 || 12–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || December 14 || Kansas City–Omaha || 84–123 || Calvin Murphy (23) || Kevin Kunnert (11) || Bailey, Tomjanovich (6) || Hofheinz Pavilion 2,026 || 13–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || December 17 || New Orleans || 83–109 || Calvin Murphy (25) || Kevin Kunnert (12) || Murphy, Newlin (5) || Hofheinz Pavilion 3,333 || 14–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || December 20 || Washington || 91–116 || Rudy Tomjanovich (26) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (12) || Bailey, Newlin, Wohl (6) || Hofheinz Pavilion 3,875 || 15–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || December 21 || @ Atlanta || 101–96 || Ed Ratleff (29) || Ratleff, Tomjanovich (10) || Calvin Murphy (10) || Omni Coliseum 5,265 || 16–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || December 26 || Atlanta || 86–114 || Calvin Murphy (21) || Steve Hawes (12) || Calvin Murphy (9) || Hofheinz Pavilion 4,132 || 17–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || December 28 || Buffalo || 117–125 || Calvin Murphy (45) || Hawes, Ratleff (10) || Dave Wohl (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion 5,447 || 18–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || December 30 || Los Angeles || 107–120 || Calvin Murphy (30) || Steve Hawes (12) || Dave Wohl (9) || Hofheinz Pavilion 4,183 || 19–15 |- |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 35 || January 3 || @ Cleveland || 83–95 || Rudy Tomjanovich (22) || Steve Hawes (12) || Calvin Murphy (6) || Richfield Coliseum 7,015 || 19–16 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 36 || January 4 || @ Milwaukee || 89–93 || Mike Newlin (25) || Ed Ratleff (14) || Ed Ratleff (6) || MECCA Arena 10,938 || 19–17 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || January 5 || @ Kansas City–Omaha || 115–106 || Mike Newlin (37) || Steve Hawes (12) || Dave Wohl (6) || Kemper Arena 8,138 || 20–17 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 38 || January 7 || @ Chicago || 97–106 || Rudy Tomjanovich (34) || Rudy Tomjanovich (11) || Calvin Murphy (7) || Chicago Stadium 4,881 || 20–18 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 39 || January 9 || Washington || 102–94 || Rudy Tomjanovich (22) || Ed Ratleff (12) || Calvin Murphy (14) || Hofheinz Pavilion 4,216 || 20–19 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 40 || January 10 || @ New Orleans || 108–111 || Rudy Tomjanovich (24) || Steve Hawes (17) || Dave Wohl (6) || Loyola Field House 2,368 || 20–20 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 41 || January 16 || Seattle || 127–125 (OT) || Ed Ratleff (25) || Hawes, Ratleff (7) || Dave Wohl (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion 2,274 || 20–21 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 42 || January 17 || Portland || 127–106 || Calvin Murphy (25) || Ed Ratleff (8) || Hawes, Murphy (5) || Hofheinz Pavilion 4,250 || 20–22 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 43 || January 18 || @ Boston || 101–123 || Calvin Murphy (18) || Ed Ratleff (8) || Calvin Murphy (5) || Hartford Civic Center 11,283 || 20–23 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 44 || January 21 || Boston || 113–102 || Calvin Murphy (34) || Ed Ratleff (13) || Ed Ratleff (8) || Hofheinz Pavilion 4,576 || 20–24 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || January 23 || @ Atlanta || 96–95 || Calvin Murphy (30) || Ed Ratleff (12) || Mike Newlin (7) || Omni Coliseum 2,691 || 21–24 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || January 24 || Milwaukee || 91–95 || Calvin Murphy (23) || Kevin Kunnert (21) || Calvin Murphy (7) || Hofheinz Pavilion 8,194 || 22–24 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 47 || January 26 || @ Washington || 90–118 || Calvin Murphy (17) || Steve Hawes (11) || Murphy, Newlin, Ratleff (5) || Capital Centre 7,939 || 22–25 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || January 28 || Los Angeles || 89–104 || Rudy Tomjanovich (19) || Rudy Tomjanovich (14) || Steve Hawes (8) || Hofheinz Pavilion 2,156 || 23–25 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || January 30 || Detroit || 88–103 || Rudy Tomjanovich (30) || Kevin Kunnert (13) || Mike Newlin (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion 2,317 || 24–25 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 50 || February 1 || @ New York || 95–93 || Calvin Murphy (32) || Steve Hawes (10) || Mike Newlin (6) || Madison Square Garden 18,284 || 25–25 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 51 || February 2 || @ Philadelphia || 77–90 || Rudy Tomjanovich (18) || Kevin Kunnert (12) || Murphy, Riley (4) || The Spectrum 6,087 || 25–26 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 52 || February 4 || Golden State || 107–105 || Calvin Murphy (24) || Ron Riley (6) || Mike Newlin (8) || Hofheinz Pavilion 3,173 || 25–27 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 || February 5 || @ New Orleans || 124–97 || Kevin Kunnert (24) || Kevin Kunnert (16) || Mike Newlin (6) || Loyola Field House 3,063 || 26–27 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 54 || February 7 || Atlanta || 97–105 || Kunnert, Murphy (23) || Kevin Kunnert (18) || Mike Newlin (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion 3,215 || 27–27 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || February 9 || @ Portland || 102–92 || Rudy Tomjanovich (28) || Kevin Kunnert (10) || Calvin Murphy (8) || Memorial Coliseum 10,511 || 28–27 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || February 11 || @ Golden State || 112–108 (OT) || Rudy Tomjanovich (29) || Kevin Kunnert (18) || Calvin Murphy (10) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,775 || 29–27 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 57 || February 12 || @ Seattle || 103–104 || Calvin Murphy (27) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (7) || Calvin Murphy (4) || Seattle Center Coliseum 8,595 || 29–28 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 58 || February 14 || New Orleans || 124–112 || Calvin Murphy (23) || Rudy Tomjanovich (9) || Mike Newlin (4) || Hofheinz Pavilion 3,342 || 29–29 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 59 || February 16 || @ Cleveland || 95–100 || Calvin Murphy (33) || Kevin Kunnert (12) || Calvin Murphy (6) || Richfield Coliseum 9,082 || 29–30 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || February 18 || Portland || 83–107 || Rudy Tomjanovich (27) || Rudy Tomjanovich (11) || Mike Newlin (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion 4,067 || 30–30 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 61 || February 21 || Philadelphia || 85–103 || Calvin Murphy (20) || Kevin Kunnert (15) || Ed Ratleff (11) || Hofheinz Pavilion 3,872 || 31–30 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 62 || February 23 || @ New Orleans || 99–108 || Kevin Kunnert (27) || Kevin Kunnert (14) || Calvin Murphy (8) || Loyola Field House 6,425 || 31–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || February 25 || Cleveland || 87–114 || Rudy Tomjanovich (39) || Rudy Tomjanovich (12) || Dave Wohl (8) || Hofheinz Pavilion 4,723 || 32–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 64 || February 28 || Chicago || 87–102 || Kevin Kunnert (20) || Kevin Kunnert (18) || Dave Wohl (7) || Hofheinz Pavilion 8,475 || 33–31 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || March 1 || New Orleans || 109–121 || Calvin Murphy (25) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (12) || Murphy, Ratleff (5) || Hofheinz Pavilion 6,358 || 34–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || March 2 || Phoenix || 104–110 || Ed Ratleff (31) || Kevin Kunnert (11) || Rudy Tomjanovich (9) || Hofheinz Pavilion 4,827 || 35–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || March 7 || Cleveland || 86–93 || Calvin Murphy (23) || Kevin Kunnert (14) || Dave Wohl (9) || Hofheinz Pavilion 8,876 || 36–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 68 || March 8 || @ Phoenix || 112–107 || Rudy Tomjanovich (35) || Rudy Tomjanovich (11) || Mike Newlin (14) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5,272 || 37–31 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 69 || March 9 || @ Los Angeles || 95–116 || Rudy Tomjanovich (24) || Kevin Kunnert (22) || Calvin Murphy (7) || The Forum 11,261 || 37–32 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 70 || March 11 || Seattle || 122–117 (OT) || Mike Newlin (32) || Kunnert, Tomjanovich (9) || Mike Newlin (13) || Hofheinz Pavilion 6,153 || 37–33 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 71 || March 12 || @ Washington || 88–117 || Rudy Tomjanovich (18) || Ron Riley (8) || Dave Wohl (7) || Capital Centre 6,059 || 37–34 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 72 || March 14 || New York || 103–94 || Calvin Murphy (21) || Kevin Kunnert (18) || Mike Newlin (9) || Hofheinz Pavilion 9,471 || 37–35 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 73 || March 16 || @ Boston || 94–99 || Kevin Kunnert (24) || Rudy Tomjanovich (13) || Calvin Murphy (6) || Boston Garden 15,320 || 37–36 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || March 18 || Buffalo || 115–122 || Rudy Tomjanovich (34) || Kevin Kunnert (14) || Mike Newlin (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion 8,627 || 38–36 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 75 || March 21 || @ Detroit || 110–121 || Calvin Murphy (31) || Ed Ratleff (9) || Ratleff, Wohl (6) || Cobo Arena 9,048 || 38–37 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 76 || March 22 || @ Buffalo || 112–117 || Kevin Kunnert (27) || Kevin Kunnert (14) || Mike Newlin (5) || Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 18,164 || 38–38 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 77 || March 23 || @ Cleveland || 95–101 || Rudy Tomjanovich (30) || Kunnert, Tomjanovich (14) || Dave Wohl (6) || Richfield Coliseum 14,769 || 38–39 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 78 || March 25 || @ Chicago || 94–112 || Ed Ratleff (17) || Abdul-Aziz, Tomjanovich (9) || Calvin Murphy (6) || Chicago Stadium 9,863 || 38–40 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 79 || March 28 || Cleveland || 105–112 || Calvin Murphy (28) || Kevin Kunnert (14) || Mike Newlin (8) || Hofheinz Pavilion 10,518 || 39–40 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || March 29 || New Orleans || 105–107 || Calvin Murphy (25) || Ed Ratleff (11) || Murphy, Ratleff (6) || Hofheinz Pavilion 7,328 || 40–40 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || April 1 || Atlanta || 104–113 || Rudy Tomjanovich (27) || Kevin Kunnert (11) || Calvin Murphy (7) || Hofheinz Pavilion 8,257 || 41–40 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 82 || April 2 || @ Washington || 85–112 || Rudy Tomjanovich (20) || Kevin Kunnert (20) || Mike Newlin (11) || Capital Centre 7,748 || 41–41 |-

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 8 | New York | W 99–84 | Calvin Murphy (22) | Kevin Kunnert (14) | Mike Newlin (5) | Hofheinz Pavilion 10,218 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 10 | @ New York | L 96–106 | Rudy Tomjanovich (22) | Kevin Kunnert (9) | Newlin, Ratleff (4) | Madison Square Garden 19,694 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 12 | New York | W 118–86 | Rudy Tomjanovich (25) | Rudy Tomjanovich (10) | Murphy, Newlin (9) | Hofheinz Pavilion 10,218

References

References

1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/1975.html 1974–75 Houston Rockets]