1972–73 Houston Rockets season
Head coach
General managerRay Patterson
Owners
ArenaHofheinz Pavilion
Results
Record33–49 (.402)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Central)
Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKHTV
RadioKPRC

The 1972-73 NBA season was the Rockets' 6th season in the NBA and 2nd season in the city of Houston.[1]

Offseason

Draft picks

Roster

Houston Rockets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 24 Marin, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Duke
SG 40 McKenzie, Stan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) NYU
F/C 20 Moore, Otto 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Texas–Pan American
G 23 Murphy, Calvin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Niagara
G 14 Newlin, Mike 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Utah
F 6 Smith, Don 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Iowa State
F 45 Tomjanovich, Rudy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Michigan
G 11 Walker, Jimmy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Providence
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Baltimore Bullets 5230.634–24–921–177–417–5
x-Atlanta Hawks 4636.561628–1317–231–010–12
Houston Rockets 3349.4021914–1410–289–79–13
Cleveland Cavaliers 3250.3902020–2110–272–28–14
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Boston Celtics6814.829
2 x-New York Knicks5725.695
3 y-Baltimore Bullets5230.634
4 x-Atlanta Hawks4636.561
5 Houston Rockets3349.402
6 Cleveland Cavaliers3250.390
7 Buffalo Braves2161.256
8 Philadelphia 76ers973.110

Record vs. opponents

1972–73 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta —3–41–55–12–23–42–21–34–42–23–11–33–36–03–14–03–1
Baltimore 4–3—1–55–10–48–02–23–15–23–11–32–23–35–12–24–04–0
Boston 5–15–1—7–03–15–13–13–15–13–14–02–24–47–04–04–04–0
Buffalo 1–51–50–7—2–21–51–30–41–51–30–40–41–67–11–32–22–2
Chicago 2–24–01–32–2—3–13–43–34–05–21–52–43–14–04–25–15–1
Cleveland 4–30–81–55–11–3—1–31–34–32–21–31–30–66–01–31–33–1
Detroit 2–22–21–33–14–33–1—2–41–33–31–52–51–33–14–26–02–4
Golden State 3–11–31–34–03–33–14–2—3–14–23–41–52–24–02–45–14–3
Houston 4–42–51–55–10–43–43–11–3—0–41–31–31–55–12–22–22–2
Kansas City-Omaha 2–21–31–33–12–52–23–32–44–0—1–51–60–43–13–34–24–2
Los Angeles 1–33–10–44–05–13–15–14–33–15–1—3–32–24–06–16–06–0
Milwaukee 3–12–22–24–04–23–15–25–13–16–13–3—2–23–15–15–15–1
New York 3–33–34–46–11–36–03–12–25–14–02–22–2—6–13–13–14–0
Philadelphia 0–61–50–71–70–40–61–30–41–51–30–41–31–6—0–41–31–3
Phoenix 1–32–20–43–12–43–12–44–22–23–31–61–51–34–0—5–24–2
Portland 0–40–40–42–21–53–10–61–52–22–40–61–51–33–12–5—3–4
Seattle 1–30–40–42–21–51–34–23–42–22–40–61–50–43–12–44–3—

Game log

1972–73 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 13@ Cleveland109–108Rudy Tomjanovich (21)1–0
2October 14@ Buffalo121–113Mike Newlin (25)2–0
3October 17@ New York95–103Marin, Walker (21)2–1
4October 20Atlanta108–120Jimmy Walker (29)3–1
5October 21Chicago130–97Calvin Murphy (18)3–2
6October 25N Los Angeles112–107Don Smith[lower-alpha 1] (23)3–3
7October 27Detroit118–130Jimmy Walker (30)4–3
8October 31@ Atlanta106–105Jack Marin (26)5–3
9November 1@ Philadelphia108–104Rudy Tomjanovich (23)6–3
10November 3Atlanta114–108Cliff Meely (21)6–4
11November 4N Detroit118–108Otto Moore (30)7–4
12November 7@ Los Angeles109–122Mike Newlin (30)7–5
13November 10@ Phoenix109–115Jimmy Walker (24)7–6
14November 11N Philadelphia114–112Jack Marin (30)7–7
15November 14@ Baltimore103–104Jack Marin (31)7–8
16November 16@ New York100–119Jack Marin (22)7–9
17November 18@ Kansas City–Omaha117–127Jimmy Walker (26)7–10
18November 21@ Chicago105–113Jimmy Walker (30)7–11
19November 22Golden State104–132Jack Marin (27)8–11
20November 25Seattle109–114Jack Marin (28)9–11
21November 28N Baltimore90–108Murphy, Walker (23)9–12
22November 29N Baltimore102–94Jack Marin (21)10–12
23December 1@ Baltimore96–103Jack Marin (20)10–13
24December 2Kansas City–Omaha114–109Jimmy Walker (32)10–14
25December 5@ Golden State101–108Rudy Tomjanovich (22)10–15
26December 8Portland108–114Jimmy Walker (24)11–15
27December 12@ Buffalo94–95Marin, Moore (20)11–16
28December 15@ Baltimore91–94Jimmy Walker (21)11–17
29December 16@ Detroit123–112Jimmy Walker (30)12–17
30December 17@ Cleveland110–109Jack Marin (35)13–17
31December 20N New York124–102Jimmy Walker (25)13–18
32December 22Philadelphia103–116Jack Marin (29)14–18
33December 26Phoenix110–113Rudy Tomjanovich (31)15–18
34December 27Los Angeles104–136Mike Newlin (24)16–18
35December 29Milwaukee114–101Jack Marin (25)16–19
36January 2Boston130–110Jimmy Walker (25)16–20
37January 3Boston112–123Mike Newlin (29)17–20
38January 4@ Chicago97–111Rudy Tomjanovich (26)17–21
39January 6@ New York106–116Jack Marin (24)17–22
40January 7@ Cleveland97–102Marin, Walker (22)17–23
41January 9@ Atlanta114–120Tomjanovich, Walker (25)17–24
42January 10@ Boston107–128Calvin Murphy (20)17–25
43January 12New York104–103Smith, Tomjanovich (20)17–26
44January 13Cleveland123–115Calvin Murphy (20)17–27
45January 17N Golden State117–123Don Smith (21)17–28
46January 19Cleveland108–104Mike Newlin (24)17–29
47January 20Portland130–115Meely, Murphy (19)17–30
48January 21New York103–107Mike Newlin (25)18–30
49January 25N Milwaukee125–129Rudy Tomjanovich (29)19–30
50January 26@ Boston126–139Calvin Murphy (27)19–31
51January 28Atlanta108–116Jimmy Walker (28)20–31
52January 30@ Portland123–120Rudy Tomjanovich (31)21–31
53January 31@ Seattle109–118Rudy Tomjanovich (25)21–32
54February 2@ Los Angeles109–126Mike Newlin (30)21–33
55February 3@ Phoenix123–132Rudy Tomjanovich (27)21–34
56February 4N Buffalo130–118Jack Marin (30)22–34
57February 6N Philadelphia117–123Rudy Tomjanovich (35)23–34
58February 9Kansas City–Omaha121–116Jack Marin (35)23–35
59February 10@ Atlanta91–103Rudy Tomjanovich (24)23–36
60February 13@ Kansas City–Omaha118–132Mike Newlin (34)23–37
61February 16@ Milwaukee103–105Rudy Tomjanovich (29)23–38
62February 17Phoenix111–127Rudy Tomjanovich (28)24–38
63February 18Chicago110–99Rudy Tomjanovich (22)24–39
64February 21N Seattle107–139Rudy Tomjanovich (37)25–39
65February 23N Philadelphia116–138Jack Marin (30)26–39
66February 25@ Detroit112–129Mike Newlin (24)26–40
67February 27@ Buffalo112–105Mike Newlin (29)27–40
68March 3@ Atlanta125–136Rudy Tomjanovich (32)27–41
69March 4Milwaukee116–101Jack Marin (19)27–42
70March 7N Cleveland100–118Rudy Tomjanovich (25)27–43
71March 9Baltimore109–104Murphy, Newlin (21)27–44
72March 10Cleveland116–131Rudy Tomjanovich (34)28–44
73March 11Atlanta118–129Jack Marin (35)29–44
74March 15@ Golden State125–141Rudy Tomjanovich (37)29–45
75March 16@ Portland128–141Rudy Tomjanovich (28)29–46
76March 18@ Seattle112–121Tomjanovich, Walker (27)29–47
77March 20N Boston89–94Rudy Tomjanovich (21)29–48
78March 21@ Baltimore118–110Rudy Tomjanovich (26)30–48
79March 23@ Philadelphia132–112Rudy Tomjanovich (28)31–48
80March 25Boston125–121Mike Newlin (36)31–49
81March 27N Buffalo121–111Rudy Tomjanovich (25)32–49
82March 28N Buffalo138–122Calvin Murphy (31)33–49

Notes

  1. ↑ Changed his name to Zaid Abdul-Aziz in 1976.

References

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