1973–74 Houston Rockets season
Head coachJohnny Egan
General managerRay Patterson
Owner(s)Irvin Kaplan
ArenaHofheinz Pavilion
Results
Record32–50 (.390)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Central)
Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKHTV
RadioKPRC

The 1973–74 NBA season was the Rockets' 7th season in the NBA and 3rd season in the city of Houston.[1]

Offseason

Roster

Houston Rockets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 44 Coleman, E. C. 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Houston Baptist
C 20 Kunnert, Kevin 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Iowa
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 42 Ratleff, Ed 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Long Beach State
F 31 Riley, Ron 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) USC
F 45 Tomjanovich, Rudy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Michigan
G 11 Wohl, Dave 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Penn
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
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-Capital Bullets 4735.573–31–1015–251–014–8
Atlanta Hawks 3547.4271223–1812–250–413–9
Houston Rockets 3250.3901518–2313–251–29–13
Cleveland Cavaliers 2953.3541818–2311–280–28–14
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics5626.683–
2 x-New York Knicks4933.5987
3 y-Capital Bullets4735.5739
4 x-Buffalo Braves4240.51214
5 Atlanta Hawks3547.42721
6 Houston Rockets3250.39024
7 Cleveland Cavaliers2953.35427
8 Philadelphia 76ers2557.30531

Record vs. opponents

1973–74 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS BUF CAP CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta —1–52–44–41–34–30–41–35–21–34–01–31–53–31–32–24–0
Boston 5–1—5–22–42–24–23–13–14–23–12–22–25–27–13–14–02–2
Buffalo 4–22–5—3–31–35–11–31–34–22–20–41–34–46–13–13–12–2
Capital 4–44–23–3—1–36–12–23–14–33–12–21–33–34–22–23–12–2
Chicago 3–12–23–13–1—4–05–24–24–05–21–53–32–23–14–24–24–2
Cleveland 3–42–41–51–60–4—2–20–44–40–43–10–41–55–11–34–02–2
Detroit 4–01–33–12–22–52–2—5–13–14–24–23–41–32–26–05–15–1
Golden State 3–11–33–11–32–44–01–5—4–03–34–23–31–33–15–23–43–3
Houston 2–52–42–43–40–44–41–30–4—2–22–20–44–24–22–23–11–3
Kansas City-Omaha 3–11–32–21–32–54–02–43–32–2—1–50–71–31–34–24–22–4
Los Angeles 0–42–24–02–25–11–32–42–42–25–1—4–22–24–04–24–34–3
Milwaukee 3–12–23–13–13–34–04–33–34–07–02–4—2–24–05–16–04–2
New York 5–12–54–43–32–25–13–13–12–43–12–22–2—4–33–12–24–0
Philadelphia 3–31–71–62–41–31–52–21–32–43–10–40–43–4—3–12–20–4
Phoenix 3–11–31–32–22–43–10–62–52–22–42–41–51–31–3—3–34–3
Portland 2–20–41–31–32–40–41–54–31–32–43–40–62–22–23–3—3–3
Seattle 0–42–22–22–22–42–21–53–33–14–23–42–40–44–03–43–3—

Game log

1973–74 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 9@ Buffalo105–107 (OT)Calvin Murphy (31)0–1
2October 10@ Philadelphia104–88Mike Newlin (19)1–1
3October 12@ Cleveland106–99Rudy Tomjanovich (22)2–1
4October 13@ New York86–85Mike Newlin (25)3–1
5October 16Philadelphia106–101Rudy Tomjanovich (31)3–2
6October 20Detroit107–104Mike Newlin (27)3–3
7October 23Los Angeles107–98Mike Newlin (26)3–4
8October 24@ Boston132–117Rudy Tomjanovich (34)4–4
9October 26@ Chicago113–121Calvin Murphy (32)4–5
10October 27Chicago102–92Rudy Tomjanovich (26)4–6
11October 31New York102–91Mike Newlin (21)4–7
12November 2Atlanta125–123Mike Newlin (36)4–8
13November 4@ Los Angeles93–106Rudy Tomjanovich (34)4–9
14November 7Capital111–97Rudy Tomjanovich (36)4–10
15November 9@ Cleveland106–111Rudy Tomjanovich (37)4–11
16November 13Philadelphia83–97Rudy Tomjanovich (27)5–11
17November 14@ Kansas City–Omaha116–118 (OT)Rudy Tomjanovich (35)5–12
18November 17Portland96–87Rudy Tomjanovich (23)5–13
19November 22Cleveland104–96Rudy Tomjanovich (28)5–14
20November 23Cleveland85–83Calvin Murphy (16)5–15
21November 27Phoenix111–125Rudy Tomjanovich (36)6–15
22November 28@ New York114–106Mike Newlin (26)7–15
23November 30Detroit95–110Rudy Tomjanovich (25)8–15
24December 1@ Philadelphia106–108 (OT)Mike Newlin (30)8–16
25December 2@ Cleveland130–104Murphy, Tomjanovich (31)9–16
26December 4@ Milwaukee109–124Rudy Tomjanovich (34)9–17
27December 5Capital99–119Calvin Murphy (33)10–17
28December 9@ Seattle110–107Mike Newlin (31)11–17
29December 11@ Golden State107–114Mike Newlin (26)11–18
30December 14Boston114–106Rudy Tomjanovich (30)11–19
31December 15@ Chicago100–104Rudy Tomjanovich (22)11–20
32December 17New York109–97Rudy Tomjanovich (28)11–21
33December 19Seattle124–118 (OT)Calvin Murphy (39)11–22
34December 21Atlanta124–110Calvin Murphy (30)11–23
35December 22@ Capital89–98Rudy Tomjanovich (22)11–24
36December 23@ Cleveland91–99Calvin Murphy (17)11–25
37December 26Kansas City–Omaha95–110Calvin Murphy (33)12–25
38December 28Milwaukee127–111Calvin Murphy (27)12–26
39December 29@ Atlanta110–114Calvin Murphy (35)12–27
40January 2@ Philadelphia101–99Rudy Tomjanovich (32)13–27
41January 4@ Portland119–113Calvin Murphy (33)14–27
42January 5@ Golden State106–108Calvin Murphy (29)14–28
43January 6@ Seattle90–91Murphy, Newlin (22)14–29
44January 8Golden State104–92Calvin Murphy (23)14–30
45January 9@ Phoenix101–105Jack Marin (17)14–31
46January 11@ Buffalo99–117Jack Marin (24)14–32
47January 13N Buffalo121–112Rudy Tomjanovich (42)15–32
48January 18New York90–96Rudy Tomjanovich (22)16–32
49January 20@ Capital105–111Rudy Tomjanovich (22)16–33
50January 22@ New York108–93Mike Newlin (28)17–33
51January 23@ Atlanta115–104Rudy Tomjanovich (29)18–33
52January 25@ Detroit89–93Calvin Murphy (25)18–34
53January 27Buffalo122–108Rudy Tomjanovich (28)18–35
54January 29Seattle115–107Calvin Murphy (27)18–36
55January 31Golden State109–108Rudy Tomjanovich (30)18–37
56February 2@ Atlanta107–117Calvin Murphy (32)18–38
57February 3Atlanta112–123Mike Newlin (28)19–38
58February 5Los Angeles112–116 (OT)Rudy Tomjanovich (30)20–38
59February 8Cleveland106–120Rudy Tomjanovich (39)21–38
60February 10@ Portland112–106Rudy Tomjanovich (29)22–38
61February 12@ Los Angeles129–119Mike Newlin (30)23–38
62February 14@ Phoenix99–107Rudy Tomjanovich (20)23–39
63February 17Buffalo135–118Rudy Tomjanovich (28)23–40
64February 20Philadelphia98–115Rudy Tomjanovich (21)24–40
65February 22Milwaukee122–113Mike Newlin (32)24–41
66February 24Portland115–133Rudy Tomjanovich (28)25–41
67February 26Kansas City–Omaha101–118Rudy Tomjanovich (30)26–41
68March 1Phoenix111–117Calvin Murphy (25)27–41
69March 2@ Atlanta122–129Calvin Murphy (23)27–42
70March 3N Milwaukee112–106 (OT)Rudy Tomjanovich (26)27–43
71March 6Chicago105–93Rudy Tomjanovich (27)27–44
72March 8Boston106–113Rudy Tomjanovich (25)28–44
73March 10Cleveland108–113Rudy Tomjanovich (28)29–44
74March 13Capital93–117Rudy Tomjanovich (22)30–44
75March 15Capital105–114Mike Newlin (32)31–44
76March 17@ Kansas City–Omaha114–125Murphy, Tomjanovich (25)31–45
77March 19Boston110–107Rudy Tomjanovich (27)31–46
78March 20@ Detroit99–103Rudy Tomjanovich (37)31–47
79March 22@ Capital95–109Rudy Tomjanovich (27)31–48
80March 23N Boston105–108Rudy Tomjanovich (32)31–49
81March 24@ Boston106–109 (OT)Calvin Murphy (26)31–50
82March 26Buffalo96–119Rudy Tomjanovich (38)32–50

Draft picks

References

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