1974–75 Houston Rockets season

March 2026 August 2023 Houston Rockets 1975 41 41 Central 2 4 Johnny Egan Hofheinz Pavilion Ray Patterson Irvin Kaplan KHTV KPRC East Conference semifinals(lost to Celtics 1–4) HOU The 1974–75 Houston Rockets season was the Rockets' 8th season in the NBA and 4th season in the city of Houston1974–75 Houston Rockets as well as their final season at the Hofheinz Pavilion before moving to The Summit a season later. In the playoffs, the Rockets defeated the New York Knicks in five games in the First Round, before losing to the Boston Celtics in five games in the Semifinals. Offseason Draft picks 1974 NBA draft Roster Houston Rockets #B50000 #FFFFFF #FFAA1D #000000 35 Zaid Abdul-Aziz F 6 9 235 Iowa State 22 Gus Bailey SG 6 5 185 UTEP 10 Steve Hawes C 6 9 220 Washington 20 Kevin Kunnert C 6 9 230 Iowa 23 Calvin Murphy G 5 9 165 Niagara 14 Mike Newlin G 6 4 200 Utah 42 Ed Ratleff F 6 6 195 Long Beach State 31 Ron Riley basketball, born 1950 F 6 8 195 USC 45 Rudy Tomjanovich F 6 8 218 Michigan 30 Owen Wells basketball F 6 7 200 Detroit 11 Dave Wohl G 6 2 185 Pennsylvania Johnny Egan Larry Siegfried Regular season Season standings HOU HOU z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Season schedule Houston Rockets 1975 #FF0000 #FFD700 Total: 41–41 (home: 29–12; road: 12–29) Houston Rockets October yes #FFD700 #FF0000 2 0 2 3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || October 18 || @ Milwaukee || 106–101 || Rudy Tomjanovich (23) || Rudy Tomjanovich (14) || Newlin, Wohl (6) || MECCA Arena10,575 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 2 || October 19 || @ Atlanta || 112–118 || Mike Newlin (29) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (10) || Dave Wohl (7) || Omni Coliseum4,427 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 3 || October 22 || @ New York || 100–110 || Rudy Tomjanovich (21) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (12) || Mike Newlin (4) || Madison Square Garden14,555 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 4 || October 23 || @ Washington || 95–99 || Rudy Tomjanovich (28) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (20) || Abdul-Aziz, Newlin (4) || Capital Centre5,109 || 1–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || October 25 || Philadelphia || 86–110 || Rudy Tomjanovich (21) || Ron Riley (19) || Calvin Murphy (7) || Hofheinz Pavilion2,160 || 2–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || October 30 || @ New Orleans || 113–100 || Mike Newlin (21) || Ron Riley (12) || Calvin Murphy (6) || Municipal Auditorium3,450 || 3–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || October 31 || Washington || 92–95 || Dave Wohl (29) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (19) || Mike Newlin (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion2,164 || 4–3 |- Houston Rockets November yes #FFD700 #FF0000 5 3 2 4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || November 2 || Kansas City–Omaha || 97–120 || Mike Newlin (32) || Rudy Tomjanovich (10) || Mike Newlin (12) || Hofheinz Pavilion3,457 || 5–3 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 9 || November 5 || New York || 106–93 || Rudy Tomjanovich (24) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (11) || Riley, Tomjanovich (6) || Hofheinz Pavilion3,855 || 5–4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || November 7 || Milwaukee || 93–103 || Rudy Tomjanovich (22) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (14) || Rudy Tomjanovich (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion3,184 || 6–4 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 11 || November 9 || Phoenix || 101–96 || Calvin Murphy (34) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (10) || Calvin Murphy (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion2,053 || 6–5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || November 12 || @ Kansas City–Omaha || 103–99 || Mike Newlin (25) || Ron Riley (14) || Ron Riley (6) || Omaha Civic Auditorium3,038 || 7–5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || November 14 || Chicago || 96–105 || Rudy Tomjanovich (24) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (14) || Dave Wohl (9) || Hofheinz Pavilion2,523 || 8–5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || November 16 || Detroit || 98–118 || Rudy Tomjanovich (26) || Rudy Tomjanovich (17) || Dave Wohl (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion2,457 || 9–5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || November 19 || Cleveland || 85–94 || Mike Newlin (24) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (18) || Dave Wohl (7) || Hofheinz Pavilion2,164 || 10–5 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 16 || November 22 || @ Los Angeles || 83–89 || Mike Newlin (21) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (15) || Riley, Tomjanovich (5) || The Forum10,411 || 10–6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || November 24 || @ Seattle || 124–109 || Calvin Murphy (27) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (17) || Calvin Murphy (10) || Seattle Center Coliseum14,082 || 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 Arena6,015 || 11–7 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 19 || November 27 || @ Portland || 97–111 || Rudy Tomjanovich (31) || Kevin Kunnert (10) || Dave Wohl (8) || Memorial Coliseum10,359 || 11–8 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 20 || November 29 || Atlanta || 96–91 || Rudy Tomjanovich (25) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (18) || Dave Wohl (5) || Hofheinz Pavilion3,273 || 11–9 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 21 || November 30 || @ Phoenix || 100–112 || Calvin Murphy (28) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (14) || Mike Newlin (7) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,187 || 11–10 |- Houston Rockets December yes #FFD700 #FF0000 7 1 1 4 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 22 || December 3 || @ Cleveland || 91–97 || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (21) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (11) || Dave Wohl (9) || Richfield Coliseum2,971 || 11–11 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 23 || December 4 || @ Detroit || 69–86 || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (13) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (9) || — || Cobo Arena3,445 || 11–12 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 24 || December 6 || Boston || 120–114 (OT) || Rudy Tomjanovich (41) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (14) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (6) || Hofheinz Pavilion5,268 || 11–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || December 10 || Golden State || 97–111 || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (23) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (12) || Dave Wohl (11) || Hofheinz Pavilion2,146 || 12–13 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 26 || December 11 || @ Philadelphia || 96–103 || Ed Ratleff (28) || Kunnert, Meely, Tomjanovich (12) || Dave Wohl (7) || The Spectrum6,041 || 12–14 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 27 || December 12 || @ Buffalo || 113–124 || Meely, Newlin (19) || Abdul-Aziz, Ratleff (9) || Dave Wohl (6) || Maple Leaf Gardens4,519 || 12–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || December 14 || Kansas City–Omaha || 84–123 || Calvin Murphy (23) || Kevin Kunnert (11) || Bailey, Tomjanovich (6) || Hofheinz Pavilion2,026 || 13–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || December 17 || New Orleans || 83–109 || Calvin Murphy (25) || Kevin Kunnert (12) || Murphy, Newlin (5) || Hofheinz Pavilion3,333 || 14–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || December 20 || Washington || 91–116 || Rudy Tomjanovich (26) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (12) || Bailey, Newlin, Wohl (6) || Hofheinz Pavilion3,875 || 15–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || December 21 || @ Atlanta || 101–96 || Ed Ratleff (29) || Ratleff, Tomjanovich (10) || Calvin Murphy (10) || Omni Coliseum5,265 || 16–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || December 26 || Atlanta || 86–114 || Calvin Murphy (21) || Steve Hawes (12) || Calvin Murphy (9) || Hofheinz Pavilion4,132 || 17–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || December 28 || Buffalo || 117–125 || Calvin Murphy (45) || Hawes, Ratleff (10) || Dave Wohl (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion5,447 || 18–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || December 30 || Los Angeles || 107–120 || Calvin Murphy (30) || Steve Hawes (12) || Dave Wohl (9) || Hofheinz Pavilion4,183 || 19–15 |- Houston Rockets January yes #FFD700 #FF0000 3 4 2 6 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 35 || January 3 || @ Cleveland || 83–95 || Rudy Tomjanovich (22) || Steve Hawes (12) || Calvin Murphy (6) || Richfield Coliseum7,015 || 19–16 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 36 || January 4 || @ Milwaukee || 89–93 || Mike Newlin (25) || Ed Ratleff (14) || Ed Ratleff (6) || MECCA Arena10,938 || 19–17 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || January 5 || @ Kansas City–Omaha || 115–106 || Mike Newlin (37) || Steve Hawes (12) || Dave Wohl (6) || Kemper Arena8,138 || 20–17 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 38 || January 7 || @ Chicago || 97–106 || Rudy Tomjanovich (34) || Rudy Tomjanovich (11) || Calvin Murphy (7) || Chicago Stadium4,881 || 20–18 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 39 || January 9 || Washington || 102–94 || Rudy Tomjanovich (22) || Ed Ratleff (12) || Calvin Murphy (14) || Hofheinz Pavilion4,216 || 20–19 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 40 || January 10 || @ New Orleans || 108–111 || Rudy Tomjanovich (24) || Steve Hawes (17) || Dave Wohl (6) || Loyola Field House2,368 || 20–20 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 41 || January 16 || Seattle || 127–125 (OT) || Ed Ratleff (25) || Hawes, Ratleff (7) || Dave Wohl (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion2,274 || 20–21 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 42 || January 17 || Portland || 127–106 || Calvin Murphy (25) || Ed Ratleff (8) || Hawes, Murphy (5) || Hofheinz Pavilion4,250 || 20–22 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 43 || January 18 || @ Boston || 101–123 || Calvin Murphy (18) || Ed Ratleff (8) || Calvin Murphy (5) || Hartford Civic Center11,283 || 20–23 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 44 || January 21 || Boston || 113–102 || Calvin Murphy (34) || Ed Ratleff (13) || Ed Ratleff (8) || Hofheinz Pavilion4,576 || 20–24 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || January 23 || @ Atlanta || 96–95 || Calvin Murphy (30) || Ed Ratleff (12) || Mike Newlin (7) || Omni Coliseum2,691 || 21–24 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || January 24 || Milwaukee || 91–95 || Calvin Murphy (23) || Kevin Kunnert (21) || Calvin Murphy (7) || Hofheinz Pavilion8,194 || 22–24 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 47 || January 26 || @ Washington || 90–118 || Calvin Murphy (17) || Steve Hawes (11) || Murphy, Newlin, Ratleff (5) || Capital Centre7,939 || 22–25 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || January 28 || Los Angeles || 89–104 || Rudy Tomjanovich (19) || Rudy Tomjanovich (14) || Steve Hawes (8) || Hofheinz Pavilion2,156 || 23–25 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || January 30 || Detroit || 88–103 || Rudy Tomjanovich (30) || Kevin Kunnert (13) || Mike Newlin (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion2,317 || 24–25 |- Houston Rockets February yes #FFD700 #FF0000 5 2 4 4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 50 || February 1 || @ New York || 95–93 || Calvin Murphy (32) || Steve Hawes (10) || Mike Newlin (6) || Madison Square Garden18,284 || 25–25 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 51 || February 2 || @ Philadelphia || 77–90 || Rudy Tomjanovich (18) || Kevin Kunnert (12) || Murphy, Riley (4) || The Spectrum6,087 || 25–26 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 52 || February 4 || Golden State || 107–105 || Calvin Murphy (24) || Ron Riley (6) || Mike Newlin (8) || Hofheinz Pavilion3,173 || 25–27 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 || February 5 || @ New Orleans || 124–97 || Kevin Kunnert (24) || Kevin Kunnert (16) || Mike Newlin (6) || Loyola Field House3,063 || 26–27 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 54 || February 7 || Atlanta || 97–105 || Kunnert, Murphy (23) || Kevin Kunnert (18) || Mike Newlin (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion3,215 || 27–27 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || February 9 || @ Portland || 102–92 || Rudy Tomjanovich (28) || Kevin Kunnert (10) || Calvin Murphy (8) || Memorial Coliseum10,511 || 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 Arena5,775 || 29–27 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 57 || February 12 || @ Seattle || 103–104 || Calvin Murphy (27) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (7) || Calvin Murphy (4) || Seattle Center Coliseum8,595 || 29–28 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 58 || February 14 || New Orleans || 124–112 || Calvin Murphy (23) || Rudy Tomjanovich (9) || Mike Newlin (4) || Hofheinz Pavilion3,342 || 29–29 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 59 || February 16 || @ Cleveland || 95–100 || Calvin Murphy (33) || Kevin Kunnert (12) || Calvin Murphy (6) || Richfield Coliseum9,082 || 29–30 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || February 18 || Portland || 83–107 || Rudy Tomjanovich (27) || Rudy Tomjanovich (11) || Mike Newlin (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion4,067 || 30–30 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 61 || February 21 || Philadelphia || 85–103 || Calvin Murphy (20) || Kevin Kunnert (15) || Ed Ratleff (11) || Hofheinz Pavilion3,872 || 31–30 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 62 || February 23 || @ New Orleans || 99–108 || Kevin Kunnert (27) || Kevin Kunnert (14) || Calvin Murphy (8) || Loyola Field House6,425 || 31–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || February 25 || Cleveland || 87–114 || Rudy Tomjanovich (39) || Rudy Tomjanovich (12) || Dave Wohl (8) || Hofheinz Pavilion4,723 || 32–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 64 || February 28 || Chicago || 87–102 || Kevin Kunnert (20) || Kevin Kunnert (18) || Dave Wohl (7) || Hofheinz Pavilion8,475 || 33–31 |- Houston Rockets March yes #FFD700 #FF0000 6 2 1 7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || March 1 || New Orleans || 109–121 || Calvin Murphy (25) || Zaid Abdul-Aziz (12) || Murphy, Ratleff (5) || Hofheinz Pavilion6,358 || 34–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || March 2 || Phoenix || 104–110 || Ed Ratleff (31) || Kevin Kunnert (11) || Rudy Tomjanovich (9) || Hofheinz Pavilion4,827 || 35–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || March 7 || Cleveland || 86–93 || Calvin Murphy (23) || Kevin Kunnert (14) || Dave Wohl (9) || Hofheinz Pavilion8,876 || 36–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 68 || March 8 || @ Phoenix || 112–107 || Rudy Tomjanovich (35) || Rudy Tomjanovich (11) || Mike Newlin (14) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,272 || 37–31 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 69 || March 9 || @ Los Angeles || 95–116 || Rudy Tomjanovich (24) || Kevin Kunnert (22) || Calvin Murphy (7) || The Forum11,261 || 37–32 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 70 || March 11 || Seattle || 122–117 (OT) || Mike Newlin (32) || Kunnert, Tomjanovich (9) || Mike Newlin (13) || Hofheinz Pavilion6,153 || 37–33 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 71 || March 12 || @ Washington || 88–117 || Rudy Tomjanovich (18) || Ron Riley (8) || Dave Wohl (7) || Capital Centre6,059 || 37–34 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 72 || March 14 || New York || 103–94 || Calvin Murphy (21) || Kevin Kunnert (18) || Mike Newlin (9) || Hofheinz Pavilion9,471 || 37–35 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 73 || March 16 || @ Boston || 94–99 || Kevin Kunnert (24) || Rudy Tomjanovich (13) || Calvin Murphy (6) || Boston Garden15,320 || 37–36 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || March 18 || Buffalo || 115–122 || Rudy Tomjanovich (34) || Kevin Kunnert (14) || Mike Newlin (10) || Hofheinz Pavilion8,627 || 38–36 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 75 || March 21 || @ Detroit || 110–121 || Calvin Murphy (31) || Ed Ratleff (9) || Ratleff, Wohl (6) || Cobo Arena9,048 || 38–37 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 76 || March 22 || @ Buffalo || 112–117 || Kevin Kunnert (27) || Kevin Kunnert (14) || Mike Newlin (5) || Buffalo Memorial Auditorium18,164 || 38–38 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 77 || March 23 || @ Cleveland || 95–101 || Rudy Tomjanovich (30) || Kunnert, Tomjanovich (14) || Dave Wohl (6) || Richfield Coliseum14,769 || 38–39 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 78 || March 25 || @ Chicago || 94–112 || Ed Ratleff (17) || Abdul-Aziz, Tomjanovich (9) || Calvin Murphy (6) || Chicago Stadium9,863 || 38–40 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 79 || March 28 || Cleveland || 105–112 || Calvin Murphy (28) || Kevin Kunnert (14) || Mike Newlin (8) || Hofheinz Pavilion10,518 || 39–40 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || March 29 || New Orleans || 105–107 || Calvin Murphy (25) || Ed Ratleff (11) || Murphy, Ratleff (6) || Hofheinz Pavilion7,328 || 40–40 |- Houston Rockets April yes #FFD700 #FF0000 1 0 0 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || April 1 || Atlanta || 104–113 || Rudy Tomjanovich (27) || Kevin Kunnert (11) || Calvin Murphy (7) || Hofheinz Pavilion8,257 || 41–40 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 82 || April 2 || @ Washington || 85–112 || Rudy Tomjanovich (20) || Kevin Kunnert (20) || Mike Newlin (11) || Capital Centre7,748 || 41–41 |- Source: www.basketball-reference.com Playoffs Houston Rockets 1975 yes #FF0000 #FFD700 Houston Rockets First Round yes yes no #FFD700 #FF0000 2 0 0 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 8 | New York | W 99–84 | Calvin Murphy (22) | Kevin Kunnert (14) | Mike Newlin (5) | Hofheinz Pavilion10,218 | 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 Garden19,694 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 12 | New York | W 118–86 | Rudy Tomjanovich (25) | Rudy Tomjanovich (10) | Murphy, Newlin (9) | Hofheinz Pavilion10,218 | 2–1 |- Houston Rockets Conference semifinals yes no #FFD700 #FF0000 1 1 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 14 | @ Boston | L 106–123 | Rudy Tomjanovich (30) | Tomjanovich, Riley (9) | Calvin Murphy (6) | Boston Garden15,320 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 16 | @ Boston | L 100–112 | Calvin Murphy (30) | Kevin Kunnert (10) | Calvin Murphy (9) | Boston Garden13,254 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 19 | Boston | W 117–102 | Rudy Tomjanovich (28) | Rudy Tomjanovich (12) | Murphy, Hawes (7) | Hofheinz Pavilion10,218 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 22 | Boston | L 117–122 | Calvin Murphy (35) | Tomjanovich, Ratleff (11) | Mike Newlin (6) | Hofheinz Pavilion10,218 | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 24 | @ Boston | L 115–128 | Tomjanovich, Murphy (27) | Ed Ratleff (6) | Ed Ratleff (6) | Boston Garden15,320 | 1–4 |- HOU 1975 yes References Houston Category:Houston Rockets seasons