1971–72 Houston Rockets season

March 2026 August 2023 Houston Rockets 1972 34 48 Pacific 4 7 Tex Winter Pete Newell Wayne Duddlesten Billy Goldberg Mickey Herskowitz Hofheinz Pavilion Astrodome Did not qualify HOU KHTV KPRC San Diego Rockets The 1971–72 Houston Rockets season was the Rockets' 5th season in the NBA and 1st season in the city of Houston1971–72 Houston Rockets following their relocation from San Diego, where the franchise played its first four seasons prior to moving to becoming the first NBA franchise in Texas. Offseason Draft picks 1971 NBA draft Roster Houston Rockets 1971–72 #FFFFFF #B50000 #000000 #FFD700 34 Dick Cunningham C 6 10 245 1946-07-11 Murray State 21 Johnny Egan basketball PG 5 11 180 1939-01-31 Providence 40 Dick Gibbs basketball SF 6 5 210 1948-12-20 Texas-El Paso 44 Elvin Hayes C 6 9 235 1945-11-17 Houston 22 Stu Lantz SG 6 3 175 1946-07-13 Nebraska 18 McCoy McLemore SF 6 7 230 1942-04-03 Drake University 25 Cliff Meely PF 6 8 215 1947-07-10 Colorado 23 Calvin Murphy PG 5 9 165 1948-05-09 Niagara 14 Mike Newlin SG 6 4 200 1949-01-02 Utah 4 Greg Smith basketball, born 1947 SF 6 5 195 1947-01-28 Western Kentucky 45 Rudy Tomjanovich PF 6 8 218 1948-11-24 Michigan 33 John Vallely SG 6 3 185 1948-10-03 UCLA Tex Winter Frank Hamblen https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/1972.html December 16, 1971 Regular season Season standings HOU HOU Game log 1971–72 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 14 Philadelphia 105–94 Rudy Tomjanovich (28) 0–1 2 October 16 @ Phoenix 108–128 Elvin Hayes (26) 0–2 3 October 17 N Detroit 99–112 Calvin Murphy (26) 0–3 4 October 20 N Chicago 110–125 Stu Lantz (33) 0–4 5 October 22 @ Seattle 91–110 Rudy Tomjanovich (18) 0–5 6 October 24 Los Angeles 113–103 Elvin Hayes (35) 0–6 7 October 26 @ Detroit 104–103 Elvin Hayes (30) 1–6 8 October 27 @ Boston 97–108 Rudy Tomjanovich (25) 1–7 9 October 28 @ New York 94–112 Calvin Murphy (21) 1–8 10 October 31 Buffalo 87–102 Cliff Meely (19) 2–8 11 November 3 New York 117–98 Rudy Tomjanovich (26) 2–9 12 November 4 Portland 112–110 Elvin Hayes (28) 2–10 13 November 7 Baltimore 109–106 Elvin Hayes (38) 2–11 14 November 9 @ Golden State 99–115 Stu Lantz (30) 2–12 15 November 10 Boston 142–103 Elvin Hayes (30) 2–13 16 November 12 @ Milwaukee 102–111 Stu Lantz (26) 2–14 17 November 13 @ Chicago 102–111 Elvin Hayes (33) 2–15 18 November 16 @ Baltimore 107–110 Elvin Hayes (31) 2–16 19 November 17 @ Philadelphia 118–112 Elvin Hayes (33) 3–16 20 November 19 @ Los Angeles 99–106 Elvin Hayes (26) 3–17 21 November 21 N Golden State 115–96 Mike Newlin (31) 4–17 22 November 24 Philadelphia 108–109 Hayes, Tomjanovich (27) 5–17 23 November 28 Phoenix 116–110 Elvin Hayes (30) 5–18 24 November 30 @ Buffalo 115–101 Lantz, Murphy (18) 6–18 25 December 1 @ Cleveland 106–116 Lantz, Murphy (24) 6–19 26 December 3 @ Detroit 112–113 Elvin Hayes (35) 6–20 27 December 4 @ Boston 107–117 Elvin Hayes (28) 6–21 28 December 8 Los Angeles 125–120 Elvin Hayes (31) 6–22 29 December 10 Atlanta 88–95 Stu Lantz (28) 7–22 30 December 11 @ Phoenix 111–110 Hayes, Murphy (24) 8–22 31 December 12 Seattle 98–100 Elvin Hayes (34) 9–22 32 December 14 @ Milwaukee 98–106 Cliff Meely (20) 9–23 33 December 15 @ Atlanta 117–115 (OT) Stu Lantz (30) 10–23 34 December 17 @ Chicago 109–98 Stu Lantz (31) 11–23 35 December 18 @ Cincinnati 126–116 Elvin Hayes (29) 12–23 36 December 21 @ Portland 132–119 Elvin Hayes (44) 13–23 37 December 26 @ Los Angeles 115–137 Elvin Hayes (33) 13–24 38 December 29 Phoenix 124–106 Stu Lantz (19) 13–25 39 December 30 Atlanta 115–129 Elvin Hayes (42) 14–25 40 January 2 Detroit 109–107 Elvin Hayes (26) 14–26 41 January 4 Seattle 110–119 Calvin Murphy (28) 15–26 42 January 5 Boston 113–105 Elvin Hayes (25) 15–27 43 January 9 Golden State 113–112 Calvin Murphy (25) 15–28 44 January 11 @ Seattle 126–141 Elvin Hayes (42) 15–29 45 January 15 Cleveland 109–112 Elvin Hayes (30) 16–29 46 January 16 New York 109–108 Elvin Hayes (24) 16–30 47 January 20 @ Cincinnati 104–87 Elvin Hayes (27) 17–30 48 January 21 @ Boston 105–110 Rudy Tomjanovich (25) 17–31 49 January 22 @ Chicago 108–115 Elvin Hayes (23) 17–32 50 January 23 @ Detroit 109–107 Stu Lantz (32) 18–32 51 January 25 Portland 104–118 Elvin Hayes (27) 19–32 52 January 26 N Chicago 108–117 Elvin Hayes (36) 19–33 53 January 28 @ Los Angeles 105–118 Elvin Hayes (33) 19–34 54 February 2 N Seattle 88–111 Greg Smith (23) 20–34 55 February 4 @ Portland 113–114 Elvin Hayes (28) 20–35 56 February 5 Milwaukee 119–112 Stu Lantz (30) 20–36 57 February 6 Atlanta 113–120 Calvin Murphy (27) 21–36 58 February 8 N Seattle 127–119 Elvin Hayes (31) 21–37 59 February 11 Baltimore 95–116 Calvin Murphy (28) 22–37 60 February 13 Cincinnati 111–112 Calvin Murphy (31) 23–37 61 February 14 @ Philadelphia 130–116 Elvin Hayes (28) 24–37 62 February 15 @ Baltimore 98–113 Elvin Hayes (31) 24–38 63 February 16 @ New York 100–110 Elvin Hayes (26) 24–39 64 February 18 @ Buffalo 108–96 Elvin Hayes (27) 25–39 65 February 23 N Los Angeles 110–115 Elvin Hayes (33) 26–39 66 February 26 Detroit 106–122 Elvin Hayes (36) 27–39 67 February 27 Golden State 117–104 Elvin Hayes (33) 27–40 68 March 1 N Cincinnati 108–96 Hayes, Lantz (26) 28–40 69 March 3 N Golden State 107–108 Rudy Tomjanovich (26) 28–41 70 March 4 Cleveland 130–123 Stu Lantz (31) 28–42 71 March 5 Chicago 128–97 Calvin Murphy (28) 28–43 72 March 9 N Portland 111–114 Rudy Tomjanovich (29) 29–43 73 March 10 Golden State 119–116 Calvin Murphy (35) 29–44 74 March 11 Buffalo 100–121 Stu Lantz (29) 30–44 75 March 12 Philadelphia 112–121 Rudy Tomjanovich (33) 31–44 76 March 16 New York 103–102 Elvin Hayes (37) 31–45 77 March 18 Milwaukee 120–116 (OT) Elvin Hayes (39) 31–46 78 March 21 @ Milwaukee 94–111 Calvin Murphy (21) 31–47 79 March 22 @ Atlanta 106–107 Stu Lantz (29) 31–48 80 March 24 @ Cleveland 127–119 Rudy Tomjanovich (35) 32–48 81 March 25 @ Baltimore 106–85 Calvin Murphy (27) 33–48 82 March 26 Portland 109–131 Elvin Hayes (30) 34–48 References Houston Category:Houston Rockets seasons