1972–73 Houston Rockets season

March 2026 August 2023 Houston Rockets 1973 33 49 Central 3 5 Tex Winter (fired) Johnny Egan Ray Patterson Wayne Duddlesten Billy Goldberg Mickey Herskowitz Hofheinz Pavilion Did not qualify HOU KHTV KPRC The 1972–73 Houston Rockets season was the Rockets' 6th season in the NBA and 2nd season in the city of Houston.1972–73 Houston Rockets Offseason Draft picks 1972 NBA draft Roster Houston Rockets #B50000 #FFFFFF #FFAA1D #000000 24 Jack Marin F 6 6 210 Duke 40 Stan McKenzie basketball SG 6 5 195 NYU 20 Otto Moore F/C 6 11 205 Texas-Pan American 23 Calvin Murphy G 5 9 165 Niagara 14 Mike Newlin G 6 4 200 Utah 6 Don Smith Zaid Abdul-Aziz F 6 9 235 Iowa State 45 Rudy Tomjanovich F 6 8 218 Michigan 11 Jimmy Walker basketball, born 1944 G 6 3 195 Providence Johnny Egan Regular season Season standings HOU HOU Game log 1972–73 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 13 @ Cleveland 109–108 Rudy Tomjanovich (21) 1–0 2 October 14 @ Buffalo 121–113 Mike Newlin (25) 2–0 3 October 17 @ New York 95–103 Marin, Walker (21) 2–1 4 October 20 Atlanta 108–120 Jimmy Walker (29) 3–1 5 October 21 Chicago 130–97 Calvin Murphy (18) 3–2 6 October 25 N Los Angeles 112–107 Don SmithChanged his name to Zaid Abdul-Aziz in 1976. (23) 3–3 7 October 27 Detroit 118–130 Jimmy Walker (30) 4–3 8 October 31 @ Atlanta 106–105 Jack Marin (26) 5–3 9 November 1 @ Philadelphia 108–104 Rudy Tomjanovich (23) 6–3 10 November 3 Atlanta 114–108 Cliff Meely (21) 6–4 11 November 4 N Detroit 118–108 Otto Moore (30) 7–4 12 November 7 @ Los Angeles 109–122 Mike Newlin (30) 7–5 13 November 10 @ Phoenix 109–115 Jimmy Walker (24) 7–6 14 November 11 N Philadelphia 114–112 Jack Marin (30) 7–7 15 November 14 @ Baltimore 103–104 Jack Marin (31) 7–8 16 November 16 @ New York 100–119 Jack Marin (22) 7–9 17 November 18 @ Kansas City–Omaha 117–127 Jimmy Walker (26) 7–10 18 November 21 @ Chicago 105–113 Jimmy Walker (30) 7–11 19 November 22 Golden State 104–132 Jack Marin (27) 8–11 20 November 25 Seattle 109–114 Jack Marin (28) 9–11 21 November 28 N Baltimore 90–108 Murphy, Walker (23) 9–12 22 November 29 N Baltimore 102–94 Jack Marin (21) 10–12 23 December 1 @ Baltimore 96–103 Jack Marin (20) 10–13 24 December 2 Kansas City–Omaha 114–109 Jimmy Walker (32) 10–14 25 December 5 @ Golden State 101–108 Rudy Tomjanovich (22) 10–15 26 December 8 Portland 108–114 Jimmy Walker (24) 11–15 27 December 12 @ Buffalo 94–95 Marin, Moore (20) 11–16 28 December 15 @ Baltimore 91–94 Jimmy Walker (21) 11–17 29 December 16 @ Detroit 123–112 Jimmy Walker (30) 12–17 30 December 17 @ Cleveland 110–109 Jack Marin (35) 13–17 31 December 20 N New York 124–102 Jimmy Walker (25) 13–18 32 December 22 Philadelphia 103–116 Jack Marin (29) 14–18 33 December 26 Phoenix 110–113 Rudy Tomjanovich (31) 15–18 34 December 27 Los Angeles 104–136 Mike Newlin (24) 16–18 35 December 29 Milwaukee 114–101 Jack Marin (25) 16–19 36 January 2 Boston 130–110 Jimmy Walker (25) 16–20 37 January 3 Boston 112–123 Mike Newlin (29) 17–20 38 January 4 @ Chicago 97–111 Rudy Tomjanovich (26) 17–21 39 January 6 @ New York 106–116 Jack Marin (24) 17–22 40 January 7 @ Cleveland 97–102 Marin, Walker (22) 17–23 41 January 9 @ Atlanta 114–120 Tomjanovich, Walker (25) 17–24 42 January 10 @ Boston 107–128 Calvin Murphy (20) 17–25 43 January 12 New York 104–103 Smith, Tomjanovich (20) 17–26 44 January 13 Cleveland 123–115 Calvin Murphy (20) 17–27 45 January 17 N Golden State 117–123 Don Smith (21) 17–28 46 January 19 Cleveland 108–104 Mike Newlin (24) 17–29 47 January 20 Portland 130–115 Meely, Murphy (19) 17–30 48 January 21 New York 103–107 Mike Newlin (25) 18–30 49 January 25 N Milwaukee 125–129 Rudy Tomjanovich (29) 19–30 50 January 26 @ Boston 126–139 Calvin Murphy (27) 19–31 51 January 28 Atlanta 108–116 Jimmy Walker (28) 20–31 52 January 30 @ Portland 123–120 Rudy Tomjanovich (31) 21–31 53 January 31 @ Seattle 109–118 Rudy Tomjanovich (25) 21–32 54 February 2 @ Los Angeles 109–126 Mike Newlin (30) 21–33 55 February 3 @ Phoenix 123–132 Rudy Tomjanovich (27) 21–34 56 February 4 N Buffalo 130–118 Jack Marin (30) 22–34 57 February 6 N Philadelphia 117–123 Rudy Tomjanovich (35) 23–34 58 February 9 Kansas City–Omaha 121–116 Jack Marin (35) 23–35 59 February 10 @ Atlanta 91–103 Rudy Tomjanovich (24) 23–36 60 February 13 @ Kansas City–Omaha 118–132 Mike Newlin (34) 23–37 61 February 16 @ Milwaukee 103–105 Rudy Tomjanovich (29) 23–38 62 February 17 Phoenix 111–127 Rudy Tomjanovich (28) 24–38 63 February 18 Chicago 110–99 Rudy Tomjanovich (22) 24–39 64 February 21 N Seattle 107–139 Rudy Tomjanovich (37) 25–39 65 February 23 N Philadelphia 116–138 Jack Marin (30) 26–39 66 February 25 @ Detroit 112–129 Mike Newlin (24) 26–40 67 February 27 @ Buffalo 112–105 Mike Newlin (29) 27–40 68 March 3 @ Atlanta 125–136 Rudy Tomjanovich (32) 27–41 69 March 4 Milwaukee 116–101 Jack Marin (19) 27–42 70 March 7 N Cleveland 100–118 Rudy Tomjanovich (25) 27–43 71 March 9 Baltimore 109–104 Murphy, Newlin (21) 27–44 72 March 10 Cleveland 116–131 Rudy Tomjanovich (34) 28–44 73 March 11 Atlanta 118–129 Jack Marin (35) 29–44 74 March 15 @ Golden State 125–141 Rudy Tomjanovich (37) 29–45 75 March 16 @ Portland 128–141 Rudy Tomjanovich (28) 29–46 76 March 18 @ Seattle 112–121 Tomjanovich, Walker (27) 29–47 77 March 20 N Boston 89–94 Rudy Tomjanovich (21) 29–48 78 March 21 @ Baltimore 118–110 Rudy Tomjanovich (26) 30–48 79 March 23 @ Philadelphia 132–112 Rudy Tomjanovich (28) 31–48 80 March 25 Boston 125–121 Mike Newlin (36) 31–49 81 March 27 N Buffalo 121–111 Rudy Tomjanovich (25) 32–49 82 March 28 N Buffalo 138–122 Calvin Murphy (31) 33–49 Notes References Houston Category:Houston Rockets seasons