1974–75 Houston Rockets season
Head coachJohnny Egan
General managerRay Patterson
Owner(s)Irvin Kaplan
ArenaHofheinz Pavilion
Results
Record41–41 (.500)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Central)
Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Conference semifinals
(lost to Celtics 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKHTV
RadioKPRC

The 1974–75 NBA season was the Rockets' 8th season in the NBA and 4th season in the city of Houston[1] 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

Roster

Houston Rockets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 35 Abdul-Aziz, Zaid 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Iowa State
C 10 Hawes, Steve 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Washington
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
F 30 Wells, Owen 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Detroit Mercy
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 Div
y-Washington Bullets 6022.732–36–524–1722–8
x-Houston Rockets 4141.5001929–1212–2916–14
Cleveland Cavaliers 4042.4882029–1211–3017–13
Atlanta Hawks 3151.3782922–199–3211–19
New Orleans Jazz 2359.2803720–213–389–21
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics6022.732–
2 y-Washington Bullets6022.732–
3 x-Buffalo Braves4933.59811
4 x-Houston Rockets4141.50019
5 x-New York Knicks4042.48820
6 Cleveland Cavaliers4042.48820
7 Philadelphia 76ers3448.41526
8 Atlanta Hawks3151.37829
9 New Orleans Jazz2359.28037
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1974–75 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NOJ NYK PHI PHO POR SEA WAS
Atlanta —0–41–30–43–42–21–32–52–22–22–23–50–42–24–01–33–13–5
Boston 4–0—5–43–13–13–11–34–02–24–04–04–07–25–33–14–02–22–2
Buffalo 3–14–5—1–33–12–23–12–21–34–01–34–05–36–33–12–23–12–2
Chicago 4–01–33–1—2–24–53–12–24–53–13–54–03–12–22–22–24–01–3
Cleveland 4–31–31–32–2—2–22–24–42–22–21–36–11–33–12–22–22–23–5
Detroit 2–21–32–25–42–2—1–32–22–63–13–64–02–23–12–23–12–21–3
Golden State 3–13–11–31–32–23–1—2–22–25–23–12–23–13–15–35–34–31–3
Houston 5–20–42–22–24–42–22–2—4–02–23–15–31–32–22–22–21–32–5
Kansas City-Omaha 2–22–23–15–42–26–22–20–4—3–16–32–22–21–33–13–11–31–3
Los Angeles 2–20–40–41–32–21–32–52–21–3—4–03–10–43–14–42–52–61–3
Milwaukee 2–20–43–15–33–16–31–31–33–60–4—3–13–13–12–22–21–30–4
New Orleans 5–30–40–40–41–60–42–23–52–21–31–3—2–22–21–32–21–30–7
New York 4–02–73–51–33–12–21–33–12–24–01–32–2—4–53–12–22–21–3
Philadelphia 2–23–53–62–21–31–31–32–23–11–31–32–25–4—2–22–22–21–3
Phoenix 0–41–31–32–22–22–23–52–21–34–42–23–11–32–2—1–64–31–3
Portland 3–10–42–22–22–21–33–52–21–35–22–22–22–22–26–1—2–61–3
Seattle 1–32–21–30–42–22–23–43–13–16–23–13–12–22–23–46–2—1–3
Washington 5–32–22–23–15–33–13–15–23–13–14–07–03–13–13–13–13–1—

Playoffs

1975 playoff game log
First Round: 2–1 (home: 2–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 8 New York W 99–84 Calvin Murphy (22) Kevin Kunnert (14) Mike Newlin (5) Hofheinz Pavilion
10,218		 1–0
2 April 10 @ New York L 96–106 Rudy Tomjanovich (22) Kevin Kunnert (9) Newlin, Ratleff (4) Madison Square Garden
19,694		 1–1
3 April 12 New York W 118–86 Rudy Tomjanovich (25) Rudy Tomjanovich (10) Murphy, Newlin (9) Hofheinz Pavilion
10,218		 2–1
Conference semifinals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 14 @ Boston L 106–123 Rudy Tomjanovich (30) Tomjanovich, Riley (9) Calvin Murphy (6) Boston Garden
15,320		 0–1
2 April 16 @ Boston L 100–112 Calvin Murphy (30) Kevin Kunnert (10) Calvin Murphy (9) Boston Garden
13,254		 0–2
3 April 19 Boston W 117–102 Rudy Tomjanovich (28) Rudy Tomjanovich (12) Murphy, Hawes (7) Hofheinz Pavilion
10,218		 1–2
4 April 22 Boston L 117–122 Calvin Murphy (35) Tomjanovich, Ratleff (11) Mike Newlin (6) Hofheinz Pavilion
10,218		 1–3
5 April 24 @ Boston L 115–128 Tomjanovich, Murphy (27) Ed Ratleff (6) Ed Ratleff (6) Boston Garden
15,320		 1–4
1975 schedule

References

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