1975–76 Houston Rockets season

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NBA professional basketball team season

Head coach

Johnny Egan

General manager

Ray Patterson

Owners

James Talcott Incorporated

Arena

The Summit

Results

Record

40–42 (.488)

Place

Division: 3rd (Central)
Conference: 6th (Eastern)

Playoff finish

Did not qualify

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Local media

Television

Radio

The 1975–76 NBA season was the Rockets' 9th season in the NBA and 5th season in the city of Houston as well as their first season at The Summit.

Roster※

1975–76 Houston Rockets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SG	22	Bailey, Gus	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1951-02-18	UTEP
SF	34	Johnson, John	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1947-10-18	Iowa
C	44	Kunnert, Kevin	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1951-11-11	Iowa
C	50	Meriweather, "Joe C."	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1953-10-26	Southern Illinois
PG	23	Murphy, Calvin	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1948-05-09	Niagara
SG	14	Newlin, Mike	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1949-01-02	Utah
SF	42	Ratleff, Ed	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1950-03-29	Long Beach State
PF	31	Riley, Ron	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1950-11-11	USC
PF	45	Tomjanovich, Rudy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1948-11-24	Michigan
SG	32	White, Rudy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1953-06-23	Arizona State
PG	11	Wohl, Dave	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1949-11-02	Penn

Head coach

Johnny Egan

Assistant coach(es)

Larry Siegfried

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: November 27, 1975

Regular season※

Season standings※

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Cleveland Cavaliers	49	33	.598	–	29–12	20–21	15–11
x-Washington Bullets	48	34	.585	1	31–10	17–24	14–12
Houston Rockets	40	42	.488	9	27–13	13–29	14–12
New Orleans Jazz	38	44	.463	11	22–19	16–25	15–11
Atlanta Hawks	29	53	.354	20	20–21	9–32	7–19

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	54	28	.659	–
2	y-Cleveland Cavaliers	49	33	.598	5
3	x-Washington Bullets	48	34	.585	6
4	x-Philadelphia 76ers	46	36	.561	8
5	x-Buffalo Braves	46	36	.561	8

6	Houston Rockets	40	42	.488	14
7	New York Knicks	38	44	.463	16
8	New Orleans Jazz	38	44	.463	16
9	Atlanta Hawks	29	53	.354	25

Record vs. opponents※

1975–76 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	GSW	HOU	KCK	LAL	MIL	NOJ	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SEA	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–3	2–3	2–2	2–5	1–3	2–2	2–5	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–4	3–2	2–3	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–5
Boston	3–2	—	4–3	2–2	3–2	4–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	4–0	2–2	4–1	5–2	4–3	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–2
Buffalo	3–2	3–4	—	3–1	3–2	1–3	1–3	3–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	4–1	4–3	3–4	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–3
Chicago	2–2	2–2	1–3	—	0–4	3–4	1–4	1–3	1–6	3–2	3–4	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–3	1–4	2–3	0–4
Cleveland	5–2	2–3	2–3	4–0	—	2–2	1–3	2–4	1–3	2–2	4–0	4–3	3–2	3–2	3–1	4–0	3–1	4–2
Detroit	3–1	0–4	3–1	4–3	2–2	—	0–5	2–2	5–2	1–4	3–4	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–4	2–3	3–2	2–2
Golden State	2–2	2–2	3–1	4–1	3–1	5–0	—	2–2	4–1	5–2	5–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	4–2	4–2	4–3	3–1
Houston	5–2	1–4	2–3	3–1	4–2	2–2	2–2	—	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–4	3–2	3–2	0–4	3–1	2–2	3–4
Kansas City	2–2	2–2	0–4	6–1	3–1	2–5	1–4	2–2	—	2–3	2–5	1–3	1–3	1–3	3–2	0–5	2–3	1–3
Los Angeles	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–3	2–2	4–1	2–5	3–1	3–2	—	2–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–4	3–4	3–3	1–3
Milwaukee	2–2	2–2	1–3	4–3	0–4	4–3	0–5	2–2	5–2	3–2	—	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	2–3	2–3	2–2
New Orleans	4–2	1–4	1–4	2–2	3–4	3–1	2–2	4–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	—	2–3	1–4	1–3	3–1	1–3	4–3
New York	2–3	2–5	3–4	4–0	2–3	1–3	0–4	2–3	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–2	—	5–2	2–2	3–1	0–4	3–2
Philadelphia	3–2	3–4	4–3	4–0	2–3	3–1	1–3	2–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	4–1	2–5	—	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–3
Phoenix	4–0	0–4	1–3	3–2	1–3	4–1	2–4	4–0	2–3	4–2	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	—	5–2	4–3	0–4
Portland	2–2	2–2	2–2	4–1	0–4	3–2	2–4	1–3	5–0	4–3	3–2	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–5	—	3–3	2–2
Seattle	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–3	3–4	2–2	3–2	3–3	3–2	3–1	4–0	2–2	3–4	3–3	—	1–3
Washington	5–1	2–3	3–2	4–0	2–4	2–2	1–3	4–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–4	2–3	3–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	—