Houston Rockets Playoff Rosters

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1976-1977 Houston Rockets Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
John Johnson SF 6-7 200 Oct 18, 1947 29 Iowa 6 1970 1st Rnd, #7, Cleveland Cavaliers
Dwight Jones FC 6-10 210 Feb 27, 1952 25 Houston 3 1973 1st Rnd, #9, Atlanta Hawks
Goo Kennedy GF 6-5 205 Aug 23, 1949 27 TCU 0 1971 9th Rnd, #144, Portland Trail Blazers
Kevin Kunnert FC 7-0 230 Nov 11, 1951 25 Iowa 3 1973 1st Rnd, #12, Chicago Bulls
John Lucas PG 6-3 175 Oct 31, 1953 23 Maryland 0 1976 1st Rnd, #2, Houston Rockets
Moses Malone C 6-10 215 Mar 23, 1955 22 Petersburg High School (Virginia) 0 1975 Supplemental Draft, New Orleans Jazz
1976 ABA Dispersal Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 5, Portland Trail Blazers
Calvin Murphy PG 5-9 165 May 9, 1948 28 Niagara 6 1970 2nd Rnd, #18, San Diego Rockets
Mike Newlin GF 6-4 200 Jan 2, 1949 28 Utah 5 1971 2nd Rnd, #29, Houston Rockets
Tom Owens FC 6-10 215 Jun 28, 1949 27 South Carolina 0 1971 4th Rnd, #63, Houston Rockets
Ed Ratleff GF 6-6 195 Mar 29, 1950 27 Long Beach State 3 1973 1st Rnd, #6, Houston Rockets
Rudy Tomjanovich PF 6-8 218 Nov 24, 1948 28 Michigan 6 1970 1st Rnd, #2, San Diego Rockets
Rudy White SG 6-2 195 Jun 23, 1953 23 Arizona State 1 1975 3rd Rnd, #51, Houston Rockets

1976-1977 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Washington Bullets #6 Cleveland Cavaliers WAS in 3
First Round #4 Boston Celtics #5 San Antonio Spurs BOS in 2
Second Round #1 Philadelphia Sixers #4 Boston Celtics PHI in 7
Second Round #2 Houston Rockets #3 Washington Bullets HOU in 6
Conference Finals #1 Philadelphia Sixers #2 Houston Rockets PHI in 6

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Portland Trail Blazers #6 Chicago Bulls POR in 3
First Round #4 Golden State Warriors #5 Detroit Pistons GSW in 3
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #4 Golden State Warriors LAL in 7
Second Round #2 Denver Nuggets #3 Portland Trail Blazers POR in 6
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #3 Portland Trail Blazers POR in 4

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Philadelphia Sixers #3 Portland Trail Blazers POR in 6

1976-1977 Houston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK
Rudy Tomjanovich 12 38.1 20.2 5.4 2.0 0.6 0.2
Calvin Murphy 12 35.0 19.3 1.6 6.2 1.6 0.2
Moses Malone 12 43.2 18.8 16.9 0.6 1.1 1.8
John Lucas 12 35.8 14.7 2.8 6.9 2.0 0.3
Mike Newlin 12 26.3 14.2 2.8 4.4 1.2 0.0
Kevin Kunnert 12 27.3 9.5 8.9 1.2 0.2 0.7
Dwight Jones 12 20.5 6.2 4.2 1.2 0.7 0.2
John Johnson 12 12.2 4.8 2.4 0.8 0.3 0.0
Goo Kennedy 6 5.8 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rudy White 1 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
Tom Owens 3 2.3 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0

1976-1977 Houston Rockets Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Houston Leaders Washington Leaders
Apr 19, 1977
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Washington		 L, 101-111 Compaq Center
Conference Semi Finals 		0-1 PTS: 24. Mike Newlin
 PTS: 32. M. Kupchak
Apr 21, 1977
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Washington		 W, 124-118 Compaq Center
Conference Semi Finals 		1-1 PTS: 31. Moses Malone
 PTS: 37. Phil Chenier
Apr 24, 1977
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Washington		 L, 93-90 US Airways Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		1-2 PTS: 18. John Lucas
 PTS: 23. M. Kupchak
Apr 26, 1977
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Washington		 W, 103-107 US Airways Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		2-2 PTS: 28. R. Tomjanovich
 PTS: 29. Phil Chenier
Apr 29, 1977
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Washington		 W, 123-115 Compaq Center
Conference Semi Finals 		3-2 PTS: 40. C. Murphy
 PTS: 30. Elvin Hayes
May 1, 1977
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Washington		 W, 103-108 US Airways Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		4-2 PTS: 26. R. Tomjanovich
 PTS: 21. Phil Chenier

1976-1977 Houston Rockets Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Houston Leaders Philadelphia Leaders
May 5, 1977
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Philadelphia		 L, 128-117 Spectrum
Conference Finals 		0-1 PTS: 32. Moses Malone
 PTS: 24. J. Erving
May 8, 1977
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Philadelphia		 L, 106-97 Spectrum
Conference Finals 		0-2 PTS: 32. C. Murphy
 PTS: 21. G. McGinnis
May 11, 1977
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Philadelphia		 W, 118-94 Compaq Center
Conference Finals 		1-2 PTS: 30. Moses Malone
 PTS: 28. J. Erving
May 13, 1977
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Philadelphia		 L, 95-107 Compaq Center
Conference Finals 		1-3 PTS: 24. R. Tomjanovich
 PTS: 36. Doug Collins
May 15, 1977
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Philadelphia		 W, 115-118 Spectrum
Conference Finals 		2-3 PTS: 21. R. Tomjanovich
 PTS: 37. J. Erving
May 17, 1977
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Philadelphia		 L, 109-112 Compaq Center
Conference Finals 		2-4 PTS: 24. John Lucas
 PTS: 34. J. Erving