Houston Rockets Playoff Rosters

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1979-1980 Houston Rockets Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Rick Barry SF 6-7 205 Mar 28, 1944 36 Miami (FL) 9 1965 1st Rnd, #5, Golden State Warriors
Alonzo Bradley SF 6-6 190 Oct 16, 1953 26 Texas Southern 0 1977 2nd Rnd, #29, Indiana Pacers
Mike Dunleavy, Sr. PG 6-3 180 Mar 21, 1954 26 South Carolina 3 1976 6th Rnd, #111, Philadelphia Sixers
Tom Henderson SG 6-3 190 Jan 26, 1952 28 Hawaii 5 1974 1st Rnd, #7, Atlanta Hawks
Major Jones PF 6-9 225 Jul 9, 1953 26 Albany State (GA) 2 1976 2nd Rnd, #32, Portland Trail Blazers
Allen Leavell PG 6-1 170 May 27, 1957 22 Oklahoma City 0 1979 5th Rnd, #104, Houston Rockets
Moses Malone C 6-10 215 Mar 23, 1955 25 Petersburg High School (Virginia) 3 1975 Supplemental Draft, New Orleans Jazz
1976 ABA Dispersal Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 5, Portland Trail Blazers
Paul Mokeski C 7-0 250 Jan 3, 1957 23 Kansas 0 1979 2nd Rnd, #42, Houston Rockets
Calvin Murphy PG 5-9 165 May 9, 1948 31 Niagara 9 1970 2nd Rnd, #18, San Diego Rockets
Billy Paultz FC 6-11 235 Jul 30, 1948 31 St. John's 3 1970 7th Rnd, #103, San Diego Rockets
Robert Reid GF 6-8 205 Aug 30, 1955 24 St. Mary's (TX) 2 1977 2nd Rnd, #40, Houston Rockets
Rudy Tomjanovich PF 6-8 218 Nov 24, 1948 31 Michigan 9 1970 1st Rnd, #2, San Diego Rockets

1979-1980 Playoff Matchups

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

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Seattle SuperSonics #6 Portland Trail Blazers SEA in 3
First Round #4 Phoenix Suns #5 Kansas City Kings PHX in 3
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #4 Phoenix Suns LAL in 5
Second Round #3 Seattle SuperSonics #2 Milwaukee Bucks SEA in 7
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #3 Seattle SuperSonics LAL in 5

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #3 Philadelphia Sixers LAL in 6

1979-1980 Houston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Moses Malone 7 39.3 25.9 13.9 1.0 0.6 2.3 3.1
Calvin Murphy 7 37.9 18.7 1.4 3.7 1.6 0.0 2.3
Robert Reid 7 38.0 18.0 7.9 3.7 0.9 1.0 2.7
Rudy Tomjanovich 7 26.4 8.3 5.7 1.4 0.3 0.0 2.0
Tom Henderson 7 29.0 8.0 2.3 6.0 1.0 0.6 1.6
Allen Leavell 7 21.3 5.6 1.7 3.4 0.9 0.0 0.9
Rick Barry 6 13.2 5.5 1.0 2.5 0.2 0.2 1.7
Billy Paultz 7 18.3 4.3 4.7 1.1 0.1 0.4 1.6
Major Jones 6 11.7 4.7 3.7 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.7
Mike Dunleavy, Sr. 6 7.5 2.8 0.8 2.2 0.8 0.0 1.0
Alonzo Bradley 4 3.8 4.0 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0

1979-1980 Houston Rockets Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Houston Leaders San Antonio Leaders
Apr 2, 1980
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San Antonio		 W, 95-85 Compaq Center
Opening Round 		1-0 PTS: 28. C. Murphy
 PTS: 19. G. Gervin
Apr 4, 1980
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San Antonio		 L, 106-101 HemisFair Arena
Opening Round 		1-1 PTS: 34. Moses Malone
 PTS: 44. G. Gervin
Apr 6, 1980
v.
San Antonio		 W, 141-120 Compaq Center
Opening Round 		2-1 PTS: 37. Moses Malone
 PTS: 37. G. Gervin

1979-1980 Houston Rockets Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Houston Leaders Boston Leaders
Apr 9, 1980
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Boston		 L, 119-101 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		0-1 PTS: 27. Moses Malone
 PTS: 19. Chris Ford
Apr 11, 1980
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Boston		 L, 95-75 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		0-2 PTS: 22. Robert Reid
 PTS: 14. Larry Bird
Apr 13, 1980
v.
Boston		 L, 81-100 Compaq Center
Conference Semi Finals 		0-3 PTS: 28. Moses Malone
 PTS: 20. T. Archibald
Apr 14, 1980
v.
Boston		 L, 121-138 Compaq Center
Conference Semi Finals 		0-4 PTS: 28. Moses Malone
 PTS: 34. Larry Bird