Houston Rockets Playoff Rosters

1981-1982 Houston Rockets Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Mike Dunleavy, Sr. PG 6-3 180 Mar 21, 1954 28 South Carolina 5 1976 6th Rnd, #111, Philadelphia Sixers
Calvin Garrett PF 6-7 190 Jul 11, 1956 25 Oral Roberts 1 1979 3rd Rnd, #47, Chicago Bulls
Elvin Hayes FC 6-9 235 Nov 17, 1945 36 Houston 13 1968 1st Rnd, #1, San Diego Rockets
Tom Henderson SG 6-3 190 Jan 26, 1952 30 Hawaii 7 1974 1st Rnd, #7, Atlanta Hawks
Major Jones PF 6-9 225 Jul 9, 1953 28 Albany State (GA) 4 1976 2nd Rnd, #32, Portland Trail Blazers
Allen Leavell PG 6-1 170 May 27, 1957 24 Oklahoma City 2 1979 5th Rnd, #104, Houston Rockets
Moses Malone C 6-10 215 Mar 23, 1955 27 Petersburg High School (Virginia) 5 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 33 Niagara 11 1970 2nd Rnd, #18, San Diego Rockets
Jawann Oldham C 7-0 215 Jul 4, 1957 24 Seattle 1 1980 2nd Rnd, #41, Denver Nuggets
Billy Paultz FC 6-11 235 Jul 30, 1948 33 St. John's 5 1970 7th Rnd, #103, San Diego Rockets
Robert Reid GF 6-8 205 Aug 30, 1955 26 St. Mary's (TX) 4 1977 2nd Rnd, #40, Houston Rockets
Larry Spriggs SF 6-7 230 Sep 8, 1959 22 Howard 0 1981 4th Rnd, #81, Houston Rockets
Bill Willoughby FC 6-8 205 May 20, 1957 24   5 1975 2nd Rnd, #22, Atlanta Hawks

1981-1982 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #6 Atlanta Hawks PHI in 2
First Round #4 New Jersey Nets #5 Washington Bullets WAS in 2
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #5 Washington Bullets BOS in 5
Second Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #2 Milwaukee Bucks PHI in 6
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 Philadelphia Sixers PHI in 7

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Seattle SuperSonics #6 Houston Rockets SEA in 3
First Round #4 Denver Nuggets #5 Phoenix Suns PHX in 3
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #5 Phoenix Suns LAL in 4
Second Round #3 Seattle SuperSonics #2 San Antonio Spurs SAS in 5
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #2 San Antonio Spurs LAL in 4

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

1981-1982 Houston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Moses Malone 3 45.3 24.0 17.0 3.3 0.7 0.7 2.0
Allen Leavell 3 31.0 14.0 1.7 3.3 1.3 0.3 1.7
Elvin Hayes 3 41.3 14.0 10.0 1.0 0.7 3.3 2.0
Robert Reid 3 38.3 11.3 8.7 3.0 1.7 0.7 0.0
Mike Dunleavy, Sr. 3 22.0 7.7 1.0 3.0 0.7 0.0 0.3
Calvin Murphy 3 19.0 5.7 1.0 1.3 0.3 0.0 1.3
Tom Henderson 3 22.7 4.7 2.7 3.0 0.0 0.0 1.3
Billy Paultz 3 11.3 2.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.3
Larry Spriggs 2 4.5 3.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bill Willoughby 2 8.5 2.0 3.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5
Calvin Garrett 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

1981-1982 Houston Rockets Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Houston Leaders Seattle Leaders
Apr 21, 1982
@
Seattle
L, 102-87 Kingdome
Opening Round
0-1 PTS: 20. Moses Malone
PTS: 27. Gus Williams
Apr 23, 1982
v.
Seattle
W, 91-70 Compaq Center
Opening Round
1-1 PTS: 28. Moses Malone
PTS: 18. Gus Williams
Apr 25, 1982
@
Seattle
L, 104-83 Kingdome
Opening Round
1-2 PTS: 24. Moses Malone
PTS: 30. Jack Sikma