Houston Rockets Playoff Rosters

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1974-1975 Houston Rockets Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Gus Bailey GF 6-5 185 Feb 18, 1951 24 UTEP 0 1974 2nd Rnd, #23, Houston Rockets
Steve Hawes C 6-9 220 May 26, 1950 24 Washington 0 1972 2nd Rnd, #24, Cleveland Cavaliers
Kevin Kunnert FC 7-0 230 Nov 11, 1951 23 Iowa 1 1973 1st Rnd, #12, Chicago Bulls
Cliff Meely PF 6-8 215 Jul 10, 1947 27 Colorado 3 1971 1st Rnd, #12, San Diego Rockets
Calvin Murphy PG 5-9 165 May 9, 1948 26 Niagara 4 1970 2nd Rnd, #18, San Diego Rockets
Mike Newlin GF 6-4 200 Jan 2, 1949 26 Utah 3 1971 2nd Rnd, #29, Houston Rockets
Ed Ratleff GF 6-6 195 Mar 29, 1950 25 Long Beach State 1 1973 1st Rnd, #6, Houston Rockets
Ron Riley PF 6-8 195 Nov 11, 1950 24 USC 2 1972 3rd Rnd, #38, Kansas City Kings
Zaid Abdul-Aziz FC 6-9 235 Apr 7, 1946 29 Iowa State 6 1968 1st Rnd, #5, Cincinnati Royals
Rudy Tomjanovich PF 6-8 218 Nov 24, 1948 26 Michigan 4 1970 1st Rnd, #2, San Diego Rockets
Owen Wells SF 6-7 200 Dec 9, 1950 24 Detroit-Mercy 0 1974 5th Rnd, #77, Houston Rockets
Dave Wohl PG 6-2 185 Nov 2, 1949 25 Pennsylvania 3 1971 3rd Rnd, #51, Philadelphia Sixers

1974-1975 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #4 Houston Rockets #5 New York Knicks HOU in 3
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #4 Houston Rockets BOS in 5
Second Round #2 Washington Bullets #3 Buffalo Braves WAS in 7
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #2 Washington Bullets WAS in 6

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #4 Seattle SuperSonics #5 Detroit Pistons SEA in 3
Second Round #1 Golden State Warriors #4 Seattle SuperSonics GOS in 6
Second Round #2 Chicago Bulls #3 Kansas City Kings CHI in 6
Conference Finals #1 Golden State Warriors #2 Chicago Bulls GOS in 7

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #2 Washington Bullets #1 Golden State Warriors GOS in 4

1974-1975 Houston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK
Calvin Murphy 8 38.1 24.4 2.4 5.6 1.8 0.1
Rudy Tomjanovich 8 38.0 23.0 8.0 2.9 0.1 0.5
Mike Newlin 8 37.4 16.2 4.1 5.6 1.5 0.0
Ed Ratleff 8 36.4 11.1 6.6 4.4 1.8 0.1
Kevin Kunnert 8 30.5 10.9 7.5 1.5 0.5 1.6
Ron Riley 8 19.0 7.0 4.5 1.9 1.1 0.2
Gus Bailey 8 14.5 5.6 2.4 2.0 0.8 0.2
Steve Hawes 8 16.0 5.5 3.6 1.6 0.4 0.4
Zaid Abdul-Aziz 6 11.3 4.3 2.8 0.5 0.2 0.5
Dave Wohl 4 2.0 1.5 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0
Owen Wells 4 1.2 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0

1974-1975 Houston Rockets Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Houston Leaders New York Leaders
Apr 8, 1975
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New York		 W, 99-84 Fertitta Center
Opening Round 		1-0 PTS: 22. C. Murphy
 PTS: 21. Walt Frazier
Apr 10, 1975
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New York		 L, 106-96 Madison Square Garden
Opening Round 		1-1 PTS: 22. R. Tomjanovich
 PTS: 26. Walt Frazier
Apr 12, 1975
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New York		 W, 118-86 Fertitta Center
Opening Round 		2-1 PTS: 25. R. Tomjanovich
 PTS: 24. Walt Frazier

1974-1975 Houston Rockets Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Houston Leaders Boston Leaders
Apr 14, 1975
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Boston		 L, 123-106 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		0-1 PTS: 30. R. Tomjanovich
 PTS: 30. J. Havlicek
Apr 16, 1975
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Boston		 L, 112-100 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		0-2 PTS: 30. C. Murphy
 PTS: 28. Dave Cowens
Apr 19, 1975
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Boston		 W, 117-102 Fertitta Center
Conference Semi Finals 		1-2 PTS: 28. R. Tomjanovich
 PTS: 21. Don Nelson
Apr 22, 1975
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Boston		 L, 117-122 Fertitta Center
Conference Semi Finals 		1-3 PTS: 35. C. Murphy
 PTS: 31. Dave Cowens
Apr 24, 1975
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Boston		 L, 128-115 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		1-4 PTS: 27. C. Murphy
 PTS: 29. Jo Jo White