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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
Description	Home	Away	Result
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	PHL in 7
Second Round	#2 Houston Rockets	#3 Washington Bullets	HOU in 6
Conference Finals	#1 Philadelphia Sixers	#2 Houston Rockets	PHL in 6

Western Conference
Description	Home	Away	Result
First Round	#3 Portland Trail Blazers	#6 Chicago Bulls	POR in 3
First Round	#4 Golden State Warriors	#5 Detroit Pistons	GOS 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
Description	Home	Away	Result
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	v. Washington	L, 101-111	Compaq Center Conference Semi Finals	0-1	PTS: 24. Mike Newlin	PTS: 32. M. Kupchak
Apr 21, 1977	v. Washington	W, 124-118	Compaq Center Conference Semi Finals	1-1	PTS: 31. Moses Malone	PTS: 37. Phil Chenier
Apr 24, 1977	@ Washington	L, 93-90	US Airways Arena Conference Semi Finals	1-2	PTS: 18. John Lucas	PTS: 23. M. Kupchak
Apr 26, 1977	@ Washington	W, 103-107	US Airways Arena Conference Semi Finals	2-2	PTS: 28. R. Tomjanovich	PTS: 29. Phil Chenier
Apr 29, 1977	v. Washington	W, 123-115	Compaq Center Conference Semi Finals	3-2	PTS: 40. C. Murphy	PTS: 30. Elvin Hayes
May 1, 1977	@ 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	@ Philadelphia	L, 128-117	Spectrum Conference Finals	0-1	PTS: 32. Moses Malone	PTS: 24. J. Erving
May 8, 1977	@ Philadelphia	L, 106-97	Spectrum Conference Finals	0-2	PTS: 32. C. Murphy	PTS: 21. G. McGinnis
May 11, 1977	v. Philadelphia	W, 118-94	Compaq Center Conference Finals	1-2	PTS: 30. Moses Malone	PTS: 28. J. Erving
May 13, 1977	v. Philadelphia	L, 95-107	Compaq Center Conference Finals	1-3	PTS: 24. R. Tomjanovich	PTS: 36. Doug Collins
May 15, 1977	@ Philadelphia	W, 115-118	Spectrum Conference Finals	2-3	PTS: 21. R. Tomjanovich	PTS: 37. J. Erving
May 17, 1977	v. Philadelphia	L, 109-112	Compaq Center Conference Finals	2-4	PTS: 24. John Lucas	PTS: 34. J. Erving