1975–76 Houston Rockets season

The 1975–76 NBA season was the Rockets' 9th season in the NBA and 5th season in the city of Houston^[1] as well as their first season at The Summit.

1975–76 Houston Rockets season
Head coach	Johnny Egan
General manager	Ray Patterson
Owners	James Talcott Incorporated
Arena	The Summit
Results
Record	40–42 (.488)
Place	Division: 3rd (Central) Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KHTV
Radio	KPRC
< 1974–75 1976–77 >

Roster

1975–76 Houston Rockets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From SG 22 Gus Bailey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1951-02-18 UTEP SF 34 John Johnson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1947-10-18 Iowa C 44 Kevin Kunnert 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1951-11-11 Iowa C 50 Joe C. Meriweather 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1953-10-26 Southern Illinois PG 23 Calvin Murphy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1948-05-09 Niagara SG 14 Mike Newlin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1949-01-02 Utah SF 42 Ed Ratleff 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1950-03-29 Long Beach State PF 31 Ron Riley 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1950-11-11 USC PF 45 Rudy Tomjanovich 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1948-11-24 Michigan SG 32 Rudy White 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1953-06-23 Arizona State PG 11 Dave Wohl 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1949-11-02 Penn

Head coach Johnny Egan Assistant(s) Larry Siegfried Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: November 27, 1975

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Cleveland Cavaliers	49	33	.598	–	29–12	20–21	15–11
x-Washington Bullets	48	34	.585	1	31–10	17–24	14–12
Houston Rockets	40	42	.488	9	27–13	13–29	14–12
New Orleans Jazz	38	44	.463	11	22–19	16–25	15–11
Atlanta Hawks	29	53	.354	20	20–21	9–32	7–19

#	Eastern Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	54	28	.659	–
2	y-Cleveland Cavaliers	49	33	.598	5
3	x-Washington Bullets	48	34	.585	6
4	x-Philadelphia 76ers	46	36	.561	8
5	x-Buffalo Braves	46	36	.561	8
6	Houston Rockets	40	42	.488	14
7	New York Knicks	38	44	.463	16
8	New Orleans Jazz	38	44	.463	16
9	Atlanta Hawks	29	53	.354	25

Record vs. opponents

1975–76 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	GSW	HOU	KCK	LAL	MIL	NOJ	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SEA	WAS
Atlanta	–	2–3	2–3	2–2	2–5	1–3	2–2	2–5	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–4	3–2	2–3	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–5
Boston	3–2	–	4–3	2–2	3–2	4–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	4–0	2–2	4–1	5–2	4–3	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–2
Buffalo	3–2	3–4	–	3–1	3–2	1–3	1–3	3–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	4–1	4–3	3–4	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–3
Chicago	2–2	2–2	1–3	–	0–4	3–4	1–4	1–3	1–6	3–2	3–4	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–3	1–4	2–3	0–4
Cleveland	5–2	2–3	2–3	4–0	–	2–2	1–3	2–4	1–3	2–2	4–0	4–3	3–2	3–2	3–1	4–0	3–1	4–2
Detroit	3–1	0–4	3–1	4–3	2–2	–	0–5	2–2	5–2	1–4	3–4	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–4	2–3	3–2	2–2
Golden State	2–2	2–2	3–1	4–1	3–1	5–0	–	2–2	4–1	5–2	5–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	4–2	4–2	4–3	3–1
Houston	5–2	1–4	2–3	3–1	4–2	2–2	2–2	–	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–4	3–2	3–2	0–4	3–1	2–2	3–4
Kansas City	2–2	2–2	0–4	6–1	3–1	2–5	1–4	2–2	–	2–3	2–5	1–3	1–3	1–3	3–2	0–5	2–3	1–3
Los Angeles	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–3	2–2	4–1	2–5	3–1	3–2	–	2–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–4	3–4	3–3	1–3
Milwaukee	2–2	2–2	1–3	4–3	0–4	4–3	0–5	2–2	5–2	3–2	–	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	2–3	2–3	2–2
New Orleans	4–2	1–4	1–4	2–2	3–4	3–1	2–2	4–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	–	2–3	1–4	1–3	3–1	1–3	4–3
New York	2–3	2–5	3–4	4–0	2–3	1–3	0–4	2–3	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–2	–	5–2	2–2	3–1	0–4	3–2
Philadelphia	3–2	3–4	4–3	4–0	2–3	3–1	1–3	2–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	4–1	2–5	–	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–3
Phoenix	4–0	0–4	1–3	3–2	1–3	4–1	2–4	4–0	2–3	4–2	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	–	5–2	4–3	0–4
Portland	2–2	2–2	2–2	4–1	0–4	3–2	2–4	1–3	5–0	4–3	3–2	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–5	–	3–3	2–2
Seattle	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–3	3–4	2–2	3–2	3–3	3–2	3–1	4–0	2–2	3–4	3–3	–	1–3
Washington	5–1	2–3	3–2	4–0	2–4	2–2	1–3	4–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–4	2–3	3–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	—

Awards and records

• Joe Meriweather, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team