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1971-72 Houston Rockets

NBA · Western Conference · Pacific Division · 34–48 · 7th in the conference · Coach Tex Winter

4 × 12 min, 24-second clock, no three-point line

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Roster and season stats (16)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FG%	FT%
44	Elvin Hayes	C	6′9″	82	42.2	25.2	14.6	3.3	.434	.649
22	Stu Lantz	G	6′3″	81	38.2	18.5	4.3	4.2	.435	.838
23	Calvin Murphy	G	5′9″	82	31.0	18.2	3.1	4.8	.455	.890
45	Rudy Tomjanovich	F	6′8″	78	34.5	15.0	11.8	1.5	.495	.723
25	Cliff Meely	F	6′8″	77	23.6	9.9	6.6	1.5	.406	.675
4	Greg Smith	F	6′5″	54	28.1	9.1	6.0	2.9	.448	.636
14	Mike Newlin	G	6′4″	82	18.2	7.6	2.8	1.6	.414	.750
	Jim Davis		6′9″	12	15.0	5.2	3.7	0.4	.333	.684
	Larry Siegfried		6′3″	10	22.3	4.8	1.0	2.0	.391	.857
	Don Adams		6′6″	3	13.7	4.3	2.7	1.0	.316	.500
40	Dick Gibbs	F	6′5″	64	11.8	3.7	2.2	0.8	.340	.833
	Curtis Perry		6′7″	25	14.2	3.5	4.9	0.9	.330	.500
33	John Vallely	G	6′3″	40	6.4	2.9	0.5	0.7	.383	.680
18	McCoy McLemore	F	6′7″	17	8.6	2.8	2.3	0.6	.442	.750
34	Dick Cunningham	C	6′10″	63	11.4	2.7	3.9	0.9	.385	.698
21	Johnny Egan	G	5′11″

Per-game averages as published: no box scores for this season, so no totals, and a blank where the league did not record the figure.

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1971-72 Houston Rockets

Roster and season stats (16)