Temporada 1972-73 de los Houston Rockets
# Temporada 1972-73 de los Houston Rockets

La temporada 1972-73 fue la segunda de los Houston Rockets en su nueva localización de Texas, y la sexta en la NBA, tras haber jugado las cuatro primeras en San Diego (California). La temporada regular acabó con 33 victorias y 49 derrotas, ocupando el quinto puesto de la conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 20 | John Gianelli | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Pacific |
| 3 | 37 | Mike Newlin | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Long Beach State |
| 5 | 70 | James Silas | Base/Escolta | Estados Unidos | Stephen F. Austin |

## Temporada regular

División Central :

| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| y-Baltimore Bullets | 52 | 30 | .634 | – | 24–9 | 21–17 | 7–4 | 17–5 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 46 | 36 | .561 | 6 | 28–13 | 17–23 | 1–0 | 10–12 |
| Houston Rockets | 33 | 49 | .402 | 19 | 14–14 | 10–28 | 9–7 | 9–13 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 32 | 50 | .390 | 20 | 20–21 | 10–27 | 2–2 | 8–14 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RB | AS | FP | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jimmy Walker | 28 | 81 | 38.0 | 7.5 | 16.1 | .465 | 3.0 | 3.4 | .884 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 18.0 |
| 2 | Jack Marin | 28 | 81 | 37.3 | 7.7 | 16.5 | .468 | 3.1 | 3.6 | .849 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 18.5 |
| 3 | Rudy Tomjanovich | 24 | 81 | 36.7 | 8.1 | 16.9 | .478 | 3.1 | 4.1 | .746 | 11.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 19.3 |
| 4 | Otto Moore | 26 | 82 | 33.1 | 5.1 | 10.5 | .487 | 1.5 | 2.6 | .602 | 10.6 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 11.7 |
| 5 | Mike Newlin | 24 | 82 | 32.4 | 6.5 | 14.7 | .443 | 4.0 | 4.5 | .886 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 17.0 |
| 6 | Calvin Murphy | 24 | 77 | 22.0 | 4.9 | 10.6 | .465 | 3.1 | 3.5 | .888 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 13.0 |
| 7 | Cliff Meely | 25 | 82 | 20.7 | 3.3 | 8.0 | .408 | 1.1 | 1.7 | .672 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 7.7 |
| 8 | Don Smith | 26 | 48 | 18.8 | 3.1 | 7.8 | .397 | 2.5 | 3.4 | .735 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 8.7 |
| 9 | Paul McCracken | 22 | 24 | 12.7 | 1.8 | 3.7 | .494 | 1.0 | 1.6 | .590 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| 10 | Greg Smith | 26 | 4 | 10.3 | 1.3 | 4.0 | .313 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| 11 | George Johnson | 25 | 19 | 8.9 | 1.1 | 2.1 | .513 | 0.2 | 0.2 | .750 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 12 | Stan McKenzie | 28 | 26 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 3.2 | .422 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .762 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
| 13 | Eric McWilliams | 22 | 44 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | .347 | 0.4 | 0.8 | .486 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 14 | Dick Gibbs | 24 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| - | - |
| Jack Marin | All-Star |
