Temporada 1971-72 de los Houston Rockets
# Temporada 1971-72 de los Houston Rockets

La temporada 1971-72 fue la primera de los Houston Rockets en su nueva localización de Texas, y la quinta en la NBA, tras haber jugado las cuatro primeras en San Diego (California). La temporada regular acabó con 34 victorias y 48 derrotas, ocupando el séptimo puesto de la conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | Cliff Meely | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Colorado |
| 2 | 24 | Mike Newlin | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Utah |
| 4 | 58 | Tom Owens | Pívot | Estados Unidos | South Carolina |

## Temporada regular

División Pacífico :

| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| y-Los Angeles Lakers | 69 | 13 | .841 | – | 36–5 | 31–7 | 2–1 | 21–3 |
| x-Golden State Warriors | 51 | 31 | .622 | 18 | 27–8 | 21–20 | 3–3 | 14–10 |
| Seattle SuperSonics | 47 | 35 | .573 | 22 | 28–12 | 18–22 | 1–1 | 12–12 |
| Houston Rockets | 34 | 48 | .415 | 35 | 15–20 | 14–23 | 5–5 | 9–15 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 18 | 64 | .220 | 51 | 14–26 | 4–35 | 0–3 | 4–20 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RB | AS | FP | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Elvin Hayes | 26 | 82 | 42.2 | 10.1 | 23.4 | .434 | 4.9 | 7.5 | .649 | 14.6 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 25.2 |
| 2 | Stu Lantz | 25 | 81 | 38.2 | 6.9 | 15.8 | .435 | 4.8 | 5.7 | .838 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 18.5 |
| 3 | Rudy Tomjanovich | 23 | 78 | 34.5 | 6.4 | 12.9 | .495 | 2.2 | 3.1 | .723 | 11.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 15.0 |
| 4 | Calvin Murphy | 23 | 82 | 31.0 | 7.0 | 15.3 | .455 | 4.3 | 4.8 | .890 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 18.2 |
| 5 | Greg Smith | 25 | 54 | 28.1 | 3.9 | 8.8 | .448 | 1.3 | 2.0 | .636 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 9.1 |
| 6 | Cliff Meely | 24 | 77 | 23.6 | 4.1 | 10.1 | .406 | 1.7 | 2.6 | .675 | 6.6 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 9.9 |
| 7 | Larry Siegfried | 32 | 10 | 22.3 | 1.8 | 4.6 | .391 | 1.2 | 1.4 | .857 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 4.8 |
| 8 | Mike Newlin | 23 | 82 | 18.2 | 3.1 | 7.5 | .414 | 1.3 | 1.8 | .750 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 7.6 |
| 9 | Jim Davis | 30 | 12 | 15.0 | 1.5 | 4.5 | .333 | 2.2 | 3.2 | .684 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 5.2 |
| 10 | Curtis Perry | 23 | 25 | 14.2 | 1.5 | 4.6 | .330 | 0.5 | 1.0 | .500 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
| 11 | Don Adams | 24 | 3 | 13.7 | 2.0 | 6.3 | .316 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .500 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 4.3 |
| 12 | Dick Gibbs | 23 | 64 | 11.8 | 1.4 | 4.1 | .340 | 0.9 | 1.0 | .833 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.7 |
| 13 | Johnny Egan | 33 | 38 | 11.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 | .404 | 0.7 | 0.8 | .813 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
| 14 | Dick Cunningham | 25 | 63 | 11.4 | 1.1 | 2.8 | .385 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .698 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 |
| 15 | McCoy McLemore | 29 | 17 | 8.6 | 1.1 | 2.5 | .442 | 0.5 | 0.7 | .750 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
| 16 | John Vallely | 23 | 40 | 6.4 | 1.2 | 3.2 | .383 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .680 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.9 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| - | - |
| Elvin Hayes | All-Star |
