# Temporada 1974-75 de los Houston Rockets

La temporada 1974-75 fue la cuarta de los Houston Rockets en su nueva localización de Texas, y la octava en la NBA, tras haber jugado las cuatro primeras en San Diego (California). La temporada regular acabó con 41 victorias y 41 derrotas, ocupando el cuarto puesto de la conferencia Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs en los que cayeron en las semifinales de conferencia ante los Boston Celtics.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 5 | Bobby Jones | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | North Carolina |
| 2 | 23 | Gus Bailey | Escolta | Estados Unidos | UTEP |
| 5 | 77 | Owen Wells | Alero | Estados Unidos | Detroit |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Washington Bullets | 60 | 22 | .732 | – | 36–5 | 24–17 | 22–8 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 19 | 29–12 | 12–29 | 16–14 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 40 | 42 | .488 | 20 | 29–12 | 11–30 | 17–13 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 31 | 51 | .378 | 29 | 22–19 | 9–32 | 11–19 |
| New Orleans Jazz | 23 | 59 | .280 | 37 | 20–21 | 3–38 | 9–21 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Houston Rockets vs. New York Knicks
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 8 de abril | Houston Rockets 99, New York Knicks 84 | Houston |
| 10 de abril | New York Knicks 106, Houston Rockets 96 | Nueva York |
| 12 de abril | Houston Rockets 118, New York Knicks 86 | Houston |
| | Houston Rockets gana las series 2-1 | |

### Semifinales de Conferencia

Boston Celtics vs. Houston Rockets
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 14 de abril | Boston Celtics 123, Houston Rockets 106 | Boston |
| 16 de abril | Boston Celtics 112, Houston Rockets 100 | Boston |
| 19 de abril | Houston Rockets 117, Boston Celtics 102 | Houston |
| 22 de abril | Houston Rockets 117, Boston Celtics 122 | Houston |
| 24 de abril | Boston Celtics 124, Houston Rockets 115 | Boston |
| | Boston Celtics gana las series 4-1 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Rudy Tomjanovich | 26 | 81 | 38.7 | 8.6 | 16.3 | .525 | 3.6 | 4.5 | .790 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 20.7 |
| 2 | Mike Newlin | 26 | 79 | 34.3 | 5.5 | 11.5 | .482 | 3.4 | 3.9 | .869 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 14.4 |
| 3 | Calvin Murphy | 26 | 78 | 32.2 | 7.1 | 14.8 | .484 | 4.4 | 4.9 | .883 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 18.7 |
| 4 | Ed Ratleff | 24 | 80 | 32.0 | 4.9 | 10.6 | .461 | 2.0 | 2.4 | .826 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 11.8 |
| 5 | Kevin Kunnert | 23 | 75 | 24.0 | 4.6 | 9.0 | .512 | 1.5 | 2.3 | .686 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 8.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 10.8 |
| 6 | Dave Wohl | 25 | 75 | 23.0 | 2.7 | 6.2 | .439 | 1.1 | 1.4 | .745 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 6.5 |
| 7 | Don Smith | 28 | 65 | 22.3 | 3.6 | 8.3 | .437 | 2.4 | 3.1 | .783 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 9.7 |
| 8 | Ron Riley | 24 | 77 | 20.5 | 2.5 | 6.1 | .417 | 0.9 | 1.3 | .732 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 6.0 |
| 9 | Steve Hawes | 24 | 55 | 16.3 | 2.5 | 5.1 | .502 | 0.8 | 1.0 | .818 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 5.9 |
| 10 | Cliff Meely | 27 | 48 | 15.7 | 3.3 | 7.3 | .447 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .723 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 7.9 |
| 11 | Gus Bailey | 23 | 47 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 | .405 | 0.4 | 0.9 | .488 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
| 12 | Owen Wells | 24 | 33 | 6.5 | 1.3 | 3.0 | .420 | 0.5 | 0.7 | .682 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 3.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | All-Star |