# Temporada 1979-80 de los Houston Rockets

La temporada 1979-80 fue la novena de los Houston Rockets en su nueva localización de Texas, y la decimotercera 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 cayó en semifinales de conferencia ante Boston Celtics.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 17 | Lee Johnson | Estados Unidos | East Texas State* |
| 2 | 42 | Paul Mokeski | Estados Unidos | Kansas |
| 5 | 104 | Allen Leavell | Estados Unidos | Oklahoma City |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Atlanta Hawks | 50 | 32 | .610 | – | 32–9 | 18–23 | 21–9 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 41 | 41 | .500 | 9 | 29–12 | 12–29 | 20–10 |
| x-San Antonio Spurs | 41 | 41 | .500 | 9 | 27–14 | 14–27 | 14–16 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 13 | 28–13 | 9–32 | 16–14 |
| Indiana Pacers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 13 | 26–15 | 11–30 | 15–15 |
| Detroit Pistons | 16 | 66 | .195 | 34 | 13–28 | 3–38 | 4–26 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Houston Rockets vs. San Antonio Spurs
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 2 de abril | Houston Rockets 95, San Antonio Spurs 85 | Houston |
| 4 de abril | San Antonio Spurs 106, Houston Rockets 101 | San Antonio |
| 6 de abril | Houston Rockets 141, San Antonio Spurs 120 | Houston |
| | Houston Rockets gana las series 2-1 | |

### Semifinales de Conferencia

Boston Celtics vs. Houston Rockets
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 9 de abril | Boston Celtics 119, Houston Rockets 101 | Boston |
| 11 de abril | Boston Celtics 95, Houston Rockets 75 | Boston |
| 13 de abril | Houston Rockets 81, Boston Celtics 100 | Houston |
| 14 de abril | Houston Rockets 121, Boston Celtics 138 | Houston |
| | Boston Celtics gana las series 4-0 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Moses Malone | 24 | 82 | 38.3 | 9.5 | 18.9 | .502 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 6.9 | 9.5 | .719 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 14.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 25.8 |
| 2 | Calvin Murphy | 31 | 76 | 35.2 | 8.2 | 16.7 | .493 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .040 | 3.6 | 4.0 | .897 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 20.0 |
| 3 | Robert Reid | 24 | 76 | 30.3 | 5.5 | 11.3 | .487 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.0 | 2.7 | .736 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 13.0 |
| 4 | Rudy Tomjanovich | 31 | 62 | 29.6 | 6.0 | 12.5 | .476 | 0.4 | 1.3 | .278 | 1.9 | 2.4 | .803 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 14.2 |
| 5 | Allen Leavell | 22 | 77 | 27.6 | 4.3 | 8.5 | .503 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .158 | 2.3 | 2.9 | .814 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 10.9 |
| 6 | Billy Paultz | 31 | 37 | 26.5 | 3.7 | 7.9 | .473 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.2 | 2.2 | .524 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 8.6 |
| 7 | Rick Barry | 35 | 72 | 25.2 | 4.5 | 10.7 | .422 | 1.0 | 3.1 | .330 | 2.0 | 2.1 | .935 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 12.0 |
| 8 | Tom Henderson | 28 | 66 | 23.5 | 2.3 | 4.9 | .477 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.8 | 1.2 | .727 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 5.5 |
| 9 | Mike Dunleavy | 25 | 51 | 20.3 | 2.9 | 6.3 | .464 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .150 | 2.2 | 2.6 | .828 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 8.0 |
| 10 | Major Jones | 26 | 82 | 18.8 | 2.3 | 4.8 | .480 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .333 | 0.7 | 1.3 | .565 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 5.3 |
| 11 | Dwight Jones | 27 | 21 | 13.2 | 2.4 | 5.7 | .420 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.3 | 1.7 | .750 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 6.0 |
| 12 | Rudy White | 26 | 9 | 11.8 | 1.4 | 2.7 | .542 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.1 | 1.4 | .769 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| 13 | John Shumate | 27 | 29 | 11.4 | 1.2 | 2.2 | .531 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.1 | 1.5 | .750 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
| 14 | Paul Mokeski | 23 | 12 | 9.4 | 0.9 | 2.8 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.6 | 0.8 | .778 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| 15 | Alonzo Bradley | 26 | 22 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 2.2 | .354 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .667 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.9 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Moses Malone | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA All-Star |