# Temporada 1981-82 de los Houston Rockets

La temporada 1981-82 fue la undécima de los Houston Rockets en su nueva localización de Texas, y la decimoquinta en la NBA, tras haber jugado las cuatro primeras en San Diego (California). La temporada regular acabó con 40 victorias y 42 derrotas, ocupando el sexto puesto de la conferencia Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayeron en primera ronda ante los Seattle SuperSonics.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 4 | 81 | Larry Spriggs | Alero | Estados Unidos | Howard |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-San Antonio Spurs | 48 | 34 | .585 | – | 29–12 | 19–22 | 20–10 |
| x-Denver Nuggets | 46 | 36 | .561 | 2.0 | 29–12 | 17–24 | 19–11 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 46 | 36 | .561 | 2.0 | 25–16 | 21–20 | 17–13 |
| Kansas City Kings | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18.0 | 23–18 | 7–34 | 11–19 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 28 | 54 | .341 | 20.0 | 16–25 | 12–29 | 11–19 |
| Utah Jazz | 25 | 57 | .305 | 23.0 | 18–23 | 7–34 | 9–21 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Seattle SuperSonics vs. Houston Rockets
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 21 de abril | Seattle SuperSonics 102, Houston Rockets 87 | Seattle |
| 23 de abril | Houston Rockets 91, Seattle SuperSonics 70 | Houston |
| 25 de abril | Seattle SuperSonics 104, Houston Rockets 83 | Seattle |
| | Seattle SuperSonics gana las series 2-1 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Moses Malone | 26 | 81 | 81 | 42.0 | 11.7 | 22.5 | .519 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 7.8 | 10.2 | .762 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 14.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 31.1 |
| 2 | Robert Reid | 26 | 77 | 75 | 37.8 | 5.7 | 12.4 | .456 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .100 | 2.1 | 2.8 | .748 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 13.4 |
| 3 | Elvin Hayes | 36 | 82 | 82 | 37.0 | 6.3 | 13.4 | .472 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 3.4 | 5.1 | .664 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 9.1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 16.1 |
| 4 | Allen Leavell | 24 | 79 | 61 | 27.2 | 4.7 | 10.0 | .467 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .290 | 1.5 | 1.7 | .852 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 10.9 |
| 5 | Tom Henderson | 30 | 75 | 23 | 22.9 | 2.4 | 5.4 | .454 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .700 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 6.3 |
| 6 | Bill Willoughby | 24 | 69 | 42 | 21.4 | 3.5 | 6.7 | .517 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .429 | 0.8 | 1.1 | .727 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 7.8 |
| 7 | Mike Dunleavy | 27 | 70 | 15 | 18.8 | 2.9 | 6.4 | .458 | 0.5 | 1.2 | .384 | 1.1 | 1.5 | .708 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 7.4 |
| 8 | Calvin Murphy | 33 | 64 | 0 | 18.8 | 4.3 | 10.1 | .427 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .063 | 1.6 | 1.7 | .909 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 10.2 |
| 9 | Calvin Garrett | 25 | 51 | 22 | 16.8 | 2.1 | 4.7 | .434 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .300 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .654 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 4.5 |
| 10 | Major Jones | 28 | 60 | 6 | 12.4 | 1.9 | 3.6 | .531 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.7 | 1.3 | .545 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 4.5 |
| 11 | Billy Paultz | 33 | 65 | 3 | 12.4 | 1.4 | 3.5 | .394 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 1.0 | .523 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| 12 | Larry Spriggs | 22 | 4 | 0 | 9.3 | 1.8 | 2.8 | .636 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.5 |
| 13 | Jawann Oldham | 24 | 22 | 0 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 1.6 | .361 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.4 | 0.6 | .571 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Moses Malone | MVP de la Temporada de la NBA Mejor quinteto de la NBA All-Star |