# Temporada 1977-78 de los Houston Rockets

La temporada 1977-78 fue la séptima de los Houston Rockets en su nueva localización de Texas, y la decimoprimera en la NBA, tras haber jugado las cuatro primeras en San Diego (California). La temporada regular acabó con 28 victorias y 54 derrotas, ocupando el noveno puesto de la conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 2 | 34 | Moffett, LarryLarry Moffett | Alero | Estados Unidos | UNLV |
| 2 | 40 | Reid, RobertRobert Reid | Alero | Estados Unidos | Saint Mary's |
| 3 | 62 | Bond, PhilPhil Bond | Base | Estados Unidos | Louisville |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-San Antonio Spurs | 52 | 30 | .634 | – | 32–9 | 20–21 | 15–5 |
| x-Washington Bullets | 44 | 38 | .537 | 8 | 29–12 | 15–26 | 14–6 |
| x-Cleveland Cavaliers | 43 | 39 | .524 | 9 | 27–14 | 16–25 | 9–11 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 41 | 41 | .500 | 11 | 29–12 | 12–29 | 8–12 |
| New Orleans Jazz | 39 | 43 | .476 | 13 | 27–14 | 12–29 | 8–12 |
| Houston Rockets | 28 | 54 | .341 | 24 | 21-20 | 7-34 | 6–14 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Calvin Murphy | 29 | 76 | 38.2 | 11.2 | 22.9 | .491 | 3.2 | 3.5 | .918 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 25.6 |
| 2 | Rudy Tomjanovich | 29 | 23 | 36.9 | 9.4 | 19.4 | .485 | 2.7 | 3.5 | .753 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 21.5 |
| 3 | John Lucas | 24 | 82 | 35.8 | 5.0 | 11.5 | .435 | 2.4 | 3.0 | .772 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 9.4 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 12.4 |
| 4 | Moses Malone | 22 | 59 | 35.7 | 7.0 | 14.0 | .499 | 5.4 | 7.5 | .718 | 6.4 | 8.6 | 15.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 19.4 |
| 5 | Dwight Jones | 25 | 82 | 30.2 | 4.2 | 9.5 | .445 | 2.2 | 2.8 | .777 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 7.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 10.6 |
| 6 | Kevin Kunnert | 26 | 80 | 26.9 | 4.6 | 10.5 | .437 | 1.2 | 1.7 | .689 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 10.4 |
| 7 | Mike Newlin | 29 | 45 | 26.2 | 4.8 | 11.0 | .436 | 3.4 | 3.9 | .874 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 13.0 |
| 8 | Robert Reid | 22 | 80 | 23.1 | 3.3 | 7.2 | .455 | 0.8 | 1.2 | .656 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 7.3 |
| 9 | Alonzo Bradley | 24 | 43 | 18.6 | 3.0 | 7.1 | .428 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .729 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Ed Ratleff | 27 | 68 | 17.1 | 1.9 | 4.6 | .419 | 0.6 | 0.7 | .830 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 4.4 |
| 11 | C.J. Kupec | 25 | 49 | 12.8 | 1.7 | 4.0 | .426 | 0.6 | 0.7 | .818 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 4.0 |
| 12 | Ron Behagen | 27 | 3 | 11.0 | 2.3 | 3.7 | .636 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.7 |
| 13 | John Johnson | 30 | 1 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | .250 | 2.0 | 3.0 | .667 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| 14 | Rudy White | 24 | 21 | 10.4 | 1.5 | 4.0 | .365 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .778 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| 15 | Zaid Abdul-Aziz | 31 | 14 | 9.6 | 1.4 | 3.4 | .426 | 1.1 | 1.4 | .750 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 3.9 |
| 16 | Mike Dunleavy | 23 | 11 | 9.3 | 1.5 | 3.9 | .395 | 1.0 | 1.5 | .688 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| 17 | Larry Moffett | 23 | 20 | 5.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | .294 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .600 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 18 | Robin Jones | 23 | 12 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 1.7 | .550 | 0.3 | 0.8 | .400 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| 19 | Phil Bond | 23 | 7 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Moses Malone | All-Star |