# Temporada 1973-74 de los Houston Rockets

La temporada 1973-74 fue la tercera de los Houston Rockets en su nueva localización de Texas, y la séptima en la NBA, tras haber jugado las cuatro primeras en San Diego (California). La temporada regular acabó con 32 victorias y 50 derrotas, ocupando el sexto puesto de la conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 6 | Ed Ratleff | Alero | Estados Unidos | Long Beach State |
| 3 | 51 | E.C. Coleman | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Houston Baptist |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| y-Capital Bullets | 47 | 35 | .573 | – | 31–10 | 15–25 | 1–0 | 14–8 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 35 | 47 | .427 | 12 | 23–18 | 12–25 | 0–4 | 13–9 |
| Houston Rockets | 32 | 50 | .390 | 15 | 18–23 | 13–25 | 1–2 | 9–13 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 29 | 53 | .354 | 18 | 18–23 | 11–28 | 0–2 | 8–14 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Rudy Tomjanovich | 25 | 80 | 40.3 | 9.9 | 18.4 | .536 | 4.8 | 5.7 | .848 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 24.5 |
| 2 | Calvin Murphy | 25 | 81 | 36.1 | 8.3 | 15.9 | .522 | 3.8 | 4.4 | .868 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 20.4 |
| 3 | Mike Newlin | 25 | 76 | 34.1 | 6.7 | 15.0 | .448 | 5.0 | 5.8 | .856 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 18.4 |
| 4 | Don Smith | 27 | 79 | 31.1 | 4.3 | 9.3 | .459 | 2.4 | 3.0 | .804 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 11.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 10.9 |
| 5 | Matt Guokas | 29 | 39 | 25.8 | 2.4 | 5.2 | .458 | 0.5 | 0.7 | .750 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 5.3 |
| 6 | Otto Moore | 27 | 13 | 24.1 | 2.5 | 5.3 | .464 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .500 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 5.2 |
| 7 | Jack Marin | 29 | 47 | 23.4 | 4.5 | 9.4 | .474 | 1.7 | 2.1 | .837 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 10.7 |
| 8 | Cliff Meely | 26 | 77 | 22.8 | 4.3 | 10.0 | .427 | 1.2 | 1.8 | .643 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 9.7 |
| 9 | Ed Ratleff | 23 | 81 | 21.9 | 3.1 | 7.2 | .434 | 1.3 | 1.6 | .798 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 7.5 |
| 10 | E.C. Coleman | 23 | 58 | 18.5 | 2.2 | 4.3 | .512 | 0.8 | 1.3 | .635 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 5.2 |
| 11 | Dave Wohl | 24 | 26 | 17.3 | 2.3 | 4.9 | .480 | 1.3 | 1.6 | .786 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 6.0 |
| 12 | Kevin Kunnert | 22 | 25 | 14.4 | 2.2 | 4.6 | .491 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .588 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 4.9 |
| 13 | Jimmy Walker | 29 | 3 | 12.7 | 2.3 | 4.0 | .583 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| 14 | Ron Riley | 23 | 36 | 11.7 | 1.6 | 4.0 | .393 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .714 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 3.4 |
| 15 | Stan McKenzie | 29 | 11 | 10.2 | 0.6 | 2.2 | .292 | 0.5 | 0.7 | .750 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 16 | George Johnson | 26 | 26 | 9.2 | 0.9 | 2.0 | .451 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .471 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 17 | Paul McCracken | 23 | 4 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | .250 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |

## Galardones y récords

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