# Temporada 1982-83 de los Houston Rockets

La temporada 1982-83 fue la duodécima de los Houston Rockets en su nueva localización de Texas, y la decimosexta en la NBA, tras haber jugado las cuatro primeras en San Diego (California). La temporada regular acabó con 14 victorias y 68 derrotas, el peor balance de toda la liga, ocupando el duodécimo y último puesto de la conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 16 | Terry Teagle | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Baylor |
| 2 | 42 | Jeff Taylor | Base | Estados Unidos | Texas Tech |
| 3 | 63 | Chuck Nevitt | Pívot | Estados Unidos | North Carolina State |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-San Antonio Spurs | 53 | 29 | .646 | – | 31–10 | 22–19 | 21–9 |
| x-Denver Nuggets | 45 | 37 | .549 | 8 | 29–12 | 16–25 | 17–13 |
| Kansas City Kings | 45 | 37 | .549 | 8 | 30–11 | 15–26 | 18–12 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 15 | 23–18 | 15–26 | 15–15 |
| Utah Jazz | 30 | 52 | .366 | 23 | 21–20 | 9–32 | 15–15 |
| Houston Rockets | 14 | 68 | .171 | 39 | 9–32 | 5–36 | 4–26 |

## 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 | Allen Leavell | 25 | 79 | 76 | 32.9 | 5.6 | 13.4 | .415 | 0.5 | 2.2 | .240 | 3.1 | 3.8 | .832 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 14.8 |
| 2 | Caldwell Jones | 32 | 82 | 82 | 29.8 | 3.7 | 8.3 | .453 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.0 | 2.5 | .786 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 9.5 |
| 3 | Elvin Hayes | 37 | 81 | 43 | 28.4 | 5.2 | 11.0 | .476 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .500 | 2.4 | 3.5 | .683 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 12.9 |
| 4 | Wally Walker | 28 | 82 | 59 | 27.5 | 4.4 | 9.8 | .449 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .250 | 0.9 | 1.4 | .621 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 9.7 |
| 5 | Joe Bryant | 28 | 81 | 56 | 25.4 | 4.2 | 9.5 | .448 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .222 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .703 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 10.0 |
| 6 | James Bailey | 25 | 69 | 39 | 24.9 | 5.4 | 11.0 | .497 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 3.2 | 4.6 | .700 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 14.1 |
| 7 | Terry Teagle | 22 | 73 | 44 | 23.4 | 4.5 | 10.6 | .428 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .345 | 1.2 | 1.7 | .696 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 10.4 |
| 8 | Calvin Murphy | 34 | 64 | 0 | 22.2 | 5.3 | 11.8 | .447 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .286 | 2.2 | 2.3 | .920 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 12.8 |
| 9 | Jeff Taylor | 23 | 44 | 5 | 17.6 | 1.5 | 3.6 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .652 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
| 10 | Tom Henderson | 31 | 51 | 2 | 15.5 | 2.1 | 5.2 | .407 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.9 | 1.1 | .789 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| 11 | Major Jones | 29 | 60 | 4 | 14.6 | 2.4 | 5.2 | .457 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.9 | 1.7 | .549 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 5.7 |
| 12 | Billy Paultz | 34 | 57 | 0 | 12.2 | 1.6 | 3.5 | .445 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 1.0 | .456 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 3.6 |
| 13 | Chuck Nevitt | 23 | 6 | 0 | 10.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | .733 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.2 | 0.7 | .250 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| 14 | Calvin Garrett | 26 | 4 | 0 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 2.8 | .364 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.5 |