Houston Rockets 1978-79 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Houston Rockets in the 1978-79 NBA Regular Season and the 1979 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Houston Rockets used 13 players in the 1978-79 Regular Season and 11 in the 1979 Playoffs.

Moses Malone, Calvin Murphy and Robert Reid are the players from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 82.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1979, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 47-35 (.573), 4th in Eastern Conference
Playoffs: 0-2 (.000), Lost East Conf 1st Rd

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
24	Moses Malone Center / Forward 6-10 born Mar. 23, 1955	82 games 24.8 pts 17.6 reb 1.8 ast	2 games 24.5 pts 20.5 reb 1.0 ast
23	Calvin Murphy Guard 5-9 born May. 9, 1948 drafted 18th in 1970 (by the Rockets)	82 games 20.2 pts 2.1 reb 4.3 ast	2 games 13.0 pts 1.5 reb 3.0 ast
50	Robert Reid Forward / Guard 6-8 born Aug. 30, 1955 drafted 40th in 1977 (by the Rockets)	82 games 10.9 pts 5.9 reb 2.8 ast	2 games 10.0 pts 4.5 reb 1.0 ast
13	Dwight Jones Forward / Center 6-10 born Feb. 27, 1952 drafted 9th in 1973 (by the Hawks)	81 games 5.7 pts 4.0 reb 0.7 ast	2 games 10.0 pts 6.0 reb 1.5 ast
2 / 4	Rick Barry Forward 6-7 born Mar. 28, 1944 drafted 2nd in 1965 (by the Warriors)	80 games 13.5 pts 3.5 reb 6.3 ast	2 games 12.0 pts 4.0 reb 4.5 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
14	Mike Newlin Guard / Forward 6-4 born Jan. 2, 1949 drafted 24th in 1971 (by the Rockets)	76 games 10.2 pts 2.2 reb 3.8 ast	2 games 12.0 pts 3.0 reb 2.5 ast
10	Mike Dunleavy Guard 6-3 born Mar. 21, 1954 drafted 99th in 1976 (by the 76ers)	74 games 8.0 pts 1.7 reb 4.4 ast	1 game 0.0 pts 1.0 reb 0.0 ast
45	Rudy Tomjanovich Forward 6-8 born Nov. 24, 1948 drafted 2nd in 1970 (by the Rockets)	74 games 19.0 pts 7.7 reb 1.9 ast	2 games 10.0 pts 7.0 reb 1.0 ast
00	Slick Watts Guard 6-1 born Jul. 22, 1951	61 games 3.7 pts 1.7 reb 4.0 ast	2 games 7.0 pts 3.5 reb 3.5 ast
22	Alonzo Bradley Forward 6-6 born Oct. 16, 1953 drafted 29th in 1977 (by the Pacers)	34 games 2.8 pts 1.4 reb 0.5 ast	1 game 0.0 pts 0.0 reb 0.0 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
44	Jacky Dorsey Forward 6-7 born Dec. 18, 1954 drafted 26th in 1976 (by the Jazz)	20 games 2.8 pts 1.2 reb 0.1 ast	1 game 0.0 pts 0.0 reb 0.0 ast
12	E.C. Coleman Forward 6-8 born Sep. 25, 1950 drafted 51st in 1973 (by the Rockets)	6 games 1.8 pts 1.2 reb 0.2 ast
15	Tom Barker Center / Forward 6-11 born Mar. 11, 1955 drafted 53rd in 1976 (by the Hawks)	5 games 1.6 pts 1.2 reb 0.0 ast