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1977–78 Houston Rockets season

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{{NBA season

| team = Houston Rockets

| end_year = 1978

| wins = 28

| losses = 54

| division = Central

| division_place = 6

| conf_place = 9

| coach = Tom Nissalke

| arena = The Summit

| television = KHTV

| radio = KPRC

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| bbr_team = HOU

}}

The 1977–78 NBA season was the Rockets' 11th season in the NBA and 7th season in the city of Houston.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/1978.html 1977–78 Houston Rockets]

Offseason

=Draft picks=

{{main article|1977 NBA draft}}

Roster

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{{player2 | num = 30 | first = Alonzo | last = Bradley | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 190 | college = Texas Southern}}

{{player2 | num = 10 | first = Mike | last = Dunleavy | link = Mike Dunleavy Sr. | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 180 | college = South Carolina}}

{{player2 | num = 44 | first = Kevin | last = Kunnert | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 230 | college = Iowa}}

{{player2 | num = 41 | first = C. J. | last = Kupec | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 220 | college = Michigan}}

{{player2 | num = 15 | first = John | last = Lucas | pos = PG | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 175 | college = Maryland | link = John Lucas II}}

{{player2 | num = 24 | first = Moses | last = Malone | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 11 | lbs = 235 | school = Petersburg High School}}

{{player2 | num = 23 | first = Calvin | last = Murphy | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 9 | lbs = 165 | college = Niagara}}

{{player2 | num = 14 | first = Mike | last = Newlin | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 200 | college = Utah}}

{{player2 | num = 50 | first = Robert | last = Reid | dab = basketball | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 205 | college = St. Mary's}}

{{player2 | num = 45 | first = Rudy | last = Tomjanovich | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 218 | college = Michigan | inj = yes }}

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Regular season

=Season standings=

{{1977–78 NBA Central standings|team=HOU}}

{{1977–78 NBA East standings|team=HOU}}

:z – clinched division title

:y – clinched division title

:x – clinched playoff spot

=Record vs. opponents=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
colspan=23|1977–78 NBA Records
width=100|Team

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|ATL

!style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|BOS

!style="background:#000000;color:#F15110;width=35"|BUF

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#000000;width=35"|CHI

!style="background:#FFD700;color:#8B0000;width=35"|CLE

!style="background:#0000CD;color:#FFD700;width=35"|DEN

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FF0000;width=35"|DET

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FFD700;width=35"|GSW

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFD700;width=35"|HOU

!style="background:#000080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|IND

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|KCK

!style="background:#800080;color:#FFD700;width=35"|LAL

!style="background:#006400;color:#B22222;width=35"|MIL

!style="background:#B0170C;color:#00056D;width=35"|NJN

!style="background:#36004A;color:#FFFF00;width=35"|NOJ

!style="background:#0000FF;color:#FF8C00;width=35"|NYK

!style="background:#FF0000;color:#0000FF;width=35"|PHI

!style="background:#800080;color:#FF4500;width=35"|PHO

!style="background:#000000;color:#FF0000;width=35"|POR

!style="background:#000000;color:#C0C0C0;width=35"|SAS

!style="background:#005831;color:#FFC322;width=35"|SEA

!style="background:#DC143C;color:#0000CD;width=35"|WAS

style="text-align:left;" | Atlanta—2–23–11–31–31–32–21–33–13–12–13–12–23–12–22–22–23–11–31–32–11–3
style="text-align:left;" | Boston2–2—3–11–31–31–31–32–22–22–12–21–23–13–12–22–20–42–21–30–40–41–3
style="text-align:left;" | Buffalo1–31–3—3–11–31–31–30–33–11–31–21–31–32–22–23–11–30–41–31–31–31–3
style="text-align:left;" | Chicago3–13–11–3—3–12–22–21–33–13–10–42–21–31–22–21–33–02–21–32–22–22–1
style="text-align:left;" | Cleveland3–13–13–11–3—3–12–22–22–22–12–22–23–13–12–23–11–31–20–40–43–12–2
style="text-align:left;" | Denver3–13–13–12–21–3—2–22–23–02–22–23–13–13–13–11–31–32–23–12–11–33–1
style="text-align:left;" | Detroit2–23–13–12–22–22–2—2–23–11–31–32–22–23–13–00–40–42–21–31–31–32–2
style="text-align:left;" | Golden State3–12–23–03–12–22–22–2—2–13–13–10–42–23–10–42–21–32–21–33–12–22–2
style="text-align:left;" | Houston1–32–21–31–32–20–31–31–2—3–12–21–31–32–21–32–22–21–32–21–30–41–3
style="text-align:left;" | Indiana1–31–23–11–31–22–23–11–31–3—2–21–30–42–22–21–32–21–31–31–31–33–1
style="text-align:left;" | Kansas City1–22–22–14–02–22–23–11–32–22–2—2–20–42–22–20–41–30–40–40–41–32–2
style="text-align:left;" | Los Angeles1–32–13–12–22–21–32–24–03–13–12–2—3–14–02–13–12–21–30–42–21–32–2
style="text-align:left;" | Milwaukee2–21–33–13–11–31–32–22–23–14–04–01–3—3–12–13–11–21–31–32–21–33–1
style="text-align:left;" | New Jersey1–31–32–22–11–31–31–31–32–22–22–20–41–3—0–41–30–42–20–30–42–22–2
style="text-align:left;" | New Orleans2–22–22–22–22–21–31–34–03–12–22–21–21–24–0—1–32–21–33–11–32–20–4
style="text-align:left;" | New York2–22–21–33–11–33–13–02–22–23–14–01–31–33–13–1—1–31–31–32–22–12–2
style="text-align:left;" | Philadelphia2–24–03–11–33–13–14–03–12–22–23–12–22–14–02–23–1—2–12–23–13–12–2
style="text-align:left;" | Phoenix1–32–24–02–22–12–22–22–23–13–14–03–13–12–23–13–11–2—1–32–22–22–2
style="text-align:left;" | Portland3–13–13–13–14–01–33–13–12–23–14–04–03–13–11–33–02–23–1—2–23–12–1
style="text-align:left;" | San Antonio3–14–03–12–24–01–22–11–33–13–14–02–22–24–03–12–21–32–22–2—2–22–2
style="text-align:left;" | Seattle1–24–03–12–21–33–13–12–24–03–13–13–13–12–22–11–31–32–21–32–2—1–3
style="text-align:left;" | Washington3–13–13–11–22–21–32–22–23–11–32–22–21–32–24–02–22–22–21–22–23–1—

References

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