The 1981–82 Houston Rockets season was the Rockets' 15th season in the NBA and 11th season in the city of Houston.1981-82 Houston Rockets The Rockets entered the season as runner-ups in the 1981 NBA Finals, having lost to the Boston Celtics in six games.

In the playoffs, the Rockets lost to the Seattle SuperSonics in three games in the First Round.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 2 45 Ed Turner SF Texas A&I 4 81 Larry Spriggs SF Howard 5 105 Hasan Houston Bradley 6 127 Fred Cowan Kentucky 7 151 Joe Faine Bowling Green State 8 172 Stanley Brewer West Georgia State

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot

Game log Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | October 30, 1981 | @ Los Angeles | W 113–112 (2OT)

| The Forum | 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | November 11, 1981 | Los Angeles | L 93–95

| The Summit | 2–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 21, 1981 | @ Philadelphia | L 106–135

| The Spectrum | 6–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 17 | November 29, 1981 | @ Los Angeles | L 104–122

| The Forum | 6–11

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 | January 28, 1982 | Philadelphia | W 109–101

| The Summit | 21–22

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 68 | March 21, 1982 | @ Los Angeles | L 102–107

| The Forum | 36–32

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 6, 1982 | Los Angeles | L 97–108

| The Summit | 43–33

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 21 | @ Seattle | L 87–102 | Moses Malone (20) | Moses Malone (15) | Tom Henderson (7) | Kingdome14,071 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 23 | Seattle | W 91–70 | Moses Malone (28) | Moses Malone (23) | Allen Leavell (6) | The Summit15,676 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 25 | @ Seattle | L 83–104 | Moses Malone (24) | Moses Malone (13) | Mike Dunleavy (5) | Kingdome14,071 | 1–2

Player statistics

Season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Awards and records Moses Malone, NBA Most Valuable Player Award Moses Malone, All-NBA First Team

Transactions June 8, 1981: Traded a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Charles Davis) and a 1983 2nd round draft pick to the Washington Bullets for Elvin Hayes.

References