1970–71 San Diego Rockets season

The 1970–71 NBA season was the Rockets' 4th season in the NBA.[1] It was also the team's final season in San Diego, as the franchise relocated to Houston, Texas following the season.

1970–71 San Diego Rockets season
Head coachAlex Hannum
General managerPete Newell
Owner(s)Bob Breitbard
ArenaSan Diego Sports Arena
Results
Record40–42 (.488)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Pacific)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKCST-TV
RadioKOGO

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1970 NBA draft

Roster
1970–71 San Diego Rockets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SF 32 Adams, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1947-11-27 Northwestern
PF 34 Block, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1944-04-16 USC
PG 21 Egan, Johnny 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1939-01-31 Providence
C 11 Hayes, Elvin 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1945-11-17 Houston
PF 7 Kimball, Toby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1942-09-07 Connecticut
SG 22 Lantz, Stu 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1946-07-13 Nebraska
PG 23 Murphy, Calvin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1948-05-09 Niagara
C 54 Perry, Curtis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1948-09-13 Missouri State
PG 20 Siegfried, Larry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1939-05-22 Ohio State
PF 45 Tomjanovich, Rudy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1948-11-24 Michigan
SF 31 Trapp, John Q. 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1945-10-02 UNLV
SG 35 Williams, Bernie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1945-12-30 La Salle
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 9, 1970

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 4834.585–30–1117–221–115–7
x-San Francisco Warriors 4141.500720–1819–212–212–10
San Diego Rockets 4042.488824–1515–261–114–8
Seattle SuperSonics 3844.4631027–1311–300–110–14
Portland Trail Blazers 2953.3541918–219–262–63–15
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks6616.805
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers4834.585
3 x-Chicago Bulls5131.622
4 x-San Francisco Warriors4141.500
5 Phoenix Suns4834.585
6 Detroit Pistons4537.549
7 San Diego Rockets4042.488
8 Seattle SuperSonics3844.463
9 Portland Trail Blazers2953.354

Record vs. opponents
1970–71 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta —3–32–43–11–42–44–00–53–21–43–34–21–42–22–32–33–2
Baltimore 3–3—3–33–12–33–34–02–32–31–42–43–33–22–24–12–33–2
Boston 4–23–3—4–04–14–23–12–33–20–50–64–22–32–23–23–23–2
Buffalo 1–31–30–4—0–40–45–71–52–20–42–20–41–36–61–31–31–3
Chicago 4–13–21–44–0—4–04–03–32–41–53–23–23–33–16–04–23–2
Cincinnati 4–23–32–44–00–4—5–11–41–41–42–41–51–44–01–32–31–4
Cleveland 0–40–41–37–50–41–5—2–20–40–40–41–30–42–100–41–30–4
Detroit 5–03–23–25–13–34–12–2—2–31–52–32–32–43–14–21–43–1
Los Angeles 2–33–22–32–24–24–14–03–2—1–43–23–22–44–03–34–24–2
Milwaukee 4–14–15–04–05–14–14–05–14–1—1–44–14–23–14–16–05–1
New York 3–34–26–02–22–34–24–03–22–34–1—2–44–13–14–13–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–32–44–02–35–13–13–22–31–44–2—3–24–03–23–23–2
Phoenix 4–12–33–23–13–34–14–04–24–22–41–42–3—4–02–43–23–2
Portland 2–22–22–26–61–30–410–21–30–41–31–30–40–4—0–41–32–4
San Diego 3–21–42–33–10–63–14–02–43–31–41–42–34–24–0—2–45–1
San Francisco 3–23–22–33–12–43–23–14–12–40–62–32–32–33–14–2—3–3
Seattle 2–32–32–33–12–34–14–01–32–41–53–22–32–34–21–53–3—

Game log
1970–71 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 13@ Chicago96–111Stu Lantz (24)0–1
2October 14@ Baltimore105–123John Trapp (20)0–2
3October 16@ Philadelphia119–127Elvin Hayes (34)0–3
4October 17@ Buffalo102–93Elvin Hayes (30)1–3
5October 20Phoenix114–115Stu Lantz (43)2–3
6October 22Cleveland110–140Elvin Hayes (40)3–3
7October 24Philadelphia111–116John Block (32)4–3
8October 25@ Phoenix98–117Hayes, Murphy (29)4–4
9October 27@ Milwaukee113–126Elvin Hayes (34)4–5
10October 28@ Cleveland110–99Elvin Hayes (40)5–5
11October 29@ New York107–114Calvin Murphy (23)5–6
12October 31@ Atlanta121–117Elvin Hayes (32)6–6
13November 4New York109–100Stu Lantz (28)6–7
14November 6Baltimore125–118Elvin Hayes (35)6–8
15November 7@ San Francisco102–114Elvin Hayes (45)6–9
16November 11Cincinnati120–127Stu Lantz (38)7–9
17November 13San Francisco107–102Stu Lantz (23)7–10
18November 14Detroit101–112Stu Lantz (29)8–10
19November 16@ Portland136–118Elvin Hayes (29)9–10
20November 18Milwaukee117–111Don Adams (23)9–11
21November 20Seattle106–121Elvin Hayes (50)10–11
22November 21@ Seattle115–114Elvin Hayes (33)11–11
23November 24@ Detroit104–111Hayes, Siegfried (28)11–12
24November 25@ Cincinnati138–120Elvin Hayes (48)12–12
25November 27Atlanta127–128Don Adams (33)13–12
26November 28@ Phoenix117–116Elvin Hayes (37)14–12
27November 29@ Los Angeles112–130Don Adams (28)14–13
28December 1@ Portland120–114Elvin Hayes (37)15–13
29December 5Los Angeles116–119Elvin Hayes (38)16–13
30December 6@ Phoenix102–108Elvin Hayes (31)16–14
31December 11Phoenix104–110Elvin Hayes (33)17–14
32December 12@ Chicago98–103Elvin Hayes (25)17–15
33December 13@ Cleveland118–95Elvin Hayes (40)18–15
34December 15@ Philadelphia98–122Don Adams (16)18–16
35December 16@ Atlanta117–128Stu Lantz (31)18–17
36December 18Detroit129–116Elvin Hayes (23)18–18
37December 19N Portland118–108Elvin Hayes (35)19–18
38December 20@ Seattle110–108Elvin Hayes (35)20–18
39December 23Atlanta102–133Elvin Hayes (29)21–18
40December 27Chicago110–101Elvin Hayes (28)21–19
41December 29Boston110–108Elvin Hayes (37)21–20
42January 1@ Los Angeles117–106Elvin Hayes (40)22–20
43January 2Los Angeles108–109 (OT)Elvin Hayes (25)23–20
44January 5@ Chicago103–116Calvin Murphy (36)23–21
45January 6@ Detroit99–100Elvin Hayes (23)23–22
46January 8San Francisco120–117Elvin Hayes (28)23–23
47January 9@ San Francisco103–109Don Adams (21)23–24
48January 15Baltimore124–117Elvin Hayes (29)23–25
49January 17Philadelphia106–105Stu Lantz (28)23–26
50January 19@ New York113–117 (OT)Elvin Hayes (29)23–27
51January 20@ Boston112–142Elvin Hayes (30)23–28
52January 22@ Buffalo94–101Elvin Hayes (30)23–29
53January 23@ Baltimore120–127Stu Lantz (26)23–30
54January 25Buffalo106–114Stu Lantz (37)24–30
55January 27Chicago111–106Stu Lantz (26)24–31
56January 29@ Detroit104–131Stu Lantz (27)24–32
57January 30@ Cincinnati110–116Elvin Hayes (44)24–33
58January 31@ Atlanta120–131Elvin Hayes (39)24–34
59February 2@ Los Angeles105–133Elvin Hayes (27)24–35
60February 3Milwaukee108–101Elvin Hayes (41)24–36
61February 5Cleveland105–116Elvin Hayes (32)25–36
62February 6Los Angeles115–108Elvin Hayes (33)25–37
63February 7@ Seattle124–107Elvin Hayes (32)26–37
64February 9Seattle115–132Elvin Hayes (36)27–37
65February 11San Francisco111–119Stu Lantz (31)28–37
66February 13Cincinnati116–120Don Adams (24)29–37
67February 18New York116–115Elvin Hayes (33)29–38
68February 19@ San Francisco109–103Calvin Murphy (30)30–38
69February 20Boston118–128Elvin Hayes (33)31–38
70February 23@ New York126–109Hayes, Murphy (29)32–38
71February 24@ Milwaukee104–139Elvin Hayes (23)32–39
72March 2@ Philadelphia111–103Calvin Murphy (27)33–39
73March 3@ Boston113–128Elvin Hayes (35)33–40
74March 5Seattle111–110Hayes, Lantz (27)33–41
75March 6N Chicago99–105Elvin Hayes (27)33–42
76March 7Portland121–135Elvin Hayes (39)34–42
77March 9Buffalo96–106Elvin Hayes (27)35–42
78March 11Boston91–115Stu Lantz (29)36–42
79March 13Baltimore115–121John Block (30)37–42
80March 17Detroit99–106Elvin Hayes (28)38–42
81March 19Milwaukee99–111John Trapp (24)39–42
82March 21Phoenix114–132Elvin Hayes (34)40–42

Awards and records

References
  1. 1970–71 San Diego Rockets
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