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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
< 1969–70 1971–72 >

Offseason

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Draft picks

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Main article: 1970 NBA draft

Roster

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1970–71 San Diego Rockets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
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
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 9, 1970

Regular season

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Season standings

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Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 48 34 .585 – 30–11 17–22 1–1 15–7
x-San Francisco Warriors 41 41 .500 7 20–18 19–21 2–2 12–10
San Diego Rockets 40 42 .488 8 24–15 15–26 1–1 14–8
Seattle SuperSonics 38 44 .463 10 27–13 11–30 0–1 10–14
Portland Trail Blazers 29 53 .354 19 18–21 9–26 2–6 3–15
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks 66 16 .805
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers 48 34 .585
3 x-Chicago Bulls 51 31 .622
4 x-San Francisco Warriors 41 41 .500
5 Phoenix Suns 48 34 .585
6 Detroit Pistons 45 37 .549
7 San Diego Rockets 40 42 .488
8 Seattle SuperSonics 38 44 .463
9 Portland Trail Blazers 29 53 .354

Record vs. opponents

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1970–71 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta — 3–3 2–4 3–1 1–4 2–4 4–0 0–5 3–2 1–4 3–3 4–2 1–4 2–2 2–3 2–3 3–2
Baltimore 3–3 — 3–3 3–1 2–3 3–3 4–0 2–3 2–3 1–4 2–4 3–3 3–2 2–2 4–1 2–3 3–2
Boston 4–2 3–3 — 4–0 4–1 4–2 3–1 2–3 3–2 0–5 0–6 4–2 2–3 2–2 3–2 3–2 3–2
Buffalo 1–3 1–3 0–4 — 0–4 0–4 5–7 1–5 2–2 0–4 2–2 0–4 1–3 6–6 1–3 1–3 1–3
Chicago 4–1 3–2 1–4 4–0 — 4–0 4–0 3–3 2–4 1–5 3–2 3–2 3–3 3–1 6–0 4–2 3–2
Cincinnati 4–2 3–3 2–4 4–0 0–4 — 5–1 1–4 1–4 1–4 2–4 1–5 1–4 4–0 1–3 2–3 1–4
Cleveland 0–4 0–4 1–3 7–5 0–4 1–5 — 2–2 0–4 0–4 0–4 1–3 0–4 2–10 0–4 1–3 0–4
Detroit 5–0 3–2 3–2 5–1 3–3 4–1 2–2 — 2–3 1–5 2–3 2–3 2–4 3–1 4–2 1–4 3–1
Los Angeles 2–3 3–2 2–3 2–2 4–2 4–1 4–0 3–2 — 1–4 3–2 3–2 2–4 4–0 3–3 4–2 4–2
Milwaukee 4–1 4–1 5–0 4–0 5–1 4–1 4–0 5–1 4–1 — 1–4 4–1 4–2 3–1 4–1 6–0 5–1
New York 3–3 4–2 6–0 2–2 2–3 4–2 4–0 3–2 2–3 4–1 — 2–4 4–1 3–1 4–1 3–2 2–3
Philadelphia 2–4 3–3 2–4 4–0 2–3 5–1 3–1 3–2 2–3 1–4 4–2 — 3–2 4–0 3–2 3–2 3–2
Phoenix 4–1 2–3 3–2 3–1 3–3 4–1 4–0 4–2 4–2 2–4 1–4 2–3 — 4–0 2–4 3–2 3–2
Portland 2–2 2–2 2–2 6–6 1–3 0–4 10–2 1–3 0–4 1–3 1–3 0–4 0–4 — 0–4 1–3 2–4
San Diego 3–2 1–4 2–3 3–1 0–6 3–1 4–0 2–4 3–3 1–4 1–4 2–3 4–2 4–0 — 2–4 5–1
San Francisco 3–2 3–2 2–3 3–1 2–4 3–2 3–1 4–1 2–4 0–6 2–3 2–3 2–3 3–1 4–2 — 3–3
Seattle 2–3 2–3 2–3 3–1 2–3 4–1 4–0 1–3 2–4 1–5 3–2 2–3 2–3 4–2 1–5 3–3 —

Game log

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1970–71 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 13 @ Chicago 96–111 Stu Lantz (24) 0–1
2 October 14 @ Baltimore 105–123 John Trapp (20) 0–2
3 October 16 @ Philadelphia 119–127 Elvin Hayes (34) 0–3
4 October 17 @ Buffalo 102–93 Elvin Hayes (30) 1–3
5 October 20 Phoenix 114–115 Stu Lantz (43) 2–3
6 October 22 Cleveland 110–140 Elvin Hayes (40) 3–3
7 October 24 Philadelphia 111–116 John Block (32) 4–3
8 October 25 @ Phoenix 98–117 Hayes, Murphy (29) 4–4
9 October 27 @ Milwaukee 113–126 Elvin Hayes (34) 4–5
10 October 28 @ Cleveland 110–99 Elvin Hayes (40) 5–5
11 October 29 @ New York 107–114 Calvin Murphy (23) 5–6
12 October 31 @ Atlanta 121–117 Elvin Hayes (32) 6–6
13 November 4 New York 109–100 Stu Lantz (28) 6–7
14 November 6 Baltimore 125–118 Elvin Hayes (35) 6–8
15 November 7 @ San Francisco 102–114 Elvin Hayes (45) 6–9
16 November 11 Cincinnati 120–127 Stu Lantz (38) 7–9
17 November 13 San Francisco 107–102 Stu Lantz (23) 7–10
18 November 14 Detroit 101–112 Stu Lantz (29) 8–10
19 November 16 @ Portland 136–118 Elvin Hayes (29) 9–10
20 November 18 Milwaukee 117–111 Don Adams (23) 9–11
21 November 20 Seattle 106–121 Elvin Hayes (50) 10–11
22 November 21 @ Seattle 115–114 Elvin Hayes (33) 11–11
23 November 24 @ Detroit 104–111 Hayes, Siegfried (28) 11–12
24 November 25 @ Cincinnati 138–120 Elvin Hayes (48) 12–12
25 November 27 Atlanta 127–128 Don Adams (33) 13–12
26 November 28 @ Phoenix 117–116 Elvin Hayes (37) 14–12
27 November 29 @ Los Angeles 112–130 Don Adams (28) 14–13
28 December 1 @ Portland 120–114 Elvin Hayes (37) 15–13
29 December 5 Los Angeles 116–119 Elvin Hayes (38) 16–13
30 December 6 @ Phoenix 102–108 Elvin Hayes (31) 16–14
31 December 11 Phoenix 104–110 Elvin Hayes (33) 17–14
32 December 12 @ Chicago 98–103 Elvin Hayes (25) 17–15
33 December 13 @ Cleveland 118–95 Elvin Hayes (40) 18–15
34 December 15 @ Philadelphia 98–122 Don Adams (16) 18–16
35 December 16 @ Atlanta 117–128 Stu Lantz (31) 18–17
36 December 18 Detroit 129–116 Elvin Hayes (23) 18–18
37 December 19 N Portland 118–108 Elvin Hayes (35) 19–18
38 December 20 @ Seattle 110–108 Elvin Hayes (35) 20–18
39 December 23 Atlanta 102–133 Elvin Hayes (29) 21–18
40 December 27 Chicago 110–101 Elvin Hayes (28) 21–19
41 December 29 Boston 110–108 Elvin Hayes (37) 21–20
42 January 1 @ Los Angeles 117–106 Elvin Hayes (40) 22–20
43 January 2 Los Angeles 108–109 (OT) Elvin Hayes (25) 23–20
44 January 5 @ Chicago 103–116 Calvin Murphy (36) 23–21
45 January 6 @ Detroit 99–100 Elvin Hayes (23) 23–22
46 January 8 San Francisco 120–117 Elvin Hayes (28) 23–23
47 January 9 @ San Francisco 103–109 Don Adams (21) 23–24
48 January 15 Baltimore 124–117 Elvin Hayes (29) 23–25
49 January 17 Philadelphia 106–105 Stu Lantz (28) 23–26
50 January 19 @ New York 113–117 (OT) Elvin Hayes (29) 23–27
51 January 20 @ Boston 112–142 Elvin Hayes (30) 23–28
52 January 22 @ Buffalo 94–101 Elvin Hayes (30) 23–29
53 January 23 @ Baltimore 120–127 Stu Lantz (26) 23–30
54 January 25 Buffalo 106–114 Stu Lantz (37) 24–30
55 January 27 Chicago 111–106 Stu Lantz (26) 24–31
56 January 29 @ Detroit 104–131 Stu Lantz (27) 24–32
57 January 30 @ Cincinnati 110–116 Elvin Hayes (44) 24–33
58 January 31 @ Atlanta 120–131 Elvin Hayes (39) 24–34
59 February 2 @ Los Angeles 105–133 Elvin Hayes (27) 24–35
60 February 3 Milwaukee 108–101 Elvin Hayes (41) 24–36
61 February 5 Cleveland 105–116 Elvin Hayes (32) 25–36
62 February 6 Los Angeles 115–108 Elvin Hayes (33) 25–37
63 February 7 @ Seattle 124–107 Elvin Hayes (32) 26–37
64 February 9 Seattle 115–132 Elvin Hayes (36) 27–37
65 February 11 San Francisco 111–119 Stu Lantz (31) 28–37
66 February 13 Cincinnati 116–120 Don Adams (24) 29–37
67 February 18 New York 116–115 Elvin Hayes (33) 29–38
68 February 19 @ San Francisco 109–103 Calvin Murphy (30) 30–38
69 February 20 Boston 118–128 Elvin Hayes (33) 31–38
70 February 23 @ New York 126–109 Hayes, Murphy (29) 32–38
71 February 24 @ Milwaukee 104–139 Elvin Hayes (23) 32–39
72 March 2 @ Philadelphia 111–103 Calvin Murphy (27) 33–39
73 March 3 @ Boston 113–128 Elvin Hayes (35) 33–40
74 March 5 Seattle 111–110 Hayes, Lantz (27) 33–41
75 March 6 N Chicago 99–105 Elvin Hayes (27) 33–42
76 March 7 Portland 121–135 Elvin Hayes (39) 34–42
77 March 9 Buffalo 96–106 Elvin Hayes (27) 35–42
78 March 11 Boston 91–115 Stu Lantz (29) 36–42
79 March 13 Baltimore 115–121 John Block (30) 37–42
80 March 17 Detroit 99–106 Elvin Hayes (28) 38–42
81 March 19 Milwaukee 99–111 John Trapp (24) 39–42
82 March 21 Phoenix 114–132 Elvin Hayes (34) 40–42

Awards and records

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References

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  1. ^ 1970–71 San Diego Rockets
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