Michael F. Newlin (born January 2, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A , shooting guard from the University of Utah, he played eleven professional seasons (from 1971 to 1982), spending most of his time with the Houston Rockets. He played in several playoff series, including the 1977 Eastern Conference Finals, which the Rockets would lose to the Philadelphia 76ers led by Julius Erving. He also played for the New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks. Michael had his finest season in 1980âÂÂ81, when he averaged 21.4 points per game for the Nets, and he retired in 1982 with 12,507 career points.
|- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 82 || || 18.2 || .414 || || .750 || 2.8 || 1.6 || || || 7.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | style="background:#cfecec;"| 82* || || 32.4 || .443 || || .886 || 4.1 || 5.0 || || || 17.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 76 || || 34.1 || .448 || || .856 || 3.4 || 4.8 || 1.1 || .1 || 18.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 79 || || 34.3 || .482 || || .869 || 3.3 || 5.1 || 1.4 || .1 || 14.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 82 || 82 || 37.4 || .507 || || .865 || 4.1 || 5.6 || 1.3 || .1 || 18.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 82 || || 25.8 || .455 || || .885 || 2.5 || 3.9 || .7 || .0 || 12.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 45 || || 26.2 || .436 || || .874 || 2.7 || 4.5 || 1.2 || .2 || 13.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 76 || || 24.1 || .487 || || .872 || 2.2 || 3.8 || .7 || .1 || 10.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 78 || || 32.2 || .460 || .296 || .884 || 3.4 || 4.0 || 1.5 || .1 || 20.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 79 || || 36.8 || .497 || .333 || .888 || 2.8 || 3.8 || 1.1 || .1 || 21.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|New York | 76 || 32 || 19.8 || .465 || .304 || .857 || 1.2 || 2.2 || .4 || .0 || 9.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 837 || 114 || 29.4 || .466 || .302 || .870 || 3.0 || 4.0 || 1.0 || .1 || 14.9
|- | style="text-align:left;"|1975 | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 8 || || 37.4 || .486 || || .897 || 4.1 || 5.6 || 1.5 || .0 || 16.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1977 | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 12 || || 26.3 || .524 || || .750 || 2.8 || 4.4 || 1.3 || .0 || 14.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1979 | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 2 || || 33.5 || .400 || || 1.000 || 3.0 || 2.5 || .5 || .5 || 12.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 22 || || 31.0 || .500 || || .846 || 3.3 || 4.7 || 1.3 || .0 || 14.8