NBA 1975-76Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets97–98Chicago Bulls

Houston Rockets at Chicago Bulls

Date: Monday 5 January 1976
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1975-76Regular season
Meeting: 48th meetingof 151 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Mike Newlin	45:00	7–8	9–10	1	1	2	7	1	0	3	23
Rudy Tomjanovich	39:00	6–8	7–8	3	8	11	4	1	1	4	19
Calvin Murphy	38:00	8–11	7–8	0	1	1	7	1	0	5	23
Ed Ratleff	38:00	4–7	4–4	0	3	3	1	2	0	4	12
Kevin Kunnert	28:00	4–12	2–4	3	8	11	2	0	1	6	10
Joe Meriweather	23:00	2–6	2–2	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	6
Dave Wohl	13:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0
John Johnson	8:00	1–4	0–0	2	1	3	2	0	0	3	2
Ron Riley	8:00	1–1	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	4	2
Team totals	240:00	33–59	31–36	9	27	36	26	7	3	33	97

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Bob Love	40:00	6–20	4–5	4	2	6	6	1	0	5	16
Jerry Sloan	32:00	5–11	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	0	4	10
Tom Boerwinkle	30:00	2–5	0–0	3	5	8	3	0	0	4	4
Norm Van Lier	30:00	0–5	0–0	2	1	3	4	2	0	5	0
Mickey Johnson	27:00	11–19	5–7	4	3	7	3	1	0	5	27
Cliff Pondexter	26:00	6–8	3–5	2	3	5	0	0	1	4	15
Leon Benbow	25:00	3–8	2–2	1	2	3	4	4	0	4	8
Jack Marin	21:00	5–13	4–4	3	0	3	3	1	0	2	14
John Laskowski	9:00	1–3	2–3	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	4
Team totals	240:00	39–92	20–26	21	18	39	25	11	1	33	98

This season

Chicago Bulls 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1975-76.

2 Dec 1975Houston Rockets 91–77 Chicago Bulls
23 Dec 1975Chicago Bulls 94–103 Houston Rockets
5 Jan 197697–98 this game
7 Feb 1976Chicago Bulls 87–89 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 16–16
Chicago Bulls: 8–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 74, Houston Rockets 77.

23 Dec 1975Chicago Bulls 94–103 Houston Rockets
7 Feb 1976Chicago Bulls 87–89 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.