NBA 1975-76Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets115–106Atlanta Hawks

Houston Rockets at Atlanta Hawks

Date: Thursday 8 January 1976
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1975-76Regular season
Meeting: 56th meetingof 170 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	43:00	11–18	12–14	—	—	1	9	4	0	3	34
Mike Newlin	41:00	5–9	6–6	—	—	7	4	1	0	5	16
John Johnson	39:00	8–16	5–5	—	—	11	4	3	0	2	21
Ed Ratleff	39:00	6–11	1–2	—	—	6	4	4	0	5	13
Kevin Kunnert	33:00	9–18	0–0	—	—	9	1	1	1	6	18
Gus Bailey	16:00	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
Joe Meriweather	15:00	2–3	2–4	—	—	4	0	1	2	3	6
Ron Riley	14:00	1–3	1–2	—	—	7	1	1	0	1	3
Team totals	240:00	44–81	27–33	0	0	45	23	16	3	26	115

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Tom Henderson	36:00	1–10	9–10	—	—	6	2	2	0	3	11
Connie Hawkins	33:00	5–8	3–4	—	—	8	2	2	2	2	13
Lou Hudson	30:00	7–15	2–2	—	—	4	2	1	0	0	16
Tom Van Arsdale	30:00	8–20	0–0	—	—	5	1	0	0	5	16
Dwight Jones	28:00	2–4	6–8	—	—	4	0	1	0	3	10
John Drew	26:00	11–19	5–7	—	—	8	1	1	0	6	27
Dean Meminger	21:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	6	3	0	1	0
Bill Willoughby	19:00	2–5	1–2	—	—	7	2	0	0	1	5
Mike Sojourner	17:00	4–10	0–0	—	—	5	1	0	0	5	8
Team totals	240:00	40–92	26–33	—	—	48	17	10	2	26	106

This season

Atlanta Hawks 2, Houston Rockets 5 in NBA 1975-76.

19 Dec 1975Atlanta Hawks 107–113 Houston Rockets
20 Dec 1975Houston Rockets 108–123 Atlanta Hawks
8 Jan 1976115–106 this game
6 Mar 1976Atlanta Hawks 97–101 Houston Rockets
7 Mar 1976Houston Rockets 106–123 Atlanta Hawks
17 Mar 1976Atlanta Hawks 112–124 Houston Rockets
11 Apr 1976Houston Rockets 122–111 Atlanta Hawks

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 16–18
Atlanta Hawks: 18–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Atlanta Hawks 84, Houston Rockets 86.

20 Dec 1975Houston Rockets 108–123 Atlanta Hawks
6 Mar 1976Atlanta Hawks 97–101 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.