NBA 1975-76Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers114–117Houston Rockets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Houston Rockets

Date: Monday 23 February 1976
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1975-76Regular season
Meeting: 36th meetingof 144 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Jim Cleamons	40:00	10–18	3–4	4	1	5	11	0	0	3	23
Dick Snyder	36:00	12–20	1–1	1	2	3	5	1	1	2	25
Jim Brewer	36:00	7–13	2–2	2	5	7	3	2	1	1	16
Jim Chones	32:00	5–9	1–1	0	10	10	5	1	1	2	11
Bingo Smith	31:00	8–16	3–4	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	19
Campy Russell	24:00	5–11	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	0	5	10
Austin Carr	12:00	2–6	2–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	6
Nate Thurmond	12:00	0–2	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	1	2	0
John Lambert	9:00	1–1	0–1	1	3	4	0	1	0	1	2
Foots Walker	8:00	0–4	2–3	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	50–100	14–18	12	30	42	27	5	4	19	114

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Ed Ratleff	40:00	11–21	0–0	8	1	9	6	2	0	4	22
Calvin Murphy	36:00	7–12	2–2	0	2	2	13	4	0	3	16
Mike Newlin	35:00	9–17	7–9	0	3	3	4	0	0	2	25
Rudy Tomjanovich	29:00	6–11	0–0	1	4	5	6	0	4	1	12
Kevin Kunnert	28:00	6–10	1–2	1	6	7	2	0	0	3	13
John Johnson	25:00	4–12	6–6	4	4	8	7	1	0	2	14
Joe Meriweather	25:00	6–10	0–0	2	7	9	0	1	0	1	12
Ron Riley	22:00	1–3	1–2	1	6	7	1	1	1	4	3
Team totals	240:00	50–96	17–21	17	33	50	39	9	5	20	117

This season

Houston Rockets 4, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1975-76.

8 Nov 1975Cleveland Cavaliers 112–116 Houston Rockets
18 Nov 1975Houston Rockets 95–91 Cleveland Cavaliers
28 Jan 1976Cleveland Cavaliers 93–108 Houston Rockets
22 Feb 1976Houston Rockets 103–107 Cleveland Cavaliers
23 Feb 1976114–117 this game
30 Mar 1976Houston Rockets 86–95 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 35–22
Houston Rockets: 28–29

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 93, Cleveland Cavaliers 51.

22 Feb 1976Houston Rockets 103–107 Cleveland Cavaliers
30 Mar 1976Houston Rockets 86–95 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.