NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns126–129Houston Rockets

Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 23 October 1976
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 42nd meetingof 244 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Alvan Adams	36:00	12–19	5–8	5	7	12	9	0	2	3	29
Curtis Perry	33:00	4–6	1–2	2	3	5	0	0	1	4	9
Ricky Sobers	31:00	7–9	2–2	2	1	3	7	0	0	3	16
Ron Lee	26:00	5–12	6–9	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	16
Gar Heard	25:00	4–11	2–3	4	2	6	2	2	1	4	10
Keith Erickson	23:00	5–8	3–3	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	13
Paul Westphal	22:00	7–12	1–2	1	0	1	3	0	1	3	15
Dennis Awtrey	17:00	3–4	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	6
Dick Van Arsdale	17:00	1–7	0–0	2	1	3	2	0	0	3	2
Tom Van Arsdale	10:00	2–3	6–6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10
Team totals	240:00	50–91	26–35	16	17	33	24	4	5	32	126

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	43:00	14–19	10–10	1	6	7	1	2	1	5	38
Mike Newlin	38:00	10–21	11–14	1	2	3	5	1	0	5	31
John Lucas	34:00	7–12	1–3	1	1	2	11	0	0	1	15
Calvin Murphy	28:00	3–8	5–7	1	0	1	8	0	0	2	11
John Johnson	25:00	4–7	1–2	2	2	4	2	0	0	5	9
Kevin Kunnert	24:00	5–8	0–1	3	3	6	4	0	2	4	10
Dwight Jones	24:00	4–7	1–2	1	2	3	0	0	1	4	9
Tom Owens	24:00	2–3	2–2	2	3	5	0	0	0	4	6
Team totals	240:00	49–85	31–41	12	19	31	31	3	4	30	129

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Phoenix Suns 1 in NBA 1976-77.

23 Oct 1976126–129 this game
8 Dec 1976Houston Rockets 95–116 Phoenix Suns
24 Feb 1977Houston Rockets 109–106 Phoenix Suns
9 Mar 1977Phoenix Suns 100–105 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 0–1
Houston Rockets: 1–0

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 123, Phoenix Suns 121.

21 Feb 1976Phoenix Suns 110–108 Houston Rockets
8 Dec 1976Houston Rockets 95–116 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.