NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets95–116Phoenix Suns

Houston Rockets at Phoenix Suns

Date: Wednesday 8 December 1976
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 43rd meetingof 244 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	37:00	9–16	0–1	0	8	8	8	1	1	1	18
Moses Malone	29:00	2–6	3–6	5	4	9	1	1	2	1	7
John Johnson	28:00	5–13	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	1	5	10
Calvin Murphy	27:00	10–12	0–1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	20
John Lucas	27:00	0–6	4–4	1	3	4	2	0	0	3	4
Mike Newlin	23:00	3–7	1–1	1	0	1	3	0	0	4	7
Ed Ratleff	20:00	1–6	4–4	0	4	4	4	1	0	5	6
Rudy White	18:00	3–4	0–0	1	1	2	4	0	0	4	6
Kevin Kunnert	13:00	2–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	4
Tom Owens	12:00	5–9	3–6	4	2	6	2	0	0	3	13
Dwight Jones	6:00	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	40–82	15–23	13	25	38	29	3	5	37	95

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Gar Heard	36:00	4–9	1–2	2	6	8	4	1	1	3	9
Curtis Perry	34:00	6–10	5–5	4	6	10	2	2	0	4	17
Ricky Sobers	33:00	7–14	5–7	0	3	3	3	1	0	2	19
Paul Westphal	32:00	10–16	3–5	0	2	2	9	1	0	2	23
Alvan Adams	26:00	4–9	3–3	1	5	6	5	1	3	3	11
Tom Van Arsdale	23:00	2–5	2–3	0	2	2	3	0	0	4	6
Dennis Awtrey	19:00	2–6	3–3	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	7
Dick Van Arsdale	17:00	2–3	2–2	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	6
Ron Lee	11:00	6–6	1–1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	13
Dale Schlueter	3:00	0–0	4–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Butch Feher	3:00	0–0	1–3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ira Terrell	3:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–80	30–38	7	28	35	31	7	4	23	116

This season

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

23 Oct 1976Phoenix Suns 126–129 Houston Rockets
8 Dec 197695–116 this game
24 Feb 1977Houston Rockets 109–106 Phoenix Suns
9 Mar 1977Phoenix Suns 100–105 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 14–5
Phoenix Suns: 8–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

23 Oct 1976Phoenix Suns 126–129 Houston Rockets
24 Feb 1977Houston Rockets 109–106 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.