NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks107–118Houston Rockets

Atlanta Hawks at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 16 December 1976
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 62nd meetingof 170 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
John Drew	43:00	11–21	4–6	—	—	9	2	4	0	3	26
Lou Hudson	42:00	12–18	8–8	—	—	1	3	0	1	2	32
Tom Henderson	34:00	5–9	5–6	—	—	1	8	1	0	1	15
Tom Barker	34:00	2–6	5–6	—	—	5	5	0	1	5	9
Joe Meriweather	26:00	3–9	2–4	—	—	4	0	0	0	6	8
John Brown	24:00	2–5	2–3	—	—	3	0	0	0	4	6
Ken Charles	14:00	1–3	2–2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4
Randy Denton	12:00	1–4	1–1	—	—	2	0	0	0	1	3
Armond Hill	6:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Bill Willoughby	5:00	2–3	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	4
Team totals	240:00	39–78	29–36	0	0	26	21	7	2	24	107

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	45:00	14–19	8–8	—	—	1	3	1	0	4	36
John Lucas	41:00	8–12	2–2	—	—	3	7	—	0	2	18
Calvin Murphy	36:00	6–12	5–6	—	—	6	9	1	0	5	17
John Johnson	28:00	3–12	5–6	—	—	5	4	1	1	2	11
Moses Malone	27:00	6–11	4–6	—	—	14	0	—	2	4	16
Kevin Kunnert	21:00	2–4	2–2	—	—	7	3	—	1	2	6
Dwight Jones	17:00	5–7	0–0	—	—	2	4	1	1	1	10
Rudy White	12:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	—	0	3	0
Mike Newlin	7:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	—	0	1	2
Ed Ratleff	6:00	1–3	0–0	—	—	2	0	—	0	3	2
Team totals	240:00	46–82	26–30	0	0	40	30	4	5	27	118

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Atlanta Hawks 1 in NBA 1976-77.

21 Oct 1976Houston Rockets 120–104 Atlanta Hawks
16 Dec 1976107–118 this game
28 Jan 1977Atlanta Hawks 104–118 Houston Rockets
29 Jan 1977Houston Rockets 97–101 Atlanta Hawks

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 11–17
Houston Rockets: 15–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

21 Oct 1976Houston Rockets 120–104 Atlanta Hawks
28 Jan 1977Atlanta Hawks 104–118 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.