NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets99–111New York Knicks

Houston Rockets at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 28 December 1976
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 54th meetingof 160 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	42:00	8–18	1–1	—	—	8	4	1	0	3	17
Calvin Murphy	36:00	6–13	4–6	0	0	0	3	2	0	3	16
John Lucas	36:00	6–10	2–3	0	0	0	5	1	0	3	14
John Johnson	32:00	8–16	1–2	—	—	5	4	0	0	1	17
Moses Malone	29:00	4–11	4–5	—	—	9	3	1	4	3	12
Tom Owens	22:00	2–7	4–6	—	—	9	1	0	1	5	8
Kevin Kunnert	19:00	3–9	2–2	—	—	9	0	0	1	6	8
Ed Ratleff	12:00	2–5	0–0	—	—	2	0	1	0	1	4
Mike Newlin	12:00	1–4	1–2	—	—	1	1	1	0	3	3
Team totals	240:00	40–93	19–27	0	0	43	21	7	6	28	99

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Tom McMillen	41:00	14–22	3–4	—	—	10	3	0	0	4	31
Walt Frazier	39:00	7–15	4–5	—	—	2	8	0	0	2	18
Lonnie Shelton	34:00	10–17	4–5	—	—	11	3	1	1	5	24
Jim McMillian	33:00	7–11	4–4	—	—	4	1	1	0	1	18
Mo Layton	23:00	3–5	4–4	0	0	0	6	1	0	5	10
Earl Monroe	20:00	2–7	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Phil Jackson	20:00	1–2	0–0	—	—	10	2	0	1	2	2
Bill Bradley	16:00	1–7	2–2	—	—	3	3	1	1	1	4
Butch Beard	14:00	0–2	0–0	—	—	2	1	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	45–88	21–24	0	0	42	27	4	3	26	111

This season

New York Knicks 2, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1976-77.

28 Dec 197699–111 this game
5 Jan 1977New York Knicks 107–108 Houston Rockets
3 Feb 1977Houston Rockets 90–108 New York Knicks
5 Feb 1977New York Knicks 103–105 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 18–10
New York Knicks: 16–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 81, Houston Rockets 79.

16 Mar 1976New York Knicks 111–116 Houston Rockets
5 Jan 1977New York Knicks 107–108 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.