NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets80–104Cleveland Cavaliers

Houston Rockets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Sunday 2 January 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 38th meetingof 144 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	40:00	7–16	2–4	1	3	4	5	2	0	6	16
Rudy Tomjanovich	39:00	11–18	3–4	3	6	9	1	1	2	1	25
Moses Malone	32:00	6–13	0–2	3	6	9	1	0	3	4	12
John Lucas	32:00	3–8	3–4	0	4	4	2	3	0	1	9
Ed Ratleff	29:00	3–8	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	0	5	6
John Johnson	15:00	2–4	0–0	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	4
Mike Newlin	15:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Kevin Kunnert	14:00	3–7	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	3	6
Dwight Jones	12:00	1–4	0–0	2	2	4	2	0	1	0	2
Rudy White	5:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Owens	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Dave Wohl	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	36–81	8–14	11	30	41	18	8	6	25	80

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Jim Cleamons	42:00	7–13	1–2	1	2	3	1	1	0	3	15
Campy Russell	34:00	10–14	3–4	4	3	7	3	1	0	4	23
Jim Brewer	33:00	4–10	2–2	5	6	11	1	2	0	1	10
Dick Snyder	27:00	3–9	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	6
Bingo Smith	26:00	9–16	0–1	0	3	3	2	0	1	2	18
Austin Carr	24:00	2–15	6–6	4	0	4	5	0	0	1	10
Nate Thurmond	24:00	3–5	2–2	3	8	11	4	0	2	2	8
Jim Chones	21:00	5–10	0–0	1	4	5	1	0	0	1	10
Chuckie Williams	3:00	0–2	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Rowland Garrett	3:00	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
John Lambert	3:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	44–97	16–19	20	29	49	18	4	3	16	104

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1976-77.

2 Jan 197780–104 this game
8 Feb 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 81–97 Houston Rockets
17 Mar 1977Houston Rockets 88–87 Cleveland Cavaliers
2 Apr 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 93–106 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 19–12
Cleveland Cavaliers: 20–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

30 Mar 1976Houston Rockets 86–95 Cleveland Cavaliers
8 Feb 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 81–97 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.