NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets117–107Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 7 January 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: First meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Dan Issel	40:00	12–17	6–8	0	5	5	2	0	0	4	30
Bobby Jones	35:00	7–13	5–7	0	3	3	5	2	1	4	19
David Thompson	35:00	5–11	8–12	1	4	5	5	1	0	4	18
Paul Silas	34:00	2–8	4–4	4	7	11	5	1	1	4	8
Ted McClain	33:00	5–11	6–6	3	1	4	4	1	0	5	16
Jim Price	17:00	3–5	0–0	0	1	1	4	2	0	2	6
Fatty Taylor	15:00	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0
Willie Wise	14:00	5–5	2–2	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	12
Marvin Webster	9:00	1–4	2–2	3	2	5	0	0	1	2	4
Byron Beck	8:00	1–3	2–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	4
Team totals	240:00	41–80	35–43	14	25	39	30	7	3	28	117

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	36:00	6–15	4–10	11	7	18	0	2	5	5	16
Rudy Tomjanovich	35:00	11–18	2–2	2	4	6	0	2	1	2	24
Calvin Murphy	32:00	4–11	1–1	1	0	1	6	1	0	5	9
John Lucas	30:00	2–7	0–1	0	1	1	7	2	0	0	4
John Johnson	28:00	8–13	3–4	0	2	2	2	1	2	3	19
Mike Newlin	24:00	4–10	4–4	1	1	2	5	0	0	4	12
Dwight Jones	22:00	3–5	1–2	2	5	7	1	0	0	4	7
Kevin Kunnert	12:00	3–5	2–2	3	2	5	2	0	1	3	8
Ed Ratleff	11:00	2–6	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Dave Wohl	10:00	2–4	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	0	6	4
Team totals	240:00	45–94	17–26	21	23	44	26	8	9	32	107

This season

Houston Rockets 0, Denver Nuggets 3 in NBA 1976-77.

7 Jan 1977117–107 this game
22 Feb 1977Houston Rockets 106–118 Denver Nuggets
9 Apr 1977Denver Nuggets 118–110 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 24–12
Houston Rockets: 20–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 112, Denver Nuggets 105.

22 Feb 1977Houston Rockets 106–118 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.