NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers116–122Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 15 January 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 52nd meetingof 285 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Lucius Allen	37:00	5–16	0–0	—	—	6	10	3	0	1	10
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	35:00	11–17	6–6	—	—	11	5	0	3	4	28
Cazzie Russell	34:00	7–15	3–4	—	—	3	1	0	0	2	17
Kermit Washington	34:00	4–12	9–11	—	—	9	1	2	1	6	17
Earl Tatum	25:00	4–9	2–2	—	—	3	0	0	0	3	10
Johnny Neumann	23:00	4–6	0–0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	8
Don Ford	14:00	3–5	1–2	—	—	4	2	0	0	1	7
C.J. Kupec	13:00	2–5	4–4	—	—	3	0	0	0	2	8
Tom Abernethy	13:00	2–2	1–2	—	—	1	1	0	1	0	5
Bo Lamar	12:00	3–6	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6
Team totals	240:00	45–93	26–31	0	0	40	25	5	5	22	116

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	43:00	9–21	0–0	—	—	10	2	0	0	2	18
Kevin Kunnert	41:00	8–13	7–8	—	—	10	3	2	4	6	23
Calvin Murphy	40:00	13–23	4–4	—	—	3	9	0	0	2	30
Mike Newlin	37:00	11–16	2–2	—	—	6	4	1	0	1	24
Moses Malone	32:00	8–14	1–2	—	—	8	1	0	1	3	17
John Johnson	22:00	4–9	0–0	—	—	1	2	1	0	4	8
John Lucas	19:00	1–2	0–2	—	—	1	3	1	0	2	2
Dwight Jones	3:00	0–0	0–0	—	—	2	0	0	0	3	0
Tom Owens	3:00	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	54–98	14–18	—	—	42	24	5	5	25	122

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Los Angeles Lakers 2 in NBA 1976-77.

10 Dec 1976Houston Rockets 99–109 Los Angeles Lakers
15 Jan 1977116–122 this game
27 Feb 1977Houston Rockets 101–106 Los Angeles Lakers
2 Mar 1977Los Angeles Lakers 113–120 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 26–14
Houston Rockets: 21–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 106, Los Angeles Lakers 179.

10 Dec 1976Houston Rockets 99–109 Los Angeles Lakers
27 Feb 1977Houston Rockets 101–106 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.