NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets86–109Detroit Pistons

Houston Rockets at Detroit Pistons

Date: Friday 21 January 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 49th meetingof 153 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	41:00	6–17	5–11	—	—	22	1	2	4	1	17
Rudy Tomjanovich	36:00	8–20	1–2	—	—	2	0	1	0	2	17
Calvin Murphy	34:00	5–14	4–6	—	—	1	4	3	0	3	14
Kevin Kunnert	34:00	2–12	2–2	—	—	11	5	0	1	4	6
Mike Newlin	23:00	5–7	2–2	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	12
Ed Ratleff	23:00	2–7	0–0	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	4
John Lucas	19:00	3–6	0–0	—	—	2	1	0	0	1	6
Dwight Jones	18:00	1–1	0–2	—	—	9	1	0	0	1	2
John Johnson	12:00	3–6	2–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8
Team totals	240:00	35–90	16–27	0	0	49	18	9	5	15	86

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	42:00	6–10	2–2	—	—	3	12	2	0	3	14
Bob Lanier	37:00	9–15	2–2	—	—	17	4	0	5	3	20
Chris Ford	35:00	7–13	2–2	—	—	6	8	0	0	1	16
M.L. Carr	33:00	12–16	0–0	—	—	3	1	2	1	4	24
Howard Porter	30:00	6–14	0–0	—	—	5	0	2	0	4	12
Marvin Barnes	17:00	2–6	2–2	—	—	4	1	1	0	2	6
Al Eberhard	15:00	1–3	0–0	—	—	3	0	1	0	1	2
Eric Money	13:00	3–4	0–0	—	—	1	2	0	0	0	6
Leon Douglas	12:00	2–5	1–2	—	—	2	0	0	0	4	5
Ralph Simpson	6:00	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Team totals	240:00	50–90	9–10	0	0	44	28	8	6	22	109

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1976-77.

1 Dec 1976Detroit Pistons 104–110 Houston Rockets
21 Jan 197786–109 this game
27 Jan 1977Detroit Pistons 107–114 Houston Rockets
27 Mar 1977Houston Rockets 100–115 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 23–18
Detroit Pistons: 24–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 77, Houston Rockets 76.

1 Dec 1976Detroit Pistons 104–110 Houston Rockets
27 Jan 1977Detroit Pistons 107–114 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.