NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers81–97Houston Rockets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 8 February 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 39th meetingof 144 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	44:00	9–17	3–4	0	2	2	5	1	0	1	21
Jim Cleamons	37:00	4–8	4–4	6	0	6	2	0	1	1	12
Austin Carr	32:00	6–16	0–0	2	2	4	4	0	0	2	12
Jim Brewer	30:00	1–5	0–0	2	3	5	0	1	3	3	2
Gary Brokaw	24:00	3–9	2–2	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	8
Bingo Smith	22:00	4–6	0–0	2	10	12	3	2	0	1	8
Jim Chones	20:00	2–11	0–0	3	4	7	2	0	1	4	4
Elmore Smith	18:00	6–11	0–0	1	4	5	0	1	6	1	12
Nate Thurmond	10:00	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Snyder	3:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	36–85	9–10	16	31	47	19	5	11	14	81

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	46:00	12–24	2–2	4	5	9	3	3	0	1	26
Calvin Murphy	40:00	11–22	1–1	0	2	2	5	4	0	3	23
Mike Newlin	36:00	8–20	0–0	3	3	6	10	1	0	2	16
Moses Malone	31:00	5–13	0–0	6	7	13	0	0	5	0	10
Ed Ratleff	21:00	3–5	0–0	1	3	4	0	1	1	1	6
Kevin Kunnert	17:00	4–10	0–0	4	6	10	1	0	0	2	8
Dwight Jones	16:00	1–1	2–2	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	4
John Lucas	16:00	1–5	0–0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2
John Johnson	14:00	1–5	0–1	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	2
Goo Kennedy	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	46–105	5–6	20	31	51	22	12	6	13	97

This season

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

2 Jan 1977Houston Rockets 80–104 Cleveland Cavaliers
8 Feb 197781–97 this game
17 Mar 1977Houston Rockets 88–87 Cleveland Cavaliers
2 Apr 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 93–106 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 27–22
Houston Rockets: 27–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

2 Jan 1977Houston Rockets 80–104 Cleveland Cavaliers
17 Mar 1977Houston Rockets 88–87 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.