NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets109–106Phoenix Suns

Houston Rockets at Phoenix Suns

Date: Thursday 24 February 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 44th meetingof 244 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	42:00	12–21	5–7	1	6	7	1	0	0	2	29
Mike Newlin	35:00	7–13	3–3	1	3	4	7	0	0	4	17
John Lucas	35:00	5–11	1–2	0	3	3	6	1	1	3	11
Moses Malone	30:00	5–11	3–4	7	5	12	0	1	1	4	13
Calvin Murphy	29:00	8–10	2–2	0	3	3	4	3	0	4	18
Kevin Kunnert	28:00	5–6	1–2	2	3	5	3	0	0	6	11
John Johnson	22:00	3–6	0–0	0	2	2	3	2	0	2	6
Goo Kennedy	11:00	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
Rudy White	4:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Dwight Jones	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	47–81	15–20	11	26	37	24	8	2	29	109

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Dennis Awtrey	37:00	3–6	4–6	4	5	9	7	0	0	1	10
Ron Lee	34:00	4–7	6–8	1	2	3	3	4	0	4	14
Ira Terrell	33:00	7–14	3–5	5	6	11	5	0	1	4	17
Paul Westphal	32:00	13–21	5–7	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	31
Tom Van Arsdale	25:00	6–11	1–2	0	1	1	1	0	0	5	13
Dick Van Arsdale	22:00	1–6	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2
Ricky Sobers	19:00	6–9	2–2	1	2	3	3	1	0	1	14
Keith Erickson	15:00	0–3	2–2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
Dale Schlueter	12:00	1–3	1–1	1	2	3	4	0	0	1	3
Gar Heard	11:00	0–1	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	3	0
Team totals	240:00	41–81	24–33	12	22	34	29	8	1	23	106

This season

Phoenix Suns 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1976-77.

23 Oct 1976Phoenix Suns 126–129 Houston Rockets
8 Dec 1976Houston Rockets 95–116 Phoenix Suns
24 Feb 1977109–106 this game
9 Mar 1977Phoenix Suns 100–105 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 31–25
Phoenix Suns: 26–32

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 121, Houston Rockets 123.

8 Dec 1976Houston Rockets 95–116 Phoenix Suns
9 Mar 1977Phoenix Suns 100–105 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.