NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

New York Nets86–100Houston Rockets

New York Nets at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 16 March 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 4th meetingof 108 played

New York Nets

New York Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Kim Hughes	42:00	1–7	0–0	—	—	6	3	1	3	4	2
Mike Bantom	40:00	8–20	5–5	—	—	10	4	1	0	5	21
Al Skinner	39:00	5–12	4–4	—	—	2	4	1	1	2	14
Bubbles Hawkins	35:00	11–20	3–4	—	—	6	2	3	0	4	25
Jan van Breda Kolff	34:00	6–12	4–5	—	—	7	0	1	0	3	16
Mel Davis	21:00	2–11	0–0	—	—	5	1	0	1	2	4
Tim Bassett	19:00	2–10	0–0	—	—	8	1	0	0	0	4
Jim Fox	6:00	0–2	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Terry	4:00	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	35–94	16–18	—	—	46	15	7	5	22	86

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	41:00	16–26	4–4	—	—	6	2	1	1	2	36
Kevin Kunnert	32:00	3–10	7–8	0	14	14	3	1	3	4	13
Moses Malone	31:00	1–2	3–6	—	—	11	1	1	2	4	5
John Lucas	29:00	5–13	2–2	—	—	7	7	1	0	3	12
Calvin Murphy	28:00	4–11	2–2	—	—	3	9	2	0	2	10
Mike Newlin	28:00	4–10	0–0	—	—	3	6	1	0	1	8
John Johnson	23:00	3–9	3–6	—	—	6	2	3	0	2	9
Ed Ratleff	11:00	3–4	0–0	—	—	6	2	0	0	1	6
Dwight Jones	10:00	0–0	1–2	—	—	2	0	1	0	0	1
Tom Owens	6:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	2	0	0	0	1	0
Goo Kennedy	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	39–86	22–30	0	14	60	32	11	6	20	100

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Brooklyn Nets 2 in NBA 1976-77.

5 Nov 1976Houston Rockets 91–95 New York Nets
13 Nov 1976New York Nets 114–110 Houston Rockets
6 Mar 1977Houston Rockets 99–91 New York Nets
16 Mar 197786–100 this game

Records going in

New York Nets: 21–47
Houston Rockets: 40–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 68, Brooklyn Nets 40.

6 Mar 1977Houston Rockets 99–91 New York Nets
21 Dec 1977Houston Rockets 103–93 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.