NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets88–87Cleveland Cavaliers

Houston Rockets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Thursday 17 March 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 40th meetingof 144 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	41:00	4–13	7–8	11	13	24	3	0	0	3	15
John Lucas	41:00	3–7	2–2	2	3	5	5	1	2	2	8
Kevin Kunnert	40:00	9–20	0–0	4	2	6	1	0	1	5	18
Rudy Tomjanovich	39:00	8–21	7–8	0	7	7	0	0	1	2	23
Calvin Murphy	32:00	7–16	0–0	1	5	6	7	4	0	4	14
Mike Newlin	21:00	3–7	0–0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	6
John Johnson	12:00	1–4	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	2
Goo Kennedy	5:00	1–3	0–0	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	2
Ed Ratleff	5:00	0–0	0–2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dwight Jones	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0
Team totals	240:00	36–91	16–20	20	34	54	22	6	5	23	88

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Jim Chones	40:00	6–14	2–2	3	6	9	2	0	1	3	14
Jim Brewer	32:00	4–11	0–2	4	6	10	3	0	1	2	8
Bingo Smith	28:00	6–13	3–3	2	1	3	1	1	0	2	15
Austin Carr	28:00	5–15	2–2	2	3	5	3	1	0	4	12
Elmore Smith	24:00	2–6	3–6	0	5	5	1	0	4	2	7
Dick Snyder	20:00	4–9	3–4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	11
John Lambert	20:00	5–7	1–4	5	2	7	3	0	1	4	11
Jim Cleamons	20:00	2–6	0–0	0	1	1	5	1	0	2	4
Foots Walker	16:00	2–5	1–2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5
Gary Brokaw	12:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	36–88	15–25	16	25	41	23	4	7	22	87

This season

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

2 Jan 1977Houston Rockets 80–104 Cleveland Cavaliers
8 Feb 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 81–97 Houston Rockets
17 Mar 197788–87 this game
2 Apr 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 93–106 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 41–26
Cleveland Cavaliers: 34–31

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

8 Feb 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 81–97 Houston Rockets
2 Apr 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 93–106 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.