NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets118–110Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 9 April 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 3rd meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
David Thompson	35:00	13–20	4–5	0	4	4	3	0	0	3	30
Dan Issel	33:00	8–15	6–6	3	9	12	2	0	0	3	22
Bobby Jones	28:00	4–11	1–2	5	3	8	4	3	1	3	9
Ted McClain	27:00	4–8	1–2	0	1	1	6	2	0	3	9
Willie Wise	23:00	6–12	3–4	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	15
Jim Price	19:00	1–5	0–0	1	4	5	1	0	0	0	2
Paul Silas	17:00	1–3	5–7	5	5	10	2	0	0	4	7
Mack Calvin	16:00	2–7	8–11	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	12
Marvin Webster	14:00	1–4	2–2	3	1	4	1	0	1	4	4
Byron Beck	10:00	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Fatty Taylor	8:00	1–2	0–1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2
Monte Towe	7:00	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	2
Team totals	237:00	43–91	32–42	17	31	48	26	7	2	29	118

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	45:00	6–15	10–12	8	13	21	3	3	1	4	22
John Lucas	42:00	5–13	1–2	1	5	6	14	2	0	4	11
Calvin Murphy	41:00	13–24	7–8	2	1	3	7	1	0	2	33
Rudy Tomjanovich	36:00	12–24	0–0	4	4	8	0	0	0	3	24
Dwight Jones	20:00	1–4	3–4	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	5
John Johnson	18:00	2–6	1–3	1	2	3	1	1	0	3	5
Kevin Kunnert	15:00	0–2	0–0	0	4	4	0	0	0	5	0
Mike Newlin	11:00	1–3	4–4	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	6
Tom Owens	6:00	1–2	2–2	1	1	2	0	1	0	3	4
Rudy White	6:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	41–93	28–35	18	32	50	28	8	1	31	110

This season

Houston Rockets 0, Denver Nuggets 3 in NBA 1976-77.

7 Jan 1977Denver Nuggets 117–107 Houston Rockets
22 Feb 1977Houston Rockets 106–118 Denver Nuggets
9 Apr 1977118–110 this game

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 49–31
Houston Rockets: 49–32

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 112, Denver Nuggets 105.

22 Feb 1977Houston Rockets 106–118 Denver Nuggets
12 Jan 1978Denver Nuggets 109–106 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.