NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets107–127Detroit Pistons

Houston Rockets at Detroit Pistons

Date: Wednesday 9 November 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 52nd meetingof 153 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	31:00	10–18	0–0	—	—	4	1	0	2	5	20
John Lucas	31:00	3–10	2–2	—	—	4	10	2	0	2	8
Mike Newlin	31:00	3–17	2–2	—	—	2	5	0	0	4	8
Moses Malone	29:00	7–16	8–13	—	—	9	0	1	1	2	22
Ed Ratleff	29:00	5–12	2–3	—	—	2	3	5	0	0	12
Kevin Kunnert	21:00	4–7	4–5	—	—	8	0	0	1	5	12
Robin Jones	20:00	2–2	2–6	—	—	3	0	0	0	5	6
Dwight Jones	18:00	6–10	0–1	—	—	6	0	1	0	3	12
Larry Moffett	13:00	1–4	0–3	—	—	4	1	0	1	3	2
Robert Reid	12:00	2–5	1–3	—	—	2	0	1	0	2	5
Phil Bond	5:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–101	21–38	0	0	44	22	10	5	31	107

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	41:00	9–13	7–11	—	—	4	4	2	3	3	25
Ralph Simpson	34:00	8–15	2–3	—	—	5	10	3	0	1	18
Leon Douglas	32:00	5–12	4–6	—	—	8	2	1	1	6	14
Marvin Barnes	31:00	5–13	0–0	—	—	11	3	0	2	6	10
Eric Money	29:00	8–15	3–4	—	—	4	4	5	0	5	19
Willie Norwood	22:00	5–8	3–4	—	—	3	1	2	0	3	13
Chris Ford	21:00	5–5	0–0	—	—	4	7	2	0	3	10
Ben Poquette	18:00	6–8	2–2	—	—	7	0	0	0	3	14
Al Skinner	9:00	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0
Wayman Britt	3:00	1–1	2–2	—	—	1	2	0	0	0	4
Team totals	240:00	52–93	23–32	0	0	47	34	16	6	33	127

This season

Detroit Pistons 3, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1977-78.

9 Nov 1977107–127 this game
20 Jan 1978Detroit Pistons 108–118 Houston Rockets
22 Feb 1978Houston Rockets 108–119 Detroit Pistons
16 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 106–98 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 5–4
Detroit Pistons: 4–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 77, Houston Rockets 76.

27 Mar 1977Houston Rockets 100–115 Detroit Pistons
20 Jan 1978Detroit Pistons 108–118 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.