NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets100–109Boston Celtics

Houston Rockets at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 23 November 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 61st meetingof 178 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	38:00	7–19	1–1	—	—	6	1	—	—	—	4	15
John Lucas	38:00	6–17	2–2	—	—	3	9	—	—	—	2	14
Moses Malone	37:00	5–17	3–4	—	—	14	0	—	—	—	3	13
Kevin Kunnert	34:00	8–10	0–0	—	—	13	2	—	—	—	4	16
Mike Newlin	32:00	6–10	4–4	—	—	2	7	—	—	—	3	16
Calvin Murphy	31:00	6–20	4–5	—	—	1	3	—	—	—	5	16
Dwight Jones	19:00	1–4	2–2	—	—	3	1	—	—	—	2	4
Robert Reid	7:00	1–5	0–0	—	—	1	0	—	—	—	2	2
Ed Ratleff	4:00	2–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	—	—	—	0	4
Team totals	240:00	42–104	16–18	0	0	43	24	—	—	—	25	100

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	43:00	8–15	8–8	4	18	22	2	1	0	0	5	24
Charlie Scott	40:00	7–13	2–4	1	2	3	5	0	0	4	0	16
Jo Jo White	37:00	6–15	1–2	0	3	3	8	0	0	1	0	13
John Havlicek	36:00	8–12	2–2	0	2	2	5	1	0	3	2	18
Curtis Rowe	30:00	4–10	2–2	3	2	5	2	0	0	2	4	10
Sidney Wicks	20:00	5–8	1–1	1	4	5	0	1	0	2	4	11
Dave Bing	19:00	1–7	3–7	2	2	4	3	1	0	2	2	5
Cedric Maxwell	10:00	4–6	2–2	3	1	4	1	0	1	0	1	10
Tom Boswell	5:00	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	2
Team totals	240:00	44–88	21–28	15	34	49	26	4	1	15	21	109

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1977-78.

22 Oct 1977Boston Celtics 98–110 Houston Rockets
23 Nov 1977100–109 this game
11 Jan 1978Houston Rockets 88–91 Boston Celtics
21 Feb 1978Boston Celtics 96–111 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 6–9
Boston Celtics: 4–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 115, Houston Rockets 63.

22 Oct 1977Boston Celtics 98–110 Houston Rockets
11 Jan 1978Houston Rockets 88–91 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.