NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers113–91Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 14 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 56th meetingof 285 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Lou Hudson	41:00	11–17	1–1	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	1	23
Adrian Dantley	39:00	9–12	3–6	4	8	12	4	1	1	1	2	21
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	32:00	7–16	5–6	2	7	9	0	3	2	0	3	19
Norm Nixon	30:00	6–12	3–5	1	3	4	10	0	0	0	5	15
Ernie DiGregorio	25:00	3–9	1–2	0	1	1	6	0	0	5	3	7
Don Ford	24:00	4–6	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	3	8
Jamaal Wilkes	23:00	4–9	1–4	4	3	7	1	2	0	2	4	9
Dave Robisch	16:00	2–6	0–0	3	4	7	2	0	2	0	0	4
Tom Abernethy	9:00	2–4	1–1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	5
Kenny Carr	1:00	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	49–93	15–25	17	32	49	27	6	5	11	22	113

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	42:00	9–18	3–4	9	6	15	0	2	2	3	3	21
Dwight Jones	39:00	5–12	5–6	7	7	14	2	1	2	3	3	15
Calvin Murphy	37:00	10–22	4–4	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	24
John Lucas	34:00	3–12	2–2	0	3	3	6	0	0	1	2	8
Robert Reid	29:00	4–8	0–0	3	1	4	0	0	0	1	4	8
Mike Newlin	20:00	3–10	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	4	6
Ed Ratleff	18:00	2–4	0–0	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	2	4
C.J. Kupec	13:00	1–7	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	2
Kevin Kunnert	6:00	0–2	3–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Rudy White	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	37–95	17–20	22	24	46	14	3	4	13	25	91

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Los Angeles Lakers 3 in NBA 1977-78.

9 Dec 1977Houston Rockets 116–105 Los Angeles Lakers
14 Dec 1977113–91 this game
22 Jan 1978Houston Rockets 101–106 Los Angeles Lakers
22 Mar 1978Los Angeles Lakers 124–106 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 10–16
Houston Rockets: 10–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 106, Los Angeles Lakers 179.

9 Dec 1977Houston Rockets 116–105 Los Angeles Lakers
22 Jan 1978Houston Rockets 101–106 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.