NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns101–97Houston Rockets

Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 17 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 48th meetingof 244 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Curtis Perry	35:00	2–10	0–2	6	9	15	4	4	5	1	4	4
Paul Westphal	32:00	11–15	4–4	0	1	1	3	0	2	3	3	26
Dennis Awtrey	32:00	6–7	4–5	1	3	4	4	0	0	1	4	16
Don Buse	32:00	0–4	1–2	0	3	3	3	0	0	5	4	1
Walter Davis	31:00	9–19	2–2	0	4	4	0	1	0	5	4	20
Ron Lee	24:00	9–18	2–3	1	3	4	1	1	0	3	2	20
Alvin Scott	17:00	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4
Bayard Forrest	16:00	1–2	0–0	4	1	5	0	2	1	2	3	2
Gar Heard	13:00	2–4	0–0	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	1	4
Mike Bratz	8:00	1–4	2–2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	4
Team totals	240:00	43–87	15–20	12	29	41	19	9	8	21	28	101

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Reid	48:00	13–23	3–5	4	6	10	2	3	2	1	5	29
Calvin Murphy	46:00	6–24	4–4	2	0	2	3	1	0	2	1	16
Dwight Jones	36:00	3–9	3–4	3	6	9	1	1	0	4	6	9
Moses Malone	35:00	4–12	7–8	8	7	15	1	0	2	6	3	15
John Lucas	30:00	8–15	2–2	0	3	3	5	0	0	2	2	18
Ed Ratleff	20:00	1–4	2–2	1	3	4	3	0	0	2	2	4
Kevin Kunnert	17:00	2–7	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	1	4
Ron Behagen	5:00	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
C.J. Kupec	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	38–95	21–25	20	28	48	16	5	5	17	21	97

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Phoenix Suns 3 in NBA 1977-78.

29 Oct 1977Phoenix Suns 112–125 Houston Rockets
10 Dec 1977Houston Rockets 93–110 Phoenix Suns
17 Dec 1977101–97 this game
25 Jan 1978Houston Rockets 96–118 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 16–9
Houston Rockets: 10–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 123, Phoenix Suns 121.

10 Dec 1977Houston Rockets 93–110 Phoenix Suns
25 Jan 1978Houston Rockets 96–118 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.