NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets101–107San Antonio Spurs

Houston Rockets at San Antonio Spurs

Date: Friday 23 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 245 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Reid	40:00	7–13	2–2	—	—	9	3	1	5	1	2	16
John Lucas	39:00	7–17	3–3	—	—	4	6	2	0	2	1	17
Moses Malone	38:00	8–14	4–4	—	—	17	0	0	1	0	2	20
Dwight Jones	33:00	6–12	2–2	—	—	8	1	0	0	2	5	14
Calvin Murphy	32:00	10–24	0–1	—	—	2	4	1	0	3	4	20
Kevin Kunnert	25:00	4–11	0–0	—	—	6	0	1	0	2	5	8
Rudy White	15:00	2–5	0–0	—	—	1	3	0	0	3	0	4
Larry Moffett	8:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ed Ratleff	5:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2
C.J. Kupec	5:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–98	11–12	0	0	47	18	5	7	13	22	101

San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Kenon	37:00	7–17	2–2	—	—	9	6	1	0	1	1	16
Coby Dietrick	32:00	5–10	2–2	—	—	8	3	1	0	0	3	12
George Gervin	31:00	11–20	3–3	—	—	6	7	1	5	4	4	25
Billy Paultz	30:00	6–9	5–7	—	—	7	3	1	3	2	1	17
Mike Gale	26:00	5–11	0–0	—	—	1	5	1	1	1	0	10
Louie Dampier	25:00	4–8	2–2	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	10
Mark Olberding	20:00	2–7	0–0	—	—	6	1	0	0	1	2	4
Mike Green	18:00	3–9	0–0	—	—	5	0	1	0	1	2	6
Mo Layton	14:00	1–4	0–0	—	—	1	2	1	0	0	0	2
Allan Bristow	7:00	2–3	1–3	—	—	1	0	0	0	2	0	5
Team totals	240:00	46–98	15–19	0	0	44	30	9	9	13	13	107

This season

San Antonio Spurs 3, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1977-78.

23 Dec 1977101–107 this game
14 Jan 1978San Antonio Spurs 93–104 Houston Rockets
9 Feb 1978Houston Rockets 94–104 San Antonio Spurs
10 Feb 1978San Antonio Spurs 125–114 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 11–18
San Antonio Spurs: 16–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: San Antonio Spurs 132, Houston Rockets 113.

24 Mar 1977Houston Rockets 112–118 San Antonio Spurs
14 Jan 1978San Antonio Spurs 93–104 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.