NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets98–99Indiana Pacers

Houston Rockets at Indiana Pacers

Date: Friday 30 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 107 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	41:00	16–23	2–2	—	—	3	6	0	0	2	34
Moses Malone	37:00	5–13	3–4	—	—	10	1	1	3	2	13
Kevin Kunnert	31:00	5–11	1–2	—	—	2	7	0	2	4	11
John Lucas	29:00	5–11	2–6	—	—	2	7	0	0	4	12
Dwight Jones	28:00	5–8	0–0	—	—	6	1	3	0	4	10
Robert Reid	28:00	1–6	2–4	—	—	8	1	2	1	2	4
Alonzo Bradley	17:00	3–5	0–0	—	—	5	1	0	0	0	6
Rudy White	16:00	1–4	4–6	—	—	3	2	0	0	3	6
Ed Ratleff	10:00	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	4	0	1	1	0
C.J. Kupec	3:00	0–0	2–3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	41–81	16–27	0	0	40	30	6	7	22	98

Indiana Pacers

Indiana Pacers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Mike Bantom	44:00	6–12	2–3	—	—	7	7	0	0	3	14
Ricky Sobers	35:00	8–14	6–6	—	—	4	6	3	0	5	22
James Edwards	34:00	6–13	3–4	—	—	9	1	3	2	3	15
Dan Roundfield	31:00	6–10	2–2	—	—	8	3	0	0	5	14
Earl Tatum	25:00	6–11	7–8	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	19
Ron Behagen	21:00	2–9	3–4	—	—	4	2	0	0	3	7
John Williamson	20:00	1–8	0–0	—	—	2	2	1	0	1	2
Mike Flynn	16:00	0–4	0–0	—	—	1	4	1	0	0	0
Len Elmore	14:00	3–6	0–0	—	—	8	0	2	0	1	6
Team totals	240:00	38–87	23–27	0	0	43	27	11	3	25	99

This season

Indiana Pacers 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1977-78.

30 Dec 197798–99 this game
4 Jan 1978Indiana Pacers 96–104 Houston Rockets
15 Feb 1978Indiana Pacers 122–126 Houston Rockets
8 Apr 1978Houston Rockets 112–111 Indiana Pacers

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 13–19
Indiana Pacers: 13–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Indiana Pacers 47, Houston Rockets 60.

22 Mar 1977Indiana Pacers 99–106 Houston Rockets
4 Jan 1978Indiana Pacers 96–104 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.