NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets109–106Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 12 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 4th meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	37:00	17–24	7–8	4	2	6	2	1	1	4	5	41
Brian Taylor	37:00	7–13	2–2	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	3	16
Dan Issel	36:00	6–14	6–6	2	8	10	4	1	0	2	5	18
Bobby Jones	35:00	3–3	2–3	4	4	8	3	0	0	3	1	8
Bob Wilkerson	35:00	2–9	2–2	2	6	8	4	0	0	4	3	6
Bo Ellis	17:00	2–7	2–4	3	1	4	0	1	1	2	2	6
Jim Price	14:00	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Tom LaGarde	12:00	2–3	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	4
Anthony Roberts	11:00	2–3	2–3	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	6
Mack Calvin	6:00	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	2	2
Team totals	240:00	41–76	27–32	17	26	43	24	6	3	19	23	109

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	43:00	9–16	3–3	5	6	11	1	1	1	0	4	21
Calvin Murphy	42:00	12–20	4–4	0	1	1	4	3	0	3	2	28
John Lucas	42:00	8–18	3–3	1	2	3	6	3	0	3	5	19
Robert Reid	35:00	5–12	2–4	1	5	6	1	2	0	0	5	12
C.J. Kupec	27:00	4–8	0–0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	8
Dwight Jones	25:00	5–10	2–2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	12
Kevin Kunnert	14:00	0–2	0–0	0	4	4	2	0	1	1	6	0
Rudy White	6:00	2–5	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4
Ed Ratleff	6:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	46–92	14–16	11	18	29	20	10	2	7	26	106

This season

Houston Rockets 0, Denver Nuggets 3 in NBA 1977-78.

12 Jan 1978109–106 this game
27 Jan 1978Houston Rockets 100–105 Denver Nuggets
2 Apr 1978Houston Rockets 100–109 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 25–13
Houston Rockets: 14–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 112, Denver Nuggets 105.

9 Apr 1977Denver Nuggets 118–110 Houston Rockets
27 Jan 1978Houston Rockets 100–105 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.