NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets101–106Los Angeles Lakers

Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Sunday 22 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 57th meetingof 285 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dwight Jones	44:00	5–11	2–2	4	5	9	3	2	0	2	4	12
John Lucas	41:00	5–10	1–1	0	3	3	8	4	0	6	4	11
Calvin Murphy	39:00	15–27	2–3	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	32
Moses Malone	34:00	9–18	11–13	10	8	18	0	2	0	5	2	29
Robert Reid	30:00	2–7	3–4	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	5	7
Kevin Kunnert	16:00	4–12	0–0	4	2	6	0	0	0	1	1	8
C.J. Kupec	11:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Rudy White	10:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Alonzo Bradley	6:00	1–4	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ed Ratleff	6:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Larry Moffett	3:00	0–2	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	41–96	19–23	21	21	42	15	11	0	21	18	101

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Norm Nixon	38:00	12–17	0–0	0	3	3	8	4	0	4	3	24
Adrian Dantley	32:00	3–8	8–11	4	2	6	4	2	0	2	3	14
Don Ford	32:00	6–14	2–2	3	8	11	1	0	0	4	2	14
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	31:00	10–17	2–2	3	4	7	7	4	0	3	5	22
Charlie Scott	28:00	4–10	0–0	2	2	4	7	0	0	2	4	8
Lou Hudson	23:00	3–8	0–0	1	4	5	1	1	0	2	3	6
Kenny Carr	16:00	5–8	0–0	2	4	6	1	2	0	4	3	10
Tom Abernethy	16:00	1–1	2–2	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	4
Dave Robisch	12:00	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	4
Brad Davis	7:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	235:00	46–87	14–17	16	29	45	33	13	0	22	24	106

This season

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

9 Dec 1977Houston Rockets 116–105 Los Angeles Lakers
14 Dec 1977Los Angeles Lakers 113–91 Houston Rockets
22 Jan 1978101–106 this game
22 Mar 1978Los Angeles Lakers 124–106 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 16–27
Los Angeles Lakers: 19–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

14 Dec 1977Los Angeles Lakers 113–91 Houston Rockets
22 Mar 1978Los Angeles Lakers 124–106 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.