NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets96–118Phoenix Suns

Houston Rockets at Phoenix Suns

Date: Wednesday 25 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 49th meetingof 244 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	39:00	9–14	8–11	6	6	12	1	0	1	2	2	26
Calvin Murphy	38:00	16–25	1–1	0	2	2	3	2	0	2	3	33
Robert Reid	30:00	5–11	0–1	0	2	2	0	2	1	3	5	10
Ed Ratleff	29:00	3–8	0–0	0	2	2	5	1	0	4	5	6
Kevin Kunnert	25:00	3–7	0–0	1	5	6	1	1	1	3	4	6
Dwight Jones	21:00	0–9	4–6	2	2	4	3	0	0	2	1	4
Rudy White	16:00	2–6	1–1	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	0	5
John Lucas	13:00	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	4
C.J. Kupec	11:00	0–3	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0
Alonzo Bradley	10:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Larry Moffett	8:00	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	40–89	16–22	10	22	32	20	6	3	23	24	96

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Davis	35:00	8–12	7–7	1	2	3	5	1	0	5	2	23
Don Buse	34:00	4–7	2–2	0	4	4	3	2	0	0	3	10
Bayard Forrest	25:00	2–2	2–2	0	2	2	3	0	0	2	2	6
Paul Westphal	24:00	10–15	5–8	1	2	3	6	0	0	3	0	25
Ron Lee	22:00	9–11	2–3	0	5	5	7	1	1	5	4	20
Gar Heard	22:00	4–8	1–2	0	3	3	3	3	1	0	4	9
Curtis Perry	22:00	2–3	4–4	0	5	5	1	2	0	2	4	8
Mike Bratz	16:00	4–8	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	8
Alvan Adams	16:00	0–4	3–4	2	4	6	1	0	1	4	3	3
Alvin Scott	13:00	2–2	0–0	2	2	4	3	2	1	0	2	4
Dennis Awtrey	11:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Team totals	240:00	46–74	26–32	6	31	37	33	12	4	22	28	118

This season

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

29 Oct 1977Phoenix Suns 112–125 Houston Rockets
10 Dec 1977Houston Rockets 93–110 Phoenix Suns
17 Dec 1977Phoenix Suns 101–97 Houston Rockets
25 Jan 197896–118 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 16–28
Phoenix Suns: 29–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

17 Dec 1977Phoenix Suns 101–97 Houston Rockets
4 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 103–110 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.