NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets100–105Denver Nuggets

Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday 27 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 217 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Lucas	48:00	6–13	1–2	0	5	5	18	1	0	2	2	13
Dwight Jones	37:00	6–12	0–0	3	7	10	3	0	1	2	3	12
Calvin Murphy	31:00	11–22	0–0	1	2	3	0	2	0	5	6	22
Robert Reid	30:00	5–9	1–2	1	3	4	9	0	2	1	5	11
C.J. Kupec	29:00	6–7	0–0	0	4	4	1	0	1	1	4	12
Alonzo Bradley	26:00	7–14	0–0	0	5	5	1	2	0	1	4	14
Moses Malone	22:00	4–12	0–0	3	6	9	0	1	0	1	5	8
Rudy White	17:00	4–8	0–0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	8
Team totals	240:00	49–97	2–4	8	33	41	35	7	4	13	30	100

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	39:00	7–20	8–8	2	6	8	7	1	2	3	1	22
Bobby Jones	36:00	5–8	4–5	4	8	12	6	1	2	3	0	14
Bob Wilkerson	35:00	3–12	2–2	1	8	9	2	0	1	4	1	8
Dan Issel	34:00	8–14	10–13	5	6	11	3	1	0	5	2	26
Mack Calvin	32:00	2–10	2–3	1	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	6
Anthony Roberts	18:00	9–14	0–2	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	18
Jim Price	18:00	1–7	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	2
Bo Ellis	14:00	2–2	1–1	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	5
Tom LaGarde	12:00	2–2	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	1	4
Robert Smith	2:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	39–91	27–34	17	39	56	23	4	8	20	9	105

This season

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

12 Jan 1978Denver Nuggets 109–106 Houston Rockets
27 Jan 1978100–105 this game
2 Apr 1978Houston Rockets 100–109 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 16–29
Denver Nuggets: 29–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

12 Jan 1978Denver Nuggets 109–106 Houston Rockets
2 Apr 1978Houston Rockets 100–109 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.