NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers110–97Houston Rockets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Houston Rockets

Date: Monday 27 February 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 44th meetingof 144 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Foots Walker	45:00	7–14	0–0	1	7	8	7	2	0	2	1	14
Elmore Smith	39:00	8–13	5–6	2	12	14	1	0	3	2	2	21
Campy Russell	37:00	10–12	5–6	0	4	4	3	1	0	1	1	25
Jim Chones	36:00	5–11	2–2	1	14	15	4	0	0	4	2	12
Austin Carr	30:00	6–7	3–6	1	2	3	4	0	0	2	2	15
Terry Furlow	21:00	5–11	3–4	1	1	2	1	0	0	5	1	13
Bingo Smith	11:00	2–5	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6
John Lambert	11:00	2–5	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	1	0	0	4
Jim Brewer	10:00	0–3	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	45–81	20–26	9	43	52	21	3	4	18	12	110

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	43:00	12–25	2–2	0	2	2	4	2	0	1	3	26
Dwight Jones	43:00	4–8	0–0	1	10	11	4	4	0	3	5	8
Kevin Kunnert	41:00	4–12	2–2	3	6	9	0	1	0	0	3	10
John Lucas	34:00	9–14	0–1	1	2	3	6	3	0	2	3	18
Mike Newlin	25:00	9–15	2–3	1	4	5	4	0	0	4	3	20
C.J. Kupec	20:00	4–10	1–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	9
Robert Reid	12:00	1–2	0–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	2
Ed Ratleff	12:00	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0
Alonzo Bradley	10:00	2–5	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	4
Team totals	240:00	45–94	7–12	7	25	32	22	11	0	10	25	97

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1977-78.

1 Dec 1977Houston Rockets 105–92 Cleveland Cavaliers
29 Dec 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 99–104 Houston Rockets
27 Feb 1978110–97 this game
14 Mar 1978Houston Rockets 98–119 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 29–31
Houston Rockets: 24–37

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 93, Cleveland Cavaliers 51.

29 Dec 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 99–104 Houston Rockets
14 Mar 1978Houston Rockets 98–119 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.