- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1977-78Regular season
- Meeting
- 37th meetingof 236 played
Buffalo Braves
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Smith | 42:00 | 10–21 | 7–8 | — | — | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| Swen Nater | 37:00 | 6–11 | 1–2 | — | — | 17 | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| Bill Willoughby | 32:00 | 9–15 | 2–2 | — | — | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Chuck Williams | 29:00 | 2–5 | 3–3 | — | — | 3 | 6 | — | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Marvin Barnes | 27:00 | 5–9 | 2–2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Wil Jones | 21:00 | 4–7 | 2–4 | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| Bird Averitt | 19:00 | 4–10 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Larry McNeill | 16:00 | 3–4 | 1–1 | — | — | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Scott Lloyd | 11:00 | 3–6 | 2–2 | — | — | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Mike Glenn | 6:00 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 47–90 | 20–24 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 114 |
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Murphy | 46:00 | 12–33 | 6–6 | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | 0 | 5 | 30 |
| Mike Newlin | 46:00 | 10–23 | 6–8 | — | — | 7 | 9 | — | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Kevin Kunnert | 42:00 | 5–14 | 1–2 | — | — | 15 | 4 | — | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| John Lucas | 39:00 | 7–13 | 5–6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| Dwight Jones | 37:00 | 5–8 | 0–0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | — | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| C.J. Kupec | 12:00 | 1–4 | 0–0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Robert Reid | 12:00 | 1–4 | 0–0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Ed Ratleff | 6:00 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 43–101 | 18–22 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 104 |
This season
Houston Rockets 1, Los Angeles Clippers 3 in NBA 1977-78.
Records going in
- Buffalo Braves
- 19–39
- Houston Rockets
- 24–38
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Houston Rockets 137, Los Angeles Clippers 99.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.