NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets88–106Washington Bullets

Houston Rockets at Washington Bullets

Date: Sunday 5 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 70th meetingof 170 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Kevin Kunnert	40:00	5–12	0–1	—	—	14	3	0	4	4	10
Dwight Jones	39:00	3–12	0–0	—	—	6	5	2	0	4	6
Calvin Murphy	37:00	19–30	1–1	—	—	2	6	1	0	5	39
John Lucas	31:00	4–13	0–0	—	—	4	6	1	0	3	8
Mike Newlin	28:00	4–13	7–8	—	—	4	1	3	1	2	15
C.J. Kupec	17:00	3–6	0–0	—	—	1	2	0	0	0	6
Alonzo Bradley	15:00	1–5	0–0	—	—	2	2	0	0	3	2
Ed Ratleff	14:00	1–4	0–0	—	—	2	2	1	0	0	2
Robert Reid	12:00	0–2	0–0	—	—	2	2	1	0	5	0
Larry Moffett	5:00	0–2	0–0	—	—	1	0	1	1	1	0
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	40–99	8–10	0	0	38	29	10	6	27	88

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	41:00	4–15	1–1	—	—	15	0	0	6	4	9
Bob Dandridge	34:00	11–19	4–5	—	—	4	2	2	0	4	26
Kevin Grevey	33:00	8–16	6–6	—	—	5	2	0	1	3	22
Wes Unseld	33:00	3–3	0–0	—	—	13	3	0	1	3	6
Tom Henderson	32:00	2–6	2–3	—	—	5	7	1	1	2	6
Charles Johnson	28:00	5–12	0–0	—	—	3	2	1	0	1	10
Mitch Kupchak	26:00	6–9	9–11	—	—	7	1	0	0	2	21
Greg Ballard	7:00	1–5	0–0	—	—	6	0	1	0	0	2
Phil Walker	3:00	1–2	2–3	—	—	2	0	0	0	0	4
Joe Pace	3:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	41–88	24–29	0	0	60	17	5	9	19	106

This season

Washington Wizards 3, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1977-78.

5 Nov 1977Washington Bullets 105–116 Houston Rockets
26 Nov 1977Houston Rockets 91–93 Washington Bullets
5 Mar 197888–106 this game
10 Mar 1978Washington Bullets 117–114 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 24–40
Washington Bullets: 33–29

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 84, Houston Rockets 86.

26 Nov 1977Houston Rockets 91–93 Washington Bullets
10 Mar 1978Washington Bullets 117–114 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.