NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets98–119Cleveland Cavaliers

Houston Rockets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 14 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 45th meetingof 144 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	40:00	8–20	6–6	0	2	2	3	2	0	5	3	22
John Lucas	37:00	6–14	6–6	1	6	7	6	3	0	3	2	18
Kevin Kunnert	36:00	9–17	1–2	3	11	14	1	0	1	3	6	19
Dwight Jones	31:00	3–10	3–4	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	3	9
Ed Ratleff	23:00	3–8	0–0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	4	6
Robert Reid	23:00	2–6	0–0	0	5	5	1	0	2	1	0	4
Alonzo Bradley	19:00	1–5	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	1	2
Mike Dunleavy	12:00	2–6	2–2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	6
C.J. Kupec	10:00	2–4	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	4
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	9:00	4–7	0–0	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	8
Team totals	240:00	40–97	18–20	12	31	43	21	6	5	15	25	98

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Chones	37:00	7–13	2–3	3	9	12	1	0	0	2	5	16
Elmore Smith	32:00	11–15	4–6	5	8	13	1	1	3	3	1	26
Campy Russell	32:00	4–14	0–0	1	4	5	5	1	0	1	1	8
Foots Walker	29:00	9–11	2–4	0	1	1	8	2	0	4	2	20
Austin Carr	27:00	8–15	1–1	2	3	5	5	0	0	0	3	17
Jim Brewer	23:00	1–2	1–2	1	10	11	0	1	0	1	4	3
Terry Furlow	21:00	2–12	2–2	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	6
Bingo Smith	20:00	8–14	1–1	1	2	3	0	1	1	1	0	17
Dick Snyder	19:00	1–6	4–4	2	1	3	3	0	1	1	3	6
Team totals	240:00	51–102	17–23	16	40	56	23	6	6	14	21	119

This season

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

1 Dec 1977Houston Rockets 105–92 Cleveland Cavaliers
29 Dec 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 99–104 Houston Rockets
27 Feb 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 110–97 Houston Rockets
14 Mar 197898–119 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 24–45
Cleveland Cavaliers: 32–35

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

27 Feb 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 110–97 Houston Rockets
21 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 90–101 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.