NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets100–109Denver Nuggets

Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets

Date: Sunday 2 April 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 6th meetingof 217 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	43:00	14–27	4–4	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	2	32
Alonzo Bradley	34:00	7–14	6–7	1	3	4	1	1	1	3	5	20
John Lucas	32:00	4–9	0–0	0	1	1	5	1	1	3	4	8
Ed Ratleff	27:00	3–5	2–2	3	5	8	4	0	1	2	1	8
Kevin Kunnert	26:00	6–14	0–1	5	10	15	0	0	2	0	5	12
Robert Reid	20:00	1–4	0–0	1	1	2	4	1	2	0	3	2
Mike Dunleavy	17:00	2–8	4–6	0	1	1	7	1	0	1	0	8
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	16:00	1–8	0–0	2	4	6	1	1	0	0	2	2
Dwight Jones	15:00	1–7	4–4	1	3	4	1	0	1	2	5	6
C.J. Kupec	10:00	0–1	2–2	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	39–97	22–26	15	31	46	25	6	8	14	28	100

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Wilkerson	32:00	3–15	0–0	3	5	8	5	0	1	4	4	6
David Thompson	31:00	6–14	5–8	1	6	7	3	0	1	2	1	17
Ralph Simpson	30:00	9–17	3–3	2	2	4	4	4	0	0	1	21
Robert Smith	30:00	2–7	0–0	1	3	4	5	1	2	2	2	4
Dan Issel	26:00	6–10	10–12	1	7	8	1	0	1	3	3	22
Bobby Jones	26:00	7–11	4–4	2	6	8	1	2	1	3	1	18
Anthony Roberts	21:00	3–10	0–0	3	3	6	4	0	0	2	5	6
Darnell Hillman	19:00	1–5	3–4	0	5	5	2	0	3	1	2	5
Bo Ellis	17:00	2–3	2–5	2	1	3	0	0	0	3	5	6
Tom LaGarde	8:00	2–3	0–0	3	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	4
Team totals	240:00	41–95	27–36	18	41	59	26	7	9	20	24	109

This season

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

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

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 26–51
Denver Nuggets: 44–32

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

27 Jan 1978Houston Rockets 100–105 Denver Nuggets
29 Oct 1978Houston Rockets 121–134 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.