NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

New Orleans Jazz117–114Houston Rockets

New Orleans Jazz at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 7 April 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 22nd meetingof 269 played

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Truck Robinson	44:00	11–21	7–9	—	—	15	3	0	0	2	29
Gail Goodrich	42:00	10–19	8–10	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	28
Rich Kelley	40:00	6–11	7–10	—	—	7	2	0	2	4	19
Gus Bailey	32:00	3–8	0–0	—	—	5	2	0	1	5	6
Freddie Boyd	22:00	3–9	0–0	—	—	1	2	1	0	3	6
Joe Meriweather	21:00	5–7	1–2	—	—	8	1	1	1	3	11
Aaron James	20:00	4–9	2–3	—	—	6	2	0	0	0	10
Fred Saunders	10:00	4–6	0–0	—	—	3	0	0	0	0	8
Paul Griffin	9:00	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	46–90	25–34	0	0	46	19	2	4	22	117

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	46:00	17–32	8–8	—	—	5	1	0	0	3	42
John Lucas	38:00	7–17	2–2	—	—	5	12	3	1	4	16
Robert Reid	37:00	6–12	0–1	—	—	11	3	1	0	5	12
Alonzo Bradley	30:00	6–13	3–4	—	—	3	2	0	0	1	15
Kevin Kunnert	28:00	3–10	2–2	—	—	9	1	1	2	6	8
Dwight Jones	24:00	5–13	3–4	—	—	9	0	1	1	2	13
Ed Ratleff	20:00	3–3	0–0	—	—	4	2	0	0	2	6
Mike Dunleavy	7:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2
C.J. Kupec	5:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	0
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	5:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	48–103	18–21	0	0	48	23	6	5	26	114

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Utah Jazz 3 in NBA 1977-78.

19 Nov 1977New Orleans Jazz 103–101 Houston Rockets
17 Jan 1978Houston Rockets 95–99 New Orleans Jazz
12 Feb 1978Houston Rockets 119–112 New Orleans Jazz
7 Apr 1978117–114 this game

Records going in

New Orleans Jazz: 37–43
Houston Rockets: 27–53

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 130, Utah Jazz 139.

12 Feb 1978Houston Rockets 119–112 New Orleans Jazz
8 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 110–106 New Orleans Jazz

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.