most points by a houston rockets player in a game in the 1976-77 season

Rudy Tomjanovich had the most points for the Rockets in a game in 1976-77, with 40 points against the 76ers on January 12, 1977.

Interpreted as:

most points by a houston rockets player in a regular-season game in the 1976-77 season

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	40	1/12/1977	HOU	@	PHI	45	11	1	0	0	17	27	63.0	6	8	75.0	65.5			5
2	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	38	2/19/1977	HOU	@	KCK	30	2	3	1	0	10	18	55.6	18	19	94.7	72.1			6
3	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	38	12/2/1976	HOU	vs	MIL	36	12	3	2	0	15	21	71.4	8	9	88.9	76.1			1
4	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	38	10/23/1976	HOU	vs	PHX	43	7	1	2	1	14	19	73.7	10	10	100.0	81.2	1	6	5
5	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	36	3/16/1977	HOU	vs	NYN	41	6	2	1	1	16	26	61.5	4	4	100.0	64.8			2
6	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	36	12/16/1976	HOU	vs	ATL	45	1	3	1	0	14	19	73.7	8	8	100.0	79.9			4
7	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	35	11/20/1976	HOU	vs	KCK	48	14	1	1	0	15	24	62.5	5	7	71.4	64.6			5
8	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	35	11/3/1976	HOU	vs	BOS	37	3	10	2	0	14	25	56.0	7	9	77.8	60.4			2
9	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	34	3/30/1977	HOU	@	SEA	42	3	3			15	26	57.7	4	4	100.0	61.2			5
10	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	33	4/9/1977	HOU	vs	DEN	41	3	7	1	0	13	24	54.2	7	8	87.5	60.0	2	1	2
11	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	33	4/2/1977	HOU	vs	CLE	35	13	1	0	1	13	26	50.0	7	7	100.0	56.7	3	10	2
12	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	33	10/21/1976	HOU	@	ATL	39	4	9			14	18	77.8	5	5	100.0	81.7			0
13	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	32	3/9/1977	HOU	vs	PHX	42	4	0	0	1	12	19	63.2	8	10	80.0	68.4			2
14	Kevin Kunnert K. Kunnert	31	3/7/1977	HOU	@	BUF	39	13	1	2	2	14	22	63.6	3	4	75.0	65.2			5
15	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	31	10/23/1976	HOU	vs	PHX	38	3	3	1	0	10	21	47.6	11	14	78.6	57.1	1	2	5
16	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	30	2/11/1977	HOU	vs	SAS	38	6	7	2	0	15	26	57.7	0	0		57.7			6
17	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	30	1/15/1977	HOU	vs	LAL	40	3	9	0	0	13	23	56.5	4	4	100.0	60.6			2
18	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	30	1/8/1977	HOU	@	KCK	42	10	3	0	0	12	20	60.0	6	9	66.7	62.6			1
19	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	30	12/11/1976	HOU	@	GSW	44	10	2	1	0	9	15	60.0	12	15	80.0	69.4	1	9	5
20	John Johnson J. Johnson	30	11/20/1976	HOU	vs	KCK	44	3	5	0	0	14	17	82.4	2	2	100.0	83.9			4
21	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	29	2/25/1977	HOU	@	POR	40	6	6	3	0	9	14	64.3	11	12	91.7	75.2	1	5	3
22	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	29	2/24/1977	HOU	@	PHX	42	7	1	0	0	12	21	57.1	5	7	71.4	60.2	1	6	2
23	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	29	12/4/1976	HOU	vs	IND	40	16	2		0	11	23	47.8	7	7	100.0	55.6			3
24	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	29	12/1/1976	HOU	vs	DET	44	3	5			13	18	72.2	3	4	75.0	73.4			2
25	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	28	4/6/1977	HOU	@	BOS	44	11	1			10	20	50.0	8	11	72.7	56.4			1