The Houston Rockets were defeated by the Buffalo Braves, 101 to 97, on November 16, 1977.

1977-78 Houston Rockets

Final

BUF

Braves

7-7

101

HOU

Rockets

6-7

97

Team

BUF

HOU

1

30

23

2

24

18

3

22

27

4

25

29

Total

101

97

Braves

Rockets

FG Made - Attempted

40-85

38-99

Field Goal %

47.1

38.4

3PT Made - Attempted

3PT %

FT Made - Attempted

21-24

21-29

Free Throw %

87.5

72.4

Rebounds

35

56

Offensive Rebounds

Defensive Rebounds

Assists

23

24

Steals

8

8

Blocks

Turnovers

15

17

Personal Fouls

23

29

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Billy Knight 44 38 3 2 2 15-25 8-8 3 2 60.0 100.0
Randy Smith 41 29 5 3 13-27 3-4 2 2 48.1 75.0
Chuck Williams 40 2 8 11 1-5 0-0 0 3 20.0
John Shumate 33 10 5 2 3-6 4-5 2 2 50.0 80.0
Swen Nater 23 8 6 1 4-10 0-0 1 4 40.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Jim McDaniels 25 10 5 0 3-7 4-5 0 5 42.9 80.0
Ted McClain 17 0 0 3 2 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 0
Wil Jones 15 4 3 1 1-3 2-2 1 4 33.3 100.0
Bill Willoughby 2 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 3 0 0 0 0.0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Moses Malone 42 36 29 2 13-23 10-13 3 1 16 13 56.5 76.9
Rudy Tomjanovich 36 13 7 1 6-17 1-2 1 4 35.3 50.0
John Lucas 33 4 2 11 1-7 2-3 2 1 14.3 66.7
Mike Newlin 15 5 2 1 1-6 3-3 3 5 16.7 100.0
Kevin Kunnert 12 2 0 2 1-8 0-0 0 3 0 0 12.5

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Calvin Murphy 41 22 0 5 11-22 0-0 3 4 0 0 50.0
Dwight Jones 26 5 10 0 0-5 5-8 4 5 0.0 62.5
Ed Ratleff 20 6 0 1 3-5 0-0 0 0 0 0 60.0
Robert Reid 15 4 6 1 2-6 0-0 1 6 33.3

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