1976-77 Houston Rockets Schedule and Results

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Record: 49-33, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division

Coach: Tom Nissalke (49-33)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 106.4 (12th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 104.8 (7th of 22)

SRS: 1.44 (6th of 22) Pace: 101.3 (21st of 22)

Off Rtg: 104.5 (1st of 22) Def Rtg: 102.9 (22nd of 22) Net Rtg: +1.6 (6th of 22)

Expected W-L: 45-37 (6th of 22)

Arena: The Summit

NBA 1977 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (2-4) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

Central Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Oct 21, 1976	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		120	104	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 23, 1976	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		129	126	2	0	W 2
3	Wed, Oct 27, 1976	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		94	116	2	1	L 1
4	Sat, Oct 30, 1976	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		105	92	3	1	W 1
5	Wed, Nov 3, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	OT	117	111	4	1	W 2	9,163
6	Fri, Nov 5, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Nets	L		91	95	4	2	L 1
7	Sat, Nov 6, 1976	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		102	117	4	3	L 2
8	Tue, Nov 9, 1976	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		111	92	5	3	W 1
9	Wed, Nov 10, 1976	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		99	97	6	3	W 2
10	Fri, Nov 12, 1976	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		99	111	6	4	L 1
11	Sat, Nov 13, 1976	Box Score		New York Nets	L		110	114	6	5	L 2
12	Wed, Nov 17, 1976	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W	OT	120	114	7	5	W 1
13	Sat, Nov 20, 1976	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W	OT	127	126	8	5	W 2
14	Wed, Nov 24, 1976	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W	OT	113	107	9	5	W 3
15	Thu, Nov 25, 1976	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		105	99	10	5	W 4
16	Sat, Nov 27, 1976	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		125	116	11	5	W 5
17	Wed, Dec 1, 1976	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		110	104	12	5	W 6
18	Thu, Dec 2, 1976	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		137	110	13	5	W 7
19	Sat, Dec 4, 1976	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		120	108	14	5	W 8
20	Wed, Dec 8, 1976	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		95	116	14	6	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 10, 1976	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		99	109	14	7	L 2
22	Sat, Dec 11, 1976	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		112	124	14	8	L 3
23	Sun, Dec 12, 1976	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		96	92	15	8	W 1
24	Tue, Dec 14, 1976	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		84	104	15	9	L 1
25	Thu, Dec 16, 1976	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		118	107	16	9	W 1
26	Sat, Dec 18, 1976	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	L		106	110	16	10	L 1
27	Wed, Dec 22, 1976	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		111	90	17	10	W 1
28	Sun, Dec 26, 1976	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		93	79	18	10	W 2
29	Tue, Dec 28, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		99	111	18	11	L 1
30	Wed, Dec 29, 1976	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		93	91	19	11	W 1
31	Sat, Jan 1, 1977	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		89	104	19	12	L 1
32	Sun, Jan 2, 1977	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		80	104	19	13	L 2
33	Wed, Jan 5, 1977	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		108	107	20	13	W 1
34	Fri, Jan 7, 1977	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		107	117	20	14	L 1
35	Sat, Jan 8, 1977	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		94	106	20	15	L 2
36	Tue, Jan 11, 1977	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		101	105	20	16	L 3	10,011		at Hartford, CT
37	Wed, Jan 12, 1977	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		97	102	20	17	L 4
38	Fri, Jan 14, 1977	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		111	84	21	17	W 1
39	Sat, Jan 15, 1977	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		122	116	22	17	W 2
40	Tue, Jan 18, 1977	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		103	85	23	17	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 19, 1977	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		102	112	23	18	L 1	10,358
42	Fri, Jan 21, 1977	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		86	109	23	19	L 2
43	Sat, Jan 22, 1977	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		110	107	24	19	W 1
44	Thu, Jan 27, 1977	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		114	107	25	19	W 2
45	Fri, Jan 28, 1977	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		118	104	26	19	W 3
46	Sat, Jan 29, 1977	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		97	101	26	20	L 1
47	Thu, Feb 3, 1977	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		90	108	26	21	L 2
48	Sat, Feb 5, 1977	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		105	103	27	21	W 1
49	Sun, Feb 6, 1977	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		90	99	27	22	L 1
50	Tue, Feb 8, 1977	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		97	81	28	22	W 1
51	Wed, Feb 9, 1977	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		108	103	29	22	W 2
52	Fri, Feb 11, 1977	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		104	107	29	23	L 1
53	Wed, Feb 16, 1977	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		124	95	30	23	W 1
54	Thu, Feb 17, 1977	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		113	99	31	23	W 2
55	Sat, Feb 19, 1977	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		109	115	31	24	L 1
56	Tue, Feb 22, 1977	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		106	118	31	25	L 2
57	Thu, Feb 24, 1977	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		109	106	32	25	W 1
58	Fri, Feb 25, 1977	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		123	106	33	25	W 2
59	Sun, Feb 27, 1977	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		101	106	33	26	L 1
60	Wed, Mar 2, 1977	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		120	113	34	26	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Mar 5, 1977	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		119	106	35	26	W 2
62	Sun, Mar 6, 1977	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		99	91	36	26	W 3
63	Mon, Mar 7, 1977	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		128	107	37	26	W 4
64	Wed, Mar 9, 1977	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		105	100	38	26	W 5
65	Fri, Mar 11, 1977	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		124	109	39	26	W 6
66	Sat, Mar 12, 1977	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		120	104	40	26	W 7
67	Wed, Mar 16, 1977	Box Score		New York Nets	W		100	86	41	26	W 8
68	Thu, Mar 17, 1977	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		88	87	42	26	W 9
69	Fri, Mar 18, 1977	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		104	124	42	27	L 1
70	Sat, Mar 19, 1977	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		110	104	43	27	W 1
71	Tue, Mar 22, 1977	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		106	99	44	27	W 2
72	Wed, Mar 23, 1977	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		109	104	45	27	W 3
73	Thu, Mar 24, 1977	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		112	118	45	28	L 1
74	Sat, Mar 26, 1977	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		107	97	46	28	W 1
75	Sun, Mar 27, 1977	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		100	115	46	29	L 1
76	Tue, Mar 29, 1977	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		92	109	46	30	L 2
77	Wed, Mar 30, 1977	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		105	111	46	31	L 3
78	Fri, Apr 1, 1977	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		91	85	47	31	W 1
79	Sat, Apr 2, 1977	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		106	93	48	31	W 2
80	Wed, Apr 6, 1977	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		104	93	49	31	W 3	13,420
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 8, 1977	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		109	113	49	32	L 1
82	Sat, Apr 9, 1977	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		110	118	49	33	L 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Apr 19, 1977	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		101	111	0	1	L 1	15,458
2	Thu, Apr 21, 1977	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W	OT	124	118	1	1	W 1	15,676
3	Sun, Apr 24, 1977	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		90	93	1	2	L 1	16,842
4	Tue, Apr 26, 1977	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		107	103	2	2	W 1	19,035
5	Fri, Apr 29, 1977	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		123	115	3	2	W 2	15,676
6	Sun, May 1, 1977	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		108	103	4	2	W 3	12,393
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
7	Thu, May 5, 1977	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		117	128	4	3	L 1	17,507
8	Sun, May 8, 1977	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		97	106	4	4	L 2	14,855
9	Wed, May 11, 1977	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		118	94	5	4	W 1	15,676
10	Fri, May 13, 1977	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		95	107	5	5	L 1	15,676
11	Sun, May 15, 1977	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		118	115	6	5	W 1	18,276
12	Tue, May 17, 1977	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		109	112	6	6	L 1	15,676

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