NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets114–108Boston Celtics

Houston Rockets at Boston Celtics

Date: Saturday 14 October 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 64th meetingof 178 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	47:00	14–24	7–7	2	1	3	5	0	0	4	5	35
Moses Malone	47:00	10–16	7–12	6	12	18	1	1	1	5	3	27
Rudy Tomjanovich	43:00	4–16	3–3	2	6	8	3	0	0	3	5	11
Mike Dunleavy	28:00	8–15	3–4	2	0	2	3	1	0	2	5	19
Dwight Jones	22:00	6–9	0–0	5	2	7	0	0	0	0	4	12
Slick Watts	21:00	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	2	4
Robert Reid	19:00	2–2	2–2	1	4	5	3	1	0	1	4	6
Alonzo Bradley	12:00	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Barker	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	46–85	22–28	19	25	44	20	4	1	17	29	114

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	37:00	6–12	8–9	4	2	6	2	0	0	1	4	20
Jo Jo White	36:00	10–21	0–0	1	2	3	3	3	0	2	1	20
Marvin Barnes	35:00	6–9	3–4	0	5	5	2	4	1	1	5	15
Dave Cowens	31:00	6–9	5–6	2	4	6	6	0	1	1	5	17
Tiny Archibald	24:00	2–9	1–2	2	1	3	6	0	0	0	3	5
Billy Knight	20:00	3–7	4–4	2	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	10
Don Chaney	19:00	2–3	2–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	4	6
Earl Tatum	17:00	5–11	1–1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	11
Dennis Awtrey	17:00	2–4	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	0	5	3	4
Earl Williams	4:00	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	42–86	24–28	16	17	33	23	8	2	13	29	108

This season

Boston Celtics 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1978-79.

14 Oct 1978114–108 this game
21 Oct 1978Boston Celtics 101–118 Houston Rockets
12 Dec 1978Boston Celtics 105–112 Houston Rockets
31 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 102–119 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 1–0
Boston Celtics: 0–1

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 115, Houston Rockets 63.

21 Feb 1978Boston Celtics 96–111 Houston Rockets
21 Oct 1978Boston Celtics 101–118 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.