NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets87–139Houston Rockets

New Jersey Nets at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 18 October 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 9th meetingof 108 played

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Winford Boynes	32:00	6–13	3–4	3	0	1	0	0	3	15
Bob Elliott	31:00	6–9	0–0	6	1	1	1	5	6	12
Tim Bassett	28:00	3–11	0–0	8	3	1	0	1	4	6
Eric Money	26:00	5–11	0–0	2	4	2	1	2	1	10
John Williamson	26:00	5–11	0–0	3	4	1	0	4	4	10
Bernard King	20:00	5–12	1–1	1	0	0	0	5	2	11
Jan van Breda Kolff	18:00	1–6	0–0	1	2	0	0	3	3	2
Al Skinner	17:00	3–5	2–2	4	5	0	0	3	4	8
Eddie Jordan	17:00	1–5	5–6	2	4	1	0	3	2	7
Wilson Washington	15:00	1–6	0–0	2	2	0	1	1	0	2
George Johnson	10:00	2–4	0–0	4	0	0	0	0	3	4
Team totals	240:00	38–93	11–13	36	25	7	3	27	32	87

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rick Barry	33:00	6–10	1–2	5	12	3	0	3	1	13
Rudy Tomjanovich	32:00	13–23	2–2	8	2	0	0	1	2	28
Calvin Murphy	31:00	4–10	3–3	2	7	2	0	2	3	11
Moses Malone	30:00	8–13	8–12	15	2	0	5	2	2	24
Robert Reid	30:00	6–10	2–2	12	4	2	1	3	2	14
Alonzo Bradley	23:00	6–12	5–7	7	4	0	0	1	2	17
Mike Dunleavy	22:00	6–10	1–2	3	5	2	0	4	1	13
Dwight Jones	20:00	4–4	3–6	2	0	1	0	0	1	11
Slick Watts	13:00	1–5	2–2	1	4	1	0	1	2	4
Tom Barker	6:00	2–3	0–0	6	0	0	0	1	2	4
Team totals	240:00	56–100	27–38	61	40	11	6	18	18	139

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Brooklyn Nets 1 in NBA 1978-79.

18 Oct 197887–139 this game
20 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 108–105 New Jersey Nets
3 Jan 1979New Jersey Nets 122–127 Houston Rockets
18 Feb 1979Houston Rockets 124–126 New Jersey Nets

Records going in

New Jersey Nets: 2–1
Houston Rockets: 2–0

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 68, Brooklyn Nets 40.

18 Mar 1978New Jersey Nets 106–104 Houston Rockets
20 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 108–105 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.