NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets103–108Kansas City Kings

Houston Rockets at Kansas City Kings

Date: Thursday 19 October 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 52nd meetingof 254 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	45:00	10–20	8–9	—	—	8	1	2	0	1	5	28
Moses Malone	41:00	10–18	8–10	—	—	16	0	0	5	6	1	28
Rudy Tomjanovich	37:00	7–17	10–11	—	—	12	1	0	0	3	4	24
Rick Barry	31:00	2–5	0–0	—	—	1	6	1	0	1	2	4
Robert Reid	31:00	2–6	0–1	—	—	4	1	0	0	2	3	4
Alonzo Bradley	17:00	1–4	6–7	—	—	2	0	0	0	3	2	8
Mike Dunleavy	15:00	1–3	2–2	—	—	2	0	0	0	1	2	4
Slick Watts	13:00	1–2	1–2	—	—	3	4	0	0	2	3	3
Dwight Jones	10:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Team totals	240:00	34–75	35–42	0	0	48	13	3	5	21	24	103

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Scott Wedman	33:00	12–18	1–2	—	—	5	1	2	0	1	2	25
Phil Ford	32:00	3–10	2–5	—	—	2	9	2	0	2	4	8
Otis Birdsong	26:00	6–13	4–4	—	—	1	4	0	0	1	3	16
Bill Robinzine	25:00	8–13	1–4	—	—	4	0	1	0	3	6	17
Sam Lacey	25:00	2–5	0–0	—	—	4	2	2	1	1	5	4
Marlon Redmond	22:00	6–15	0–0	—	—	5	0	0	0	0	2	12
Tom Burleson	22:00	3–9	1–2	—	—	8	2	0	2	0	4	7
Darnell Hillman	20:00	1–5	1–2	—	—	11	0	2	1	2	3	3
Bob Nash	19:00	4–5	0–0	—	—	4	1	2	0	0	1	8
Billy McKinney	16:00	4–6	0–0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	8
Team totals	240:00	49–99	10–19	0	0	44	25	12	4	11	30	108

This season

Sacramento Kings 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1978-79.

19 Oct 1978103–108 this game
26 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 109–102 Kansas City Kings
9 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 110–126 Houston Rockets
14 Mar 1979Kansas City Kings 107–129 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 3–0
Kansas City Kings: 0–2

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Sacramento Kings 104, Houston Rockets 150.

24 Mar 1978Kansas City Kings 103–107 Houston Rockets
26 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 109–102 Kansas City Kings

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.