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NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Philadelphia 76ers101–99Houston Rockets

Philadelphia 76ers at Houston Rockets

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting
65th meetingof 163 played

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Julius Erving42:009–199–12——82——227
Doug Collins34:0010–206–9——110—226
Bobby Jones34:004–81–2——104——29
Henry Bibby31:006–142–2——33——214
Caldwell Jones24:003–61–2——80——47
Darryl Dawkins24:003–80–0——43——36
Maurice Cheeks18:001–20–00002——12
Joe Bryant17:001–61–2——32—063
Ralph Simpson13:002–61–20000——05
Steve Mix3:001–10–00000—002
Team totals240:0040–9021–310037170022101

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Moses Malone44:009–193–7105151——321
Robert Reid42:007–164–5——113——418
Rudy Tomjanovich39:0013–242–2——162——128
Calvin Murphy38:008–220–0——56——416
Rick Barry29:002–62–2——66——46
Mike Dunleavy20:001–70–0——40——22
Mike Newlin19:000–44–4——41——34
Dwight Jones9:001–22–2——30——34
Team totals240:0041–10017–221056419——2499

This season

Houston Rockets 0, Philadelphia 76ers 4 in NBA 1978-79.

Records going in

Philadelphia 76ers
4–1
Houston Rockets
5–1

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 80, Philadelphia 76ers 83.

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.