NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers121–114Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 22 November 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 59th meetingof 285 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	45:00	11–21	6–9	1	10	11	7	1	2	3	4	28
Norm Nixon	38:00	10–15	6–9	1	4	5	8	2	0	3	2	26
Adrian Dantley	35:00	9–17	1–2	4	2	6	5	0	0	3	4	19
Jamaal Wilkes	33:00	8–12	8–9	1	3	4	1	1	0	4	5	24
Don Ford	24:00	2–7	0–0	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	4
Jim Price	23:00	1–1	0–0	1	2	3	4	0	0	0	2	2
Ron Boone	19:00	2–6	0–0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	4
Lou Hudson	16:00	3–5	2–2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	3	8
Dave Robisch	7:00	2–2	2–2	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	6
Team totals	240:00	48–86	25–33	10	25	35	34	7	3	15	24	121

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	48:00	10–13	12–17	8	13	21	2	1	1	4	1	32
Robert Reid	44:00	8–14	0–0	0	10	10	5	2	1	1	5	16
Rudy Tomjanovich	41:00	9–16	1–2	3	2	5	2	0	0	1	3	19
Mike Dunleavy	32:00	6–12	2–2	1	1	2	9	0	0	2	6	14
Calvin Murphy	29:00	7–16	0–0	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	5	14
Rick Barry	22:00	1–9	2–2	1	2	3	5	0	0	3	3	4
Slick Watts	11:00	1–3	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	2
Mike Newlin	10:00	5–6	3–5	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	13
E.C. Coleman	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	47–89	20–28	13	30	43	34	3	2	13	28	114

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Los Angeles Lakers 1 in NBA 1978-79.

22 Nov 1978121–114 this game
6 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 112–115 Houston Rockets
19 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 122–121 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 14–4
Houston Rockets: 8–6

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 106, Los Angeles Lakers 179.

22 Mar 1978Los Angeles Lakers 124–106 Houston Rockets
6 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 112–115 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.