NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets113–120Phoenix Suns

Houston Rockets at Phoenix Suns

Date: Friday 24 November 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 51st meetingof 244 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	42:00	7–11	6–7	3	10	13	1	1	0	5	4	20
Rick Barry	41:00	9–15	3–3	1	4	5	6	2	0	0	5	21
Calvin Murphy	40:00	10–20	0–0	2	1	3	5	1	0	7	4	20
Dwight Jones	37:00	7–12	2–4	4	4	8	5	2	0	2	5	16
Mike Newlin	31:00	8–14	8–9	0	4	4	1	0	0	6	3	24
Mike Dunleavy	25:00	1–5	2–2	1	1	2	8	2	0	5	2	4
Robert Reid	18:00	4–6	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	2	1	4	8
E.C. Coleman	6:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	46–83	21–25	11	27	38	27	8	2	26	29	113

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Davis	39:00	9–15	19–21	1	6	7	4	2	0	7	4	37
Paul Westphal	39:00	13–25	5–5	0	2	2	7	0	0	3	2	31
Don Buse	34:00	5–8	0–0	1	2	3	6	4	0	2	1	10
Alvin Scott	34:00	4–7	0–1	1	7	8	2	2	0	2	2	8
Joel Kramer	29:00	4–9	2–3	5	4	9	2	1	0	0	4	10
Alvan Adams	22:00	4–5	0–0	1	0	1	4	1	2	0	6	8
Marty Byrnes	20:00	2–7	2–2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	6
Ron Lee	17:00	3–7	2–2	1	2	3	2	1	0	1	1	8
Mike Bratz	6:00	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	2
Team totals	240:00	45–86	30–34	12	23	35	29	11	2	18	24	120

This season

Phoenix Suns 2, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1978-79.

4 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 103–110 Houston Rockets
24 Nov 1978113–120 this game
20 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 97–116 Phoenix Suns
17 Mar 1979Phoenix Suns 122–134 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 8–7
Phoenix Suns: 14–6

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 121, Houston Rockets 123.

4 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 103–110 Houston Rockets
20 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 97–116 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.