NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets91–105Chicago Bulls

Houston Rockets at Chicago Bulls

Date: Saturday 2 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 59th meetingof 151 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Reid	38:00	7–14	1–1	1	7	8	3	0	2	3	1	15
Dwight Jones	28:00	5–8	2–2	0	9	9	1	0	0	2	2	12
Rick Barry	28:00	6–15	0–0	0	2	2	3	0	0	2	1	12
Moses Malone	24:00	4–11	3–6	6	7	13	0	0	0	3	1	11
Calvin Murphy	24:00	1–6	1–1	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	3
Rudy Tomjanovich	22:00	4–10	1–2	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	9
Slick Watts	22:00	3–4	2–3	2	1	3	3	3	1	1	2	8
Mike Newlin	20:00	4–7	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	8
Mike Dunleavy	18:00	1–5	0–0	1	2	3	5	1	0	3	1	2
E.C. Coleman	12:00	4–5	1–1	1	3	4	0	2	0	0	1	9
Alonzo Bradley	4:00	1–3	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	40–88	11–16	13	33	46	20	6	4	21	14	91

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Reggie Theus	39:00	12–23	1–1	1	3	4	12	3	0	4	2	25
Artis Gilmore	38:00	10–14	0–0	4	10	14	1	0	6	3	2	20
Mickey Johnson	38:00	5–15	4–4	3	7	10	10	2	0	7	4	14
Ollie Johnson	34:00	6–9	0–0	2	3	5	3	2	0	0	2	12
John Mengelt	33:00	7–13	0–0	0	3	3	8	2	0	0	4	14
Wilbur Holland	24:00	6–8	0–0	0	3	3	3	1	0	1	3	12
Mark Landsberger	14:00	1–4	0–4	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
John Brown	10:00	2–3	0–0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	4
Scott Lloyd	10:00	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	2
Team totals	240:00	50–91	5–9	12	34	46	38	12	6	17	20	105

This season

Chicago Bulls 2, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1978-79.

15 Nov 1978Chicago Bulls 117–103 Houston Rockets
2 Dec 197891–105 this game
16 Mar 1979Chicago Bulls 118–124 Houston Rockets
27 Mar 1979Houston Rockets 122–116 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 10–10
Chicago Bulls: 6–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 74, Houston Rockets 77.

15 Nov 1978Chicago Bulls 117–103 Houston Rockets
16 Mar 1979Chicago Bulls 118–124 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.