NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Washington Bullets101–96Houston Rockets

Washington Bullets at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 6 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 72nd meetingof 170 played

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin Grevey	36:00	8–20	9–10	5	2	0	1	3	25
Tom Henderson	35:00	3–11	0–0	3	9	0	1	0	6
Wes Unseld	34:00	5–7	0–0	11	1	0	1	5	10
Elvin Hayes	31:00	8–14	0–2	10	2	0	1	6	16
Mitch Kupchak	30:00	7–13	5–5	8	3	1	3	1	19
Bob Dandridge	30:00	7–16	0–0	1	4	1	2	2	14
Charles Johnson	19:00	3–5	1–1	2	4	1	2	1	7
Greg Ballard	19:00	2–5	0–0	3	1	1	0	2	4
Larry Wright	6:00	0–2	0–0	1	2	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–93	15–18	44	28	4	12	20	101

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	46:00	10–15	9–11	20	2	1	5	3	29
Calvin Murphy	44:00	9–22	2–3	2	3	1	2	4	20
Rudy Tomjanovich	34:00	5–14	0–0	4	3	1	0	2	10
Slick Watts	32:00	5–9	4–4	3	7	1	1	4	14
Rick Barry	25:00	5–10	0–0	2	3	1	2	3	10
Robert Reid	24:00	3–5	0–0	7	4	0	2	2	6
Dwight Jones	20:00	2–10	1–2	3	2	1	0	1	5
Mike Newlin	15:00	0–4	2–2	2	5	0	0	2	2
Team totals	240:00	39–89	18–22	43	29	6	12	21	96

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Washington Wizards 2 in NBA 1978-79.

6 Dec 1978101–96 this game
2 Feb 1979Washington Bullets 120–106 Houston Rockets
22 Feb 1979Houston Rockets 120–110 Washington Bullets
8 Apr 1979Houston Rockets 112–102 Washington Bullets

Records going in

Washington Bullets: 17–8
Houston Rockets: 10–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 86, Washington Wizards 84.

10 Mar 1978Washington Bullets 117–114 Houston Rockets
2 Feb 1979Washington Bullets 120–106 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.