NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets110–106New Orleans Jazz

Houston Rockets at New Orleans Jazz

Date: Friday 8 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 23rd meetingof 269 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Slick Watts	46:00	7–11	2–2	—	—	8	8	2	1	2	4	16
Rudy Tomjanovich	36:00	7–13	2–2	—	—	5	2	1	0	1	2	16
Rick Barry	36:00	5–13	2–2	—	—	4	6	1	0	3	4	12
Moses Malone	35:00	6–20	11–13	10	12	22	1	1	4	3	2	23
Calvin Murphy	35:00	9–21	2–2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	4	20
Robert Reid	33:00	9–12	1–2	—	—	13	4	1	0	4	4	19
Dwight Jones	13:00	0–2	4–4	—	—	1	0	0	1	2	4	4
Mike Newlin	6:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	43–92	24–27	10	12	53	24	6	6	18	25	110

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Truck Robinson	42:00	11–20	4–9	—	—	12	1	3	2	3	4	26
Rich Kelley	36:00	6–13	5–6	—	—	14	6	0	3	3	3	17
Pete Maravich	36:00	5–19	5–6	—	—	2	7	1	1	2	0	15
Jim McElroy	34:00	1–4	3–6	—	—	1	12	1	0	2	2	5
Aaron James	32:00	11–17	0–0	—	—	7	1	1	0	1	4	22
Gail Goodrich	26:00	7–13	1–2	—	—	1	4	2	0	0	2	15
Paul Griffin	18:00	0–0	0–2	—	—	2	1	1	2	2	5	0
Ira Terrell	16:00	3–6	0–0	—	—	3	2	0	1	0	2	6
Team totals	240:00	44–92	18–31	—	—	42	34	9	9	13	22	106

This season

Utah Jazz 0, Houston Rockets 4 in NBA 1978-79.

8 Dec 1978110–106 this game
13 Jan 1979New Orleans Jazz 106–117 Houston Rockets
9 Feb 1979Houston Rockets 106–99 New Orleans Jazz
10 Mar 1979New Orleans Jazz 109–124 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 10–12
New Orleans Jazz: 10–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Utah Jazz 139, Houston Rockets 130.

7 Apr 1978New Orleans Jazz 117–114 Houston Rockets
13 Jan 1979New Orleans Jazz 106–117 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.