NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final/OT

Golden State Warriors123–126Houston Rockets

Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 14 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 58th meetingof 271 played

Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Phil Smith	49:00	11–22	0–0	1	4	5	5	1	0	2	6	22
John Lucas	46:00	9–20	7–8	2	0	2	16	1	0	2	5	25
Sonny Parker	37:00	8–11	0–0	2	3	5	4	1	2	1	3	16
Purvis Short	36:00	11–18	5–7	2	8	10	3	1	0	3	5	27
Robert Parish	35:00	7–17	2–2	4	7	11	4	1	5	1	6	16
Clifford Ray	22:00	3–4	1–4	2	3	5	0	0	1	3	5	7
Nate Williams	13:00	1–1	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	3	2
Raymond Townsend	10:00	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4
Tom Abernethy	9:00	2–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	4
Wesley Cox	8:00	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	265:00	54–102	15–21	13	29	42	35	5	8	13	37	123

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	49:00	12–16	11–16	10	11	21	3	0	2	2	3	35
Calvin Murphy	47:00	13–28	8–8	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	5	34
Rudy Tomjanovich	43:00	6–18	0–0	3	9	12	3	0	0	3	3	12
Rick Barry	39:00	9–14	5–5	0	2	2	6	2	0	1	2	23
Slick Watts	36:00	2–6	4–7	1	4	5	6	1	0	0	2	8
Robert Reid	26:00	2–7	6–7	1	4	5	1	0	0	1	4	10
Mike Dunleavy	10:00	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Dwight Jones	10:00	0–3	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Newlin	5:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Team totals	265:00	45–93	36–45	15	33	48	29	3	2	9	20	126

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Golden State Warriors 2 in NBA 1978-79.

1 Nov 1978Golden State Warriors 112–105 Houston Rockets
29 Nov 1978Houston Rockets 94–109 Golden State Warriors
14 Dec 1978123–126 this game
17 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 104–103 Golden State Warriors

Records going in

Golden State Warriors: 15–13
Houston Rockets: 13–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 140, Golden State Warriors 131.

29 Nov 1978Houston Rockets 94–109 Golden State Warriors
17 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 104–103 Golden State Warriors

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.