NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets84–91Philadelphia 76ers

Houston Rockets at Philadelphia 76ers

Date: Friday 15 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 66th meetingof 163 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	47:00	6–13	1–2	4	17	21	1	0	1	1	3	13
Robert Reid	39:00	4–13	1–2	—	—	10	3	1	1	5	4	9
Rick Barry	34:00	9–15	0–0	—	—	4	8	2	0	4	3	18
Rudy Tomjanovich	33:00	8–17	0–0	—	—	7	2	0	0	3	3	16
Calvin Murphy	32:00	5–14	2–2	—	—	1	4	1	0	1	2	12
Mike Dunleavy	27:00	6–8	0–0	—	—	1	6	0	0	1	1	12
Slick Watts	17:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	3	1	0	2	3	0
Dwight Jones	11:00	2–6	0–0	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	3	4
Team totals	240:00	40–87	4–6	4	17	46	27	6	2	17	22	84

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Doug Collins	35:00	4–13	2–3	—	—	6	4	0	1	4	1	10
Caldwell Jones	34:00	8–15	0–0	—	—	12	1	0	2	0	3	16
Julius Erving	34:00	4–16	2–2	—	—	5	7	1	0	4	1	10
Maurice Cheeks	32:00	7–10	1–1	—	—	3	5	0	0	3	3	15
Bobby Jones	29:00	3–5	7–9	—	—	7	3	1	2	2	1	13
Henry Bibby	27:00	3–10	1–1	—	—	5	1	1	0	0	2	7
Joe Bryant	20:00	3–12	4–4	—	—	9	1	0	0	2	0	10
Steve Mix	15:00	2–6	1–1	—	—	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
Darryl Dawkins	14:00	2–3	1–2	—	—	3	0	0	2	1	5	5
Team totals	240:00	36–90	19–23	—	—	52	22	3	7	16	16	91

This season

Philadelphia 76ers 4, Houston Rockets 0 in NBA 1978-79.

28 Oct 1978Philadelphia 76ers 101–99 Houston Rockets
15 Dec 197884–91 this game
21 Mar 1979Philadelphia 76ers 114–108 Houston Rockets
4 Apr 1979Houston Rockets 120–121 Philadelphia 76ers

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 14–12
Philadelphia 76ers: 16–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Philadelphia 76ers 83, Houston Rockets 80.

28 Oct 1978Philadelphia 76ers 101–99 Houston Rockets
21 Mar 1979Philadelphia 76ers 114–108 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.