NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets108–105New Jersey Nets

Houston Rockets at New Jersey Nets

Date: Wednesday 20 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 10th meetingof 108 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	45:00	10–18	3–6	—	—	6	0	0	0	0	0	23
Moses Malone	39:00	7–12	6–14	—	—	18	2	1	1	6	1	20
Rick Barry	38:00	6–13	6–6	—	—	2	8	5	1	6	5	18
Calvin Murphy	35:00	9–18	4–4	—	—	3	4	1	0	1	3	22
Slick Watts	26:00	0–3	0–0	—	—	3	5	4	1	3	5	0
Robert Reid	19:00	2–8	3–3	—	—	3	0	0	0	0	4	7
Mike Newlin	14:00	2–3	12–12	—	—	1	0	1	0	1	1	16
Dwight Jones	14:00	1–1	0–0	—	—	3	0	0	2	0	1	2
Mike Dunleavy	8:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
E.C. Coleman	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Team totals	240:00	37–77	34–45	0	0	39	19	12	5	19	26	108

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bernard King	39:00	10–24	9–13	—	—	15	4	0	1	1	3	29
Eric Money	38:00	7–13	2–3	—	—	1	6	1	0	4	1	16
John Williamson	32:00	13–20	6–10	—	—	6	5	1	1	4	5	32
Tim Bassett	27:00	3–4	0–0	—	—	9	1	0	0	3	5	6
George Johnson	26:00	1–2	0–0	—	—	6	1	0	4	2	3	2
Phil Jackson	23:00	4–7	1–1	—	—	4	2	1	0	1	6	9
Eddie Jordan	23:00	2–10	0–0	—	—	3	3	1	0	2	5	4
Jan van Breda Kolff	15:00	3–6	0–0	—	—	4	2	0	1	0	2	6
Wilson Washington	11:00	0–3	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	2	2	3	0
Al Skinner	6:00	0–3	1–2	—	—	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
Team totals	240:00	43–92	19–29	—	—	50	24	5	9	20	33	105

This season

Brooklyn Nets 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1978-79.

18 Oct 1978New Jersey Nets 87–139 Houston Rockets
20 Dec 1978108–105 this game
3 Jan 1979New Jersey Nets 122–127 Houston Rockets
18 Feb 1979Houston Rockets 124–126 New Jersey Nets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 14–13
New Jersey Nets: 17–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Brooklyn Nets 40, Houston Rockets 68.

18 Oct 1978New Jersey Nets 87–139 Houston Rockets
3 Jan 1979New Jersey Nets 122–127 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.