NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets109–102Kansas City Kings

Houston Rockets at Kansas City Kings

Date: Tuesday 26 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 53rd meetingof 254 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	48:00	10–23	12–14	7	19	26	1	1	2	6	4	32
Calvin Murphy	42:00	10–19	4–5	—	—	2	3	1	0	4	4	24
Rick Barry	32:00	2–7	2–2	—	—	3	5	1	0	3	1	6
Robert Reid	28:00	5–7	6–6	—	—	7	0	1	1	3	5	16
Rudy Tomjanovich	27:00	5–9	2–2	—	—	6	1	0	0	1	3	12
Mike Dunleavy	21:00	0–1	8–10	0	0	0	4	3	0	2	6	8
Dwight Jones	18:00	3–5	0–0	—	—	6	0	1	0	4	2	6
Alonzo Bradley	12:00	1–2	2–2	—	—	3	0	0	0	2	5	4
Mike Newlin	11:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	0	2	3	0
Jacky Dorsey	1:00	0–0	1–3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Team totals	240:00	36–74	37–44	7	19	54	15	8	3	27	34	109

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Otis Birdsong	36:00	7–21	2–5	—	—	7	4	1	0	1	4	16
Phil Ford	35:00	6–15	12–17	—	—	3	7	1	0	2	4	24
Scott Wedman	35:00	6–12	0–0	—	—	7	1	1	0	2	2	12
Bill Robinzine	29:00	4–12	5–5	—	—	7	0	1	0	3	5	13
Darnell Hillman	25:00	3–5	3–5	—	—	2	1	2	0	2	5	9
Sam Lacey	23:00	2–4	3–3	—	—	3	2	3	3	5	6	7
Tom Burleson	19:00	1–6	2–2	—	—	7	2	1	1	2	6	4
Billy McKinney	17:00	4–7	3–3	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	11
Bob Nash	13:00	1–3	0–0	—	—	2	1	1	0	3	1	2
Marlon Redmond	8:00	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4
Team totals	240:00	36–89	30–40	0	0	38	21	12	4	21	36	102

This season

Sacramento Kings 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1978-79.

19 Oct 1978Houston Rockets 103–108 Kansas City Kings
26 Dec 1978109–102 this game
9 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 110–126 Houston Rockets
14 Mar 1979Kansas City Kings 107–129 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 16–14
Kansas City Kings: 19–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Sacramento Kings 104, Houston Rockets 150.

19 Oct 1978Houston Rockets 103–108 Kansas City Kings
9 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 110–126 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.